Sothebys: AUTOGRAPH LETTERS HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND HOLOGRAPH MUSIC The property of the late W. Westley Manning, Esq., R.B.A., A.R.E. [Sold by Order of the Executors and in Accordance with his Testamentary Direction] The First Portion: A-L ., SOLE,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 11, 1954 - October 11, 1954
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | COCHRANE (THOMAS, Admiral) | Two A.Ls.s. | GBP - | 52.00 | ||
| 102 | CONSTABLE (JOHN, landscape painter) | Five A.Ls.s. | 1799-1833 |
GBP - | 50.00 | |
| 103 | COOK (JAMES) | A.L.s. | 11 July, 1768 |
GBP - | 65.00 | |
| 104 | COOKE (Captain HENRY) | Composer and Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal | 15th June, 1661 |
GBP - | 2.00 | |
| 105 | COSWAY (RICHARD, painter) | A.L.s. | 5 March, 1792 |
GBP - | 12.00 | |
| 106 | COTMAN (JOHN SELL, artist) | Two A.Ls.s. | GBP - | 6.00 | ||
| 107 | COURBET (GUSTAVE) | A.L.s. | GBP - | 9.00 | ||
| 108 | Cox (DAVID) | A.L.s. | 28 Dec, 1839 |
GBP - | 6.00 | |
| 109 | COQUES (GONZALES, 1618-84, Flemish Portrait-painter) | L.s. | Rome | 28 Septembre, 1684 |
GBP - | 1.00 |
| 110 | CRANMER (THOMAS, Archbishop of Canterbury) | Privy Council Letter | GBP - | 58.00 | ||
| 111 | CROFT (WILLIAM) | Doctor of Music | GBP - | 16.00 | ||
| 112 | CROME (JOHN, "Old Crome") | A.L.s. | Norwich | 3 July, 1814 |
GBP - | 10.00 |
| 113 | CROMWELL (OLIVER) | Doc.s. | Whitehall | 2 June, 1655 |
GBP - | 22.00 |
| 114 | CROMWELL (O.) | L. subscribed and signed | Cork | 19 December, 1649 |
GBP - | 50.00 |
| 115 | CROMWELL (RICHARD, Lord Protector) | Docs | GBP - | 11.00 | ||
| 116 | CROMWELL (THOMAS, 1485-1540, Earl of Essex) | L subscribed and signed | GBP - | 38.00 | ||
| 117 | Cui (CESAR) | AUTO | 1902 |
GBP - | 6.00 | |
| 118 | DANDOLO (ANDREA, Doge of Venice, reigned 1342-54) | Decree s | November 20, 1353 |
GBP - | 40.00 | |
| 119 | DAUBIGNY (C, painter) | A. L. s | GBP - | 16.00 | ||
| 120 | DEBUSSY (CLAUDE ACHILLE) | A FINE UNPUBLISHED AUTO. MS | GBP - | 180.00 | ||
| 121 | DEBUSSY (C. A.) | FINE A. L. s | [Paris] | 23rd March, [19]03 |
GBP - | 36.00 |
| 122 | DEBUSSY (C. A.) | A. L. s. referring to his String Quartet | [Paris] | GBP - | 16.00 | |
| 123 | DEGAS (EDGAR) | Interesting A.L.s. | GBP - | 16.00 | ||
| 124 | DELIUS (FREDERICK) | Brief Typewritten Memoir of Delius | GBP - | 14.00 | ||
| 125 | (THOMAS STANLEY, Earl of, 1435-1504) | DERBY | 14 September, 15 Henry yil [1499] |
GBP - | 11.00 | |
| 126 | DESMOULINS (CAMILLE) | Holograph MS | (1793) |
GBP - | 40.00 | |
| 127 | DOLLAND (GASPAR) | Master of the Music at the Sainte Chapelle of the Sovereign Senate of Savoy | 13th Nov., 1580 |
GBP - | 1.00 | |
| 128 | DONIZETTI (GAETANO) | A. L. s | Paris | 1843 |
GBP - | 5.00 |
| 129 | DONIZETTI (G.) | AUTO | GBP - | 36.00 | ||
| 130 | DORIA (ANDREA, Genoese admiral) | L. s | Genoa | December 8, 1551 |
GBP - | 15.00 |
| 131 | DRINKING SONG for Bass Voice | 1649-1709 |
GBP - | 6.00 | ||
| 132 | DUGDALE (Sir WILLIAM) | Heraldic Docs | 8 May, 1665 |
