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Sale Name: Prints, Maps and Posters
Auction Date: 04/19/2023 - 04/19/2023
Year of Sale: 2023
Sale Number: #41923
Total Lots: 153
Sold Lots: 115
Lots Sold: 75.2%
Unsold Lots: 38
Price Unknown: 0

Total Sales (GBP): 21,292.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 9,640.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 15,570.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 16,030.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 26,880.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 79.21%
Currency: GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars: 25,913.90

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
109	Rembrandt van Rijn	The Golf or Kolf Player (Het Klosbaantje), etching on laid paper, circa 1654, second state, 9.5cm x 14.5cm. References: Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's second state (i) (of 3), with the rust spots to the left and above the player; White and Boo	circa 1654	GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	1,618.50
95	Stephen Gooden	Royal Library Windsor Castle' (ex libris), engraving on cream laid paper, signed and dated 1954 in pencil, final state, sheet size 17.5cm x 13cm, together with thirty-two further ex libris engravings by the same hand, the majority signed, including, 'Geor	1954	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	1,182.75
47	Augustine Ryther, after Christopher Saxton	'Anglia the Kingdome of England and Principality of Wales exactly Described' (Map of England and Wales), 17th century engraving on laid paper with later hand-colouring, 40.5cm x 52.5cm, within a Hogarth style frame.	17th century	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	996.00
81	Antonio Francesco Gori	Livio Mehus Pittore', 18th century etching with engraving and hand-colouring, 27cm x 17.5cm, together with twelve similar portrait engravings depicting Old Master artists, all within matching ebonized and gilt frames. Provenance: the property of Michael G	18th century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	809.25
25	Charles D'Oyly	Plates from Antiquities of Dacca, six engravings on India paper mounted, each sheet size 43.5cm x 59cm, together with an illustrated text leaf and remnants of original titled wrapper.		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	684.75
100	Stephen Gooden	Aesop's Fables, twelve engravings including engraved title page, all signed and dated 1936 in pencil, the majority sheet sizes 40cm x 26cm, together with one additional engraved and signed title page, all contained within a folio.	1936	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	597.60
136	Robyn Denny	Six Miniatures', six screenprints in different colourways on wove paper	1976	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	498.00
103	Stephen Gooden	Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, eight engravings on laid and wove paper, all signed and dated 1940 in pencil, largest sheet size 20.5cm x 15cm, smallest sheet size 8.5cm x 10.5cm, together with an early proof impression and a letterheaded signed receipt issued	1940	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	473.10
153	W. & A.K. Johnston (publishers)	Organs of Digestion', lithograph	circa 1900,	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	473.10
110	Edward Stanford (publisher)	Ordnance Survey of England and Wales, a part set of eighty 19th century engravings, the majority hand-coloured, folding in sections and backed onto linen, various sizes, within cloth covered cases 17cm x 13.5cm, with original paper labels. Note: comprises	19th century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	448.20
11	Blue Egg Printing and Design Ltd (printers/publishers)	'Knebworth Park… Pink Floyd' (Poster for the 1975 Concert), screenprint, 1975, sheet size 78.5cm x 103.5cm. Note: this poster was produced to advertise the Pink Floyd Knebworth Park concert that took place on 5th July 1975 at Knebworth Park. Pink Floyd w		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	398.40
105	Stephen Gooden	First World War Soldier on Horseback, engraving on cream laid paper, signed and dated 1929 in pencil, sheet size 24cm x 17.5cm, together with ten other signed engravings by the same hand.	1929	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	398.40
116	Frank Brangwyn	A Procession, Genoa, etching, signed in pencil	circa 1924	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	348.60
74	Thomas Rowlandson	The Sculptor' (Preparations for the Academy, Old Joseph Nollekens and his Venus), etching with hand-colouring circa 1800, 29.5cm x 23.5cm, within a Hogarth style frame. Provenance: the property of Michael Godfrey.	circa 1800	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	323.70
62	Richard Earlom, after Michael Vincent Brandoin	'The inside of the Pantheon in Oxford Road', 18th century mezzotint, 44.5cm x 54cm, within a French Empire style ebonized and gilt frame. Provenance: the property of Michael Godfrey.	18th century	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	323.70
104	Stephen Gooden	Death and the Woodman, engraving on wove paper, signed and dated 1929 in pencil, sheet size 20.5cm x 13.5cm, together with another signed engraving by the same hand, The Rider on the Pale Horse, third state.	1929	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	298.80
72	J. Cordwell	The West or Garden Front of the Pavilion at Brighton, Marine Palace of his Majesty George the IVth', mezzotint	1824	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	298.80
141	Lynn Chadwick	Sitting Figures, 20th century lithograph on wove paper, signed, dated '71 and editioned 46/100 in pencil, sheet size 38cm x 35cm.	1971	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	273.90
91	Circle of Francesco Bartolozzi	Arcadian Scenes, a pair of tondo late 18th/early 19th century stipple engravings with later hand-colouring, each diameter 18cm, both within gilt composition frames, together with five other engravings. Provenance: the property of Donald Church.	late 18th/early 19th century	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	249.00
67	Smith, after Givanni Battista Falda	The Quirnal or Palace of the Pope on Mount Cavallo at Rome, 18th century copper engraving with hand-colouring, 24cm x 40cm, together with three similar 18th century copper engravings, 'Magni Armamentary Venziarum', Santa Maria Della Salute, Venice, and Gr	18th century	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	249.00
61	Richard Earlom, after Johan Joseph Zoffany	Their most Sacred Majesties George III and Queen Charlotte', 18th century mezzotint with later hand-colouring, 52cm x 60cm, within a gilt composition frame. Provenance: the property of Michael Godfrey.	18th century	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	249.00
45	John Speed	'Dorsetshyre with the shyre towne Dorchester described' (Map of the County of Dorset), 17th century engraving with later hand-colouring on laid paper, 39.5cm x 52.5cm, within a Hogarth style frame.	17th century	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	249.00
36	W. Grant (publisher)	Panoramic View of Brighton' (West no.2, West no.1, East no.1, and East no.2), four lithographs	circa 1840	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	249.00
32	Benjamin Thomas Pouncy, after William Alexander	Chinese Barges of the Embassy passing through a Sluice on the Grand Canal' and 'Chinese Military drawn out in Compliment to the British Embassador', a pair of engravings with later hand-colouring	1796	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	224.10
49	John Speed	'Hantshire described and divided' (Map of the County of Hampshire), 17th century engraving with later hand-colouring, 38cm x 51cm, within a stained wood frame.	17th century	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	224.10

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Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.