Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS, WELSHPOOL,

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 20, 1967 - March 20, 1967
Page Size: 517 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
200 Jones (Theophilus) A history of the county of Brecknock Brecknock

1805-09

 USD - 44.80
201 Kennedy (James) A description of the antiquities and curiosities in Wilton-House Salisbury

1769

 USD - 28.00
202 Kimchi (David) Thesaurus Lingua sanctae Paris

1548

 USD - 89.60
203 Kirkpatrick (Col. William) An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul

1811

 USD - 98.00
204 Knight (Richard Payne) The landscape: a didactic poem

1794

 USD - 154.00
205 LA CROIX-DU-MAINE (FRANCOIS DE) Premier volume de la bibliotheque Paris

1584

 USD - 78.40
206 LATHAM (JOHN) A GENERAL SYNOPSIS OF BIRDS Leigh & Sotheby

1781-1802

 USD - 336.00
207 LE CLERC (JEAN) THEATRE GEOGRAPHIQUE DU ROYAUME DE FRANCE Paris

1620

 USD - 560.00
208 Le Feron (Jean) Catalogue des Noms Paris

1598

 USD - 50.40
209 Le Keux (J.) and C. H. Cooper Memorials of Cambridge Cambridge

[c. 1860]

 USD - 61.60
210 LE MUET (PIERRE) THE ART OF FAIR BUILDING

1670

 USD - 84.00
211 Le Pretre de Vauban (Sebastian) De l'attaque et de la defense des places The Hague

1737

 USD - 72.80
212 LEWIN (WILLIAM) THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN

1800-01

 USD - 336.00
213 LILFORD (Lord) COLOURED FIGURES OF THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS

1885-97

 USD - 182.00
214 Loggan (David) Oxonia illustrata Oxford

1675

 USD - 84.00
215 Lowndes (W. T.) The bibliographer's manual of English literature

1834

 USD - 16.80
216 Lusus Westmonasterienses Westminster

1730

 USD - 19.60
217 Macaulay (Kenneth) The history of St. Kilda

1764

 USD - 84.00
218 Machiavelli (Niccolo) Works

1680

 USD - 33.60
219 Malcolm (Sir John) The history of Persia

1815

 USD - 78.40
220 Malingre (Claude) Histoire de Louys XIII Paris

1616

 USD - 16.80
221 Mallet (Alain Manesson) Les travaux de Mars ou la fortification nouvelle Amsterdam

1672

 USD - 50.40
222 Mariana (Johannes) Historiae de Rebus Hispaniae Libri XX Toledo

1592

 USD - 67.20
223 Martinius (Josephus) Theatrum basilicae Pisanae Rome

1705

 USD - 126.00
224 MAUND (BENJAMIN) THE BOTANIC GARDEN

1825

 USD - 238.00
225 Mayer (Luigi) Views in Palestine

1804

 USD - 98.00
226 Mercurio Trismegistus Cracow

1584-86

 USD - 448.00
227 Meyer (Jacob) and others Annales Frankfurt

1580

 USD - 448.00
228 Milton (John) Paradise lost

1688

 USD - 33.60
229 Minsheu (John) Minshaei emendatio

1626

 USD - 89.60
230 Montanus (Arnoldus) Atlas Japannensis

1670

 USD - 210.00
231 Montfaucon (Bernard de) L'antiquite expliquee et representee en figures Paris

1719-24

 USD - 126.00
232 Montluc (Blaise de) Commentaires Bordeaux

1592

 USD - 106.40
233 Montluc (Blaise de) Commentaries

1674

 USD - 28.00
234 More (Sir Thomas) Omnia Louvain

1566

 USD - 67.20
235 MURCHISON (Sir RODERICK IMPEY) The Silurian system

1839

 USD - 420.00
236 Nalson (John) The common interest of king and people

1678

 USD - 50.40
237 Nalson (John) An impartial collection of the great affairs of state from the beginning of the Scotch rebellion in the year MDCXXXIX to the murther of King Charles I

1682-83

 USD - 78.40
238 Natalis (Hieronymus) Evangelicae Historiae Imagines Antwerp

1593-95

 USD - 336.00
239 Newcastle (Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of) The life of . . . William Cavendish

1667

 USD - 98.00
240 New Testament Rome

1591

 USD - 238.00
241 Nicolas (Sir Nicholas Harris, Editor) The siege of Carlaverock

1828

 USD - 33.60
242 Noehden (George Henry) Specimens of ancient coins of Magna Graecia and Sicily

1826

 USD - 28.00
243 Nolli (Carlo) L'Arco Trionfale eretto all' Imp Naples

1770

 USD - 44.80
244 Nolli (Carlo, Heirs of) L'Arco eretto all' Imp Naples

after 1770

 USD - 44.80
245 Old Testament Rome

1588

 USD - 229.60
246 Omphalio (Jacobo) De Civili Politia Libri Tres Cologne

1565

 USD - 16.80
247 Operations of the allied army under the command of H.S.H.

