Sotheby Parke Bernet: CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS. COMPRISING, CONTINENTAL BOOKS OF THE 15TH TO THE 19TH CENTURY, INCLUDING BRUNUS ARETINUS'S Historia Fiorentina, 1476, BIONDO'S Roma instaurata, 1481-82, Biblia Germanica, 1483, ST. BRIDGET'S Revelationes, 1500, Biblia , 1980(Oxford),
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 04, 1980 - February 04, 1980
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Cotton (Sir Robert) | An Exact Abridgement of the Records in the Tower of London | 1657 |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 35.00 | |
| 202 | BROWNE ([Sir] THOMAS) | Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall. . . with The Garden of Cyrus | 1658 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 110.00 | |
| 203 | GLANWILL (JOSEPH) | SCEPSIS SCIENTIFICA: or Confest Ignorance, the way to Science; in an Essay of the Vanity of Dogmatizing | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | 80.00 | ||
| 204 | BIBLE, English. The Holy Bible | Cambridge | 1660-59 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 550.00 | |
| 205 | WILKINS (JOHN) | AN ESSAY TOWARDS A REAL CHARACTER, AND A PHILOSOPHICAL LANGUAGE | 1668 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 160.00 | |
| 206 | M[ORE] | (H[ENRY]) Enchiridion Metaphysicum: sive, de rebus incorporeis succincta & luculenta Dissertatio. Pars Prima | 1671 |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | 45.00 | |
| 207 | GUILLIM (JOHN) AND Capt. JOHN LOGAN | A DISPLAY OF HERALDRY. .. to which is added a Treatise of Honour Military and Civil | 1679-77-78 |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 208 | Pendragon; or, the Carpet Knight his Kalendar | 1698 |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 10.00 | ||
| 209 | [CHETHAM (JAMES)] | THE ANGLER'S VADE MECUM: or, a Compendious, yet full, Discourse of Angling.. . The Third Edition | 1700 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 60.00 | |
| 210 | [Dunton (J., Editor)] The Phenix: or, a Revival of Scarce and Valuable Pieces... | GBP 120.00 - 160.00 | 35.00 | |||
| 211 | POETICAL MISCELLANY. A collection of 21 pieces in one vol.... | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 320.00 | |||
| 212 | Haym (Niccolo Francesco) | Del testoro Britannico. .. overo il museo nummario | 1719-20 |
GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | 60.00 | |
| 213 | VERTOT (RENE D'AUBERT DE) | THE HISTORY OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA | 1728 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 220.00 | |
| 214 | Wood (John) | The Origin of Building: or, the Plagiarism of the Heathens detected | Bath | 1741 |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | 170.00 |
| 215 | FIELDING (HENRY) | MISCELLANIES | 1743 |
GBP 180.00 - 250.00 | 400.00 | |
| 216 | Horsman (Gilbert) | Precedents in Conveyancing, Settled and Approved | 1744 |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 6.00 | |
| 217 | ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, compiled upon a New Plan... | 1773 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 700.00 | ||
| 218 | BOSWELL (JAMES) | THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON | 1791 |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | 400.00 | |
| 219 | Bloomfield (Robert) | The Farmer's Boy; a Rural Poem | 1806 |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 220 | Binding--The English Version of the Polyglott Bible; containing the Old and New Testaments | [c. 1860] |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 120.00 | ||
| 221 | TWELVE COLOURED DRAWINGS of exotic birds in their natural habitat including parrots and pheasants | [Canton] | [c. 1840] |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 300.00 | |
| 222 | TWELVE COLOURED DRAWINGS of fish | [Canton] | [c. 1840] |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 140.00 | |
| 223 | TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED DRAWINGS illustrating butterflies and insects | [China] | [c. 1830] |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | 220.00 | |
| 224 | TWENTY-ONE COLOURED DRAWINGS: 4 of courtiers wearing colourful costumes; 4 of exotic birds in their natural habitat; 4 of labourers performing various skills; 3 of flowers; 2 of junks; 3 of furniture | [Canton] | [c. 1840] |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 240.00 | |
| 225 | EIGHT COLOURED DRAWINGS: 6 of fish, and 2 of tea-planting | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | 100.00 | |
| 226 | TWELVE COLOURED DRAWINGS illustrating the life of an opium smoker from the time of his great opulence to the time of his utter misery | [Canton] | [1840] |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 100.00 | |
| 227 | THIRTY-EIGHT COLOURED DRAWINGS: 18 of colourful costumes; 12 of silk production and weaving | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 200.00 | |
| 228 | TWELVE COLOURED DRAWINGS of butterflies and insects | [China] | [second half of nineteenth century] |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 190.00 | |
| 229 | NINE COLOURED DRAWINGS of junks | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | 80.00 | |
| 230 | Eighteen coloured drawings: 6 of exotic pairs of birds in their natural habitat; 6 of nobility including the Emperor and the Empress | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | 140.00 | |
| 231 | Eight coloured drawings illustrating various gambling scenes | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | 130.00 | |
