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Nicolau Antonio Facchinetti (Italian, 1824-1900) Serra dos Órgãos seen from Varzea in Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro; and Barreira from Rio Soberbo, Brazil, a pair each 21 x 46cm (8 1/4 x 18 1/8in). (2)Nicolau Antonio Facchinetti (Italian, 1824-1900) Serra dos Órgãos seen from Varzea in Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro; and Barreira from Rio Soberbo, Brazil, a pair each 21 x 46cm (8 1/4 x 18 1/8in). (2). Sold for £60,000 inc. premium
HAWAII, MARQUESAS ISLANDS and PITCAIRN An important album of sketches including the second known (and first detailed) panorama of Honolulu, and the earliest known view of Kealakekua Bay taken from Ka'awaloa, [Hawaii, Pitcairn, Marquesas Islands, Peru and Chile, 1837-1840]HAWAII, MARQUESAS ISLANDS and PITCAIRN An important album of sketches including the second known (and first detailed) panorama of Honolulu, and the earliest known view of Kealakekua Bay taken from Ka'awaloa, [Hawaii, Pitcairn, Marquesas Islands, Peru and Chile, 1837-1840]. Sold for £43,750 inc. premium
A rare 18 1/2-inch Vincenzo Coronelli terrestrial globe, Italian, gores published 1696, stand later,A rare 18 1/2-inch Vincenzo Coronelli terrestrial globe, Italian, gores published 1696, stand later,. Sold for £37,500 inc. premium
JOHNSON (WILLIAM J.) AND WILLIAM HENDERSON] Indian Amateur's Photographic Album, nos. 1-31 (no. 5 being an 'Appendix', see below) bound in 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, [Bombay, William Henderson, November 1856-May 1859]JOHNSON (WILLIAM J.) AND WILLIAM HENDERSON] Indian Amateur's Photographic Album, nos. 1-31 (no. 5 being an 'Appendix', see below) bound in 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, [Bombay, William Henderson, November 1856-May 1859]. Sold for £31,250 inc. premium
MURRAY-DARLING RIVER EXPEDITION, 1850 HUTTON (FRANCIS FREDERICK) Sketch book recording an expedition along the Murray-Darling river basin in 1850, including landscape scenes, encampments and Aborigines, [1850]MURRAY-DARLING RIVER EXPEDITION, 1850 HUTTON (FRANCIS FREDERICK) Sketch book recording an expedition along the Murray-Darling river basin in 1850, including landscape scenes, encampments and Aborigines, [1850]. Sold for £27,500 inc. premium
Michel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888) Landscape with figures and horse by a bridge, TrinidadMichel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888) Landscape with figures and horse by a bridge, Trinidad. Sold for £20,000 inc. premium
IMPERIAL PALACE, PEKING KAZUMASA OGAWA. Photographs of Palace Buildings of Peking Compiled by The Imperial Museum of Tokyo... Collotyped from the Negatives Taken by K. Ogawa... with Explanatory Notes, 3 vol., NUMBER 245 OF 500 COPIES, Tokyo, K. Ogawa (3)IMPERIAL PALACE, PEKING KAZUMASA OGAWA. Photographs of Palace Buildings of Peking Compiled by The Imperial Museum of Tokyo... Collotyped from the Negatives Taken by K. Ogawa... with Explanatory Notes, 3 vol., NUMBER 245 OF 500 COPIES, Tokyo, K. Ogawa (3). Sold for £14,375 inc. premium
MORITZ (BERNHARD) Bilder aus Palästina, Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai, Berlin, Dietrich Riemer, 1916MORITZ (BERNHARD) Bilder aus Palästina, Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai, Berlin, Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Sold for £12,500 inc. premium
ALLAHABAD, DARJEELING, AND FAKIRS Album containing 31 photographs, [c.1900]; and 3 other albums (4)ALLAHABAD, DARJEELING, AND FAKIRS Album containing 31 photographs, [c.1900]; and 3 other albums (4). Sold for £1,000 inc. premium

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After David Roberts(British, 1796-1864)A collection
ARNOUX (H.), A. BEATO, ZANGAKI, and OTHERS Two good nineteenth century photograph albums of views of modern and ancient Egypt, with some figure studies, [1880/90s] (2)
BONFILS (F.), A. BEATO, and OTHERS Collection of approximately 100 photographs by Bonfils, Antonio Beato, Zangaki, and Sebah and Joaillier, [1880s] (quantity)
BELZONI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA) Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations... in Egypt and Nubia, Atlas vol. only, John Murray, 1821, sold as a collection of plates not subject to return
JUNGHAENDEL (R.M.) Egypt: Heliogravures after Original Views, Berlin, Cosmos, [1893], sold as a collection of plates
LE PÈRE (JACQUES-MARIE)] Mémoire sur la communication de la mer des Indes à la Méditerranée, par la mer Rouge et l'isthme de Soueys; Égypte. Atlas annexé au mémoire sur la communication de la mer Rouge à la Méditerranée. 1802, 2 vol., [n.p., 1802; atlas: Paris, par les soins de J.J. Marcel, directeur général de l'Imprimerie impériale, 1815]
NORDEN (FREDERICK LEWIS) Travels in Egypt and Nubia, 2 vol., L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1757
NAMAQUALAND Survey of the coastal region of Damara and Great Namaqualand, in Namibia, with the northern coast of Little Namaqualand, in South Africa, including rivers and other features, 1 July 1829
BURTON (RICHARD FRANCIS) First Footsteps in East Africa; or, an Exploration of Harar, FIRST EDITION, WITH "APPENDIX IV", Longman, Green, 1856
Henry Bailey (British, 1848-1933) Elephant shooting at the swamps of Stanley Pool (Malebo Pool), Congo
Fritz Klingelhöfer(German, 1832-1903)Fishermen on the shore
Charles Joseph Staniland(British, 1838-1916)A white man's passport for Benin, the "Feet-Washing" ceremony; The punitive expedition to Benin, typical scenes in the district each 12.5 x 22cm (4 15/16 x 8 11/16in). Together with two works attributed to Staniland depicting the Battle of Mataloni and another river battle scene. (3)
Felix Kelly(British, 1917-1994)West African mines largest 14 x 19cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/2in).
