Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS, 19Jun1961,

Auction Details

Auction Date
June 19, 1961 - June 19, 1961
Page Size: 620 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
601 Holberg, L. Moralske Fabler, Den Berommelige Norske Handel-Stad Bergens Beskrivelse Copenhagen

1751, 1757

GBP - 62.00
602 Holberg, L. Adskillige Helfinders og Naunkundige Darners Sammenlignede Historier, Epistler befattende adskillige historiske ... philosophiske, item Skiemtsomme Materier Copenhagen

1757, 1749-54

GBP - 50.00
603 Jahn, Otto; Pauline D. Townsend Life of Mozart

1891

GBP - 13.00
604 Journal des Demoiselles

1855-57 and 1859-63

GBP - 12.00
605 Krag, Niels and Stephan Stephanius Den Stormaegtigste Kong Christian den Tredie ... Historie, Et Hundrede udvalde Danske Viser, om alle-haande moekelige Krigs-Bedrivt og anden selsom Eventyr, etc. Copenhagen

1776-79, 1787

GBP - 14.00
606 Holberg, Ludwig Mindre Poetische Skrifter Copenhagen

1746

GBP - 10.00
607 Milton, John Facsimile of the Manuscript of Milton's Minor Poems, Preserved in the Library of Trinity College Cambridge'S

1899

GBP - 8.00
608 Morley, Thomas A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music

1771

GBP - 15.00
609 Sir W. H. Hadow Oxford Histry of Music Oxford

1901-34

GBP - 11.00
610 Paulli, Simone Flora Danica, der er: Dansk Urtebog Copenhagen

1648-47

GBP - 45.00
611 Peacock, T. L.; Richard Garnett Works

1891

GBP - 2.00
612 Piggott, F. T.; Hipkins, A. J. The Music and Musical Instruments of Japan, Musical Instruments

1893, 1921

GBP - 18.00
613 B. Jowett Plato. The Dialogues translated into English Oxford

1892

GBP - 6.00
614 Origines Hafnienses eller den Kongelige Residente Stad Kiobenhavn Copenhagen

1760

GBP - 20.00
615 Pratt, Anne The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain

n.d.

GBP - 4.00
616 Spitta, Philipp; Clara Bell and J. A. Fuller Maitland Johann Sebastian Bach, his work and influence

1899

GBP - 11.00
617 Stewart, Basil Subjects portrayed in Japanese Colour-Prints

1922

GBP - 15.00
618 Thayer, A. W.; H. E. Krehbiel The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven New York

1921

GBP - 11.00
619 Wagner, Richard Der Ring des Nibelungen, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Parsifal Mainz

n.d.

GBP - 13.00
620 Willis, Robert and J. W. Clark The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge and of the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton Cambridge

1886, 1886

GBP - 4.00
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