| 232 | Twelve coloured drawings of musicians | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | 110.00 | |
| 233 | Ten coloured drawings: 4 of butterflies alighting on blossoms; 3 of exotic birds in their natural habitat; 2 of European landscapes | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 234 | Twelve coloured drawings illustrating the New Year procession | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 235 | Seven coloured drawings illustrating various theatrical scenes | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | 75.00 | |
| 236 | Twelve coloured drawings illustrating the happy life of a rich man from birth to death | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 70.00 - 90.00 | 110.00 | |
| 237 | Twelve coloured drawings illustrating tortures and punishments | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 42.00 | |
| 238 | Ten coloured drawings illustrating court beauties in their colourful costumes, short tears, creased | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 110.00 | |
| 239 | Nine coloured drawings illustrating the tea trade | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 90.00 | |
| 240 | Seven coloured drawings illustrating tortures and punishments | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 30.00 | |
| 241 | Six coloured drawings: 4 of butterflies alighting on blossoms; 1 of various butterflies and insects; and 1 of fruits and flowers | [Canton] | [c. 1840] |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | 65.00 | |
| 242 | Twelve coloured drawings of tortures and punishments | [China] | [mid-nineteenth century] |
GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 22.00 | |
| 243 | Twenty-three coloured drawings of various personalities and deities including the Emperor | [China] | [late nineteenth century] |
GBP 70.00 - 90.00 | 170.00 | |
| 244 | FALDA (G. B.) | LE FONTANE DI ROMA, nelle Piazza a Luoghi publici della Citta | [Rome] | [c. 1820] |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 240.00 |
| 245 | Felibien (Andre) | Description de la Grotte de Versailles | Paris | 1679 |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 45.00 |
| 246 | ORVILLE (J. P. D') | Sicula, quibus Siciliae Veteris Rudera. . . illustrantur | Amsterdam | 1764 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 170.00 |
| 247 | Bellori (G. P.) | Ichnographia Veteris Romae | Rome | 1764 |
GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | 120.00 |
| 248 | DESSEINE (FRANCOIS) BESCHRYVING VAN OUD EN NIEUW ROME... | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 380.00 | |||
| 249 | FONTANA (CARLO) | TEMPLUM VATICANUM ET IPSIUS ORIGO | Rome | 1694 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 750.00 |
| 250 | LUMISDEN (ANDREW) | REMARKS ON THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME AND ITS ENVIRONS | 1797 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,700.00 | |
| 251 | Romani (J. C.) Vetera Monimenta... | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 22.00 | |||
| 252 | ECKERT (H. D.) AND D. MONTEN | DAS DEUTSCHE BUNDESHEER... | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 8,000.00 | ||
| 253 | FINART (D.) AND OTHERS | ARMEES ETRANGERES... | Paris | [c. 1840] |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 400.00 |
| 254 | ALBANIS BEAUMONT ([JEAN FRANCOIS]) | TRAVELS THROUGH THE RHAETIAN ALPS, IN THE YEAR MDCCLXXXVI | 1792 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 350.00 | |
| 255 | BOSSOLI (CARLO) | THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AND CHIEF PLACES OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE CRIMEA | 1856 |
GBP 550.00 - 650.00 | 380.00 | |
| 256 | COCKBURN (Major JAMES) | SWISS SCENERY | 1820 |
GBP 160.00 - 200.00 | 260.00 | |
| 257 | DODWELL (EDWARD) | VIEWS IN GREECE | 1821 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 5,500.00 | |
| 258 | Smith (John) | FORE-EDGE PAINTING--Select Views in Italy | [1817] |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 130.00 | |
| 259 | GERNING (Baron JOHANN ISAAC VON) | A PICTURESQUE TOUR ALONG THE RHINE. .. engravings from the drawings of M. Schutz... translated from the German by John Black | 1820 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | 1,200.00 | |
| 260 | KINSEY (W. M.) | PORTUGAL ILLUSTRATED | 1828 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 110.00 | |
| 261 | LABORDE (LEON DE) | VOYAGE DE L'ARABIE PETREE engraved title with vignette | Paris | 1830 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 300.00 |
| 262 | LIGHT (HENRY) | Sicilian Scenery | 1823 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 100.00 | |
| 263 | MAYER (LUIGI) | VIEWS IN EGYPT, PALESTINE, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE | 1804 [vol. I: 1805, II 1804, III: 1803] |
GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,100.00 | |
| 264 | MOLL ([HERMANN]) | ATLAS GEOGRAPHUS: or, a Compleat System of Geography | 1711-17 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 265 | NORDEN (F. L.) | VOYAGE D'EGYPTE ET DE NUBIE | Copenhagen | 1755 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,500.00 |
| 266 | PALLAS (P. S.) | TRAVELS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. .. 1793 and 1794. .. translated from the German [by F. W. Blagdon] | 1802-03 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 550.00 | |
| 267 | SAUVAN (JEAN BAPTISTE BALTHAZAR) | PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE SEINE, from Paris to the Sea | 1821 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 900.00 | |
