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
600	Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen)	Natural History of British Moths		1891	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	40.00
601		Morris (F. O.) A History of British Moths...			GBP 25.00 - 35.00	40.00
602	Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen)	History of British Butterflies		1895	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	28.00
603	Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen)	History of British Butterflies...			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	32.00
604	Mudie (Robert)	The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands		1834	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	70.00
605	Paxton ([Sir] Joseph) and John Lindley	Paxton's Flower Garden		1850-53	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	80.00
606		Phillips (H.) Floral Emblems...			GBP 50.00 - 75.00	35.00
607		Pinel (Philippe) La Medecine clinique...			GBP 35.00 - 45.00	110.00
608	Richardson (Sir John) and others	The Museum of Natural History		[c. 1860]	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	15.00
609	Russel (Richard)	Disertation on the Use of Sea-Water in the Diseases of the Glands		1752	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	40.00
610	Scheuchzer (Johannes Jacobus)	Herbarium Diluvianum, Editio Novissima	Leiden	1723	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	75.00
611	Sharpe (James Birch)	Elements of Anatomy; designed for the Use of Students in the Fine Arts		1818	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	12.00
612		Simpson (Thomas) Essays on several curious and useful subjects, in speculative and mix'd mathematics...			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	140.00
613	SOWERBY (JAMES)	ENGLISH BOTANY		1790-1814	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	1,100.00
614	[Sowerby (J. E.)]	English Botany. . .		1863-86	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	320.00
615	[STEEL (DAVID)]	THE ELEMENTS AND PRACTICE OF RIGGING AND SEAMANSHIP		1794	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	260.00
616	Threlkeld (Caleb)	Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum Alphabetice Dispositarum. .. a Short Treatise of Native Plants	Dublin	1727	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	90.00
617		Westwood (J. O.) Butterflies of Great Britain with their Transformations...			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	20.00
618		White (James) Treatise on Veterinary Medicine...			GBP 20.00 - 30.00	42.00
619	[ZORN (JOHANNES)]	AFBEELDINGDEN DER ARTSENY-GEWASSEN met derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen	Amsterdam	1796-1800	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	950.00
620	BOUGUER (PIERRE)	ESSAI D'OPTIQUE, SUR LA GRADATION DE LA LUMIERE	Paris	1729	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	750.00
621	BRIGGS (WILLIAM)	Ophthalmo-graphia, sive Oculi eiusque partium descriptio anatomica	Leiden	1686	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	220.00
622	PARKINSON (JOHN)	PARADISI IN SOLE PARADISUS TERRESTRIS		1629	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	100.00
623	Rohault (Jacques)	Traite de Physique	Paris	1675	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	85.00
624	Sidney (Sir Philip)	The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia		1674	GBP 25.00 - 35.00	35.00

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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.
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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.

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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.