Sothebys: Books, Prints and Drawings from the Cavanagh Theatre Collection, THESPIS,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 20, 1993 - July 20, 1993
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABOUT (E.) | PEINTURES DECORATIVES DU GRAND FOVER DE L'OPERA PAR PAUL BAUDRY | Paris | 1876 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 138.00 |
| 2 | AUER (HANS) | DAS K.K. HOF-OPERNHAUS IN WIEN VON VAN DER NULL UND VON SICCARDSBURG | Vienna | 1885 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 437.00 |
| 3 | BOULLET (C.) | ESSAI SUR L'ART DE CONSTRUIRE LES THEATRES | Paris | 1801 |
GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,495.00 |
| 4 | BUTLER (WILLLAM DEANE) | Plans of the Theatre Royal | 1848 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 632.00 | |
| 5 | BRITTON (JOHN) AND AUGUSTUS PUGIN | ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF LONDON | 1825-1828 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 552.00 | |
| 6 | BUHNENTECHNISCHE RUNDSCHAU | Stuttgart orMunich | 1927-1939 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 287.00 | |
| 7 | CAVOS (ALBERT) | TRAITE DE LA CONSTRUCTION DES THEATRES | Paris and St. Petersburg | 1847 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 345.00 |
| 8 | [CHAUMONT (Chevalier de)] | VERITABLE CONSTRUCTION D'UN THEATRE D'OPERA | Paris | 1766 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 402.00 |
| 9 | [COCHIN (J.N.)] | PROJET D'UNE SALLE DE SPECTACLE POUR UN THEATRE DE COMETHE | GBP 500.00 - 750.00 | 1,265.00 | ||
| 10 | CONSIDERATIONS SUR L'OPERA | Londres | 1789 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 345.00 | |
| 11 | DALY (CESAR) AND GABRIEL DAVIOUD | LES THEATRES DE LA PLACE DU CHATELET | Paris | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold | |
| 12 | DONNET (ALEXIS) AND JACQUES-AUGUSTE KAUFMANN | ARCHITECTONOGRAPHIE DES THEATRES ou PARALLELE HISTORIQUE ET CRITIQUE DE CES EDIFICES | GBP 500.00 - 750.00 | 920.00 | ||
| 13 | DIDEROT (DENIS) AND J. LE ROND D'ALEMBERT | LE THEATRE | Paris | 1772 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | DUMONT (GABRIEL MARTIN) | PARALLELE DE PLANS DES PLUS BELLES SALLES DE SPECTACLES D'ITALIE ET DE FRANCE | Paris | [c. 1774] |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 15 | GARNIER (CHARLES) | LE NOUVEL OPERA DE PARIS | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 3,680.00 | ||
| 16 | GOSSET (ALPHONSE) | TRAITE DE LA CONSTRUCTION DES THEATRES | Paris | 1886 |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | 322.00 |
| 17 | Semper (Manfred) | HANDBUCH DER ARCHITEKTUR | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 138.00 | ||
| 18 | LANDRIANI (PAOLO) | OSSERVAZIONI SUI DIFFETTI PRODOTTI NEI TEATRI DALLA CATTIVA CONSTRUZIONE DEL PALCO SCENICO | Milan | 1815-1824 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 667.00 |
| 19 | LANDRLWI (PAOLO) | DEL TEATRO DIURNO E DELLA SUA CONSTRUZIONE | Milan | 1836 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 345.00 |
| 20 | [LANDRIANI (PAOLO) and others] | Italian theatre designs | [c. 1820] |
GBP 500.00 - 750.00 | 460.00 | |
| 21 | LEWIS (JAMES) | ORIGINAL DESIGNS IN ARCHITECTURE | 1780 |
GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 690.00 | |
| 22 | LOVATTI (CONTE ANTONIO) | PROGETTO DI UN TEATRO MUNICIPALE | Rome | 1853 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 517.00 |
| 23 | MAFFEI (Marquis SCIPIO) | A COMPLEAT HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT AMPHITHEATRES | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 287.00 | ||
| 24 | MAGDEBURGER FEUERVERSICHERUNGS GESELLSCHAFT | Berlin | 1888 |
GBP 500.00 - 750.00 | 1,150.00 | |
| 25 | MAGNE (M.A.) | MONOGRAPHIE DU NOUVEL THEATRE DU VAUDEVILLE ERIGE PAR LA VILLE DE PARIS | Paris | 1873 |
GBP 350.00 - 500.00 | 368.00 |
| 26 | MEDUNA (TOMMASO AND GIAMBATTISTA) | IL TEATRO LA FENICE IN VENEZLA | Venice | 1849 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 437.00 |
| 27 | MONTDEJOLI (M.) | LA NOUVELLE SALLE DE L'OPERA | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 483.00 | ||
| 28 | MORELLI (COSIMO) | PIANTA E SPACCATO DEL NUOVO TEATRO D'IMOLA | Rome | 1780 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 29 | N. (G.B.) | IL Nuovo TEATRO DI PARMA | Parma | 1829 |
GBP 500.00 - 750.00 | 782.00 |
| 30 | PATTE (PIERRE) | ESSAI SUR L'ARCHITECTURE THEATRALE | Paris | 1782 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 862.00 |
| 31 | PEYRE | Paris | 1819 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 575.00 | |
