Lot 163 · Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celles des toucans et des barbus. Paris: chez Denn le jeune, Perlet, [1801]-1806.
Francois Levaillant · pp.90-91; Nissen IVB 559; Ronsil p.298; Wood p.434; Zimmer p.893
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- Estimate
- £25,000–£35,000 hammer ≈ $33,370–$46,719
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography, London · 8 July 2026
- Dimensions
- 576 x 442 mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3064438
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Francois Levaillant, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celles des toucans et des barbus. Paris: chez Denn le jeune, Perlet, [1801]-1806. Christie's, 8 Jul 2026, lot 163. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3064438.
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Francois Levaillant, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celles des toucans et des barbus. Paris: chez Denn le jeune, Perlet, [1801]-1806. Christie's, 8 Jul 2026, lot 163. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3064438.
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| Brahms, Johannes. 1833-1897. Autograph Letter Signed | autograph manuscript of the organ fugue in a-flat minor [woo | Sotheby's, May 2017 | ||
| Francois Levaillant | Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le cap de Bonne-Es | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Jean Racine | oeuvres... avec des commentaires par m. luneau de boisjermai | Sotheby's, Jun 2007 | ||
| Jean-jacques Roussau | oeuvres de j.j. rousseau, citoyen de genève. paris, de l'imp | Sotheby's, Nov 2011 |
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