Sothebys: Atlases, Travel and Natural History including The Properties of The Trustees of Sir Leonard J. Milburn, Bt., deceased The Royal Scottish Geographical Society Bell Mead Educational Trust and The Melvin Milligan Burton Collection, HARE,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 26, 1992 - June 26, 1992

Page Size: 501 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	MONSON (Lord FREDERICK JOHN)	VIEWS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ISERE AND THE HIGH ALPS		1840	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
102	ROSSINI (LUIGI)	LE ANTICHITA ROMANE	Rome	1819-1823	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	8,690.00
103	ROSSINI (LUIGI)	LE ANTICHITA ROMANE	Rome	1829	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	8,470.00
104	STANFIELD (CLARKSON)	SKETCHES ON THE MOSELLE		1838	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,430.00
105	CARPENTER (PERCY)	HOG HUNTING IN LOWER BENGAL		1861	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	2,200.00
106		SWITZERLAND	Zurich	c.1830	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	9,900.00
107	FORBES (JAMES)	ORIENTAL MEMOIRS		1813	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
108	LEAR (EDWARD)	VIEWS IN THE SEVEN IONIAN ISLANDS		1 December 1863	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,430.00
109	MALCOLM (Colonel Sir JOHN)	THE HISTORY OF PERSIA		1815	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	770.00
110	MAYER (LUIGI)	VIEWS IN TURKEY IN EUROPE AND ASIA		1801-[1806]	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	1,100.00
111	O'BRIEN (Captain C.)	A SERIES OF FIFTEEN VIEWS IN CEYLON		1864	GBP 450.00 - 500.00	440.00
112	ROBERTS (DAVID) AND LOUIS HAGHE	THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA, ARABIA, EGYPT, AND NUBIA		1842-1843	GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	5,060.00
113	COOK (Captain JAMES)---HAWKESWORTH (JOHN)	AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES . . . FOR MAKING DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE		1773	GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	3,520.00
114	COOK (Captain JAMES)	VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE, AND ROUND THE WORLD		1784	GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	3,300.00
115	COOK (Captain JAMES) AND Captain JAMES KING	A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN . . . FOR MAKING DISCOVERIES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE		1784-1785	GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	3,300.00
116	WHITE (JOHN)	JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES		1790	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
117	VANCOUVER (Captain GEORGE)	VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AND ROUND THE WORLD		1798	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	5,500.00
118	DIXON (Captain GEORGE)	A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD		1789	GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	3,520.00
119	PORTLOCK (Captain NATHANIEL)	A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD		1789	GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	3,300.00
120	HEARNE (SAMUEL)	A JOURNEY FROM PRINCE OF WALES'S FORT IN HUDSON'S BAY, TO THE NORTHERN OCEAN		1795	USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
121	TENCH (WATKIN)	A COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENT AT PORT JACKSON		1793	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	6,050.00
122	BACKHOUSE (JAMES)	A NARRATIVE OF A VISIT TO THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES	Hamilton	1843	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
123	BARRINGTON (GEORGE)	THE HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES		1810-[1811]	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
124	BENNETT (GEORGE)	WANDERINGS IN NEW SOUTH WALES, BATAVIA, PEDIR COAST, SINGAPORE, AND CHINA		1834	GBP 700.00 - 800.00	715.00
125	BEAUVOIR (LUDOVIC, marquis de)	AUSTRALIE	Paris	1869	USD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
126	BISCHOFF (JAMES)	SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND		1832	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	605.00
127	BLIGH (WILLIAM)	A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA ... IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE BOUNTY		1792	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,210.00
128	[CALLANDER (JOHN)]	A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE		1788	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	550.00
129	COLLINS (Lieutenant-Colonel DAVID)	A ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY IN NEW SOUTH WALES		1798	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	990.00
130	DARWIN (CHARLES) PHILIP PARKER KING AND ROBERT FITZROY	NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGES OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE		1839	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	4,290.00
131	FLINDERS (MATTHEW)	A VOYAGE TO TERRA AUSTRALIS		1814-[1829]	USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	Not Sold
