Sothebys: Catalogue of the Valuable Library of Ancient and Modern Printed Books and Illuminated and other Manuscripts. Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge at their House, No. 13, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. on Monday, 13th Dec. 1909., 13Dec1909,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 13, 1909 - December 13, 1909

Page Size: 1019 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ABELARD ET HELOISA	Lettres d'Heloise et d'Abailard, edition ornee de huit figures gravees par les meilleurs artistes de Paris, d'apres les dessins et sous la direction de MOREAU LE JEUNE	Paris	1796	USD -	2.50
2	Abrahams (N. C. L.)	Description des Manuscrits du Moyen Age de la Bibliotheque Royale de Copenhague	Copenhague	1844	USD -	Unknown
3	Ackermann (R.)	History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's, Westminster, its Antiquities and Monuments	Ackermann	1812	USD -	3.00
4	Allen (Ch. Dexter)	American Book-plates, a Guide to their Study, with Examples, with a Bibliography by E. N. Hewins	New York and London	1894	USD -	1.50
5		Adamus de Montaldo Januensis Augustiniani. Carminibus beroicis edita Passio Domini nri Jesu Christi Szm. Quatuor Evangelia & Szm. Nicodemum	[Romae]	[c. 1475]	USD -	Unknown
6		AEsopus. Fabulae, Gr. et Lat. nunc denuo selectae; Eae item quas Avienus Carmine expressis, etc. ex decreto D.D. Hollandiae Ordinum in usum Scholarum		1632	USD -	Unknown
7		AEsop. Dat Wonderliche Leven Esopi met syn Ghenuechlijche Fabulen, etc		1585-6	USD -	1.50
8	Agrippa (H. Cornelius)	De Occulta Philosophia lib. III		1533	USD -	2.25
9	Agrippa (H. C.)	Of the Vanitie and Uncertaintie of Artes and Sciences		1575	USD -	2.60
10	Agrippa (H. C.)	Female Pre-eminence, or the Dignity and Excellency of that Sex above the Male, done into English (from the Latin), with additional advantages by H. C. (Henry Care)		1670	USD -	1.90
11		Albertus Magnus. Opus de Laudibus Beatae Mariae Virginia, Expositio Materiae quam tractatur in quatuor libros Sententiarum			USD -	3.15
12		Albumasar. Flores Albumasaris [these two words of title cut out and mounted on a blank leaf]. Incipit Tractatus Albumasaris Florum Astrologie,	Venetiis	1488	USD -	2.80
13		Albumasar de Magnis Conjunctionibus....	Venetiis	1489	USD -	5.50
14	Alciatus (Andreas)	De Verborum Significatione libri quatuor, eiusdem in tractatum eius argumenti Veterum Jureconsultorum Commentaria	Lugduni, S. Gryphius	1530	USD -	2.90
15	ALCIATUS (ANDREAS)	Viri Clarissimi Andree Alciati Jurisconsultiss. Mediol. ad D. Chronradum Peutingerum Augustauum Jurisconsultum, EMBLEMATUM LIBER, EDITIO PRIMA		1531	USD -	6.25
16		Alciat. Viri Clarissimi D. Andree Alciati Jurisconsultiss. Mediol. ad D. Chronadum Peutingerum Augustanum Jurisconsultum, EMBLEMATUM LIBER, (EDITIO SECUNDA)		1531, 6 Apr.	USD -	1.75
17		Alciat. Emblematum Libellus...			USD -	1.75
18		Alciat. Clarissimi Viri D. Andreae Alciati Emblematum Libellus, vigilanter & ab ipso jam authore locupletatus	Paris	1542	USD -	Unknown
19		Alciat. Clarissimi Viri D. Andreae Alciati Emblematum Libellus....			USD -	4.20
20		Alciat. Andrcae Alciati Emblematum libellus	Lugduni	1544	USD -	2.40
21		Alciat. Clarissimi Viri D. Andreae Alceati Emblematum libellus, vigilanter recognitus & ab ipso jam authore locupletatus	Paris	1544	USD -	Unknown
22		Alciat. Andreae Alciati Emblematum libellus, nuper in lucem editus, EDITIO ALDINA, anchor on title and on separate leaf at end	Venetiis	1546	USD -	7.25
