Bonhams: Books and Manuscripts including Property of the late Hilary Gerrard - online 3/11, 29868, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 21, 2024 - March 21, 2024
Page Size: 233 items in 10 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 [ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)

[Westminster School, and other schools], extracted from "The History of the Public Schools"

1816 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 409.60
202 CAVENDISH (WILLIAM, Duke of Newcastle)

A General System of Horsemanship in All it's Branches,

1743 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,560.00
203 COMBE (WILLIAM)]

The Tour of Doctor Syntax In Search of the Picturesque, and Second and Third Tours

1817-1821 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 384.00
204 MOFFET (THOMAS)

Health's Improvement

1655 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 768.00
205 GROSE (FRANCIS)

The Antiquities of England and Wales, [together with:] Antiquities of Ireland and Scotland

1782-97 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
206 LANGLEY (THOMAS AND BATTY)

Ancient Architecture Restored and Improved

1742 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,024.00
207 LOGAN (JAMES) AND ROBERT RONALD MCIAN

Clans of the Scottish Highlands

1857 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,920.00
208 MADDOX (GEORGE, ARCHITECT)

Prints from the Etchings Made by George Maddox, Professor of Architecture under whom I studied in 1834 at Furnival's Inn

c.1834-1841 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 768.00
209 MEYRICK (SAMUEL RUSH)

A Critical Enquiry into Antient Armour, as It Existed in Europe, But Particularly in England, 3 vol.,

c.1824 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 307.20
210 PEEPSHOW - THAMES TUNNEL

View of the River Thames, over the Tunnel. A Perspective View of the Thames Tunnel, Azulay, Thames Tunnel,

[not before 1846] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 960.00
211 REYNOLDS (JOSHUA)

Commonplace book compiled by Mary Gwatkin,

[early nineteenth-century] GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,408.00
212 ROYAL NAVY - CRIMEA

Archive of material relating to First Lieutenant Horatio Guy Campbell (1839-1870), R.N.

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,816.00
213 SLAVERY - ABOLITION

The Woman of Colour, vol. 1 (of 2)

1808 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,088.00
214 WALKER (GEORGE)

The Costume of Yorkshire

1814 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,024.00
215

Papers Relating to America. Presented to the House of Commons

1809, 1810 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 460.80
216 AVRIL (PERE PHILIPPE)]

Voyage en divers Etats d'Europe et d'Asie Paris,

1692 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 512.00
217 BADIA Y LEBLICH (DOMINGO)] "Ali Bey"

Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, between the Years 1803 and 1807

1816 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 435.20
218 BROCKEDON (WILLIAM)

Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps

1828-1829 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
219 COOK (JAMES)

A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World

1777 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 3,072.00
220 ELLIS (HENRY)

Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China,

1817 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 588.80
221 HAKLUYT (RICHARD)

Hakluyt's Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries of the English Nation, 5 vol., ONE OF 250 COPIES,

1809-12 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 588.80
222 HARRIS (JOHN)

Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca: or, a Compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels

1705 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,920.00
223 LATROBE (CHRISTIAN IGNATIUS)

Journal of a Visit to South Africa

1818 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 588.80
224 LEAR (EDWARD)

Illustrated Excursions in Italy

1846 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,408.00
225 PARRY (WILLIAM EDWARD)

Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific

1821 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 358.40
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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
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    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
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    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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