nAturAl hiStOry, lOtS 1–51

Tuesday 14 October 2014

1* John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Great American Hen and Young, Vulgo, Female Wild Turkey, Melleagris Gallopavo, plate 6, no. 2 (from The Birds of America, Philadelphia, 1826-1839) engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring watermarked J. Whatman; William H. Lizars, Philadelphia, prnt. 25 3/8 x 38 3/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois Provenance: Arader Galleries, New York $30,000-50,000

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2* John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Great American Cock, Male - Vulgo (Wild Turkey), Meleagris Gallopavo, plate 1 (from The Birds of America, 1826-1839) engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring watermarked J. Whatman; William H. Lizars, Philadelphia, prnt. 38 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois Provenance: Arader Galleries, New York $50,000-70,000

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3 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) White-headed Eagle, Falco Leucocephalus. Linn, Male. Yellow Cat-fish, plate XXXI, no. 7 (from Birds of America, 1826-1839) engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring watermarked J. Whatman; Robert Havell, Philadelphia, prnt. 25 1/2 x 38 1/4 inches. $7,000-9,000

4 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Willow Grous or Large Ptarmigan, Tetrao Saliceti, plate CXCI, no. 39 (from The Birds of America, 18261839) engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring watermarked J. Whatman; Robert Havell, Philadelphia, prnt. 25 1/2 x 38 1/4 inches. $8,000-12,000

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5* John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Nuttal’s Starling, Yellow-Headed Troopial, Bullock’s Oriole, plate CCCLXXXVIII, no. 78 (from Birds of America, 1826-1839) engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring watermarked J. Whatman, 1837; Robert Havell, Philadelphia, prnt. 38 5/8 x 25 7/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Arthur Maling, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000 6 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Red-throated Diver, Colymbus Septentrionalis, plate CCII, no. 41 (from The Birds of America, 1826-1839) engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring watermarked J. Whatman Turkey Mill; Robert Havell, Philadelphia, prnt. 38 x 25 2/4 inches. $2,000-4,000

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7* John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Black Bellied Darter, Plotus Anhinga, plate CCCXVI, no. 64 (from The Birds of America, 1826-1839) engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring Robert Havell, Philadelphia, prnt. 37 x 25 inches. Property from the William S. Block Trust, Peoria, Illinois $20,000-30,000

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8 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Black-throated Guillemot. Noble-billed Auk, plate CCCII, no. 81 (from The Birds of America) color lithograph later reprint 25 1/2 x 36 1/16 inches. $200-400 9 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Black Billed Cuckoo, plate XXXII, no. 7 (from The Birds of America) color lithograph Audubon Society, pubs.; APP Co., prnts. 13 x 17 1/2 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Zionsville, Indiana $200-400

10 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Common American Swan, Cygnus Americanus, plate CCCCXI, no. 83 (proof state from Audubon’s 50 Best Oppenheimer Field Museum Edition) laser jet on paper 5/27 in blue pencil (upper left); Oppenheimer, Chicago, pub. 35 x 47 inches. $200-400 11 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Pinnated Grouse, plate 186 (from The Birds of America) color lithograph Audubon Society, pubs.; APP Co., prnts. 12 7/8 x 17 3/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Zionsville, Indiana $200-400 12 William Hayes (British, 1729-1799) Gold Pheasant, Male engraving with hand-coloring signed Hayes (lower left) and titled (lower center) 17 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches. $100-200

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13* Mark Catesby (British, 1679-1749) The Cut Water, plate 90 (from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, London, after 1743) engraving with hand-coloring on 19th century wove paper 24 1/2 x 21 inches. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $800-1,200

14* Mark Catesby (British, 1679-1749) The Summer Duck, Anas Amicanus cristatus elegans, plate 97 (from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, London, 1731-1743) engraving with hand-coloring on 18th century laid paper 24 1/2 x 21 inches. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $800-1,200 15* Mark Catesby (British, 1679-1749) The White Crown’d Pigeon, The Cocoa Plum, Columba Capite Albo, plate 25 (from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, London, 1731-1743) engraving with hand-coloring on 18th century laid paper 24 1/2 x 21 inches. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $800-1,200 16* Mark Catesby (British, 1679-1749) The Purple Martin, Hirundo Purpurea, plate 51 (from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, London, 1731-1743) engraving with hand-coloring on 18th century laid paper 24 1/2 x 21 inches. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $800-1,200

17* Mark Catesby (British, 1679-1749) Turdus minor, &c. The Mock-bird, plate 27 (from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, London, 1731-1743) engraving with hand-coloring on 18th century laid paper 24 1/2 x 21 inches. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $800-1,200

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18 18* Elizabeth Gould (British, 1804-1841) Columba Leuconota (Snow Pigeon) (from Birds of Asia, London, 1853-1883) lithograph with hand-coloring 22 x 14 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Ernest Wentcher, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

