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Sotheby Parke Bernet: CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS. COMPRISING, ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL LITERATURE AND HISTORY OF THE 15TH TO THE 19TH CENTURY INCLUDING A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE, TRAVEL AND TOPOGRAPHY, SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND NATURAL HISTORY. COMPRISING, The Property , 1977(OMEGA),

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 25, 1977 - July 25, 1977

Page Size: 625 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
400	[Montesquieu (C. S.)]	Le Temple de Gnide	Paris	1772	GBP 15.00 - 30.00	50.00
401	LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE)	Contes et Nouvelles in vers	[Paris?]	1777	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	140.00
402	[Spiegel (Laurens Pieter van de)]	Historie van de satisfactie waar mede de stad goes. .. in het jaar 1577	Goes	1777	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	55.00
403	VOLTAIRE (F. M. A. DE)	OEUVRES COMPLETES	[Kehl]	1785-89	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	110.00
404	Confucius	Abrege historique des principaux Traits de la Vie de Confucius	Paris	[1788]	GBP 24.00 - 30.00	75.00
405		Gli Ornati delle Pareti ed i Pavimenti delle Stanze dell' Antica Pompei	Naples	1796	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	10.00
406	Grasset de Saint Saveur (Jacques)	An 4me de la Republique francaise. 1796. Costumes des representans du peuple [etc.]		[1796]	GBP 25.00 - 35.00	40.00
407		[Choudard-Desforges (P. J. B.)] Les Mille et un Souvenirs, ou les veillees Conjugales...			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	18.00
408	Ovidius Naso (Publius)	Verwandlungen	Augsburg	1802	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
409	Ehrenberg (C. G.)	Symbolae physicae seu icones descriptiones. .. ex itinere per Africam Borealem et Asiam Occidentalem	Berlin	1828-32	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	75.00
410		Jourdain (Charles) La Philosophe de Saint Thomas d'Aquin...			GBP 15.00 - 25.00	Not Sold
411	ADAM (ROBERT AND JAMES)	WORKS IN ARCHITECTURE		1778-86	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	950.00
412	Pozzo (ANDREA)	RULES AND EXAMPLES OF PERSPECTIVE. .. for Painters and Architects. . . done into English. .. by John James		1707	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	400.00
413	PALLADIO (ANDREA)	I QUATTRO LIBRI DELL'ARCHITETTURA	Venice [Venice]	1570 [1768]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	380.00
414	PALLADIO (ANDREA)	L'ARCHITETTURA	Venice	1642	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	300.00
415	PALLADIO (A.)	The Architecture		1721	GBP 90.00 - 120.00	150.00
416	Gibbs (James)	Rules for Drawing. . . Architecture		1732	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	38.00
417	LE CLERC (SEBASTIEN)	A TREATISE OF ARCHITECTURE. . .		1732	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	100.00
418	Pain (William)	Builder's Companion. . . demonstrating. .. all the principal Rules of Architecture		1765	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	30.00
419	VITRUVIUS POLLIO (MARCUS)	Architecture...		1791	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	95.00
420	Malton (J.)	An Essay on British Cottage Architecture...			GBP 40.00 - 50.00	32.00
421		Tallis (J.) and Co. History and Description of the Crystal Palace		[1851]	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	55.00
422	Langley (B. and T.)	The Builder's Jewel		1754	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	22.00
423	L[angley] (B[atty])	The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs: or the Art of Drawing and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture		1756	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	65.00
424	Chippendale (Thomas)	The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director		1762	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	90.00
425	SWAN (ABRAHAM)	Upwards of One Hundred and Fifty New Designs for Chimney Pieces		1768	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	130.00
426	GROHMANN (JOHANN GOTTFRIED) AND FRIEDRICH GOTTHELF BAUM-GARTNER	IDEENMAGAZIN fur Liebhaber von Garten 4 vol., NEUES IDEEN-MAGAZIN	Leipzig	1806[-c. 1815]	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	220.00
427	Bartoli (P. S.) and J. P. Bellori	Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum	Rome	1693	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	20.00
428		Veteris Latii antiqua vestigia,. . . praecipue Tyburtina, Tusculana, et Setina	Rome	1751	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	22.00
429		Teniers (David) Le Theatre des Peintures...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	240.00
430	BARBIERI (GIOVANNI FRANCESCO, called IL Guercino)	Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni	Rome	1764	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	350.00
