Lot 187 · Valuable Books, Manuscripts and Photographs, including Highlights from The Royal Society of Medicine
A Curious Herbal . London: for Samuel Harding, 1739-1737.
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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $6,655–$9,317
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Valuable Books, Manuscripts and Photographs, including Highlights from The Royal Society of Medicine, London · 10 December 2025
- Dimensions
- 369 x 233mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3112134
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Elisabeth Blackwell, A Curious Herbal . London: for Samuel Harding, 1739-1737. Christie's, 10 Dec 2025, lot 187. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3112134.
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Elisabeth Blackwell, A Curious Herbal . London: for Samuel Harding, 1739-1737. Christie's, 10 Dec 2025, lot 187. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3112134.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| [ The breuiary of helthe, for all maner of syckenesses and diseases t… | BOORDE, Andrew (?1490-1549) | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| St Benedict, historiated initial ‘V’ on a leaf from a Gradual, illumi… | Lombard illuminator | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| 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 | |
| The most excellent workes of chirurgerye, made and set forth by maist… | VIGO, Joannes de (fl. 1500) | £10,000–£15,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth Blackwell | Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum, 1750-1773 | $14,226 | Ketterer Kunst, May 2025 | |
| Elisabeth Blackwell | Elizabeth Blackwell (D.1758) | Christie's, Nov 1998 | ||
| Biblia Germanica | Biblia, das ist: Die gantze H. Schrifft, 1630 | Ketterer Kunst, May 2022 | ||
| Hermann Hesse | Tessiner Dorflandschaft | Lempertz, Dec 2022 | ||
| Biblia Germanica | Bibla germanica, 1539 | Ketterer Kunst, May 2023 | ||
| Elisabeth Blackwell | Elizabeth Blackwell (circa 1700-1758) | Christie's, Mar 2000 | ||
| Salvador Dalí | Aliyah | Rago, Jun 2023 | ||
| Eduardo Chillida | Eduardo Chillida: Jorge Guillén: Mas Allá | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG, Nov 2024 |
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