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DAY ONE
Travel & Exploration 1-36
The Library of David & Tamara Talbot-Rice 37-77
British Topography 78-100
Fine Bird Books from the Library of David Clugston: Part I 101-151
Natural History 152-165
Antiquarian History & Literature 166-334
Witchcraft, Spiritualism & Esoterica 335-357
Art & Design Books from the Library of Oliver Messel 358-366
Art Reference & Architecture 367-410
DAY TWO
Maps 411-506
Decorative Prints 507-588
Cookery Books: A Private Collection 589-605
General Literature 606-661
General Stock 662-729
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Lot 1 - Adams (Michael). The New Royal System of Universal Geography, circa 1793
Lot 3 - Baldwin Locomotive Works. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives..., [1872]
Lot 4 - Beckford (William). Italy; With Sketches of Spain and Portugal, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, 1835
Lot 5 - Bossuet (Jaques Benigne). Discours sur l'histoire universelle, 1738, and others
Lot 6 - Bradley (John T.). The History of Seychelles, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Clarion Press, 1940
Lot 7 - Chardin (John). The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies, 1689
Lot 10 - Crouch (Nathaniel). A View of the English Acquisitions in Guinea and the East-Indies, 1686
Lot 11 - Doré (Henri). Recherches sur les superstitions en Chine, 15 volumes, Shanghai, 1911-1929
Lot 12 - Du Val (Pierre). Diverses Cartes et Tables pour la Geographie Ancienne, [1666-circa 1669]
Lot 13 - Fullarton (A. & Co. publisher). The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography, circa 1862
Lot 14 - Gordon (Patrick). Geography Anatomiz'd: or, the Geographical Grammar, 1711, and others
Lot 16 - Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy. Ice Atlas of the Northern Hemisphere, 1st edition, 1946
Lot 18 - Baedeker (Karl). The Dominion of Canada with Newfoundland and an excursion to Alaska, 1894
Lot 20 - La Croix (Antoine Phérotée de). Nouvele Metode Pour Aprendre la Geographie Universele, 1705
Lot 21 - Laveau (George De). Guide du Voyageur a Moscou, 1st edition, 1824, and others
Lot 23 - Livingstone (David). Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, 1st edition, 1857
Lot 24 - Livingstone (David). Missionary Travels, 1st edition, 1857