Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS, BERRY,

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 14, 1947 - April 14, 1947
Page Size: 951 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
701 Argolus (Andrea) Ptolemseus Parvus

GBP - 3.00
702 JOHNSON (BEN) THE NEWE INNE

1631

 GBP - 36.00
703 [Markham (G.) and Malchin (L.)] The Dumbe Knight

GBP - 0.50
704 Dioscorides

1947

 GBP - 4.75
705 Ackermann (R.) The Repository of Arts

1809-10

 GBP - 8.00
706 Annales de Flore et de Pomone ou Journal des Jardin et des Champs

GBP - 16.00
707 Beau Monde (Le) or, Literary and Fashionable Magazine

1806-08

 GBP - 11.50
708 Belle Assemblee (La) or Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine

GBP - 41.00
709 Boswell (James) Life of Samuel Johnson Oxford

1826

 GBP - 5.75
710 Boyle (Hon. Robert) An Essay about the Origine and Virtues of Gems

1672

 GBP - 7.50
711 Camden (Wm.) Britannia sive Florentissimorum Regnorum Angliae Scotiae Hiberniae

GBP - 5.50
712 Crabbe (George) Works

1823

 GBP - 11.00
713 Doran (Dr.) Their Majesties Servants

1888

 GBP - 21.00
714 Howitt (William) Land

1855

 GBP - 1.50
715 Lesson (R. P.) Histoire Naturelle des Oiseausx de Paradis

GBP - 42.00
716 Moyle (Walter) Works

1726-27

 GBP - 3.00
717 Office de la Quinzaine de Pasque

1745

 GBP - 4.00
718 [Patrick (John)] Reflexions upon the Devotions of the Roman Church

GBP - 5.00
719 Penn (William) A Defence of a Paper

1698

 GBP - 2.00
720 Raynal (W. T.) Philosophical and Political History

1798

 GBP - 3.50
721 Swinburne (A. C.) Poems and Ballads

1866

 GBP - 0.50
722 Viollet-le-Duc (E.) Dictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier Francais

GBP - 5.25
723 Audubon (J. J.) and J. Bachman The Quadrupeds of North America New York

1886

 GBP - 21.00
724 Bellin (N.) Description Geographique des Debouquemens qui sont au Nord de l'Isle de Saint Domingue

1768

 GBP - 5.50
725 Bonasone (Julio) Amori Sdegni

[circa 1550]

 GBP - 4.50
726 Colliardo (Luigi) Prattica Manuale dell' Artiglieria Milan

1641

 GBP - 9.00
727 Daniell (Wm.) Interesting Selections from Animated Nature

[1809]

 GBP - 1.50
728 GORER (E.) AND J. F. BLACKER Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones

1911

 GBP - 35.00
729 Jackson (C. J.) Illustrated History of English Plate

1911

 GBP - 33.00
730 Kretschmer (A.) and C. Rohrbach The Costumes of All Nations

1882

 GBP - 10.00
731 Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey

1823

 GBP - 7.50
732 Sand (Maurice) Masques et Bouffons

1860

 GBP - 0.50
733 Sprat (Thomas) History of the Royal Society of London

1667

 USD - Not Sold
734 Album of blank paper

GBP - 2.00
735 Aventinus (Joh.) Des hochgeleften weitberzumbten Beyerischen Geschichtschreibers Chronica

1566

 GBP - 1.00
736 Bacon (Francis) Sylva Sylvarum

1676

 GBP - 9.00
737 Babelon (Ernest) Le Cabinet des Antiques a la Bibliotheque Nationale

1887

 GBP - 1.00
738 Bartoli (P. S.) Le Antiche Lucerne Sepolcrali Figurate Rome

1729

 GBP - 1.00
739 CELLARIUS (ANDREAS) Harmonia Macraedsmica Amsterdam

1661

 GBP - 11.00
740 Conterfet Kupferstich Leipzig

1721

 GBP - 0.75
741 DANIELL (T. AND W.) Oriental Scenery

1812-16

 GBP - 72.00
742 Fortescue (Sir John) De Laudibus Eegum Angliae

1737

 GBP - 3.25
743 Furttenbach (Joseph) Buchsenmeisteren Schul Augsburg

1643

 GBP - 10.50
744 Humbracht (J. M.) Die hochste Zierde Teutchlands Frankfort

1707

 GBP - 1.50
745 Matthiolus (P. A.) Commentarii in Libros sex Venice

1554

 GBP - 8.00
746 Pantaleone (Henricus) Prosopographiae Heroum atque illustrium virorum totius Germaniae Basel

