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EXPLORATION AND NATURAL HISTORY LOTS 427 – 473


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427* DE OVALLE, ALONSO Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Chile. London: A. & J. Churchill, 1703.
4to, 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards. Engraved illustrated. This translation is more commonly found in volume 3 of Churchill’s Voyages, published in 1704 [see Palau 207400]. Light shelfwear to binding; ex-library stamp and bookplate. Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois $600-800
428* DOUGHTY, CHARLES M. Travels in Arabia Deserta. London and Boston: Philip Lee Warner and Jonathan Cape, 1921.
2 vols. 8vo, original pictorially gilt-stamped green cloth. Second edition. With half-titles, photogravure portrait, plates and plans, some folding, and foldout linen-backed color map in pocket at rear of vol. 1. Spines darkened and ends frayed; boards faded; scattered foxing; hinges starting. Property from the Estate of Barbara Maggos, Alton, Illinois $100-200 429* FRANCHERE, GABRIEL Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the Years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific. New York: Redfield, 1854.
Small 8vo, rebound in cloth. Second edition, being the first edition published in English, with an added chapter. Illustrated with three plates. Minor foxing scattered throughout the text, and minor soiling to the first few leaves. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $200-400
430* KEOUGH, PAT AND ROSEMARIE Antarctica. Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada: Nahanni Productions, 2002.
Oblong quarto, full gray morocco. First edition. One of 950, signed by the Keoughs and Queen Noor on a tipped-in presentation sheet. Property from the Estate of Marvin E. Jaffe, Naples, Florida $1,000-2,000



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431 LYNCH, W.F. Narrative of the United States’ Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1850.
8vo, original blindstamped brown cloth, title in gilt on spine. Edgewear to spine ends and edges; repair to head of spine. $100-200
432* NORDEN, FREDERICK LUDVIG Travels in Egypt and Nubia. London: printed for Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers, 1757.
2 vols. bound in one. Folio, bound by Weitz-Coleman (NYC) in full green morocco gilt. First edition in English. Complete with two frontispieces and 157 engraved plates, view and maps, some fold-out. Additionally embellished with numerous head- and tail-pieces, and initials. Very minor intermittent foxing. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $5,000-7,000 433* [FELLOWS, ROBERT] AND ROBERT KNOX The History of Ceylon, From the Earliest Years to the Year MDCCCXV ... to which is subjoined, Robert Knox’s Historical Relation of the Island, with an Account of His Captivity During a Period of Near Twenty Years. London: Printed for Joseph Mawman by J.F. Dove, 1817.
2 works in one. 4to, rebound in modern quarter smooth magenta calf over matching marbled boards, marbled edges, endpapers renewed, engraved frontispiece portrait of Robert Knox, folding map and [15] plates. First edition. Offsetting from frontispiece; brown ink stain on title of History of Ceylon from manuscript ex-libris on pp. 1/2 (illeg.); ex-libris Free Public Library, Wigam to first title page; light interior brown spotting and light dampstain to map. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $500-700 434 QUIN, MICHAEL J. Steam Voyages on the Seine, The Moselle, and the Rhine; With Railroads visits to the Principal Cities of Belgium. London: Henry Colburn, 1843.
2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s cloth. Complete with two engraved illustrations. First edition. Light rubbing to boards; light foxing and toning to plates; top corner of vol. II dampstained. $100-200
435 (AFRICA) A group of five books pertaining to African exploration.
Thompson in Africa. By George Thompson. New York: for the author, 1852; Lake Ngami. By Charles John Anderssen. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856; Daring Deeds in the Tropics. By James A. Bradbury. Philadelphia: John E. Potter, 1894; Livingstone and Stanley. By David Livingstone. Philadelphia & Boston: Hubbard, 1872; Men, Mines and Animals in South Africa. By Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill. New York: D. Appleton, 1892. $150-250

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436 (ATLAS) STARLING, THOMAS The Royal Cabinet Atlas. London: Bull and Churton, [1840].
16mo, publishers green cloth boards with gilt stamped title on cover, a.e.g. Complete with 100 uncolored maps and plates. Wear to boards, with covers rubbing, hinges starting and corners bumped; dampstain to second half of pp.; minor intermittent foxing. $100-200
437* (MAP) LE ROUGE, GEORGE LOUS Carte de la Floride occidentale et Louisiane...avec les Isles de Bahama. Paris, c. 1778. Large engraved chart after Thomas Jeffreys, in two sheets (joined, extending from the Mississippi delta to the Bahamas. Creased in fourths; uncolored. 21 1/8 x 51 3/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $300-500
438 (MAP) BLAEU, WILLEM Ducatus Silesiae Glogani Vera Delineatio. [Amsterdam, 1640] Double-page engraved map with hand-coloring depicting the Silesia region of Poland. With decorative cartouche and French text to verso. 18 1/2 x 22 inches. $150-250
439* (MAP) COVENS, J. AND C. MORTIER Theatrum Historicum pars Occidentalis [and] Orientalis. Amsterdam, 1717. Two-sheet engraved map hand-colored in outline. 21 3/8 x 25 1/4 each. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $300-500


