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Edinburgh, .., United Kingdom
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Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Our Thursday 21 September auction of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs features an array of important autograph letters by figures including Charles Babbage, Oliver Cromwell and Leibniz, a copy of Shakespeare?s Fourth Folio, a newly discovered first edition of The Hobbit, a single-owner collection of books on gunnery and field sports, an extensive collection of original prints from John Gould?s Birds of Great Britain, and a book from the library of Adam Smith. Browse the lots below.
Viewing will take place at our Rare Books dept at our Broadside venue in Canonmills - Broadside, Powderhall Road, Edinburgh, EH7 4GB
Auction Curator:
Cathy Marsden
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0153: Ornithology Large collection of works from the library of Dr I. D. PennieEst. £400-£600
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0154: Harvie-Brown, J. A. (editor) A Vertebrate Fauna of Scotland, complete set, several volumes inscribedEst. £300-£500
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0155: White, Francis Buchanan and others The Scottish Naturalist: a Magazine of Scottish Natural HistoryEst. £300-£500
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0156: Walton, Izaak Four 19th century editions of The Compleat AnglerEst. £200-£300
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0161: [American Circus / Menagerie]: Hanington's American Zoological Museum Advertising broadside for aEst. £500-£700
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0162: Arms and armour Group of private and institutional collection cataloguesEst. £600-£800
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0165: Chapman, Abel and others The Gun at Home and Abroad, 4 volume setEst. £500-£700
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0166: Crealock, Henry Hope Among the Red Deer, Sketches from Nature in the Forest [and:] The Happy HuntingEst. £600-£800
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0167: Crealock, Henry Hope Deer-Stalking in the Highlands of ScotlandEst. £400-£600
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0170: Field sports and gunnery Collection of 19th century treatises in original clothEst. £300-£500
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0171: Gunnery Specifications of Patents of Invention relating to Fire-Arms, Projectiles, etc.Est. £800-£1,200
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