Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS, SENATE,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 17, 1969 - February 17, 1969
Page Size: 445 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 PAMPHLETS Edinburgh

1646

 USD - 288.00
102 PAMPHLETS

1646

 USD - 84.00
103 Prynne (William) PAMPHLETS

1659

 USD - 576.00
104 Stuckley (Lewis) Pamphlets

1658

 USD - 108.00
105 PAMPHLETS

USD - 912.00
106 PAMPHLETS

USD - 60.00
107 PAMPHLETS

USD - 288.00
108 [Bethel (Slingsby)] PAMPHLETS

USD - 336.00
109 [Glanvill (Joseph)] PAMPHLETS

USD - 264.00
110 [C. (W.)] PAMPHLETS

USD - 360.00
111 Bradley (R.) PAMPHLETS

USD - 180.00
112 PAMPHLETS

USD - 180.00
113 PARR (ELNATHAN) A PLAINE EXPOSITION UPON THE WHOLE

1618

 USD - 100.80
114 P[aybody] (T[homas]) A lust Apologie for the Gesture of Kneeling in the Act of Receiving the Lords Supper

1629

 USD - 60.00
115 Penn (William) An Account of W. Penn's Travails in Holland and Germany

1694

 USD - 48.00
116 [PHILIPPSON (JOANNES)] Sleidanus A: FAMOUS CRONICLE OF OURE TIME

1560

 USD - 120.00
117 Thomson (James) Plays

.

 USD - 52.80
118 Pluvinel (Antoine de) L'Instruction du Roy en l'Exercice de Monter a Cheval

USD - 528.00
119 Poems

USD - 480.00
120 P[owell] (R[obert]) Depopulation Arraigned

1636

 USD - 288.00
121 Primaleone Venice

1559

 USD - 43.20
122 PUFENDORF (Baron SAMUEL VON) HISTOIRE DU REGNE DE CHARLES GUSTAVE ROY DE SUEDE Nuremberg

1697

 USD - 1,032.00
123 PURCHAS (SAMUEL) PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES

1626

 USD - 1,248.00
124 [Ridpath (George)] The Duke of Anjou's Succession Considered

1701

 USD - 192.00
125 ROUSSEAU (JEAN BAPTISTE) OEUVRES [Paris, Didot]

1743

 USD - 672.00
126 Rycaut (Paul) The Present State of the Ottoman Empire

1668

 USD - 132.00
127 SANSON (NICOLAS) ATLAS NOUVEAU contenant toutes les Parties du Monde

1692

 USD - 1,200.00
128 Sawyer (Edmund) Memorials of Affairs of State in the Reigns of Q. Elizabeth and K. James I. Collected (chiefly) from the Original Papers of the Right Honourable Sir Ralph Winwood

1725

 USD - 84.00
129 [Williams] (John, Bishop of Lincoln) SERMONS

USD - 96.00
130 [Reynolds] (Edward, Bish'op of Norwich) The Staves of Beauty and Bands

1663

 USD - 168.00
131 Sibthorpe (Robert) Apostolike Obedience

1627

 USD - 48.00
132 Simler (Josias) La Republique des Suisses Antwerp

1579

 USD - 91.20
133 Smith (Henry) The Sermons of Maister Henrie Smith

1597

 USD - 120.00
134 SOCIETY OF GARDENERS

1730

 USD - 2,880.00
135 Solleysell (Jaques, Sieur de) The Compleat Horseman

1717

 USD - 76.80
136 Tavernier (Jean Baptiste, Baron of Aubonne) The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier

1678

 USD - 360.00
137 Temple (William) A Logicall Analysis of Twentie Select Psalmes

1605

 USD - 96.00
138 Thurloe (John) A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe

1742

 USD - 144.00
139 [Toland (John)] The Art of Governing by Partys

1701

 USD - 108.00
140 Toland (John) Anglia Libera

1701

 USD - 144.00
141 TOPSELL (EDWARD) THE HISTORY OF FOUR-FOOTED BEASTS AND SERPENTS

1658

 USD - 528.00
142 [Torsellino (Orazio)] The History of our B. Lady of Loreto

1608

 USD - 204.00
143 Travers (Walter) Vindiciae Ecclesise Anglicanae

1630

 USD - 84.00
144 Varignon (Pierre) Nouvelle Conjectures sur la Pesanteur Paris

1690

 USD - 672.00
145 [VERMIGLI (PIETRO MARTIRE)] THE COMMON PLACES of the most famous and renowned Divine Doctor Peter Martyr