1565

 GBP - 4.50
747 SPEED (JOHN) Theatre of the Empire of Great-Britain

1676

 GBP - 160.00
748 Tableaux du Cabinet du Roy

1679

 GBP - 20.00
749 Alken (H.) Symptoms of being Amused

1822

 GBP - 5.00
750 Barker (B.) Landscape Scenery

1824

 GBP - 4.50
751 Rosel (A. J.) De Natuurlyke Historie der Insecten

GBP - 32.00
752 Lory (J. and J.) and F. Schoberl Picturesque Tour from Geneva to Milan by way of the Simplon

1820

 GBP - 12.00
753 Ackermann (R.) Picturesque Tour through the Oberland in the Canton of Berne

1823

 GBP - 11.00
754 Greenwood (James) The Hatchet Throwers

GBP - 2.50
755 Hugenius (Christianus) Systema Saturnium

1659

 GBP - 8.50
756 Thornton (Col. T.) A Sporting Tour through France

1806

 GBP - 2.75
757 Lacroix (P.) Siecle

GBP - 2.00
758 Strawberry Hill

1842

 GBP - 2.50
759 [Bunbury (H. W.)] An Academy for Grown Horsemen

1796

 GBP - 0.75
760 Sargent (C. S.) Trees and Shrubs Boston and New York

1905-13

 GBP - 13.00
761 Franchet (M. A.) Plantae Davidianae ex Sinarum Imperio

1884-88

 GBP - 15.00
762 Jackson (A. Bruce) Catalogue of the Trees and Shrubs in the collection of the late Sir G. L. Holford

GBP - 5.00
763 Index Kewensis Oxford

1895-1933

 GBP - 34.00
764 Lewin (J. W.) A Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of New South Wales

1822

 GBP - 10.00
765 Bligh (W.) A Narrative of the Mutiny on board His Majesty's Ship Bounty

GBP - 23.00
766 Gay (J.) Polly : an Opera

GBP - 1.25
767 Cruden (A.) A Complete Concordance to the Holy Scriptures

1738

 USD - Not Sold
768 Somers (Lord) Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts

1809-15

 GBP - 7.50
769 Chubb (Thomas) Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland

1927

 GBP - 11.00
770 Rawstorne (L.) Gamonia

1929

 GBP - 3.50
771 La Fontaine (Jean de) Oeuvres

1726

 GBP - 25.00
772 Hodgkin (J. E.) Rariora

[1902]

 GBP - 4.00
773 Holmes (T. J.) Cotton Mather a Bibliography of His Works Cambridge (Mass)

1940

 GBP - 6.50
774 Phillip (Arthur) Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay

1789

 GBP - 8.00
775 Keate (G.) An Account of the Pelew Islands

GBP - 3.00
776 Staunton (Sir George) Authentic Account of an Embassy

GBP - 2.50
777 Goldsmith (Oliver) The Haunch of Venison

GBP - 13.00
778 [Mason (Rev. Wm.)] Poems

GBP - 0.50
779 Sommers (Lord) A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts on the most interesting and entertaining subjects

1748-51

 USD - Not Sold
780 Cook (Capt. James) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean

1784

 GBP - 7.50
781 Stow (John) A Survey of London

GBP - 1.50
782 ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA

1910-26

 GBP - 11.00
783 Sanson (N.) L'Europe en Plusieur Cartes Paris

1683

 GBP - 11.00
784 Franklin (John) Narrative of a journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1819-22

GBP - 2.00
785 [Heath (Wm.)] Studies from the Stage or the Vicissitudes of Life

GBP - 2.00
786 Baugard (R. ) Le Petit Flambeau de la Mer Havre

1684

 GBP - 3.50
787 Shepherd (T. H.) and J. Elmes Metropolitan Improvements or London in the 19th Century

1828

 GBP - 3.00
788 Kirby (W. T.) European Butterflies and Moths

1882

 GBP - 3.50
789 Acharius (Erik.) Lichenographia Universalis

1810

 GBP - 3.25
790 Albertus Magnus (Bp. B.) Compendium theological veritatis Strassburg

1489

 GBP - 3.50
791 Ogilby (John) Britannia

1675

 GBP - 48.00
792 Ogilby (J.) Africa London

1670

 GBP - 28.00
793 Knoop (J. H.) Pomologia dat is Beschryvingen afbeeldingen van de beste soorten van Appels en Peeren Leeuwarden

1758

 GBP - 10.50
794 Boccaccio (G.) Cento Novella Strassburg

1540

 GBP - 5.00
795 Gerarde (J.) The Herball

1633

 GBP - 5.00
796 Plutarch The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes

1579

 GBP - 1.00
797 Johnstone (J.) Historia Naturalis

GBP - 3.00
798 Swammerdam (T.) The Book of Nature

1758

 GBP - 6.00
799 Heylyn (P.) Cosmographie

GBP - 4.00
800 SANSON (N.) ATLAS NOUVEAU Paris

1692

 GBP - 21.00
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.