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Bonhams: The Gentleman's Library Sale - Globes and Prints

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Auction Name The Gentleman's Library Sale - Globes and Prints Total Sales (GBP) 54,147.00
Auction Date February 14, 2018 - February 14, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 32,800.00
Sale Number #24564 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 48,250.00
Total Lots 22
Sold Lots 17 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 40,700.00
% of Lots Sold 77.27% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 59,850.00
Unsold Lots 5 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 90.47%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
220

A PAIR OF J & W CARY 12-INCH GLOBES ON STANDS, English, published 1816, (2)

1816 GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 13,750.00
216

A PAIR OF 20 INCH NEWTON'S TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL LIBRARY GLOBES ON STANDS, ENGLISH, PUBLISHED 1876, (2)

1876 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,625.00
286

A COLLECTION OF SEVEN LATE 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS OF THE PALACE OF EMPEROR ANTONIUS PIUS, ROME

late 18th century GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 8,750.00
213

AN IMPRESSIVE 30-INCH W & A. K. JOHNSTON FACSIMILE TERRESTRIAL BOARDROOM GLOBE ON STAND, late 20th century,

late 20th century GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 6,875.00
217

A J & W CARY 12-INCH CELESTIAL LIBRARY GLOBE ON STAND, English, published 1816,

1816 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 3,750.00
221

A RARE LEONARD CUSHEE 2 1/2-INCH POCKET GLOBE, ENGLISH, MID 18TH CENTURY,

MID 18TH CENTURY GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 3,125.00
190 JAMES GILLRAY (British, 1757-1815)

The Triumph of Quassia; The Bear and his Leader; Grace before Meat

c. 1806, GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,250.00
191 JAMES GILLRAY (British, 1757-1815)

Betty Canning revived; God save the King; A Lady putting on her Cap; Enter Cowslip with a bowl of Cream

c. 1795 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,250.00
192 JAMES GILLRAY (British, 1757-1815)

Spanish-Patriots attacking the French-Banditti; The Church Militant; Meeting of Unfortunate Citoyens

c. 1800 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,250.00
339

A SET OF SIXTEEN FRAMED HANDCOLOURED PRINTS OF POULTRY, painted by J Ludlow, by Lewis Wright, 1880

GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 875.00
202

A LARGE PRESSED METAL GIRARD'S BRANDY ADVERTISING SIGN, English, Early 20th century,

Early 20th century GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 750.00
290

A SET OF TWELVE 19TH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS OF STATUES FROM GREAT GALLERIES OF THE WORLD

19th century GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 525.00
385 WOODWARD

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY WOODWARD'S TERESTRIAL SMALL DESK GLOBE

EARLY 20TH CENTURY GBP 500.00 - 550.00 GBP 500.00
337

A SET OF TWELVE 19TH CENTURY HAND COLOURED PRINTS OF EDIBLE FUNGI

19th century GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 375.00
201

FIRST AVAITION MEETING IN BRITAIN, DONCASTER, 1909, (2)

1909 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 360.00
46

A SILVER AND NIELLO PHOTOGRAPH FRAME with script mark, possibly Thai

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 75.00
401

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILK EMBROIDERED LINEN MAP SAMPLER TOGETHER WITH A VICTORIAN WOOLWORK MAP

EARLY 19TH CENTURY GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 62.00
  • 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.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • 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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