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    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> CASAS (BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS). <i>La Découverte des Indes occidentales par les Espagnols,</i> Paris, 1697. €1,500 to €2,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> GARCILASO DE LA VEGA. <i>Primera parte de los commentarios reales, que tratan del orígen de los Yncas…,</i> Lisbonne, 1609 [1608 au colophon]. €8,000 to €10,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> GARCILASO DE LA VEGA. <i>Histoire des Yncas rois du Pérou. On a joint à cette édition l'Histoire de la conquête de la Floride,</i> Amsterdam, 1737. €800 to €1,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> LAET (JOHANNES DE). <i>L'Histoire du nouveau monde, ou description des Indes occidentales,</i> Leyde, 1640. €8,000 to €10,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> LAFITAU (JOSEPH-FRANÇOIS). <i>Mœurs des sauvages amériquains, comparées aux mœurs des premiers temps,</i> Paris, 1724. €1,200 to €1,500.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> ORRIO (FRANCISCO XAVIER ALEXO DE). <i>Solución del gran problema acerca de la población de las Americas,</i> Mexico, 1763. €1,500 to €2,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> [ROCHEFORT (CHARLES DE)]. <i>Histoire naturelle et morale des Îles Antilles de l'Amérique,</i> Amsterdam, 1716. €800 to €1,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> TURGOT (ANNE-ROBERT-JACQUES). <i>Mémoire sur les colonies américaines, sur leurs relations politiques avec leurs métropoles…,</i> Paris, 1791. €1,000 to €1,200.
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    <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Roman binding.- Pindar. <i>Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia,</i> translated by Johannes Lonicer, contemporary Roman binding by Niccolo Franzese, Basel, 1535. £40,000 to £60,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Raverat (Gwen). Comprehensive album of 530 wood engravings, circa 1909-1950. £40,000 to £60,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Hemingway (Ernest). <i>Fiesta,</i> first English edition, first impression dust-jacket, 1927. £15,000 to £20,000.
    <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Fleming (Ian). <i>Casino Royale,</i> first edition, first impression, 1953. £12,000 to £18,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Dickens (Charles). <i>Great Expectations,</i> 3 vol., first edition, first impression, Chapman and Hall, 1861. £10,000 to £15,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Campbell (Colen) & others. <i>Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect...,</i> 5 vol., vol.1-3 later editions, vol.4 & 5 first editions, [?1731]-31-67-71. £10,000 to £15,000.
    <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Geography.- Mela (Pomponius). <i>Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis,</i> Venice, Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn, 1478. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> America.- [?Espinosa y Tello (José)]. <i>Relacion del Viage hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el Año de 1792,</i> 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, Madrid, 1802. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet. <i>Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes,</i> 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Botany.- Curtis (William). <i>The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed,</i> 83 vol. in 62, 1794-1956. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Darwin (Charles).- Lecky (W.E.H.) <i>The Rise and Influence of Rationalism in Europe,</i> 2 vol., Darwin's copy with inscription "Charles Darwin 1865", pencil marginalia and pencil notes, 1865. £7,000 to £10,000.
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    <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Speed (John). <i>The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine...</i> bound with <i>The Prospect of the most Famous parts of the World,</i> Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, 1676. £20,000 to £30,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> China. De Jode (Cornelis), <i>China Regnum,</i> Antwerp [1593]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> World. Hondius (Henricus), <i>Nova totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula.</i> Auct: Henr. Hondio. Amsterdam, circa 1630. £5,000 to £8,000.
    <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> World. Blaeu (Willem Janszoon), <i>Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula</i> auct: Guilelmo Blaeuw, Amsterdam [1635 - 58]. £5,000 to £8,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Acosta (Emanuel). <i>Rerum a Societate Iesu in Oriente gestarum ad annum usque à Deipara Virgine…,</i> 1st edition, Dillingen: Sebald Mayer, 1571. £3,000 to £5,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Ruggieri (Francesco). <i>Scelta di Architetture Antiche e Moderne della Citta di Firenze…,</i> 4 volumes bound in two, Florence, Appresso l'Editore, 1755. £3,000 to £4,000.
    <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Parry (William). <i>Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage,</i> 6 vols in 5, 1st editions, 1821-27. £2,000 to £3,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Hunter (John). <i>A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-Shot Wounds,</i> 1st edition, 1794. £1,000 to £1,500.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Furber (Robert). <i>The Flower-Garden Display'd, in above Four Hundred Curious Representations of the most Beautiful Flowers…,</i> 1st quarto edition, London, 1732. £1,000 to £1,500.
    <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Friedman (Milton). <i>A Theory of the Consumption Function,</i> 1st edition, 1957. £500 to £800.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Clarkson (Thomas). <i>The history of the ... abolition of the African slave-trade,</i> 2 vols., 1808. £800 to £1,200.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Civil War Pamphlets. A sammelband of 19 pamphlets relating to events of the English Civil War, 1640-1661. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper, 2266, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
01/19/2023 - 01/19/2023
Page Size: 297 items in 12 pages