132	Bonwick (JAMES)	THE LAST OF THE TASMANIANS; OR, THE BLACK WAR OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND		1870	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	352.00
133	GILES (ERNEST)	AUSTRALIA TWICE TRAVERSED		1889	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	1,650.00
134	GREY (GEORGE)	JOURNALS OF TWO EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY IN THE NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA		1846	GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00	1,980.00
135	GRIFFITH (CHARLES)	THE PRESENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT OF NEW SOUTH WALES	Dublin	1845	GBP 400.00 - 450.00	330.00
136	HARCUS (WILLIAM)	SOUTH AUSTRALIA: ITS HISTORY, RESOURCES, AND PRODUCTIONS	Adelaide	1876	USD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
137	HAYDON (G.H.)	FIVE YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN AUSTRALIA FELIX	Hamilton	1846	USD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
138	HENDERSON (JOHN)	EXCURSIONS AND ADVENTURES IN NEW SOUTH WALES		1854	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
139	HUNTER (Captain JOHN)	AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS AT PORT JACKSON AND NORFOLK ISLAND		1793	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
140	JESSOP (WILLIAM ROWLESTONE HENRY)	FLINDERSLAND AND STURTLAND		1862	USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
141	JONES (Rev. HENRY BERKELEY)	ADVENTURES IN AUSTRALIA		1853	USD 400.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
142	JUKES (JOSEPH BEETE)	NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGE OF H.M.S. FLY		1847	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	1,430.00
143	JUST (P.)	AUSTRALIA	Dundee	1859	USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
144	LANCELOTT (F.)	AUSTRALIA AS IT IS: ITS SETTLEMENTS, FARMS AND GOLD-FIELDS		1852	USD 350.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
145	LANG (JOHN DUNMORE)	AN HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF NEW SOUTH WALES		1834	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
146	LEICHHARDT (LUDWIG)	JOURNAL OF AN OVERLAND EXPEDITION IN AUSTRALIA, FROM MORETON BAY TO PORT ESSINGTON		1847	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	990.00
147	MACDONALD (JOHN GRAHAM)	JOURNAL OF ... AN EXPEDITION FROM PORT DENISON TO THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA AND BACK	Brisbane	1865	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	4,620.00
148	MITCHELL (THOMAS LIVINGSTONE)	JOURNAL OF AN EXPEDITION INTO THE INTERIOR OF TROPICAL AUSTRALIA		1848	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	550.00
149	OXLEY (JOHN)	JOURNALS OF TWO EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES		1820	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	2,200.00
150	PHILLIP (ARTHUR)	THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY		1789	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
151		PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM		[c. 1870s?]	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
152	READ (C. RUDSTON)	WHAT I HEARD, SAW, AND DID AT THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS		1853	USD 300.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
153	SARGENT (G. E.)	FRANK LAYTON : AN AUSTRALIAN STORY		[c.1866]	USD 300.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
154	TORRENS (ROBERT)	COLONIZATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA		1835	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	330.00
155	STURT (CHARLES)	NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA			GBP 1,800.00 - 2,000.00	2,200.00
156	WILLS (WILLIAM JOHN)	A SUCCESSFUL EXPLORATION THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA, FROM MELBOURNE TO THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA		1863	USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
157	[WILSON (WILLIAM)]	A MISSIONARY VOYAGE TO THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN		1799	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
158	MCIAN (JAMES) AND ROBERT RONALD MCIAN	THE CLANS OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS		1845-1847	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
159	LE VACHER DE CHARNOIS (JEAN CHARLES)	RECHERCHES SUR LES COSTUMES ET SUR LES THEATRES DE TOUTES LES NATIONS	Paris	1790	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	990.00
160	PYNE (WILLIAM HENRY)	THE COSTUME OF GREAT BRITAIN		1808	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	605.00
161	[WALKER (GEORGE)]	THE COSTUME OF YORKSHIRE		1814	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,650.00
162	[RECHBERG (CHARLES, comte de) AND GEORGE BERNHARD DEPPING.]	LES PEUPLES DE LA RUSSIE	Paris	1812-1813	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	3,850.00
163	HAMILTON (ADOLF lUDVIG)	ARTILLERY AND FORTIFICATION	[Strasbourg?]	1765-1766	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
164	DUNDAS (HENRY, Secretary for War)	LOYAL VOLUNTEERS		1794-1798	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	495.00
