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    • SOWERBY (George Brettingham).
      Apr. 16, 2024

      SOWERBY (George Brettingham).

      Est: €3,000 - €4,000

      [Thesaurus conchyliorum, or Monographs of genera of Shells. Londres, Sowerby, 1847-1887]. 5 volumes petit in-4, demi-veau fauve avc coins, dos orné de fleurons à froid, tranches rouges (Reliure de l'époque). Édition originale de cette magnifique et très rare iconographie des mollusques et coquillages fossiles. Important ensemble comprenant 64 monographies illustrées de 234 planches finement coloriées, dessinées et lithographiées par G. B. Sowerby II (1812-1884), sur les 530 que réunit une collection complète. Le Thesaurus conchyliorum est un des traités de conchyliologie les plus rares, ayant été publié en 44 parties, auxquelles participèrent trois générations de Sowerby. De la bibliothèque J. D. Stilwell, avec ex-libris. Reliures usagées avec manques et restaurations ; quatrième volume en reliure moderne à l'imitation ; manquent le titre et les pp. 1-2 du premier volume et un feuillet de texte dans deux des monographies. Nissen, ZBI, n°3914.

      Alde
    • SOWERBY, GEORGE BRETTINGHAM I. 1788-1854. The Conchological Illustrations. London: George Odell, for the author, 1832-1841.
      Oct. 21, 2020

      SOWERBY, GEORGE BRETTINGHAM I. 1788-1854. The Conchological Illustrations. London: George Odell, for the author, 1832-1841.

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      SOWERBY, GEORGE BRETTINGHAM I. 1788-1854. The Conchological Illustrations. London: George Odell, for the author, 1832-1841. 2 vols. 8vo (212 x 135 mm). 200 hand-colored engraved plates, all bound after text pages. Half red morocco and marbled boards. Rubbed, light chipping to edges of some text pages. WITH: The Malacological and Conchological Magazine, Part I. London: E.J. Sterling, for the author, 1838. 8vo. 4 engraved plates. Modern green cloth, original wrapper for Part I bound in, facsimile pages and plates for Part II bound at end. WITH: SOWERBY, GEORGE B., II. 1812-1884. Marine Shells of South Africa. London: Sowerby, 1892. 4to. 5 Lithographic plates. Publisher's cloth. Corners bumped. FIRST EDITIONS of some of the seminal works by the eldest of the Sowerby dynasty of conchological illustrators, and one work by a subsequent generation. The elder Sowerby launched The Malacological and Conchological Magazine in 1838, with the intention of forming a society to go along with it. Part II was published a year later, and no further parts were issued. Nissen ZBI 3909 (first title). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

      Bonhams
    • SOWERBY, GEORGE BRETTINGHAM. 1788-1854. The Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells, for the use of Students in Conchology and Geology. London: Sowerby, 1820-1825.
      Oct. 21, 2020

      SOWERBY, GEORGE BRETTINGHAM. 1788-1854. The Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells, for the use of Students in Conchology and Geology. London: Sowerby, 1820-1825.

      Est: $1,500 - $2,500

      SOWERBY, GEORGE BRETTINGHAM. 1788-1854. The Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells, for the use of Students in Conchology and Geology. London: Sowerby, 1820-1825. 2 volumes. 8vo (215 x 140 mm). 266 engraved plates, most hand-colored. Contemporary half tan morocco, top edges gilt, wrappers bound at back of volume II. Provenance: Robert Boog Watson [1823-1910]; Conchological Society (bookplates). FIRST EDITION, with title pages, but without the index issued later by Bernard Quaritch. The plates were numbered to 279, but 13 plate numbers were skipped in the original sequence. George Brettingham Sowerby (Sr.) was the son of James Sowerby, the first in a line of natural history illustrators and researchers spanning five generations of the family. He would later work together with his son, George Brettingham Sowerby II on Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Nissen BVI 3921. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

      Bonhams
    • Sowerby, George Brettingham
      May. 17, 2017

      Sowerby, George Brettingham

      Est: £200 - £250

      Sowerby, George Brettingham A Conchological Manual. London: G.B. Sowerby, 1839. First edition, 8vo, 24 hand-coloured engraved plates, 2 folding tables, advertisements at end, original brown blindstamped cloth, spine gilt, title and a couple of preliminary leaves spotted

      Lyon & Turnbull
    • Sowerby, George Brettingham
      May. 17, 2017

      Sowerby, George Brettingham

      Est: £200 - £300

      Sowerby, George Brettingham A Conchological Manual. London: H.G. Bohn, 1842. Fourth edition, 8vo, 29 hand-coloured plates, 2 folding tables, original green blindstamped cloth, spine gilt

      Lyon & Turnbull
    • GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY I (1788-1854), GEORGE BRETTINHAM SOWERBY II (1812-1884), and GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY III (1843-1884)
      Apr. 01, 2003

      GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY I (1788-1854), GEORGE BRETTINHAM SOWERBY II (1812-1884), and GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY III (1843-1884)

      Est: $2,500 - $3,500

      Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or Monographs of the Genera of Shells: Ten Plates ten lithographs with hand-coloring, 1842-87, on wove papers, published by Hanhart Imp., London, all with margins, all with pale light- staining and surface soiling to varying degrees, the occasional very pale foxmark on a few plates, Murex III with hand-written amendments to the numbers in ink, Typhis II with an area of scattered foxing in the upper left margin corner, otherwise all apparently in good condition, in rustic painted wood frames, not examined out of the frames all L. approx. 9 x 5 in. (228 x 126 mm.) all overall 15 3/8 x 111/2 in. (390 x 292 mm.) (10).

      Christie's
    • GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY I (1788-1854), GEORGE BRETTINHAM SOWERBY II (1812-1884), and GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY III (1843-1884)
      Mar. 05, 2003

      GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY I (1788-1854), GEORGE BRETTINHAM SOWERBY II (1812-1884), and GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY III (1843-1884)

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or Monographs of the Genera of Shells: Eight Plates eight lithographs with hand-coloring, 1842-87, on wove papers, published by Hanhart Imp., London, all with margins, all with pale light- staining and surface soiling to varying degrees, the occasional very pale foxmark on a few plates, otherwise all apparently in very good condition, in rustic painted wood frames, not examined out of the frames all L. approx. 9 x 5 in. (228 x 126 mm.) all overall 15 3/8 x 111/2 in. (390 x 292 mm.) (8).

      Christie's
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