Lot NumberAuthor NameBook TitlePlace PrintedYear PublishedEstimateActual Price
1Moseley (Benjamin)

Cookery.- Moseley (Benjamin) Traité sur les Propriétés et les Effets du Café, first edition in French, Paris, Prault, 1786 & another (3)

Paris, 1786GBP 300.00 - 400.00GBP 175.00
2Seaton (Thomas)

Household.- Seaton (Thomas) The Conduct of Servants in Great Families, only edition, for Tim.Goodwin, 1720 & others (3)

1720GBP 250.00 - 350.00GBP 750.00
3[Barnard (Sir John)

[Barnard (Sir John)] A Present for an Apprentice..., seventh edition, R.Withy, 1759 & a copy of the third American edition of 1774 (2)

1759GBP 150.00 - 200.00GBP 125.00
4Goldsmith (John)

Almanacs.- Goldsmith (John) An Almanack for the Year of our Lord God, MDCCLXIV..., contemporary red morocco, gilt, 1764 & 2 others (3)

 1764GBP 200.00 - 300.00GBP 175.00
5Mozley (John, printer)

Mozley (John, printer) The School of Wisdom; or Repository of the most Valuable Curiosities of Art & Nature..., first edition, Gainsborough, 1776 & others (3)

Gainsborough1776GBP 150.00 - 200.00GBP 175.00
6Astle (Thomas)

Astle (Thomas) The Origin and Progress of Writing, first edition, 1784 & others (3)

 1784GBP 200.00 - 300.00GBP 400.00
7Münchhausen (Philip Adolph Friedrich von)

Household.- Münchhausen (Philip Adolph Friedrich von) Ueber Lehnherrn und Dienstmann, first edition, Leipzig, G.J.Goschen, 1793 & another (2)

Leipzig, 1793GBP 150.00 - 200.00Not Sold
8[Nicklin (Susan)

[Nicklin (Susan)] Address to a Young Lady on her Entrance into the World, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, Hookham & Carpenter, 1796.

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00GBP 137.50
9Edgeworth (Richard Lovell)

Education.- Edgeworth (Richard Lovell) Essays on Professional Education, first edition, 1809 & another (2)

 1809GBP 400.00 - 600.00GBP 325.00
10

Education.- Letters from a Nobleman to his Son, during the period of his education at Eton and Oxford, 2 vol., first edition, 1810 & others (4)

 1810GBP 150.00 - 200.00GBP 125.00
11Watkins (Henry George)

Household.- Watkins (Henry George) Hints and Observations...to Heads of Families...to Female Domestic Servants, first edition, T.Hamilton, 1816 & another (2)

1816GBP 200.00 - 300.00GBP 187.50
12

Household Management.- Practical Estimates of Household Expenses..., ?second edition, original wrappers, 1824 & others (6)

 1824GBP 250.00 - 350.00GBP 325.00
13Cosnett (Thomas)

Household.- Cosnett (Thomas) The Footman's Directory, and Butler's Remembrancer..., ?fifth edition, 1825 & another (2)

 1825GBP 150.00 - 200.00GBP 125.00
14Ude (Louis Eustache)

Cookery.- Ude (Louis Eustache) The French Cook..., ninth edition, 1827 & others (3)

 1827GBP 150.00 - 200.00GBP 200.00
15Harvey (William)

Harvey (William) Exercitationes de generatione animalium, Amsterdam, J.Ravesteyn, 1662.

