Sothebys: Music, Musical Manuscripts Russian And Continental Books Autograph Letters And Historical Documents, UMBRA,

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 11, 1974 - March 11, 1974
Page Size: 382 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ANACREONTIC SOCIETY

GBP - 65.00
2 BURNEY (Dr. CHARLES) A General History of Music

1782-89

 GBP - 50.00
3 Calliope: or, the Musical Miscellany

1788

 GBP - 2.00
4 Clio and Euterpe or British Harmony

1785

 GBP - 22.00
5 Evance (William) Six Sonatas for the Piano Forte or Harpsichord with an Accompanyment for a Violin and Violoncello

GBP - 45.00
6 HANDEL (GEORGE FRIDERIC) FLORIDANT AN OPERA

[1722]

 GBP - 65.00
7 Hawdon (Matthias, Organist of Beverly Minster) Six Conversation Sonatas for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte

GBP - 60.00
8 Haydn (Joseph) Three Sonatas for the Harpsichord or Piano-Forte with an Accompaniment for a Violin & Violoncello

[1785 or later]

 GBP - 45.00
9 Jones (Edward) Musical Miscellany

[1797]

 GBP - 35.00
10 Jones (Edward) Musical Remains

c.1796

 GBP - 35.00
11 JONES (RICHARD) Six Suites of Lessons for a Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord

[c. 1740]

 GBP - 85.00
12 Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Felix) Symphonie No. 3 Leipzig

[1843]

 GBP - 40.00
13 Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) Due Sonate per il Clavicembalo o Forte Piano

[1787]

 GBP - 120.00
14 Orfeo

GBP - 26.00
15 Purcell (Henry) A Collection of Ayres

1697

 GBP - 22.00
16 PURCELL (HENRY) Te Deum & Jubilate for Voices and Instruments made for St. Caecilia's Day

GBP - 150.00
17 Saint-Saens (Camille) Parysatis Paris

1902

 GBP - 14.00
18 Tulip (Timothy, psedonym) The Merry Mountebank

1732

 GBP - 1.00
19 [Universal Musician (The) or Songster's Delight]

[c. 1738]

 GBP - 10.00
20 Veracini (Francesco Maria) XII Solos for a Violin with a Through Bass for the Harpsicord or Bass Violin

GBP - 80.00
21 Vocal Enchantress (The) presenting an Elegant Selection of the most favourite Hunting

[1783]

 GBP - 1.00
22 BACH (JOHANN SEBASTIAN) JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACHS VIERSTIMMIGE CHORALGESANGE Leipzig

1784-87

 GBP - 80.00
23 MORLEY (THOMAS) A PLAINE AND EASIE INTRODUCTION TO PRACTICALL MUSICKE

1597

 GBP - 240.00
24 AGUS (GIUSEPPE) A Second Book of Opera Dances for 1776

GBP - 75.00
25 Arnold (John) The Essex Harmony

1767-9

 GBP - 18.00
26 Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel) Die Israeliten in der Wuste Hamburg

1775

 GBP - 70.00
27 Bach (Johann Sebastian) Grosse Passions-Music

[1862]

 GBP - 7.00
28 Bailleux [(Antoine)] Methode pour apprendre facilement la Musique Vocale et Instrumentale Paris

[1770]

 GBP - 35.00
29 Bartha (Denes) and Laszlo Somfai Haydn als Opernkapellmeister Budapest & Mainz

1960

 GBP - 16.00
30 Beethoven (Ludwig van) Rondo pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forte [Op. 51] Vienna

[End of 1797 or later]

 GBP - 2.00
31 Beethoven (Ludwig van) Messa a quattro Voci coll'Accompagnamento dell'Orchestra Leipzig

1667 [1812 or slightly later]

 GBP - 16.00
32 BEETHOVEN (LUDWIG VAN) Ouverture en Ut a Grand Orchestre Mainz

[1825]

