Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS, ROMAN,

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 17, 1975 - March 17, 1975
Page Size: 554 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
400 Plautus

1513

 GBP - 30.00
401 DECISIONES ROTE nove & antique Lyons

1516

 GBP - 95.00
402 BARLETIUS (M.) De Vita Morbus ac Rebus Strasburg

1537

 GBP - 70.00
403 Academici trasformati Milan

December 1548

 GBP - 22.00
404 Dionysius Alexander of Halicarnassus Basle, Froben

1549

 GBP - 20.00
405 Oracoli de moderni ingeni si d'Huomini come di Donne

GBP - 10.00
406 Cassandrus (G.) Preces ecclesiasticae

GBP - 48.00
407 Biblia sacra veteris et novi Testamenti

GBP - 26.00
408 Gyraldus (Lilius Gregorius) De deis gentium varia et multiplex historia Basle

August 1570

 GBP - 2.00
409 Index expurgatorius librorum qui hoc seculo prodierunt vel doctrinae non sanae erroribus inspersis Antwerp

1571

 GBP - 6.00
410 Sylvius (Johannes) Cathemerinon ex precatoriis Graecorum libellis congestum Antwerp

1571

 GBP - 22.00
411 Leslie (John, Bishop of Ross) De Origine Moribus et Rebus Gestis Scotorum Rome

1578

 GBP - 58.00
412 NICOLAY D'ARFEVILLE (N.) Le Navigationi et Viaggi fatti nella Turchia Venice

1580

 GBP - 170.00
413 [Du Fresne (C), editor] Historie de l'Empire de Constantinople Paris

1657

 GBP - 40.00
414 N[ierszesouicz] (D.) Dictionaruium Latino-Armenum Rome

1695

 GBP - 50.00
415 MARSIGLI (L. F., Comte) Stato militare dell' Imperio Ottomanno Amsterdam

1732

 GBP - 70.00
416 De Serpos (G., Marchese) Compendio Stoico Venice

1786

 GBP - 65.00
417 Chamich (M.) History of Armenia Calcutta

1827

 GBP - 45.00
418 Garzoni (T.) La Piazza universale di tutte le Professioni del Mondo Venice

1586

 GBP - 14.00
419 Natali (Hieronymus) Adnotationes et meditationes in Evangelia

GBP - 22.00
420 Kegel (Philippus) Zwolff geistliche Andachten each page printed within a woodcut border Leipzig

1602

 GBP - 45.00
421 [Parker (Archbishop Matthew)] De antiquitate Britannicae ecelesiae et de privilegiis ecclesiae Cantuariensis Hanau

1605

 USD - Not Sold
422 Sibmacher (Johann) New Wapenbuch darinnen dess H. Rom Nuremberg

1605

 GBP - 130.00
422A Vegetius (FI.) De re militari libri accedunt Frontini strategematibus [Antwerp]

1607

 GBP - 12.00
423 Doni (Antonio Franc.) La Zucca

GBP - 20.00
424 Estienne (Henri) L'introduction au traite de la conformite des merveilles anciennes avec les modernes

GBP - 22.00
425 Saillius (Thomas) Thesaurus precum et exercitationum spiritualium

GBP - 9.00
426 Scriverius (Petrus) Batavia illustrata seu de Batavorum insula Leiden

1609

 GBP - 20.00
427 Strada (Famianus) Miscellaneous

GBP - 45.00
428 Eustathius De Ismeniae et Ismenes amoribus Paris

1618

 GBP - 24.00
429 Oddi (Matteo) Precetti di architettura militare

GBP - 6.00
430 Bentivoglio (Cardinal Guido) Relationi Cologne

1630

 GBP - 9.00
430A Meursius (Joannes) Historica Danica pariter & Belgica

GBP - 20.00
431 Faret (Hen) L'honeste Homme

GBP - 18.00
432 Corpus juris civilis pandectis expressis

GBP - 16.00
433 Neri (Antonio) De arte vitraria libri septem et in eosdem Christ Amsterdam

1668

 GBP - 30.00
434 Leibnitz (J. J.) Inclutae bibliothecae Norimbergensis memorabili Nuremberg

1674

 GBP - 42.00
435 [Goube]

USD - Not Sold
436 Kofler (Joseph) Observationes magicae theorico-practicae Frankfurt

1686

 GBP - 16.00
436A Cluverius (Philippus) Introductionis in universam geographiam libri VI Amsterdam

1686

 USD - Not Sold
437 Grenade (Louis de) Le memorial de la vie Chretienne

GBP - 140.00
438 Bellori (J. P.) Veteres Arcus Augustorum Triumphis Insignes Rome

1690

 GBP - 20.00
439 Fabri (G. B.) La Conchiglia celeste Elogii di Prencipi ed Huomini ihustri d'ltalia Venice

1690

 GBP - 50.00
440 Campen (Christophorus van) Collectanea thera-peutica de pleuritide et apoplexia in quibus ad mentem veterum medicorum disseritur de clysterium Breda

