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
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | FLAMAND (CLAUDE) | LA GUIDE DES FORTIFICATIONS | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 550.00 | ||
| 202 | FELIBIEN (ANDRE) | DESCRIPTION DE LA GROTTE DE VERSAILLES | Paris | 1679-[1689] |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,420.00 |
| 203 | GUARINI (GUARINO) | ARCHITETTURA CIVILE | Turin | 1737 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,650.00 |
| 204 | HOCHGREWE (JOHANN LUDEWIG) | BESCHREIBUNG DER IN ENGLAND SEIT 1759. ANGELEGTEN, UND JETZT GROSTENTHEILS VOLLENDETEN SCHIFFBAREN KANALE | Hannover | 1780 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 205 | HONDIUS (HENDRIK) | ONDERWIJSINGE IN DE PERSPECTIVE CONSTE | Hague | 1623 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 440.00 |
| 206 | HOPE (THOMAS) | AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON ARCHITECTURE | 1840 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 207 | [BLAEU (JOHANNES)] | ITALY | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 550.00 | ||
| 208 | LACROUX (J.) AND C. DETAIN | CONSTRUCTIONS EN BRIQUES | Paris | 1878 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 209 | LE CORBUSIER (pseud. CHARLES-EDOUARD JEANNERET) | VERS UNE ARCHITECTURE | USD 550.00 - 650.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 210 | LETAROUILLY (PAUL) | EDIFICES DE ROME MODERNE | Paris | [1840]-1868-1874 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 211 | MILLER (MORITZ VON, Baron) | FIGUREN UND PLANE VON . . . VORLESUNGEN UBER DIE FELDVERSCHANTZUNGSKUNST | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 212 | NORMAND (CHARLES PIERRE JOSEPH) | VERGLEICHENDE DARSTELLUNG DER ARCHITECTONISCHEN ORDNUNGEN | Potsdam | 1830 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 495.00 |
| 213 | PALLADIO (ANDREA) | LES QUATRE LIVRES DE L'ARCHITECTURE | Paris | 1650 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 440.00 |
| 214 | PALLADIO (ANDREA) | THE FOUR BOOKS OF ARCHITECTURE | 1738 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 440.00 | |
| 215 | BRETEZ (LOUIS) | PARIS | Paris | 1739 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 2,420.00 |
| 216 | PARIS | Paris | 1740 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 990.00 | |
| 217 | PIRANESI (GROVANNI BATTISTA) | CAMPUS MARTIUS ANTIQUAE URBIS ROMAE MDCCLXII | Rome | 1762 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 5,720.00 |
| 218 | PIRANESI(GROVANNI BATTISTA) | VASI. CANDELABRI. CIPPI. SARCOFAGI. TRIPODI. LUCERNE ED ORNAMENTI ANTICHI | Rome | 1778 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 6,600.00 |
| 219 | PIRANESI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA) | DIVERSE MANIERE D'ADORNARE I CAMMINI | Rome | 1769 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 4,200.00 | 5,720.00 |
| 220 | PIRANESI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA) | ANTICHITA ROMANE DE'TEMPI DELLA REPUBBLICA | Rome | 1748 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 3,850.00 |
| 221 | Pozzo (ANDREA) | PERSPECTIVA PICTORUM ET ARCHITECTORUM | Rome | 1693-1700 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,210.00 |
| 222 | REPTON (HUMPHRY) | OBSERVATIONS ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING | 1803 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,200.00 | |
| 223 | [PIRANESI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA)] | ROME | Rome | c.1762 |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 224 | ROSS (FREDERICK) | THE RUINED ABBEYS OF BRITAIN | [1889] |
USD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 225 | SERLIO (SEBASTIANO) | TUTTE L'OPERE D'ARCHITETTURA, ET PROSPETIVA | Venice | 1619 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 1,980.00 |
| 226 | STERN (GIOVANNI) | PIANTE ELEVAZIONI PROFILI E SPACCATI DEGLI EDIFICI DELLA VILLA SUBURBANA DI GIULIO III PONTEFICE MASSIMO FUORI LA PORTA FLAMINA | Rome | 1784 |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 227 | STIEGLITZ (CHRISTIAN LUDWIG) | PLANS ET DESSINS TIRES DE LA BELLE ARCHITECTURE | Lepizig | 1800 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 990.00 |
| 228 | STURM (LEONHARD CHRISTOPH) | ARCHITECTURA CIVILI-MILITARIS | Augsburg | 1719 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 229 | TARTU UNIVERSITY, ESTONIA | Dorpat [i.e. Tartu)] | 1827 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 1,980.00 | |
| 230 | [BLAEU (JOHANNES)] | TURIN | Amsterdam or The Hague | c.1700 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 660.00 |