| 32 | QUARENGHI (GLACOMO) | FABRICHE E DISEGNI | Milan | 1821 |
GBP 500.00 - 750.00 | 1,955.00 |
| 33 | RICCATI (FRANCESCO) | DELLA CONSTRUZIONE DE TEATRI secondo il Costume d'ltalia vale a dire divisi in Piccole Logge | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | 575.00 | ||
| 34 | RICCI (CORRADO) | I BIBIENA ARCHITETTI TEATRALI | GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | 805.00 | ||
| 35 | SACHS (EDWIN O.) | MODERN OPERA HOUSES AND THEATRES | 1897-1898 |
GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 690.00 | |
| 36 | [SANGIORGI (PIETRO] | IDEA DI UN TEATRO | Rome | 1821 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 115.00 |
| 37 | SEMPER (GOTTFRIED) | DAS KONIGLICHE HOFTHEATER ZU DRESDEN | Braunschweig | 1849 |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | 747.00 |
| 38 | SEXTON (R.W.) AND B.F. BETTS | THE AMERICAN THEATRES OF TODAY | New York | 1927-1930 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 253.00 |
| 39 | [STRATICO (SIMONE)] | DELL ANTICO TEATRO DI PADOVA | Paris | 1795 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 138.00 |
| 40 | SAUNDERS (GEORGE) | A TREATISE ON THEATRES | 1790 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,300.00 | |
| 41 | STREIT (A.) | DAS THEATER | Copenhagen | 1930 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 747.00 |
| 42 | THIBAULT (J.T.) | APPLICATIONS DE LA PERSPECTIVE LINEAIRE AUX ARTS DU DESSIN | Paris | 1827 |
GBP 300.00 - 300.00 | 287.00 |
| 43 | [WARE (SAMUEL)] | REMARKS ON THEATRE AND ON THE PROPRIETY OF VAULTING THEM WITH BRICK AND STONE | 1809 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 805.00 | |
| 44 | WARING (J.B.) | MASTERPIECES OF INDUSTRIAL ART AND SCULPTURE AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION | 1863 |
GBP 350.00 - 500.00 | 632.00 | |
| 45 | [WINSTON JAMES)] | THE THEATRICAL TOURIST | Abbey | 1805 |
GBP 1,250.00 - 1,750.00 | 4,600.00 |
| 46 | WITTE (J.E. DE) | AFBEELDINGEN VAN DEN SCHOUWBURG TE AMSTERDAM | Amsterdam | 1774 [-1775] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,380.00 |
| 47 | WYATT (BENJAMIN) | OBSERVATIONS ON THE DESIGN FOR THE THEATRE ROYAL | 1813 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 402.00 | |
| 48 | BARBIER (GEORGE) | VINGT-CINQ COSTUMES POUR LE THEATRE | Paris | 1927 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,185.00 |
| 49 | BARBIER (GEORGE) | PANORAMA DRAMATIQUE. CASANOVA DECORS ET COSTUMES | Paris | 1919 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,495.00 |
| 50 | BIE (OSKAR) | DAS THEATER BUHNENBILDER UND KOSTUME VON KARL WALSER | Berlin | [1912] |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 184.00 |
| 51 | BONYNGE (RICHARD) JOAN SUTHERLAND | DESIGNS FOR A PRIMA DONNA | New South Wales | 1985 |
GBP 200.00 - 200.00 | 195.00 |
| 52 | COLIN (ANAIS) AND L. MARIN | PORTRAITS D'ACTEURS ET D'ACTRICES DANS DIFFERENTS ROLES | Paris | c. 1825 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 53 | COSTUMES OF THE MODERN STAGE | 1890 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 690.00 | ||
| 54 | COSTUMES ET ANNALES DES GRANDS THEATRES DE PARIS | Paris | [1786-1787] |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 55 | COSTUMES ET ANNALES DES GRANDS THEATRES DE PARIS | Paris | [1786-1789] |
USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 56 | FLAMENT (ALBERT) | PERSONNAGES DE COMETHE | Paris | 1922 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 4,140.00 |
| 57 | GALERIE THEATRALE | Paris | 1873 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 3,450.00 | |
| 58 | GEOFFROY (CHARLES) | NOUVELLE GALERIE DES ARTISTES DRAMATIQUES VIVANTS | Paris | 1855 |
USD 1,250.00 - 1,750.00 | Not Sold |
| 59 | GOLDONI (CARLO) | THE LIAR | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 322.00 | ||
| 60 | GIORDANO (UMBERTO) | COSTUME DESIGNS FOR "ANDRE CHENIER" | [1896] |
GBP 350.00 - 500.00 | 345.00 | |
| 61 | GREGOR (JOSEPH) | DIE MASKEN DER ERDE | Munich | 1936 |
GBP 125.00 - 175.00 | 149.00 |
| 62 | GROSZ (GEORGE) | HINTERGRUND | Berlin | [1928] |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 414.00 |
| 63 | GUTHRIE (JOHN) | FIRST DESIGNS FOR THE THEATRE | 1923 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 161.00 | |
| 64 | JACQUEMIN (RAPHAEL) | ICONOGRAPHIE GENERALE ET METHODIQUE DU COSTUME DU IV AU XIX SIECLE | Paris | [?1869] |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 65 | LECOMTE (HIPPOLYTE) | COSTUMES DE THEATRE DE 1600 A 1820 | Paris | [c. 1820] |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 66 | LEPAPE (GEORGES) | LES CHOSES DE PAUL POIRET | Paris | 1911 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,645.00 |
