Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS DUPLICATES FROM THE LIBRARY AT LONGLEAT HOUSE The Property of the Bath Settled Estates (sold by order of the Trustees), LEO,

Auction Details

Auction Date
June 11, 1979 - June 11, 1979
Page Size: 180 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ACKERMANN (R.) THE HISTORY OF THE ABBEY CHURCH OF ST. PETER'S WESTMINSTER

1812

 GBP - 420.00
2 ADDISON (JOSEPH) The works Birmingham

1761

 GBP - 220.00
3 AMES (JOSEPH), WILLIAM HERBERT, AND THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES

[1810]-19

 GBP - 1,200.00
4 ANDREWS (H. C.) COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF HEATHS

1802-05

 GBP - 3,800.00
5 ARISTIDES (AELIUS) AOROI Florence

20 May 1517

 GBP - 950.00
6 ARISTOPHANES COMOEDIA ENOVEM Venice

15 July 1498

 GBP - 6,000.00
7 ASHMOLE (ELIAS) THE INSTITUTION, LAWS & CEREMONIES OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER

1672

 GBP - 300.00
8 ATHENAEUS edited by Aldus Manutius and M. Musurus EDITIO PRINCEPS Venice

August 1514

 GBP - 1,700.00
9 ATKINSON (JOHN AUGUSTUS) AND JAMES WALKER A PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATION OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND AMUSEMENTS OF THE RUSSIANS

GBP - 1,600.00
10 AUBREY (JOHN) The natural history and antiquities of the county of Surrey

1719

 GBP - 290.00
11 AUDEBERT (JEAN BAPTISTE) AND LOUIS JEAN PIERRE VIEILLOT OISEAUX DORES OU A REFLETS METALLIQUES Paris

1802

 GBP - 12,000.00
12 Barret (William) The history and antiquities of the city of Bristol

[1789]

 GBP - 150.00
13 BLACKWELL (ELIZABETH) A CURIOUS HERBAL containing five hundred of the most useful plants which are now used in the practice of physick

1737-39

 GBP - 4,000.00
14 BLOMEFIELD (FRANCIS) AND CHARLES PARKIN AN ESSAY TOWARDS A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK Fersfield and Lynn

1739-75

 GBP - 250.00
15 BORLASE (WILLIAM) Observations on the ancient and present state of the islands of Stilly Oxford

1756

 GBP - 300.00
16 BOYLE (Hon. ROBERT) THE WORKS

1772

 GBP - 380.00
17 BURNEY (CHARLES) A GENERAL HISTORY OF MUSIC

1789

 GBP - 460.00
18 Brand (John) The history and antiquities of the town and county of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne

1789

 GBP - 90.00
19 BRIDGES (JOHN) THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE [edited] by Peter Whalley Oxford

1791

 GBP - 420.00
20 BRUCE (JAMES) TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE Edinburgh

1790

 GBP - 450.00
21 BURCKHARDT (JOHN LEWIS) TRAVELS IN NUBIA

1819

 GBP - 320.00
22 BURCKHARDT (JOHN LEWIS) TRAVELS IN SYRIA AND THE HOLY LAND

1822

 GBP - 420.00
23 CAESAR (CAIUS JULIUS) [OPERA] QUAE EXTANT

1712

 GBP - 450.00
24 CAMDEN (WILLIAM) Annales rerum Anglicarum et Hibernicarum regnante Elizabetha

1717

 GBP - 220.00
25 CAMDEN (WILLIAM) BRITANNIA: or, a chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England

1789

 GBP - 750.00
26 CARY (JOHN) NEW AND CORRECT ENGLISH ATLAS

1787

 GBP - 280.00
27 CHAUNCY (Sir JOHN) THE HISTORICAL ANTIQUITIES OF HERTFORDSHIRE

1700

 GBP - 250.00
28 CLUTTERBUCK (ROBERT) THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD

1815-17

 GBP - 500.00
29 Collins (Arthur) Historical collections of the noble families of Cavendishe

1752

 USD - Not Sold
30 COLLINS (DAVID) AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY IN NEW SOUTH WALES

1798-1802

 GBP - 1,500.00
31 COLLINSON (JOHN) The history and antiquities of the county of Somerset

1796

 USD - Not Sold
32 COLONNE (GUIDO DELLE) THE AUNCIENT HISTORIE and only trewe and syncere cronicle of the warres betwixte the Grecians and the Troyans

