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
480 Strode (Thomas) Tracts

GBP - 100.00
481 Littleton (E.) Tracts

GBP - 20.00
482 Walker (George) Tracts

GBP - 9.10
483 Tracts

GBP - 8.00
484 Beare (Mat.) Tracts

GBP - 50.00
485 Tracts

GBP - 15.00
486 True (A) Light of Alchymy

GBP - 22.00
487 Twyne (B.) Antiquitatis Academies Oxiensis Apologia

GBP - 1.15
488 Villa-Amil (Don J. P. de) and Don P. de la Escasura Espana Artistica v Monumental Paris

2-50

 GBP - 26.00
489 Victoria County History of the County of Northampton

1902-06

 GBP - 4.00
490 Whymper (Edward) Scrambles amongst the Alps

GBP - 2.15
491 Whyte-Melville (G. J.) Works

1898-1902

 GBP - 4.00
492 WILLIAMS (EDWARD) VIRGINIA: MORE ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH PART THEREOF London

1650

 GBP - 250.00
493 Willis (T.) Two Discourses concerning the Souls of Brutes

1683

 GBP - 3.00
494 Wilson (C.) Memoirs of the Life

GBP - 4.00
495 Wurthle (F.) Malerische Ansichten von Sud und Nord Tirol nach der Natur gezeichnet Salzburg

[c. 1854]

 GBP - 7.00
496 Woodward (J.) Fossils of all Kinds

GBP - 5.10
497 Worlidge (J.) Systema Agriculturae

1675

 GBP - 4.00
498 Wotton (Sir H.) Reliquiae Wottonianae

GBP - 4.10
499 Yarranton (A.) England's Improvement by Sea and Land

1677

 GBP - 4.00
500 Turner (L. M.) LASKA

GBP - 1.10
501 Albin (Eleazor) A Natural History of Birds

1738

 GBP - 22.00
502 ALDROVANDUS (ULYSSES) [OPERA OMNIA] Bologna

1599-1668

 GBP - 46.00
503 Aldrovandus (U.) Ornithologiae Bologna

1599

 GBP - 1.00
504 Aldrovandus (U.) Ornithologiae libri XII

GBP - 3.10
505 Anderson (John) Anatomical and Zoological Researches

1878

 GBP - 1.10
506 Annals (The)

1892-95

 GBP - 0.10
507 Antinori (O.) and T. Salvadori Catalogo degli Uccelli [Viaggio dei Signoru O. Antinori . . . nel Mar Rosso]

GBP - 5.00
508 Aubusson (L. M. d') Les Oiseaux de la France

GBP - 12.00
509 AUDEBERT (J. B.) AND L. P. VIEILLOT Histoire Naturelle et Generale des Colibris

1802

 GBP - 78.00
510 Bacon (Francis) Sylva Sylvarum

GBP - 1.15
511 Bailly (J. B.) Ornithologie de la Savoie Paris and Chambery

1853-54

 GBP - 4.00
512 Bell (Thomas) The History of British Quadrupeds

GBP - 0.10
513 BELON (PIERRE) L'HISTOIRE DE LA NATURE DES OISEAUX Paris

1555

 GBP - 26.00
514 Belon (Pierre) L'Histoire de la Nature des Oiseaux Paris

1555

 GBP - 1.10
515 BETTONI (EUGENIO) Storia Naturale degfi Uccelli ehe Nidificano in Lom-bardia Milan

1865-68

 GBP - 38.00
516 Bewick (Thomas) Works

1885-87

 GBP - 2.10
517 [Bewick (Thomas)] Select Fables in Three Parts Newcastle

1784

 GBP - 1.00
518 [Bewick (T.)] Select Fables Newcastle

1820

 GBP - 3.10
519 [Bewick (T.)] The Fables of Esop and others Newcastle

1818

 GBP - 5.00
520 Bewick (T.) A General History of Quadrupeds Newcastle

1790

 GBP - 1.05
521 [Bewick (T.) Quadrupeds] A Series of Proofs of the woodcuts in unlettered state for the History of Quadrupeds

GBP - 1.10
522 [Bewick (T.) Quadrupeds] A Series of Proofs of the illustrations and vignettes in lettered state for the History of Quadrupeds

GBP - 1.15
523 Bewick (Thomas) A General History of Quadrupeds

GBP - 2.00
524 Bewick (T.) History of British Birds Newcstle

1797-1804

 GBP - 3.00
525 Bewick (T.) History of British Birds Newcastle

1804

 GBP - 2.10
526 BEWICK (THOMAS) HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS Newcastle

1797-1804

 GBP - 4.00
527 Bewick (T.) History of British Birds Newcastle

1804-1821

 GBP - 4.10
528 Bewick (T.) A Supplement to the History of British Birds Newcastle

1821

 GBP - 1.05
529 Bewick (T.) Supplement [Parts I and II] Newcastle

1821

 GBP - 1.15
530 [Bewick (T.)] Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