Amsterdam, 1662GBP 150.00 - 200.00GBP 375.00
16Wainewright (Jeremiah)

Health, Diet & Baths.- Wainewright (Jeremiah) A Mechanical Account of the Non-Naturals, first edition, for Ralph Smith, 1707 & another (2)

1707GBP 150.00 - 200.00GBP 150.00
17

Medicine.- Aristotle's Last Legacy, unfolding the Mysteries of Nature in the Generation of Man, 1749 & others (6)

 1749GBP 150.00 - 200.00GBP 425.00
18Gillman (James)

Medicine.- Gillman (James) A Dissertation on the Bite of a Rabid Animal..., first edition, 1812 & others (3)

 1812GBP 200.00 - 300.00GBP 200.00
19James (Robert)

Medicine.- James (Robert) Pharmacopoeia Universalis: or, A New Universal English Dispensatory, J.Hodges, 1752 & others (5)

1752GBP 300.00 - 400.00GBP 550.00
20Johnson (Robert Wallace)

Medicine.- Johnson (Robert Wallace) Some Friendly Cautions to the Heads of Families..., first edition, David Wilson, 1767 & another (2)

1767GBP 100.00 - 150.00GBP 175.00
21Mauclerc (Hippolyte-Vivant)

Medicine.- Mauclerc (Hippolyte-Vivant) Essai sur le Catarrhe Suffoquant, ou l'Apoplexie Pulmonaire, first edition, Montpellier, An XI [1801] & others, similar (9)

Montpellier1801GBP 150.00 - 200.00GBP 212.50
22White (Charles)

Medicine.- White (Charles) Avis aux Femmes Enceintes et en Couches..., first edition in French, Paris, Vincent, 1774 & others (4)

 Paris, 1774GBP 200.00 - 300.00GBP 225.00
23Abbey (Maj. J.R.)

Bibliography.- Abbey (Maj. J.R.) Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860...; Life in England...; Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland, together 4 vol., reprints, 1972, and c. 110 others, bibliography and reference (c.115)

 1972GBP 150.00 - 200.00GBP 212.50
24Macphail (Ian)

Bibliography.- Macphail (Ian) Alchemy and the Occult, 2 vol., New Haven, Yale University Library, 1968, with c. 170 others (c. 180)

New Haven,1968GBP 150.00 - 200.00GBP 375.00
25Denham (H.R.)

Bibliography.- Medicine.- Denham (H.R.) and others. A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 5 vol., 1962-2006; and c.160 others, medical bibliography (c.160)

 1962-2006GBP 200.00 - 300.00GBP 212.50
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    <b><center>Swann Auction Galleries<br>Printed & Manuscript African Americana:<br>March 30, 2023</b>
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Victor H. Green, <i>The Negro Motorist Green Book,</i> New York, 1949. $10,000 to $15,000.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Papers of pianist-composer Lawrence Brown relating to Paul Robeson & more, various places, 1925-54. $5,000 to $7,500.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Freedom Summer archive of civil rights activist Karen Haberman Trusty, Atlanta & elsewhere, 1963-64. $5,000 to $7,500.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> E. Simms Campbell, <i>A Night-Club Map of Harlem,</i> New York, 1933. $8,000 to $12,000.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Archive of letters from the sculptor Richmond Barthé to a close Jamaican friend, various places, 1966-85. $25,000 to $35,000.
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