GBP - | 6.00 | |
| 133 | DUQUESNE (ABRAHAM, French Naval Commander) | A.L.s. | 2 Juin, 1647 |
GBP - | 5.10 | |
| 134 | DVORAK (ANTONIN) | A. MS. Music | 1890 |
GBP - | 50.00 | |
| 135 | DVORAK (A.) | A. L. s. [in German] | Prague | 16th March, 1884 |
GBP - | 22.00 |
| 136 | DVORAK (A.) | AUTO. CARD S. [in German] | Prague | 10th Aug., 1898 |
GBP - | 8.00 |
| 137 | EDWARD III (King of England) | Doc. initialed for the king | GBP - | 19.00 | ||
| 138 | EDWARD IV (King of England) | L.s. | 1480 |
GBP - | 90.00 | |
| 139 | EDWARD VI (King of England) | Doc. s | 1552 |
GBP - | 48.00 | |
| 140 | ELGAR (Sir EDWARD) | A. L. s. to Harvey Marson of the Worcester Herald | Malvern | 13th March, 1912 |
GBP - | 4.00 |
| 141 | ELGAR (Sir E.) | AUTO | GBP - | 4.00 | ||
| 142 | ELIZABETH (Queen of Bohemia, daughter of James I of England) | A.L.s. | GBP - | 32.00 | ||
| 143 | ELIZABETH I (Queen of England) | L. with fine flourished subscription and signature | GBP - | 160.00 | ||
| 144 | ELIZABETH I (Queen of England) | FINE Doc.s. | GBP - | 100.00 | ||
| 145 | ELIZABETH I (Queen of England) | Doc.s. | GBP - | 75.00 | ||
| 146 | [ELIZABETH I (Queen of England)] | A Breviat of the Extraordinary chardges expendyd on sondry her Majesties howses in the monthes of December and January last past 159 | GBP - | 40.00 | ||
| 147 | ESSEX (WILLIAM PARR, Earl of) | Doc.s. | [1544] |
GBP - | 15.00 | |
| 148 | (ROBERT DEVEREUX, Earl of) | ESSEX | GBP - | 60.00 | ||
| 149 | ESSEX REBELLION | [1601] |
GBP - | 3.00 | ||
| 150 | ETTY (WILLIAM, painter) | Two A.Ls.s. | 1844-7 |
GBP - | 8.00 | |
| 151 | FALCONET (ETIENNE MAURICE, sculptor) | Interesting A.L.s. | St. Petersburgh | 1 octobre, 1767 |
GBP - | 4.00 |
| 152 | FAURE (GABRIEL) | AUTO | GBP - | 9.00 | ||
| 153 | FERDINAND AND ISABELLA | 12 March, 1496 |
GBP - | 42.00 | ||
| 154 | FERRABOSCO (ALFONSO) | Composer of the Music for several of Ben Jonson's Masques | Greenwich | 12th Aug., 1618 |
GBP - | 8.00 |
| 155 | FLAXMAN (JOHN, sculptor) | Two interesting A.Ls.s. | GBP - | 25.00 | ||
| 156 | FORD (THOMAS) | Composer of "Musicke of Sundrie Kindes" | 1619 |
GBP - | 8.00 | |
| 157 | FOSCARI (FRANCESCO, Doge of Venice) | Grant of Probate to Maffeo Lippomano | [Venice] | May 8, 1438 |
GBP - | 19.00 |
| 158 | FRANCIS I (King of France) | Fine Doc.s. | 2 octobre, 1545 |
GBP - | 16.00 | |
| 159 | FRANCIS II (King of France, husband of Mary Queen of Scots) | L.s. | 16 Juin, 1560 |
GBP - | 30.00 | |
| 160 | FRANCK (CESAR) | Brief A. L. s | GBP - | 14.00 | ||
| 161 | FRANCK (C.) | A. L. s | GBP - | 15.00 | ||
| 162 | FRANCK (C.) | AUTO | GBP - | 32.00 | ||
| 163 | FRANKLIN (JOHN, Arctic explorer) | A.L.s. | [September, 1824] |
GBP - | 20.00 | |
| 164 | FRANZ (ROBERT) | AUTO | GBP - | 9.00 | ||
| 165 | FREDERICK THE GREAT (King of Prussia) | L. s. [in French] | GBP - | 3.00 | ||
| 166 | FRENCH REVOLUTION | GBP - | 28.00 | |||
| 167 | FRENCH REVOLUTION | 7 decembre, 1792 |
GBP - | 36.00 | ||
| 168 | FRENCH REVOLUTION | GBP - | 300.00 | |||
| 169 | GAINSBOROUGH (THOMAS, 1727-88) | FINE A.L.s. | Bath | 10 July, 1770 |