431	MAZZOLA (FRANCESCO)	Raccolta di Disegni Originali di Fraco Mazzola detto il Parmigianino...			GBP 50.00 - 70.00	320.00
432	Piles (Roger de)	The Art of Painting. . . Translated from the French		[c. 1750]	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
433	Evelyn (John)	Sculptura; or, the History and Art of Chalcography		1755	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	55.00
434	Lodge (Edmund)	Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain		1821-34	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
435	Stothard (C. A.)	The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain		1817 [-32]	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	50.00
436	Fisher (Thomas)	A Series of Antient, Historical, and Legendary Paintings... at Stratford-Upon-Avon		1836	GBP 25.00 - 35.00	60.00
437	ANDERSON (G. W.)	A NEW. . . COLLECTION OF VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD. . . Cook's voyages, etc.			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	220.00
438	PARKINSON (SYDNEY)	A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS, in his Majesty's ship Endeavour		1784	GBP 500.00 - 650.00	Not Sold
439	MORDEN (ROBERT)	GEOGRAPHY RECTIFIED: or, a Description of the World		1693	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	460.00
440	FRICX (HENRY)	Table des cartes des Pays Bas et des frontieres de France, avec un recueil des plans des villes, sieges et battailles donnees entre les Hauts Allies et la France	Brussels	1712	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	480.00
441	MOLL (HERMAN)	Atlas Manuale: or, a new Sett of Maps. .. as well Asia, Africa and America, as Europe		1713	GBP 70.00 - 80.00	160.00
442	[MOLL (H.)]	[ATLAS MINOR]		[? 1732]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	180.00
443	BADESLADE (THOMAS)	Chorographia Britanniae. Or, a Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales		1742	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
444	LATTRE (JEAN)	ATLAS MODERNE OU collection de cartes sur toutes les parties du Globe Terrestre	Paris	n.d. [maps variously dated 1762-65, or n.d.]	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	360.00
445		AMERICAN WAR. [Atlas]		1776-93	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	600.00
446	Millar (G. H.)	The New and Universal System of Geography		1782	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	120.00
447	Guthrie (William)	New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the several Kingdoms of the World		1783	GBP 15.00 - 25.00	20.00
448	Cary (John)	Traveller's Companion, or, a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales		1791	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	20.00
449	CARY (JOHN)	New and Correct English Atlas: being a New Set of County Maps		1793	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	100.00
450	[CARY (JOHN)]	[New and correct English Atlas]		[1793]	GBP 90.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
451	Cary (John)	New Map of England and Wales		1794	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
452		Cary (John) New Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	40.00
453	DALTON (W. H.)	The New and Complete English Traveller		[1794]	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	100.00
454		[Cox (T.)] [Somersetshire], extracted from the "Magna Britannia"...			GBP 25.00 - 35.00	10.00
455	BRYANT (A.)	NORTHAMPTONSHIRE- MAP OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON, from actual survey. .. in the years 1824-26		1 June 1827	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	160.00
456	Cook (Capt. James)	A New, Authentic Collection of. . . Voyages Round the World	Birmingham	1790	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	20.00
457	M'Clintock ([Sir F. L.])	The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions		1859	GBP 25.00 - 35.00	48.00
458		Allen (Wilkes) History of Chelmsford. .. to which is added a memoir of the Pawtuckett Tribe of Indians...			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	35.00
459	Austin (Benjamin)	Constitutional Republicanism...			GBP 15.00 - 25.00	6.00
460	Beltrami (J. C.)	A Pilgrimage in Europe and America		1828	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
461	Chastellux ([F. J.], Marquis de)	Voyages dans l'Amerique Septen-trionale	Paris	1788-91	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
462	COLDEN (CADWALLADER D.)	Memoir. .. of the New York Canals	N. Y.	1825	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	140.00
463	De Roos (Hon. F. Fitzgerald)	Personal Narrative of Travels in the United States and Canada in 1826. . . with remarks on the American Navy		1827	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	25.00
464		Edwards (Jonathan) Memoirs of the Rev. David Brainerd; Missionary to the Indians...			GBP 15.00 - 25.00	22.00
465		Gazzettiere Americano (IL) contenente un distinto regguaglio di tutte le parti del Nuovo Mondo. . . tradotto dall' Inglese	Leghorn	1762	GBP 45.00 - 60.00	220.00
