Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, HARE,

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Auction Date
March 01, 1965 - March 01, 1965
Page Size: 765 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
299 BERNADOTTE (JEAN-BAPTISTE JULES, Marshal, King of Sweden) Fine A.L.s. Padua

8 March 1797

 USD - 56.00
300 BERNADOTTE (JEAN-BAPTISTE JULES, Marshal, King of Sweden) A.L.s.

21 December 1798

 USD - 112.00
301 BERNADOTTE (JEAN-BAPTISTE JULES, Marshal, King of Sweden) L.s. Paris

2 July 1799

 USD - 33.60
302 BONAPARTE (JOSEPH, eldest brother of the Emperor) A.L.s. Paris

15 February 1798

 USD - 28.00
303 MURAT (JOACHIM, King of Naples) L.s. Paris

1802

 USD - 44.80
304 NAPOLEON I (Emperor) Interesting L.s. "Bonaparte" Paris

14 April 1798

 USD - 112.00
305 NAPOLEON I (Emperor) Fine L Paris

12 August 1801

 USD - 154.00
306 NAPOLEONIC WARS-MALTA

12 June 1798

 USD - 154.00
307 NEY (MICHEL, Marshal, Prince of the Moskowa) Important A.L.s. to Napoleon Erfurt

1806

 USD - 126.00
308 PAPACY Rome

1700

 USD - 16.80
309 PARLIAMENT

5 October 1553

 USD - 126.00
310 PARLIAMENT

1620

 USD - 106.40
311 RALEGH (Sir WALTER) A Dialogue Betweene a Councelore & a Justice of Peace

USD - 448.00
312 UZZANO (NICCOLO DA, Florentine Gonfaloniere di Giustizia) Original Letter to him from a commercial correspondent in Pisa Pisa

1394

 USD - 28.00
313 CASTIGLIONE (BALDASSARE, author of "II Cortegiano") L. subscribed and signed "Vostro com bon fratello B. Castiglione" Rome

30 April 1524

 USD - 700.00
314 ISABELLA (daughter of Alfonso II, King of Naples, and widow of Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan) Three poems on her death, the first

c. 1525

 USD - 98.00
315 COLONNA (MARC ANTONIO, Grand Constable of the kingdom of Naples) Doc.s. Rome

25 April 1592

 USD - 25.20
316 POPES Venice

(1604)

 USD - 154.00
317 BRIGNOLLES (VAR) Register in the hand of a notary

1511

 USD - 2.80
318 ANTONIO (Prior of Crato, pretender to the Portuguese throne) PORTUGAL London

15 September [1589]

 USD - 56.00
319 BEZE (THEODORE DE, 1519-1605) Fine letter (in Latin) Geneva

8 March, [15]94

 USD - 56.00
320 BELLARMINO (Cardinal ROBERTO, Roman Catholic controversialist) A.L.s. Lyon

9 January 1600

 USD - 168.00
321 SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE

USD - 61.60
322 SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ITALY

USD - 33.60
323 MISCELLANEOUS

USD - 39.20
324 MISCELLANEOUS

USD - 84.00
325 LITERARY

(1835-1914)

 USD - 44.80
326 MISCELLANEOUS

c. 1790-1925

 USD - 154.00
327 SAVOY (VITTORE AMADEO, Duke of) L.s. Rome

15 July, 1615

 USD - 16.80
328 SPAIN Brussels

11 May 1619

 USD - 30.80
329 GERMANY AND AUSTRIA

USD - 280.00
330 A.L.s.

