Sothebys: VALUABLE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND PRINTED BOOKS., 23Apr1934,

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Auction Date
April 23, 1934 - April 23, 1934
Page Size: 678 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
100 Justinus Epitome in Trogi Pompeii Historias Venice

12 Dec. 1479

 GBP - 3.10
101 Juvenal and Persius Satyrae Padua

c. 1475

 GBP - 12.10
102 Juvenal Satyrae [with the commentary of Domitius Calderinus] Venice

22 July, 1483

 GBP - 4.15
103 Leo I. Sermones, etc. italice [translated by Filippo Corsini]

May, 1485

 GBP - 3.05
104 LIVY HISTOEIAE ROMANAE DECADES Venice

1470

 GBP - 88.00
105 LUCAN PHARSALIA Venice

14 May, 1477

 GBP - 7.05
106 Lyra, Nicolaus de Moralia super totam Bibliam

29 Apr. 1481

 GBP - 2.10
107 MACROBIUS. Venice

1472

 GBP - 155.00
108 Marchesinus, Johannes Mammotrectus super Bibliam Venice

6 July, 1482

 GBP - 2.10
109 Mombritius, Boninus De dominica passione

1474

 GBP - 3.10
110 Nicolaus de Auximo Supplementum Summae Pisanellae; Consilia Alexandri de Neuo contra Judaeos foenerantes

22, 30 Apr. 1479

 GBP - 3.05
111 NICOLAUS DE AUXIMO La Quadriga Spirituale

27 Oct. 1475

 GBP - 38.00
112 Nider, Johannes Praeceptorium divinae legis

c. 1489

 GBP - 1.15
113 Nider, J. Tractatus de morali lepra

after 17 Mar. 1479

 GBP - 1.05
114 OCKAM, WILLIAM IN PRIMUM LIBRUM SENTENTTARUM

1483

 GBP - 31.00
115 OROSIUS, PAULUS HISTORIAE

1471

 GBP - 11.00
116 Perottus, Nicolaus Cornucopia

30 May, 1490

 GBP - 3.05
117 Persius.

10 Sept. 1484

 GBP - 10.00
118 Persius. Venice

c. 1500

 GBP - 4.10
119 Pius II Epistolae familiars Nuremberg

17 July, 1486

 GBP - 4.05
120 PLATEA, FEANCISCUS DE Opus Restitutionum Usurarum et Ex-communicationum

1473

 GBP - 12.10
121 POGGIO, G. F. FACETIAE

14 Mar. 1488

 GBP - 9.10
122 Regimen sanitatis Salemitanum cum expositione Arnaldi de Villa Noua

29 Dec. 1491

 GBP - 5.15
123 REGIUS, RAPHAEL Epistolae Plinii enarrationes

23 May, 1490

 GBP - 2.00
124 Rolewinck, Werner Fasciculus Temporum Venice

24 Nov. 1480

 GBP - 7.00
125 Rolewinck, W. Fasciculus temporum Strassburg

1487

 GBP - 4.00
126 Scriptores de re militari

24 Oct.-3, Nov. 1494

 GBP - 5.10
127 SENECA.

20 Apr. 1475

 GBP - 19.00
128 Solinus, C. J. De mirabilibus mundi Rome

c. 1475

 GBP - 4.15
128 PAOLI, Pasquale Corsican Warrior and Stateman.

GBP - 5.00
129 Suetonius De grammaticis et rhetoribus

c. 1475

 GBP - 5.15
130 Summa rudium

1487

 GBP - 2.05
131 Varro De lingua latina [edited by Pomponiusi Laetus] Venice

1474

 GBP - 4.10
132 Voragine, Jacobus de Sermones de tempore

23 Mar. 1491

 GBP - 2.10
133 TRISTAN ET LA BELLE YSOLT MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM

XII CENT.

 GBP - 68.00
134 Boydell, John A Collection of One Hundred Views in England and Wales; Munich

1770

 GBP - 13.10
135 BYRON, George Gordon, Lord A FINE AND EARLY A. L. s. Byron,

Feby. 6th, 1807

 GBP - 26.00
136 BYRON, G. G., Lord A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

August 20th, 1807

 GBP - 25.00
137 CLARE, Lord School friend at Harrow of Lord Byron.

GBP - 1.00
138 COOPER, J. Femmorc A.L.s. (Author Letter signed) Paris

August, 1831

 GBP - 1.12
139 COWPER, William Auto.

Sept. 1793

 GBP - 1.05
140 DICKENS, Charles A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

17 May, 1851

 GBP - 2.10
141 DRYDEN, John Signature on a printed Receipt

April, 30, 1684

 GBP - 11.10
142 ELWES, John; BENTLEY, Nathaniel Miser, educated at Westminster.; Dirty Dick"

1769

 GBP - 0.15
143 EUROPEAN MONARCHS.

GBP - 16.10
144 GARRICK, David A FINE A. L. s.

July 3rd, 1774

 GBP - 3.10
145 HEATHFIELD, G. A. Eliott, Lord Defender of Gibraltar.

Oct. 25th, 1784

 GBP - 0.10
146 HOGARTH, Wm. Engraved Receipt

1752

 GBP - 2.05
147 HUME, David; CRABBE, George A. L. s. to Richard Davenport

1825

 GBP - 6.05
148 JEFFREYS, George Lord Chancellor.