1555

 GBP - 350.00
33 COOK (Captain JAMES) [FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD VOYAGES]

1773-77-84

 GBP - 4,600.00
34 COTMAN (JOHN SELL) AND DAWSON TURNER ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES OF NORMANDY

1822

 GBP - 340.00
35 COUCHE (JACQUES) GALERIE DU PALAIS ROYAL gravee d'apres les tableaux des differentes ecoles qui la composent Paris

1786-1808

 GBP - 600.00
36 CROZE-MAGNAN (S. C.) AND OTHERS LE MUSEE FRANCAIS Paris

1803-09

 GBP - 1,400.00
37 Dale (Samuel) The history and antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt

1730

 GBP - 130.00
38 DALLAWAY (JAMES) CONSTANTINOPLE ANCIENT AND MODERN

1797

 GBP - 200.00
39 DANIELL (THOMAS AND WILLIAM) A PICTURESQUE VOYAGE TO INDIA

1810

 GBP - 1,900.00
40 DART (JOHN) Westmonasterium

1742

 GBP - 60.00
41 DENON (DOMINIQUE VIVANT, Baron) VOYAGE DANS LA BASSE ET LA HAUTE EGYPTE Paris

1802

 GBP - 800.00
42 DESFONTAINES (RENE LOUICHE) FLORA ATLANTICA sive historia plantarum quae in Atlante Paris

[1800]

 GBP - 650.00
43 DESMAREST (ANSELME-GAETAN) HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES TANGARAS Paris

1805 [-07]

 GBP - 6,500.00
44 DIBDIN (THOMAS FROGNALL) A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL, ANTIQUARIAN AND PICTURESQUE TOUR IN FRANCE AND Germany

1821

 GBP - 400.00
45 DIBDIN (THOMAS FROGNALL) THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DECAMERON

1817

 GBP - 300.00
46 Dibdin (Thomas Frognall) Bibliomania; or book madness: a bibliographical romance

1811

 GBP - 120.00
47 DIBDIN (THOMAS FROGNALL) BIBLIOTHECA SPENCERIANA

1814-22

 GBP - 500.00
48 DIBDIN (THOMAS FROGNALL) An introduction to the ... Greek and Latin classics

1827

 GBP - 220.00
49 DIBDIN (THOMAS FROGNALL) An introduction to the ... Greek and Latin classics

1827

 GBP - 100.00
50 Dodsworth (William) An historical account of the episcopal see, and cathedral church Salisbury

1814

 GBP - 200.00
51 DODWELL (EDWARD) A CLASSICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL TOUR THROUGH GREECE

1819

 GBP - 480.00
52 DONOVAN (EDWARD) THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH FISHES

1802-06 [-08]

 GBP - 1,400.00
53 DONOVAN (EDWARD) THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH INSECTS

1792-1813

 GBP - 1,600.00
54 DRAKE (FRANCIS) Eboracum: or the history and antiquities of the city of York

1736

 GBP - 480.00
55 DUGDALE (Sir WILLIAM) THE ANTIQUITIES OF WARWICKSHIRE

1730

 GBP - 300.00
56 DUGDALE (Sir WILLIAM) THE HISTORY OF IMBANKING AND DRAYNING OF DIVERS FENNS AND MARSHES

1662

 GBP - 420.00
57 EDWARDS (GEORGE) A NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS

1743-64

 GBP - 6,000.00
58 EURIPEDES TRAGOEDIAE SEPTENDECIM Venice

February 1503

 GBP - 1,600.00
59 EYTON (ROBERT WILLIAM) ANTIQUITIES OF SHROPSHIRE

1854 [1853]-60

 GBP - 660.00
60 Ferrey (Benjamin) and Edward Wedlake Brayley The antiquities of the priory of Christ-Church

1834

 GBP - 120.00
61 [FORBES (JAMES)] SALICTUM WOBURNENSE: or, a catalogue of willows

1829

 GBP - 1,150.00
62 [FORSYTH (ROBERT)] The beauties of Scotland Edinburgh

1805-08

 GBP - 110.00
63 Fuller (Thomas) The church-history-of Britain

1655

 GBP - 120.00
64 Fuller (Thomas) Ths history of the worthies of England

1662

 GBP - 120.00
65 Gage (John) The history and antiquities of Hengrave

1822

 USD - Not Sold
66 Gibson (William Sidney) The history of the monastery founded at Tyne-mouth

