NATURAl hiSTORY, SciENcE AND MEDiciNE

lots 326–366

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326 (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, R. Black Throated Diver, Colymbus Arcticus. No. 70, Plate CCCXLVI. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, from Birds of America, on Whatman paper, 1836. Size of sheet 25 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches. Property from a Private Collection $15,000-20,000

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327 (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, R. Brasilian Cara Cara Eagle, Polyborus Vulgaris. No. 33, Plate CLXI. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, from Birds of America, on J. Whatman, 1834. Size of sheet 37 3/4 x 25 inches. $5,000-7,000

328 (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, R. Goosander, Mergus Merganser. [Plate 331] Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, from Birds of America, watermarked, J. Whatman, trimmed inside plate number and date of watermark. Size of sheet 25 x 38 inches. $3,000-5,000

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329* (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, R. Uria Brunnichii. No. 49, Plate CCXLV. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring from The Birds of America, circa 1835. Pasted down with watermark obscured. Framed. Size of sheet 25 x 33 inches. Property from the Collection of A. Phillip Trier, Wilmette, Illinois $400-600

330 (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) BOWEN, J. T. Neotoma Floridana. Florida Rat. No. 1, Plate IV. Lithograph with hand-coloring from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia, 18451848. Framed. Size of sheet 26 1/2 x 21 inches. $300-500

331 (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) PETERSON, ROGER TORY, et al. Audubon’s Birds of America. New York: Abbeville, 1981.

Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio, full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, pair of birds illustrated in gilt to upper board. Special edition of the Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio, limited to 2,500 copies signed by both authors. Light wear to boards; otherwise fine. $300-500 332* (ORNITHOLOGY) CATESBY, MARC A group of three hand-colored engravings of birds from the German edition of Catesby’s Natural History of South Carolina, and the Bahama Islands. Nuremburg: Johann Seligmann, (1749-1776). Size of largest 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

333* (ORNITHOLOGY) CORY, CHARLES B. Birds of the Bahama Islands. Boston: Published by the Author, 1880.

4to, original brown cloth with gilt vignette to upper board. First edition, with eight hand-colored lithographic plates, tissue guards. F.f.e.p. nearly detached; hinges tender; rubbing to boards. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

334* (ORNITHOLOGY) GOULD, JOHN Ramphastos Culmenatus. Culmenated Toucan. Lithograph with hand-coloring heightened with gum arabic, engraved by E. Lear, from A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans. London, 1833. 23 x 16 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

335* (ORNITHOLOGY) GOULD, JOHN A group of two lithographs with hand-coloring depicting hummingbirds, comprising Amazilia Cerviniventris and Glaucis Fraseri, from Monograph of the Trochilidae. London, 1849-1861. Size of largest 22 x 14 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

336* (ORNITHOLOGY) SELBY, JOHN PRIDEAUX Two hand-colored engravings of sea birds from an edition British Ornithology. Edinburgh/London, c. 1841 or later. Size of largest 16 1/4 x 22 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

337* (BOTANY, DUTCH) MUNTING, ABRAHAM A group of three engravings with hand-coloring depicting lemons and flowers from Naauwkeurige beschryving der Aardgeassen. Amsterdam, 1696. Size of largest 15 1/4 x 10 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 338* (BOTANY, ENGLISH) BROOKSHAW, GEORGE [Peaches/Nectarines] Engraving with hand-coloring in aquatint, plate 25 from an edition of Pomona Britannica. London, 1812 or later. Untitled, edition unknown. 18 x 14 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

339* (BOTANY, ENGLISH) CATESBY, MARC A group of two hand-colored engravings, including [American Begonia] and Snow Bird with Broom-rape and Toad-stool, London, c. 1750. Size of largest 21 x 14 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

340* (BOTANY, ENGLISH) EDWARDS, JOHN Anemones. Engraving with hand-coloring from The British Herbal. London, 1769. 17 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 341* (BOTANY, ENGLISH) HARRIS, MOSES A group of five engravings with hand-coloring from The Aurelian, a Natural History of English Insects. London: Bohn, 1840. Size of largest 19 x 11 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

342* (BOTANY, ENGLISH) THORNTON, DR. ROBERT A Group of Carnations. Engraving with hand-coloring from A Temple of Flora. London, 1799-1807. 24 x 19 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

343* (BOTANY, FRENCH) REDOUTE, PIERRE JOSEPH A group of five hand-colored botanical engravings, including three from Traite des arbres et arbustes que l’on cultive en France en pleine terre, Paris, 1800-1819, and one iris from Les Liliacees, Paris, 1802-1816. Size of largest 21 x 14 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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344* (BOTANY, FRENCH) RISSO, A. AND POITEAU, P.A. Histoire Naturelle des Orangers. Paris: Audot Libraire, 1818-[1820].