19 John Gould (British, 1804-1881) Podiceps Nigricollis and Uria Troile (a pair of works from The Birds of Great Britain, London, 1862-1873) lithograph with hand-coloring 18 3/4 x 25 inches each. Property from a Private Collection, Zionsville, Indiana $100-200

20* John Gould (British, 1804-1881) Chrysuronia Chrysura (from Monograph of the Trochildae, or Hummingbirds, London, after 1861) color lithograph Size of frame 28 x 21 1/4 inches. Property from the Abbie R. Lukens Trust, Burr Ridge, Illinois $200-400

21* Sarah Stone (British, 1760–1844) Niam Niam Parrot, African Grey Parrot, Long Tailed Parakeet and Green Parrot (four works after original watercolors) color lithograph 17 1/4 x 23 inches each. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $300-500

22* Jacques Barraband (French, 1767-1809) Le gran toucan du Bresil, no. 7 (from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, Paris, after 1803) color lithograph 31 x 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Mark Peterson, Wheaton, Illinois $100-200

23* Jacques Barraband (French, 1767-1809) Le paradis rouge, no. 6 and Le petit oiseau de paradis emeraude, no. 4 (a pair of works from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, Paris, after 1803) color lithograph 29 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches each. Property from the Collection of Barbara Hall, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

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24 24* Jacques Barraband (French, 1767-1809) Oiseau de paradis rouge (original watercolor study for Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, Paris, 1767-1803) watercolor on paper signed Barraband (lower right) 20 1/4 x 15 1/4. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $40,000-60,000

25* Jacques Barraband (French, 1767-1809) Petit oiseau de paradis emeraude male (original watercolor study for Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, Paris, 1767-1803) watercolor on paper 20 1/4 x 15 1/4. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $30,000-50,000

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26 Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647-1717) Limonier and Guajaves (+two others; four works from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Amsterdam, 1705) engraving with hand-coloring 16 x 12 inches each. $600-800 27* Henry Noel Humphreys (British, 1810-1879) A group of four works from The Genera of British Moths, London, 1850 lithograph with hand-coloring 18 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches each. Property from the Collection of Judith D. and S. Jay Stewart, Chicago, Illinois and Naples, Florida $200-400

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28* Mark Catesby (British, 1679-1749) Green Tree-Frog, tab. 71 and Land-Frog, tab. 69 (two works from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, London, 1731-1743) engraving with hand-coloring on 19th century wove paper 24 1/2 x 21 inches each. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $800-1,200

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29* Mark Catesby (British, 1679-1749) Globe-Fish, tab. 28, The Green Gar Fish, tab. 40, The Herring, tab. 24 (a group of three works from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, London, 1731-1743) engraving with hand coloring on 18th century laid paper 24 1/2 x 21 inches. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $1,500-2,500

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30 Abraham Munting (Dutch, 1626-1683) Cyclamen rotundifolium maius Autumnale, fig. 533 (from Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Aardgewassen, Leiden and Utrecht, 1696-1702) engraving with hand-coloring 15 x 10 3/4 inches. $100-200 31* Abraham Munting (Dutch, 1583-1658) Scammonea Monspeliensium Longifolia, fig. 141, fol. 507, and Sanamunda, fig. 133, fol. 487 (two works from Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Aardgewassen, Leiden and Utrecht, 1696-1702) engraving with hand-coloring 17 x 11 inches each. Property from the Collection of Judith D. and S. Jay Stewart, Chicago, Illinois and Naples, Florida $300-500

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32* Abraham Munting (Dutch, 1583-1658) Clematis passionalis flore Campanulato, fig. 164, fol. 587, and Clematis passiflora pentaphylea flore caeruleo Punctato, fig. 103, fol. 587 (two works from Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Aardgewassen, Leiden and Utrecht, 1696-1702) engraving with hand-coloring 12 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches each. Property from the Collection of Judith D. and S. Jay Stewart, Chicago, Illinois and Naples, Florida $300-500 33 Johann Volckamer (German, 1644-1720) Limon peretto and Cyclamen rotundifolium maius autumnale (a pair of works from Nurembergische Hesperides, Nurnberg, 1708-1744) engraving with hand-coloring 14 x 9 1/4 inches each. $300-500

34* Johann Volckamer (German, 1644-1720) Limon Bergamotto and Pomo d’Adamo cedrato (a pair of works from Nurembergische Hesperides, Nurnberg, 1708-1744) engraving with later hand-coloring 14 x 9 1/4 inches each. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $300-500

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35* Johann Volckamer (German, 1644-1720) Aranzo di fior e Scorza doppia and Aranzo rigato con foglia larga (a pair of works from Nurembergische Hesperides, Nurnberg, 1708-1744) engraving with later hand-coloring 14 x 9 1/4 inches each. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $300-500

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36 Henrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Draakestein (Dutch, 1636-1691) Kari-bepu and Corondi (two works from Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, 1672-1703) engraving with later hand-coloring Joannis van Someren and Joannes van Dyck, Amsterdam, pubs. 15 1/8 x 18 1/2 inches each. $200-400