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440* (MAP) BLAEU, WILLEM Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris Adiacentibus. Amsterdam, c. 1636. Engraved map with hand-coloring. German text to verso. 18 1/2 x 23 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200
441* (MAP) HOMANN HEIRS America Septentrionalis. Nuremberg, c. 1777. Engraved map of the colonial United States, with hand-coloring. 20 3/8 x 22 3/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $300-500 441A (MAP) HONDIUS, JOCODUS Virginiae item ed Floridae Americae provinciarum, nova descriptio. Amsterdam, ca. 1606 or later. Engraved map of the Southeast coast of America (Virginia, George, North Carolina, South Carolina), hand-colored. Laid down, text to verso not visible. 15 1/2 x 20 2/3 inches. $700-900
442* (MAP) JAILLOT, ALEXIS-HUBERT Nova orbis tabula, ad usum sernissimi Burgundiae. Paris, 1694. Engraved double hemisphere map, with later hand-coloring. 19 3/4 x 25 inches. Property from the Collection of Sally Smith Carlson, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000 443* (MAP) MERCATOR America Sive India Nova. ad magnx Gerardi Mercatoris aui Viniversalis imi: tationem in compendi: um redacta. Per Michaelem Mercatorem Duyburgensem. Amsterdam, c. 1633. Engraved hemisphere map, hand-colored, surrounded by roundels in the four corners containing inset maps of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba and Hispaniola. French text to verso. 18 3/4 x 22 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000
444* (MAP) ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM Pannoniae, et Illyrici veteris Tabula. Antwerp, c. 1590. Engraved map of the Dalmatian coast, hand-colored. 17 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

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445* (MAP) ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni typus. [Antwerp: Plantin, 1598] Double-page engraved map with hand-coloring, with two large decorative cartouches. Latin text to verso. Depicting Tartary and China, an uncommon projection of Japan, and an early depiction, possibly the first, of California, labeled “C. Californio.” Property from the Collection of Fred M. Levin, Chicago, Illinois $600-800 446 (MAP) SPEED, JOHN Oxfordshire, described with ye city and armes of the colledges of ye famous university. Amsterdam, 1605 (but c. 1611). Engraved map with hand-coloring, inset view of Oxford, bordered by coats of arms, globe at the bottom center flanked by academic figures. English text to verso. In double pane frame. 15 2/3 x 21 inches. $600-800
447 (MAP) VISSCHER, NICOLAS Niewe Kaerte van T Landt van Waes Ende Hulster Ambacht vertoonende oock de Stroomen van de Ooster ende Wester. Schelde: per Nicolaum Visscher, n.d. (c. 1750). Double-page engraved map of the Netherlands. Hand-colored. Some age-darkening; creased down the center; otherwise fine. 20 x 23 1/4 inches. $400-600 448* (MAP) JANSSON, JAN Britannia prout divisa fuit temporibus AngloSaxonum, prafertim durante illorum heptarchia. Amsterdam, 1646. Engraved map of the British Isles, with hand-coloring, with two sets of vignettes along either side depicting historical scenes of Saxon history. 18 5/8 x 23 inches. Property from the Collection of David Feierstein, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000
449* (ASTRONOMICAL CHART) CELLARIUS, ANDREAS Planisphaerium Copernicanum sive systema universi totius [and] Soliscirca orbem terrarum spiralis revolutio. Amsterdam, 1660. A pair of engraved astronomical charts from Cellarius’ Harmonia Macrocsomica seu Atlas Universalis et Novus, with hand-coloring. 16 1/2 x 19 3/4 each. Property from the Collection of Charles and Nancy Frahm, Chicago, Illinois $4,000-6,000


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450* (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, ROBERT Dusky Duck, Anas Obscuras, plate CCCII, no.61. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring from The Birds of America, c. 1827. 24 1/2 x 37 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Mrs. Leonard S. Florsheim, Jr., Lake Forest, Illinois $2,000-4,000 451 (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, ROBERT Violet-green Cormorant, Phalacrocorax Resplendens; Townsend’s Cormorant, Phalacrocorax Townsendi, plate CCCCXII, no. 83. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, from The Birds of America, c. 1827. Framed and matted. 25 1/4 x 38 inches. $1,500-2,500

