Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS COMPRISING In Property of the late C. Palry Scott, End., K.C. The Property of the late J. B. Oldham, Esq. The Property of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, PARACELSUS,

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 29, 1963 - April 29, 1963
Page Size: 904 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
801 Tymms (W. R.) and M. D. Wyatt The Art of Illuminating

USD - 8.40
802 Barbedor (Louis) Les ecritures financieres Basle

USD - 14.00
803 Degering (Hermann) Lettering Berlin

1929

 USD - 11.20
804 Kinsky (Dr. Georg) Manuskripte Stuttgart

1953

 USD - 11.20
805 Caxton (William) The game of chess

1860

 USD - 16.80
806 Type specimen Venice

1837

 USD - 8.40
807 Beucler (Andre) Type specimen

USD - 2.80
808 Jackson (William A.) Records of the stationers' company 1602 to 1640

1957

 USD - 8.40
809 Brown (Carleton) A register of middle English verse

USD - 16.80
810 Deville (E.) La reliure francaise

USD - 14.00
811 Rosetta Stone Report of the committee appointed by the Philomathean Society of Pensylvania to translate the inscription of the Rosetta stone

1858

 USD - 25.20
812 Frobenius (Leo) and Hugo Obermaier Hadschra Maktuba Munich

1925

 USD - 44.80
813 Bossert (H. Th.) Altkreta Kunst und Handwerk in Griechenland Berlin

1923

 USD - 14.00
814 Lippold (Georg) Gemmen und Kameen des Altertums und der Neuzeit Stuttgart

USD - 14.00
815 Bowes (James Lord) Japanese marks and seals

1882

 USD - 2.80
816 White (Wm. Charles) An album of Chinese bamboos Toronto

1939

 USD - 14.00
817 Hildburgh (E.) Medieval Spanish enamels

1936

 USD - 14.00
818 Leon (Francisco de P.) Los esmaltes de Uruapan

USD - 33.60
819 Blum (Andre) Les nielles du Quattrocento

USD - 28.00
820 Hintze (Erwin) Nurnberger Zinn Leipzig

1921

 USD - 8.40
821 Tevenor-Perry (J.) Dinanderie

1910

 USD - 5.60
822 Ferrer (Dr. R.) Die Schwerter und Schwertknaufe der Sammlung Carl von Schwerzenbach-Bregenz Leipzig

1905

 USD - 33.60
823 Bouilhet (H.) Musee retrospectif

USD - 30.80
824 Nocq (Henry) and C. Dreyfus Tabatieres Paris

1930

 USD - 72.80
825 Schreiber (Lady Charlotte) Fans and Fan leaves (foreign)

1890

 USD - 36.40
826 Howard (Montague) Old London silver

1903

 USD - 19.60
827 Bradbury (Frederick) History of old Sheffield plate

1912

 USD - 72.80
828 Jackson (Sir Charles James) English goldsmiths and their marks

1921

 USD - 50.40
829 Chaffers (William) Gilda aurifabrorum

USD - 11.20
830 Langlois (E. H.) Essai historique et descriptif sur la peinture sur verre ancienne et moderne

USD - 14.00
831 Franke (A. W.) A book of ornamental glazing quarries

USD - 2.80
832 Fischer (Dr. Josef Ludwig) Vierzig Jahre Glasmalkunst Munich

1910

 USD - 14.00
833 Balet (Leo) Schwabische Glasmalerei Stuttgart

1912

 USD - 14.00
834 Sangiorgi (Giorgio) Collezione di vetri antichi dalle origini al V Sec. D. C., 60 coloured plates Milan and Rome

1914

 USD - 47.60
835 Pelliot (Marianne) Verres anciens Paris

1929

 USD - 25.20
836 Ris Paquet Amiens and Paris

1874-76

 USD - 67.20
837 Thuile (Jean) La Ceramique a Montpellier du XVIe au XVIIIe siecle Paris

1943

 USD - 36.40
838 Haslem (John) The old Derby china factory

1876

 USD - 16.80
839 Birch (Samuel) History of ancient pottery

USD - 14.00
840 Chaffers (William) Marks and monograms on European and Oriental pottery and porcelain

1912

 USD - 11.20
841 Servieres (Georges) La decoration artistique des Buffets d'Orgues Paris

1928

 USD - 22.40
842 Giroud (Jeanne Michel) and E. Delaye Les Hache Grenoble

1931

 USD - 8.40
843 Cescinski (Herbert) and E. R. Gribble Early English furniture and woodwork

1922

 USD - 11.20
844 Heal (Sir Ambrose) London furniture makers 1660-1840

1953

 USD - 16.80
845 Symonds (R. W.) Old English walnut and lacquer furniture

USD - 2.80
846 Lenygon (Francis) The decoration and furniture of English mansions during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, plates