| 231 | VANVITELLI (LUIGI) | DICHIARAZIONE DEI DISEGNI DEL REALE PALAZZO DI CASERTA | Naples | 1756 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 3,080.00 |
| 232 | WRIGHT (JOHN MICHAEL) | AN ACCOUNT OF HIS EXCELLENCE ROGER EARL OF CASTLEMAINE'S EMBASSY | 1688 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 660.00 | |
| 233 | REDEMAN DE VRIES (JAN) | VARIAE ARCHITECTURAE FORMAE | Antwerp | 1601 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,540.00 |
| 234 | COOK (PETER) | A FOLIO OF DESIGNS | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 235 | FRENCH SCHOOL. DESIGNS | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 236 | DIULGHEROFF(---) | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 237 | FLORENTINE SCHOOL, LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,100.00 | |||
| 238 | FRENCH SCHOOL | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 239 | FRENCH SCHOOL, LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 240 | FRENCH SCHOOL, MID NINETEENTH CENTURY | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 241 | FRENCH SCHOOL, 1852 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 242 | HECKEL (MAX VON) | A Folio of Designs for Rebuilding Schloss Stein | 1884 |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 243 | MONNINGER (J.) | Designs for Ceiling Decorations | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | 385.00 | ||
| 244 | PEZZOLT (---) | 1854 and 1855 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 245 | RUSSIAN SCHOOL, EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 246 | SCHUZ (---) Designs for Lifts | 1844 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 247 | LE CORBUSIER | A Sketch Map for a Project at Cap Martin signed (or inscribed) with initials | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 248 | LE CORBUSIER | Design for a Chaise Longue recto | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 249 | LE CORBUSIER | Design for an Armchair | 1929 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,100.00 | |
| 250 | LE CORBUSIER | Sketch Designs for Chairs and a Table | 1929 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,100.00 | |
| 251 | STAKENSCHNEIDER (ANDREI) | Designs for Stables at the Sergyevka Country House | 1839 |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 252 | STAKENSCHNEIDER (ANDREI) | Ground Plan of a Country House in Russia | 1848 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 330.00 | |
| 253 | LE CORBUSIER | F3-La Main | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 22.00 | ||
| 254 | COULON (ROBERT) | DESIGNS FOR THE PALAIS CHAILLOT | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 255 | [DE JODE (GERARD] | BRITISH ISLES | Antwerp | 1593 |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 256 | DE FER (NICOLAS) | BRITISH ISLES | Paris | 1714 |
USD 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 257 | INSELIN (CHARLES) | BRITISH ISLES | Paris | [1713] |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 258 | SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) | CHESHIRE | [1579] |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 259 | BERRY (WILLIAM) AND WENZEL HOLLAR | ENGLAND AND WALES | GBP 3,000.00 - 3,200.00 | 3,300.00 | ||
| 260 | GREENWICH PARK, LONDON | Dresden | [c.1780] |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 1,100.00 | |
| 261 | ROCQUE (JOHN) | IRELAND | [1765] |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 550.00 | |
| 262 | MOLL (HERMAN) | [A SET OF FIFTY NEW AND CORRECT MAPS OF ENGLAND AND WALES] | GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 3,300.00 | ||
| 263 | CAMDEN (WILLIAM) | BRITAIN | 1610 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 3,850.00 | |
| 264 | BLOME (RICHARD) | BRITANNIA | 1673 |
GBP 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 | 2,750.00 | |
| 265 | CAMDEN (WILLIAM) | BRITANNIA | 1695 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,760.00 | |
| 266 | SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) | [AN ATLAS OF ENGLAND AND WALES] | 1579 |
GBP 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 | 44,000.00 | |
| 267 | CAMDEN (WILLIAM) | BRITANNIA | 1753 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,650.00 | |
| 268 | OGILBY (JOHN) | BRITANNIA | 1675 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 6,820.00 | |
| 269 | CAMDEN (WILLIAM) | BRITANNIA | 1607 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 6,050.00 | |
| 270 | WOOD (JOHN) | WOOD'S TOWN ATLAS | Edinburgh | 1828 |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 271 | ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) | A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD | 1814 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,200.00 | |
