Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS FINE BINDINGS AND A FEW MANUSCRIPTS COMPRISING The Property of Rt. Hon. Lord Northbourne The Property of Mrs. H. A. Ridley The Property of Maj.-Gen. J. H. T. Priestman, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. The Property of the late Hugh Gledhill, Esq. formerly of St. John's College, Oxford AND Other Properties., ORE,

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 29, 1957 - July 29, 1957
Page Size: 672 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
587 Sylphide (La) modes Paris

1840-41

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588 Syntax

1820

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589 Townsend (J.) Townsend's Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes

[1846-49]

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590 Turner (J. M. W.) Picturesque views in England and Wales

1832

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591 Tournefort (P. de) A Voyage into the Levant

1718

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592 Twamley (Louisa Anne) The Romance of Nature

1839

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593 Twining (Elizabeth) Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants with Groups and Descriptions

1868

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594 Tymms (W. R.) and M. D. Wyatt The Art of Illuminating

1860

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595 WESTALL (WILLIAM) and SAMUEL OWEN PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE RIVER THAMES

1828

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596 Willyams (Rev. Cooper) A Voyage of the Mediterranean

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597 Willis (N. P.) and W. H. Bartlett American Scenery

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598 Wilson (Alexander) and Prince Charles Lucian Bonaparte

1832

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599 World of Fashion (The)

1834-41

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600 Wright (G. N.) and Thomas Allom Allom

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601 Ainslie (Sir Robert) and Luigi Mayer A Selection of the . . . Collection of Views in Turkey in Europe

1811

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602 Andrews (John) and A. Dury A Map of the Country sixty-five miles round London from actual surveys

[1776]

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603 Ashmole (Elias) The Institution

1672

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604 Atlas of 54 double-page maps of various parts of the world by Le Sieur d'Anville

[c.1790]

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605 Barlandus (Hadrianus) Ducum Brabantiae chronica

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606 Borlase (William) Observations of the Antiquities

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607 Camden (William) Britannia

1607

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608 CAMDEN (WILLIAM) Britain

1610

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609 Camden (William) Britannia

1695

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610 Canon Missae Venice

1784

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611 Cluverius (Philippus) Sicilia antiqua

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612 [COMBE (WILLIAM)] VIEWS AND SCENERY ON THE RIVER THAMES

1796

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613 Costume Plates

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614 Cruchley (G. F.) Railway and Telegraphic County Atlas of England Wales

[1879]

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615 DANIELL (W.) and R. AYTON A Voyage Round Great Britain

1814-22

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616 DE BRY (J. T. and J. I.) ["PETITS VOYAGES": VOYAGES TO INDIA]

1619

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617 Doncker (H.), C. Loots-Man and H. Goose The Lightning Columne or Sea-Mirrour [Amsterdam

1670

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618 Fontana (Domenico) Delia trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano de delie fabriche idi Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V

1604

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619 Fuller (Thomas) A Pisgah-sight of Palestine

1650

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620 Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldrie

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621 HAMILTON (Sir WILLIAM) Collection of Etruscan

1766-67

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622 Hope (W. H. St. John) The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter

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623 Jefferys (Thomas) A Map of the County of Devon

1765

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624 Jefferys (Thomas) The County of York Surveyed

1771

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625 Kip (John) Britannia Illustrata

1714-16

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626 L'Admirai (Jacob) Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omirent de Veranderingen van veele Insekten of Gekorvene Diertjes

1774

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627 LINSCHOTEN (JAN HUYGEN VAN) Navigatio in orientalem sive Lusitanorum Indiam

1599

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628 Loggan (David) Oxonia illustrata Oxford

1675

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629 Martyn (William Frederick) A New Dictionary of Natural History

1785

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630 Matthiolus (Petrus Andreas) Commentarii in sex libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de Mediea materia Venice

1565

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631 Miller (Philip) Figures of the . . . Plants described in the Gardener's Dictionary

1771

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632 Mornas (Buy de) Atlas methodique et elementaire de geographie et d'histoire Paris

1761

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633 Norlund (N. E.) Danmarks Kortlaegning

1943

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634 Pagitt (E.) Christianography

1674

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635 Palladio (Andrea) L'Architettura

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636 Pennant (T.) Some account of London

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637 Porcacchi (Thomaso) L'Isole piu famose del mondo

1576

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638 Ptolemaeus (Claudius) Geografia Venice

1598

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639 PTOLEMAEUS (C.) Theatrum Geographiae veteris

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640 Ogilby (John) Britannia

1675

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641 P[lot] (R[obert]) The Natural History of Oxford-shire Oxford

1677

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642 [Ricchinio (Thoma Augustino)] De Vita ac rebus gestis beati Gregorii Barbadici S.R.E. Cardinalis Episcopi Patavini libri tres Rome

1761

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643 Rocque (J.) A Topographical Survey of the County of Berks

1761

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644 Sanson (Nicolas) and Wm. Berry Atlas

[c.1680-82]

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645 [SCHEDEL (HARTMANN)] LIBER CRONICARUM

1493

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646 [SCHEDEL (HARTMANN)] Das Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten [Nuremberg

1493

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647 Skelton (Joseph) Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata

1823

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648 SPEED (JOHN) THEATEUM IMPERII MAGNAE BRITANNIAE

1616

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649 SPEED (JOHN) THE THEATRE OF THE EMPIRE OF GREAT BRITAINE

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650 SPEED (JOHN) THEATRUM IMPERII MAGNAE BRITANNIAE

1616

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651 Stodart (R. R.) Scottish Arms Edinburgh

1881

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652 Strabo

1571

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653 Taylor (G.) and A. Skinner Survey and maps of the roads of North Britain

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654 Vander Meulen russia

[1727]

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655 Watkins (John) Boydell's Heads of Illustrious and Celebrated Persons

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656 Wells (Edward) A New Sett of Maps Oxford

1701

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657 Wing (Vincent and John) Geodetes Practicus Redivivus

1700

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658 WIT (FREDERICK DE) ATLAS

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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.
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    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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    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.
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    Rare Books Signature Auction
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