165	ROWLANDSON (THOMAS)	LOYAL VOLUNTEERS OF LONDON & ENVIRONS		1798-1799	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	4,950.00
166	BRADFORD (WILLIAM)	SKETCHES OF THE COUNTRY, CHARACTER, AND COSTUME,IN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN		1809-1810	GBP 600.00 - 700.00	715.00
167	HOSTE (PAUL, SJ)	L'ART DES ARMEES NAVALES	Lyon	1697	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	1,980.00
168	VAN KEULEN (GERARD)	MARITIME FLAGS	Amsterdam	[c.1780]	GBP 700.00 - 800.00	880.00
169	CESAROTTI (SERAFINO)	AN UNTITLED ALBUM CONTAINING 12 NEO-CLASSICAL MURAL SUBJECTS, FINELY HAND-COLOURED IN WATERCOLOURS AND GOUACHE	Rome	c.1800?	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	2,860.00
170	CAMPBELL (COLEN)	VITRUVIUS BRITANNICUS		[1725-]1725	USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
171	CLAUDE LORRAIN	LIBER VERITATIS	Hurst	[1777]-1819	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	4,950.00
172	DECKER (PAUL)	FURSTLICHER BAUMEISTER	Augsburg	1711-1716	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	1,980.00
173	[KIP (JOHANNES)]	BRITANNIA ILLUSTRATA	David Mortier	1709	GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	3,850.00
174	LE GENDRE (JEAN GABRIEL)	DESCRIPTION DE LA PLACE DE LOUIS XV QUE L'ON CONSTRUIT A REIMS	Paris	1765	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,200.00	2,420.00
175	JONES (OWEN) AND JULES GOURY	PLANS, ELEVATIONS, SECTIONS, AND DETAILS OF THE ALHAMBRA		1841-1845	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,650.00
176	[LANDI (GIUSEPPE ANTONIO)]	RACOLTA DI ALCUNE FACCIATE DI PALAZZI E CORTILI DE PIU RIGUARDEVOLI DI BOLOGNA	Bologna	[c.1750]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,980.00
177	LE BRUN ([CHARLES])	RECUEIL DE DIVERS DESSEINS DE FONTAINES ET FRISES MARITIMES	Paris	[c.1760]	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
178	THURAH (LAURIDS DE)	DEN DANSKE VITRUVIUS	Copenhagen	1746-1749	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
179	PLUMIER (CHARLES)	L'art de tourner en perfection	France	c.1750	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
180	VITRUVIUS POLLIO (MARCUS)	I DIECI LIBRI DELL' ARCHITETTURA	Venice	1556	GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00	880.00
181	VITRUVIUS POLLIO (MARCUS)	VITRUVIUS. . .ZEHN BUCHER VON DER ARCHITECTUR			GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,760.00
182	ALBERTI (LEON BATTISTA)	I DIECI LIBRI DI ARCHITETTURA	Rome	1784	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	605.00
183	AVILER (AUGUSTIN CHARLES D')	COURS D'ARCHITECTURE		1743	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	550.00
184	BAROZZI DA VIGNOLA (GIACOMO)	REGOLA DELLI CINQUE ORDINI D'ARCHITETTURA	Bologna	[1635, but c. 1660?]	USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
185	BAYER (H.), W. GROPIUS AND I. GROPIUS	BAUHAUS			GBP 600.00 - 700.00	880.00
186	[BELIDOR (BERNARD FORREST DE)	ARCHITECTURA HYDRAULICA	St Petersburg	1853	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	1,155.00
187	[BRISEUX (CHARLES ETIENNE)]	ARCHITECTURE MODERNE ou l'art de bien batir pour toutes sortes de personnes	Paris	1728-[1729]	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	605.00
188	CIAMPINI (GIOVANNI)	VETERA MONUMENTA	Rome	1747	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	990.00
189		CORTONA, ACCADEMIA ETRUSCA	Rome	1754	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	495.00
190	DU PERAC (ETIENNE)	I VESTIGI DELL'ANTICHITA DI ROMA raccolti et ritratti in perspettiva			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	990.00
191	DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (HENRI LOUIS)	ELEMENS DE L'ARCHITECTURE NAVALE	Paris	1758	USD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
192	FLORIANI DA MACERATA (PIETRO PAOLO)	DIFESA ET OFFESA DELLE PIAZZE	Venice	1654	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	660.00
193	FONTANA (GIACOMO)	LES EGLISES DE ROME LES PLUS ILLUSTRES ET VENEREES	Turin, Rome and Naples	[1887]	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	550.00
194	FALDA (GIOVANNI BATTISTA)	LI GIARDINI DI ROMA	Rome	[c.1683]	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	3,080.00
195	FERRERIO (PIETRO) AND GIOVANNI BATTISTA FALDA	PALAZZI DI ROMA			USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
196		FORTIFICATION	France		GBP 700.00 - 900.00	660.00
197	FALDA (GIOVANNI BATTISTA) AND ALESSANDRO SPECCHI	IL NUOVO TEATRO DELLE FABRICHE, ET EDIFICII, IN PROSPETTIVA DI ROMA MODERNA			GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	4,400.00
198	FALDA (GIOVANNI BATTISTA) AND GIOVANNI FRANCESCO VENTURINI	LE FONTANE DI ROMA			GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	7,700.00
199	FOUSSIER (ERNEST)	NOUVEAUX MODELES DE TENTURES	Dourdan	[c.1870]	USD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
200	FISCHER VON ERLACH (JOSEPH EMMANUEL)	ANFANG EINIGER VOSTELLUNGEN DER VORNEHMSTEN GEBAUDE SO WOHL INNERHALB DER STADT ALS IN DENEN VORSTADTEN VON WIEN	Augsburg	[1719]	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	2,640.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.
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.