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
802	CHAMBERS (Sir WILLIAM)	A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture			GBP 250.00 - 300.00	230.00
803	BRETEZ (LOUIS)	LA PERSPECTIVE PRACTIQUE DF. L'ARCHITECTURE	Paris	1706	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
804	CHIPPENDALE (THOMAS)	The Gentleman's and Cabinet Maker's Director			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	253.00
805	CICOGNARA (LEOPOLDO), ANTONIO PIEDO	ANTONIO PIEDO	Venice	1815-1820	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	920.00
806	COURTONNE (JEAN)	Traite de la perspective pratique	PARIS	1725	USD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
807	Phillips (Samuel)	CRYSTAL PALACE			GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00	1,840.00
808	CRUNDEN (JOHN)	Convenient and Ornamental Architecture consisting of Original Designs for Plans		1791	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	92.00
809	CREIGHTON (W.)	Eight sketchbooks		1909-1935	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	299.00
810	DUBREUIL (JEAN)	Perspectiva practica	AUGSBURG	1710	USD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
811	DUBREUIL (JEAN)	Perspectiva practica	Augsburg	1710	USD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
812	DUBREUIL (JEAN)	Perspectiva practica	Augsburg	1710	USD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
813	EDWARDS (EDWARD)	A Practical Treatise on Perspective	Leigh	1803	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
814		EUCLID	Florence	1573	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	690.00
815		EUCLID	Florence	1573	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	517.00
816		EUCLID	Le Mans	1663	GBP 300.00 - 350.00	506.00
817	ERRARD (CHARLES) AND ROLAND FREARD DE CHAMBRAY	Parallele de l'architecture antique et de la modem			GBP 200.00 - 220.00	184.00
818	GALLACCINI (TEOFILO)	Trattato sopra gli errori degli architetti ora per la prima volta pubblicato	Venice	1767-1771	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	920.00
819	GIBBS (JAMES)	Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture		1732	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	920.00
820	GONZAGUA (PIETRO)	Projets manques de l'invention de Pierre Gonzagua et graves au lieu d'etre mis a execution	Rome	1805	GBP 400.00 - 450.00	1,035.00
821	GROPIUS (WALTER) AND L. MOHOLY-NAGY	Internationale Architektur I: Bauhaus Bucher	MUNICH	1925	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	184.00
822	HALFPENNY (WILLIAM & JOHN)	Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste		1755	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
823	HAUPT (Dr. A.)	Renaissance Palaces of Northern Italy & Tuscany with some examples of earlier styles from the 13th to the 17th century		1931	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
824	JACOBSZOON (CASPAR PHILIP)	Ausfuhrlicher Unterricht in der Perspectiv	Amsterdam	1767	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	172.00
825	JONES (INIGO)	The Designs		1727	GBP 300.00 - 350.00	424.00
826	LABROUSTE [(HENRI)]	Restaurations des monuments antiques	Paris	1877	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
827	LAING (D.)	Hints for Dwellings		1804	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	299.00
828	LAMY (BERNARD)	Traite de perspective	PARIS	1701	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	138.00
829	LETAROUILLY (PAUL)	Le Vatican et la basilique de Saint-Pierre de Rome	Paris	1882	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
830	MILNER (JOHN)	A Treatise on the Ecclesiastical Architecture of England			USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
831	MONTE (GUIDOBALDO DEL)	Perspectivae libri sex	Pesaro	1600	GBP 350.00 - 400.00	345.00
832	MONTE (GUIDOBALDO DEL)	Perspectivae libri sex	Pesaro	1600	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	1,035.00
833	OVERTON (THOMAS COLLINS)	The Temple Builder's most Useful Companion... in the Greek		1766	GBP 350.00 - 450.00	575.00
834	PALLADIO (ANDREA)	The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture		1738	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	345.00
835	PAXTON (JOSEPH)	Autograph letter signed	Brighton	March 16th 1852	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
836	PERCIER (CHARLES) AND PIERRE FRANCOIS LEONARD FONTAINE	Recueil de decorations interieures	Paris	1812	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	184.00
837	POLENI (GIOVANNI)	Exercitationes Vitruvianae primae [-tertiae]	Padua & Venice	1739-1741	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	230.00
838	POLEY (ARTHUR F.E.)	St. Paul's Cathedral London		1932	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	172.00
839	POMODORO (GIOVANNI)	La geometria prattica	Rome	1667	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	253.00
840	REPTON (HUMPHREY)	Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening		1803	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
841	REPTON (HUMPHREY)	Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening		1803	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
842	Rossi (DOMENICO)	Studio d'architettura cicile sopra vari ornamenti di cappelle	Rome	1711	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	805.00
843	ROUSSEL (JULES)	La Palais de Fontainebleau... 5E serie			USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
844	RUTTER (JOHN)	Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey	SHAFTESBURY AND LONDON	1823	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
845	SAUVAGEOT (CLAUDE)	Palais	PARIS	1867	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	218.00
