Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS, 21Feb1974,

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 21, 1974 - February 21, 1974

Page Size: 509 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
201	Helbig, J.	De Glasschilderkunst in België: Repertorium en Documenten		1943	GBP -	6.00
202	Helm, W. H.	Vigée-Lebrun, 1755-1842: Her Life, Works, and Friendships ... with a Catalogue Raisonné" of the Artist's Pictures		1916	GBP -	5.00
203	Hilaire, Georges	Derain		1959	GBP -	10.00
204	Hobson, R. L.	The Later Ceramic Wares of China		1925	GBP -	21.00
205	Hobson, R. L., Hetherington, A. L.	The Wares of the Ming Dynasty The Early Ceramic Wares of China		1923, 1924	GBP -	24.00
206	HOFMANN, FRIEDRICH H.	GESCHICHTE DER BAYERISCHEN PORZELLAN-MANUFAKTUR NYMPHENBURG, 3 vol.		1921-23	GBP -	240.00
207	Hogarth, William	The Works ... with a Comment on their Moral Tendency, by the Rev. John Trusler, 2 vol.		1821	GBP -	32.00
208	Howard, Frank	The Sketcher's Manual; or, The Whole Art of Picture Making reduced to the Simplest Principles		1837	GBP -	16.00
209	Hymans, Henri	Lucas Vorsterman: Catalogue raisonné de son ceuvre		1893	GBP -	21.00
210		Jedlicka (Gotthard) Edouard Manet		1941	GBP -	6.00
211	John, W. D.	Swansea Porcelain	Newport	1958	GBP -	26.00
212	Mauclair, Camille	Jules Cheret	Paris	1930	GBP -	18.00
213	Marshall, H. Rissik	Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period (1751-83)		1954	GBP -	24.00
214	Mayer, August L.	Francisco de Goya		1923	GBP -	8.00
215	Mourlot, Fernand Bernard Buffet	Euvre gravé ... Catalogue ... Lithographies, 1952-66		1967	GBP -	32.00
216	Nolhac, Pierre de	Tapisseries des Gobelins exposés au Palais de Versailles	Paris	1910	GBP -	11.00
217	Palomino, de Catroy Velasco, A. A.	An account of the lives and works of the most eminent Spanish painters			GBP -	26.00
218	Pariset, Francois-Georges	Georges de La Tour		1948	GBP -	5.00
219	Petitjean, Ch[arles] and Ch[arles] Wickert	Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé de Robert Nanteuil, 2 vol. (including vol. of plates)		1925	GBP -	14.00
220	[Picasso, Pablo	Carnet de Royau]	Paris	1948	GBP -	16.00
221	Picasso, Pablo	[40 dessins en marge du Buffon]	Paris	1957	GBP -	25.00
222	Plon, Eugene	Leone Leoni... et Pompeo Leoni		1887	GBP -	10.00
223	Pugin, A[ugustus Charles], Edward James Willson	Specimens of Gothic Architecture; selected from Various Ancient Edifices in England ... [with a Glossary of Technical Terms ...		c. 1825	GBP -	20.00
224	Pugin, Augustus, Charles--Britton, John	Historical and Descriptive Essays ... [on] the Architectural Antiquities of Normandy		1828	GBP -	34.00
225	Pugin, A[ugustus] Welby, Northmore]	The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture		1853	GBP -	6.00
226	Redford, George	Art Sales. A History of Sales of Pictures and other Works of Art, 2 vol.		1888	GBP -	40.00
227	Ruskin, John	Notes on the Pictures of Mr. Holman Hunt ... With Criticisms		1886	GBP -	11.00
228	Ruskin, John	Notes on the Pictures of Mr. Holman Hunt ... With Criticisms The King of the Golden River or the Black Brothers		1886, 1904, 1889-90-82-83	GBP -	18.00
229	Ruskin, John	Notes on some of the Principal Pictures of Sir John Everett Millais ... with a preface and original and selected criticisms		1886	GBP -	12.00
230	Ruskin, John	Notes on some of the Principal Pictures of Sir John Everett Millais ... with a preface and original and selected criticisms		1886	GBP -	5.00
231	Skira, Albert	Anthologie du livre illustré par les peintres et sculpteurs de l'école de Paris ... Avant-propos de Claude Roger-Marx, "Comment j'ai fait mes livres" par Henri Matisse	Geneva	1946	GBP -	26.00
232	Slive, Seymour	Rembrandt and bis Critics	The Hague	1630-1730, 1953	GBP -	4.00
233	SMITH, JOHN CHALONER	British Mezzotinto Portraits, being a descriptive catalogue from the introduction of the Art to the early part of the present Century, 4 vol.		1878-83	GBP -	55.00
234		SVENSKT SILVERSMIDE 1520-1850, 3 vol.	Stockholm	1841-45	GBP -	50.00