1909

 USD - 5.60
847 Gruner (Ludwig) Das grune Gewolbe zu Dresden Dresden

1862

 USD - 2.80
848 Dix-huitieme sicle (Le) Paris

1899

 USD - 2.80
849 Jessen (Peter) Das Rokoko im Ornamentstich Berlin

USD - 25.20
850 Britten (F. J.) Old clocks and watches and their makers

1911

 USD - 16.80
851 Vial (Eugene) and Cl. Cote Les horlogers Lyonnais de 1550 a 1650

1927

 USD - 11.20
852 Sylwan (Vivi) Svensak Ryor Stockholm

1934

 USD - 22.40
853 Henslow (T. G. W.) Ye sundial booke

USD - 2.80
854 Bachmann (Alberto) Le violon Paris

1906

 USD - 19.60
855 Bossert ()H. Th.) L'art populaire en Europe Paris

USD - 2.80
856 Art Populaire Paris

1931

 USD - 25.20
857 Amades (Joan) and J. Colomines Imageria religiosa Barcelona

1947

 USD - 14.00
858 Mareau (P.) Le tarot de Marseilles Paris

1949

 USD - 16.80
859 Bastelaer (Rene van) Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien Brussels

1908

 USD - 14.00
860 Lithographie (Die) in der Schweiz und die verwandten Techniken Tiefdruck Zurich

1944

 USD - 8.40
861 Bouvy (Eugene) Daumier Paris

1933

 USD - 14.00
862 Gauthier (Maximilien) Achille et Eugene Deveria Paris

1925

 USD - 2.80
863 Vloberg (Maurice) Jean Houel Paris

1930

 USD - 8.40
864 Docker (Alfred) The colour prints of William Dickes

1924

 USD - 2.80
865 Grunstein (Dr. Leo) Silhouetten aus der Goethezeit Vienna

1909

 USD - 22.40
866 Bryan (Michael) Dictionary of Painters and Engravers

1903-05

 USD - 39.20
867 Bryan (Michael) Dictionary of Painters and Engravers

1903-1905

 USD - 112.00
868 New practical treatise (A) on the art of flower painting

USD - 28.00
869 Grego (Joseph) Cruikshank's water-colours

1903

 USD - 11.20
870 Spanier (Adolf) Das kleine Andachtsbild von 14. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert Munich

1930

 USD - 2.80
871 Fontane (Ch.) Un maitre de la caricature Paris

1927

 USD - 2.80
872 Leger (Charles) Redoute et son temps Paris

1945

 USD - 25.20
873 Burlington House

1930

 USD - 8.40
874 Burlington House

1931

 USD - 5.60
875 Nevill (Ralph) Old English Sporting Prints

1923

 USD - 8.40
876 Waagen (Dr. G. F.) Treasures of Art in Great Britain

1854-57

 USD - 39.20
877 Dilke (Lady) French Painters of the XVIII Century

USD - 2.80
878 Osbaldeston (George) His autobiography

USD - 8.40
879 Cawse (John) The art of painting portraits

USD - 8.40
880 Bute Collection of Paintings

USD - 67.20
881 Whitley (W. T.) Artists and their friends in England

1928-30

 USD - 61.60
882 Herkomer (Sir Hubert von) My school and my gospel

USD - 2.80
883 Walpole Society

USD - 8.40
884 Gilchrist (Alexander) The Life of William Blake

USD - 16.80
885 Molmenti (Pompeo) and G. Ludwig The life and works of Vittorio Carpaccio

USD - 2.80
886 Blum (Andre) Abraham Bosse et la societe francaise au dix-septieme siecle

USD - 8.40
887 OLD MASTER DRAWINGS

USD - 39.20
888 Vaudoyer (J.-L.) E. Manet Reproductions

USD - 8.40
889 Marees-Gesellschaft Renoir Munich

1920

 USD - 78.40
890 Marees-Gesellschaft Vincent van Gogh Munich

1919

 USD - 67.20
891 Marees-Gesellschaft Cezanne and his ancesters [Munich and] London

USD - 19.60
892 Marees-Gesellschaft Cezanne's Aquarelle Munich

1918

 USD - 50.40
893 Marees-Gesellschaft Edouard Manet Munich

1922

 USD - 50.40
894 Jaques (Renate) Deutsche Textilkunst

USD - 14.00
895 Van Bever (G.) La dentelle

USD - 16.80
896 Moore (N. Hudson) The lace book

USD - 16.80
897 Lescure (A.) Collection Paris

USD - 14.00
898 Henneberg (Freiherr Alfredo von) The art and craft of old lace

1931

 USD - 28.00
899 Schiitzenberger (M. P.) Traite des matieres colorantes

USD - 11.20
900 Zickerman (Lilli) Sveriges Folkliga Textilkenst Stockholm

1937

 USD - 16.80
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    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.
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    Book Week
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    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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    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.