23		Alciat. Clarissimi Viri D. Andreae Alciati Emblematum libri duo	Lugduni	1547	USD -	2.60
24		Alciat. Emblemata D. A. Alciati denuo ab ipso Autore recognita . . accesserunt nova aliquot ab Autore Emblemata suis quoq. eiconibus insignita	Lugduni	1551	USD -	1.60
25		Alciat. Emblematum Clarissimi Viri D. Andreae Alciati libri II, in eadem succincta Commentariola, nunc multum, quam antea castigatiora & longe locupletiora Seb. Stockhamero Germano, auctore	Antwerpiae	1565	USD -	3.75
26		Alciat, etc. Liber Emblematum D. Andreae Alciati, nunc denuo collatis exemplaribus...			USD -	3.15
27		Alciat. Emblemata, postremo ac ultimo ab ipso auctore recognita; adjecta sunt insuper perelegantia ac docta Epimythia seu Affabulationes, etc	Francof. a. M.	1567	USD -	2.80
28		Alciat. Emblemata, cum Comment. Francisci Sanctii Brocensis, nunc denuo multis in locis accurate recognita & quamplurimis figuris illustrata	Lugduni	1573	USD -	Unknown
29		Alciat. Omnia Emblemata . . nunc primum adjecta sunt Epimythia, etc	Lugduni	1574	USD -	Unknown
30		Alciat. Omnia Emblemata cum Commentariis Claudii Minoei	Antwerpiae	1577	USD -	Unknown
31		Alciat. Omnia Emblemata, cum Commentariis, etc	Antwerpiae	1581	USD -	Unknown
32		Alciat. Emblemata Omnia cum Commentariis per Cl. Minoem; postremo hac editione in meliorem formam redacta, & multis sublatis mendis summa cum diligentia excusa	Paris	1583	USD -	Unknown
33		Alciat. Emblemata Andreae Alciati postremo ab autore recognita; adjuncta sunt Epimythia	Francoforti	1583	USD -	1.60
34		Alciat. Omnia Emblemata cum Commentariis Claudii Minoei	Paris	1589	USD -	Unknown
35		Alciat. Emblemata cum Cl. Minoei ad eadem Commentariis & Notis posterioribus	Lugduni	1600	USD -	Unknown
36		Alciat. Omnia Andreae Alciati Emblemata, cum Commentariis (Cl. Minoei); adjectae novae appendices nusquam antea editae	Paris	1601	USD -	Unknown
37		Alciat. Omnia Emblemata cum Commentariis per Cl. Minoem; adjecta novae appendices nusquam antea editae	Paris	1608	USD -	Unknown
38		Alciat. Emblemata, cum Cl. Minois Commentariis ad postremam Auctoris editionem auctis & recognitis	(Antwerpiae)	1608	USD -	Unknown
39		Alciat. Emblemata; Elucidata doctissimis Claudii Minois Commentariis	Lugduni	1614	USD -	Unknown
40		Alciat. Omnia Emblemata, cum Commentariis per Claud. Minoem	Paris	1618	USD -	Unknown
41		Alciat. Emblemata cum Commentariis Cl. Minois, Fr. Sanctii Brocensis & Notis L. Pignorii: Opera et Vigiliis Jo. Thuilii Mariaemontani	Patavii,	1621	USD -	Unknown
42		Alciat. Diverse Imprese accomodate a diverse moralita, con Verse che i loro significati dichiarano; tratto da gli Emblemi dell' Alciato	in Lione	1549	USD -	1.90
43		Alciat. Diverse Impresse accomodate a diverse moralita, con Versi che i loro significati dichiarano, etc. nella lingua Italiana non piu tradotte, tratte da gli Emblemi dell' Alciato	Lione	1564	USD -	1.30
44	JEAN LE FEVRE	Alciat. LIVRET DES EMBLEMES de Maestre Andre Alciat mis en rime francoyse et presente a mon seigneur Ladmiral de France (par JEAN LE FEVRE)	Paris	1536	USD -	12.00
45	JEHAN LE FEVRE	Alciat. LES EMBLRMES DE MAISTRE ANDRE ALCIAT mis en rime Francoyse & puis nagueres reimprime avec curieuse correction (par JEHAN LE FEVRE)	Paris	1539	USD -	6.75
46	Jehan le Fevre	Alciat. Les Emblemes de Maistre Andre Alciat mis en rime Francoyse (par Jehan le Fevre)		[1540]	USD -	2.80