37 Basilius Besler (German, 1561-1629) I. Leucoium flore rubro plena II. Leucorum variegatum album rubris maculis III. Leucorum variegatum purpureis maculis (from Hortus Eystettensis) engraving with later hand-coloring first edition; Eichstatt, 1613 20 x 16 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

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38 Basilius Besler (German, 1561-1629) I. Narcissus albus maximus calice luteo brevi II. Narcissus albus medius calice luteo brevi III. Narcissus totus luteus oblongo calice & reflexis folys IV. Pseudo narcissus minimus Juncifolius aureus (from Hortus Eystettensis) engraving with hand-coloring first edition; Eichstatt, 1613 21 x 17 1/2 inches. $800-1,200 39 Basilius Besler (German, 1561-1629) I. Narcissus totus luteus montanus maior II. Narcissus totus luteus montanus minimus III. Colchicum Vernum flore purpureo plenum IIII. Hyacinthus Botryoides coeruleus V. Hyacinthus Botryodes floribus albis, (from Hortus Eystettensis) engraving with hand-coloring first edition; Eichstatt, 1613 21 x 17 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

40 Basilius Besler (German, 1561-1629) I. Narcissus Polyanthos Orientalis calice medio luteus odoratus maximus II. Narcissus Polyanthos Orientalis medio luteus odoratus maximus III. Narcissus Polyanthos Orientalis medis luteus minor odoratus (from Hortus Eystettensis) engraving with hand-coloring second edition; Eichstatt, 1640 21 x 17 1/2 inches. $600-800 41 Basilius Besler (German, 1561-1629) I. Narcissus Septentrionalis flo pleno luteo II. Narcissus Septentrionalis calice luteo pleno duplicatis foliis III. Narcissus Septentrionalis calice pleno luteo oris incisis IV. Pseudo Narcissus minor luteus reperis, (from Hortus Eystettensis) engraving with hand-coloring second edition; Eichstatt, 1640 20 5/8 x 16 1/4 inches. $600-800

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42 Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (Dutch, 1727-1817) Lactuca villosa, tab. 367, Othonna retrofracta, tab. 376, and Gorteria spinos, tab. 371 (three works from Plantarum rariorum horti caesarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797-1804; +three others from a separate work) engraving with hand-coloring (+three other black and white) C.F. Wappler et al. (Vienna, London, Leiden), pubs. Size of largest 18 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. $100-200

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43 Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (German/Polish, 1683-1741) Geranium officinarum, Acer foliis verrucosis, and Acer Platanoides peregrinus (three works from Phytanthoza iconographia, 1737-1745) mezzotint with hand-coloring Hieronymus Lentzen, Regensburg, pub. 9 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches each. $100-200

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44* Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (German, 1683-1741) Saxifraga alba vulgaris and Trifolium montanum flore albo (a pair of works from Phytanthoza iconographia, 1737-1745) mezzotint with hand-coloring Hieronymus Lentzen, Regensburg, pubs. 13 x 9 inches each. Property from the Collection of Judith D. and S. Jay Stewart, Chicago, Illinois and Naples, Florida $200-400

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46 45 Thomas Moore (British, 1821-1887) Lastrea cristata and Polypodium Robertianum (two works from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, 1855-1856) color nature printed engraving Bradbury & Evans, London, pubs. 21 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches each. $500-700

46 Thomas Moore (British, 1821-1887) Lastrea Filix-mas and Lastrea dilatata dumetorum (two works from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, 1855-1856) color nature printed engraving Bradbury & Evans, London, pubs. 21 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches each. $500-700

47 Thomas Moore (British, 1821-1887) Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum acutum and Polypodium Dryopteris (two works from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, 1855-1856) color nature printed engraving Bradbury & Evans, London, pubs. 21 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches each. $500-700

48 Thomas Moore (British, 1821-1887) Osmunda regalis and A.B.C.D. Polypodium vulgare E.P. Vulgare acutum F.P. vulgare bifidum (two works from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, 18551856) color nature printed engraving Bradbury & Evans, London, pubs. 21 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches each. $500-700

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49 49 Constantin Freiherr von Ettingshausen and Alois Pokorny (Austrian, 1826-1897) A group of four works from Physiotypia plantarum Austriacarum, 1855-1856 nature printed engraving with brown ink Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, pubs. 22 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches each. $400-600

50 Constantin Freiherr von Ettingshausen and Alois Pokorny (Austrian, 1826-1897) A group of four works from Physiotypia plantarum Austriacarum 1855-1856 nature printed engraving with brown ink Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, pubs. 22 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches each. $400-600

51 Constantin Freiherr von Ettingshausen and Alois Pokorny (Austrian, 1826-1897) A group of four works from Physiotypia plantarum Austriacarum 1855-1856 nature printed engraving with brown ink Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, pubs. 22 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches each. $400-600

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