Folio, quarter morocco over marbled boards, title in gilt to spine. Complete with 109 stipple-engraved plates after Poiteau. First edition, half-title, 2 pp. dedication to the Duchesse de Berry. Wear to boards; front board detached; backstrip detached from text block; hinges starting; intermittent light foxing; scattered brownspotting; offsetting from plates. Property from the Collection of Addison Jones, Iowa, Sold for the Benefit of Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois $4,000-6,000

345 (BOTANY, GERMAN) BESSLER, BASILIUS A group of engravings with hand-coloring, comprising Ornithogalum Hispanicum spicatum, and Pistacia, from Hortus Eystettensis sive diligens et Accurata Omnium Plantarum. Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613. Latin text to verso. Framed and matted. 21 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches each. $800-1,200

346* (BOTANY, GERMAN) TREW, CHRISTOPH JAKOB A group of 11 hand-colored engraved plates from Plantae selectae, Nuremberg, c. 1750, engraved by Johann Jakob Haid, after George Dionysu Ehret. 15 x 21 1/2 inches each. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 347 (BOTANY, GERMAN) WEINMANN, JOHANN A collection of 25 engravings with hand-coloring from an edition of Phytanthoza Iconographia. Regensberg, 1737-1745. Each individually sleeved and housed in spiral-bound folder. Size of largest 16 x 11 inches. $800-1,200

348 (BOTANY, GERMAN) WEINMANN, JOHANN A collection of 30 engravings with hand-coloring from an edition of Phytanthoza Iconographia. Regensberg, 1737-1745. Together with 15 others by contemporary artists. Each individually sleeved and housed in spiral-bound folder. Size of largest 16 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

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349* (BOTANY, ITALIAN) FERRARI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum cultura et usu libri quatuor. Rome: Hermanni Scheus, 1646.

Folio, rebound in later hide dyed purple. First edition of the one of the first and most important works devoted to growing citrus fruit, especially in regard to growing in the northern latitudes. With allegorical engraved frontispiece and 100 full-page copperplate engravings on 99 sheets, representing citrons, lemons and oranges, growing patterns and gardens, and allegorical scenes, engraved vignette initials throughout. Renewed endpapers; hinges strengthened; previous owner’s ex-libris stamp to engraved title page and manuscript ex-libris to printed title page; 2-inch tear to plate 7 and two others with small tears; 3-inch tear to p. 71 and 4-inch tear to p. 203, repaired; a few light brown spots. Property from the Collection of Addison Jones, Iowa, Sold for the Benefit of Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois Provenance: Joseph-Benjamin Rives, stamp ex-libris Petrus Deganeau, manuscript ex-libris $8,000-12,000

350 (BOTANY, ITALIAN) VIVIANI, DOMENICO I Funghi d’Italia e principalimente le loro specie mangereccie, velenose, o sospette descritte ed illustrate con tavole disengnate, e colorite dal vero. Genova: Tipografia e Litografia Ponthenier, 1834.

Folio, later half cloth over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. First edition. Complete with 60 hand-colored lithographed plates. Light edgewear; spine faded; scattered brownspotting. $2,000-4,000

351 (BOTANY) DUNTHORNE, GORDON Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries. Their History, Makers and Uses, with a Catalogue Raisonne of the Works in which They are Found. Washington: By the Author, 1938.

4to, original beige buckram, leather labels. Profusely illustrated with full-page color plates. Limited to 2500 copies. Light fading to spine; otherwise fine. $100-200

352 (BOTANY) JONES, PAUL Flora Magnifica, [and] Flora Superba. London: Tryon Gallery, 1971, 1976.

2 vols. Atlas folios, original 3/4 vellum over red and blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, slipcased. Profusely illustrated with color plates. Limited editions, both signed by Jones on the limitation pages. Light soiling to slipcases and boards; bookplates tipped to front pastedowns; otherwise fine. $300-500 353 (BOTANY) MEE, MARGARET Flores do Amazonas [Flowers of the Amazon]. Rio de Janeiro: Distribuidor Record de Servicos de Imprensa S.A., n.d. [1980]

Atlas folio, green cloth lettered in gilt, glassine. First edition. Limited to 100 copies, this being number 24, signed and inscribed by Mee on the title page. With 24 color plates. Wear and chipping to glassine; otherwise fine. $800-1,200

354 (BOTANY) A group of 10 volumes.

The Botanical Magazine. By William Curtis. London: Printed by Stephen Couchman, 1796. Vols. 10, 12, 17 and 25 only. Ferns: British and Exotic. By E.J. Lowe. London: Groombridge and Sons, 1857. Vols. 3 and 7 only. The Fruit Growers Guide. S.l.: J.S. Virtue, n.d. 4 vols. All with numerous plates, uncollated. $100-200

355* (FISH) BLOCH, MARCUS ELIZIER A group of three engravings with hand-coloring depicting fish from Ichthyologie; ou, Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Poissons. Berlin, 1785 or later. 10 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches each. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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363 356* (FISH) REDOUTE, H. J. Two engravings with hand-coloring depicting fish, from Poissons du Nil. Paris, c. 1805. 21 1/2 x 28 inches each. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

357* (BUTTERFLIES) EDWARDS, WILLIAM H. The Butterflies of North America. Volume 1, bound with Synopsis. New York: Hurd and Houghton; Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1874 [but 1884]. [Together with:] Second Series. New York: Houghton Mifflin; Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1884.