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452* (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, ROBERT American Widgeon, Anas Americana, plate CCXLV, no 69. Engraving with etching, aquatint and handcoloring, from the Birds of America, 1827. 20 3/4 x 27 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Mrs. Leonard S. Florsheim, Jr., Lake Forest, Illinois $2,000-4,000
453* (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, ROBERT Buffel Headed Duck, Fuligula Albeala, plate CCCXXV. Engraving with etching, aquatint and handcoloring from The Birds of America, c. 1827. 25 x 37 inches. Property from the Estate of Mrs. Leonard S. Florsheim, Jr., Lake Forest, Illinois $2,000-4,000 454* (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, ROBERT Horned Grebe, Podiceps Comnitus, plate CCLIX. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, from The Birds of America, 1827. 22 3/4 x 27 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Mrs. Leonard S. Florsheim, Jr., Lake Forest, Illinois $800-1,200
455 (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, ROBERT Uria Brunnichii, plate CCXLV, no. 49. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring from The Birds of America, J. Whatman, 1834. 25 1/2 x 38 3/4 inches. $400-600
456 (GOULD, JOHN, after) RICHTER, H.C. A group of four lithographs with hand-coloring from A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-birds. 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. $400-600
457* (GOULD, JOHN, after) RICHTER, H.C. Histrionicus Torquatas, lithograph with hand-coloring from Birds of Great Britain. 13 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Mrs. Leonard S. Florsheim, Jr., Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200 458* (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) BOWEN, J.T. A group of 10 lithographs of birds from the octavo edition of Audubon’s Birds of America. 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches each. Property from the Estate of Mrs. Leonard S. Florsheim, Jr., Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200
459* (EDWARDS, GEORGE, after) A set of 12 engravings with hand-coloring from A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. Property from the Estate of Ralph Loucks, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200 460 MORRIS, (FRANCIS ORPEN) A History of British Birds. London: George Bell, 1870.
6 vols. 8vo, publisher’s green cloth stamped in gilt, skillfully rebacked retaining original backstrip. Second edition, complete with 365 color engraved plates. Boards worn with spine ends and corners bumped; hinges tender on all volumes; internally very good. $300-500



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461 (BESLER, BASILIUS, after) I. Melanthium Hispanicum maius II. Melanthium Sativum flore simplici III. Melanthium Damascenum. Engraving with hand-coloring from Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstatt Nuremberg, 1613). Framed and matted. 20 1/2 x 14 inches. $400-600
462 (BESLER, BASILIUS, after) I. Flos Solis maior. Engraving with hand-coloring from Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstatt Nuremberg, 1613). Framed and matted. engraving with hand-coloring 20 1/8 x 16 7/8 inches. $2,000-4,000 463 CURTIS, SAMUEL A collection of eight hand-colored copper plate engravings from Botanical Magazine, (London, 18231826). Matted. 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. $100-200
464 PARKINSON, JOHN A collection of eight handcolored facsimile etchings from Paradisi in Sole, (1910). 14 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches. $150-250 465 THORNTON, ROBERT, SIR A collection of hand-colored lithographs from the facsimile edition of The Temple of Flora, circa 1951. Matted. 17 x 12 inches each. $150-250
466 (BOTANICAL PRINT) Rosa Sinensis quinquefolia. Engraving with handcoloring, 17th century. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. $100-200
467* (LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE) JENSEN, JENS Siftings. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1939.
8vo, original publisher’s cloth. First edition. Signed by Jensen on the front endpaper, and dated Nov. 1940. Illustrated with a fold-out map of Columbus Park. Minor shelfwear, and a minor crease to the map. Includes related ephemera. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $50-100
468 (SWISS FLORA) HEGETSCHWEILER, JOHANN Sammlung von Schweizer-Pflanzen. [Basel]: [H. Bienz], [1824-1846].
4 small portfolios (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches), numbered 9-12, containing 257 hand-colored lithographs of Swiss flora and leaves containing descriptors. Measures 7.5 inches (height). Each portfolio has a leather spine label and a slipcase. The entire set published over a span of 22 years, contains 482 lithographs. Binder’s title: Schweizerisch Flora. Botany; Switzerland; Pictorial works. Literature: Nissen 838 $500-700
469 WALCOTT, MARY VAUX North American Wild Flowers. Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1925.
5 vols. Folio, contents loose as issued in publisher’s folding cases, with ties and individual boxes. Complete with 400 color plates. $500-700 470 CULPEPER, NICHOLAS The Complete Herbal... London: Thomas Kelly, n.d. [c. 1850]
4to, full tree calf, gilt-stamped and -lettered spine. Complete with engraved frontispiece and 20 engraved hand-colored plates. Wear to boards; scattered foxing; some plates beginning to detach from text block. $100-200
471* DEFOREST, LEE Two inscribed books with a series of letters and patent documents associated with Lee DeForest.
A Conquerer of Space. An Authorized Biography of ... Lee DeForest. New York, 1930. Inscribed by DeForest to the f.f.e.p.; Television Today and Tomorrow. By Lee DeForest. New York, 1941. Inscribed by DeForest to three typed letters signed; a telegraph; photographs; a collection of greeting cards, many inscribed by Mrs. DeForest; and additional ephemera. Property from the Estate of John Sanabria, Aurora, Illinois $300-500 472 MITCHELL, WESLEY CLAIR Business Cycles. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1913.
4to, rebound in gilt-lettered green leather, slipcase. With numerous charts and graphs throughout. Light soiling and finger smudges to some leaves; ex-library copy with “Beloit College Library” blind-stamp to upper right corner of title page $100-200
473 SKODA, JOSEPH Abhandlung uber Perkussion und Auskultation. Vienna: J.G. Ritter, 1839.
8vo, quarter brown cloth over speckled boards, printed paper spine label. First edition. In this work Skoda “classified the various sounds obtained on percussion according to their musical pitch and tone... following Skoda’s work, percussion at last gained general acceptance as a diagnostic procedure” (Garrison-Morton). Rubbing and wear to boards with some loss; spine frayed and torn; scattered brown spots. $300-500

