Sothebys: A SELECTED PORTION OF THE LIBRARY REMOVED FROM LILFORD HALL, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE The Property of the Rt. Honble. Lord Lilford (deed.) [Sold by Order of the Executors] THE SECOND AND FINAL PORTION, WREN,

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 04, 1949 - July 04, 1949
Page Size: 445 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
380 Kaempfero (E.) Amcenitatum Exoticarum Politico-Physico-Medicarum fasciculi V Lemgo

1712

 GBP - 4.00
381 KEITH (GEORGE) A Journal of Travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck

1706

 GBP - 34.00
382 King (D.) The Vale-Royall of England

GBP - 1.00
383 Kip (I.) Britannia Illustrata

1714-15

 GBP - 9.00
384 Kipling (R.) The Second Jungle Book

GBP - 1.00
385 Kircher (A.) Historia Eustachio-Mariana

GBP - 6.10
386 Kolben (P.) The Present State of the Cape of Good Hope

1731

 GBP - 17.00
387 Lasseis (R.) The Voyage of Italy

GBP - 1.00
388 Thomas Powys Note-Book of Thomas Powys

GBP - 17.00
389 Thomas Powys Note-Book of Thomas Powys

GBP - 14.00
390 Tabula, Cy ensuyt la Table pur trouer les titles contenus en cest present liver

10th Nov 1565

 GBP - 2.00
391 Leeuwenhoek (A. van) Arcana Natura Detecta

GBP - 13.00
392 Leeuwenhoek (A. van) Epistolae ad Societatem Regiam Anglicam Leyden

1719

 GBP - 3.10
393 Leeuwenhoek (A. van) Epistolae Physiologicae super compluribus Naturae Arcanis Delft

1719

 GBP - 5.00
394 Leland (J.) De Rebus Britannicis Collectanea Oxford

1715

 GBP - 5.00
395 Lemnius (L.) The Secret Miracles of Nature

1658

 GBP - 8.00
396 [Levison (H. A.)] The Hunting Grounds of the Old World by "the Old Shekarry"

GBP - 6.10
397 Lewis (J. F.) Spanish Sketches

[1833-38]

 GBP - 26.00
398 Lister (M.) Historiae Conchyliorum. libri IV

GBP - 3.00
399 Lister (M.) Historiae Animalium Angliae tres tractatus

GBP - 6.10
400 Llano y Zapata (J. E.) Carta

GBP - 9.10
401 Lloyd (D.) The Statesmen and Favourites of England

GBP - 5.00
402 Lopez de Ayala (Pero) El Libro de las Aves de Caca Madrid

1869

 GBP - 3.10
403 Lowndes (W.) A Report containing an Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins

1695

 GBP - 2.05
404 Ludolphus (Job) A New Historia of Ethiopia

1684

 GBP - 3.00
405 Magne de Marolles La Chasse au Fusil

GBP - 1.00
406 Marsden (W.) The History of Sumatra

GBP - 1.05
407 Martin (W.) The Historie and Lives of the Kings of England

GBP - 2.05
408 Massinger (F.) Dramatick Works

1779

 GBP - 2.00
409 Mauclerc (J.) A New Treatise of Architecture according to Vitruvius

GBP - 6.00
410 MEDOWS (SIR P.) Observations concerning the Dominion and Sovereignty of the Seas

GBP - 8.00
411 Menagier (Le) De Paris Paris

1848

 GBP - 1.10
412 Milton (J.) Poetical Works

GBP - 2.10
413 Montanus (A.) Atlas Japannensis

GBP - 1.10
414 Montanus (A.) Atlas Chinensis

GBP - 2.05
415 Monthly (The)

GBP - 5.10
416 Nash (Joseph) The Mansions of England in the Olden Time

1839-40

 GBP - 0.10
417 Nash (J.) The Mansions of England in the Olden Time

GBP - 0.15
418 Neale (J. P.) Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England

1824-29

 GBP - 0.10
419 [Neville (H.)] The Isle of Pines

GBP - 19.00
420 Newton (Sir Isaac) The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms amended

GBP - 2.10
421 Nieuhovius (Joannes) Legatio Batavica ad Magnum Tartarian Chamum Sungteium

GBP - 4.10
422 Norden (John) Speculi Britanniae Pars

1728

 GBP - 5.10
423 NORTHAMPTON

GBP - 5.00
424 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

GBP - 28.00
425 O'Flahcrty (R.) Ogygia

GBP - 5.10
426 Osborn (Francis) A Miscellany of Sundry Essayes

1659

 GBP - 1.15
427 Ovid Metamorphosis

1626

 GBP - 6.10
428 Park (M.) Travels into the Interior Districts of Africa

GBP - 2.10
429 Parry (Sir W. E.) Journal of [the First, Second and Third]

