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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | THE KASIDAH (COUPLETS) OF HAJI ABDU EL-YEZDI: A LAY OF THE HIGHER LAW | 1880 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,100.00 | |
| 402 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | CAMOENS: his Life and his Lusiads | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 660.00 | ||
| 403 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | A GLANCE AT THE "PASSION-PLAY" | 1881 |
GBP 700.00 - 800.00 | 770.00 | |
| 404 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS, translator and publisher) | THE KAMA SUTRA OF VATSYAYANA | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,100.00 | ||
| 405 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) AND VERNEY LOVETT CAMERON | TO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLD | 1883 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,320.00 | |
| 406 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | THE BOOK OF THE SWORD | 1884 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 440.00 | |
| 407 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | [ARABIAN NIGHTS.] | Benares | 1885-1888 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 880.00 |
| 408 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS), ALENCAR (J. DE) | IRACEMA, the Honey-Lips | 1886 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 385.00 | |
| 409 | [BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS, translator)] | PRIAPEIA or the Sportive Epigrams of divers Poets on Priapus | London | 1890 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 410 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS), BASILE (GIOVANNI BATTISTA) | PENTAMERONE; or, the Tale of Tales | 1893 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 411 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS), CATULLUS (CAIUS VALERIUS) | THE CARMINA | Penzer | 1894 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 330.00 |
| 412 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)---LETCHFORD (ALBERT) | A SERIES OF SEVENTY ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS TO CAPTAIN SIR R.F. BURTON'S "ARABIAN NIGHTS" | [1897] |
GBP 600.00 - 700.00 | 660.00 | |
| 413 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | TERMINAL ESSAY TO "THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS" | 1901 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 770.00 | |
| 414 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | THE SENTIMENT OF THE SWORD | 1911 |
GBP 350.00 - 400.00 | 660.00 | |
| 415 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | THE CAPTIVITY OF HANS STADE OF HESSE | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 330.00 | ||
| 416 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | THE JEW, THE GYPSY AND EL ISLAM | GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | 660.00 | ||
| 417 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | SELECTED PAPERS ON ANTHROPOLOGY, TRAVEL & EXPLORATION | 1873 |
GBP 300.00 - 350.00 | 308.00 | |
| 418 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | WORKS | Penzer | 1893-1894 |
USD 350.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 419 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS), RICHARDS (ALFRED BATES) AND OTHERS | A SKETCH OF THE CAREER OF RICHARD F. BURTON | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 420 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY | 1858-1874 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 880.00 | |
| 421 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 550.00 | ||
| 422 | BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) | ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 423 | BURTON (Lady ISABEL) | THE INNER LIFE OF SYRIA, PALESTINE, AND THE HOLY LAND | GBP 350.00 - 400.00 | 605.00 | ||
| 424 | DANCKERTS (JUSTUS) | AMERICAS | Amsterdam | [1690] |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 425 | DE BRY (THEODOR) | AMERICAS | Frankfurt am Main | 1596 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 426 | DE BRY (THEODOR) | AMERICAS | Frankfurt am Main | 1596 |
GBP 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | 1,980.00 |
| 427 | SCHENK (PIETER) | AMERICAS | Amsterdam | [1700] |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 880.00 |
| 428 | GRAY (O.W.) | GRAY'S ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES | Philadelphia | 1875 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 495.00 |
| 429 | SEUTTER (MATTHIAS) | NEW ENGLAND | Augsburg | [c.1730] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,200.00 |
| 430 | PORTOLAN | Portgual? | c. 1560s? |
GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 23,100.00 | |
| 431 | VISSCHER (NICOLAES) | NEW ENGLAND | Amsterdam | 1655 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,750.00 |
