Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, HARE,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 01, 1965 - March 01, 1965
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 399 | PRIVY COUNCIL LETTER | Nonesuch | 30 September 1598 |
USD - | 50.40 | |
| 400 | PRIVY COUNCIL LETTER | Nonesuch | 4 August, 1599 |
USD - | 50.40 | |
| 401 | PRIVY COUNCIL LETTER | Greenwich | 1602 |
USD - | 61.60 | |
| 402 | WALSINGHAM (Sir FRANCIS, Secretary of State) | L.s., 1/2 page | Greenwich | 1583 |
USD - | 50.40 |
| 403 | BURGHLEY (WILLIAM CECIL, Lord, 1520-98) | A.L.s. | 26 September, 1574 |
USD - | 126.00 | |
| 404 | BURGHLEY (WILLIAM CECIL, Lord) | L.s. also signed by Sir Walter Mildmay | Westminster | 19 October, 1583 |
USD - | 56.00 |
| 405 | HUNSDON (HENRY CAREY, Lord, Chamberlain of the Queen's Household) | Doc.s. | Greenwiche | 29 Marche, 1586 |
USD - | 5.60 |
| 406 | LEICESTER (ROBERT DUDLEY, Earl of) | L. (in Latin) subscribed and signed "amantissimus pater R. Leycester" | Dordrecht | 21 August, 1587 |
USD - | 70.00 |
| 407 | COKE (Sir EDWARD, lawyer) | AUTOGRAPH MEMORANDUM SIGNED | June, 34th year | Elizabeth |
USD - | 126.00 |
| 408 | ELIZABETH I (Queen of England) | Doc. s. "ELIZABETH R" | Westminster | 1597 |
USD - | 728.00 |
| 409 | EGERTON (Sir THOMAS, Baron Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley, Lord Chancellor) | L. subscribed and signed your very assured loving frende Tho | York house | 1599 |
USD - | 112.00 |
| 410 | WHITGIFT (JOHN, Archbishop of Canterbury) | Doc.s. | January,35 [1593] |
USD - | 70.00 | |
| 411 | CRICHTON (WILLIAM, Scottish Jesuit) | Important A.L. (in Italian) signed "Guglielmo Creytton" | Rome | 1581 |
USD - | 106.40 |
| 412 | JAMES I (King of England) | L.s. "James R" (as James VI of Scotland) | 3 July, 1579 |
USD - | 112.00 | |
| 413 | JAMES I (King of England) | A.L.s. (as James VI of Scotland) | [c. 1590] |
USD - | 308.00 | |
| 414 | JAMES I (King of England) | Royal Warrant ordering the payment of £600 to Lady Awdrey Walsingham | Westminster | 17 April, 4 [1606] |
USD - | 33.60 |
| 415 | JAMES I (King of England) | L. subscribed and signed "Vostre tres affectionne pere Jaques R" | 9 d'Octobre, 1622 |
USD - | 262.00 | |
| 416 | CECIL (ROBERT, 1563-1612, first Earl of Salisbury) | Doc.s. | Greenwich | 27 June, 1600 |
USD - | 28.00 |
| 417 | CECIL (ROBERT, first Earl of Salisbury) | L.s. WITH 11-LINE AUTOGRAPH POSTCRIPT | Richmond | 15 April, 1602 |
USD - | 112.00 |
| 418 | CECIL (ROBERT, 1563-1612, first Earl of Salisbury) | Characteristic A.L. (unsigned) | USD - | 56.00 | ||
| 419 | CAESAR (Sir JULIUS) | L.s. | Greenwich | 24 June, 1603 |
USD - | 22.40 |
| 420 | SACKVILLE (THOMAS, Earl of Dorset, 1536-1608, poet and statesman) | L.s. "T. Dorset" | 1 August, 1607 |
USD - | 22.40 | |
| 421 | COBHAM (HENRY BROOKE, Lord, d. 1619, conspirator) | A.L.s. | 23 January, 1609 |
USD - | 44.80 | |