1821-28

 GBP - 1.10
430 Parry (Sir W. E.) Journal of [the First]

GBP - 1.10
431 Parkyns (Sir T.) The Inn-Play: or Cornish-Hugg Wrestler Nottingham

1714

 GBP - 3.00
432 Payne-Gallwey (Sir Ralph) The Book of Duck Decoys

1886

 GBP - 4.10
433 Percy (Bishop Thomas) The Hermit of Warkworth

GBP - 6.10
434 Perry (J.) An Account of the Stopping of Daggenham Breach

GBP - 8.00
435 Petrarca (F.) De Remediis utriusque Fortunse libri duo

GBP - 2.05
436 Phenix (The)

GBP - 4.10
437 Philipot (T.) A Brief Historical Discourse of the Original and Growth of Heraldry

GBP - 5.10
438 Picard (E.) La Venerie et la Fauconnerie des Ducs de Bourgogne

GBP - 12.00
439 Pichot (H. P.) Le Fauconnerie en Angleterre et en France

GBP - 11.00
440 [Pitfield (A.)] Memoirs for a Natural History of Animals

1701

 GBP - 1.00
441 PLANTAGENET (BEAUCHAMP) A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW ALBION

1648

 GBP - 270.00
442 [Branston (James)] Poems

GBP - 1.05
443 Pontoppidan (E.) The Natural History of Norway

1755

 GBP - 2.00
444 Portraits

GBP - 14.00
445 Powys (Thomas, of Lincoln's Inn) MS. Note-Book

GBP - 10.00
446 Price GBP (Lake) Tauromachia

1852

 GBP - 46.00
447 Radcliffe (F. P. Delme) The Noble Science: a few general ideas on Fox-Hunting

1839

 GBP - 2.05
448 Randolph (B.) The Present State of the Islands in the Archipelago Sea of Constantinople Oxford

1687

 GBP - 5.00
449 Rawstorne (Lawrence) Gamonia

1837

 GBP - 34.00
450 Ray (J.) A Collection of English Proverbs

GBP - 13.00
451 Roxburghe Club Oxford

1908

 GBP - 6.10
452 Royal (The)

1670

 GBP - 2.10
453 ROYAL SOCIETY (THE)

1665-1731

 GBP - 170.00
454 Richardson (J.) An Essay on the Theory of Painting

GBP - 5.10
455 Salnove (Robert de) La Venerie Royale

1861

 GBP - 3.10
456 Sandford (F.) History of the Coronation of James II

GBP - 4.00
457 SCHLEGEL (H.) AND A. H. VERSTER DE WULVERHORST TRAITE DE FAUCONNERIE Leyden and Dusseldorf

1844-53

 GBP - 58.00
458 Schott (Gaspar) Physica Curiosa Warzburg

1662

 GBP - 5.00
459 Scott (Sir W.) The Lay of the Last Minstrel

USD - Not Sold
460 Sebright (Sir J. S.) Observations upon Hawking . . . and Managing the several kinds of Hawks used in Falconry

1826

 GBP - 4.10
461 Shakespeare (W.) Plays

1825

 GBP - 4.00
462 SHROPSHIRE

1620

 GBP - 18.00
463 Sidney (Sir Philip) The Countess of Pembrokes Arcadia

GBP - 3.10
464 Simson (F. B.) Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal

GBP - 0.10
465 SMITH (CAPT JOHN) NEW ENGLANDS TRIALS London

1622

 GBP - 160.00
466 Somervile (William) The Chase

1796

 GBP - 0.10
467 Spectator (The)

1797

 GBP - 1.00
468 Spencer (T.) A True and Faithful Relation of the Proceedings . . . against the French in the Caribby Islands

GBP - 16.00
469 Sporting Magazine

GBP - 2.00
470 Sterne (L.) Letters to his most intimate Friends

1775

 GBP - 2.05
471 Stradanus (Joannes) Venationes Ferarum

GBP - 36.00
472 The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury

1770

 GBP - 1.00
473 [Taplin (W.)] The Sportsman's Cabinet

1803-04

 GBP - 0.15
474 Tavernier (J. B.) A Collection of several Relations and Treatises . . . not printed among his first Six Voyages

GBP - 2.05
475 Thackeray (W. M.) The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century

GBP - 1.15
476 THOU (J. A. DE) Il Falconiere di Jacopo Augusto Tuano Venice

1735

 GBP - 7.00
477 Topographical Prints

GBP - 30.00
478 Topography

GBP - 3.00
479 Clarke (Sam.) The Life and Death of Julius Caesar

GBP - 9.00
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    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.
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
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    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
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    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.