(1616, 1618)

 USD - 294.00
331 Montecuccoli (Prince RAIMONDO, Imperial Field Marshal and author of "Il Trattato della Guerra") Interesting A.L.s. Modena

18 May 1643

 USD - 19.60
332 ISABEL (of Spain, widow of Archduke Albert of Austria, Governess of the Netherlands) L.s. "Isabel" (in Spanish) Brussels

25 March 1628

 USD - 5.60
333 GUISE (FRANCOIS DE LORRAINE, Duc de) L. subscribed and signed Fontainebleau

1560

 USD - 44.80
334 CATHERINE DE MEDICI (Queen of France) L. subscribed and signed

1574

 USD - 140.00
335 CATHERINE DE MEDICI (Queen of France) Doc. s Paris

11 Septembre, 1585

 USD - 56.00
336 HENRI III (King of France) L.s. Paris

8 Aoust, 1587

 USD - 33.60
337 HENRI III (King of France) L.s. Paris

4 Juin, 1585

 USD - 44.80
338 HENRI IV (King of France) Early L

16 Decembre, 1577

 USD - 98.00
339 HENRI IV (King of France) L.s. Fontainebleau

14 Juin 1609

 USD - 140.00
340 Louis XIII (King of France) A.L.s. Monceaux

23 Septembre 1634

 USD - 140.00
341 METTERNICH (Prince CLEMENS WENZEL, Austrian statesman) A.L.s. in French Paris

c. 1850

 USD - 50.40
342 MEISSONIER (JEAN LOUIS ERNEST, painter) A.L.s. Boulevard Malesherbes

28 July, 1882

 USD - 2.80
343 PIATTOLI (SCIPIONE, secretary to King Stanislaus Poniato wski of Poland) Long and interesting A.L.s. Giugno

1791

 USD - 22.40
344 "EDMOND AND SILVIE"

USD - 140.00
345 VIGNY (ALFRED DE) Fine A.L.s.

8 February 1850

 USD - 39.20
346 BAUDELAIRE (CHARLES) A.L.s. Bruxelles

18 Juin 1864

 USD - 252.00
347 SAND (GEORGE) A.L.s.

22 August 1863

 USD - 39.20
348 VAN GOGH ALBUM AMICORUM of Vice-Admiral Johannes Van Gogh (1817-1885)

USD - 14.00
349 ALDINI (GIOVANNI, scientist) "Notizie Concernenti la elettricita Animale"

c. 1790-1800

 USD - 476.00
350 MORGAGNI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA, Professor of Anatomy at Padua, 1682-1771) Fine A.L.s. Padua

10 November 1767

 USD - 224.00
351 FABBRONI (GIOVANNI, Italian scientist and economist, director of the Grand Ducal museum of natural sciences in Florence) Long and interesting series of about 390 letters on scientific and other subjects written to him from Paris

USD - 1,680.00
352 BOULTON (MATTHEW, engineer) Interesting correspondence London

8 June 1787

 USD - 364.00
353 BANKS (Sir JOSEPH, President of the Royal Society) A.L.

6 April 1784

 USD - 100.80
354 JUAREZ (BENITO, President of Mexico) Important A.L.s.

28 de 1869

 USD - 196.00
355 Du FAY (ANNE MARIE, nee Roosen) SURINAM Parimaribo dans la Riviere de Suriname

29 March 1720

 USD - 14.00
356 EAST INDIA COMPANY

1774

 USD - 33.60
357 GIBRALTAR

USD - 22.40
358 BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) Geographical Report of the Province of Sao Paulo Sao Paulo

USD - 126.00
359 BURTON (Sir R. F.) Collection of miscellaneous Autograph Manuscripts by him

USD - 364.00
360 BURTON (Sir R. F.) Nineteen Manuscript Sketch-maps and plans annotated in his hand illustrating his journies in the land of Midian

USD - 280.00
361 BURTON (Sir R. F.) The Autograph Manuscript of a satirical work on life in the Anglo-Indian Army

USD - 1,120.00
362 BURTON (Sir R. F.) The Curse of the Muse upon a Certain Dr. Polyglott

USD - 210.00
363 BURTON (Sir R. F.) THE ORIGINAL TALE OF A TUB

USD - 308.00
364 BURTON (Sir R. F.) The Original Agreement between him and his wife and Waterlow and Sons Ltd

1 July, 1885

 USD - 252.00
365 BURTON (Sir R. F.) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK

USD - 2,184.00
366 BURTON (Sir R. F.) Eight Manuscript sheets containing the Greek