235		Trapier (Elizabeth du Gué) Velazquez	New York	1948	GBP -	5.00
236	Upmark, Gustaf	Guldoch Silversmeder i Sverge 1520-1850	Stockholm	1943	GBP -	17.00
237		Vaccarino (Paolo) Nanni	Florence	1950	GBP -	5.00
238	Vallier, Dora, Zahar, Marcel, Bernard Buffet	Carnet inédit de Fernand Léger Serge Poliakoff Gromaire, Geneva Geneva	Paris, Paris	1957, 1959, 1961, 1964	GBP -	20.00
239	VINCI, LEONARDO DA	A treatise of painting ... to which is prefix'd the author's life, done from the last edition of the French [by John Senex]		1721	GBP -	75.00
240	Vries, A. B. de, Loga, Valerian von	Jan Vermeer de Delft Goering (Max) Francesco Guardi Francisco de Goya	Basle, Vienna, Berlin	1948, 1944, 1903	GBP -	7.00
241	Whitman, Alfred, Ruskin, John, Nevill, Ralph	Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters. Samuel William Reynolds [Samuel Cousins; Charles Turner], 3 vol. The Seven Lamps of Architecture French Prints of the Eighteenth Century		1903-07, 1886	GBP -	26.00
242	Wilde, Johannes	Italian Drawings... in the British Museum: Michelangelo and his Studio		1953	GBP -	2.00
243	Williamson, G. C.	The Book of Famille Rose		1927 1926	GBP -	24.00
244	Wright G. N.	The Gallery of Engravings, [First and] Second Series, 4 vol.		c. 1850	GBP -	56.00
245	[Zervos, Christian]	Dessins de Pablo Picasso		1892-1948, 1949	GBP -	9.00
246		Album (The) of North Wales views Recollections of Aberdovey & neighbourhood Photographic Album of Llanrwst and vicinity		c.1880, c.1890, c.1920	GBP -	10.00
247	Atkinson, Thomas W.	Travels in the regions of the upper and lower Amoor		1860	GBP -	11.00
248		Australia. Royal geographical society. Proceedings. Queensland Branch, vol. VIII-XXI Victoria Branch, vol. X-XIV, XVII-XXXI part I (some vol. in 2 issues, others with 2 vol. in 1 issue) South Australian branch, vol. XVI-XXXI	Melbourne	1892-1906, 1893-1914, 1916-31	GBP -	18.00
249	Beattie, William	Scotland Illustrated, 2 vol.		1838	GBP -	48.00
250	Benham William, Loftie W. J.	Old London Churches Boccaccio ([Giovanni]) The Decameron	London City	1908, 1891	GBP -	38.00
251	Beudant, F.--S., Helman, Isidor S.	Voyage minéralogique et géologique en Hongrie, pendant l'année 1818, atlas vol. Suite des seize estampes representatnt les conquêtes de l'empereur de la Chine	Paris, Paris	1822, c.1788	GBP -	22.00
252	Borlase, William	The Natural History of Cornwall		1970	GBP -	18.00
253	Browne, W. G.	Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the Year 1792 to 1798		1799	GBP -	25.00
254	Byron, John	The narrative ... containing an account of the great distresses suffered ... on the coast of Patagonia [etc.]		1768	GBP -	24.00
255	Carr Sir John	The stranger in France: or, a tour from Devonshire to Paris		1803	GBP -	44.00
256	Gilbert, Josiah	Cadore of Titian's Country		1869	GBP -	6.00
257	HASTED, EDWARD	THE HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTRY OF KENT, 12 vol.	Canterbury	1797-1801	GBP -	100.00
258	[Henningsen, C. F.], Pardoe, Julia], Saint-Julien, Charles de	Revelations of Russian in 1846, by an English resident, 2 vol. The city of the Magyar, or Hungary and her institutions in 1839-40, 3 vol. Galitzin (Emanuel, Prince) La Finlande, 2 vol. Voyage pittoresque en Russie	Paris, Paris	1846, 1840, 1852, 1854	GBP -	14.00
259	Howitt, William and Mary	Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain and Ireland, [First and] Second Series, 2 vol.		1862-64	GBP -	72.00
260		Jones & Co. Wales Illustrated, in a Series of Views, no. 1-4, 5, 9-27, 29-31, 33, together 28 parts only (of 56)		1830-32	GBP -	34.00
261	Kippis, Andrew, Wyse, Sir Thomas, Browne, Capt. John Murray	The life of Captain James Cook, 2 vol. An excursion in the Peloponnesus in the year 1858, 2 vol. Voyages en Virginie et en Floride, illustrations in the text An historical view of the revolutions of Portugal	Basil [sic] & Paris, Paris	1788, 1865, 1927, 1827	GBP -	46.00
