Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPT MAPS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, ETC., EAGLE,

Auction Details

Auction Date
January 01, 1948 - January 01, 1948
Page Size: 715 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 Edward Halle The Vnion of the two noble and illustrate families of Lancastre & Yorke

1548

 GBP - 7.10
202 A. Hamilton Memoires du Comte de Grarnmont

1811

 GBP - 2.00
203 J. Hanway The Case of the Canadians at Montreal distressed by fire

[1766]

 GBP - 38.00
204 John Harding Chronicle

1543

 GBP - 0.10
205 R. G. Harper Observations on the Dispute between the United States and France

1798

 GBP - 8.00
206 John Harris A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels

1764

 GBP - 7.10
207 Moses Harris The English Lepidoptera

1775

 GBP - 2.05
208 Moses Harris An Exposition of English Insects

1782

 GBP - 5.00
209 William Harvey Selections from the Royal Stud ... at Hampton Court

1834

 GBP - 15.00
210 Sir John Hawkins A General History of Music

1776

 GBP - 10.00
211 W. Hayley The Life Chichester

1803-4

 GBP - 1.00
212 Samuel Hearne A Journey from Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean

1795

 GBP - 14.00
213 M. Hedelin The Whole Art of the Stage

1684

 GBP - 9.00
214 Sir Thomas Herbert Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia

1677

 GBP - 5.00
215 J. Herbinius De admirandis Mundi Cataractis Amstelodami

1578

 GBP - 4.10
216 J. F. W. Herbst Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse Zurich

1782

 GBP - 10.00
217 J. F. Hermann Mémoire aptérologique Strasbourg

1804

 GBP - 3.10
218 Peter Heylyn Cosmographie

1652

 GBP - 6.00
219 John Hill An History of Animals

1752

 GBP - 7.10
220 Historical Manuscripts Commission

1871-1933

 GBP - 38.00
221 Histoire des Découvertes dans plusicurs contrées de la Russie Berne

1779

 GBP - 17.00
222 G. F. Hoffman Historia Salicum Lipsiae

1787

 GBP - 4.00
223 R. Holinshcd Chronicles

1587

 GBP - 3.10
224 Homer The Iliad translated by Mr. Pope

1715-20

 GBP - 1.00
225 J. D. Hooker The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya

1849

 GBP - 26.00
226 Richard Hooker Works

1666

 GBP - 1.00
227 William Hooker The Paradisus Londinensis: or Coloured Figures of Plants

1805

 GBP - 41.00
228 W. J. Hooker and R. K. Greville Icones filicum . . . Figures and descriptions of Ferns

1831

 GBP - 8.00
229 Horses A comparative View of the form and character of the English racer and saddle-horse

1836

 GBP - 18.00
230 T. W. Horsfield The History Lewes

1835

 GBP - 0.10
231 Hortus Eystattensis Brunsvigae

1651

 GBP - 20.00
232 Samuel Howitt Foreign Field Sports . . . with a supplement of New South Wales

1814

 GBP - 11.00
233 John Hunter An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson

1793

 GBP - 10.10
234 Thomas Hutchinson The History of the Colony of Massachuset's Bay London

1765

 GBP - 7.00
235 R. Clive India

[1772]

 GBP - 3.10
236 Ireland

1799-1800

 GBP - 2.00
237 S. Ireland Picturesque Views on the River Thames

1792

 GBP - 2.10
238 J. T. James Views in Russia

1826

 GBP - 7.10
239 J. Jansson Theatrum exhibens illustriores . . . civitates Amstelodami

1657

 GBP - 205.00
240 J. Johnstone Historiae Naturalis de Piscibus et Cetis Amstelodami

1657

 GBP - 1.00
241 Samuel Johnson A Dictionary of the English Language

1755

 GBP - 28.00
242 D. Joncquet and A. Vallot Hortus Regius Parisiis

1665

 GBP - 19.00
243 Ben Jonson Works

1692

 GBP - 7.00
244 E. Kaempfer Amoenitatum Exoticarum politico - physico - medicarum fasciculi V Lemgoviae

1712

 GBP - 6.10
245 P. Kalm Travels into North America

1772

 GBP - 8.10
246 G. Keate An Account of the Pelew Islands

1788

 GBP - 1.00
247 D. King The Cathedrall and Conventuall Churches of England and Wales

1656

 GBP - 3.10
248 J. Kip Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne Londres