| 422 | WINWOOD (Sir RALPH, c. 1563-1617, diplomatist and Secretary of State) | Interesting A.L.s. | Newmarket | 25 de Febrier, [1614] |
USD - | 33.60 |
| 423 | RALEGH (Sir WALTER) | Contemporary transcript of his letter to Sir Ralph Winwood | 21 March, 1617[8] |
USD - | 252.00 | |
| 424 | HOBART (Sir HENRY, d. 1625, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas) | Doc.s. | 10 December, 1617 |
USD - | 56.00 | |
| 425 | ANNE OF DENMARK (Queen of James I of England) | L. subscribed and signed "Vostre tres affectione soeur et Cousin Anna R" | 22 Novembre, 1605 |
USD - | 89.60 | |
| 426 | GUNPOWDER PLOT | [1606] |
USD - | 196.00 | ||
| 427 | HENRY FREDERICK (Prince of Wales, 1594-1612) | Doc. s. "HENRY P" granting to Francis Crane the office of clerk of the Prince's Council and the custody of his books and records with the fee of £30 a year | 30 May, 1611 |
USD - | 308.00 | |
| 428 | BACON (Sir NATHANIEL, 1547-1622, half-brother of Sir Francis Bacon, Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk, etc.) | Interesting Collection of 27 letters and memoranda from his papers | USD - | 196.00 | ||
| 429 | HEYDON (Sir CHRISTOPHER, d. 1623, writer on astrology) | A.L.s. | 27 May, 1603 |
USD - | 22.40 | |
| 430 | COKE (Sir EDWARD, lawyer) | Contemporary manuscript of the Report of the Privy Council on their interviews with Coke on 26 and 30 June | [c.1616] |
USD - | 16.80 | |
| 431 | JACOBEAN AND CAROLINE | Doc.s. | USD - | 33.60 | ||
| 432 | CONSTABLE Sir HENRY, Roman Catholic landowner, of Burton Constable | West Riding | USD - | 61.60 | ||
| 433 | MIDDLESEX (LIONEL CRANFIELD, Earl of) | A.L.s. | Chelsea | 16 March, 1623 |
USD - | 16.80 |
| 434 | LAUD (WILLIAM, Archbishop of Canterbury) | L.s. (as Archbishop) | Whytehall | 8 June, 1635 |
USD - | 67.20 |
| 435 | CHARLES I AS PRINCE OF WALES | "The Bill of William Milnes one of ye Princes highnes messengers for a quarter of a yeares ended at the feast of St. Michaeli Tharchangell 1621" (iteming his "charges in journeying" etc.) | USD - | 50.40 | ||
| 436 | CHARLES I (King of England) | L. subscribed and signed "Vostre tres affectionne Frere Charles R" | Nottingham | 30 Aoust, 1642 |
USD - | 98.00 |
| 437 | CLARENDON (EDWARD HYDE, first Earl of) | L. subscribed and signed | Salisbury | 25 August, 1665 |
USD - | 112.00 |
| 438 | TRUMBULL (Sir WILLIAM, 1639-1716, Secretary of State) | COMMONPLACE BOOK | 168 | USD - | 126.00 | |
| 439 | ANNE (Queen of England) | DOC. S. "Anne R" | 18 May 1710 |
USD - | 70.00 | |
| 440 | NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE) | An extremely interesting series of A.Ls.s. | Paris | 1838 |
USD - | 532.00 |
| 441 | NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE) | Important family correspondence | USD - | 392.00 | ||
| 442 | NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE) | Interesting collection of about 60 letters addressed to her by various correspondents | India | 1879 |
