Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS AND A FEW MANUSCRIPTS., 14May1934,

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 14, 1934 - May 14, 1934

Page Size: 946 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
201	Maxwell, M.	Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa		1925	GBP -	1.02
202	Elgood, G. S.	qnd G. Jekyll		1920	GBP -	0.18
203	Perrin, H. and G. S. Boulger	British Flowering Plants		1914	GBP -	3.10
204	Fox-Davies, A. C.	Armorial Families		1905	GBP -	0.12
205	Greenaway, Kate	Under the Window		n. d.	GBP -	Not Sold
206	Merian, M.	Todlen Tank	Frankfurt	1696	GBP -	0.10
207	De Becker, J. E.; Proal, L.	The Nightless City; Passion and Criminality		n. d., 1905	GBP -	0.15
208	Michaelis, A.; Bailey, C. T. P.	Ancient Marbles in Great Britain; Knives and Forks	Cambridge	1822, 1927	GBP -	0.10
209	Pollard, H. B. C.; Cunynghame, H. H.	History of Firearms; European Enamels		1930, 1906	GBP -	2.00
210	Graves, Algernon	The Royal Academy of Arts		1905-06	GBP -	4.15
211	Sparrow, W. Shaw; Webb, E. A. and others	Angling in British Art; History of Chislehurst		1923, 1899	GBP -	1.12
212	Rabelais, Fr.	Works		1904	GBP -	1.02
213	Allom, T. and G. N. Wright	China		n. d.	GBP -	0.10
214		Argonaut Press		1929	GBP -	0.10
215	Halford, F. M.	The dry-fly man's handbook		1913	GBP -	4.05
216	Sparrow, W. S.	Prints and drawings of Frank Brangwyn		1919	GBP -	0.12
217		Burlington Fine Arts Club		1914	GBP -	1.15
218	Tudor-Craig, Sir A.	Armorial Porcelain of the 18th Century		1925	GBP -	1.00
219	Barrow, John	Travels in China [and Cochinchina]		1804-6	GBP -	3.05
220	Daniell, T. and W.; Houghton, W.	Oriental Scenery; British Fresh Water Fishes		1812-15	GBP -	0.18
221	Leech, John; Doyle, R.	Pictures of Life and Character; How we Spent the Summer or a Voyage en Zigzag		1871	GBP -	0.14
222	Edwards, L. and H. F. Wallace; Aldin, C.	Hunting and Stalking the Deer; Sabretache. More Shires and Provinces; Romance of the Road		1927, 1928	GBP -	2.00
223	Dennis, John; Repton, H.	Views in Savoy, Switzerland and on the Rhine; Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton		1822, 1808	GBP -	1.15
224	Nichols, J. G.	Autographs of Royal, Noble, Learned and Remarkable Persons		1829	GBP -	0.08
225	Maitland, W.	History of London		1739	GBP -	Not Sold
226		Tresor de Numismatique et de Glyptique, ou Recueil de Medailles, Monnais, Pierres Gravees, etc.	Paris	1836-9	GBP -	Not Sold
227	Clarendon, Edward, Earl of	History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England	Oxford	1702-4	GBP -	Not Sold
228	Herbert, T.; Hobbes, T.	Some Yeares Travels into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique ... with a revivall of the First Discoverer of America; Leviathan		1638	GBP -	0.14
229	Popish Plot. Oates, T.	True Narrative of the Horrid Plot, etc.		1678-80	GBP -	Not Sold
230	Steele, Sir R.	The Importance of Dunkirk Considered		1713	GBP -	Not Sold
231	Biondi, Gio. Francesco	Donzella Desterrada, or the Banished Virgin, Englished by I. H.		1635	GBP -	Not Sold
232	James I.	PROCLAMATIONS		1609	GBP -	3.05
233	Gevartius, C.	Onuphrius Panvius; Icones Imperatorum Romanorum		1557	GBP -	0.12
234	Picart, B.; Denon, Baron V.	The Temple of the Muses; Egypt	Amsterdam	1733, 1816	GBP -	Not Sold
235	Ebermayer, J. M.; Lavater	Gemmarum affabre sculptarum Thesaurus; Physiognomical Sketches engraved by j. Luffman		1720, 1802	GBP -	Not Sold
