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Auction No 403, Category: Natural History

3 Lots (displaying 1 - 3)

Basilius Besler "Hortus Eystettensis", Aboca Museum, Italy, 2006, facsimile reprint of the 1613 edition in 3 large folio volumes

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £1000 - £1500
SOLD £1220
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Basilius Besler Hortus Eystettensis, Aboca Museum, Italy, 2006, facsimile reprint of the 1613 edition in 3 large folio volumes bound in fine full blind-tooled leather with gilt leather titles (these chipped, as issued), together with the quarto size Commentary complete with d/jkt. The volumes contain 367 full-page colour plates of Botanical specimens with descriptive text. They are housed in the original printed card storage boxes. No. 148 of 1,450 issued. VF internally without inscriptions. (4)

Georges-Louis LeClerc, Comte de Buffon "All the World’s Birds", illustrated by Francois-Nicolas Martinet; Rizzoli, New York, 2008,

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £180 - £220
SOLD £240
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Georges-Louis LeClerc, Comte de Buffon All the World's Birds, illustrated by Francois-Nicolas Martinet; Rizzoli, New York, 2008, First English Language edition, based on the original nine volumes issued between 1770 and 1783; lavishly illustrated; large format, cloth bound, gilt, in complete d/jkt, and housed in matching illustrated slipcase. Very Fine, no internal markings 

Edward Lear "Illustrations of Birds for John Gould", Folio Society, 2012, No. 186 of 780 printed, numbered & signed by David Attenborough

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £1200 - £1400
SOLD £1300
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Edward Lear Illustrations of Birds for John Gould, Folio Society, 2012, No. 186 of 780 printed, numbered & signed by David Attenborough on tipped-in limitation certificate; folio, bound in full morocco, gilt, with raised bands; marbled endpapers designed by Jemma Lewis; 80 coloured lithographic plates; housed in buckram covered box with gilt title. VF, no internal markings.