USD - | 98.00 |
| 443 | CAVELL (Nurse EDITH) | A.L.S. "E. Cavell Matron" | Cumberlan Cottage | 9 September 1911 |
USD - | 126.00 |
| 444 | AUTOGRAPH ALBUM containing A.Ls.s. of Thomas Coutts | USD - | 39.20 | |||
| 445 | SCOTLAND | Scotlan | 1788 |
USD - | 210.00 | |
| 446 | NORFOLK | USD - | 252.00 | |||
| 447 | ENGLISH STATESMEN | USD - | 22.40 | |||
| 448 | GRENVILLE (WILLIAM WYNDHAM, Lord, Prime Minister 1806-1807) | L.s. | Dropmore | 25 November 1810 |
USD - | 70.00 |
| 449 | LAMBERT (Rear-Admiral ROBERT, Commander on the St. Helena station 1820-1) | 2 Ls.s. | Vigo | 2 May-7 May, 1821 |
USD - | 84.00 |
| 450 | LINCOLN (ABRAHAM, sixteenth President of the United States) | A.L.s. (as President) | Washington | 27 July, 1863 |
USD - | 952.00 |
| 451 | SLAVE TRADE | USD - | 84.00 | |||
| 452 | ALBERT (Prince Consort) | 11 A.Ls.s. and one L.s. to Lord Westmorland | USD - | 84.00 | ||
| 453 | ARNOLD (MATTHEW) | Interesting A.L.s. to Julian Fane | 1854 |
USD - | 78.40 | |
| 454 | ARTISTS | USD - | 70.00 | |||
| 455 | BRITISH STATESMEN | USD - | 42.00 | |||
| 456 | BROUGHAM (HENRY, Lord Brougham and Vaux, Lord Chancellor) | Fine series of not less than 180 A.Ls.s. to Lady Westmorland | 9 May 1868 |
USD - | 980.00 | |
| 457 | BROWNING (ROBERT) | Four A.Ls.s. to Lady Westmorland | 1863-1866 |
USD - | 126.00 | |
| 458 | DUKES OF CAMBRIDGE | USD - | 154.00 | |||
| 459 | HUMBOLDT (Baron, ALEXANDER) | Six long and discursive letters | 7 February 1847 |
USD - | 392.00 | |
| 460 | LEOPOLD I (King of the Belgians) | Interesting series of A.Ls.s. to Lord Westmorland (9 letters, 1830-1856) and Lady Westmorland (12 letters, 1846-1865) | USD - | 560.00 | ||
| 461 | MARIE LOUISE (ex-Empress) | Two A.Ls.s. | Parma, Milan | 10 December 1829 |
USD - | 196.00 |
| 462 | MEYERBEER (GIACOMO) | Two fine A.Ls.s. and one L.s. to Lady Westmorland | USD - | 70.00 | ||
| 463 | MISCELLANEOUS letters of royal personages and others (mostly A.Ls.s. addressed to Lord or Lady Westmorland) | USD - | 112.00 | |||
| 464 | Pozzo Di BORGO (Count CARLO ANDREA, Corsican diplomat) | Fine series of 21 A.Ls.s. to Lady Westmorland and one A.L.s. to her husband | 1812-1837 |
USD - | 14.00 | |
| 465 | SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN | Correspondence of Lord Westmorland concerning the Schleswig-Holstein dispute and the Treaty of Peace between the Kings of Prussia and Denmark which was signed at his house in Berlin on 2 July 1850 | Berli | 2 July 1850 |
USD - | 84.00 |
| 466 | STAEL (Madame GERMAINE DE) | Three A.Ls. to Lady Westmorland | USD - | 308.00 | ||
| 467 | TALLEYRAND (Prince CHARLES MAURICE DE) | Two A.Ls. to Lady Westmorland | USD - | 61.60 | ||
| 468 | JENNER (EDWARD, discoverer of vaccination) | A.L.s. | Bedford Place | 3 August, 1807 |
USD - | 308.00 |
| 469 | LAWRENCE (Sir THOMAS) | A.L.s. | 21 July |
USD - | 33.60 | |
| 470 | LAWRENCE (Sir THOMAS) | Interesting Series of 11 A.Ls.s. | 2 May 1799-3 January, 1830 |
