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Antique hand-colored botanical lithograph plate 13 of Cattleya Skinneri orchid from J. Veitch & Sons, Piccadilly, 1870s orchid book
Estate sale in New York, NY: Dec 5
Photos: Arader Galleries via EstateSales.NET · 50 photos in the full listing
| When | Sat, Dec 5 · 1:00 PM–11:59 PM |
| Where | New York, NY 10075 (exact address not listed yet) |
| Run by | Arader Galleries |
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- Antique hand-colored botanical lithograph plate 13 of Cattleya Skinneri orchid from J. Veitch & Sons, Piccadilly, 1870s orchid book
- Antique hand-colored botanical lithograph plate of Amaryllis Johnsoni, drawn by Miss E. Drury, Liverpool, engraved, printed and colored by R. Havell (early 19th century, c. 1820s-1830s), from a bound botanical volume
- Antique hand-colored lithograph plate of Lamprolaima rhami hummingbirds, from a 19th-century ornithological folio (after John Gould, lithographed by H. C. Richter, published by Hullmandel & Walton)
- Antique hand-colored lithograph plate of Ramphastos toco (Toco Toucan) from a 19th-century ornithological folio, bound in a book with marbled endpapers and gilt-tooled leather binding, likely John Gould's Birds of Asia or Toucan monograph era
- Felis Leo (lion) hand-colored lithograph plate by J. Wolf & J. Smit, printed by M&N Hanhart, 19th century natural history book
- George Bellows 'Breakfast Is Served' lithograph, two-panel print (c. 1923)
- Jer Falcon (Falco islandicus) hand-colored lithograph plate from a 19th-century ornithology folio, likely by John Gould or Gould & Richter, bound in a leather-spine book
- John Gould 'Birds of Australia' hand-colored lithograph plate, Brolga (Grus australasianus), H.C. Richter del. et lith., Hullmandel & Walton imp., mid-19th century bound volume
- John Gould 'Birds of Great Britain' folio with Milvus regalis (Red Kite) hand-colored lithograph plate, c. 1862-1873, gilt-tooled leather binding
- John Gould hand-colored lithograph plate of Blue-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua ophthalmica), Sclater, from Gould's Birds of New Guinea, plate by W. Hart, printed by Mintern Bros., circa 1870s-1880s
- John Gould hand-colored lithograph plate of Narina Trogon from Monograph of the Trogonidae (1858-1875)
- John Gould hand-colored lithograph plate, Macropus major (Eastern Grey Kangaroo), from Mammals of Australia, mid-19th century
- Louis Choris hand-colored lithograph, Plate XVIII, Kotzebue's meeting with King Tammeamea, Owyhee (Sandwich Islands), from Voyage pittoresque autour du monde (c. 1822)
- Audubon Trumpeter Swan hand-colored print, Birds of America plate (Havell edition, framed)
- Antique 1784 engraving 'The Death of Captain Cook' by F. Bartolozzi after J. Webber, published by W. Byrne, London (book plate from Cook voyage account)
- Antique 17th-century book, likely James Howell's Epistolae Ho-Elianae (Familiar Letters), with manuscript marginalia
- Antique 17th-century French hand-drawn map 'Carte geographique de la Nouvelle France' by Samuel de Champlain, from Les Voyages du Sieur de Champlain (Paris, 1613), engraved copperplate with compass roses and sea monsters
- Antique 17th-century Italian book page with woodcut engravings of monstrous births, 'Alia Animalia Novae Hispaniae' (Nardi Antonio Recchi), Ioannes Fabri Lyncei expositione, pages 626-627, with Ggg 2 signature
- Antique 17th-century printed book, 'A Discourse of the Kingdome of China' (Chapter XIII, pages 92-93), letterpress black-letter type with leather binding
- Antique Dutch engraved map of Nova Zembla (Novaya Zemlya) by Gerrit de Veer, Baptista a Doetechum sculp., 1598, from de Veer's Waer-achtighe Beschrijvinghe
- Antique engraved map plate from a 17th-century atlas, showing Frederica Civitas and Fl. Varaiba with Arx Margareta and S. Antony (Dutch/Brazilian colonial topography, likely Johannes Vingboons or Blaeu-style engraving)
- Antique French engraved folio page, Peking city plan and Chinese provincial town plates from 'Villes de la Province de Petche-li' (Jesuit-era Chinese atlas, 18th century)
