Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, AND A FEW ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS, AND MINIATURES, ETC, PALM,

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 30, 1952 - July 30, 1952

Page Size: 612 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	LAWRENCE (T. E.)	Oriental Assembly			GBP -	3.50
2	Pambour (Comte F. M. G. de)	A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines			GBP -	1.50
3	Storer (James)	History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Great Britain			GBP -	1.25
4	Walters (H. B.)	History of Ancient Pottery		1905	GBP -	2.00
5	Argnani (F.)	Le Ceramiche e Maioliche Faentine	Faenza	1889	GBP -	4.75
6		Atlas du Manuel du Tourneur	Paris	1816	GBP -	1.00
7	Beardsley (A.)	A Second Book of Fifty Drawings			GBP -	1.75
8		Burlington Fine Arts Club		1895	GBP -	2.25
9		Cabinet-Makers' (The)		1793	GBP -	3.50
10	Cary (John)	New Map of England and Wales			GBP -	3.75
11		Curiosities of Street Literature		1871	GBP -	3.00
12	De Goncourt (E. & J.)	La Femme au Dix-Huitieme Siecle			GBP -	2.00
13	Doyle (J. E.)	A Chronicle of England		1864	GBP -	1.25
14	Garnett (Richard)	Three Hundred Notable Books added to the Library of the British Museum		1899	GBP -	1.25
15	Geffroy (Gustave) Charles Meryon	EDITION DE LUXE LIMITED TO 100 COPIES	Paris	1926	GBP -	0.75
16	Gould (R. F.)	The History of Freemasonry		1887	GBP -	0.50
17	Haebler (Konrad)	The Early Printers of Spain and Portugal			GBP -	5.00
18	Hodgkins (J. E.)	Rariora		[1902]	GBP -	3.50
19	Lacroix (Paul)	Sciences et Lettres au Moyen Age	Paris	1877-80	GBP -	2.25
20		Leverhulme Art Collection		1928	GBP -	0.50
21	Lister (R.)	Jean Goujon			GBP -	2.00
22	Malory (Sir T.)	Le Morte Darthur			GBP -	1.25
23	Mareschal (M. A. A.)	Les Faiences Anciennes et Modernes			GBP -	1.00
24	Moll (Friedrich)	Das Schiff in der Bildenden Kunst	Bonn	1929	GBP -	4.00
25	Muntz (Eugene)	Leonardo da Vinci		1898	GBP -	1.75
26		Museo Borbonico	Naples	1829-56	GBP -	2.25
27	Noble (T.)	Practical Perspective		1809	GBP -	2.00
28		Ornament			GBP -	12.00
29	Price GBP (Francis)	The British Carpenter			GBP -	7.00
30	Pugin (A. W.)	Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament		1868	GBP -	6.00
31	Quevedo-Villegas (F. de)	Pablo de Segovia the Spanish Sharper		1892	USD -	Not Sold
32	Rava (C. E.)	Arte dell' illustrazione nel libro italiano del rinascimento	Milan	1945	GBP -	1.75
33	Rothschild (J.)	Les Fougeres	Paris	1867-68	GBP -	2.00
34	Rucker-Embden (O.)	Chinesische Fruhkeramik	Leipzig	1922	GBP -	4.00
35	Sales (C. A. de)	Le Pourpris Historique de la maison de Sales			GBP -	0.50
36	Subercaseaux Errazuriz (P.)	Saint Francois D'Assise			GBP -	2.25
37	Thompson (George)	A Description of the Royal Palace		1760	GBP -	4.00
38	Vitruvius (M. P.)	I Dieci Libri dell' Architettura	Venice	1567	GBP -	4.00
39	Adam (Robert and James)	Works in Architecture		1778-86-79	GBP -	11.00
40	Adam (R. & J.)	The Works in Architecture		1900-02	GBP -	2.50
41		Architecture Francoise			GBP -	2.25
42	Baltard (J. P.)	Paris et ses Monumens			GBP -	2.00
43	Bartolozzi (F.)	Prints from the original Drawings of Guercino		circa 1764	GBP -	10.00
44	BOYCEAU (JACQUES)	Traite du Iardinage	Paris	1638	GBP -	12.00
45	Birch (G. H.)	London Churches of the XVIIth & XVIIIth Centuries		1896	GBP -	3.25
46	Blake (William)	Works	Dent	1902	GBP -	4.00
47	Blake (W.)	Designs for Gray's Poems	Oxford	1922	GBP -	6.50
48	Bode (W. van)	Die Sammlung Oscar Huldschinky	Frankfurt	1909	GBP -	7.00
49	Bogolubow (A.)	Tapis de l'Asie Centrale	St. Petersburg	1908	GBP -	7.00
50	Campana (G. P.)	Di Due Sepolcri	Rome	1843	GBP -	6.50
51	Carter (John)	Specimens of the Ancient Sculpture and Painting now remaining in England		1838	GBP -	3.00
