Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS. Autograph Letters and Historical Documents, &c. COMPRISING A SELECTION PROM THE LIBRARY AT SPRINGWOOD PARK, KELSO, OF English Literature; First Editions and Presentation Copies of Thomas Hardy; Bannatyne Club and Maitland Club Publications; a Fifteenth Century French Manuscript on Chess; Voyages and Travels; Charts, etc.; The Naval Papers, Journals, etc., of Admiral Sir James Douglas; The Property of the late Sir George Douglas, Bt., [Sold by Order of his Exec, HYPERION,

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 25, 1938 - July 25, 1938

Page Size: 680 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
102	Walton (Izaak)	The Lives of Dr. John Donne		1670	GBP -	9.50
103		Stati Papinii Surculus Vita			USD -	Not Sold
104		Battaglie ed Imprese Gloriose delle Armate Imperiali per la Liberazione d'ltalia	Florence	1799	GBP -	8.00
105	Cicero	Paradoxa; de Amicitia; de Senectute		1494	GBP -	1.00
106	Albumazar	De Magnis Conjunctionibus	Venice	1515	GBP -	4.00
107	Aberdeen	Generall Demands concerning the late Covenant	Edinburgh	1638	GBP -	1.25
108	Otway (Thomas)	Friendship in Fashion		1678	GBP -	0.75
109		Almanac		1689	GBP -	1.00
110	Partridge (S.)	Almanacs			GBP -	2.00
111	[LACROIX CHEVRIERE (J.-B. DE) Bishop of Quebec]	ESTAT PRESENT DE L'BGLISE ET DE LA COLONIE FRANCHISE DANS LA NOUVELLE FRANCE	Paris	1688	GBP -	1.75
112	PIGAFETTA (FILIPPO)	RELATIONE DEL REAME DI CONGO	Rome	[1591]	GBP -	8.50
113	Philostratus	De la Vie d'ApoUonius Thyaneen	Paris	1611	GBP -	5.50
114		Almanac		1704	GBP -	12.00
115		Legal Note Book			GBP -	0.25
116		Playing Cards			GBP -	2.00
117		Essay on Woman (An)			GBP -	1.75
118	Congreve (William)	Eustachius	Cambridge	1640	GBP -	1.25
119	Congreve (William)	Love for Love: A Comedy		1695	GBP -	2.00
120	Cyrano de Bergerac (Savinien)	Oeuvres Diverses	Paris	1661	GBP -	1.25
121	Heraldus (Desiderius)	Animadversiones ad libros XII Epigrammat	Paris	1600	GBP -	8.00
122	Apuleius	Les Metamorphoses ou l'Asne d'Or	Paris	1631	GBP -	1.00
123	Neris (Thomas de)	De Tyburtini Aeris Salubritate Commen-tarius			GBP -	16.00
124	Carion (John)	The Thre Bokes of Cronieles		1550	GBP -	4.25
125		FORE-EDGE PAINTING. The Book of Common Prayer	Cambridge	1761	GBP -	4.00
126	Gerardus de Zutphania	De spiritualibus aseensionibus		not after 1489	GBP -	3.50
126A		A SEPTEM PSALMI POENITENTIALES			GBP -	18.00
127	Priscian	Opera,	Venice	1476	GBP -	11.50
128	Duns Scotus (Johannes)	In quattuor libros Sententiarum		1481	GBP -	1.00
129	Cicero (Pseudo-)	Rhetorica nova et vetus		13 May, 1497	GBP -	2.25
130	Rocca (Angelo)	Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana	Rome	1591	GBP -	0.50
131	PEPYS (SAMUEL)	MEMOIRS		1825	GBP -	14.00
132	Koelner (Johannes) de Vanckel	Summarium Textuale et Conclusiones super Sextum et Clementinas	Cologne	1488	GBP -	3.50
133	Ovid	De arte amandi et de remedio amoris	Lyons	1497	GBP -	5.50
134		Dio Chrysostomus		22 July, 1492	GBP -	0.50
135	Fliscus (Stephanus)	Synonyma	Knoblochtzer	c. 1479	GBP -	5.00
136	Franciscus de Platea	Opus restitutionum	Venice	1477	GBP -	4.00
137		Indian Miniature			GBP -	0.50
138		Persian Miniature			GBP -	0.50
139		Syriac Manuscripts		1789	USD -	Not Sold
140		MINIATURE			GBP -	2.10
141		HOURS OF THE VIRGIN		c. 1480	GBP -	36.00
142		GESTA ROMANOKUM	Cologne	c. 1472	GBP -	42.00
143	Claudianus (Claudius)	Opera	Vicenza	21th May, 1482	GBP -	16.00
144	Voragine (Jacobus de)	Legenda aurea	Bale	25 June, 1486	GBP -	5.00
145	Silius Italicus	/book_records/2836066	Venice	20 Sept. 1493	GBP -	3.50
146	ALBERTUS MAGNUS	DE ABUNDANTLY EXEMPLORUM		c. 1479	GBP -	5.00
147	Nicolaus de Lyra	Repertorium super Bibliam	Memmingen	1492	GBP -	1.50
148	Nicolaus de Lyra	Moralia super totam Bibliam	Strassburg	c. 1478	GBP -	5.00
149	Pius II	Epistolae familiares	Nuremberg	16 Sept. 1481	GBP -	3.50
150	Rampegollis (Antonius de)	Biblia aurea	Ulm	1476	GBP -	9.00