 GBP - 55.00
33 BEETHOVEN (LUDWIG VAN) SINFONIE MIT SCHLUSS-CHOR uber Schillers Ode Antwerp

[end of Aug., 1826]

 GBP - 140.00
34 Beethoven (Ludwig van) Grande Fugue tantot libre

[1827]

 GBP - 18.00
35 Berlioz (Hector) Deuxieme Partie des Troyens Paris

[1863]

 GBP - 22.00
36 [Bianchi (Francesco)] La Villanella Rapita ou La Villageoise Enlevee

[1789]

 GBP - 20.00
37 Bishop (Sir Henry Rowley) Home

[1823 (watermark 1821)]

 GBP - 14.00
38 Blaise [(Adolphe)] Isabelle et Gertrude Paris

[c.1775]

 GBP - 28.00
39 Boeheim (F. M.) Auswahl von Maurer Gesangen mit Melodien der vorzuglichsten Componisten Berlin

1798-99

 GBP - 42.00
40 BONANNI (FILIPPO) Gabinetto Armonico Rome

1722

 GBP - 110.00
41 CHERUBINI (LUIGI) Les Deux Journees Paris

[1800]

 GBP - 75.00
42 Corelli (Arcangelo) Sonate a Tre Due Violine e Violone col Basso per l'Organo

GBP - 24.00
43 CROSSE (JOHN) An Account of the Grand Musical Festival held in September 1823 in the Cathedral Church of York York

1825

 GBP - 55.00
44 Dal[ayrac (Nicolas)] Nina our La Folle par Amour Paris

[cl786]

 GBP - 10.00
45 DALAYRAC (NICOLAS) MAISON A VENDRE

[1800 or slightly earlier]

 GBP - 20.00
46 Duni (Egidio Romualdo) La Fee Urgele Paris

[1766]

 GBP - 24.00
47 Elgar (Sir Edward) Five Part-Songs

1903

 GBP - 30.00
48 Fitzwilliam Music

GBP - 14.00
49 GERBERT (MARTIN) De Cantu et Musica Sacra a Prima Ecclesiae Aetate usque ad Praesens Tempus

1774

 GBP - 100.00
50 Gluck (Christoph Willibald, Ritter von) Iphigenie en Aulide Paris

[c. 1795-99]

 GBP - 24.00
51 Gretry (Andre Ernest Modeste) Silvain Paris

[c.1770]

 GBP - 16.00
52 Gretry (Andre Ernest Modeste) Oeuvre VI IE Zemire et Azor Paris

[c.1772]

 GBP - 30.00
53 Gretry (Andre Ernest Modeste) Oeuvre XL La Fausse Magie Paris

[c.1775]

 GBP - 12.00
54 Hale (Thomas, of Darnhall, Cheshire) Social Harmony consisting of a Collection of Songs and Catches [?Liverpool]

1763

 GBP - 4.00
55 Handel (George Frideric) Te Deum et Jubilate [for the Peace of Utrecht]

[c.1732]

 GBP - 18.00
56 Handel (George Frideric) Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin

[1736-33]

 GBP - 38.00
57 HANDEL (GEORGE FRIDERIC) Atalanta an Opera

GBP - 70.00
58 Handel (George Frideric) Judas Macchabaeus

[c. 1749]

 GBP - 8.00
59 Handel (George Frideric) Handel's Songs selected from his Oratorios for the Harpsichord

[c.1769-80]

 GBP - 52.00
60 Handel (George Frideric) Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin Edinburgh

[1780]

 GBP - 16.00
61 Humble (Maximilian) Six Sonatas for two Violins and a Thourough Bass

GBP - 20.00
62 Huth Library

1867

 GBP - 10.00
63 Instrumental Parts (odd) of orchestral & chamber works by Corelli (arranged by Geminiani)

