Sothebys: Books, Maps and Manuscripts, DOMESDAY,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 05, 1990 - February 05, 1990
Page Size: 1086 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301 John Hamilton Moore A New and Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels

[c. 1780]

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 605.00
302 N. de Nicolay Le navigationi et viaggi fatti nella Turchia Venice

1580

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 374.00
303 James Playfair A System of Modern Geography

[c. 1808]

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 330.00
304 T., editor Robinson An Account of several Late Voyages and Discoveries

1711

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 220.00
305 Capl. George Shelvocke A Voyage round the World by the way of the Great South Sea

1726

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 352.00
306 Martinus Stuart De Mensch Amsterdam

1802-1807

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 330.00
307 Martinus Stuart De Mensch zoo als hij voorkomt op den bekenden Aardbol

1818

USD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
308 Freya Stark A Winter in Arabia

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 660.00
309 Mathias, SJ Tanner Societatis Jesu usque ad Sanguinis et Vitae Profusionem Militans Prague

1675

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 385.00
310 Richard Walter Anson's Voyage Round the World

1937

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 176.00
311 Edward Wright Some Observations made in Travelling through France

1801

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 242.00
312 Ancient World-A small colection of 11 engraved or woodcut maps

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 209.00
313 J.B.B. d'Anville Asia and elsewhere

[c. 1750]

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 110.00
314 G.L. Le Rouge Atlantic Paris

1778

USD 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
315 Atlas

[c. 1816]

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
316 D. Bordone lsolario woodcut maps throughout Basle

1532

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 1,980.00
317 Tobias Conrad Lotter Atlas geographicus portatilis xxix mappis orbis habitabilis regna exhibens Augsburg

[c. 1762]

GBP 350.00 - 400.00 638.00
318 Emanuel Bowen A Complete Atlas

1752

GBP 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 2,530.00
319 Peter Heylyn Cosmographie In Four Books

1657

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 550.00
320 Maps-A collection of engraved maps

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 770.00
321 Maps-A collection of engraved maps

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 385.00
322 C. Ptolomaeus Geographia Venice

1599

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 880.00
323 C. Ptolomaeus La geographia wanting title and preliminaries Venice

1547

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 2,090.00
324 H. Schedel A large quantity of leaves from several copies of the Nuremberg Chronicle Nuremberg

1493

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,760.00
325 The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

[c. 1839]

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 220.00
326 The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1871

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 605.00
327 J.G. Doppelmayr Solar System Nuremberg

[c. 1730]

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 209.00
328 J.G. Doppelmayr Universe Nuremberg

[c. 1730]

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 418.00
329 Fernao Vaz Dourado Atlas de Fernao Vaz Dourado Porto

1948

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
330 G. de l'Isle Mappemonde World Amsterdam

1740

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 385.00
331 J.B. Homann World Nuremberg

[c. 1730]

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 528.00
332 Benedetto Bordone World Venice

c. 1528

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 528.00
333 Heinrich Bunting World Magdeburg

c. 1600

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 220.00
334 Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni Atlas geographique Paris

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 385.00
335 G. de Jode Arabia Antwerp

1593

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 660.00
336 Hartmann Schedel Constantinople Nuremberg

1493

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 132.00
337 D. Zenoi Constantinople Venice

1567

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 352.00
338 J. van Keulen Cyprus and Near East Amsterdam

[c. 1700]

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 396.00
339 S. Munster Holy Land Basel

c. 1545

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 253.00
340 Claudio Duchetti Jerusalem Venice

c. 1600

GBP 200.00 - 220.00 374.00
341 G. Braun & F. Hogenberg Jerusalem Cologne

c. 1590

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 242.00
342 N. Visscher Jerusalem

[c. 1700]

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 308.00
343 Maps-A collection of maps on the Middle East and the Holy Land

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 418.00
344 G. de Jode Mediterranean Littoral Antwerp

1593

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 484.00
345 G. de Jode Middle East Antwerp

1593

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 660.00
346 A. Ortelius Palestine and Middle-East Amsterdam

c. 1650

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 418.00
347 J.B. Homann Palestine Venice

1785

GBP 180.00 - 220.00 286.00
348 N. Sanso Palestine Amsterdam

[c. 1700]

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 286.00
349 J. Speed Palestine

