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December 12, 2024 - December 12, 2024
Page Size: 172 items in 7 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
123 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

2 Handcolored Alexander Wilson Engravings.

Early 19th century USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 114.30
124 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

2 Handcolored Alexander Wilson Engravings.

Early 19th century USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 444.50
124A Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

2 Handcolored Alexander Wilson Engravings

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 127.00
125

3 Bonaparte & Wilson Handcolored Engravings.

c1830 USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 88.90
126 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

19th C. Wilson White Headed Eagle Engraving

Philadelphia 1818-1829 USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 571.50
127 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

6 Alexander Wilson Bird Engravings.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 114.30
128 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

6 Alexander Wilson Bird Engravings.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 203.20
129 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

6 Alexander Wilson Bird Engravings.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 127.00
130 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

6 Alexander Wilson Bird Engravings.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 139.70
131 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

6 Alexander Wilson Bird Engravings.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 127.00
132 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

8 Alexander Wilson Bird Engravings.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 203.20
133 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

Seven 19th C. Wilson Hand Colored Bird Engravings.

London 1832 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 190.50
134 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

19th C. Wilson Spoonbill Bird Engraving.

19th c USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 139.70
135 Martyn, William Frederic. (Scottish 1758-1837.)

Pages From "Dictionary of Natural History."

London 1785 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
136 Edwards, George. (English, 1694-1773).

African Land-Tortoise or Turtle...

c.1743 USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 76.20
137

2 Zoological and Ornithology Prints.

1809 USD 120.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
138 Edwards, George. (British, 1694-1773); Seligmann, Johann (German, 1720--1762).

Two 18th C. Edwards Engravings.

London 1748-1751 USD 120.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
139 Knorr, Georg Wolfgang (German, 1705-1761).

Two 18th C. Knorr Sea Life Engravings.

Nuremberg USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
140 Bonnaterre, Pierre Joseph. (French 1752-1804.)

Three 18th C. Bonnaterre Sea Life Engravings.

Paris 1788 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 203.20
141 Bloch, Marcus Elieser.

Marcus Elieser Bloch. 3 Ichthyology Plates. c.1780

Berlin 1785-1797 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
142

2 Handcolored Botanical Engravings.

London 1770-77 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 139.70
143

4 Framed Handcolored Botanical Engravings.

Nuremberg 1760 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 127.00
144 Abbot, John (American, 1751-1840).

Two 18th C. Abbot Butterfly Engravings.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
145 Blackwell, Elizabeth (Scottish, 1700-1758).

Fourteen 18th C. Blackwell Engravings. Pl 251-264.

18th c., USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 203.20
146 Miller, Phillip. (English 1691-1771.)

Four 18th C. Miller Hand Colored Flower Engravings

London 1755-1760 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
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