- Antique French hand-colored world map 'Carte Universelle du Commerce' by P. Du Val, Paris, 1677, bound in book with brass clasp
- Antique hand-colored celestial hemisphere star map engraving from Andreas Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica (Amsterdam, 1660-1661 edition), southern hemisphere 'Planisphaerium Coeleste' plate with Ptolemaic/Dutch Golden Age constellation figures
- Antique hand-colored copper-engraved map of Nouvelle France (New France) and Eastern North America, after Samuel de Champlain, likely 17th century French edition with folding plate
- Antique hand-colored copper-engraved map of Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia (New England, New Netherland, Virginia) with inset Bermuda map, from a 17th-century atlas, likely Blaeu or Jansson/Hondius edition
- Antique hand-colored copperplate engraved city view of Vienna (Vinna) from Braun & Hogenberg Civitates Orbis Terrarum, late 16th century
- Antique hand-colored engraved map 'General Map of North America' with decorative cartouche, likely early 19th century (c. 1800-1820), printed on paper with folds, from a bound atlas or book
- Antique hand-colored engraved map 'General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America' by Lewis Evans, engraved by Jas. Turner, Philadelphia 1755 (Dodsley edition, mounted in book)
- Antique hand-colored engraving 'Schuylkill Bridge, High Street, Philadelphia' by W. Birch & Son, early 19th century (c. 1800-1810), from Views of Philadelphia
- Antique hand-colored map of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, copperplate engraving with decorative shell cartouche, 18th century atlas plate
- Antique hand-colored map of the British Isles, Mercator/Hondius-style atlas plate, Amsterdam 17th century copperplate engraving with later hand coloring, mounted in a large vellum-bound atlas
- Antique hand-colored pomological plate 'Scarlet Flesh Romana' (melon/cucurbit), early 19th-century book illustration, likely from a British fruit or garden book
- 18th-century pen and grey wash drawing of a crowded assembly hall with a speaker on a raised platform, likely a French Revolution-era study
- Audubon Birds of America Blue Jay print, Plate CII, Havell hand-colored engraving (Robert Havell Jr., c. 1830s)
- Audubon Birds of America Brown Pelican Pelecanus fuscus plate CCLI (251) print, Havell edition style, male adult
- Audubon Birds of America Carolina Parrot Plate XXVI hand-colored print (Havell edition)
- Audubon Birds of America Louisiana Heron (Ardea ludoviciana) plate CCXVII, hand-colored engraving by R. Havell, Havell edition, c. 1835
- Audubon Birds of America Plate 1 Great American Wild Turkey hand-colored engraving, engraved by W. H. Lizars, in ornate gilt frame
- Audubon Birds of America print, Plate 76, Virginian Partridge with Hawk (Havell engraving, likely 1830s or later reproduction)
- Audubon Havell edition hand-colored engraving, Plate CCVI Summer or Wood Duck (Anas sponsa), Birds of America, double elephant folio print, framed
- Framed Audubon Birds of America Osprey (Fish Hawk) hand-colored engraving, Havell plate, Pandion haliaetus
- Georgius Agricola De Re Metallica 1556 Latin edition open book, Book VI pages 146-147 woodcut illustrations of water-powered mine drainage machines
- Hooping Crane (Grus americana) hand-colored engraving, Plate CCLXI, after John James Audubon, Birds of America, Havell edition (Robert Havell, London, c. 1830s)
- Illuminated Book of Hours manuscript on vellum, likely French or Flemish, c. 1500s, with Adoration of the Magi miniature and floral border
- John James Audubon 'Wood Ibis, Tantalus Loculator' hand-colored aquatint engraving, Plate CCXVI (plate 416), Havell edition, double elephant folio, framed in gilt frame
- William Birch 'The Country Seats of the United States of North America' 1808 hand-colored engraved title plate, Springland near Bristol, Pennsylvania
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