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
300 More (Hannah) Strictures on the modern system of female education

1799

 USD - 43.20
301 Mount (William) and Thomas The English pilot

1733

 USD - 180.00
302 Musgrave (William) De arthritide Exeter

1703

 USD - 72.00
303 [Newman (Jeremiah Whitaker)] The lounger's common-place book

1792-99

 USD - 108.00
304 Nicholson (Peter) The carpenter's new guide

1793

 USD - 48.00
305 Nicholson (Peter) The student's instructor in drawing and working the five orders of architecture

1795

 USD - 43.20
306 Nicolai (Friedrich) The life and opinions of Sebaldus Nothanker

1798

 USD - 156.00
307 Nostradamus (Michel de Notredame, called) The true prophecies and prognostications

1672

 USD - 168.00
308 OGILBY (JOHN) BRITANNIA

1675

 USD - 1,440.00
309 Ogilby (John) and William Morgan Pocket-book of the roads

1752

 USD - 67.20
310 Opie (John) Lectures on painting

1809

 USD - 43.20
311 Owenson (Sydney, Lady Morgan) St. Clair

1803

 USD - 144.00
312 Owenson (Sydney, Lady Morgan) The lay of an Irish harp

1807

 USD - 132.00
313 Paine (Thomas) Political and miscellaneous works

1819

 USD - 72.00
314 Park (Thomas) Sonnets and other small poems

1797

 USD - 62.40
315 Parker (Thomas N.) An essay on the construction

1804

 USD - 48.00
316 Parliamentary Debates (Official Reports)

1905-08

 USD - 672.00
317 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (OFFICIAL REPORTS)

1909-40

 USD - 1,680.00
318 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (OFFICIAL REPORTS)

USD - 768.00
319 Peacock (Thomas Love) Palmyra

1806

 USD - 240.00
320 Pennant (Thomas) Tours in Wales

1810

 USD - 91.20
321 PERELLE (GABRIEL, NICOLAS AND ADAM) VEUES DES BELLES MAISONS DE FRANCE Paris

c. 1700

 USD - 960.00
322 Pigott (Charles) The Jockey Club

1792

 USD - 76.80
323 [Pike (Sarah Leigh)] Israel Bath

1795

 USD - 62.40
324 [Pike (Sarah Leigh)] Israel Bath

1795

 USD - 48.00
325 Piozzi (Hester Lynch) British synonymy

1794

 USD - 72.00
326 Sheridan (R. B.) Plays

1781

 USD - 192.00
327 Pocket book for all persons

c. 1715

 USD - 76.80
328 Pope (Alexander) The rape of the lock

1801

 USD - 84.00
329 Potter (T., Surgeon at North Shields) The moralist

1786

 USD - 120.00
330 Preston (Revd. A.) Poems on several subjects

1787

 USD - 43.20
331 Price (Uvedale) An essay on the picturesque

1794

 USD - 180.00
332 Pufendorf (Samuel) The present state of Germany

1696

 USD - 132.00
333 Pufendorf (Samuel) An introduction to the history of the principal kingdoms and states of Europe

1697

 USD - 76.80
334 Purcell (John) A treatise of vapours

1702

 USD - 115.20
335 Pye (Henry James) Alfred

1801

 USD - 96.00
336 Quevedo y Villegas (F. G.) Fortune in her wits

1697

 USD - 204.00
337 R. (A.) The accomplished officer

1708

 USD - 57.60
338 Radcliffe (Ann) A Sicilian romance

1790

 USD - 115.20
339 Radcliffe (Ann) The mysteries of Udolpho

1794

 USD - 96.00
340 Radcliffe (Ann) A journey made in the summer of 1794

1795

 USD - 100.80
341 Radcliffe (Ann) The Italian

1797

 USD - 132.00
342 Rapin (Rene) Of gardens

[1706]

 USD - 52.80
343 Raynal (Abbe G.-T.) A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies

1777

 USD - 52.80
344 Reynolds (Sir Joshua) Engravings from the works

[c. 1835]

 USD - 67.20
345 Robertson (David) A tour through the Isle of Man

1794

 USD - 72.00
346 [ROCHEFORT (CHARLES-CESAR DE)] THE HISTORY OF THE CARIBBY-ISLANDS

1666

 USD - 600.00
347 Royal legend (The)

1808

 USD - 100.80
348 ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

1705-34

 USD - 144.00
349 Russell (Alexander) The natural history of Aleppo

1794

 USD - 108.00
350 Sargent (John) The mine

1796

 USD - 76.80
350A Science abstracts

1931-37

 USD - Not Sold
351 by Fittler after J. C. Nattes [Scotland]12 engraved views

1801

 USD - 33.60
352 SCUDERY (MADELEINE DE) CONVERSATIONS UPON SEVERAL SUBJECTS

1683

 USD - 312.00
353 Segur (J.-A.) Women

1803

 USD - 60.00
354 Shakespeare (William) Plays

1778

 USD - 67.20
355 Sharp (Granville) A representation of the injustice and dangerous tendency of tolerating slavery