| 272 | ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) | THE MICROCOSM OF LONDON | T. Bensley for R. Ackermann | 1808-1810 |
GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | 5,280.00 |
| 273 | ACKERMANN (RUDOLF) | THE MICROCOSM OF LONDON | 1808-1810 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,300.00 | |
| 274 | GREEN (WILLIAM) | DESCRIPTION OF SIXTY STUDIES FROM NATURE | Ambleside | 1808-1810 |
USD 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold |
| 275 | BOYDELL (JOHN AND JOSIAH) | AN HISTORY OF THE RIVER THAMES | 1794-1796 |
GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,740.00 | |
| 276 | [OVERTON (HENRY)] | BRITANNIA ILLUSTRATA OR VIEWS OF ALL THE KINGS PALACES | [c. 1720] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,650.00 | |
| 277 | BURY (THOMAS TALBOT) | SIX COLOURED VIEWS ON THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY | R. Ackerman | 1831 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 990.00 |
| 278 | LOGGAN (DAVID) | OXONIA ILLUSTRATA | Oxford | 1675 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,980.00 |
| 279 | NATTES (JOHN CLAUDE) | A GRAPHIC AND DESCRIPTIVE TOUR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD | 1805 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 280 | NEALE (JOHN PRESTON) | VIEWS OF THE SEATS OF NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN | 1818-1829 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,045.00 | |
| 281 | PAPWORTH (JOHN BUONAROTTI) | SELECT VIEWS OF LONDON | R. Ackermann | 1816 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 282 | PUGH (EDWARD) | CAMBRIA DEPICTA: A TOUR THROUGH NORTH WALES | 1816 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 605.00 | |
| 283 | WESTALL (WILLIAM) AND SAMUEL OWEN | PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE RIVER THAMES | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,860.00 | ||
| 284 | SCHEDEL (HARTMANN) | LIBER CHRONICARUM | Nuremberg | 12 July 1493 |
GBP 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | 25,300.00 |
| 285 | MUNSTER (SEBASTIAN) | COSMOGRAPHIA | Basel | 1546 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 4,180.00 |
| 286 | MUNSTER (SEBASTIAN) | COSMOGRAPHEY | Basel | 1614 |
GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | 6,600.00 |
| 287 | PTOLEMAEUS (CLAUDIUS) | LA GEOGRAFIA. . . Nuovamente tradotta di Greco in Italiano, da Girolamo Ruscelli | Venice | 1561 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 3,080.00 |
| 288 | ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) | TEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM | Antwerp | 1579 |
GBP 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 | 24,200.00 |
| 289 | ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) | THEATRUM ODER SCHAWBUCH DES ERDTKREYS | Antwerp | 1580 |
GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 14,300.00 |
| 290 | BUNTING (HEINRICH) | ITINERARIUM SACRAE SCRIPTURAE | Magdeburg | 1595 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,520.00 |
| 291 | JANSSON (JOANNES) | NOVUS ATLAS | Amsterdam | 1649 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,180.00 |
| 292 | BLAEU (JOHANNES) | ATLAS MAJOR ATLAS MAJOR, SIVE COSMOGRAPHIA BLAVIANA | Amsterdam | 1662 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 90,000.00 | 82,500.00 |
| 293 | BLAEU (JOHANNES) | ATLAS MAJOR, SIVE COSMOGRAPHIA BLAVIANA | Amsterdam | 1662 |
GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | 66,000.00 |
| 294 | VISSCHER (NICOLAES) | ATLAS MINOR sive geographia compendiosa | Amsterdam | [c.1695] |
GBP 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 | 88,000.00 |
| 295 | [MULLER (JOHAN ULRICH)] | NEU-AUßGEFERTIGTER KLEINER ATLAS | Ulm | 1702 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 3,300.00 |
| 296 | SPEED (JOHN) | THE THEATRE OF THE EMPIRE OF GREAT-BRITAIN. . . TOGETHER WITH A PROSPECT OF THE MOST FAMOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD | 1676 |
GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | 28,600.00 | |
| 297 | CHATELAIN (HENRI ABRAHAM) | ATLAS HISTORIQUE | Amsterdam | 1718-1720 |
GBP 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 | 9,350.00 |
| 298 | HOMANN'S HEIRS. STADT-ATLAS | Nuremberg | 1762 |
GBP 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 | 34,100.00 | |
| 299 | SENEX (JOHN) | A NEW GENERAL ATLAS | Europe | 1721 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 4,400.00 |
| 300 | BOWEN (EMANUEL) | A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY | 1744 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 990.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
