Sothebys: SALE No. 15 of 1978/79, 15,

Auction Details

Auction Date
January 01, 1978 - January 01, 1978
Page Size: 519 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
501 Pevsner (Nikolaus, editor) The Pelican History of Art.

1953--1972.

 USD 30.00 - 40.00 75.00
502 POPE (ARTHUR UPHAM) AND PHYLLIS ACKERMANN A SURVEY OF PERSIAN ART. Teheran, London and Tokyo

1964.

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
503 Poulik (Dr. Josef) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 110.00
504 Price (F. G. Hilton) A Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities.

1897--1908.

 USD 25.00 - 35.00 95.00
505 Pugin (Augustus Welby) Floriated Ornament.

1849.

 USD 50.00 - 75.00 110.00
506 Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition Catalogues, 1887--1973, lacking 5 vol. only (1890, 1896, 1923, 1943--44), with 24 duplicates.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 65.00
507 Sargeaunt (B. E.) Various

USD 35.00 - 50.00 24.00
508 SARRE (FRIEDRICH) AND HERMANN TRENKWALD ANCIENS TAPIS D'ORIENT, 2. Vienna, etc

1927--1929.

 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,000.00
509 [Seilern (Count A. de)] [Catalogue of the Collection], 6 vol. only (of 11).

1955--1961.

 USD 40.00 - 60.00 80.00
510 Siren (Osvald) Chinese and Japanese Sculpures and Paintings in the National Museum, Stockholm.

1931.

 USD 20.00 - 30.00 42.00
511 Small) Tunstall) and Christopher Woodbridge English Wrought Ironwork 3 vol.; Mouldings, 2 vol.; English Brickwork Details.

n.d.

 USD 20.00 - 30.00 7.00
512 SOCIETE D'ENCOURAGEMENT POUR L'INDUSTRIE NATIONALE BULLETIN, Third Series vol. II-XII, Fourth Series vol. I-X, Fifth Series vol. I-VI, [6th Series, vol. I-V] in 10 vol. and 3 Index vol. Paris

1875--1902.

 USD 300.00 - 350.00 90.00
513 Speiser (Werner) Meisterwerke Chinesischer Malerei. Berlin

1947.

 USD 20.00 - 30.00 13.00
514 Sullivan (Michael) Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barrow.

1963.

 USD 20.00 - 30.00 42.00
515 Troche (E. G.) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 120.00
516 Tuer (Andrew W.) The Follies and Fashions of Grandfathers (1807).

1886--1887.

 USD 15.00 - 25.00 58.00
517 Walker (J. & C.) Various

USD 20.00 - 30.00 20.00
518 Waring (J. B.) Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture.

1863.

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 100.00
519 Whitley (William T.) Art in England. Cambridge

1928--1930.

 USD 50.00 - 75.00 52.00
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.