Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts, 868, Edinburgh
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 02, 2025 - October 02, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Burmese Sutra | Late 19th or early 20th century |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 252.00 | ||
| 177 | Aristotle | Operum omnium |
Lyon | 1590 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 178 | Smith, Adam | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations |
London | 1805 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 693.00 |
| 179 | Boerhaave, Hermann | Medicine, mainly 18th century 10 volumes |
Lyon | 1740 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 302.40 |
| 180 | Ward, The Hon. Mrs | Microscope Teachings |
London | 1864 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 529.20 |
| 181 | Scott, Peter (1909-1989) | Morning Flight [and:] Wild Chorus |
London | 1935-8 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 182 | Angling, natural history, field sports Collection of works, 18th and early-19th century |
London | 1701 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,512.00 | |
| 183 | Angling Collection of works, finely bound, 19th-early 20th century |
London | 1893 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,260.00 | |
| 184 | Darwin, Charles | The Descent of Man |
London | 1871 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 882.00 |
| 185 | Drummond, Thomas | Musci Scotici: or, Dried Specimens of the Mosses that have been discovered in Scotland... |
[N.p.] | [n.d. but c.1824-1825] | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 186 | Smith, Sir James Edward - James Sowerby | English Botany: or, Coloured Figures of British Plants |
London | [1834?-40] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 554.40 |
| 187 | Morris, F. O. and James Duncan Morris | Moths and Naturalist's Library Works |
London | 1872 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 188 | [Leverian Museum / Fenn, Lady Ellenor] A Short History of Quadrupeds |
London | [1799] | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 189 | Shaw, George | General Zoology or Systematic Natural History from the first Authorities and most select specimens |
London | 1800-09 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 604.80 |
| 190 | Angling Large collection of works, 19th and 20th century |
Liverpool | 1828 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,638.00 | |
| 191 | Buffon, Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de | Natural History, containing a Theory of the Earth... |
London | 1797 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 352.80 |
| 192 | Da Costa, Emanuel Mendes | Elements of Conchology: or, an Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells |
London | 1776 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 403.20 |
| 193 | Morris, Francis Orpen | A History of British Birds |
London | [n.d.] | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 378.00 |
| 194 | Forbes, Henry O. (editor) | Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-El-Kuri |
Liverpool and London | 1903 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
| 195 | Millais, J. G. | Natural history, field sports and Highland pursuits Collection of works, 19th-early 20th century |
London | 1909 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 693.00 |
| 196 | Darwin, Charles | The Descent of Man |
London | 1871 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 529.20 |
| 197 | [Markham, Gervase] and William Lawson | The Way to Get Wealth [Cheape and Good Husbandry, the third edition] |
London | 1623 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,260.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