1846-47

 GBP - 400.00
67 GOULD (JOHN) THE BIRDS OF EUROPE

1837

 GBP - 17,000.00
68 GREEN (VALENTINE) The history and antiquities of the city and suburbs of Worcester

1796

 GBP - 170.00
69 GROSE (FRANCIS) THE ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES

1773-1811

 GBP - 900.00
70 GUNTON (SIMON) The history of the church of Peterburgh

1686

 GBP - 100.00
71 HAKLUYT (RICHARD) HAKLUYT'S COLLECTION OF THE EARLY VOYAGES

1809-12

 GBP - 550.00
72 HAMILTON (Sir WILLIAM) CAMPI PHLEGRAEI Naples

1776-79

 GBP - 6,200.00
73 HARRADEN (R. B.) CANTABRIGIA DEPICTA

1809

 GBP - 380.00
74 HASTED (EDWARD) THE HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY OF KENT Canterbury

1778-99

 GBP - 1,000.00
75 [HELYOT (PIERRE) AND MAXIMILIEN BULLOT] HISTOIRE DES ORDRES MONASTIQUES Paris

1714-19

 GBP - 400.00
76 Herbert (W.) Antiquities of the Inns of Court and Chancery

1804

 GBP - 90.00
77 HOARE (Sir RICHARD COLT) AND OTHERS THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF SOUTH [NORTH] WILTSHIRE

GBP - 2,600.00
78 HOARE (Sir RICHARD COLT) Journal of a tour in Ireland

1807

 GBP - 300.00
79 HOARE (Sir RICHARD COLT) MONASTIC REMAINS OF THE RELIGIOUS HOUSES AT WITHAM

1824

 GBP - 240.00
80 H[OLLAND] (H[ENRY]) HERWOLOGIA ANGLICA hoc est clarissimorum et doctissimorum aliquot Anglorum

1620

 GBP - 420.00
81 HORATIUS FLACCUS (QUINTUS) OPERA

1792-93

 GBP - 420.00
82 Horne (Thomas Hartwell) An introduction to the study of bibliography

1814

 GBP - 100.00
83 HORSLEY (JOHN) BRITANNIA ROMANA

1732

 GBP - 160.00
84 HOUEL (JEAN) VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DES ISLES DE SICILE Paris

1782-87

 GBP - 2,600.00
85 HUTCHINS (JOHN) THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET

1796-1815

 GBP - 1,000.00
86 HUTCHINSON (WILLIAM) The history and antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham

GBP - 100.00
87 Hutchinson (William) The history of the county of Cumberland Carlisle

1794

 GBP - 150.00
88 HUTCHINSON (WILLIAM) A view of Northumberland with an excursion to the abbey of Mailross in Scotland Newcastle

1778

 GBP - 90.00
89 INGRAM (JAMES) MEMORIALS OF OXFORD Oxford

1837

 GBP - 380.00
90 IRELAND (SAMUEL) [WORKS]

1792-1800

 GBP - 450.00
91 JONES (THEOPHILUS) A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF BRECKNOCK

1805-09

 GBP - 190.00
92 KNELLER (Sir GODFREY) THE KIT-CAT CLUB

1735

 USD - Not Sold
93 KNIP (Madame ANTIONETTE PAULINE JACQUELINE) and C. J. THEMMINCK LES PIGEONS Paris

[1809]-11

 GBP - 7,000.00
94 LABILLARDIERE (JACQUES JULIEN HOUTON DE) NOVAE HOLLANDIAE PLANTARUM SPECIMEN Paris

1804-06

 GBP - 2,200.00
95 LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE) FABLES CHOISIES Paris

1755-59

 GBP - 8,000.00
96 [LATHAM (JOHN)] A GENERAL SYNOPSIS OF BIRDS

GBP - 2,400.00
97 LAURENT (HENRI) LE MUSEE NAPOLEON [ROYAL] Paris

1812-18

 GBP - 480.00
98 LESSON (RENE PRIMEVERE) HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX-MOUCHES

GBP - 1,900.00
99 LESSON (RENE PRIMEVERE) HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX-MOUCHES

GBP - 950.00
100 LAVATER (JOHANN CASPAR) ESSAYS ON PHYSIOGNOMY

1789-98

 GBP - 340.00
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    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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    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.