Forum Auctions: Natural History: the remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026, 1195, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 25, 2026 - March 26, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acharius (Erik) | Botany.- Lichenographia Universalis |
Gottingen | 1810 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 635.00 |
| 2 | Adanson (Michel) | Conchology.- Africa.- Histoire Naturelle du Senegal |
Paris | 1757 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 825.50 |
| 3 | Agricola (Georgius) | Mining & Metallurgy.- De Re Metallica libri XII...De Animantibus Subterraneis |
Basel | 1561 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 4 | Agricola (Georg Andreas) | Trees.- Nieuwe en Ongehoorde Dog in de Natuur welgegronde Queek-Konst van Boomen |
Amsterdam | 1724 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 304.80 |
| 5 | Aldrovandi (Ulisse) | Zoology.- De Quadrupedibus Solidipedibus volumen integrrum... |
[colophon Bologna] | 1639 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 6 | Aldrovandi (Ulisse) | Zoology.- Quadrupedum omnium bisulcorum historia |
Bologna | 1642 [but colophon 1641] | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 7 | Ambrosini (Giacinto) | Botany.- Phytologiae hoc est de Plantis |
Bologna | 1666 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 8 | Andrews (H.C.) | Botany.- Coloured Engravings of Heaths |
[1794]-1802-1809-[1830] | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 8,820.00 | |
| 9 | Andrews (Henry) | Botany.- The Botanist's Repository, for New, and Rare Plants |
1797[-1815] | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 | |
| 10 | Pomology.- Annales de Pomologie Belge et Etrangere |
Brussels | 1853-60 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 8,820.00 | |
| 11 | Assendelft de Coningh (C.T. van) | Japan.- Mijn Verblijf in Japan |
Amsterdam | 1856 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 12 | Aublet (Fusee) | Botany.- South America.- Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Francoise |
London [&] Paris | 1775 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 13 | Audebert (J.B) and L.P. Vieillot | Birds.- Oiseaux Dores ou a Reflets Metalliques |
Paris | [1800]-1802 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 14 | Barbarus (H.) | Medical botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanio).- Corollarii libri quinque non ante impressi |
Venice | 1516 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 228.60 |
| 15 | Barbut (James) | Insects.- The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus |
1781 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 355.60 | |
| 16 | Barbut (James) | Insects.- Les Genres des Insectes de Linne |
1781 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 533.40 | |
| 17 | Barla (J.B.) | Fungi.- Flore Mycologique Illustree. Les Champignons des Alpes-Maritimes |
Nice | 1888-[92] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 889.00 |
| 18 | Bateman (James) | Orchids.- Central America.- The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala |
[1837-43] | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 50,400.00 | |
| 19 | Battarra (Giovanni Antonio) | Marine Life.- Epistola selectas de re naturali observationes complectens |
Rimini | 1774 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 571.50 |
| 20 | Bauer (Francis) | Botany.- Delineations of Exotick Plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew |
1796-[1803] | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 20,160.00 | |
| 21 | [Bazin (Gilles Augustin)] | Insects.- Abrege de l'Histoire des Insectes |
Paris | 1747-51 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 482.60 |
| 22 | Belon (Pierre) | Trees.- De Arboribus coniferis, resiniferis, aliis... |
Paris | 1553 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,778.00 |
| 23 | Bergeret (Jean) | Botany.- Phytonomatotechnie Universelle |
Paris | 1783-[86] | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,556.00 |
| 24 | Bertholon (Pierre) | Electricity & Plant Growth.- De l'Electricite des Vegetaux |
Paris | 1783 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 571.50 |
| 25 | Bertoloni (Antonio) | Botany.- Italy.- Amoenitates Italicae sistentes opuscula ad rem herbariam et zoologiam Italiae spectantia |
Bologna | 1819 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
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