| 432 | POWNALL (THOMAS) | NORTH AMERICA | August 15th 1786 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 433 | ELLIS (HENRY) | A VOYAGE TO HUDSON'S-BAY | H. Whitridge | 1748 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 434 | HERIOT (GEORGE) | TRAVELS THROUGH THE CANADAS | 1807 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,320.00 | |
| 435 | LONG (JOHN) | VOYAGES AND TRAVELS OF AN INDIAN INTERPRETER AND TRADER | 1791 |
USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 436 | HEARNE (SAMUEL) | A JOURNEY FROM PRINCE OF WALES'S FORT IN HUDSON'S BAY, TO THE NORTHERN OCEAN | 1795 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 437 | SWEDBERG (JESPER, Bishop of Skara) | AMERICA ILLUMINATA | Skara | [1732], [half sheet dated 1733] |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,090.00 |
| 438 | WARRE (Captain HENRY JAMES) | SKETCHES IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE OREGON TERRITORY | [1848] |
GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 13,200.00 | |
| 439 | WARRE (Captain HENRY JAMES) | SKETCHES IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE OREGON TERRITORY | [1848] |
GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | 6,600.00 | |
| 440 | KOLLNER (AUGUST) | NEW YORK | New York | 1850 |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 441 | LEWIS (MERIWETHER) AND WILLIAM CLARK | TRAVELS TO THE SOURCE OF THE MISSOURI RIVER and across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean ... in the years 1804 | 1814 |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 442 | RENARD (LOUIS) | CARIBBEAN | Amsterdam | [1715] |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,760.00 |
| 443 | DE BRY (THEODOR) | SOUTH AMERICA | 1592 or later |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 1,430.00 | |
| 444 | BELLIN (JACQUES-NICOLAS) | DESCRIPTION GEOGRAPHIQUE DES ISLES ANTILLES possedees par les anglois | Paris | 1758 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,200.00 |
| 445 | JEFFERYS (THOMAS) | THE WEST INDIAN ATLAS | 20 February 1775 |
GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | 6,380.00 | |
| 446 | ACUNA (CRISTOVAL DE) AND OTHERS | VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES IN SOUTH AMERICA | 1698 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 447 | VAN DER AA (PIETER) | BRASIL | Leiden | [1729] |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | 1,430.00 |
| 448 | CONRADO (BALTASAR) | "NUEVO MUNDO | SEVILLE | 1649 |
GBP 20,000.00 - 22,000.00 | 22,000.00 |
| 449 | GARCILASO DE LA VEGA, ellnca | PRIMERA PARTE DE LOS COMMENTARIOS REALES, QJJE TRATAN | 1722 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 450 | DEBRET (JEAN BAPTISTE) | VOYAGE PITTORESQUE ET HISTORIQUE AU BRESIL | PARIS | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 26,400.00 | |
| 451 | EXQUEMELING ([ALEXANDRE OLIVIER]) | BUCANIERS OF AMERICA | 1684-1685 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 990.00 | |
| 452 | [LAS CASAS (BARTOLOME DE)] | CONTEMPORARY MANUSCRIPT OF HIS PROPOSALS FOR REFORM OF THE COLONIAL SYSTEM IN THE INDIES | Valladolid | c. 1541-1542 |
GBP 65,000.00 - 70,000.00 | 63,800.00 |
| 453 | LIOT (Captain W.B.) | PANAMA | 1849 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 990.00 | |
| 454 | SANTA TERESA (JOAO JOSE DE) | ISTORIA DELLE GUERRE DEL REGNO DEL BRASILE accadute tra la corona di Portogallo | 1700 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,520.00 | |
| 455 | SGHOMBURGK (ROBERT HERMANN) | TWELVE VIEWS IN THE INTERIOR OF GUIANA | GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 3,080.00 | ||
| 456 | [D'ANVILLE (JEAN BAPTISTE BOURGUIGNON)] | ASIA | Feby 2d, 1799 |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 457 | OTTENS (rEINER AND JOSUA) | SOUTHEAST ASIA | Amsterdam | [c. 1735] |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,760.00 |
| 458 | BLAEU (JOHANNES) | NOVUS ATLAS | Amsterdam | 1655 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 2,860.00 |
| 459 | ANGHIERA (PIETRO MARTIRE D') | THE HISTORY OF TRAVAYLE IN THE WEST AND EAST INDIES | 1577 |
USD 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 460 | BALDAEUS (PHILIPP) | NAAUWKEURIGE BESCHRYVINGE VAN MALABAR EN CHOROMANDEL | Amsterdam | 1672 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 461 | BRUYN (CORNELIS DE) | REIZEN OVER MOSKOVIE | Amsterdam | 1711 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,100.00 |
| 462 | BURMA AND SIAM | LETTER BOOK KEPT BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1824 AND JULY 1825 BY GEORGE SWINTON | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,100.00 | ||
| 463 | FRASER (JAMES BAILLIE) | JOURNAL OF A TOUR THROUGH PART OF THE SNOWY RANGE OF THE HIMALA MOUNTAINS | 1820 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 464 | MOORCROFT (WILLIAM) AND GEORGE TREBECK | TRAVELS IN THE HIMALAYAN PROVINCES OF HINDUSTAN AND THE PANJAB | John Murray | 1841 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 1,210.00 |
| 465 | FARIA Y SOUSA (MANUEL) | CORRECTED MANUSCRIPT OF HIS MONUMENTAL DESCRIPTION OF ASIA | Madrid | 1640-1641 |
USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 466 | KAEMPFER (ENGELBERT) | THE HISTORY OF JAPAN | 1727 |
