Printed Books: Natural History and Science including an important collection of Herbals. The Properties of Racquet & Tennis Club, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Stanford University Libraries and from various sources

New York: Christie's, 1992 4to (27 cm), 151, [5] pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). Price list loosely inserted. This is an auction catalog documenting a sale held in New York on October 29, 1992. 127 lots. Highlights of the sale included Conrad von Megenberg, Buch der Natur (Augsburg: Johann Bämler, 19 August 1478, price realised USD 52,800); Conrad von Megenberg, Buch der Natur (Augsburg: Johann Schönsperger 1499, USD 60,500); Herbarius Latinus (Speier: Johann and Conrad Hist, 1484, USD 52,800); Gart der Gesundheit (Augsburg: Johann Schönsperger, 5 June 1486, USD 55,000); Hortus Sanitatis (Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491, USD 77,000); Liber de arte distillandi, de simplicibus (Strassburg: Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, 8 May 1500, USD 66,000); Fuchs, Leonhard, De historia stirpium commentarii insignes (Basel: Michel Isingrin 1542, USD 77,000); Plinius, Historia naturale (Venice: Nicolaus Jenson 1476, USD 82,500); Jode, Gerard and Cornelis, Speculum orbis terrae (Antwerp, 1593, USD 77,000); Audubon, John James, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (New York, 1845-54, USD 137,500); Gould, John, A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds, with Supplement (London, 1849-1861, 1880-1887, USD 99,000); Gould, John, The Birds Of Asia (London, 1850-1883, USD 88,000).