262	[Lambard, William, Duncombe, John, Virtue, George, Parish, W. D. and W. F. Shaw	A Perambulation of Kent] The History and Antiquities of the Two Parishes of Reculver and Herne, in the County of Kent The Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain ... Kent A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect, PRESENTATION COPY		1596, 1784, c. 1830	GBP -	105.00
263	Ledwich, Edward	The Antiquities of Ireland	Dublin	1804	GBP -	28.00
264	Lévesque, Pierre Charles	Moeurs, usages et costumes des peuples de la Russie	Paris	An VIII 1800	GBP -	24.00
265	Lewis, John	The History and Antiquities, as well Ecclesiastical as Civil, of the Isle of Tenet, in Kent [with a Collection of Papers, Records, &c], 2 parts in 1 vol.		1736	GBP -	55.00
266	Lewis, Samuel	A Topographical Dictionary of England [and Wales], 6 vol. only (of 7, lacks Atlas); Scotland, 3 vol. (including Atlas); Ireland, 3 vol. (including Atlas), together 12 vol.		1842-47	GBP -	18.00
267	M'Leod, John	Voyage of his majesty's ship Alceste, along the coast of Corea		1818	GBP -	19.00
268	Mangin, Arthur, D'Orbigny, Alcide	Voyages et decouvertes outre-mer au XIXe siècle Guérin (Leon) Les navigateurs français La marine et les colonies. Commerce B*** (Armand de) Mes voyages avec le docteur Philips dans les republiques de la Plata, second edition Voyage dans les deux Amériques	Paris, France, Paris, Paris	1863, 1846, 1888, 1863, 1853	GBP -	44.00
269	Masson, Madeleine, Heller, David, Barnard, Lady Anne	A Scrapbook of the Cape, PRESENTATION COPY In Search of VOC Glass Fairbridge (Dorothea) Lady Anne Barnard at the Cape of Good Hope South Africa a Century Ago ... Letters ... [and] Extracts from a Journal	Cape Town, Cape Town, Oxford, Cape Town	1946, 1951, 1797-1802, 1924, 1797-1801, 1925	GBP -	22.00
270	Nery, F. J. de St. Anna, Molina, Juan Ignacio	Le pays des Amazones, illustrated Compendio de la historia geografica, natural y civil del reyno de Chile, stained, contemporary mottled sheep, worn B*** (Armand de) Mes voyages avec le docteur Philips Cuba. Guia de Forasteros en la siempre fiel isla de C	Paris, Madrid, Havana	1885, 1788, 1861, 1863	GBP -	24.00
271	Orme, Robart	Historical fragments of the Mogul empire, of the Morattoes, and of the English concerns in Indostan from the year 1659		1805	GBP -	26.00
272	PETIT NEPTUNE FRANCAIS, Le	or, French coasting pilot		1793	GBP -	40.00
273	[Raynal, Guillaume T.]	Histoire ... des établissement s & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes, 7 vol. (without the 3 vol. of Supplements published in 1781)	Maestricht	1775	GBP -	38.00
274	Roussin, baron, A. R., Hudson, W. H., Leclercq, Jules, Doyle, Henry Grattan, Salivia, L. A.	Le pilote de Brésil The naturalist in La Plata Voyage au Mexique de New-York a Vera Cruz A tentative bibliography of the belles-lettres of the republics of Central America Historia de los temporales du Puerto Rico and 30 other similar volumes, including s	Paris, New York, Paris, Cambridge	1845, 1895, 1885, 1935, 1508--1949, 1950	GBP -	10.00
275	Scott, R. F.	Scott's Last Expedition ... [edited] by Leonard Huxley, 2 vol.		1913	GBP -	21.00
276	Stewart, John, of Jamaica	Gemälde von Jamaica		1824	GBP -	19.00
277	[Storer, J. and J. Greig]	Select Views of London and its Environs, 2 vol.		1804-05	GBP -	11.00
278	Thoresby, Ralph	Ducatus Leodiensis: or, The Topography of the ... Town and Parish of Leedes ... [edited] by Thomas Dunham Whitaker, 3 parts in 1 vol.	Leeds	1816	GBP -	11.00
279	William Page	Victoria County Histories. Gloucester, vol. II only (of 4 so far published); Middlesex, vol. II only (of 2 so far published)		1907-11	GBP -	24.00
280	Waliszewski, K., Chodzko Leonard, La Bologne, Catteau -Calleville, J. P.	Le roman d'une impératrice Catherine II Tableau de la mer Baltique, 2 vol.	Paris, Paris, Paris	1910, 1839-41, 1812	GBP -	3.00
281	Waterton, Charles	Wanderings in South America, the North West of the United States, and the Antilles		1825	GBP -	35.00
282	Wildman, W. B., Skirving Edward Scot, Collyer, Robert and J. H. Turner, Smith, Tom C. and Jonathan Shortt, Planche, J. R.	A Short History of Sherborne from 705 A.D. Cheltenham College Register The History of the Parish of Ribchester The Pursuivant of Arms	Sherborne, Cheltenham, Manchester	1930, 1841-1927, 1928, 1885, 1890, 1909	GBP -	30.00