GBP 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | 440.00 | |
| 467 | FROES (LUIS, SJ) | JESUIT RELATION | Padua | 1599 |
GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | 7,150.00 |
| 468 | [FERREIRA (CHRISTOVAO, SJ) | JESUIT RELATION | Antwerp | 1635 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,650.00 |
| 469 | JESUIT RELATIONS | Venice | 1568 |
USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 470 | RIBERA (JUAN DE, SJ) | JESUIT RELATION | Venice | 1605 |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 471 | SEMMEDO (ALVARO, SJ) | RELATIONE DELLA GRANDE MONARCHIA DELLA CINA V | Rome | 1643 |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 472 | RAFFLES (Sir THOMAS STAMFORD) | THE HISTORY OF JAVA | 1817 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 2,640.00 | |
| 473 | DE BRY (THEODOR AND JOHANNES) | MINOR VOYAGES [INDIA AND THE FAR EAST] | GBP 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 | 4,620.00 | ||
| 474 | SINGAPORE FLORA | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 2,750.00 | |||
| 475 | WILLIAMSON (Captain THOMAS) AND SAMUEL HOWETT | ORIENTAL FIELD SPORTS | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 476 | GAIMARD (PAUL) | VOYAGE EN ISLANDE ET AU GROENLAND | Paris | [1842] |
GBP 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,640.00 |
| 477 | [ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM)] | ICELAND | Antwerp | 1589 or later |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,200.00 |
| 478 | [JANSSONIUS (JOANNES)] | SOUTH POLE | Amsterdam | [c. 1700] |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 550.00 |
| 479 | WEDDELL (Captain JAMES, British navigator, 1787-1834) | IMPORTANT COLLECTION CONTAINING A PORTRAIT | GBP 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | 30,800.00 | ||
| 480 | ARROWSMITH (AARON) | PACIFIC OCEAN | Oct. 1st 1798[-1820] |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 3,080.00 | |
| 481 | PACIFIC DERROTERO | Spain or Spanish America | c.1698-1699 |
USD 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 482 | CORONELLI (VINCENZO MARIA) | PACIFIC | Venice | [c.1690] |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 1,045.00 |
| 483 | RENARD (LOUIS) | PACIFIC | Amsterdam | [1715] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,650.00 |
| 484 | VALENTIJN (FRANCOIS) | KAART DER REYSE VAN ABEL TASMAN | [Dordrecht] | [1726] |
USD 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | Not Sold |
| 485 | BAGAY (NICOLAS DE LA CRUZ) | CAROLINE ISLANDS | Philippines | c.1773 |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 486 | BARRAUD (CHARLES DECIMUS) AND WILLIAM T.L. TRAVERS | NEW ZEALAND: GRAPHIC AND DESCRIPTIVE | 1877 |
GBP 800.00 - 900.00 | 770.00 | |
| 487 | BARRAUD (CHARLES DECIMUS) AND WILLIAM T.L. TRAVERS | NEW ZEALAND: Graphic and Descriptive | 1877 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 605.00 | |
| 488 | BLIGH (WILLIAM)---KEATE (GEORGE) | TO CAPTAIN BLIGH | [1793] |
USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 489 | BURNEY (Captain JAMES) | A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTH SEA OR PACIFIC OCEAN | 1803-1817 |
USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 490 | COLLINS (DAVID) | AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY IN NEW SOUTH WALES. . .to which are added particulars of New Zealand | 1798-1802 |
USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 491 | GULLY (JOHN) AND JULIUS VON HAAST | NEW ZEALAND SCENERY | London and Belfast | 1877 |
USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 492 | FORSTER (JOHANN GEORG ADAM) | A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,430.00 | ||
| 493 | COOKE (Captain EDWARD) | A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA | 1712 |
USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 494 | HAMILTON (GEORGE) | A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,640.00 | ||
| 495 | HARRISON (JOHN, Chronometer Maker)---[SHORT (JAMES)] | AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS | 1763 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 496 | KING (PHILLIP PARKER) | NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 497 | MACARTHUR (JOHN) | IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("John Mc Arthur") to Governor King of New South Wales | Parramatta | 6 October 1800 |
USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 498 | SPILBERGEN (JORIS VAN) | SPECULUM ORIENTALIS OCCIDENTALISQUE INDIAE NAVIGATIONUM | Leiden | 1619 |
GBP 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 | 18,700.00 |
| 499 | LYCETT (JOSEPH) | VIEWS IN AUSTRALIA OR NEW SOUTH WALES | 1824 |
USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 500 | NAYLOR (Rev. THOMAS BEAZLEY) | NORFOLK ISLAND | Norfolk Island | [c.1842] |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 825.00 |
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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.