GBP - 26.00
64 Ireland (John) The Forgotten Rite

Copyright 1918

 GBP - 18.00
65 ISAAC (-) THE GLOUCESTER A NEW DANCE

GBP - 170.00
66 Keith (R. W.) Improved Edition

GBP - 12.00
67 Kinsky (Georg) Geschichte der Musik in Bildern Leipzig

1929

 GBP - 18.00
68 Liszt (Franz) Lohengrin et Tannhauser de Richard Wagner Leipzig

1851

 GBP - 65.00
69 Liturgy, Constance. Dillingen

1570

 GBP - 48.00
70 Massenet (Jules) Marie-Magdeleine

GBP - 55.00
71 M[onsigny (Pierre Alexandre)] Le Roy et le Fermier Paris

[1762]

 GBP - 32.00
72 [Monsigny (Pierre A.)] Le Deserteur Paris

[1769]

 GBP - 40.00
73 [Monsigny (Pierre Alexandre)] La Belle Arsene Paris

[c.1775]

 GBP - 16.00
74 MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) HIS ITALIAN-GERMAN Leipzig

1782

 GBP - 2,500.00
75 Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) Variations to favorite Airs for the Piano Forte

GBP - 28.00
76 Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) Nozze di Figaro Paris

[1821]

 GBP - 14.00
77 Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) Zaide

GBP - 22.00
78 OPERATIC DUETS

[c.1794-1835]

 GBP - 18.00
79 Oudoux (-) Methode Nouvelle pour apprendre facilement le Plain-Chant Paris

1776

 GBP - 12.00
80 [Pepusch (Dr. J. C.)] A Treatise on Harmony

1731

 GBP - 14.00
81 Pfeiffer (Michael Traugott) and Hans Georg Nageli Chorgesangschule Zurich & Leipzig

1821

 GBP - 26.00
82 Philidor (Francois, Andre Danican) Le Sorcier Paris

[1764]

 GBP - 34.00
83 Piccini (Nicolo) Didon Paris

[cl795-99]

 GBP - 3.00
84 Piffet [de Tones] (Le Fils) Le Depart de Roquette premiere Cantatille a voix seul

GBP - 35.00
85 Pocket Companion for Gentleman and Ladies (A)

[c.1725]

 GBP - 25.00
86 Pougin (Arthur) Dictionnaire Historique et Pittoresque du Theatre Paris

1885

 GBP - 16.00
87 Pugnani (Gaetano) Sei Sonate a Violino Solo Paris

[c. 1760]

 GBP - 70.00
88 Rameau [(Jean Philippe)] A Treatise of Musick

1752

 GBP - 85.00
89 Rodolph [(Jean Joseph)] Theorie d'Accompagnement et de Composition a l'Usage des Eleves de l'Ecole Royale de Musique Paris

[1785]

 GBP - 4.00
90 Rossini (Gioacchino) Otello ossia L'Africano di Venezia Mainz

[c. 1815-16]

 GBP - 55.00
91 Sacchini [(Antonio Maria Gasparo)] [L'Isola d'Amore] Paris

[1776]

 GBP - 24.00
92 Sacchini (Antonio Maria) Chimene ou Le Cid Paris

[cl784]

 GBP - 28.00
93 Sacchini (Antonio) Oedipe a Colone Paris

[c. 1808-10]

 GBP - 14.00
94 Saladini (Gisolamo) Nuovo Metodo delle Proporzioni Geometrica Bologna

1761

 GBP - 80.00
95 SCHUBERT (FRANZ) Franz Schuberts allerletzte Compostion Vienna

[1849]

 GBP - 140.00
96 Schubert (Franz) Die Burgschaft Vienna

[1830]

 GBP - 8.00
97 Schubert (Franz) Therese Grob Collection

[1967]

 GBP - 55.00
98 Schumann (Robert) Bilder aus Osten Leipsig

1665-1667 [1849]

 GBP - 1.00
99 Servante Maitresse (La) Comedie en Deux Actes melee d'Ariettes Paris

[cl780-90]

 GBP - 18.00
100 Smart (George) Smart's Annual Collection of Twenty-Four Country Dances

[1797]

 GBP - 10.00
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    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.
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    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.