Natural History - Femur Fragment

Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years BP. A raptor dinosaur femur with a quartz crystal core from Judith River Formation, Montana, U.S.A. 141 grams, 81mm (3 1/4"). From an old Bristol paleontologica

Jurassic Period, circa 140 million years B.P.. Comprising a large fragment of fossilised dung. 1 kg total, 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.). From the Morrison Formation, Colorado, USA. Collected 1930-1960. From th

Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.D. An amorphous fragment of nickel iron meteorite (1AB), cleaned. See Graham, Bevan and Hutchison, ed., Catalogue of Meteorites, Natural History Museum, 1985, p.253, for d

1st millennium BC and later. A mixed group of items comprising: a soapstone toucan figure; a marble cobble; a triangular terracotta fragment with handwritten note 'Found part of a [sic] ancient Greek

**First Time At Auction** Russia, Siberia, Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Maritime Province, fall date and time: February 12, 1947, 10:38 am local time. This is a spectacular collection of natural history! T

220-180 million years BP. A group of twenty picture sandstone fragments. 345 grams total, 3-10.3cm (1 - 4"). From an old Bristol paleontological collection; from the Utah-Arizona Borderlands. [20, No

Natural History, Part I, Mushrooms: No. IV. 1974. Lithograph. Cm 55,50 x 75,50. 32/98, Edition and signature lower right in pencil. Mattieu Litho, Switzerland, dry stamp lower left. Sheet from a folde

EDWARDS, George (1694-1773). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals, Quadrupeds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &c.; WITH: Gleanings of Natural History. London

[NATURAL HISTORY] (AUDUBON, John James, after) 48 chromolithographs from The Oppenheimer Field Museum Edition of Audubon's Fifty Best, on rag watercolor paper, sheet 38 5/8 x 25 3/4 in. or 25 3/4 x 38

CY TWOMBLY (1928 - 2011)"NATURAL HISTORY PART I NO.V" (from the 10-part portfolio "Natural History Part I Mushrooms")Year: 1974Colour lithograph and collage with tracing paper, wax crayon and tapeDime

DOUGHTY, J[ohn] and T[homas] Doughty (19th Century). The Cabinet of Natural History, and American Rural Sports with Illustrations. Philadelphia: J. & T. Doughty, 1830-33. First Edition. Comparables: S

[BUFFON, GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE. 1707-1788.] [Natural History] 4 vols., 6 x 4 in., mottled calf, comprising hand-colored engraved natural-history illustrations, the name of Leclerc de Buffon

ALBIN (ELEAZAR) A Natural History of English Insects. Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from Life: And (for those who desire it) Exactly Coloured by the Author, FIRST EDITIO

Folio Society Group of deluxe limited editions, natural history comprising: Illustrations of Birds Drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear. Collected and Introduced by David Attenborough, 2012. One of 780

Perry, George Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells London: William Miller, [c.1823 (text for plate 1 watermarked 1823)]. Folio, 61 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary green morocco, si

A Set of Six Prints from A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, by Rev. Francis O. Morris, B.A. (Irish, 1810-1893) Framed 16 3/4 x width 13 1/2 inches.

Permian Period, 285 million years BP. A complete preserved Mesosaurus brasiliensis skeleton in limestone; from the Irati-Formation, Parana Delta, Brazil. 4.4 kg, 48cm x 33cm (19 x 13"). From an old Br

Insects.- Albin (Eleazar) A Natural History of English Insects...[with] Large Notes and many curious Observations by W[illiam] Derham, fifth edition, with Derham's notes but without list of subscriber

Late Permian-Early Triassic Period, circa 252-250 million years B.P. In an irregular matrix. 12.2 kg, 43 cm (17 in.). From Madagascar. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.This lot has been checked a

Moses Harris (British, 1731-1785), Six Plates from The Aurelian, A Natural History of English Moths and Butterflieshand-colored engravings, 18th century, each retains gallery label to verso, presented

Eocene Period, 58-36 million years BP. A fossil mud lobster (crayfish) Thalassina sp., in matrix. 87 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). From an old Bristol paleontological collection; acquired 1950s-1960s; from Au

(NEW YORK CITY) Album of diorama preparation photos for the American Museum of Natural History and elsewhere. 61 photographs, various sizes but mostly around 5 x 7 inches, plus 2 clippings and 5 natur

Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P. Including the claws and bones, held together by an internal metal frame. 608 grams, 33 cm (13 in.). Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.

A ovoid touchpiece of polished, fine green Russian nephrite jade, in old white card tray with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: 'NEPHRITE JADE, RUSSIA'. From Russia; from the historic ‘V