Sothebys: Printed Books and Maps including sections on Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, and the Middle East and Children's Books, Related Drawings and Comics, FLASH,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 28, 1993 - June 28, 1993

Page Size: 1733 items in 18 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
902	Tuke (John)	YORKSHIRE		1787	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	253.00
903	CAMDEN (WILLIAM)	Britannia		1695	GBP 400.00 - 450.00	552.00
904	CAMDEN (WILLIAM)	Britannia	W. Bowyer and others	1772	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	747.00
905	CARY (JOHN)	Cary's Improved Map of England and Wales with a considerable portion of Scotland	G. & J. CARY	1832	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	437.00
906		ENGLISH COUNTIES		[1791]	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	402.00
907	DARTON (WILLIAM)	Darton's New Miniature Atlas		[1820]	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	690.00
908	KEERE (PIETER VAN DEN)	England and Wales		1627	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	184.00
909	[OWEN (JOHN) AND EMANUEL BOWEN	Britannia Depicta: or Ogilby Improved		1720	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	598.00
910	ANNAN (THOMAS)	The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow	GLASGOW	1900	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	253.00
911	BRAYLEY (E.W.)	The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter		1818-1823	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
912	BRITTON (J.) AND E.W. BRAYLEY	Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated			GBP 250.00 - 300.00	356.00
913	CLUTTERBUCK (ROBERT)	The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford		1815-1827	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	345.00
914	[GOUGH (RICHARD)]	Anecdotes of British Topography			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	69.00
915	HASSELL (JOHN)	Tour of the Grand Junction		1819	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	368.00
916	HOARE (Sir RICHARD COLT)	A Collection of Forty-Eight Views of Nobelmen's and Gentlemen's Seats			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	218.00
917	IRELAND (SAMUEL)	Picturesque Views on the River Wye		1797	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	195.00
918	LAMBARD (W.)	A Perambulation of Kent			GBP 200.00 - 250.00	172.00
919	LODER (ROBERT)	The Statutes and Ordinances for the Government of the Aims-Houses	Woodbridge	1792	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	161.00
920		LONDON		[1800]	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	368.00
921	MOULE (THOMAS)	Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales		1836-1842	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	46.00
922	MOULE (THOMAS) AND WILLIAM WESTALL	Great Britain Illustrated		1830	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	138.00
923		PHOTOGRAPHS			USD 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
924	PLOT (ROBERT)	The Natural History of Oxfordshire	Oxford	1705	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	195.00
925	PLOT (ROBERT)	The Natural History of Stafford-Shire	Oxford	1686	USD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
926	RICHARDS (RAYMOND)	Old Cheshire Churches			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	115.00
927	ROBERTSON (ARCHIBALD)	A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol		1792	GBP 350.00 - 450.00	437.00
928	ROSE (THOMAS)	Westmorland		[1833- 1835]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	299.00
929	SHEPHERD (THOMAS) AND JAMES ELMES	Metropolitan Improvements or London in the Nineteenth Century		1827	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	149.00
930	WRIGHT (THOMAS)	The Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain	OXFORD	1831	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	402.00
931	WALPOOLE (GEORGE AUGUSTUS)	The New British Traveller		1784	GBP 350.00 - 400.00	506.00
932	ARROWSMITH (A.)	A New General Atlas		1817	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	207.00
933	Butler (S.)	ATLASES			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	529.00
934	HIGGINS (W.M.)	A General Descriptive Atlas of the Earth		1836	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	862.00
935	[Grosvenor (Gilbert, editor)]	MAPS	Washington DC	1939-1946	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
936	ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM)	Epitome theatri Orteliani	Antwerp	1601	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	2,185.00
937		SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE		1860	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	805.00
938	SWANSTON (G.H.)	The Companion Atlas to the Gazetter of the World		[1860]	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	253.00
939	WILKINSON (ROBERT)	A General Atlas		1794	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	575.00
940	[Ortelius (A.)]	BALTIC COAST	Antwerp	1598] (3)	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
941		BAVARIA---Finkh	Nuremberg	1671	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	253.00
942	Jansson (J.)	EASTERN EUROPE			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	368.00
943	Ortelius (A.)	EASTERN EUROPE	Antwerp	1598] (3)	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	368.00
944	Orlandi (Giovanni)	EL ESCORIAL	Rome	[1606]	USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
945		EUROPE			GBP 200.00 - 250.00	264.00
946	Ortelius (A.)	EUROPE			GBP 250.00 - 300.00	483.00
947	Speed (John)	EUROPE		[1627]	GBP 350.00 - 400.00	690.00
948	Massa (I.)	EUROPE			USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
949	Hondius (H.)	EUROPE	Amsterdam	[1641]	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	230.00