GBP - | 48.00 |
| 170 | GAINSBOROUGH (T.) | FINE A.L.s. | 27 April, 1783 |
GBP - | 50.00 | |
| 171 | GARIBALDI (GUISEPPE) | A.L.s. | Caprera | 22 April, 1881 |
GBP - | 4.00 |
| 172 | GARRICK (DAVID) | Holograph MS | GBP - | 48.00 | ||
| 173 | GAUGUIN (PAUL, 1848-1903) | FINE A.L.s. | 1903 |
GBP - | 50.00 | |
| 174 | GEORGE I (King of England) | A.L.s. | GBP - | 15.00 | ||
| 175 | GEORGE I (King of England) | Doc.s. | 19 February, 1717 |
GBP - | 9.00 | |
| 176 | GEORGE II (King of England) | A. L. s. as Prince of Wales | [1716] |
GBP - | 5.00 | |
| 177 | GEORGE III (King of England) | Fine A.L.s. | 9 February, 1803 |
GBP - | 19.00 | |
| 178 | GEORGE III (King of England) | A.L.s. | Windsor Castle | 17 Dec, 1804 |
GBP - | 9.00 |
| 179 | GIBBONS (GRINLING, 1648-1720) | A.L.s. | [14 December, 1687] |
GBP - | 40.00 | |
| 180 | GIBBONS (ORLANDO) | A RARE DOC. S | 2nd April, 1618 |
GBP - | 13.00 | |
| 181 | GIORDANI (GIUSEPPE) | known as Giordanello | GBP - | 6.00 | ||
| 182 | GIRTIN (THOMAS, 1775-1802, artist) | A.L.s. | Paris | April 9 or 10, 1802 |
GBP - | 15.00 |
| 183 | GILLRAY (JAMES, caricaturist) | Brief A. L. s. and an A. Receipt s | 21 February, 1805 |
GBP - | 4.00 | |
| 184 | GLAZOUNOV (ALEXANDER) | AUTO. MS | St. Petersburg | 13 th April, 1905 |
GBP - | 9.00 |
| 185 | GLINKA (MICHAEL IVANOVICH) | AUTO | 1799-1870 |
GBP - | 28.00 | |
| 186 | GLUCK (CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD) | Ritter von. A. L. s. | Vienna | 2nd March, 1778 |
GBP - | 110.00 |
| 187 | GLUCK (C. W.) | Ritter von. L. s. [to Franz Kruthoffer] | Vienna | 30th Nov., 1781 |
GBP - | 45.00 |
| 188 | GOUNOD (CHARLES) | AUTO | GBP - | 22.00 | ||
| 189 | GRAUN (KARL HEINRICH) | AUTO | GBP - | 20.00 | ||
| 190 | GRENVIIXE (Sir BEVIL, royalist) | A.L.s. | GBP - | 11.00 | ||
| 191 | GRENVILLE (Sir RICHARD, Marshal of Calais, grandfather of the hero of the "Revenge") | The note of suche monye as hath benne receaued by me Richard Greynevyle | GBP - | 6.00 | ||
| 192 | GRENVILLE (Sir RICHARD, Hero of the "Revenge") | Deed with his seal and signature ("R. Greynvile") | [1582] |
GBP - | 68.00 | |
| 193 | [GRENVILLE (Sir R.)] | Privy Council Letter | 6 October, 1583 |
GBP - | 7.00 | |
| 194 | GRETRY (ANDRE ERNEST MODESTE) | A. L. s. to his neice Madame Garnier | 13rd July, 1808 |
GBP - | 6.00 | |
| 195 | GREUZE (JEAN-BAPTISTE, painter) | Holograph MS | 1783 |
GBP - | 40.00 | |
| 196 | GRIEG (EDVARD) | FINE A. L. s | Leipzig | 16th Dec, 1878 |
GBP - | 32.00 |
| 197 | GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS | King of Sweden (r. 1611-32) | September 28, 1629 |
GBP - | 16.00 | |
| 198 | HALEVY (JACQUES FRANCOIS FROMENT AL ELIAS) | A. L. s. to Monsieur Leborne sending him corrections and alterations for a chorus in an opera | GBP - | 3.00 | ||
| 199 | HAMILTON (EMMA, Lady) | Fine A.L.s. | GBP - | 16.00 | ||
| 200 | HANDEL (GEORGE FRIDERIC) | FINE A. L. s. [in English] | London | 21th Aug., 1734 |
GBP - | 500.00 |
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