1583

 USD - 288.00
146 Virgil

1560

 USD - 408.00
147 Virgil

1654

 USD - 48.00
148 Walsingham (Francis) A Search made into Matters of Religion

1615

 USD - 132.00
149 Williams (Griffith) Seven Goulden Gandlestickes

1624

 USD - 144.00
150 Wood (Anthony a) Athente Oxonienses

1721

 USD - 156.00
151 WYLD (James) A NEW GENERAL ATLAS OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY

[1841]

 USD - 384.00
152 ACTS

1718-94

 USD - 840.00
153 Addington (Henry, Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister) The advantages and disadvantages of foreign travel

1779

 USD - 240.00
154 Aikin (J.) A description of the country from thirty to forty miles around Manchester

1795

 USD - 144.00
155 Algarotti (Conte Francesco) An essay on painting, contemporary red morocco

1764

 USD - 115.20
156 Allen (Benjamin) The natural history of the chalybeat and purging waters of England

1699

 USD - 96.00
157 Amos (William) Minutes in agriculture and planting Boston

1804

 USD - 120.00
158 Andry (Nicolas) An account of the breeding of worms in human bodies

1701

 USD - 91.20
159 Angeloni (Battista) Letters on the English nation

1765

 USD - 43.20
160 Apicius Caelius De opsoniis et condimentas Amsterdam

1709

 USD - 36.00
161 Arbuthnot (John) An essay concerning Ahe nature of aliments

1731

 USD - 62.40
162 Arbuthnot (John) An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies

1733

 USD - 96.00
163 [Ashburton (John Dunning, Lord)] A defence of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies

1762

 USD - 124.80
164 [Atwood (William)] The idea of Christian love [verse]

[c. 1785]

 USD - 180.00
165 [Barrett (Eaton Stannard)] The rising sun

1807

 USD - 91.20
166 Barrett (Eaton Stannard) The heroine

1813

 USD - 62.40
167 Barthelemey (Abbe Jean-Jacques) Travels of Anarcharsis the younger in Greece

1791

 USD - 48.00
168 BEAUMONT (ALBANIS) TRAVELS THROUGH THE MARITIME

1795

 USD - 204.00
169 Beaumont (Francis) and John Fletcher Works

1750

 USD - 115.20
170 Bernardin de Saint Pierre (J.-H.) Studies of nature

1798

 USD - 57.60
171 Bible

1655-

 USD - 132.00
172 Bible

1795

 USD - 48.00
173 [Bisani (Alessandro)] A picturesque tour through part of Europe

1793

 USD - 38.40
174 BLOME (RICHARD) THE GENTLEMAN'S RECREATIONS

1710

 USD - 528.00
175 Bloomfield (Robert) Rural tales

1802

 USD - 48.00
176 Bloomfield (Robert) Wild flowers

1806

 USD - 76.80
177 [Bluett (John)] An enquiry whether a general practice of virtue tends to the wealth or poverty

1725

 USD - 115.20
178 Boerhaave (Herman) A new method of chemistry

1727

 USD - 192.00
179 BOSWELL (JAMES) THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON

1791

 USD - 3,360.00
180 Boswell (John) A method of study

1738

 USD - 72.00
181 Boulton (Richard) A system of rational and practical chirurgery

1713

 USD - 100.80
182 BOYLE (Honble. ROBERT) WORKS

1699-1700

 USD - 336.00
183 Browne (W. G.) Travels in Africa

1799

 USD - 67.20
184 Builder's price book (The)

1788

 USD - 67.20
185 Burrell (Lady) Telemachus

1794

 USD - 19.20
186 [Byron (Medora Gordon)] Celia in search of a husband

1809

 USD - 144.00
187 CAMDEN (WILLIAM) BRITANNIA

1695

 USD - 504.00
187A Campbell (Colin) Vitruvius Britannicus

1715-25

 USD - 264.00
188 Campbell (John) A political survey of'Britain

1774

 USD - 84.00
189 Careme (Antonin) French cookery

1836

 USD - 91.20
190 Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de) Vida y hechos del ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de La Mancha

1737

 USD - 312.00
191 Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de) The life and exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote

1742

 USD - 52.80
192 Chandler (John Westbrooke) Sir Hubert

1800

 USD - 33.60
193 [Chaudon (L.-M.)] Nouveau dictionnaire historique Caen

1789

 USD - 38.40
194 [Chetham (James)] The anglers vade mecum

1700

 USD - 108.00
195 Cheyne (George) Philosophical principles of natural religion

1705

 USD - 60.00
196 Cheyne (George) The English malady

1733

 USD - 204.00
197 Chiril (J. L.) An enquiry into the best system of female education

1809

 USD - 60.00
198 [Churchill (Charles)] The times

1764

 USD - 96.00
199 Colchester (Elizabeth Susan, Lady) Giustina

1833

 USD - 96.00
  • <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.
  • <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.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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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