1735

 GBP - 17.00
249 A. Kircher Mundus Subterraneus Amstelodami

1668

 GBP - 8.00
250 J. L. Knapp Gramina Britannica

1804

 GBP - 5.10
251 R. Knolles The Generall Historie of the Turkes

1638

 GBP - 4.10
252 G. W. Knorr Deliciae Naturae Selectae Nürnberg

1754

 GBP - 58.00
253 G. W. Knorr Collection des differentes espèces de Coquillages Nuremberg

1764-73

 GBP - 38.00
254 Ladies' Diary

1712

 GBP - 2.00
255 C. Le Brun Voyages par la Muscovy Amsterdam

1718

 GBP - 5.00
256 A. R. Le Sage The Adventures of Gil Blas

1809

 GBP - 1.00
257 A. R. Le Sage Histoire de Gil Blas Paris

1820

 GBP - 9.10
258 William Leybourn The Compleat Surveyor

1653

 GBP - 6.10
259 C. L. L'Heritier Geraniologia Paris

1787-8

 GBP - 19.00
260 C. L. L'Heritier Sertum Anglicum Paris

1788

 GBP - 16.00
261 John Lightfoot Flora Scotica

1777

 GBP - 1.00
262 Richard Ligon A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes

1673

 GBP - 7.00
263 J. H. Linckius De Stellis marinis Lipsiae

1733

 GBP - 5.00
264 John Lindley and William Hutton The Fossil Flora of Great Britain

1831-7

 GBP - 4.00
265 M. de L'Obel Animadversiones

1605

 GBP - 10.00
266 John Locke A Letter concerning Toleration

1689

 GBP - 3.00
267 E. H. Locker Memoirs of celebrated naval commanders

1832

 GBP - 1.10
268 Job Ludolphus A New History of Ethiopia

1682

 GBP - 4.10
269 Catharine Macaulay An Address to the People

1775

 GBP - 8.00
270 W. Maitland The History of London

1754-6

 GBP - 3.00
271 Malines

GBP - 6.00
272 Thomas Malton A Compleat Treatise on Perspective on the true principles of Dr. Brook Taylor

1778

 GBP - 2.00
273 M. Manilius The Sphere

1675

 GBP - 18.00
274 G. Markham The Art of Archerie

1634

 GBP - 26.00
275 Martin Marprelate Tract

1589

 GBP - 26.00
276 Thomas Martyn The English Entomologist

1792

 GBP - 10.00
277 P. Massinger The Plays

1805

 GBP - 1.00
278 P. A. Matthioli Commentarii Venetiis

1554

 GBP - 7.00
279 Margaret Meen [Plants at Kew Garden]

[1790]

 GBP - 26.00
280 M. S. Merian Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Amstelaedami

1719

 GBP - 32.00
281 P. A. Michelius Nova plantarum genera Florentiae

1729

 GBP - 11.00
282 J. G. Millais The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland

1904

 GBP - 7.10
283 J. G. Millais The Mammals

1904

 GBP - 7.00
284 J. G. Millais The Natural History of British Game Birds

1909

 GBP - 8.10
285 John Miller An Illustration of the Sexual System

1777

 GBP - 42.00
286 P. Miller The Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary

1807

 GBP - 1.00
287 T. Milles The Catalogue of Honor

1610

 GBP - 6.10
288 J. Milton The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce

1645

 GBP - 5.10
289 John Milton The History of Britain

1671

 GBP - 1.00
290 C. Molloy De Jure Maritimo et Navali

1688

 GBP - 10.00
291 M. de Montaigne Essays

1685-6

 GBP - 4.00
292 B. R. Morris British Game Birds and Wildfowl

1855

 GBP - 6.10
293 E. T. Coleman Mountaineering

1859

 GBP - 3.10
294 Joseph Moxon A Tutor to Astronomie and Geographie: or . . . the Use of both the Globes

1659

 GBP - 5.10
295 O. F. Müller Animalcula Infusoria Hauniae

1786

 GBP - 14.00
296 Robert Murray A Proposal for a National Bank

1695

 GBP - 26.00
298 Naval Anecdotes

1805

 GBP - 7.00
299 Navy Records Society

1895-1935

 GBP - 17.00
300 J. Necker Reflexions sur le procés intenté à Louis XVI Paris

1792

 GBP - 0.15
301 William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle A New Method

1667

 GBP - 28.00
  • <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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