Forum Auctions: Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobbins - Part 2, 32724, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 27, 2024 - March 27, 2024
Page Size: 266 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Ackermann (Rudolph)

The Royal Navy, 6 hand-coloured aquatints

1848-49. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,772.00
2 Ackermann (Rudolph)

[Ackermann's Sporting Scraps], 36 hand-coloured aquatints

1850-61 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
3 Aikman (James)

An Account of the Tournament at Eglinton, revised and corrected by Several of the Knights, first edition,

1839 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 277.20
4 Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.-

Procession (The) of Albert Edward Prince of Wales and the Princess Alexandria of Denmark from Eton to Windsor..., hand-coloured lithographed panorama, Windsor, W....

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 226.80
5 Alexander II (Emperor of Russia)

Giostra corsa in Torino addi XXI di Febbraio, M DCCC XXXIX, nel passaggio di sua altezza imperiale e reale Alessandro Gran-Duca Principe Imperiale Ereditario di R...

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,142.00
6 Alfred (Henry J.)

Views on the Thames. Marlow Weir, Near Marlow Bridge, Bisham Abbey,Temple Lock, Hurley,

1857 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 252.00
7 [Alken (Henry)]

Ben Tally-Ho. Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders, or The Reverse of Sporting Phrases, first edition,

1815 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
8 [Alken (Henry)]

[Collection of seven drawings]

c.1815-30 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,268.00
9 [Alken (Henry)]

[Six Drawings of Sporting Notions]

1815-30 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,268.00
10 Alken (Henry)

The Beauties & Defects in the Figure of the Horse, 18 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings,

1816 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 176.40
11 Alken (Henry)

Driving Discoveries, first edition,

1817 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,134.00
12 Alken (Henry)

Hunting Discoveries,

1817 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 756.00
13 [Alken (Henry)]

Doing the Thing, and the Thing Done, in a series of Sporting Plates, first issue

1818 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,024.00
14 Alken (Henry)

[Fox-Hunting series], 7 hand-coloured aquatints

1818 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
15 Alken (Henry)

Going to Epsom Races: a Ludicrous Amusement consisting of Modern Costume, Characters, Dandies, Equipages and Horsemanship, first colour issue

1819 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,705.60
16 Alken (Henry)

How to Qualify for a Meltonian: addressed to all would-be Meltonians by Ben Tally-Ho

1819 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
17 [Alken (Henry)]

[Military Duties, Occurrences &c. &c.], 43 hand-coloured etchings only (of 56)

c.1820 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
18 [Alken (Henry)]

Ben Tally-Ho. Some Do and Some Don't; It is all a Notion, first edition,

1821 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,071.00
19 Alken (Henry)

The High Mettled Racer,

1821 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,134.00
20 Alken (Henry)

Specimens of Riding near London, Thomas M'Lean

1821 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
21 Alken (Henry)

[Moments of Fancy and Whim], 2 parts in 1 vol.,

1822-23. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
22 Alken (Henry)

Symptoms of Being Amused , vol.1 (all published), first edition,

1822 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 126.00
23 Alken (Henry) & James Barenger.

The Sporting Repository, containing Horse-Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism, Pugilism, first editio...

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
24 Alken (Henry)

Comparative Meltonians as They are and as They were by Ben Tally-Ho

1823 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,016.00
25 Alken (Henry)

Illustrations to Popular Songs, second issue, extra-illustrated with 2 etchings and drawing with original drawings on verso,

1823 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 693.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
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    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
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    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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