466	Gordon (Thomas F.)	Gazetteer of the State of New York...			GBP 20.00 - 25.00	25.00
467	Hardie (James)	Description of the City of New York...			GBP 25.00 - 35.00	10.00
468	Hodgson (Adam)	Remarks during a journey through North America in 1819-1821. . . collected	New York	1823	GBP 25.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
469	Le Page du PratZ (M. -)	Histoire de la Louisiane	Paris	1758	GBP 15.00 - 25.00	55.00
470	Lyon (G. F.)	A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to reach Repulse Bay. . . 1824		1825	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	48.00
471		Rio (Antonio del) and P. F. Cabrera. Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City...			GBP 15.00 - 25.00	110.00
472	[Shebbeare (John)]	A Fourth Letter to the People of England. On the Conduct of M----rs in Alliances, Fleets and Armies		1756	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	28.00
473		[Shipley (Jonathan)] A Speech intended to have been spoken on the Bill for altering the Charters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay...		1774-5	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	26.00
474	Byron (John)	The Narrative. . . containing an Account of the Great Distresses suffered. .. on the Coast of Patagonia		1768	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	25.00
475	Herndon (Lieut. W. L.) and Lieut. L. Gibbon	Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon	Washington	1854	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	90.00
476	La Condamine ([Charles] de)	Relation abregee d'un voyage dans l'interieur de l'Amerique Meridionale	Paris	1745	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	130.00
477	CARON (F.) and J. SCHORTEN	A true Description of the Mighty Kingdoms of Japan and Siam		1663	GBP 90.00 - 120.00	260.00
478	CRAWFURD (JOHN)	JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY. .. TO THE COURT OF AVA IN 1827		1829	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
479		Elphinstone (Hon. M.) An account of the Kingdom of Caubul. .. revised edition...			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
480		India-Manuscript Map: A Sketch of the Indian Empire...			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	40.00
481	KAEMPFER (ENGELBERT)	HISTOIRE NATURELLE, civile, et ecclesiastique de l'Empire du Japon	The Hague	1729	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	450.00
482	MONTANUS (ARNOLD)	DENKWURDIGE GESANDTSCHAFFTEN DER OST-INDISCHEN GESELSCHAFT. .. AN UNTERSCHIEDLICHE KEYSER VON JAPAN	Amsterdam	1670	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	180.00
483	NIEUHOF (JOHAN)	An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China... English'd...		1673	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	220.00
484		Commonwealth of Australia. Opening of the First Parliament by His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York...	[Victoria]	[1901]	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	12.00
485	PHILLIP (ARTHUR)	THE VOYAGE. .. TO BOTANY BAY with an account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island		1789	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	220.00
486	Beke (Charles T.)	The Sources of the Nile: being a general survey		1860	GBP 25.00 - 40.00	60.00
487		Bruce (James) Travels to discover the Source of the Nile. . . 1768[-73]...			GBP 25.00 - 35.00	35.00
488	BURTON (R. F.)	A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome		1864	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	110.00
489	Park (Mungo)	Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa		1799	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	90.00
490	Shoberl (Frederic)	The World in Miniature. . . Africa		[1821]	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	90.00
491	BELZONI (G.)	Plates illustrative of the Researches and Operations. .. in Egypt and Nubia [with Six New Plates]		1820-22	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	160.00
492	[DENON (D. V.)]	[Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte]	[London]	[1807]	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	130.00
493		Fellows (Charles) An account of Discoveries in Lycia...			GBP 40.00 - 50.00	55.00
494	Le Hay (M.)	Recueil des. .. Estampes representant differentes Nations du Levant	Paris	1714	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	140.00
495	Mayer (Luigi)	Views in Egypt		1804	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	480.00
496	NIEBUHR ([CARSTEN])	Travels through Arabia, and other Countries in the East...	Edinburgh	1792	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	220.00
497		Palgrave (W. G.) Narrative of a year's journey through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63)...			GBP 40.00 - 50.00	30.00
498	Perry (Charles)	A View of the Levant,...		1743	GBP 25.00 - 35.00	Not Sold
499	Wilson (Col. Sir [C. W.])	Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt		[1880-84]	GBP 25.00 - 35.00	Not Sold

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.