2 vols. 4to, 3/4 green morocco ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. With 50 and 51 hand-colored plates, each with tissue guard. Front hinge cracked on Second Series; rubbing to boards; some very light offsetting to tissue; bookplate tipped in front pastedown and verso of one plate. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Provenance: Hiram Adolphus Cutting, bookplate $400-600

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358* DARWIN, CHARLES [Work.] New York: D. Appleton, 1872-1892.

5 vols. 8vo, publisher’s bound in red cloth, giltlettered spines. Comprising: The Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection, 1872. Sixth edition; The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 1892. Second edition, revised; The Effects of Cross and Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, 1892; The Power of Movement in Plants, 1892. Boards lightly soiled; ends bumped; intermittent foxing in Origin of Species; hinges tender in some vols. Property from the Collection of Barbara Turner, Long Grove, Illinois $400-600

359* SPENCER, HERBERT [Works.] New York: D. Appleton, 1893.

5 vols. 8vo, publisher’s maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spines. Comprising: A System of Synthetic Philosophy, 1893. 4 vols.; Social Statics, Abridged and Revised; together with The Man Versus the State, 1893. Property from the Collection of Barbara Turner, Long Grove, Illinois $100-200

360 SWAMMERDAM, JOHN The Book of Nature; or, The History of Insects. London: C.G. Seyffert, 1758.

Folio, rebound in blue leatherette, renewed endpapers, title printed in red and black, subscribers list, title page vignette. First edition in English, complete with 53 engraved plates. Wear to boards; intermittent foxing; dampstaining affecting majority of plates and some leaves; scattered brownspotting; offsetting. $400-600 361* HERSCHEL, JOHN F. W. Physical Geography. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1861.

8vo, full calf presentation binding, with “King Edward’s Free Grammar School, Birmingham, 1861” stamped in gilt to upper cover, marbled edges and endpapers. With three fold-out plates. Bookseller’s sticker tipped in front pastedown; some light wear to boards; otherwise very good. Property from the Collection of Marjorie and Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois $100-200

362 (ANATOMY) JACOB, N. H. Traite complet de l’anatomie de l’homme comprenant la medicine operatoire, par le docteur Bourgery, avec planches lithographiees d’apres nature. Paris: C. Delaunay, 1831.

2 (of 8) vols. only. Folio, calf over marbled boards. With 160 plates, nine hand-colored. Wear to boards with loss to marbling; spines chipped with loss to heads and tails; front board vol. 2 beginning to detach with spine detached from backstrip; intermittent foxing; vol. 2 lacking title page; offsetting from some plates. $300-500

363 (ANATOMY) LE CLERC, D. AND J. J. MANGET Bibliotheca Anatomica sive recens in anatomia inventorum thesaurus locupletissimus. Geneva: J.A. Chouet and David Ritter, 1699.

2 vols. Folio, early vellum, titles in red and black with engraved vignettes, half-title vol. 1. Second edition, with engraved additional title to vol. 1 and 127 engraved plates, woodcuts and engraved illustrations in-text. Lacking half-title vol. 2; soiling and rubbing to boards; corners bumped; vellum cracked at spine, vol. 1; foxing; scattered brownspotting; offsetting from plates; intermittent wormholing. $600-800 364 (PSYCHOLOGY) LE BRUN, CHARLES A Series of Lithographic Drawings Illustrative of the Relation Between the Human Physiognomy and that of the Brute Creation. London: I.P. Banquet, 1827.

Folio, publisher’s boards. With portrait frontispiece and 37 plates. Front board detached; wear to boards with chipping to edges; offsetting from frontispiece; foxing affecting most plates. $200-400

365 (PSYCHOLOGY) FREUD, SIGMUND The Standard Edition of the Complete Works. London: The Hogarth Press, 1978.

24 vols. 8vo, blue cloth, titles in gilt to spines, dust jackets to most vols. Soiling and chipping to jackets; ends bumped; otherwise fine. [Together with:] The Collected Papers of Sigmund Freud. London: The Hogarth Press, 1950. 5 vols. 8vo, green cloth; The Origins of Psycho-Analysis, by Freud. London: Imago, (1954). 8vo, red cloth, dust jacket; Moses and Monotheism, by Freud. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. 8vo, green cloth lettered in black, dust jacket; and Sigmund Freud’s Writings. A Comprehensive Bibliography, by Alexander Grinstein. New York: International Universities Press, (1977). 8vo, teal cloth, dust jacket. (33 total) $200-400

366 (SURGERY) HEISTER, LORENZ Chirurgie, in welcher alles, was zur Wundartzney gehoeret. Nuremberg: Johann Adam Stein and Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, 1747.

4to, full calf, engraved frontispiece portrait. With 38 folding engraved plates of surgical instruments. “Heister was the founder of scientific surgery in Germany. His book ... was the most popular surgical text of the eighteenth-century.” (Garrison-Morton 5576, 1718 original edition) Light rubbing to boards; a few plates frayed along the fore edge; manuscript ex-libris to title page. $400-600