236	Hertfelder, B.	Basilika S.S. Udalrici et Afrae Augustae		1627	GBP -	Not Sold
237	Temple, Sir William	Works		1720	GBP -	0.15
238		Pitture Antiche d'Ercolano e contorni		1765-92	GBP -	0.18
239	Bellorio, J. P.	et M. A. Causseo		1791	GBP -	0.10
240	Cavendish, Wm., Duke of Newcastle	A General System of Horsemanship		1742	GBP -	2.05
241	Montano, G. B.; Roccheggiani, L.	Architetura con diversi ornamenti; I Costumi religioso civili e militari antichi Egizziani Etruschi Greci e Romani	Roma	1684	GBP -	0.10
242	Piranesi, G. B.	Le Antichita Romane	Roma	1779	GBP -	1.12
243	Camden, W.	Britannia		1789	GBP -	2.12
244		Bible	Paris	1759	GBP -	0.10
245	Pontoppidan, E.; Beawes, W.	Natural History of Norway; Lex Mercatoria Rediviva or Complete Code of Commercial Law, 1792		1755, 1792	GBP -	1.00
246	Cavendish, William, Duke of Newcastle	A new method and extraordinary invention		1667	GBP -	0.10
247	Canal, A.	Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores		1754	GBP -	6.05
248		Biblia Sacra Testementi Veteris brevibus scholiis illustrate ab I. Tremellio et F. Junio	Genevae	1617	GBP -	Not Sold
249	Dugdale, William	The antiquities of Warwickshire		1656	GBP -	6.05
250		Bible		1611	GBP -	0.10
251	Topsel, E.	The History of Four-footed Beasts ... whereunto is now added the Theatre of Insects		1658	GBP -	4.05
252	Webber, B.	James Orrocks, R.I., Painter, Connoisseur, Collector		1903	GBP -	Not Sold
253	Blaeu, G. and J.	Novus Atlas, das ist Welt beschreibung	Amsterdam	1647	GBP -	18.00
254	Armour, G. D.; Darwin, B.	Humour in the Hunting Field; A Golfer's Gallery		1928	GBP -	0.15
255	Sarre, F.; Kiihnel, E. and H. Goetz	Islamic Bookbindings; Indian Book Painting		n. d., 1926	GBP -	1.05
256	Daniell, T. and W.	Oriental Scenery		1816	GBP -	1.00
257	Sarre, F.	Islamic Bookbindings		n.d.	GBP -	0.18
258	Chippendale, T.	The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director		1755	GBP -	21.00
259	Hepplewhite, A.	The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide		1897	GBP -	2.00
260	Cook, Capt. J.	Atlas of plates and to third Voyage		n. d.	GBP -	0.12
261	Drake, F.	Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York		1755	GBP -	0.12
262	Teniers, D.	Theatrum Pictorium		1660	GBP -	2.00
263	Richardson, T. M.; Coats, W. A.	Sketches, in Italy, Switzerland, etc.; Catalogue of a Collection of Pictures belonging to W. A. Coats	Glasgow	1837, 1904	GBP -	1.05
264	Stodart, R. R.; Lyndsay, Sir D.	Scottish Arms; Facsimile of an Ancient Heraldic Manuscript Edited by D. Laing	Edinb.	1881, 1878	GBP -	0.10
265	Drummond, James	Ancient Scottish Weapons	Edinb.	1881	GBP -	0.10
266	Britten, F. J.; Humphreys, H. N.	Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers; Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing		1904	GBP -	1.04
267	Bunyan, John; Stevenson, R. L.	The Pilgrims Progress; Kidnapped		1899, 1886	GBP -	2.02
268	Burke, Sir Bernard	The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales		1884	GBP -	6.00
269	Carter, M.; Kent, S.; Copinger, W. A.	Honor redivivus or an analysis of Honor and Armory; The Grammar of Heraldry; Heraldry Simplified		1673, 1716, 1910	GBP -	0.18
270	Davis, H. W. C.	Mediaeval England	Oxford	1924	GBP -	0.08
271	Ditchfield, P. H.; Hall, H.; Cutts, E. L.	Old English Country Squire; Society in the Elizabethan Age; Scenes of the Middle Ages		1912, 1892, 1911	GBP -	1.10
