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3:00 AM PT - Sep 23rd, 2010

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Natural History, Manuscripts & Watercolours

614 items

Lot Description Estimates
(GBP)
201
Lot 201
(Sir William Jackson) Musci exotici, 2 vol., 176 h


Hooker (Sir William Jackson) Musci exotici, 2 vol...

200
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400
202
Lot 202
(Sir William Jackson) Flora scotica, 2 vol. in 1,


Hooker (Sir William Jackson) Flora scotica, 2 vol. in...

100
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200
203
Lot 203
(Sir William Jackson) Exotic Flora, 3 vol., 233 ha


Hooker (Sir William Jackson) Exotic Flora, 3 vol...

1,500
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2,000
204
Lot 204
(Sir William Jackson) Muscologia Britannica, first


Hooker (Sir William Jackson) Muscologia Britannica, first edition...

400
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600
205
Lot 205
Hopkirk (Thomas) Flora Glottiana

,3 copies, various contemporary bindings, Glasgow, 1813; and c...

50
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100
206
Lot 206
Hortus siccus. An East Anglian Hortus siccus

,44 leaves, faint red ruling as for an account book, dried plants...

200
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300
207
Lot 207
Horwood (A.R.) The Flora of Leicestershire and Rut

land,3 copies, comprising a proof copy, marked up by Horwood in...

200
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300
208
Lot 208
[How (William)] Phytologia Britannica

,first edition, first leaf (blank but for signature A) pasted down...

300
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400
209
Lot 209
Howe (W.E.) The Ferns of Derbyshire

,[collection of the second, third, fifth, sixth and seventh...

150
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210
Lot 210
Hubbard (Cyril E.B.) A Collection of Watercolours

of Flowers and a few Lepidoptera,c.6000 watercolours, on small...

400
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211
Lot 211
Hudson (W.) Flora Anglica

,first edition, 3 copies, wormhole (mostly single) in lower blank...

300
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500
212
Lot 212
Hull (J.E.) and others. The Vasculum...The Natural

History of Northumberland and Durham,vol. 1-26 in 8, all...

50
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100
213
Lot 213
Hull (John) The British Flora

,2 vol. in 1, first edition, contemporary calf, worn, [Henrey...

60
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120
214
Lot 214
Hulme (J.R.) The Scarborough Algae

,26 original specimens, original green cloth, [Freeman...

80
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120
215
Lot 215
[Humphreys (H.N.)] Flowers from Stratford on Avon

,title, preface, 12 hand-coloured plates, leaf of advertiements...

50
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100
216
Lot 216
Hutchinson (Peter Orlando) The Ferns of Sidmouth,

illustrated with Impressions from the Ferns Themselves,18 nature...

150
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200
217
Lot 217
(Mary Ann), afterwards Mrs.Charles Chavasse)] The


[Jackson (Mary Ann), afterwards Mrs.Charles Chavasse)] The...

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100
218
Lot 218
[Jackson (Maria Elizabeth)] Botanical Dialogues be

tween Hortensia and her Four Children,11 plates, contemporary half...

50
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100
219
Lot 219
Jacob (Edward) Plantae Favershamienses

,portrait, engraved plate, later boards, uncut, [Henrey 874], for...

150
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220
Lot 220
Jardine (Sir William) and others. Magazine of Zoo


Jardine (Sir William) and others. Magazine of Zoology and Botany...

200
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400
221
Lot 221
Johns (C.A.) Botanical Rambles

,1846; Flowers of the Field, 2 vol., illustrations mostly by Emily...

100
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150
222
Lot 222
Johns (C.A.) A Week at the Lizard

,first edition, folding map, original cloth, worn, [1848] (c.90)

200
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400
223
Lot 223
Johnson (G.W.) A History of English Gardening

,19th century half roan, 1829 (c.23)

100
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150
224
Lot 224
Johnson (Theophilus) Notes on the Flora of Dartfor

d and Neighbourhood,title and 219pp. ms, 83 full-page watercolour...

800
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225
Lot 225
Johnson (Thomas) Mercurius Botanicus

,sive plantarum gratia sucepti itineris anno 1634 descriptio...