1651

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 352.00
350 J. Bonfrere Palestine Paris

c. 1631

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 330.00
351 J. Jansson Peutinger Table Amsterdam

1677

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 352.00
352 G. Braun and F. Hogenberg. Turkish Empire Augsburg

c. 1745

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 286.00
353 Album containing approximately 450 photographs taken in and around the Lebanon French

1930-1945

GBP 100.00 - 120.00 275.00
354 Frederique Boissonas Gustave Jequier and others Geneva

1932

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 165.00
355 J.S. Buckingham Travels in Mesopotamia

1775-1778

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 352.00
356 Egypt and the Holy Land-A collection of 48 aquatint plates Prague

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 550.00
357 Dominique Vivant Denon, Baron Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt

1803

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 506.00
358 William Richard Hamilton Remarks on several Parts of Turkey

[1809]

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 440.00
359 Fridrik Ludvig Norden Travels in Egypt and Nubia

1792

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 825.00
360 Adrian Reland Palaestina ex monumentis veteribus illustrata Stuttgart and Munich

1861

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
361 David Roberts Bible English Glasgow

1861

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 242.00
362 Joseph Pitton de Tournefort Beschryving van eene Reize naar de Levant Amsterdam

1737

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 330.00
363 Robert Wood The Ruins of Balbec

1757

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
364 Bible Lands-Scripture Topography

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 308.00
365 Rev. T.H. Horne Bible Topography

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 330.00
366 Dawson Borrer A Journey from Naples to Jerusalem

1823

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 385.00
367 Martin Gilbert Exile and Return New York

1943

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 176.00
368 W.K. Kelly Egypt Jordan and Syria

GBP 180.00 - 220.00 495.00
369 W.M. Thomson Holy Land

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 352.00
370 W.H. Bartlett Jerusalem

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 660.00
371 Prints

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 660.00
372 Horatio Herbert Kitchener Photographs of Biblical Sites

[c. 1880]

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 484.00
373 J. Kitto Palestine

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 385.00
374 Rev. H. Smith Palestine

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 495.00
375 David Roberts The Holy Land

1855

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 286.00
376 W.H. Bartlett Sinai and Palestine

1920

GBP 180.00 - 240.00 484.00
377 J. Wolff Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 308.00
378 Hannah Zeller Wild Flowers of the Holy Land Jerusalem

1966

GBP 100.00 - 120.00 110.00
379 H.A. Chatelain Americas Amsterdam

1719

GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 3,740.00
380 E. Bowen Americas

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 308.00
381 H. Hondius Americas Amsterdam

1636

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 572.00
382 J. Hondius Americas Amsterdam

1670

GBP 350.00 - 450.00 682.00
383 G.B. Ramusio Americas Venice

c. 1565

GBP 350.00 - 400.00 385.00
384 C.P. Claret de Fleurieu Atlantic

1786

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 275.00
385 N. Cutler & J. Knapton Atlantic

[1728]

GBP 350.00 - 400.00 330.00
386 H. Hondius Bermuda Amsterdam

[1636]

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 440.00
387 W. Faden Brasil

Jan 1st, 1807

GBP 220.00 - 280.00 220.00
388 H. Hondius Brasil Amsterdam

[1636]

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 242.00
389 J. Jansson Brasil Amsterdam

[c. 1647]

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
390 L. Renard Brasil Amsterdam

c. 1690

GBP 220.00 - 280.00 330.00
391 T. de Bry Brasil Frankfurt am Main

1592

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 385.00
392 V.M. Coronelli Canada

[c. 1720]

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 440.00
393 G.B. Ramusio Canada Venic

c. 1556

GBP 350.00 - 400.00 605.00
394 J. Jansson Caribbean Amsterdam

[1636]

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 253.00
395 W. Faden Central America

[1806]

GBP 180.00 - 220.00 352.00
396 George F. Cram The People's Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World

1884

USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
397 A. Ortelius Florida Antwerp

1612

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 352.00
398 J.F.W. Des Barres Gaspe Peninsula

August 1, 1781

GBP 180.00 - 220.00 187.00
399 Hornmans Heirs Havanna Cuba Nuremberg

[1759]

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 286.00
400 J.F.W. Des Barres Magdalen Island

Jan 20th 1778

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
  • 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.
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