1764

 USD - 154.00
248 Ormerod (George) The history of the county palatine and city of Chester

1819

 USD - 72.80
249 Ortelius (Abraham) Thesaurus Geographicus Antwerp

1596

 USD - 224.00
250 Ovid Lyons

1559

 USD - 112.00
251 Owen (Hugh) and J. B. Blakeway History of Shrewsbury

1825

 USD - 61.60
252 Owen (Hugh) and J. B. Blakeway History of Shrewbury

1825

 USD - 50.40
253 PALLADIO (ANDREA) LES BATIMENS ET LES DESSEINS DE ANDRE PALLADIO recueillis et illustres par O.B. Scamozzi Vicenza

1776-83

 USD - 308.00
254 Panvinius (O.) Epitome Pontificum Romanorum Venice

1557

 USD - 16.80
255 Paoli (Paulantonio) Delia citta di Pesto Rome

1784

 USD - 238.00
256 Paruta (Paul) Delia perfettione della vita politica Venice

1582

 USD - 28.00
257 Paruta (Paul) Historia Vinetiana Venice

1605

 USD - 61.60
258 Paruta (Paulo) The history of Venice

1658

 USD - 33.60
259 Pasquier (Estienne) Les Reherches de la France Paris

1621

 USD - 84.00
260 Patrizi (Francesco) Paralleli Militari Rome

1594-95

 USD - 106.40
261 Payne Gallwey (Sir Ralph) The crossbow

1903

 USD - 44.80
262 Pembroke (Henry Herbert, Earl of) Military equitation

1778

 USD - 44.80
263 Pennant (Thomas) The view of Hindoostan

1798-1800

 USD - 16.80
264 Pennant (Thomas) History of London

1814

 USD - 50.40
265 Pennant (Thomas) A tour in Scotland

USD - 44.80
266 Perrault (Claude) A treatise of the five orders in architecture

1721

 USD - 84.00
267 Philaltheus (Lucillus) In IIII libros Aristotelis de Caelo et Mundo Commentarii Venice

1565

 USD - 112.00
268 Phillips (Edward) The new world of English words

1658

 USD - 140.00
269 Phillips (Edward) The same

1662

 USD - 89.60
270 Picart (Bernard) The religious ceremonies and customs of the several nations of the known world

1731-37

 USD - 154.00
271 Platina (Battista) The lives of the popes

1685

 USD - 22.40
272 Plato Basle

1534

 USD - 134.40
273 Plutarch

1631

 USD - 22.40
274 Pococke (Richard) A description of the East

1743-45

 USD - 89.60
275 Pontanus (J. I.) Rerum et Urbis Amsterodamensium Historia Amsterdam

1611

 USD - 67.20
276 Pottinger (Henry) Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde

1816

 USD - 126.00
277 Porphyrius Florence

1548

 USD - 67.20
278 Prior (Matthew) Poems on several occasions

1718

 USD - 19.60
279 Proclus

1583-88

 USD - 72.80
280 Procopius Leiden

1623

 USD - 50.40
281 Pugin (Augustus) Ornamental Gables

1839

 USD - 16.80
282 Pulton (Ferdinand) De pace regis et regni

1610

 USD - 67.20
283 Puysegur Paris

1748

 USD - 50.40
284 Raffles (Sir Thomas Stamford) The history of Java

1817

 USD - 162.40
285 Raffles (Sophia, Lady) Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

1830

 USD - 33.60
286 Raleigh (Sir Walter) The History of the World

1634

 USD - 28.00
287 Raynal (Guillaume Thomas) Histoire philosophique et politique des etablissemens et du commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes Geneva

1780

 USD - 106.40
288 Raynal (Guillaume Thomas) A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies

1783

 USD - 39.20
289 Renouard (Antoine-Auguste) Annales de l'imprimerie des Aide Paris

1834

 USD - 126.00
290 Renouard (A. A.) Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne Paris

1837-38

 USD - 72.80
291 Reresby (Tamworth) A miscellany of ingenious thoughts and reflections in verse and prose

1721

 USD - 39.20
292 REYNOLDS (JOHN) EPIGRAMMATA

USD - Not Sold
293 Richardson (George) Edes Pembrockianav

1788

 USD - 33.60
294 ROBERT DE VAUGONDY (G. and D.) ATLAS UNIVERSEL Paris

1757

 USD - 896.00
295 ROBERTS (DAVID) THE HOLY LAND

1842-49

 USD - 448.00
296 Robertson (William) The history of America

1777

 USD - 33.60
297 Robinson (P. F.) Rural architecture

1823

 USD - 33.60
298 Roccha (Frater Angelus) Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana a Sixto V Pont Rome

1591

 USD - 238.00
299 Rome Rome

1748

 USD - 112.00
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.