English School19th CenturyA topographical view of the South African coast, 1851 mounted, unframed
Andrew Nicholl, RHA(British, 1804-1886)Valetta Harbour, Malta
Nicola F. Crescimanno(Italian, active late 19th Century)HMS Serapis in Malta
Luigi Maria Galea(Maltese, 1847-1917)Marsamxett Harbour at dusk; The Grand Harbour, Valletta each 21.5 x 53cm (8 7/16 x 20 7/8in). (2)
Luigi Maria Galea(Maltese, 1847-1917)A view of The Grand Harbour, Valetta, from the Upper Barrakka Gardens
D'Esposito(Maltese, active circa 1900)Valetta, Malta
Luigi Maria Galea(Maltese, 1847-1917)Panoramic views of Mdina and Valletta, Malta, a pair each 16.5 x 41cm (6 1/2 x 16 1/8in).(2)
Giuseppe Cali(Maltese, 1846-1930)Portrait of an officer's grey charger, almost certainly of the 10th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (Bengal) Lancers, Malta, 1878
Girolamo Gianni(Italian, 1837-1895)Valetta Harbour, Malta, a pair each 18 x 36cm (7 1/16 x 14 3/16in).(2)
Harry John Johnson, RI(British, 1826-1884)The Acropolis of Athens, with Mount Hymettus and the Olive Groves of the Academy, as seen from the slopes of the Pass of Daphne, on the Eleusinian road – early morning
Angelos Giallina(Greek, 1857-1939)Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens
I. Carruthers (British, late 19th Century)Portrait of a man in the costume of a Greek fisherman
Pericles Tsirigotis(Greek, 1865-1924)At prayer
Panos Aravantinos(Greek, 1886-1930)Military figures, a set of four each 19.5 x 12cm (7 11/16 x 4 3/4in). (4)
CHENAVARD (ANTOINE-MARIE) Voyage en Grece et dans le Levant fait en MDCCCXLII et MDCCCXLIV, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, Lyon, Louis Perrin, 1858
Attributed to Lady Sophia Dunbar(Scottish, 1814-1909)Gibraltar
Michel Jean Cazabon(1813-1888)Landscape with figures and horse by a bridge, Trinidad
Attributed to Fritz Siegfried George Melbye(Danish, 1826-1896)Figures by a fire in a moonlit cove, possibly Central or South America
Pablo(Poul) Schouboe (Danish, 1874-1941)The Falls of Iguazu
Ramos Catalan(Chilean, born 1890)Chilean mountain scene
Nicolau Antonio Facchinetti(Italian, 1824-1900)Serra dos Órgãos seen from Varzea in Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro; and Barreira from Rio Soberbo, Brazil, a pair each 21 x 46cm (8 1/4 x 18 1/8in). (2)
French School19th CenturyA naval artist's sketchbook including a large panoramic view of Rio de Janeiro and a study of the French ship Diligente album size 21.5 x 27.5cm (8 1/2 x 10 3/4in).
Otto Michaele20th CenturyView of Iquitos, Peru, from the Amazon
BRAZIL - SÃO PAULO Collection of 15 views of São Paolo, [c.1896]; with 3 albumen prints of Caverna do Monjolinho and Caverna de Santo Antonio, approximately 173 x 122mm., captioned and signed in the negative by R. Krone, 1896 (collection)
Aaron Draper Shattuck(American, 1832-1928)Lake reflections - Clouds in blue sky
Guy A. Wiggins(American, born 1920)'Fishing Boats, Stonington'
Warren W. Sheppard(American, 1858-1937)Sunrise over a tranquil beach
Attributed to William Valentine(Whitehaven 1798-1849 Halifax)Portrait of Samuel George William Archibald of Nova Scotia in court dress
Attributed to William Valentine(Whitehaven 1798-1849 Halifax)Portrait of Samuel George William Archibald of Nova Scotia, Canada
English School19th CenturyPortrait of a gentleman believed to be Charles Dickson Archibald
Admiral Crawford Conybeare (British, 1854-1937)Five watercolours sketched during the British Arctic Expedition from 1875-1876 comprising: 19.5 x 25.5cm (7 3/4 x 10in) and smaller. (5)
William Frederick Mitchell(British, 1845-1914)H.M.S. Discovery and Alert on the Arctic Expedition 1865-1866
FRANKLIN (JOHN) An Armorial Copeland & Garrett dessert plate with the arms of Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin, c.1840-45
ARCTIC MEDAL Silver medal awarded by Queen Victoria 'For Arctic Discoveries 1818-1855', surmounted by official star and swivel loop attachment with riband
BRITISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION - "DISCOVERY" A Doulton Burslem jug, [1901]
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