Sothebys: Travel, Atlases and Natural History, LN8339,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 04, 1998 - June 04, 1998
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Decker (Paul) | Chinese Architecture, Gothic Architecture decorated | London | 1759 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 102 | Delafosse (Jean-Charles) | Algemeen Kunstenaars Handboek; of, Shatkamer voor alle boefenaaren van Kunsten en Handwerken | Amsterdam | [c.1775] |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 103 | Jones (Inigo) | The Designs... consisting of Plans and Elevations for Publick and Private Buildings. Publish'd by William Kent, with some additional Designs | [London] | 1727 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,300.00 |
| 104 | Le Muet (Pierre) | Maniere de bastir pour touttes sortes de personnes... reveue et augmentee en cette seconde edition | Paris | [c.1750] |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 105 | Piranesi (Giovanni Battista) | Diverse maniere d'adornare il cammini | Paris | 1836 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,760.00 |
| 106 | Rossi (Giovanni Giacomo, editor) | Insignium Romae Templorum | Rome | 1684 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 977.00 |
| 107 | Waring (J.B.) | Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862 | London | 1863 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,495.00 |
| 108 | Rawlins (Thomas) | Familiar Architecture; or, original designs of houses for gentlemen and tradesmen; parsonages; summer retreats; banqueting-rooms; and churches | London | 1769 |
GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | 1,265.00 |
| 109 | Ruggieri (Ferdinando) | Scelta di architetture antiche e moderne della citta di Firenze... edizione seconda pubblicata, ed ampliata in quattro volumi da Giuseppe Bouchard | Florence | 1755 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 5,175.00 |
| 110 | Africa-de Jode (Gerard) | Africae vera formis, et situs | [Antwerp] | [1593] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,840.00 |
| 111 | Africa-de Wit (Frederick) | Nova et Accurata totius Africae tabula emendata a F. de Wit | Amsterdam | [1660] |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 112 | Africa-Thevet (Andre) | Table d'Afrique | [Paris] | [1575] |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | 1,380.00 |
| 113 | Asia-de Jode (Gerard) | Asia, partium orbis maxima | [Antwerp] | [1593] |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 2,990.00 |
| 114 | Japan-[Blaeu (Johannes)] | Iaponia Regnum | [Amsterdam] | [1655] |
USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 115 | Japan-[Mercator (Gerard)] | Iaponia | [Amsterdam] | [1636] |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | Not Sold |
| 116 | Japan-[Mercator (Gerard)] | Iaponia | [Amsterdam] | [1618] |
GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 | 920.00 |
| 117 | Southeast Asia-Renard (Louis) | Orientaliora Indiarum orientalium cum insulis adjacentibus a promontorio C. Comorin ad Iapan | [Amsterdam] | [1715] |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,070.00 |
| 118 | Baeckstrom (Anton) | Ett Besok i Japan och Kina, jemte bilder fran vagen dit ofver Goda-Hoppsudden, Bourbon, Nya Kaledonien, Manilla och Kokinkina | Stockholm | 1871 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 119 | Borget (Auguste) | La Chine et les Chinois | Paris | 1842 |
USD 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 120 | de Bruyn (Cornelis) | Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie | Amsterdam | 1711 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,185.00 |
| 121 | Burgess (James) | The Rock-Temples of Elephanta or Gharapuri | Bombay | 1871 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 632.00 |
| 122 | China- | A collection of 102 volumes most relating to China, most in French, most twentieth-century | various places | various dates |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 123 | China- | A collection of 74 volumes in French, most relating to Chinese history, literature and civilization | mostly Paris | various dates (all twentieth-century) |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 124 | Hong Kong and Shanghai, | photographs-Carte-de-visite album | early 1860s |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 125 | Helman (Isidore Stanislas) | Abrege historique des principaux traits de la vie de Confucius | Paris | no date [1788] |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 126 | Helman [(Isidore-Stanislas)] | Faits memorables des empereurs de la Chine, tires des annales chinoises | Paris | 1788 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 127 | India- | Original Sketches in the Punjaub. By a Lady | London | 1854 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,840.00 |
| 128 | Indian drawings- | An album containing 36 watercolour drawings of Indian trades, scenes and figures | [c.1800] |
GBP 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | 5,290.00 | |
| 129 | Japan map-Cardim (Antonio Francisco) | Various | GBP 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 7,820.00 | ||
| 130 | Judson (Adoniram) | Grammatical Notices of the Burmese Language | Maulmain | 1842 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 131 | Various | Various | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 132 | Mason (George Henry) | Various | GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,380.00 | ||
| 133 | Morejon (Pedro de) | Historia y relacion de lo sucedido en los reinos de Iapon y China, en la qual se continua la gran persecucion que ha auido en aq[ue]lla Iglesia, desde el ano de 615. hasta el de 19 | Lisbon | 1621 |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 6,900.00 |
| 134 | Parliamentary Papers. | Various | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 805.00 | ||
