Dominic Winter Book Auctions: The Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey (Part II), 13124, Gloucestershire

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 31, 2024 - January 31, 2024
Page Size: 321 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Essex Deeds. A group of 8 medieval vellum deeds relating to land and property in Essex

c. 1280-1456 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,984.00
2

Essex Deeds. A group of 10 vellum deeds from the reigns of Henry VI to Henry VIII

c. 1454/1546 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,612.00
3

Essex Deeds. A group of 6 vellum deeds relating to lands at Tillingham, Great Tey, etc.

1462/1520 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 1,860.00
4 Francis of Assisi (Saint).

Fioretti,

Venice: 1484 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,360.00
5 Cicero (Marcus Tullius).

Rhetorica Nova, Italy

1491 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 18,000.00
6

Missal [Use of Sarum]. Missale ad vsum insignis,

Paris: 1516 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 6,000.00
7

Henry VIII. Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Henry VIII, Westminster

1529 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,054.00
8

Henry VIII. Great Seal of Henry VIII attached to a Letters Patent, Westminster

1545 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 806.00
9

French Manuscript Prayer Book. Meditations Christien [sic], Rouen

16th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,400.00
10

Essex Deeds. A group of 20 Elizabethan vellum deeds relating to Essex

c. 1560-1600 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,302.00
11 Ferrers (George, c. 1500-1579).

Document Signed, 'George Ferrers'

1562 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 446.40
12

Heraldry Manuscript. A bound collection of heraldic tracts including pedigrees

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 4,560.00
13 Ellis (Sir H.).

The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Saint Leonard...

1798 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,160.00
14 James VI and I, King of Scotland (1567-1625) and of England (1603-1625).

Document Signed

1595 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,472.00
15

James I. The Great Seal of King James VI of Scotland and I of England

1604 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 669.60
16 Essex. Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick (1559-1619).

Manuscript survey

c. 1610 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 6,960.00
17

Spanish Illuminated Manuscript Certificate of Nobility...

1618 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,360.00
18 Drayton (Michael).

The Battaile of Agincourt...

1627 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 672.00
19 Verstegan (Richard).

A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence

1628 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 456.00
20

Elzevir Press. De Imperio Magni Mogolis sive India vera

1631 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 696.00
21

Elzevir Press. De Imperio Magni Mogolis sive India vera commentarius... ,

Leiden 1631 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 480.00
22

Manuscript Commonplace Book by Thomas Tarne and Edward Wilkinson, 2 volumes

1640 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,160.00
23 Essex (Robert, third Earl of, 1591-1646).

Broadsides on the Death of Robert 3rd Earl of Essex

1646 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 7,800.00
24

Liber Amicorum of Richard Tate. Compiled while a student at the University of Copenhagen

1648 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 5,208.00
25 Pape (Libertus de).

Summaria Cronologia Insignis Ecclesiae Parchensis

1662 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 336.00
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
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    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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