USD - 210.00
367 BURTON (Sir R. F.) IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF LETTERS

USD - 840.00
368 BURTON (Sir R. F.) EIGHT ALBUMS OF PRESS-CUTTINGS AND CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED BY HIM AND HIS WIFE

USD - 3,080.00
369 BURTON (Sir R. F.) IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF SEVERAL HUNDRED LETTERS TO HIM

USD - 1,176.00
370 BURTON (Lady ISABEL) "My Deposition Regarding The Scented Garden"

16 September 1893

 USD - 364.00
371 BURTON (Lady ISABEL) Collection of Autograph Manuscripts by her

USD - 280.00
372 BURTON (Lady ISABEL) Collection of letters to her from various correspondents mentioning her husband etc

USD - 140.00
373 DRAKE (C. F. TYRWHITT) TWO Watercolour Views

June 1871

 USD - 84.00
374 GORDON (CHARLES GEORGE, General) Interesting A.L.s. Lausanne

12 March, 1880

 USD - 154.00
375 GORDON (CHARLES GEORGE, General) Series of 6 A.Ls.s. and the conclusion

15 July, 1883

 USD - 280.00
376 ISMAIL (Khedive of Egypt) L.s. Le Caire

16 Septembre 1877

 USD - 308.00
377 SMITHERS (LEONARD C, publisher and author etc.) IMPORTANT SERIES OF OVER 300 LETTERS

1891-5

 USD - 1,680.00
378 SMITHERS (LEONARD C.) Interesting A.L.s. Sheffield

17 September, 1889

 USD - 252.00
379 SMITHERS (LEONARD C.) Autograph Manuscripts of five lyrics from Catullus translated into English verse

USD - 224.00
380 SYMONDS (JOHN ADDINGTON) FINE A.L.S.

24 October, 1885

 USD - 308.00
381 BLAKE (ROBERT, 1599-1657, Admiral) L.s. Westminster

14 April, 1649

 USD - 39.20
382 BRADSHAW (JOHN, 1602-59, regicide) L.s. (as President of the Council of State) Whitehall

14 November, 1649

 USD - 28.00
383 COOK (Captain JAMES) A.L.s.

21 February 1776

 USD - 392.00
384 CROMWELL (OLIVER) L.S. Whitehall

24 February, 1654

 USD - 168.00
385 MISCELLANEOUS

USD - 112.00
386 PEMBROKE (PHILIP HERBERT, 1619-69, Earl of) Whitehall

5 July, 1652

 USD - 39.20
387 PEPYS (SAMUEL) L.s. Derby house

January [16]77

 USD - 61.60
388 PETERS (HUGH, 1598-1660) L.s.

21 October, 1653

 USD - 42.00
389 SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NAVY

USD - 196.00
390 SIDDONS (SARAH) A.L.s. Upper Baker Street

USD - 56.00
391 THACKERAY (W. M.) A.L.s.

12 June, [1858]

 USD - 98.00
392 KNOX (JOHN) Contemporary transcript of his celebrated letter to Queen Elizabeth Edinburgh

c. 1559

 USD - 67.20
393 MARY STUART (Queen of Scots) Royal Charter granting to Sir John Colquhoun of Lus rights in various lands Edinburgh

21 April, 1567

 USD - 196.00
394 MAITLAND (WILLIAM, c. 1528-73, of Lethington, Secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots) FINE A.L.s. Edinburgh

27 February, 1561[2]

 USD - 252.00
395 MORTON (JAMES DOUGLAS, fourth Earl of Regent of Scotland) L.s. "JAMES REGENT" Halyrudehouse

3 November, 1575

 USD - 50.40
396 PHILIP II (King of Spain and of England) L.s. London

6 December 1554

 USD - 616.00
397 PRIVY COUNCIL LETTER Hampton court

28 September 1552

 USD - 28.00
398 PRIVY COUNCIL LETTER Greenwich

16 August, 1597

 USD - 39.20
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