47		Alciat. Emblemes d'Alciat de nouveau traslatez en Fracois vers pour vers jouxte les Latins, avec brefves Expositions, etc	Lyon	1549	USD -	2.60
48		Alciat. Emblemata, Latinogallica, una cum succinctis argumentis, etc. Les Emblemes Latin-Francois avec arguments; la Version Francoise non encor Veue cy devant	Paris	1587	USD -	Unknown
49		Alciat. Los Emblemas, traducidos en rhimas Espanolas (por Bernardius Duza Pinciano)	Lyon	1549	USD -	2.30
50	Lopez (Diego)	Alciat. Declaration Magistral sobre las Emblemas de Andres Alciato con todas las Historias, Antiquedades y Doctrina tocante a las buenas Costumbres		1615	USD -	Unknown
51		Alciat. Fountains of Alciat....	Trubner	1870	USD -	Unknown
52	Duplessis (Geo.)	Alciat. Les Emblemes d'Alciat (Bibliotheque International d'Art)	Paris	1884	USD -	Unknown
53		Aldobrandinus. Liber qui dicitur Scala, compositus super Symbolum Apostolum...			USD -	4.00
54		Allan Collection of Silver Medals: Sale Catalogue, Sold by Auction in New York by Leavitt & Co. May, 1870	New York	1870	USD -	Unknown
55	Ames (Jos.)	Typographical Antiquities, being an historical Account of Printing in England, etc		1749	USD -	Unknown
56	Ames (Jos.)	Typographical Antiquities, considerably augmented by Wm. Herbert		1785-90	USD -	3.25
57	Amman (Jost)	Im Frauwenzimmer wirt vermeldt von allerley schonen Kleidungen und Trachten der Weiber, etc	Franckf. a. M.	1586 (reprinted 1880)	USD -	Unknown
58	Amman (Jost)	Stande und Handwerker, mit Versen von Hans Sachs	Franckf. a. M.	1568-1884	USD -	Unknown
59	Amman (Jost)	Zeichner und Formschneider, Kupferatzer und Stecher, von C. Becker	Leipz.		USD -	Unknown
60	Andrews (Wm. Loring)	Essay on the Portraiture of the American Revolutionary War, etc	New York	1896	USD -	3.50
61	Andrews (Wm. Loring)	Bibliopegy in the United States, and Kindred Subjects	New York	1902	USD -	1.30
62	Andrews (Wm. Loring)	An English XIXth Century Sportsman, Bibliopole and Binder of Angling Books (T. Gosden)	New York	1906	USD -	4.70
63	Edw. Walford, M.A.	Antiquary (The): Magazine devoted to the Study of the Past, edited by Edw. Walford, M.A. etc		1880-89	USD -	Unknown
64	ANGELUS (JOHANNES)	ASTROLABIUM PLANU in tabulis Ascendens cotinens qualibet hora atq3. mito. Equationes domoruz celi, Mora nati in utero matris cuz quoda tractatu nativitatu utili ac ornato, etc		1488	USD -	7.38
65	A. Pauli	Antonius a Burgundia. Des Wereldts Proef-Steen, ofte de Ydelheydt door de Waerheyd Schuldighight ende Overluyght van Valscheydt; met neder-landtsche Dichten verlicht door Petrus Geschier	Antwerp,	1643	USD -	Unknown
66		Arabic New Testament...			USD -	Unknown
67		Archaica, containing a Reprint of Scarce Old English Prose Tracts		1815	USD -	4.90
68		Architecture. Diverses Inventions des Temples, Epitaphes, Sepultures et Ornements des Autels, le tout apres les Vrays desseings des plus Celebres Architectes de Rome tant de Michel Ange, etc	Paris	1631	USD -	Unknown
69		Architectural Publication Society's Papers for 1848-49			USD -	Unknown
70	Arembergb (R. P. Carolus de)	Flores Seraphici sive Icones, Vitae et Gestae Virorum Illustrium Ordinis Fratrum Minorum S. Francisci Capucinorum	Munich	1640	USD -	2.00
71	Ariosto (Lodovico)	Orlando Furioso, tutte ricorretto, al quale di nuovo sono aggiunte, le Annotationi...		1556	USD -	1.70
72	Arnold (Thos. D. D.)	History of Rome and of the later Roman Commonwealth, etc		1843-5	USD -	1.50