846	STERN (GIOVANNI)	Piante elevazioni profili e spaccati degli edifici della villa suburbana di Giulio III pontifice massimo fuori la porta Flaminia	Rome	1784	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	977.00
847	TRAGIENSE (LAURISO), pseud, [i.e. GIOVANNI ANTONIO BIANCHI]	De i vizj	ROME	1753	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	253.00
848	VIGNOLA (GIACOMO BAROZZI DA)	Regole della prospettiva prattica con i commentari del Rev. Padre M. Egnatio Danti	VENICE	1743	USD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
849	VIOLLET-LE-DUC (EUGENE)	Dictionnaire raisonne de l'architecture francaise du VIE au XVIE siecle	Paris	1854-1868	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
850	VITRUVIUS POLLIO (MARCUS)	L'architettura tradotta e comentata dal Marchese Berardo Galiani	SIENA	1790	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	345.00
851	VITRUVIUS POLLIO (MARCUS)	An Abridgment of the Architecture		1692	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	529.00
852	VITRUVIUS POLLIO (MARCUS)	Les dix livres d'architecture	Paris	1673	GBP 400.00 - 450.00	414.00
853	WARE (ISAAC)	A Complete Body of Architecture... from original designs		1756	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	299.00
854	WARE (ISAAC)	The Plans		1735	GBP 350.00 - 450.00	391.00
855	WOOD (JOHN GEORGE)	The Principles and Practice of Sketching Landscape Scenery from Nature		1825	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	138.00
856		BRITISH ISLES		C. 1850	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
857		BRITISH ISLES			GBP 1,400.00 - 1,600.00	1,380.00
858	Speed (J.) Holy Iland [and] Garnsey [and] Fame [and] Iarsey	BRITISH ISLANDS		1676	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
859	Speed (John)	BRITISH ISLES		1611	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	414.00
860	Mariette (Pierre)	BRITISH ISLES			GBP 200.00 - 250.00	172.00
861	Ortelius (A.)	BRITISH ISLES	Antwerp	1574] (2)	USD 220.00 - 280.00	Not Sold
862	Doncker (H.)	BRITISH ISLES	Amsterdam	1690	USD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
863	Speed (J.)	BUCKINGHAMSHIRE		1614-1616	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	287.00
864	Speed (J.)	CHESHIRE		1614-1616	GBP 120.00 - 140.00	322.00
865	Bellin (J.N.)	COASTAL CHARTS			GBP 250.00 - 300.00	322.00
866	Speed (J.)	CORNWALL		1614-1616	GBP 350.00 - 400.00	506.00
867	Grenvile Collins (Capt.)	ENGLISH CHANNEL		1693] (2)	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	184.00
868	Goos (P.)	ENGLISH CHANNEL	Amsterdam	1680	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	161.00
869	Morden (R.)	ENGLISH COUNTIES			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	402.00
870		ENGLISH COUNTIES		[1836] (34)	GBP 300.00 - 350.00	368.00
871	Speed (J.)	HAMPSHIRE		1614-1616	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	391.00
872	Speed (J.)	HERTFORDSHIRE		1614-1616	GBP 220.00 - 260.00	299.00
873	Grenvile Collins (Capt.)	IRELAND		1693	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	172.00
874	Homann (J.B.)	IRELAND	Nuremberg	1707	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	172.00
875	Rocque (John)	IRELAND		1765	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
876	Ortelius (A.)	IRELAND	Antwerp	1574	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	276.00
877	Mercator (Gerard)	IRELAND	Amsterdam	1609	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
878	Speed (J.)	ISLE OF WIGHT		[1614-1616]	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	184.00
879	Overton (Henry)	KENT		1720	USD 300.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
880	Speed (John)	KENT		1627	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	345.00
881	Speed (J.)	LINCOLN		1614-1616	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	253.00
882		LONDON			GBP 200.00 - 250.00	172.00
883	Schenk (Pieter)	LONDON	Amsterdam	1702	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
884	Munster (Sebastian)	LONDON	Basle	c. 1598	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	368.00
885	Greenwood (C. & J.)	LONDON			GBP 500.00 - 600.00	632.00
886	Strype (J.)	LONDON		1720	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	299.00
887	Bryant (A.)	NORFOLK		DEC IST 1826	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	115.00
888	Speed (J.)	NORTHAMPTONSHIRE		1614-1616	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	253.00
889	Grenvile Collins (Capt.)	NORTHERN ENGLAND		1693] (2)	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	207.00
890	Armstrong (Lieut. A.)	NORTHUMBERLAND		1769	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	460.00
891	Mackenzie (Murdoch)	NORTHWEST COAST		1776	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
892	Grenvile Collins (Capt.)	NORTHWEST COAST		1693	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	184.00
893	Schenk (Pieter)	OXFORD	Amsterdam	[1702]	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
894	Grenvile Collins (Capt.)	SCOTLAND		1693	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
895	Speed (J.)	SCOTLAND		1676	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	483.00
896	Ortelius (A.)	SCOTLAND	Antwerp	1574	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	207.00
897	Speed (John)	SOMERSET		1676	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	195.00
898	Grenvile Collins (Capt.)	SOUTHWEST COAST		[16931 (2)	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	322.00
899	Speed (J.)	STAFFORDSHIRE		1614-1616	GBP 120.00 - 160.00	207.00
900	Blaeu (J.)	STAFFORDSHIRE	Amsterdam	c. 1662	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	11.00
901	Speed (J.) Surrey	SURREY		[1614-16]	GBP 280.00 - 320.00	506.00

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.