4,000
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5,000
226
Lot 226
Johnson (Thomas) Mercurius Botanicus

,sive plantarum gratia sucepti itineris anno 1634 descriptio...

2,000
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3,000
227
Lot 227
Johnson (Thomas) Mercurius Botanicus

,sive plantarum gratia sucepti itineris anno 1634 descriptio...

1,000
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2,000
228
Lot 228
Johnstone (William Grosart) and Alexander Croall.

The Nature-Printed British Sea-Weeds: A History,4 vol...

200
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229
Lot 229
Johren (M.D.) Vade Mecum Botanicum, Sue Hodegus Bo

tanicus,interleaved with a few stray notes (perhaps by H.R. who...

50
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100
230
Lot 230
(Col. Arthur Mowbray) Nature Printed Impressions o


Jones (Col. Arthur Mowbray) Nature Printed Impressions of the...

3,000
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4,000
231
Lot 231
[Jones (J.P.)] A Botanical Tour through various pa

rts of...Devon and Cornwall,2 copies, original half cloth, printed...

200
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232
Lot 232
Keogh (John) Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica

,first edition, a fine uncut copy in contemporary marbled wrappers...

600
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800
233
Lot 233
Kermode (S.) The Isle of Man List of Flowering Pla

nts,modern wrappers, [Freeman 2079; not in Simpson], Douglas...

50
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100
234
Lot 234
Kirby (Mary) A Flora of Leicestershire

,3 copies, original cloth, 1 badly worn but annotated, 1850 (8)

50
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100
235
Lot 235
Kirby (W. & C.C.) Fern Prints

,coloured title, ms. leaf of instructions, 25 plates, nature...

200
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236
Lot 236
Knapp (J.L.) Graminea Britannica...

,second edition, 119 hand-coloured plates, contemporary half...

50
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100
237
Lot 237
[Knapp (J.L.)] The Journal of a Naturalist

,first edition, 7 plates, mostly folding, decorated with c...

200
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300
238
Lot 238
L[ainson]

(Ms A.E.) The Wild Flowers of Clevedon, 5 copies, one with the...

50
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100
239
Lot 239
Lees (Edwin) The Botany of the Malvern Hills

,8 vol., [editions one to three], hand-coloured map in the second...

60
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120
240
Lot 240
Leigh (Charles) The Natural History of Lancashire

, Cheshire and the Peak,portrait, 2 plates of arms, hand-coloured...

200
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241
Lot 241
Leighton (W.A.) A Flora of Shropshire

,3 copies, engraved plates, modern cloth, original black cloth...

60
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120
242
Lot 242
Leighton (W.A.) Lichenes britannici exsiccati. Fas

c. 1-6 (of 13)6 vol., printed title and index to each vol...

100
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243
Lot 243
Leighton (W.A.) Notes on the Lichens on the Island

of Saint Helena,offprint, hand-coloured plate, wrappers, 1869 (c.80)

100
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150
244
Lot 244
Lightfoot

(Rev. John, botanist, Rector of Shalden, Hampshire, Chaplain to...

80
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120
245
Lot 245
Lightfoot (John) Flora Scotica

,2 vol., first edition, contemporary tree calf, worn and defective...

150
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246
Lot 246
Linnaeus (C.) Genera Plantarum...Editio Quinta ab

Auctore Reformata et Aucta, a slightly soiled copy, name cut from...

300
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400
247
Lot 247
Linnaeus (C.) A Generic and Specific Description o

f British Plants...notes and observations by James Jenkinson...

200
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248
Lot 248
Linnaeus (C.) A System of Vegetables...translated.

..by a Botanical Society at Lichfield,2 vol., the first volume a...

400
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249
Lot 249
Linton (W.J.) The Ferns of the English Lake Countr

y,first edition, 5 copies, 3 with coloured and 2 with uncoloured...

150
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250
Lot 250
Lobel (Mathias de) and P. Pena. Plantarum sue Stir

pium Historia...cui Annexum est Adversarirum Volumen; Stirpium...

2,000
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3,000
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