Tennants Auctioneers: Books, Maps and Manuscripts, 40925, Leyburn

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 09, 2025 - April 09, 2025

Page Size: 143 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	[Cicero].	M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera... Ex Editione Josephi Oliveti.	Hanover	1603	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 108.00
2	Folio Society.	A collection of works published by The Folio Society, including Bronte (Charlotte, Emily and Anne), The Complete Novels with wood engravings, 1991		1991	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 720.00
3	Oldham (J. Basil).	Shrewsbury School Library Bindings, Catalogue Raisonne.	Oxford	1943	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 360.00
4	Smith (Adam).	An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.	Edinburgh	1817	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 84.00
5	Warner (P.F.).	Cricket - The Badminton Library.	London	1920	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 48.00
6	[Dezallier D'Argenville (Antoine Joseph)] and Le Blond (Alexander).	The Theory and Practice of Gardening: Wherein is fully handled All that relates to Fine Gardens, Commonly Called Pleasure-Gardens...	London	1728	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 336.00
7	Langley (Batty).	New Principles of Gardening: Or, The Laying out and Planting Parterres, Groves, Wildernesses, Labyrinths, Avenues, Parks, &c...	London	1728	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 840.00
8	Handel (George Frideric).	Six Sonatas for Two Violins, Two Hautboys, or Two German Flutes, & a Violoncello.	Amsterdam	1731	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 300.00
9	Gillray (James).	Twenty-one caricatures, including 'Taking Physick' [BM 9584], 'Breathing a Vein' [BM 10306], 'Gentle Emetic' [BM 10304], 'Charming well again' [BM 10307]	Provenance	ex Fonmon Castle.	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 4,560.00
10	[Hogarth (William)].	[The Works...from the Original Plates Restored by James Heath...and Explanations...by John Nichols. Baldwin and Cradock].			GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 900.00
11	[Rubens (Peter Paul).]	[La Gallerie du Palais Peinte par Rubens dessinee par les S.rs Nattier, et gravee par les plus illustres graveurs du temps.]	Paris	1710	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 300.00
12	Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher).	A History of the University of Oxford, Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings.	London	1814	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,440.00
13	Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher).	The History of The Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments.	London	1812	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 264.00
14	Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher).	A History of The University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings,	London	1815	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,160.00
15	Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher).	The History of The Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with The Charter-House, The Schools of St. Paul's, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, and Rugby, and the Free-School of Christ's Hospital.	London	1816	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 144.00
16	Adam (Robert).	Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia.	[London:]	1764	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,080.00
17	Freart (Roland).	A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern...,	London	1707	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 192.00
18	Nash (John).	"Harvesting."	London		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 192.00
19	Ware (Isaac and William Kent).	The Plans, Elevations, and Sections; Chimney-Pieces, and Cielings of Houghton in Norfolk.	London	1760	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 720.00
20	Bewick (Thomas).	The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with designs on wood by Thomas Bewick.	Newcastle	1818	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 300.00
21		A collection bindings, mostly pictorial cloth gilt and illustrated works, including Mitford (Mary Russell), Our Village	London	1893	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 204.00
22	Hughes (Ted) and Lloyd (R.J., illustrator).	Proofs for What is the Truth? A Farmyard Fable for the Young.			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 540.00
23		A Collection of Illustrated and Other Works, including Davies (W. H.), Moss and Feather,	London	1928	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 156.00
24	Milne (A.A.).	Winnie-The-Pooh.	London	1926	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 540.00
25	Potter (Beatrix).	The Pie and Patty-Pan.	London	1905	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 504.00

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
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Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 748. Second volume of Blaeu's atlas featuring 89 maps of the Americas and Asia (1642) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 12. A world map with popular cartographic myths and unique embellishments (1788) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 30. One of the most sought-after charts from Cellarius' work (1708) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 38. Anti-Vietnam War persuasive cartography on a velvet poster (1971) Est. $350 - $425

Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 43. Ortelius' influential map of the New World - second plate (1584) Est. $4,750 - $6,000

Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 95. Scarce German map illustrating the French & Indian War (1755) Est. $8,000 - $9,500

Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 149. Bachmann's dramatic view of the Mid-Atlantic region (1864) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 373. De Jode's very rare map of Europe with costumed figures (1593) Est. $6,000 - $7,500

Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 674. De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VII with all plates and map of Sri Lanka (1606) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 704. The first printed map devoted to the Pacific in full contemporary color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000

Old World Auctions (April 23):
Lot 734. Superb hand-colored image of the Tree of Jesse (1502) Est. $700 - $850
University Archives
Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection
April 23, 2025

University Archives, Apr. 23: Best Image of Abraham Lincoln: "Closest… to ‘seeing' Lincoln… A National Treasure" Original Hesler/Ayres Interpositive. $800,000 to $1,000,000.

University Archives, Apr. 23: Einstein, 3pp of Unified Field Theory Equations: “I want to try to show that a truly natural choice for field equations exists.” Formalizing His Final Approach, Association to Theory of Relativity. $80,000 to $120,000.

University Archives, Apr. 23: Marilyn Monroe's Best Personally Owned & Annotated Script for Unfinished Last Film, "Something's Got to Give" (1962). $75,000 to $100,000.

University Archives
Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection
April 23, 2025

University Archives, Apr. 23: David Ben-Gurion ALS: "The Jewish people have attained the epitome...the State of Israel is born," 1 Day After Signing Israeli Declaration of Independence, Best Ben-Gurion Ever! $80,000 to $100,000.

University Archives, Apr. 23: Lincoln ALS to Youth: "A young man, before the enemy has learned to watch him...votes... shall redeem the county" Evocative of Famous "Work" Letter. $70,000 to $100,000.

University Archives, Apr. 23: Lincoln Appointment for Cabinet Member With Largest, Boldest, Full Signature! Important Content: Detente with England. $10,000 to $15,000.

University Archives
Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection
April 23, 2025

University Archives, Apr. 23: Abraham Lincoln Rare Signed Check To Law Partner W.H. Herndon, Perhaps Unique as Such! $20,000 to $25,000

University Archives, Apr. 23: Tokyo War Crimes Files of Prosecuting Attorney For POW Camp Atrocities, 500+ Pages, Unpublished Court Documents, Photos and More. $25,000 to $35,000.

University Archives, Apr. 23: 1698 South Carolina Slavery Archive Huguenot Planters Earliest Rare Plat Maps for Plantations 41 Docs 107 pp. Most Colonial. $25,000 to $35,000.

University Archives
Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection
April 23, 2025

University Archives, Apr. 23: Adam Smith ALS While Revising “The Wealth of Nations” - A New Discovery Documenting Meeting with Influential Editor. $18,000 to $24,000.

University Archives, Apr. 23: Margaret Mitchell Rare ALS to Her Editor as Epic Film "Gone With the Wind" Gains Heat "Forgive this scrawl. I haven't written a letter in long hand in years and I've almost forgotten how it's done." $3,000 to $4,000.

University Archives, Apr. 23: Einstein 1935 TLS, Hopes to Warn Non-Jews of "The true nature of the Hitler regime.” $8,500 to $10,000.

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