| 135 | Pfyffer de Neueck (J.J.X.) | Esquisses de l'ile de Java et de ses divers habitants... traduit de l'Allemand par Girodz du Villard, revu et mis en ordre par G. Guenot Lecointe | Brussels | 1837 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 136 | Philippines, manuscript-Trade. | Report by Captain Pedro Sebil | 20 May 1603 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 460.00 | |
| 137 | Philippines, photographs- | A collection of stereoscopic photographs | New York, London, Toronto, Ottawa | 1899-1901 |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 138 | Philippines-El Archipielago Filipino. | Coleccion de datos geograficos, estadisticos, cronologicos.. | Washington | 1900 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 139 | Philippines-Morga (Antonio de) | Sucesos de la Islas Filipinas... obra publicada en Mejico en el ano de 1609. Nuevamente sacada a luz y anotada por Jose Rizal | Paris | 1890 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 140 | Philippines- | The Naval Battle of Manila Bay | c.1898 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 141 | Philippines- | Views near Manila | [Japan] | [c.1900] |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 142 | Recherches asiatiques, ou memoires de la Societe etablie au Bengale pour faire des recherches sur l'histoire et les antiquites, les arts, les sciences et la litterature de l'Asia, traduits de l'anglois par A. Labaume | Paris | 1805 |
GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | 575.00 | |
| 143 | Semmedo (Alvaro) | Imperio de la China. I cultura evangelica por los religios de la Compania de Iesus... Segunda impression | Madrid | 1642 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 575.00 |
| 144 | Sonnerat (Pierre) | Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine | Paris | 1782 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,035.00 |
| 145 | Stein (Sir Marc Aurel) Serindia. | Detailed report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, carried out and described under the orders of H.M. Indian Government | Oxford | 1921 |
GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | 9,200.00 |
| 146 | San Francisco (Diego de) | Breve relatione della persecutione et morte, che han patito per la confessione della santa Fede Cattolica nel Giappone, quindici religiosi della provincia di San Gregorio, delli Scalzi Riformati dell'Ordine del nostro Serafico P.S. Francesco nell'Isole Fe | Naples | 1630 |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 6,900.00 |
| 147 | Symes (Michael) | Relation de l'ambassade anglaise, envoyee en 1795 dans le royaume d'Ava, ou l'empire des Birmans... traduits... par J. Castera | Paris, F. Buisson; Hamburg, Fontaine | 1800 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 148 | Australia-Swoboda (Franz) & Martin Hartl. | General charte von Australien | Vienna | 1815 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 149 | Dumont d'Urville (Jules Sebastian Cesar) | Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe execute pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829... | Paris | 1833 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,300.00 |
| 150 | Victoria-Surveyor General's Office. | Map of Victoria | Melbourne | August 15th, 1872 |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 151 | Almanack- | Australian Almanack for the Year... 1832, published under the sanction and patronage of His Excellency Major-General Richard Bourke | Sydney | 1832 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 152 | Almanack- | Hobart Town Almanack, and Van Diemen's Land Annual for 1835 | Hobart Town | [c.1836] |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 153 | Almanack- | The Hobart Town Almanack, for the Year 1830 | Hobart Town | [c.1831] |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 154 | Directory- | The New South Wales Calendar and Directory, 1834 | Sydney | [1834] |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 155 | [Fleurieu (Charles Pierre Claret)] | Decouvertes des francois, en 1768 & 1769, dans le sud-est de la Nouvelle Guinee... | Paris | 1790 |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 156 | Hawaii, Death of Captain Cook- | Mort du Capitaine Cook | Paris | Bance aine, [c.1800] |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 157 | Lang (John Dunmore) | The Australian Emigrant's Manual; or, a Guide to the Gold Colonies of New South Wales and Port Phillip | London | 1852 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 158 | Parliamentary Papers- | Various | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,035.00 | ||
| 159 | Sydney- | Low's Directory of the City and District of Sydney, for MDCCCXLVII | Sydney | 1847 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 160 | British Isles-[Lily (George)] | Britannia insula[rum] quae duo Regna continet Angliam et Scotiam cum Hibernia adiacente... M.D.L.XII | Venice | 1562 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 7,475.00 |
| 161 | England and Wales- | [Plancius (Petrus)] Angliae insulae Britanniae... Hibernia quam Incolae erin vocant, regio est varia | [Antwerp] | [1593] |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 9,775.00 |
| 162 | English Channel- Seller (John) | A Chart of the Sea coasts of England Flanders & Holland | [London] | [1675] |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 782.00 |
| 163 | London-Stanford (Edward) | Stanford's Library Map of London and its Suburbs | [1862-1871] |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 805.00 | |
| 164 | Ackermann (Rudolph) | A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings | London | 1814 |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 165 | Alken (Henry) | The National Sports of Great Britain | London | 1823 |
GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 9,200.00 |