950	[Jansson (J.)]	EUROPE	AMSTERDAM	1652 (3)	GBP 130.00 - 140.00	195.00
951	[Ortelius (A.)]	EUROPE	Antwerp	1574	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	253.00
952	de Wit (F.)	FLORENCE	AMSTERDAM	C. 1670	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	414.00
953		HESSE-CASSEL	Berlin	c. 1765	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
954	Homann (J.B.)	FRANCE			USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
955	Homann (J.B.)	GERMANY	Nuremberg	[1753]	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	287.00
956	Delarochette (L.S. d'Arcy)	GERMANY		[1773]	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	253.00
957	Visscher (C.J.)	HUNGARY	Amsterdam	[1624-1634]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
958	[Ortelius (A.)]	IBERIAN PENINSULA	ANTWERP	[1574]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	230.00
959	MORTIER (PIERRE)	ITALY	AMSTERDAM	[C.1700]	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
960	Schenk (Pieter)	ITALY	Amserdam	[1702]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	483.00
961		ITALY---Voyage en Italie	Paris	[1780]	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	920.00
962	[Ortelius (A.)	ITALY	ANTWERP	[1598] (5_	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	862.00
963	JEFFERYS (THOMAS)	The Theatre of the Present War in the Netherlands Being an Improvemnt of a Large Map of the Low Countries published by Mr La Rouge... with the Additions of the Adjacent Parts of England France Germany and the United Provinces		[C.1790]	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	517.00
964	van Keulen (J.)	KOLA, LAPLAND	Amsterdam	[1734]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	34.00
965	Schenk (Pieter)	LISBON	Paris	c. 1780	GBP 300.00 - 350.00	402.00
966	[Ortelius (A.)]	Low COUNTRIES	Antwerp	[1598]	GBP 400.00 - 450.00	402.00
967	[Braun (G.) & F. Hogenberg]	LYONS	Cologne	[c.1590]	GBP 160.00 - 180.00	195.00
968	Blaeu (W. & J.)	PORTUGAL	Amsterdam	[c.1650]	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	299.00
969	Colom (J.)	PORTUGAL	AMSTERDAM	[1633]	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	253.00
970	[Ortelius (A.)	PORTUGAL			GBP 250.00 - 300.00	391.00
971	de Fer (N.)	PORTUGAL	Leiden	[1719] (2)	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	276.00
972	Nolin (J.B.)	PORTUGAL	PARIS	[1752]	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	172.00
973	Placide (de Sainte Helenem Le Pere)	PORTUGAL	Paris	[c.1690]	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	299.00
974	Hollar (W.)	PRAGUE	ANTWERP	[1649]	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	598.00
975	Allard (Carolus)	ROME	Amsterdam	[1690]	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
976		RHINE FORTIFICATIONS---Plan de la ville Brizah			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	345.00
977	[Ortelius (A.)]	RUSSIA	Antwerp	[1574]	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	230.00
978	Sanson (N.)	SCANDINAVIA			USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
979	van Keulen (J.)	SCANDINAVIA			GBP 300.00 - 350.00	368.00
980	Fischer (N.C.)	SAALFELD, SAXONYM		[C.1750]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	115.00
981	[Ortelius (A.)]	SPAIN	Antwerp	[1598] (3)	USD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
982	[Braun (G.) & F. Hogenberg] Toletum [and] Vallisoletum	SPAIN	COLOGNE	[c.1590] (6)	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	575.00
983	[Levanto (Francesco Maria)]	SPANISH COAST			USD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
984	Antonelli (Antonio)	TURIN	Rome	1831	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	460.00
985	Mullhaupt (H.)	SWITZERLAND	Berne	[c.1860]	GBP 100.00 - 120.00	149.00
986	Speed (J.)	TARTARY		[1627]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	149.00
987	Schenk (Pieter)	STOCKHOLM	Amsterdam	[1702] (4)	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	414.00
988		ALPINE SCENERY---A small collection of 10 grey wash drawings of scenes in Savoy and on the Swiss- Italian border		[c.l830?]	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	299.00
989		ARX HERCULEA SERVATA... or Gibraltar delivered		1783	GBP 100.00 - 120.00	115.00
990	BATTY (ELIZABETH FRANCES)	Italian Scenery from Drawings made in 1817			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	632.00
991	BENSON (ROBERT)	Sketches of Corsica			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	195.00
992	BENSON (ROBERT)	Sketches of Corsica			GBP 180.00 - 240.00	253.00
993	BRUN (GIOVANNI)	Nuova raccolta di 100 vedute antiche della citta di Roma e sue vicinanze	ROME	[C.1835]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	230.00
994	CLUVER (PHILIPP)	Germania antiqua cum vindelicia et norico		1663	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	172.00
995	ENGELBACH (LEWIS)	Naples and the Campagna Felice		1815	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	517.00
996	G. (A.P.D.)	Sketches of Portuguese Life		1826	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	391.00
997	[GIGAULT DE LA SALLE (ACHILLE ETIENNE) ]	Select Views in Sicily		1825	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	1,265.00
998	GRASSET DE SAINT-SAUVEUR (JACQUES)	L'antique Rome ou description historique et pittoresque	Paris	[1796]	GBP 350.00 - 400.00	345.00
999	LEAR (EDWARD)	Journal of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria		1852	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	391.00
1000	[MERIGOT (JAMES)]	A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and its Vicinity		[c.1819]	GBP 180.00 - 240.00	368.00
1001	MOSCHETTI (ALESSANDRO)	Raccolta delle principali vedute di Roma antica e moderna	Rome	1843	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold

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.