1769

 USD - 132.00
356 Sharp (Granville) Remarks on the opinions of some of the most celebrated writers on crown law

1773

 USD - 84.00
357 Shee (Martin Archer) Rhymes on art

1805

 USD - 62.40
358 Siddons (Henry) Practical illustrations of rhetorical gesture and action

1807

 USD - 43.20
359 Sollysel (Jacques de) The compleat horseman

1696

 USD - 62.40
360 Sonnini (C. S.) Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt

1790

 USD - 33.60
361 Stael-Holstein (A.-L.-G. Necker, baronne de) Corinne

1808

 USD - 43.20
362 Stanzas

[c. 1790]

 USD - 12.00
363 Stoddart (John) Remarks on local scenery and manners in Scotland

1801

 USD - 100.80
364 Sully (Maxmilien de Bethune, duc de) Memoires

1778

 USD - 672.00
365 Surrey (Henry Howard, Earl of) and Sir Thomas Wyatt Poetical works

1831

 USD - 84.00
366 Sydenham (Thomas) The whole works

1697

 USD - 115.20
367 Sydenham (Thomas) The whole works

USD - 163.20
368 Sydenham (Thomas) Works

1742

 USD - 76.80
369 Telford (Thomas) and George Nicholls Ship canal for the junction of the English and Bristol Channels

1824

 USD - 144.00
370 Temple (Sir William) Miscellanea

1705-01

 USD - 43.20
371 Trollope (Frances) The vicar of Wrexhill

1837

 USD - 72.00
372 Valor beneficorum

1695

 USD - 48.00
373 Vancouver (John) An enquiry into the causes and production of poverty

1796

 USD - 57.60
374 [Walsh (Miss)] The officer's daughter

1810

 USD - 72.00
375 [Warner (Revd. Richard)] Bath characters

1807

 USD - 52.80
376 Warton (Thomas) and others Essays on gothic architecture

1800

 USD - 33.60
377 Warwick (Sir Philip) A discourseik of government

1694

 USD - 100.80
378 Weld (Isaac) Travels through the states of North America

1799

 USD - 312.00
379 WHELER (Sir George) A JOURNEY INTO GREECE

1682

 USD - 240.00
380 Whitehurst (John) Works

1792

 USD - 67.20
381 Wrighte (William) Grotesque architecture

1790

 USD - 115.20
382 Ashmole (Elias) The institution

1672

 USD - 67.20
383 BELLIN (Le Sieur JACQUES NICOLAS) LE PETIT ATLAS MARITIME Recueil de Cartes et Plans des Quatre Parties du Monde [Paris]

1764

 USD - 1,728.00
384 Bellin (Le Sieur Jacques Nicolas) Hydrographie Francoise

USD - 1,008.00
385 BLACK (JOSEPH) LECTURES ON THE ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY delivered in the University of Edinburgh Edinburgh

1803

 USD - 576.00
386 BLIGH (Capt., afterwards Vice-Admiral, WILLIAM) A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA

1792

 USD - 672.00
387 BLONDEL (FRANCOIS) COURS D'ARCHITECTURE Paris

1675 , 1683

 USD - 624.00
388 CAMDEN (WILLIAM) BRITANNIA

1695

 USD - 624.00
389 CAMPO (ANTONIO) CREMONA FEDELISSIMA CITTA ET NOBILISSIMA Cremona

1585

 USD - 1,080.00
390 CELLINI (BENVENUTO) DUE TRATTATI uno intorno alle otto Principali Arti dell' Oreficeria Florence

1568

 USD - 1,560.00
391 CONDE (PRINCE DE) Declaration faicte pour monstrer les raisons qui l'ont contrainct d'entreprendre la defense de l'autborite du Roy [Paris or Lyons]

1562-3

 USD - 1,440.00
392 Dalrymple (Alexander) An historical collection of the several voyages and discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean

1770-71

 USD - 432.00
393 DAMBOURNEY (L. A.) RECUEIL DE PROCEDES ET D'EXPERIENCES SUR LES TEINTURES SOLIDES

1786

 USD - 624.00
394 DANTE ALIGHIERI OPERE Venice

1757-58

 USD - 912.00
395 DAPPER (OLIVER) DESCRIPTION DE L'AFRIQUE Amsterdam

1686

 USD - 288.00
396 DOBBS (ARTHUR) AN ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRIES ADJOINING TO HUDSON'S BAY in the North-West part of America

1744

 USD - 912.00
397 Dobbs (Arthur) An account of the countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay in the North-West part of America

1744

 USD - 120.00
398 ELLIS (JOHN) AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF COFFEE

1774

 USD - 48.00
  • <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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  • <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.