| 166 | Blaeu (Johannes) | Geographiae Blavianae volumen quintum quo Angliae continetur [Atlas Major volume V] | Amsterdam | 1662 |
USD 13,000.00 - 16,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 167 | Boydell (John and Josiah) | An History of the River Thames | 1794-1796 |
GBP 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 7,475.00 | |
| 168 | Brannon (Philip) | The Park and the Crystal Palace presenting a complete series of exterior views | London | 1851 |
GBP 600.00 - 700.00 | 632.00 |
| 169 | Camden (William) | Britain, or a Chorographical of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands adjoyning, second edition of Philemon Holland's translation | London | 1637 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 4,600.00 |
| 170 | Collins (Captain Greenvile) | Great Britain's Coasting Pilot | London | 1763 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,450.00 |
| 171 | Jenkins (James) | The Naval Achievements of Great Britain for the Year 1793 to 1817 | London | [c.1828] |
GBP 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | 3,910.00 |
| 172 | Nash (Joseph) | The Mansions of England in Olden Time | London | 1869-1872 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 173 | Norden (John) | Speculi Britanniae pars: A Topographical and Historical of Cornwall | London | 1728 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 805.00 |
| 174 | Osbaldiston (William Augustus) | The British Sportsman, or Nobleman, Gentleman, and Farmer's Dictionary, of Recreation and Amusement, including a most improved System of modern Farriery, and Anatomical Dissections of a Horse.. | 1792 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 175 | Payne (W.) | Picturesque Views in Devonshire, Cornwall &c. | London | 1826 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 176 | Pyne (William Henry) | The Costume of Great Britain | London | 1804 (but Whatman watermarks dated 1821) |
GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 690.00 |
| 177 | Cosmographia Blaviana volumen sextum | Amsterdam | 1662 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 7,130.00 | |
| 178 | Westall (William) and Samuel Owen. | Picturesque Tour of the River Thames | London | 1828 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 4,500.00 | 4,370.00 |
| 179 | Bertius (Petrus) | Theatri geographiae veteris | Leiden and Amsterdam | 1618-1619 |
GBP 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 6,900.00 |
| 180 | Bertius (Petrus) | Petri Bertii Beschreibung der gantzen Welt abgebildet mit sehr schoenen cosmographischen Land-Tafel | Amsterdam | 1650 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 4,830.00 |
| 181 | [Bonne (Rigobert) and others] | Atlas moderne ou collection de cartes sur toutes les parties du globe terrestre par plusieurs auteurs | Paris | [1771] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,840.00 |
| 182 | Botero (Giovanni) | Relationi universali | Brescia | 1599 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,300.00 |
| 183 | Braun (Georg) and Frans Hogenberg. [ | Civitates Orbis Terrarum] | Cologne | [1593] |
USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 184 | Brion de la Tour (Louis) | Atlas general, civil et ecclesiastique, methodique et elementaire pour l'etude de la geographie et de l'histoire | Paris | 1766 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,265.00 |
| 185 | Carey (Mathew) | Carey's General Atlas | Philadelphia | 1796 |
USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 186 | Cluverius (Philippus) | Introductionis in universam geographiam | Amsterdam | 1661 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 187 | Colton (G.W.) | Colton's General Atlas | New York | 1859 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | 1,840.00 |
| 188 | Composite Atlas-Jaillot (Alexi-Hubert) | Atlas ou recueil de cartes geographiques | Paris | 1646-1764 |
GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | 43,300.00 |
| 189 | Composite atlas-Janssonius (Joannes) and Johannes Blaeu. | Composite atlas | Amsterdam | 1653-1663 |
GBP 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 | 42,200.00 |
| 190 | Dudley (Sir Robert, styled Duke of Northumberland and Earl of Warwick) | Dell'arcano del mare | Florence | 1646-1647 |
GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 11,500.00 |
| 191 | de Fer (Nicolas) | Petit et nouveau atlas | Paris | 1705 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 805.00 |
| 192 | Delaporte (J.) | Atlas ou collection de cartes geographiques pour l'intelligence du voyageur francois | Paris | 1787 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 862.00 |
| 193 | Dury (Andrew) | A New General and Universal Atlas | London | [1763] |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 747.00 |
| 195 | Hondius (Jodocus) | Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii. Appendix Atlantis oder desz Weltbuchs | Amsterdam | 1636 |
GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 11,500.00 |
| 196 | Jaillot (Alexis Hubert) [and Pieter Mortier]. | Various | GBP 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 | 12,650.00 | ||
| 197 | Johnson (Alvin J.) | Johnson's New Illustrated Steel Plate Family Atlas with Physical Geography | New York | 1864 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 198 | La Croix (A. Pherotee de) | Algemeene Weereld-beschryving | Amsterdam | 1705 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,990.00 |
| 199 | Lotter (Tobias Conrad) | Atlas geographicus portalilis | Augsburg | [1760] |
GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 | 920.00 |
| 200 | Manuscript Atlas-Gy (Ursule) | [Atlas de Geographie] | [France] | 1867 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 632.00 |
| 201 | Martin (Robert Montgomery) | Tallis's Ilustrated Atlas | London and New York | 1851 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,990.00 |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.