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$469

GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE BUFFON (1707-1788) [A Complete Set of Work by Duke de Buffon, ... History of Quadruped Animals]. Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1775-1782. 11 volumes, full set. 8vo (170 x 105 mm). Full calf binding, marble endpaper, all edges marbled. Gilded and embossed spine with five raised bands. Published in French. All volumes are illustrated with 337 etchings depicting various species of quadruped animals.


Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions

Date:
2015-02-28

Archived auctions similar to [HISTORY OF QUADRUPED ANIMALS], FULL SET OF 11 VOLUMES Down arrow


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$250

James T. Johnson’s Circus. History of Animals Courier. New York: New York Popular Publishing Co., ca. 1885. Illustrated. 30 pages. Spine reinforced with paper tape, Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2016-07-23


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$764

Binder Full of Cut Animals and Comic Paper Dolls, comprising Brenda Starr, Katy Keene, and Charlotte Ware; some handmade animals, teddy bears, and whimsical cut Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2003-04-12


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$125

Wells, H.G. (1866-1946) The Outline of History Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind, Partial Set in Parts. London: George Newnes Ltd., 1919-1920. Twelve Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2020-11-02


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$11,250

An Incurable Collector, these items represent Gordon Lankton's passion for the culture and history of Africa. This sale represents the conclusion of the Gordon Lankton Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2020-03-24


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$738

Johnson, Richard (1733-1793) The History of North America. Lansingburgh: by Silvester Tiffany, sold by Thomas Spencer, 1795. Second American edition, 12mo, illustrated with an engraved Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2016-10-30


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$123

History of the State of Rhode Island. Philadelphia: Hoag, Wade & Col, 1878. First edition, folio, illustrated with many full-page views, portraits, a full-page map, Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2014-11-16


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$6,150

McKenney, Thomas (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868) History of the Indian Tribes of North America . Philadelphia: by D. Rice and A.N. Hart, 1854. Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2013-06-01


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$277

Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782) Sketches of the History of Man. Edinburgh: for W. Creech; [and] London: for Strahan & Cadell, 1774. First edition, two Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2019-11-11


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$800

Beale, Thomas (1807-1849) The Natural History of the Sperm Whale. London: van Voorst, 1839. Second, expanded edition, the one used by Melville while working on Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2015-11-15


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$369

Jardine, Sir William (1800-1874) The Natural History of Humming-birds , [from] The Naturalist's Library . Edinburgh: Lizars, and Sterling & Kenney, 1834. Small octavo, two Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2014-05-31