| 67 | LEPAPE (GEORGES) | COSTUMES DE THEATRE | Paris | 1920 |
GBP 500.00 - 750.00 | 667.00 |
| 68 | LEPAPE (GEORGES) | DECORS ET COSTUMES POUR L'OISEAU BLEU DE MAURICE MAETERLINCK | Paris | 1927 |
GBP 600.00 - 600.00 | 977.00 |
| 69 | MASON (RUPERT) | ROBES OF THESPIS | 1928 |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | 402.00 | |
| 70 | MUNCHENER THEATER-JOURNAL FUR DAS JAHR 1815 | Munich | 1815 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 71 | PLANCHE (J.R.) | COSTUME OF SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORICAL PLAY OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH | 1824 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 345.00 | |
| 72 | PLANCHE (J.R.) | COSTUME OF SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF As YOU LIKE IT | 1825 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 287.00 | |
| 73 | PLANCHE (J.R.) | TWELVE DESIGNS FOR THE COSTUME OF SHAKESPEARE S RICHARD THE THIRD | 1830 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 74 | PLANCHE (J.R.) | COSTUME OF SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDY OF HAMLET | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 828.00 | ||
| 75 | PLANCHE (J.R.) | SOUVENIR OF THE BAL COSTUME GIVEN BY HER MOST GRACIOUS QUEEN VICTORIA | Colnaghi | 1843 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,725.00 |
| 76 | PLANCHE (J.R.) | THE RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS | 1872 |
GBP 150.00 - 150.00 | 149.00 | |
| 77 | PLANCHE (J.R.) | A CYCLOPAEDIA OF COSTUME | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 322.00 | ||
| 78 | RACINET (AUGUSTE) | LE COSTUME HISTORIQUE | Paris | 1876-1888 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,955.00 |
| 79 | RUTHERSTON (ALBERT) | SIXTEEN DESIGNS FOR THE THEATRE | 1928 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 103.00 | |
| 80 | SAINT-SAUVEUR (J.-G.) | GALERIE DRAMATIQUE | Paris | 1799 |
GBP 500.00 - 750.00 | 1,207.00 |
| 81 | SAND (MAURICE) | MASQUES ET BUFFONS | Paris | 1860 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,035.00 |
| 82 | SELVAGGIO (GUIDONE) | FASTI DEL REGIO TEATRO ALLA SCALA DI MILANO | Milan | 1816 |
GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 2,530.00 |
| 83 | TERRY (D.) | THE BRITISH THEATRICAL GALLERY | 1822 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,035.00 | |
| 84 | TERRY (D.) | BRITISH THEATRICAL GALLERY | 1825 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 575.00 | |
| 85 | TERRY (D.) | BRITISH THEATRICAL GALLERY | 1825 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 402.00 | |
| 86 | THEATRE ILLUSTRE (LE) | Paris | [1870] |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,380.00 | |
| 87 | THEATRE ILLUSTRE (LE) | Paris | [1870] |
GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 690.00 | |
| 88 | ZAMACOIS (M.) | DERNIERE LETTRE PERSANE | Paris | [c. 1920] |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 805.00 |
| 89 | CAMPARDON (EMILE) | LES SPECTACLES DE LA FOIRE | Paris | 1877 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 460.00 |
| 90 | CROSS (J.C.) | CIRCUSIANA | 1809 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 690.00 | |
| 91 | DRUMONT (EDOUARD) | LES FETES NATIONALES A PARIS | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 161.00 | ||
| 92 | FINDLAY (J.B.) | BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [CONJURING] BOOKS | GBP 150.00 - 150.00 | 310.00 | ||
| 93 | JENNINGS (JOHN J.) | THEATRICAL AND CIRCUS LIFE | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 253.00 | ||
| 94 | HOPKINS (ALBERT A.) | MAGIC | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 95 | KIRALFY (IMRE) | VENICE | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 138.00 | ||
| 96 | LANG (HEINRICH) | CIRCUS BILDER | Munich | 1880-1881 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 97 | MANNE (EDMUND DENIS DE) | ARMAND DUPLESSIS | Paris | 1875 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 575.00 |
| 98 | [MILES (HENRY DOWNES)] | THE TWO "CIRCUSES" AND THE TWO "SURREY THEATRES | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 99 | MILLER (DAVID PRINCE) | THE LIFE OF A SHOWMAN | GBP 200.00 - 200.00 | 483.00 | ||
| 100 | RHYMING DICK AND THE STROLLING PLAYER | Nottingham | [c. 1810] |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
