Sale #116
In 1847, Oliver Byrne, an Irish Mathematician and engineer, published a unique edition of the first six books of "Elements," replacing traditional geometric symbols with colored shapes. He believed that this would make learning geometry easier. However, this innovative approach faced challenges, particularly with accurate color printing, which was rare and costly in the 1840s. Oliver Byrne's THE FIRST SIX BOOKS OF THE ELEMENTS OF EUCLID is lot 1 on Auction 116 with a reserve price of $3,500.
David Lyndsay, born Mary Diana Dods in around 1790, was a Scottish fiction writer. Dods wrote under the pseudonym David Lyndsay. Dods later took on another male persona Walter Douglas Sholto and began living as a man. On Auction 116 David Lyndsay's DRAMAS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD is featured on auction 116 with a reserve price of $1,000.
Harris' PORTRAITS OF THE GAME AND WILD ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA is a scarce work on African big game and sport. The hand-colored tinted lithographs are particularly exquisite, making this volume highly sought after. This book is lot 6 and has a reserve price of $7,000.
There are two of Livingstone's works - MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA (First issue) and NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE ZAMBEZI & ITS TRIBUTARIES (lots 4 and 5).
Lot 8 is fine signed copy of THE ILLUSTRATED LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (Limited edition), Nelson Mandela's autobiography. This has a reserve price of $1,750.
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