23 July, 1686

 GBP - 2.10
149 LINCOLN, Abraham A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

Dec. 1861

 GBP - 6.00
150 LLOYD, William; FELL, John; KING, Wm.; ASHE, St. George Bishop of St. Asaph; Bishop of Oxford; Archbishop of Dublin; Intimate friend of Dean Swift

GBP - 20.00
151 LOCKHART, J. G. Biographer of Scott.

Sept. 21, 1832

 GBP - 4.05
152 LOERAINE, Claude de, Duke of Aumale L. s.

GBP - 1.05
153 LUDLOW, Edmund Eegicide

GBP - 2.05
154 MODEEN CELEBEITIES.

GBP - 10.00
155 MONTAGU, Lady Mary Wortley A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

GBP - 0.10
156 NELSON, Admiral, Viscount A. L. s. Bronte & Nelson,

Feb. 21th 1800

 GBP - 6.10
157 NEWCASTLE, William, Duke of Entertained James I and Charles I at Welbeck

4 Jan. 1643

 GBP - 2.10
158 NEWTON, Isaac Signature on a Receipt for £130 Annuity

2 Oct. 1716

 GBP - 2.10
159 ORMONDE, Duke of Four A. L. s.

GBP - 5.00
159A PETER III CZAR OF RUSSIA

GBP - 1.10
160 POPE, Alexander Receipt s. for a copy of Homer's Odyssey

May, 1723

 GBP - 3.15
161 PRESTON, Richard, Viscount; GODOLPHIN, Lord; COVENTRY, Henry Jacobite.; Two A. L. s.; ESSEX (Earl of); Secretary of State Paris; Dublin

1676; May 29th, 1682

 GBP - 1.00
162 ROYALTY.

GBP - 5.05
163 SCOTT, Sir Walter A FINE AND EARLY A. L. s. Edinburgh

18 Feb. 1815

 GBP - 17.00
164 SCOTT, Sir W. A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

1829

 GBP - 6.00
165 SHENSTONE, W. A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

April 7th, 1762

 GBP - 0.05
166 SHERIDAN, E. B.; Fox, C. J.; HASTINGS, Warren; BECKFOED, W. A. L. s.; A. L. s. (initials)

GBP - 5.00
167 STAFFORDSHIRE.

GBP - 2.00
168 STATESMEN of the 17th and 18th Centuries

GBP - 9.00
169 WALPOLE, Horace A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

GBP - 4.05
170 WASHINGTON, George A VERY FINE A. L. s.

Sept. 2teh, 1777

 GBP - 72.00
171 WORDSWORTH, Wm. A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

25 July, 1826

 GBP - 2.05
172 WREN, Sir Christopher Signature to a Bill for the Privy Gardens, March-June, 1680

March-June, 1680

 GBP - 1.15
173 MEREDITH, Roger Secretary to Lord Hyde Hague

1674-9

 GBP - Not Sold
174 WYNNE, O. Secretary to Lords Conway and Sunderland

1680-4

 GBP - 5.00
175 TITUS OATES PLOT A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

18 Oct. 1678

 GBP - 0.16
176 MARLBOROUGH, John Churchill, Duke of A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

3 July, 1710

 GBP - 1.05
177 MILTON, John Doc. s. by Thomas and Richard Milton

10 Dec. 1677

 GBP - 1.05
178 Louis XVI Doc. s.

18 Jan. 1710

 GBP - 2.00
179 Louis XV L. s.

GBP - 1.15
180 Louis XVI AND THE MARRIAGE OF HIS SISTER MME. ADELAIDE

21 August, 1775

 GBP - 2.15
181 CHARLES OF FRANCE

18th Dec. 1469

 GBP - 2.00
182 SOPHIA DOROTHEA daughter of George I.

27th July, 1706

 GBP - Not Sold
183 MARY II Queen of William III Hague

15 Feb.

 GBP - 2.15
184 ARLINGTON, Henry Bennet, Earl of, 1618-1685 Secretary of State under Charles II

June 15, 1652

 GBP - Not Sold
185 BACON, Sir Francis, 1561-1626 Lord Chancellor.

10th April, 1621

 GBP - 2.05
186 BOLINGBROKE, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751 Statesman

1713-1714

 GBP - Not Sold
187 BRADSHAW, John President of the Court that tried and con-demned Charles I.

March 13, 1648

 GBP - 1.05
188 NAVAL Proposals to Enerease Seamen for the Service and Defence of England.

GBP - 2.00
189 PEMBROKE, Philip Herbert, Earl of Shakespeare's patron

9 Dec. 1648

 GBP - Not Sold
190 STANISLAS II POLAND'S KINGS; CHRISTIANE; A. L.

29 Oct. 1614; 16 June, 1792

 GBP - 0.15
191 Campbell, John; COLLINS, Peter SWEDENBORG; A. L. s.

11 Oct. 1799; 23rd June, 1802

 GBP - Not Sold
192 MONMOUTH, James, Duke of; JAMES II L. s.; Doc. s.

9 Mar. 1673/4; 1686/7

 GBP - 3.10
193 ROYALTY.

GBP - 3.05
194 IRVING, Washington; EMERSON, E. W. A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

1819

 GBP - 4.00
195 DICKENS, Charles A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

Dec. 1868

 GBP - 2.05
196 ROMNEY, George A.L.s. (Author Letter signed)

Dec. 27, 1796

 GBP - Not Sold
197 GOEDON, C. G. General

Aug. 1865

 GBP - 4.05
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