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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Godart (J.-B.) and P.A.J. Duponchel | Butterflies.- Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres ou Papillons de France |
1821-42 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 152 | Gould (John) | Birds.- The Birds of Great Britain |
1862-1873 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 52,920.00 | |
| 153 | Gray (George Robert) | Butterflies.- Descriptions and Figures of some new Lepidopterous Insects, chiefly from Nepal |
1846 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 609.60 | |
| 154 | Gray (George Robert) | Birds.- China.- A Fasciculus of the Birds of China |
[1871] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 155 | Green (E. Ernest) | Insects.- A collection of c.255 fine original drawings published in various entomological journals... |
[1900-36] | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 889.00 | |
| 156 | Green (Thomas) | Botany.- The Universal Herbal; or, Botanical, Medical, and Agricultural Dictionary |
[1824] | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 571.50 | |
| 157 | Greville (Robert Kaye) | Scottish Fungi.- Scottish Cryptogamic Flora |
Edinburgh | 1823-28 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 158 | Grevin (Jacques) | Toxicology.- De venenis libri duo |
Antwerp | 1571 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 159 | Gronovius (Laurentius Theodorus) | Zoology.- Zoophylacium Gronovianum |
Leiden | 1763-64 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 825.50 |
| 160 | Grose Smith (H.) and W.F. Kirby | Butterflies.- Rhopalocera Exotica, being Illustrations of New, Rare, and Unfigured Species of Butterflies |
1887-1902 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 4,445.00 | |
| 161 | Gualtieri (Nicolas) | Conchology.- Index Testarum Conchyliorum |
Florence | 1742 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 162 | Gumilla (Jose) | South America.- El Orinoco Ilustrado, y Defendido, Historia Natural, Civil, y Geographica de este Gran Rio |
Madrid | 1745 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,413.00 |
| 163 | Hales (Stephen) | Botany.- Vegetable Staticks: Or, An Account of some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables |
1727 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 164 | Henckel (J.F.) | Mineralogy.- Pyritologie, ou Historie Naturelle de la Pyrite |
Paris | 1760 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 889.00 |
| 165 | Hill (John) | Zoology.- An History of Animals. Containing Descriptions of Birds, Beast, Fishes, and Insects |
1752 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 482.60 | |
| 166 | [Hill (John)] | Botany.- Gardening.- Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening |
1757 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 11,970.00 | |
| 167 | Hill (John) | Botany.- The Sleep of Plants, and Cause of Motion in the Sensitive Plant, Explain'd |
1757 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 2,032.00 | |
| 168 | Hoffmannsegg (Johann Centurius) and H.F.Link | Botany.- Portugal.- Flore Portugaise ou Description de Toutes les Plantes qui croissent naturellement en Portugal |
Berlin | 1809-[1840] | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 5,080.00 |
| 169 | Hoffmannsegg (Johann Centurius) and H.F.Link | Botany.- Flore Portugaise ou description de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en Portugal |
Berlin | 1809-20-[40] | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,079.50 |
| 170 | Hooker (Joseph Dalton) | Botany.- Asia.- The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya |
1849[-51] | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 4,826.00 | |
| 171 | Hooker (Joseph Dalton) | Botany.- Asia.- Illustrations of Himalayan Plants |
1855 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 | |
| 172 | Hooker (Sir William Jackson) | Botany.- Exotic Flora |
Edinburgh | 1823-27 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,413.00 |
| 173 | Hooker (Sir William Jackson) | Water-Lilies.- Victoria Regia, or Illustrations of the Royal Water-Lily |
1851 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 174 | Horsfield (Thomas) et al. | Botany.- Asia.- Plantae Javanicae Rariores |
1838-52 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 4,445.00 | |
| 175 | Houtte (Louis van) | Botany.- Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe |
Ghent | 1845-80 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |
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