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Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS, FINE BINDINGS, MUSIC, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, GREENWICH,

Auction Details

Auction Date
December 16, 1963 - December 16, 1963
Page Size: 555 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Aristoteles

USD - 2.80
2 Azara (Felix de) Apuntamietos para la historia Madrid

1802

 USD - 44.60
3 Azara (Felix de) Apuntamientos para la historia natural de los Paxaros del Paraguay y Rio de La Plata

USD - 112.00
4 Bartholomew (J. G.) and others Atlas of Zoography

USD - 14.00
5 Beddard (Frank E.) The structure and classification of birds

USD - 39.20
6 Belon (Pierre) L'historie de la nature des oyseaux avec leurs descriptions et naifs portraicts Paris

1555

 USD - 196.00
7 Berg (Bengt) Birds of the North Stockholm

1925

 USD - 14.00
8 Brabourne (Lord) and Charles Chubb The birds of South America

1913-17

 USD - 50.40
9 BRITISH MUSEUM

1874-98

 USD - 476.00
10 BUFFON (COMTE GEORGE LOUIS LECLERC) PH. BUEILLAUD DE MONTBEILLARD Paris

1770-86

 USD - 2,100.00
11 CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (MIGUEL DE) El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha Madrid

1780

 USD - 280.00
12 Descole (Horatius R.) and Michael Lill Genera et species plantarum Argentinarum Buenos Aires

1943-44

 USD - 39.20
13 Descole (Horatius R.) and Michael Lill Genera et species animalium Argentinorum Buenos Aires

1948

 USD - 14.00
14 EDWARDS (GEORGE) A NATURAL HISTORY OF UNCOMMON BIRDS AND SOME OTHER RARE ANIMALS

1743-76

 USD - 896.00
15 Etymologicum Magnum Craecae linguae Venice

1549

 USD - 44.80
16 FITZROY (Captain R.) Admiral P. P. KING AND CHARLES DARWIN

1840-43

 USD - 1,176.00
17 Fuertes (Louis Agassiz) Album of Abyssinian birds and mammals Chicago

1930

 USD - 28.00
18 GODMAN (FREDERICK DU CANE) A monograph of the Petrels

1907-10

 USD - 420.00
19 Goeldi (Emil August) Album de Aves Amazonicas Zurich

1900-06

 USD - 126.00
20 GOULD (JOHN) AND R. BOWDLER SHARPE A MONOGRAPH OF THE TROCHILIDAE OR FAMILY OF HUMMING-BIRDS

1st June 1849-March 1887

 USD - 4,480.00
21 GOULD (JOHN) A MONOGRAPH OF THE RAMPHASTIDAE OR FAMILY OF TOUCANS

1852-1854

 USD - 1,260.00
22 GOULD (JOHN) A MONOGRAPH OF THE TROGONIDAE OR FAMILY OF TROGONS

[1858-] 1875

 USD - 1,176.00
23 Hesychius Venice

1514

 USD - 70.00
24 Hesychiu Leiden

1746

 USD - 1.40
25 Jardine (Sir William) The naturalist's library Edinburgh

1833-43

 USD - 72.80
26 LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE) FABLES CHOISIES Paris

1755-59

 USD - 252.00
27 Menaboni (Athos and Sara) Menaboni's birds

1952

 USD - 11.20
28 Moehring (Paulus Henricus Gerardus) Avium Genera Bremen

1752

 USD - 89.60
29 Moehring (Paulus Henricus Gerardus) Geslachten der Vogelen Berlin

1906

 USD - 19.60
30 Molina (Giovanni Ignazio) Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili Bologna

1782

 USD - 33.60
31 Naumburg (Elsie M. B.) The birds of Matto Grosso

1930

 USD - 8.40
32 New English Dictionary (A) Oxford

1888-1933

 USD - 162.40
33 Nieremberg (Johannes Eusebius) Historia naturae maxime pere-grinae libris XVI distincta Antwerp

1635

 USD - 72.80
34 Peters (James Lee) Check-list of birds of the world

1931-51

 USD - 78.40
35 PHILLIPS (JOHN C.) A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DUCKS Boston & New York

1922-26

 USD - 616.00
36 Piso (GUILELMUS) AND G. MARCGRAV DE LIEBSTAD DE MEDICINA BRASILIENSI LIBRI IV Amsterdam

1648

 USD - 168.00
37 Rubow (C.) The life of the common gull told in photographs

USD - 1.40
38 Schlegel (Hermann) and J. A. Herklots De Vogels van Nederland Leyden

[1859-61]

 USD - 98.00
39 Sclater (Philip Lutley) Catalogue of a collection of American birds

[1861-] 1862

 USD - 75.60
40 SEEBOHM (HENRY) AND R. BOWDLER SHARPE A MONOGRAPH OF THE TURDIDAE OR FAMILY OF THRUSHES Sotheran

[1898-] 1902

 USD - 336.00
41 Suidas Cambridge

1705

 USD - 2.80
42 Swann (H. Kirke) and Alexander Wetmore A monograph of the birds of prey

1930

 USD - 134.40
43 TEMMINCK (COENRAD JACOB) AND MEIFFREN LAUGIER DE CHART-ROUSE NOUVEAU RECUEIL DE PLANCHES COLORIEES D'OISEAUX pour servir de suite et de complement Paris