USD - | 420.00 | |
| 471 | LYSONS (SAMUEL, 1763-1819, antiquary) | A.L.s. | Gwaenynog | 27 August, 1785 |
USD - | 154.00 |
| 472 | [LYSONS (SAMUEL, 1763-1819, antiquary, Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London)] | Collection of letters to him (with two to his brother Daniel) | USD - | 98.00 | ||
| 473 | THACKERAY (W. M.) | A.L.s. | Kensington | Tuesday, 11 December |
USD - | 42.00 |
| 474 | COMMONPLACE BOOK CONTAINING TWO QUOTATIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE'S OTHELLO | USD - | 700.00 | |||
| 475 | BROWNE (Sir THOMAS, 1605-82) | L. subscribed and signed | Norwic | 1658 |
USD - | 588.00 |
| 476 | BROWNE (Sir THOMAS) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT concerning the draining and recovering of inundated lands in Holsatia undertaken by the Duke of Holstein in 1610 and the following years | [February, 1658/9] |
USD - | 616.00 | |
| 477 | WESLEY (JOHN) | A.L.S. | 12 January, 1769 |
USD - | 308.00 | |
| 478 | WESLEY (JOHN) | A.L.s. | Otley | 1 July |
USD - | 308.00 |
| 479 | WESLEY (JOHN) | Three Intimate A.Ls.s. | January-9 September, 1781 |
USD - | 644.00 | |
| 480 | LAMB (CHARLES) | A.L.S. ("CL") | USD - | 420.00 | ||
| 481 | GASKELL (Mrs. E. C.) | A.L.s. | Plymout Grove | [1857] |
USD - | 210.00 |
| 482 | GASKELL (Mrs. E. C.) | Charming A.L.s. | 13 March, [?1864] |
USD - | 28.00 | |
| 483 | LITERARY AND ARTISTIC | USD - | 182.00 | |||
| 484 | MYLNE (ROBERT, architect, F.R.S.) | A.L.s. | London | 22 August 1785 |
USD - | 2.80 |
| 485 | ARNOLD (THOMAS, 1795-1842, headmaster of Rugby) | A.L.s. | 21 December 1827 |
USD - | 78.40 | |
| 486 | [GABELL (HENRY DISON, 1764-1831, D.D., head-master of Winchester)] | Interesting Collection of letters to him from various correspondents | USD - | 28.00 | ||
| 487 | SCOTT (Sir WALTER) | A.L.S. | Edinburgh | 8 March, [1824] |
USD - | 182.00 |
| 488 | WOLLSTONECRAFT (MARY, 1759-97, Mrs. Godwin) | Interesting Series of 4 A.Ls.s. | Dublin | USD - | 952.00 | |
| 489 | EVANS (EDMUND, 1826-1905, wood-engraver and colour-printer) | Series of 19 A.Ls.s. | 6 October, 1897-18 April, 1904 |
USD - | 196.00 | |
| 490 | SCOTT (Sir WALTER) | A.L.s. | Abbotsford | 28 October, 1830 |
USD - | 84.00 |
| 491 | KIPLING (RUDYARD) | A.L.S. | 16 July 1904 |
USD - | 106.40 | |
| 492 | BOER WAR | USD - | 164.00 | |||
| 493 | ARNOLD (MATTHEW) | Long and interesting A.L.s. | Cobham Surrey | 1875 |
USD - | 154.00 |
| 494 | CARLYLE (THOMAS) | A.L.S. | Chelsea | 24 October 1865 |
USD - | 98.00 |
| 495 | ENGLISH POETRY | 2 April-12 June 1868 |
USD - | 112.00 | ||
| 496 | HUXLEY (THOMAS HENRY, scientist) | Humorous A.L.s. | 22 August 1863 |
USD - | 33.60 | |
| 497 | KEBLE (John) | A.L.s. | Winchester | Advent Sunday, 1859 |
USD - | 44.80 |
| 498 | MITFORD (MARY RUSSELL, authoress) | Characteristic and amusing A.L.s. | 1825 |
USD - | 89.60 |
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