272	Eve, G. W.; Hope, W. H.	Decorative Heraldry; Heraldry for Craftsmen and Designers		1897, 1913	GBP -	1.10
273	Farmer, J. E.; Wheeler, H. F. B.	Versailles and the Court of Louis XIV; The French Revolution		1906, 1913	GBP -	1.12
274	Garner, R.; Tunnicliff, W.	Natural History of the County of Stafford; Topographical Survey of Stafford		1844, 1787	GBP -	0.10
275	Hardy, W. J.	Book-Plates		1893	GBP -	0.10
276	Martensen, H. L.	Inquiry into the difference of Style observable in Ancient Glass Painting; Jacob Boehme: his Life and Teaching	Oxford	1847, 1885	GBP -	1.02
277	Mogg, E.; Osborne, T.	Paterson's Roads; Geographia Magnae Britanniae. Or Correct Maps of all the Counties		1829, 1748	GBP -	2.00
278	Newton, Wm.; Moule, T.; Boutell, C.	A Display of Heraldry; Heraldry of Fish; Heraldry		1842, 1846, 1863	GBP -	1.08
279	Pitt, W.; Shore, T. W.	Topographical History of Staffordshire; History of Hampshire	Newcastle	1817, 1892	GBP -	0.10
280	Rudge, T.	History of the County of Gloucester		1803, 1813	GBP -	0.10
281	Seebohm, F.; Coulton, G. G.	English Village Community; The Medieval Village	Cambridge	1902, 1925	GBP -	1.18
282	Sheppard, E.; Dasent, A. I.	Memorials of St. James's Palace; History of St. James's Square		1894, 1895	GBP -	0.16
283	Sims, R.; Round, J. H.	Manual for the Genealogist; Family Origins		1888, 1930	GBP -	1.01
284		Two Orders of the Commons in Parliament of great Consequence		1643	GBP -	Not Sold
285	Warner, Rev. R.; Dyde, W.	Topographical Remarks relating to the South Western Parts of Hampshire; History of Tewkesbury		1793, 1798	GBP -	0.10
286	Wimbledon	Extracts from the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wimbledon, cloth 1864		1864	GBP -	Not Sold
287	Austin, R.; Washbourn, J.	Catalogue of the Gloucestershire Collection in the Gloucester Public Library; Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis		1825, 1928	GBP -	0.16
288	Badeslade, T.	Chorographia Britanniae, Or a Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales		1742	GBP -	2.10
289		Book of Common Prayer		1730	GBP -	1.01
290		Catalogue of a Collection of Objects of British Heraldic Art		1916	GBP -	1.08
291	Chubb, Thomas	Printed Maps and Atlases of Great Britain, plates, cloth 1927		1927	GBP -	1.01
292	Fosbrooke, Rev. T. D.; Sever, S.	History of the City of Gloucester; Memoirs of Bristol and its Neighbourhood		1819	GBP -	1.02
293	Fox-Davies, A. C.; Coulton, G. G.	The Book of Public Arms; Chronicler of Euro pean Chivalry		1915, 1930	GBP -	2.00
294	Gough, R.; Leybourn, W.; Faulkner, T.	British Topography; The Complete Surveyor; History of Kensington		1780, 1679, 1820	GBP -	1.15
295	Hind, A. M.; Cescinsky, H. and M. R. Webster	The Etchings of D. Y. Cameron; English Domes tic Clocks		1914, 1924	GBP -	1.18
296	Lloyd, N.; Richardson, A. E.	History of English Brickwork; The Smaller English House of the later Renaissance		1925	GBP -	3.10
297	Ludlow, Edmund; Grace, F.	Memoirs; Catalogue of Maps, Plans and Views of London		1771, 1888	GBP -	1.01
298	Rylands, W. H.; Grazebrook, H. S.	Grantees of Arms to the End of the Seventeenth Century; Heraldry of Worcestershire		1915, 1873	GBP -	2.00
299	Smythe, John; Foster, J.	The Berkeley Manuscripts; Lives of the Berkeleys; London Marriage Licenses, 1521-1869		1521-1869, 1883-5	GBP -	0.10
300	Atkyns, Sir Robert	Ancient and Present State of Gloucester		1768	GBP -	2.00

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