52	Chambers (William)	Designs of Chinese Buildings		1757	GBP -	14.00
53		Chinese Drawings on Rice Paper			GBP -	3.00
54		Coats Collection	Glasgow	1904	GBP -	0.75
55	Codrington (K. de B.)	Ancient India		1926	GBP -	11.00
56	Collignon (M.)	Le Parthenon	Paris	1912	GBP -	2.00
57	Cooke (E. W.)	Views of the Old and New London Bridges			GBP -	4.00
58	Daly (Cesar)	Decorations Interieures	Paris	1877	GBP -	2.00
59	Delange (C.) and C. Borneman	Recueil de Faiences Italiennes	Paris	1869	GBP -	3.50
60	Delange (H.) and M. Sauzay	Monographie de l'Oeuvre de Bernard Palissy	Paris	1862	GBP -	2.50
61	Desgodetz (Antoine)	Les Edifices Antiques de Rome	Paris	1682	GBP -	5.00
62	Desgodetz (A.)	The Ancient Buildings of Rome			GBP -	2.25
63	Dubourg (M.)	Views of the Remains of Ancient Buildings in Rome		1848	GBP -	17.00
64	Dumonthier (Ernest)	Recueil de dessins de Tapis	Paris		GBP -	4.50
65	Eggar (Hermann)	Romische Veduten Handzeichnungen aus dem XV	Vienna	1932-31	GBP -	8.00
66		Engravings	Rome		GBP -	7.50
67	Evelyn (John)	A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture with the Modern		1707	GBP -	6.00
68	Fontana (Carlo)	Il Tempio Vaticano e Sua Origine	Rome	1702-11	GBP -	2.00
69	Gardner (J. S.)	Old Silver-Work		1903	GBP -	0.75
70	Garner (T.) and A. Stratton	The Domestic Architecture of England		1911	GBP -	1.25
71	Goodhue (Bertram G.)	Architect and Master of Many Arts	New York	1925-30	GBP -	3.00
72	Gotch (J. A.)	Architecture of the Renaissance in England		1894	GBP -	2.50
73		Greek Architecture			GBP -	4.00
74	Gruner (L.)	Fresco Decorations		1844	GBP -	4.00
75	Gruner (Lewis)	Fresco Decorations		1854	GBP -	3.00
76	Gruner (L.) and E. Braun	Specimens of Ornament Art	Paris		GBP -	2.50
77	Gustaf V, King of Sweden	Gustaf V Konung av Sverige	Stockholm	1933	GBP -	3.75
78	Hall (S. C.)	The Baronial Halls		1881	GBP -	3.00
79	Hogarth (Mary) and Gamir Y Sandoval (Dr. A.)	Recuerdos de Espana Arabe	Oxford	1928	GBP -	2.50
80	Hope (Sir W. H. St. John)	Cowdray and Easebourne Priory	Oxford	1930	GBP -	2.50
81	Jacob (Lt.-Col. S. S.) and T. H. Hendley	Jeypore Enamels		1886	GBP -	3.00
82	Jones (Inigo) and W. Kent	The Designs of Inigo Jones		1727	GBP -	4.00
83	LANDI (G.)	A Collection of Designs of Architecture		1810	GBP -	28.00
84	Lavallee (Joseph)	Voyage Pittoresque et Historique de L'Istrie et de La Dalmatie	Paris	1802	GBP -	12.00
85	Le Brun (C.) and J-B. Masse	La Grande Galerie de Versailles	Paris	1752	GBP -	1.75
86	Malton (Thomas)	A Complete Treatise on Perspective		1776	GBP -	4.00
87	Maximilian I (pseud. Freydal.)	Turniere und Mummereien	Vienna	1880-82	GBP -	6.00
88	Mitchell (Robert)	Plans			GBP -	19.00
89	Ogilby (John)	Itinerarium Angliae		1675	GBP -	13.00
90	Pergolesi (M. A.)	Ornament		1777-92	GBP -	17.00
91	Palladio (A.)	Architecture			GBP -	11.00
92	Paoletti di Osvaldo (P.)	L'Architettura e la Scultura del Rinascimento in Venezia	Venice	1893-97	GBP -	5.50
93		Paris		1740	GBP -	28.00
94		PARIS	Paris	1760	GBP -	80.00
95	Patte (P.)	Monumens Eriges en France a la Gloire de Louis XV	Paris	1765	GBP -	2.50
96	Percier (C.) and P. F. L. Fontaine	Choix des plus celebres Maisons de plaisance de Rome	Paris	1809	GBP -	4.25
97	Prentice (A. N.)	Renaissance Architecture and Ornament in Spain		[1893]	GBP -	3.00
98	Richardson (C. J.)	Fragments and Details of Architecture	New York		GBP -	2.50
99	Richardson (George)	A New Collection of Chimney Pieces		1781	GBP -	6.50
100	Serlio (Sebastian)	The first Booke of Architecture		1611	GBP -	5.00

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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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.
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.