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Lot 118
C. A. KOFOID, A.D. MEAD, N.H. ODHNER, W.E. COLLINGE and others.
[A collection of 81 malacological works in 69 volumes, mostly off-prints or extracts, a few inscribed by their authors].
Lot 119
H.R. SIMROTH, W. KOBELT, A. SLAVIK, A. von NORDMANN, W. KOBELT, and others.
[GERMAN. - a collection of 85 malacological works in German in 82 vols, mostly off-prints or extracts, wide variety of subjects]
Includes a group of works by Heinrich Simroth
Lot 120
A.R. CARCELLES, J. ZETEK, A. MORENO and others.
[SPANISH, South America. - a collection of 34 malacological works in 30 volumes, mostly off-prints or extracts,]
Most in Spanish, relating to South and Central America, some inscribed.
Lot 121
MALACOLOGY.
Approximately 1000 works, mostly off-prints or extracts, mostly in English, mostly 20th century.
Lot 122
Charles DARWIN (1809-1882) & Edward Sylvester MORSE (1838-1925)
[JAPAN. - two rare off-prints concerning the Omori Shell Mounds]
The first work includes a letter by Darwin in support of Morse.
Lot 123
William Sidney COOPER (1854-1927)
[Two sketches: a blinkered horse's head and a horned cow, signed on the mounts].
Oil on paper
Lot 125
John James AUDUBON (1785-1851)
Pigeon Hawk
Original Bien edition double-elephant folio print
Lot 132
Rory MCEWEN (1932-1982).
[TULIPS: two large colored lithographic plates, each signed by the artist in pencil, and numbered].
Two signed limited edition prints from "the greatest painter of tulips since the Dutch masters of the 17th century"
Lot 141
William CURTIS (founder). – Sydenham Teast EDWARDS (1768-1819), and others.
[A collection of 16 hand-colored engraved plates from Curtis’s ‘Botanical Magazine’]
A fine selection: mostly red or yellow.
Lot 142
William CURTIS (founder). – Sydenham Teast EDWARDS (1768-1819), and others.
[A collection of 16 hand-colored engraved plates from Curtis’s ‘Botanical Magazine’]
Lot 143
William CURTIS (founder). – Sydenham Teast EDWARDS (1768-1819), and others.
[A collection of 16 hand-colored engraved plates from Curtis’s ‘Botanical Magazine’]
A fine selection: mostly pink.
Lot 149
[John Edward SOWERBY (1825-1870).]
"Cannabis Sativa. Common Hemp",
One of the best plates from Sowerby's 'English Botany'
Lot 153
W. P. A.; State of Connecticut
Fishery survey of important Connecticut lakes, with full set of maps, 1942.
CT Lakes A to Z: Rarely found complete; W. P. A. Project.