1838

 USD - 1,400.00
44 Willughby (Francis) The ornithology

1678

 USD - 95.20
45 EDWARDS (GEORGE) A NATURAL HISTORY OF UNCOMMON BIRDS AND SOME OTHER RARE ANIMALS

1743-64-76

 USD - 812.00
46 LEVAILLANT (FRANCOIS) HISTORE NATURELLE D'UNE PARTIE D'OISEAUX NOUVEAUX ET RARES DE L'AMERIQUE ET DES INDES Paris

1801 [-02]

 USD - 364.00
47 BLACKWELL (ELIZABETH) A CURIOUS HERFAL containing Five Hundred Cuts of the most useful Plants which are now used in the Practice of Physick

1739

 USD - 112.00
48 Blackwell (Elizabeth) Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum Nuremberg

1750-54

 USD - 140.00
49 Ehret (Georg IMonys) Christoph Jakob Trew and Johann Jakob Haid Augsburg

1771-73

 USD - 140.00
50 Costello (Louisa Stuart) The Rose Garden of Persia Longman, &c

1845

 USD - 5.60
51 Netto (C.) Papier-Schmetterlinge aus Japan Leipzig

1888

 USD - 25.20
52 Costume Munich

[c. 1880]

 USD - 47.60
53 Tallis (John) London Street Views

[1838]

 USD - 182.00
54 Snape (Andrew) The Anatomy of an Horse

1683

 USD - 100.80
55 Chinese Drawings

USD - 140.00
56 Chinese Drawings

USD - 72.80
57 Chinese Drawings

USD - 89.60
58 Chinese Coloured Drawings of Warriors

USD - 22.40
59 Chinese Coloured Drawings of Actors (12) Canton

c. 1840

 USD - 78.40
60 Chinese Coloured Drawings of Flowers and Butterflies (12) Canton

c. 1840

 USD - 182.00
61 Chinese Rice-paper Drawings

USD - 154.00
62 Chinese Rice-paper Drawings

USD - 84.00
63 Chinese Rice-paper Drawings

USD - 224.00
64 Chinese Drawings

USD - 84.00
65 Chinese Drawings

USD - 106.40
66 Chinese Coloured Drawings of Mandarins Canton

c. 1840

 USD - 89.60
67 CHINESE DRAWINGS

USD - 67.20
68 HUMOROUS DRAWINGS

1829

 USD - 22.40
69 BRONTE (CHARLOTTE) Pencil Drawing of a girl

USD - 126.00
70 GILL (ERIC) Original Drawing

USD - 39.20
71 GILL (ERIC) Original drawing

USD - 89.60
72 WOLMARK (ALFRED) PORTRAIT OF W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

USD - 78.40
73 Alberti (Leon Battista) Delia Architettura libri X

1726

 USD - 560.00
74 Antichita (Le) di Ercolano Naples

1754-57-92

 USD - 84.00
75 Bartsch (Adam) Le Peintre Graveur Leipzig

1866-76

 USD - 196.00
76 Bataille de Preussisch-Eylau gagnee par la Grande-Armee commandee en personne par S. M. Napoleon Paris

1807

 USD - 28.00
77 Baudouin (S. R.) Exercice de l'Infanterie Francoise [Paris]

1757

 USD - 182.00
78 BLOEMAART (ABRAHAM) Oorspronkelyk en vermaard Konstryk Tekenboek Amsterdam

1740

 USD - 70.00
79 Bosio (Antonio) Roma Sotteranea Rome

1632

 USD - 56.00
80 Buck (Samuel and Nathaniel) Views of old castles

USD - 22.40
81 Cameron (Charles) The Baths of the Romans

1772

 USD - 336.00
82 Cosway (Richard) A catalogue of the pictures

1821

 USD - 61.60
83 Dalbe (Bacler) Carte generale du Theatre de la guerre en Italie et dans les Alpes depuis le passage du Var Paris

1802

 USD - 61.60
84 Dalrymple (Sir John) Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland

1772-73

 USD - 1.40
85 Desgodetz (Antoine) Les edifices antiques de Rome Paris

1682

 USD - 308.00
86 Drummond (James) Sculptured monuments in Iona and the West Highlands Edinburgh

1881

 USD - 8.40
87 GARTSIDE (M.) ORNAMENTAL GROUPS descriptive of flowers

1808

 USD - 50.40
88 Hall (Sidney) A New General Atlas

USD - 36.40
89 KNELLER (Sir GODFREY) AND J. FABER THE KIT-CAT CLUB

USD - 56.00
90 Ripa (Cesare) Le miroir de princes Antwerp

c. 1630

 USD - 84.00
91 Rossi (Domenico) Raccolta de statue antiche e moderne Rome

1704

 USD - 72.80
92 Roux (Joseph) Carte de la Mediterranee Marseilles

1764

 USD - 33.60
93 Turnbull (George) A treatise on ancient painting

1740

 USD - 8.40
94 Veen (Otto van) Batavorum cum Romanis bellum Antwerp

1612

 USD - 14.00
95 VENICE Venice

[c. 1720]

 USD - 560.00
95A Rampegollis (Antonius de) Biblia Aurea Ulm

16 June 1475

 USD - 350.00
96 BIBLE Nuremberg

17 February, 1483

 USD - 5,600.00
97 Diogenes Laertius Venice

22 June 1497

 USD - 56.00
97A Vita Christi Ludolphus de Saxonia Nuremberg

[14 Aug.] 1495

 USD - 126.00
98 Biblia Latina Basle

1498

 USD - 72.80
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    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.
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.