1804

 GBP - 0.15
531 Bewick (T.) Vignettes by Thomas Bewick Newcastle

1827

 GBP - 3.10
532 Bewick Bewickiana

GBP - 9.10
533 Blaauw (F. E.) A Monograph of the Cranes Leiden and London

1897

 GBP - 17.00
534 Blackburn (Mrs. Hugh) Birds drawn from Nature

GBP - 0.10
535 Blanchard (Pierre) Le Buff on de la Jeunesse

GBP - 0.10
536 Blyth (E.) The Natural History of Cranes

GBP - 6.00
537 Bolton (James) Harmonia Ruralis

1845

 GBP - 5.10
538 BONAPARTE (PRINCE CHARLES LUCIEN) Iconografiae della Fauna Italica [Mammiferi e Ucelli, Amfibii et Pisci] Rome

1832-41

 GBP - 50.00
539 Bonaparte (C. L.) Conspectus Generum Avium Leyden

1850-57

 GBP - 2.10
540 BOOTH (E. T.) Rough Notes on the Birds observed during twenty-five years shooting and collecting in the British Islands

1881-87

 GBP - 22.00
541 Bree (C. R.) A History of the Birds of Europe

1859-63

 GBP - 3.10
542 Brisson (A. D.) Ornithologia sive Synopsis Methodica sistens avium divisionem in ordines Paris

1760

 GBP - 10.00
543 Buller (W. L.) A History of the Birds of New Zealand

1873

 GBP - 10.00
544 BULLER (SIR W. L.) A History of the Birds of New Zealand

1888

 GBP - 20.00
545 Butler (A. G.) British Birds with their Nests and Eggs

GBP - 2.00
546 Butler (A. G.) Foreign Finches in Captivity

1894

 GBP - 14.00
547 Cassin (John) United States Exploring Expedition . . . under the command of Charles Wilkes Philadelphia

1858

 GBP - 4.00
548 Cavanilles (A. J.) Observaciones sobre la Historia Natural ... del Reyno de Valencia Madrid

1795

 GBP - 2.00
549 [Cetti (Francesco)] Gli Uccelli di Sardegna

GBP - 6.00
550 [Challenger Voyage Report. Zoology, Vol. II, Part VIII]

1881

 GBP - 11.00
551 Companyo (Louis) Histoire Naturelle du Departement des Pyrenees-Orientales Perpignan

1861-63

 GBP - 4.00
552 Cornalia (Emilio) and others Fauna d'Italia

GBP - 1.10
553 Cotton (John) The Song Birds of Great Britain

1836

 GBP - 24.00
554 Couch (Jonathon) A History of the Fishes of the British Islands

1862-65

 GBP - 1.15
555 Coues (Elliott) Birds of the Northwest

GBP - 4.00
556 Crealock (Col. H. H.) Among the Red Deer

GBP - 2.00
557 Crespon (J.) Ornithologie du Gard et des Pays Circonvoisins

GBP - 7.10
558 Cunningham (R. O.) Notes on the Natural History of the Straits of Magellan

GBP - 7.10
559 Cuvicr (Georges) Le Regne Animal distribue d'apres son Organisation

GBP - 20.00
560 Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication

1869

 GBP - 0.10
561 David (Armand) and M. E: Oustalet Les Oiseaux de la Chine

1877

 GBP - 40.00
562 Demidoff (A. de) Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale et la Crimee

1840-42

 GBP - 30.00
563 Diggles (Silvester) The Ornithology of Australia

GBP - 44.00
564 Doderlin (P.) Avifauna del Modenese e della Sicilia Pistoia

1884

 GBP - 4.00
565 Drawings of Birds Upwards of 60 water-colour drawings of birds

GBP - 60.00
566 DRESSER (H. E.) A Monograph of the Coraciidae or Family of the Rollers

1893

 GBP - 15.00
567 Eichwald (E.) Fauna Caspio-Caucasia

GBP - 1.00
568 ELLIOT (D. G.) A MONOGRAPH OF THE TETRAONINAE New York

1865

 GBP - 58.00
569 ELLIOT (D. G.) A MONOGRAPH OF THE PHASIANIDAE OR FAMILY OF THE PHEASANTS 2 vol 79 coloured plates and 2 uncoloured New York

1872

 GBP - 110.00
570 ELLIOT (D. G.) A MONOGRAPH OF THE PARADISEIDAE

1873

 GBP - 98.00
571 Elliot (D. G.) The Life and Habits of Wild Animals

1874

 GBP - 1.00
572 ELLIOTT (D. G.) A Monograph of the Bucerotidae or Family of the Hornbills 57 coloured and 3 uncoloured plates

1882

 GBP - 50.00
573 ELLIOT (D. G.) A MONOGRAPH OF THE FELIDAE OR FAMILY OF CATS

1883

 GBP - 38.00
574 ELWES (J. H.) A MONOGRAPH OP THE GENUS LILIUM

1880

 GBP - 58.00
575 Richardson (J.) and J. E. Gray. Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror

1844-75

 GBP - 58.00
576 Expedition Scientifique de Moree

1833-32

 GBP - 32.00
577 Exploration Scientifique de l'Algerie Sciences Physiques Paris

1867

 GBP - 4.00
578 Fauna of British India

1888-95

 GBP - 8.00
579 Forbes (W. A.) The Collected Scientific Papers

GBP - 1.05
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    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.
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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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    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.