Lot 94 · Valuable Books, Manuscripts and Photographs, including Highlights from The Royal Society of Medicine
A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the species inhabiting the Western Palaearctic Region . London: Taylor and Francis for the author, 1871-1896.
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- Estimate
- £7,000–£10,000 hammer ≈ $9,317–$13,310
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Valuable Books, Manuscripts and Photographs, including Highlights from The Royal Society of Medicine, London · 10 December 2025
- Dimensions
- 324 x 252mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3112038
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Dresser, Henry Eeles. 1838-1915., A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the species inhabiting the Western Palaearctic Region . London: Taylor and Francis for the author, 1871-1896. Christie's, 10 Dec 2025, lot 94. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3112038.
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Dresser, Henry Eeles. 1838-1915., A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the species inhabiting the Western Palaearctic Region . London: Taylor and Francis for the author, 1871-1896. Christie's, 10 Dec 2025, lot 94. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3112038.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Autograph manuscripts of eleven poems from his sequence A Gallery to … | Ralph Knevet (1600-1671) | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Autograph letter signed ('A. Ada Byron') to [Emily] Milner, Fordhook … | Ada Lovelace (Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, née Byron, 1815-1852) | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Prima pars descriptionis itineris navalis in Indiam orientalem . Amst… | [LODEWIJCKSZ, Willem (fl. 16th century)] | £10,000–£15,000 | |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dresser, Henry Eeles. 1838-1915. | Birds of Europe. 9 Bde., 1871- 1896 | $8,770 | Ketterer Kunst, May 2017 | |
| Dresser, Henry Eeles. 1838-1915. | A History of the Birds of Europe. London: the author, 1871- | Bonhams, Feb 2014 | ||
| Dresser, Henry Eeles. 1838-1915. | a monograph of the coraciidae, or the family of rollers. far | Sotheby's, May 2013 | ||
| Salvador Dalí | La Femme Girafe, 1960 | Bonhams, Nov 2022 | ||
| Salvador Dalí | Roi je t'attends à Babylone 12 | Bonhams, Apr 2025 | ||
| Salvador Dalí | Dance of Time III | Bonhams, Mar 2023 | ||
| Dresser, Henry Eeles. 1838-1915. | Henry Eeles Dresser (1838-1915) | Christie's, May 1998 | ||
| Dresser, Henry Eeles. 1838-1915. | a history of the birds of europe. london: published by the a | Sotheby's, May 2013 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.