151	CHAMPIER (SIMPHORIEN)	LE RECUEIL OU CRONIQUE DES HYSTOIRES DES ROYAULMES DAUSTRASIE	Lyons	1510]	GBP -	44.00
152	Livy [edited by M. A. Sabellicus]	Decades	Venice	3 Nov. 1495	GBP -	7.50
153	VINCENT, OF BEAUVAIS	SPECULUM NATURALE			GBP -	32.00
154	GREGORY IX	DECRETALIUM LIB. V CUM GLOSSA	Mainz	10 Mar. 1479	GBP -	23.00
155		GENERAL CHRONICON		1576	GBP -	1.00
156	Gay (John)	The Fan		1714	GBP -	4.00
157	PLUTARCH	OPERA	Paris	1624	GBP -	11.00
158	Albert of Saxony	Sophismata,		1402	GBP -	1.00
159	Aquileia, Patriarchs of.	Decree of Peregrinus I regarding tax-collecting		14 Oct., 1196	GBP -	1.00
160	Aquileia, Patriarchs of.	Aquileia	27 Oct., 1233	27 Oct., 1233	GBP -	0.50
161	Aquileia, Patriarchs of.	Letters of several Patriarchs to members of the Portia family and other documents,		1380-1419	GBP -	1.25
162	Clement VIII	Letter sent in advance of the bull (litterae sub plumbo)			GBP -	1.25
163	COROMBONA (VITTORIA)	"The White Divel" of Webster's tragedy-Macilenti			GBP -	13.00
164	Dominis (Marco Antonio de)	Dean of Windsor and Master of the Savoy		22 Mar. 1600	GBP -	0.50
165	DONATUS (AELIUS)	DE OCTO PARTIBUS ORATIONIS		c. 1450]	GBP -	75.00
166	DONATUS (A.)	DE OCTO PARTIBUS ORATIONIS	Haarlem	1455	GBP -	45.00
167	Eccelino da Romano, 1194-1259.	Eccelino da Romano - Four documents			GBP -	1.25
168	Eleonora Magdalena Theresia	Grant of a decoration to Bianca, Countess Richieri, document on paper, with signature			GBP -	0.75
169		Fabulae moralisatae antiquitatis et medii aevi	Italy	1410	GBP -	1.00
170	Vecello de Portia	Feudal Tenures			USD -	Not Sold
171		Orden e statuti de la congregacion e fraternita de la madonna santa maria fatti per y fradi i battudi del furno de zold	Friuli	c. 1590	USD -	Not Sold
172		Relatione del Illustrissimo Signore Andrea Cussone ritornato dall' Ambasciaria di Fiorenza l'anno 1636		1636	USD -	Not Sold
173	Friuli	Estratto vecchio del Priorato di S. Angelo			GBP -	0.50
174	Friuli.-	Eiccherio (Pompeo) Estratto di 1575 [di 1579]		1575-79	USD -	Not Sold
175	LEO X	INDULGENCE GRANTED BY LEO X	Vienna	c. 1515	GBP -	1.25
176	Kemerer (Anton)	A Franciscan	Vienna	Nov. 1602	GBP -	0.50
177		MINUTE BOOK	Italy	1416-20	GBP -	1.25
178		Papal Bulls			GBP -	3.25
179	Pordenone.-	Donazione delli Fratelli Popaite			USD -	Not Sold
180		Portia Archives		1212-1497	GBP -	1.25
181		Portia Archives		1222-96	GBP -	0.75
182		Portia Archives		1285-1575	GBP -	1.00
183		PORTIA ARCHIVES		1301-1407	GBP -	2.00
184		Portia Archives		1321-96	GBP -	1.00
185		Portia Archives			USD -	Not Sold
186		Portia Archives		1407-93	GBP -	0.50
187		Portia Archives			GBP -	2.25
188	Richieri Family	Various documents		1387-1426	USD -	Not Sold
189	Richieri (Lucio)	A.L.s.		[1605]	GBP -	0.50
190	Salazar (Ambrosio de)	Tratado de las cosas -mas notables que se veen en la gran Ciudad de Paris	Paris	1616	GBP -	0.50
191	Canerta, daughter-in-law of Lodovico di Portia	Deed of manumission		28 Jan. 1398	USD -	Not Sold
192	Andrea Contareno	Venice (Doges of) Briefs of Andrea Contareno (28 Apr. 1375)			GBP -	1.25
193	DONATUS (AELIUS)	DE OCTO PARTIBUS ORATIONIS	Haarlem	c. 1450	GBP -	36.00
194	ALEXANDER DE VILLA DEI	DOCTRINALE	Haarlem	c. 1460	GBP -	30.00
195	BOYLE (Kobert)	New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall	Oxford	1660	GBP -	7.00
196	Boyle (Robert)	Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours		1664	GBP -	5.50
197	BOYLE (ROBERT)	NEW EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS TOUCHING COLD		1665	GBP -	7.50
198	Boyle (Robert)	The Origine of Formes and Qualities (According to the Corpuscular Philosophy)	Oxford	1667	GBP -	3.00
199	BOYLE (ROBERT)	EXPERIMENTS		1675	GBP -	14.00
200	Boyle (Robert)	Origo Pormarum et Qualitatum			GBP -	2.00

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.

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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.
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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.