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Auction Name	Book and Weekly	Total Sales (GBP)	15,990.00
Auction Date	September 11, 2023 - September 11, 2023	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	8,160.00
Sale Number	#91123	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	12,020.00
Total Lots	90
Sold Lots	85	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	8,470.00
% of Lots Sold	94.44%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	12,460.00
Unsold Lots	5	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	128.33%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
290	Horsfield, Rev. Thomas Walker	The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex	1835	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 676.50
313	Lysons, Daniel-	Magna Britannica; Being A Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain	1806-1822	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 541.20
271	Shoberl, Frederick	A Topological and Historical Description of the County of Sussex	1813	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 516.60
292	Shakespeare, William	A Midsummer-Night’s Dream	1914	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 516.60
278	David, Elizabeth	French Provincial Cooking	1960	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 442.80
318	Ireland, Samuel.	Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire Avon… to Its Junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury	1795	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 418.20
311	Hargrove, E.	The History of the Castle	1782	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 393.60
312	[Edward Daniel Clarke].	A Tour Through the South of England, Wales, and Part of Ireland, Made During the Summer of 1791	1793	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 393.60
733	Arthur Rackham (1867-1939),	pen and ink illustration, Elves climbing a branch,		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 393.60
272	Fleming , Ian	Goldfinger	1959	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 369.00
314	Denholm, James.	The History of the City of Glasgow and Suburbs… to which is added A Sketch of a Tour to Loch Lomond and the Falls of the Clyde	1798	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 369.00
316	Pitt, William.	General View of the Agriculture of the County of Stafford	1796	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 344.40
260	Hentzner, Paul.	Travels in England During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth	1797	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 319.80
286	Watson, Rev. John	Memoirs of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey and their Descendants to the Present Time	1782	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 319.80
282	[Pigot, John M.B.]	History of the City of Chester from Its Foundation to the Present Time	1815	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 295.20
284	Hutchinson, W.	A View of Northumberland with an Excursion to the Abbey of Mailross in Scotland	1778	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 270.60
287	Smith, John Thomas.	Antiquities of London and Its Environs… containing Views of Houses	1791-[1800]	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 270.60
317	Pitt, William.	A Topographical History of Staffordshire; including Its Agriculture, Mines and Manufactures	1817	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 270.60
296	Lambarde, William	Dictionarium Angliae Topographicum & Historicum. An alphabetical description of the chief places in England and Wales ...	1730	GBP 140.00 - 180.00	GBP 246.00
263	Rouse, James	The Beauties and Antiquities of the County of Sussex forming a General Illustration of its Ecclesiastical and Castellated Remains	1825	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 233.70
324	King, Edward.	Munimenta Antiqua; or, Observations on Antient Castles. Including Remarks on the Whole Progress of Architecture	1799-1801	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 233.70
261	[West, Thomas.]	A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire	1799	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 221.40
276	Burnham, James	The Managerial Revolution, or What is Happening in the World Now	1942	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 221.40
308	[I. Still]	The Hastings Guide; or a description of that Ancient Town and Port	1804	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 221.40
310	Manning, Owen and William Bray.	The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey	1804-1814	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 221.40

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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