Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Antiquarian books; the History of Science; First Editions & Associated copies, 22725, Ultimo

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Auction Report
Auction Date
February 27, 2025 - February 27, 2025
Page Size: 486 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 MERLINO Mercuriale [Mercuriali].

De legitima tractatus absolutissimus Mercuriali Merlino I. V. D. et patritio Foroliviensi authore. Una cum decisionibus magistralibus Sacrae Rotae Romanae...

Geneva 1665 AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 635.00
27 [ANONYMOUS, but JEWEL, John].

Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae.

London 1562 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
28 OXLEY, John.

Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales, Undertaken by Order of the British Government in the Years 1817-18.

London 1820 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 AUD 2,413.00
29 KING, Phillip Parker.

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the Years 1818 and 1822.

London 1827 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
30 HAWKESWORTH, John.

Captain James Cook, and others. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Co

London 1773 AUD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
31

1826 DUPERREY PACIFIC VOYAGE ENGRAVED PLATES

1826 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
32

Twenty plates from the official voyage account of the Freycinet expedition.

Paris 1824 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
33 John Olsen

Salute to Five Bells. John Olsen's Opera House Journal. Photographs by Robert Walker.

Sydney 1973 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 228.60
34 GIOVIO, Paolo & DOMENICHI, Ludovico..

La Vita di Consalvo Ferrando di Cordova detto il Gran Capitano. Scritta per Mons. Paolo Giovio Vescovo di Nocera, & tradotta per M. Lodovico Domenichi.

Florence 1552 AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
35 Muhammad Ali.

Muhammad Ali. The Greatest.

London 1976 AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
36

S. P. Augustini Professoris Regii Publici ac Ordinarii Tractatus Theologicus de Sacramentis Poenitentiae...

Prague CIRCA 1700 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
37 ROSENCRANTZ, Olaf.

Apologia Nobilitatis Danicae contra Larvatum illum Franciscum Irenaeum... 1681.

1681 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
38 Thomas Linacri

Britanni, de Emendata Structura Latini Sermonis Libri Sex [bound with] Rudimenta Gramatices Thomae Linacri.

Paris 1543 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 603.25
39 DAWSON, Robert.

The Present State of Australia; a description of the country, its advantages and prospects, with reference to emigration: and a particular account of the manners, customs, and condition of its Aboriginal inhabitants.

London 1830 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 317.50
40 C.J. Dennis.

Digger Smith

Sydney 1918 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
41

Il Petrarca con l'Espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello. Di novo ristampato con le Figure a i Trionsi con le apostille e con piu cose utili aggiunte.

Venice 1568 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 508.00
42 FOWLES, Joseph.

Sydney in 1848: Illustrated by copper-plate engravings of the principal streets, public buildings, churches, chapels, etc., from drawings by Joseph Fowles.

Sydney 1848-1849 AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,905.00
43

An English manuscript of 18 pages titled "The danger wherein the Kingdome of England standeth and the Remedie".

CIRCA 1649 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 381.00
44 SURIUS, Lawrence.

Bewerter Historien der Lieben Heiligen Gottes. Von irem Christlichem, Gottseligem leben, warhaffter bekanntuss, herrlichen thaten, bestendigem leiden:

Munchen 1580 AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
45 SCHULTING, Anton.

Jurisprudentia vetus ante-Justinianea, qua continentur quae supersunt ex Caji Institutionum libris IV. Julii Pauli Sententiarum receptarum ad filium libri V et fragmentum ex institutionum libris II.

Leiden 1717 AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
46 SMITH, Alice.

Australian Birds.

Melbourne CIRCA 1930 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
47 Mike Parr

Lafart, Light in a Load of Shit by Mike Parr (Pensees a la Carte) 28th April 1975. Screenprint,

1975 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
48

Original drypoint etching of Sydney Grammar School by George Marler, titled by the artist "Grammar" and signed "G. Marler" in the lower margin. Framed recently by the International Conservation Services in Sydney, the print measures 163 x 120 mm and is we

circa 1925 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
49

Quotations from Chairman Mao-Tse-Tung.

Peking 1966 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
50 Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

An original hand-coloured map from the 1764 Petit Atlas Maritime

1764 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 203.20
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Johnson (C.). A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, 1724. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ordonez de Cevallos (Pedro). Viage del Mundo, 1st edition, Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1614. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: North America. Merian (Matthaus), Virginia..., 1627 or later. £1,500-2,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: World. Waldseemuller (Martin), Tabula Nova Totius Orbis, Vienne: 1541. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Erasmus (Desiderius). The ... paraphrase of Erasmus... 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1549. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Bible [English]. [The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament, 1562]. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Smith (Lucy). Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, 1st edition, 1853. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Derain (Andre). Pantagruel, signed limited edition, Albert Skira, 1943. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Large Paper edition, 1894. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ellison (Ralph). Invisible Man, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1952. £200-300
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Taschen Collector's Edition. Annie Leibovitz, limited edition, 2014. £1,000-1,500
  • Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 4: Various entertainers, Group of 30 items, signed or inscribed, various dates. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 27: John Adams, Autograph Letter Signed to Benjamin Rush introducing Archibald Redford, Paris, 1783. $35,000 to $50,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 36: Robert Gould Shaw, Autograph Letter Signed to his father from Camp Andrew, Boston, 1861. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 53: Martin Luther King Jr., Time magazine cover, signed and inscribed "Best Wishes," 1957. $5,000 to $7,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 127: Paul Gauguin, Autograph Letter regarding payment for paintings, with woodcut letterhead, 1900. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 169: Suck: First European Sex Paper, complete group of eight issues, 1969-1974. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 173: Black Panthers, The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately From Our Communities, poster, 1969. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 187: Marc Attali & Jacques Delfau, Les Erotiques du Regard, first edition, Paris, 1968. $300 to $500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 213: Andy Warhol, Warhol's Index Book, first printing, New York, 1967. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 215: Cookie Mueller, Archive of 17 items, including 4 items inscribed and signed. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 249: Jamie Reid, The Ten Lessons / The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle; Sex Pistols, chromogenic print with collage, signed, circa 1980. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby's
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    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
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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
  • Bonhams, Apr. 8: First report outside of the colonies of the American Revolution, from American accounts. Printed broadsheet, The London Evening-Post, May 30, 1775. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce, James. The earliest typescript pages from Finnegans Wake ever to appear at auction, annotated by Joyce, 1923. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce's Ulysses, 1923, one of only seven copies known, printed to replace copies destroyed in customs. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S COPY, INSCRIBED. Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento, 1667. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Bernoulli's Ars conjectandi, 1713. "... first significant book on probability theory." $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Aristotle's Politica. Oeconomica. 1469. The first printed work on political economy. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: John Graunt's Natural and political observations...., 1662. The first printed work of epidemiology and demographics. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: William Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas, 1786. The first work to pictorially represent information in graphics. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Anson's A Voyage Round the World, 1748. THE J.R. ABBEY-LORD WARDINGTON COPY, BOUND BY JOHN BRINDLEY. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: La Perouse's Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde..., 1797. LARGE FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Francesca Woodman's Some Disordered Interior Geometries, 1981. Untrimmed publisher's proof sheets. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Charles Schulz original 8-panel Peanuts Sunday comic strip, 1992, pen and ink over pencil, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Lucy as a psychiatrist. $20,000 - $30,000
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