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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 123 - Hunt (John). British Ornithology; Containing Portraits of all the British Birds, 1815-1822
Lot 125 - Jardine (William). The Naturalist's Library, 9 volumes in 6, 1833-1843
Lot 126 - Jardine (William). The Naturalist's Library. Ornithology, 13 volumes, circa 1844-1864
Lot 127 - Martin (William Charles Linnaeus). A General History of Humming-Birds, 1st edition, 1852
Lot 128 - Mathews (Gregory M.). The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands..., 1928
Lot 130 - Meinertzhagen (Colonel R.). Birds of Arabia, Edition De Luxe, 1980
Lot 131 - Meinertzhagen (Colonel R.). Nicoll's Birds of Egypt, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1930
Lot 132 - Meyer (H. L.). Coloured Illustrations of British Birds…, 7 vols, 2nd ed, London, 1857
Lot 133 - Meyer (Henry Leonard). Illustrations of British Birds, 4 volumes, London, [1835-44]
Lot 134 - Mosley (Seth Lister). A History of British Birds, 1st edition, superior issue, [1881-1892]
Lot 135 - * Ogilvie (Carol). Six original gouache illustrations, plus Francois Levaillant, 1799
Lot 136 - Pennant, Thomas. Arctic Zoology, volumes I-II (of 3) only, 2nd edition, 1792
Lot 137 - Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana, Volumes I-II, 1st edition, 1829-1831
Lot 138 - Rothschild (Walter). A Monograph of the Genus Casuarius..., 1900
Lot 139 - Salvin (Francis Henry and William Brodrick). Falconry in the British Isles, 1873
Lot 140 - Salvin (Osbert). On the Avifauna of the Galapagos Archipelago, 1876
Lot 143 - Sclater (Philip Lutley, & William Henry Hudson). Argentine Ornithology..., 1888-9
Lot 144 - Sharpe & Wyatt. A Monograph of the Hirundinidae, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1885-94