Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Printed Books, Maps & Documents. Travel, Exploration & Natural History, 30525, Gloucestershire

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Auction Date
March 05, 2025 - March 05, 2025
Page Size: 497 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Stow (John).

A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, 2 volumes, 5th ed., 1720

London 1720 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,708.00
52 Taylor (James).

The Royal Brighton Guide..., 1842

Brighton 1842 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 390.40
53 Aldam (W. H.)

A Quaint Treatise on Flees..., 1st edition, 2nd issue 1876

London 1876 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,342.00
54 Alken (Henry).

The National Sports of Great Britain, 1st edition, 1825

London 1825 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
55 Bacon (Francis).

Sylva Sylvarum, 3rd edition, 1631

London 1631 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 561.20
56 Baxter (William).

British Phaenogamous Botany, 6 volumes, 1834-43

Oxford 1834-43 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 610.00
57 Bell (Thomas).

A History of British Quadrupeds, 1st edition, 1837

London 1837 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 244.00
58 Bell (Thomas).

A History of the British Stalk-Eyed Crusacea, 1st edition, 1853

London 1853 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 158.60
59 Bewick (Thomas).

A History of British Birds, 2 volumes, 1821

Newcastle: 1821 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
60 Bradley (Richard).

Philosophical Account of Works of Nature, 1st edition, 1721

London 1721 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 463.60
61 Buffon (Comte de).

The System of Natural History, 2 volumes, 1800

Edinburgh: 1800 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 463.60
62 Buffon (Georges-Louis Leclerc de)

Histoire Naturelle, 43 volumes bound in 21, 1785-87

Paris 1785-87 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 512.40
63 Buffon (Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de).

Buffon's Natural History, 4 volumes, 1831

London 1831 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 488.00
64 Company School.

Exotic Birds, five watercolours on wove paper

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 4,044.80
65 Couch (Jonathan).

A History of the Fishes of the British Islands, 4 volumes, 1864-65

London 1864-65 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 439.20
66 Couch (Jonathan).

A History of the Fishes of the British Islands, 4 volumes, 1877-78

London 1862-65 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 463.60
67 Culpeper (Nicholas).

The English Physitian Enlarged, London, 1684

London 1684 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 219.60
68 Curtis (John).

Farm Insects, 1883

London 1883 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 183.00
69 Curtis (William).

Practical Observations on the British Grasses, 6th edition, 1824

London 1824 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 610.00
70 Curtis (William).

The Botanical Magazine or Flower-Garden Displayed, 6 vols (plus an index), 1810-28

London 1810-28 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,281.00
71 Darwin (Charles).

On the Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, 1860

London 1860 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,904.00
72 Darwin (Charles).

On the Origin of Species, 5th edition, (Tenth Thousand), 1869

London 1869 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 512.40
73 Darwin (Charles).

On the Origin of Species, 6th edition, (Eleventh Thousand), 1872

London 1872 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 561.20
74 Darwin (Charles).

A Monograph on the Sub-Class Cirripedia, 1st edition, 1851

London 1851 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 268.40
75 Darwin (Charles).

The Descent of Man..., 2 volumes, Seventh Thousand, 1871

London 1871 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 244.00
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