1691

 USD - Not Sold
440A Censorinus Censorinus de die natali

1695

 GBP - 10.00
441 Theology

GBP - 30.00
442 Bosse (A.) Traite des Manieres de Graver en Tailledouce

GBP - 25.00
443 PLUMIER (C.) L'Art de Tourner

GBP - 60.00
444 Barros (Joan) Acheeps-togten en manhafte Krygs-Bedryven Leiden

1706

 GBP - 15.00
445 Poggio Bracciolini (J.) Historia Florentina

GBP - 26.00
446 Marulli (Fr. Ettore) Vari componimenti in lode del Naples

1723

 GBP - 32.00
447 Oakes (J.) Miscellaneous

GBP - 7.00
448 Lucretius Carus (T.) Miscellaneous books

GBP - 24.00
449 Terentius (Publius) Comoediae nunc primum Italicis versibus redditae Urbino

1736

 GBP - 30.00
450 Tobacco Bologna

[1746]

 GBP - 4.00
451 [Wood (R.)] Les Ruins de Palmyre

1753

 GBP - 32.00
452 Hasselquist (F.) Iter Palaestinum

GBP - 85.00
453 Berzelius (J. J.) Forelasningar i Djurkemien Stockholm

1806-08

 GBP - 60.00
454 Ibsen (H.) Et Dukkehjem [The Doll's House]

GBP - 38.00
455 Ibsen (H.) Hedda Gabler

GBP - 22.00
456 Timber Rouen

1772

 GBP - 12.00
457 [Pluquet] Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des egaremens de l'esprit humain par rapport a la religion chretienne

GBP - 16.00
458 Holland Haarlem

1778

 GBP - 1.00
459 Swedenborg (Emanuel) Vom neuen Jerusalem und dessen himmlischen Lehre Halle

1787

 GBP - 22.00
460 Raphael Les cinquante deux tableaux representant les faits les plus celebres du Vieux et du Noveau Testament

GBP - 22.00
461 [Goethe (J. W.)] Das Romische Carneval

GBP - 900.00
462 Bee-keeping-Huber (Francois) Nouvelles observations sur les abeilles Paris/Geneva

1814

 GBP - 26.00
463 Lorris (G. de) and J. de Meung Le roman de la rose Paris

1814

 GBP - 95.00
464 Schiller (F.) Le Feste di Eleusi

GBP - 14.00
465 Lucanus (Anneus) La Farsaglia volgarizzata dal Conte Francesco Cassi Pesaro

1826

 GBP - 1.00
466 Middle (J.) Galerie Strasbourg

[1840]

 GBP - 30.00
467 Schinz (H. R.) Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Menschen der verschiedenen Rassen und Stamme Zurich

1845

 GBP - 24.00
468 Janin (J.) Rachel et la Tragedie

GBP - 65.00
469 Sand (Maurice) Masques et bouffons (comedie italienne) Paris

1860

 GBP - 85.00
470 Mame (Alfred) et fils Tours

1867

 GBP - 35.00
471 Tissandier (G.) La houille

GBP - 6.00
472 [Palin (N. G.)] Supplement aux Fragmens de l'Etude des Hieroglyphes

GBP - 32.00
473 Bergpredigt Jesu Christi (Die) one of 275 copies on paper Leipzig

[1908]

 GBP - 5.00
474 Rilke (Rainer Maria) Histories du bon Dieu

GBP - 3.00
475 Gavarni-Mery (F. J. P. A.) Perles et parures Paris

GBP - 85.00
476 Grezin (Jacques) Advertissements faicts a l'homme par les fleaux de notre Seigneur Angoulesme

1565

 GBP - 16.00
477 Reprints

GBP - 45.00
478 Arrhenius (S.) A Collection of 8 Papers on Chemistry

GBP - 28.00
479 Baker (H.) The Miscroscope made easy

GBP - 34.00
480 British Association for the advancement of science

1853-1940

 GBP - 90.00
481 Buffon (G. C, Comte de) Natural History

1791

 GBP - 32.00
482 Clusius (Carolus) A treatise on tulips

GBP - 1.00
483 Cole (William) Consilium Aetiologicum de casu quodam epileptico

1702

 USD - Not Sold
484 Cotes (Roger) Hydrostatical and pneumatical lectures Cambridge

1747

 GBP - 10.00
485 COUCH (J.) A History of the Fishes of the British Islands

1877-78

 GBP - 80.00
486 Culpeper (N.) The complete Herbal

GBP - 20.00
487 Curtis (W.) The Botanical Magazine

1800-03

 GBP - 130.00
488 CUVIER (Baron GEORGES) RECHERCHES SUR LES OSSEMENS FOSSILES Paris

1825

 GBP - 45.00
489 Darwin (Charles) On the origin of species by means of natural selection

1861

 GBP - 48.00
490 Jahrbuch der Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften for 1952-1963

GBP - 1.00
491 Jeffreys (J.) British Conchology

GBP - 35.00
492 Schott (G.) Cursus Mathematicus Wurzburg

1661

 GBP - 40.00
493 Singer (Sir Charles) A History of Technology

GBP - 85.00
494 Sjostedt (Y.) Wissenschafliche Ergebnisse des Schweischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro

GBP - 48.00
495 Smith (S. S.) An Essay on the Causes of the Variety

GBP - 30.00
  • <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.
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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.