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RARE AND EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF HENRY MILLER MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS FINDS HOME AT MAJOR AMERICAN RESEARCH INSTITUTION

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Sale 424 View Catalogue
The Library of Roger Wagner
Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 1:00 pm

Title-page of the 1584 edition of Abraham Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas, with 112 hand-colored double-page maps.

Estimate: $150,000/200,000

Preview:

Monday, March 15, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday, March 16, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, March 17, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Thursday, March 18, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Other showings by appointment

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Sale 425 View Catalogue
Americana – Travel – History
Maps – Prints
Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 1:00 pm

Robert Furber’s Twelve Months of Flowers, complete set of the 12 hand-colored engravings from 1730.

Estimate: $40,000/50,000

Preview:

Tuesday, March 30, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, March 31, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Thursday, April 1, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Other showings by appointment

Map of the Mining District of California
W.A. Jackson's important Map of the Mining District of California, 1851, the revised second edition, considered the best map of the Gold Region published to that time. Offered in Sale 425, Americana - Travel - History - Maps - Prints, April 1, 2010. Estimate: $10,000/15,000.
 
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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of the Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, 1859, the first edition of the most important biological book ever written, of profound influence. Offered in Sale 424, The Library of Roger Wagner, March 18, 2010. Estimate: $70,000/100,000
 
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