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Auction Date
June 20, 2024 - June 20, 2024
Page Size: 274 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
76 ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT - NINETEENTH CENTURY

The Ballad of Chevy Chase, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, "James Murray Foster Scripsit. Cullompton, Devon, 1861"

Devon 1861 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 7,040.00
77 JUVENILIA - MOVEABLE PARTS

Lucinda, the Orphan, FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE, 1812

1812 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,408.00
78 MALTHUS (THOMAS ROBERT)

An Essay on the Principle of Population, 1896; [HAZLITT (WILLIAM)] A Reply to the Essay on Population, FIRST EDITION, 1807 (3)

1896 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 614.40
79 MANUSCRIPT -- WATERLOO, SOUTH AFRICA and INDIA

Manuscript journal of Edward Nugent, 54th Regiment of Foot, 1814 to 1824

1814-1824 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 7,040.00
80 MILITARY BOOKS

[Army List] A List of the General and Field Officers, 1778; and 7 others, Regimental History etc.

1778 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 512.00
81 MILL (JOHN STUART)

The Subjection of Women, FIRST EDITION, 1869; and 2 others by Mill, all half morocco (3)

1869 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 1,088.00
82 MILTON (JOHN)

Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books... the Fourth Edition, 1688

1688 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,864.00
83 NAVAL HISTORY - JAMES RALFE

A small archive of manuscript materials relating to James Ralfe's The Naval Biography of Great Britain c.1805-1828 (small quantity)

c.1805-1828 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 230.40
84 NELSON (HORATIO)

Autograph letter in the third person, "Victory Nov: 2nd: 1803/ Wednesday 6am"

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,072.00
85 PENINSULAR WAR -- MOORE, ANDERSON and STANHOPE

Archive of correspondence to Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Anderson (1767-1851), Moore's aide-de-camp

Craigdarroch 1830 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 11,520.00
86 SALTRAM HOUSE, DEVON - MORLEY FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS

Three albums of photographs compiled by members of the Earl of Morley's family, [1860s]; together with 4 calf-bound books with Morley family provenance (7)

1860s GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,920.00
87 SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH DRAMA

The Dr Leonard F.M. Scinto collection of seventeenth century English Academic Drama, 30 works in 32 vol.

1632 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
88 STANHOPE (HESTER)

Correspondence to Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Anderson (1767-1851), the majority from Syria and Lebanon, 1809-1814 (12)

Latakia 1813 (1803) GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 35,840.00
89 BRADFORD (WILLIAM)

Sketches of the Country, Character, and Costume in Portugal and Spain; Chronological and Historical Retrospect of the Memorable Events of the War in the Peninsula, 2 works in 1 vol., 1810-1813

1812-1810 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
90 DANIELL (WILLIAM)

A Voyage Round Great Britain, vols. 1-4 (of 8), 1814-1820

1814-1820 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,920.00
91 GRINDLAY (ROBERT MELVILLE)

Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India, FIRST EDITION, 6 parts in 2 vols. in 1, R. Ackermann, 1826-[1830, watermarked 'J. Whatman 1825-1829']

1826-1830 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 7,040.00
92 PALLAS (PETER SIMON)

Travels Through the Southern Provinces of The Russian Empire in the years 1793 and 1794, 2 vol., T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1802-1803

1802-1803 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,024.00
93 REPTON (HUMPHRY AND J. ADEY)

Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, FIRST EDITION, T. Bensley & Son for J. Taylor, 1816

1816 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,864.00
94 WATHEN (JAMES)

Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, FIRST EDITION, 1814

1814 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,280.00
95 WILLIAMSON (THOMAS) AND SAMUEL HOWETT

Oriental Field Sports, Thomas M'Lean, 1819

1819 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,792.00
96 ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)

The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., R. Ackermann, [1808-1810]

1808-1810 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,560.00
97 ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)

History of the University of Oxford, 1814 [watermarked J. Whatman 1808-1812]

1814 (1808-1812) GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,152.00
98 ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)

A History of the University of Cambridge, FIRST EDITION, R. Ackermann, 1815

1815 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
99 ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)

The History of The Colleges..., FIRST EDITION, R. Ackermann, 1816 [watermarked 1812-1816]

1816 watermarked 1812-1816 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
100 ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)

The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, FIRST EDITION, 1812

1812 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 512.00
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 732. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 361. One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1585) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 55. Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1545) Est. $6,000 - $7,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 27. Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map of the World Published After WWI (1924) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 637. Complete Example of De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VIII (1606) Est. $4,750 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 50. Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (1511) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 399. One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland by John Speed (1610) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 689. Pictorial Map of Melbourne in the Style of MacDonald Gill (1934) Est. $900 - $1,100
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 652. Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa in Full Contemporary Color (1663) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 729. Hand-Colored Image of David Handing the Letter to Uriah (1518) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 533. Eight-Volume Set Recounting Travels of Anacharsis in Greece (1789) Est. $800 - $950
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier). The History of the Bucaniers of America..., 4 parts in one, 3rd edition, 1704. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Greenough (George Bellos). A Physical and Geological Map of England & Wales..., Geological Society, July 1865. £5,000-8,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Illuminated Psalter. Manuscript Psalter with Calendar, Flanders or North-East France, late 13th century. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Use of Rome, in Latin, Florence, c. 1470s. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae..., 1555. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Llwyd (Humphrey). The Breviary of Britayne..., 1st edition in English, 1573. William Lambarde's copy. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Embroidered Binding. The Whole Book of Psalmes..., Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1634. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Astronomy Manuscript. [Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c.1655). Tabulae Britannicae, the British tables…], late 17th c. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Elew (Jan Barend, publisher). Nederlandsch bloemwerk, Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1794. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Vellucent Art Nouveau Binding [Book of Common Prayer] by Herbert Granville Fell, 1900. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books, 2nd edition, 1721. £2,000-3,000
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