| 268 | SAUVAN (J. B. B.) | PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE SEINE, FROM PARIS TO THE SEA | 1821 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 900.00 | |
| 269 | SOLVYNS (BALTHAZAR) | A COLLECTION OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY COLOURED ETCHINGS: DESCRIPTIVE OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND DRESSES OF THE HINDOOS | Calcutta | 1799 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | 1,200.00 |
| 270 | SAZERAC (HILAIRE LEON) AND GUSTAV ENGELMANN | SWITZERLAND--PLATES FROM "LETTRES SUR LA SUISSE" | [Paris] | [1826-27, and n.d.] |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 271 | SAZERAC (H. L.) AND G. ENGELMANN | SWITZERLAND--PLATES FROM "LETTRES SUR LA SUISSE" | [Paris] | [c. 1826-27] |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 272 | SAZERAC (H. L.) AND G. ENGELMANN | SWITZERLAND--PLATES FROM "LETTRES SUR LA SUISSE" | [Paris] | [c. 1826-27] |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 273 | SAZERAC (H. L.) AND G. ENGELMANN | SWITZERLAND--PLATES FROM "LETTRES SUR LA SUISSE" | [Paris] | [1826, and n.d.] |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 274 | SAZERAC (H. L.) AND G. ENGELMANN | SWITZERLAND--PLATES FROM "LETTRES SUR LA SUISSE" | [Paris] | [1826-27] |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 275 | SAZERAC (H. L.) AND G. ENGELMANN | SWITZERLAND--PLATES FROM "LETTRES SUR LA SUISSE" | [Paris] | [1827] |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 276 | WILKINS (WILLIAM) | THE ANTIQUITIES OF MAGNA GRAECIA | Cambridge | 1807 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 140.00 |
| 277 | VIDAL (E. E.) | PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS OF BUENOS AYRES AND MONTE VIDEO | 1820 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,800.00 | |
| 278 | BOYDELL (JOHN AND JOSIAH) | AN HISTORY OF THE RIVER THAMES | 1794-96 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,600.00 | |
| 279 | Hogarth (William) | The works. . . (including the 'Analysis of Beauty'). . . to which is prefixed some account of his life by Thomas Clerk | 1810 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 25.00 | |
| 280 | Bowyer (Robert) | An Impartial Historical Narrative of those Momentous Events which have taken place in this Country. . . from. .. 1816 to 1823 | 1823 |
GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 281 | Cordiner (C.) Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Scotland... | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | 110.00 | |||
| 282 | DARELL (WILLIAM) The History of Dover Castle... | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 283 | FIELDING (T. H.) AND J. WALTON | A PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE ENGLISH LAKES | 1821 |
GBP 450.00 - 600.00 | 450.00 | |
| 284 | LOUTHERBOURG (P. J. DE) | THE ROMANTIC AND PICTURESQUE SCENERY OF ENGLAND AND WALES | 1805 [watermarked 1822-1824] |
GBP 550.00 - 700.00 | 550.00 | |
| 285 | PLOT (ROBERT) | THE NATURAL HISTORY OF OXFORD-SHIRE | Oxford | 1677 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 220.00 |
| 286 | P[lot] (R[obert]) | The natural history of Oxford-Shire | 1677 |
GBP 75.00 - 100.00 | 280.00 | |
| 287 | WIGSTEAD (HENRY) | Remarks on a tour to North and South Wales in the year 1797 | 1800 |
GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | 190.00 | |
| 288 | TEMPEST (PAUL) AND M. LAURON. THE CRYES OF THE CITY OF LONDON... | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,700.00 | |||
| 289 | [ALKEN (HENRY)] | SOME DO, AND SOME DO NOT; It is all a Notion. . . Ben Tally-Ho | [1821] |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | 500.00 | |
| 290 | [ANGELO (DOMENICO)] | L'ECOLE DES ARMES | [1763] |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 500.00 | |
| 291 | BARTOLOZZI (FRANCESCO) | EIGHTY-TWO PRINTS. . . FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF GUERCINO... | n.d. [watermarked 1821] |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,200.00 | |
| 292 | [Chabert (J. C.)] | [Galerie des peintres, ou Collection de portraits des peintres les plus celebres de toutes les ecoles] | [Paris] | [1822-34] |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | 100.00 |
| 293 | CIPRIANI (G. B.) | PRINTS | Boydell | 1789 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 400.00 |
| 294 | COOKE (E. W.) | FIFTY PLATES OF SHIPPING AND CRAFT | 1829 |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 295 | [CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE)] | THE HUMORIST: a Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes. . . Bon Mots, Jeu d'esprit, &c. | 1819-20 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 300.00 | |
| 296 | KNELLER (Sir GODFREY) | THE KIT-KAT CLUB | 1735 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 450.00 | |
| 297 | BLAGDON (FRANCIS WILLIAM) | MORLAND (GEORGE)-- AUTHENTIC MEMOIRS OF THE LATE GEORGE MORLAND | "1806" [1824 or later] |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,200.00 | |
| 298 | PAPWORTH (J. B.) | Hints on Ornamental Gardening | 1823 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 220.00 | |
| 299 | SHAW (HENRY) | DRESSES AND DECORATIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES | 1843 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 180.00 | |
| 300 | WESTALL (R.) | Victories of the Duke of Wellington | 1819 |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | 50.00 |