283	Wilson, H. W.	With the Flag to Pretoria: A History of the Boer War of 1899-1900, 2 vol.		1900-01	GBP -	6.00
284	Young, Arthur-Baker, John Wynn	An abridgment of the six weeks and sixth months tour through the Southern and Northern counties of England	Dublin	1771	GBP -	20.00
285	Young, William	The history of Athens ... with a view to an investigation of the immediate causes of elevation, and decline, operative in a free and commercial state		1786	GBP -	16.00
286	[ANGLIONBY, WILLIAM]	Painting Illustrated in three Diallogues ... together with the Lives of the most Eminent Painters from Cimabue, to the time of Raphael and Michael Angelo		1685	GBP -	95.00
287	ALEMAN, MATEO	The Rogue: or, the Life of Guzman de Alfarache [translated by J. Mabbe], 2 parts in one vol.	Oxford	1630	GBP -	26.00
288	Bacon, Sir Francis	Sermones fideles, engraved title [Gibson 52b] Sermones fideles, engraved title [Gibson 55; Willems 1279] Novum organum scientiarum, engraved title [Gibson 104] Historia regni Henrici septimi, first Latin edition, engraved title, small tears in first 3 lea	Leyden, Amsterdam, Leyden, Leyden, Leyden, Leyden, Amsterdam, Leyden, Leyden, Amsterdam	1644, 1662, 1645, 1642, 1647, 1652, 1662, 1636, 1661, 1699	GBP -	60.00
289	[Barlow], Thomas	The Gunpowder Treason: with a Discourse of the Manner of its Discovery ... and by way of Appendix, several Papers or Letters of Sir Everard Digby, chiefly relating to the Gunpowder-Plot, 2 parts in one vol.		1679	GBP -	36.00
290	Battely, John	Opera Posthuma. Viz. Antiquitates Rutupinae et Antiquitates S. Edmundi Burgi ad Annum 1272 Perductae, 2 parts in 1 vol.		1745	GBP -	19.00
291	Belsham, William, Gillies, John, Burke, Edmund, Robison, John	Memoirs of the reign of George III, 2 vol. Memoirs of the kings of Great Britain of the house of Brunswic Lunenburg, 2 vol. A view of the reign of Frederick II of Prussia Reflection on the revolution in France Proofs of a conspiracy against all the religi	Dublin, Dublin, Dublin	1824, 1796, 1789, 1790, 1798	GBP -	19.00
292	Bird, William	The magazine of honour; or, a treatise of the severall degrees of the nobility of this kingdome ... enlarged ... by Sir John Doderidge [White-locke (Sir Bulstrode)] Monarchy asserted to be the best, most ancient and legall form of government		1642	GBP -	26.00
293	B[lount], T[homas]	Fragmanta antiquitatis. Antient tenures of land, and jocular customs of some manors		1679	GBP -	28.00
294	[Bohun, Edmund]	An Address to the Freemen and Freeholders of the Nation, in Three Parts. Together with Reflections on a Pamphlet, stiled A Just and Modest Vindication of the Proceedings of Two Last Parliaments: or, A Defence of His Majesties Late Declaration, 4 parts in		1683-82-83	GBP -	38.00
295	Blackwall, A.	Book (The) of Common Prayer The Sacred Classics Defended and Illustrated, 2 vol. Common Place-Book (A)	Oxford	1787, 1727-31, 1738	GBP -	3.00
296	Brand, John	Observations on popular antiquities: including the whole of Mr. Browne's Antiquitates Vulgares	Newcastle upon Tyne	1777	GBP -	16.00
297		BROADSIDES. 12 broadsides including: A Proclamation for Restraint of Vnnecessarie Resorts to the Court [owing to the plague] A Proclamation ... for the Assembling of Parliament [STC 8886] A Proclamation for the Discovery and Apprehension of George, Duke o		1625, 1627 1628, 1666/7, 1687, 1627	GBP -	135.00
298	Browne, Sir Thomas	Certain Miscellany Tracts		1684	GBP -	26.00
299	Browne, Sir Thomas	Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall, or, A Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes lately found in Norfolk, together with The Garden of Cyrus, extracted from the fourth edition of"Pseudodoxia Epidemica" [Wing 5162]		1658	GBP -	10.00
300	BLOUNT, Sir THOMAS POPE	Censura Celebriorum Authorum		1690	GBP -	70.00

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