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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Lambert (Aylmer Bourke) | Botany.- An Illustration of the Genus Cinchona |
1821 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 202 | Lamouroux (Jean-Vincent Felix) | Algae.- Dissertations sur Plusieurs Especes de Fucus |
Paris | 1802 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 |
| 203 | Lange (Johan Martin Christian) | Botany.- Greenland.- Icones florae Groenlandicae |
[Copenhagen] | 1883 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 204 | Latreille (Pierre Andre) | Insects.- Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere, des Crustaces et des Insectes |
Paris | 1802-1805 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 762.00 |
| 205 | Le Verrier de la Conterie (Jean-Baptiste) | Hunting.- L'Ecole de la Chasse aux Chiens Courans |
Rouen | 1763 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 406.40 |
| 206 | Leach (William Elford) | Zoology.- The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new, or interesting animals |
1814-17 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,524.00 | |
| 207 | Leech (John Henry) | Butterflies.- Asia.- Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea |
1892-94 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,032.00 | |
| 208 | Leeuwenhoek (Antony van) | Microscopy.- Send-Brieven, Zoo aan de Hoog Edele Heeren van de Koninklyke Societeit te Londen |
Delft | 1718 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 889.00 |
| 209 | Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau (A., Comte de.) and A.Brulle | Insects.- Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hymenopteres |
Paris | 1836-46 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 330.20 |
| 210 | Lesson (Rene-Primevere) | Hummingbirds.- Central and South America.- Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches |
Paris | [1829-30] | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 211 | Linden (J., editor) | Botany.- Lindenia. Iconographie des Orchidees |
Ghent | 1885-1903 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 212 | Linnaeus (Carl) | Botany.- Pirate edition.- Hortus Upsaliensis, Exhibens Plantas Exoticas |
Amsterdam | 1748 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 444.50 |
| 213 | Linnaeus (Carl) | Zoology.- Sweden.- Fauna Svecica |
Stockholm | 1761 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 228.60 |
| 214 | Linnaeus (Carl) | Insects.- Centuria Insectorum Rariorum |
Upsala | 1763 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 355.60 |
| 215 | Linnaeus (Carl) | Insects.- Entomologia Faunae Suecicae Descriptionibus Aucta |
Lyon | 1789 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 355.60 |
| 216 | Linnaeus (Carl) | Natural History (General).- Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae |
Leipzig | 1788-93 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 533.40 |
| 217 | Lister (Martin) | Conchology.- Historiae sive synopsis methodicae Conchyliorum et tabularum anatomicarum |
Oxford | 1770 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
| 218 | Loureiro (Joao de) | Botany.- Flora Cochinchinensis |
Lisbon | 1790 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 571.50 |
| 219 | Lucas (Pierre Hippolyte) | Butterflies.- Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d'Europe |
Paris | 1834 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 889.00 |
| 220 | Macquart (J.) | Insects.- Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Dipteres |
Paris | 1834-35 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 |
| 221 | Malherbe (Alfred) | Birds.- Woodpeckers.- Monographie des Picidees, ou histoire naturelle des Picidees, Picumninees, Yuncines ou Torcols |
Metz | 1861-62 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 32,760.00 |
| 222 | Malpighi (Marcello) | Plant anatomy.- Anatome Plantarum. Cui subjungitut Appendix |
1675-79 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,302.00 | |
| 223 | Manetti (S[X]averio) | Botany.- Italy.- Viridarium Florentinum sive Conspectus Plantarum...In Horto Caesareo Florentino |
Florence | 1751 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 241.30 |
| 224 | Marbode (Bishop of Rennes) | Gemology.- De lapidibus pretiosis Enchiridion, cum scholijs Pictroij Vila lingensis Eivsdem Pictorii de lapide molari carmen |
[Freiburg in Breisgau] | 1531 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 225 | Mariotte (Edme) | Physics.- Oeuvres |
Leiden | 1717 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
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