73		[ARS MEMORANDI]. Rationarium Evangclistarum, omnia in se evangelia, prosa, versu, imaginibusqz. qz. mirifice complectens (Thomas Badensis cognomento Anshelmi tradidit)		1507	USD -	8.75
74		Ars Moriendi; Editio princeps; Photographisches Facsimile des Unicum im Besitze von T. O. Weigel in Leipzig	Leipz.	1869	USD -	Unknown
75	Ascham (Roger)	The Scholemaster, or plaine and perfite way of teaching Children to understand, write and speake, the Latin tong, etc		1571	USD -	4.20
76	Astle (Thos.)	Origin and Progress of Writing as well hieroglyphic as elementary; Origin and Progress of Writing as well hieroglyphic as elementary; also some Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing		1803	USD -	1.00
77	Astry (Sir Ja.)	The Royal Politician represented in One Hundred Emblems		1700	USD -	Unknown
78	Atkyns (Rich.)	Original and Growth of Printing...			USD -	1.30
79	Audifredi (J. B.)	Catalogus historico-criticus Romanarum Editionum Saec. XV, etc	Romae	1783	USD -	Unknown
80	Audifredi (J. B.)	Specimen Historico-Criticum Editionum Itcalicarum Saeculi XV, etc		ib. 1794	USD -	Unknown
81	Audsley (G. A.) and J. L. Bowes	Keramic Art of Japan		1881	USD -	Unknown
82		Ausonins. EDITIO ALDINA PRIMA	Venet.	1517	USD -	1.55
83		Avery Architectural Library, Columbia College, New York (Catalogue of the). A Memorial Library of Architecture, Archaeology, and Decorative Art (1139 pp.)	N. Y.	1895	USD -	Unknown
84	Avienus (Rufus Festus)	Opera; scilicet Arati Phaenomena lat. vers. reddita, et Orbis Terrae descriptio...	Venet.	1488	USD -	4.30
85		Ayres (Philip) Emblems of Love		(1687?)	USD -	Unknown
86	Basil Montague	BACON (LORD) WORKS, a new edition by Basil Montague, Esq		1825-34	USD -	7.25
87	Bale (John)	The Pageant of Popes; contayninge the lyves of all the Bishops of Rome, from the beginninge of them to the Yeare of Grace 1555, etc		1574	USD -	1.60
88	Bale (John)	Les Vies des Evesques et Papes de Rome, depuis la Dispersion des Disciples de Jesus Christ....	Geneve,	1561	USD -	3.25
89	BANGESE DEL AQUILA (JACOBO)	LO SEPTENARIO (POEMA) [at end]	Aquila,	1482	USD -	15.50
90	Barber (J. W.)	United States Book; or Interesting Events in the History of the United States, with Biographical Sketches	New Haven	1834	USD -	Unknown
91	Barbier (A. A.)	Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymes et Pseudonymes	Paris	1822	USD -	Unknown
92	Baringius (D. E.)	Clavis Diplomatica; specimina Veterum Scripturarum tradens, Alphabeta nimirum Varia, etc	Hanoverae	1754	USD -	Unknown
93	Barnard (Geo.)	Drawing from Nature; a Series of Progressive Instructions in Sketching, with examples from Switzerland and the Pyrenees		1865	USD -	Unknown
94	Barnard (Geo.)	Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water-Colours	Routledge	1871	USD -	Unknown
95	Barrois (J.)	Bibliotheque Prototypographique, on Librairies des Fils du Roi Jean, Charles V, Jean de Berri, Philippe de Bourgoyne et les Siens	Paris	1830	USD -	2.00
96	Barry (Chas.)	The Travellers' Club House [Studies and Examples of the Modern School of English Architecture],		1839	USD -	Unknown
97	Beloe (Rev. Wm.)	Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books	Rivington	1814-1812	USD -	Unknown
98	Berjeau (J. Ph.)	Geschiedenis van het heylighe Cruys; or the History of the Holy Cross, reproduced in facsimile from the original edition printed by Veldener in 1483		1863	USD -	Unknown
99	Berjeau (J. Ph.)	Early Dutch, German and English Printers' Marks		1866	USD -	1.20
100	Berjeau (J. Ph.)	The Bookworm, edited and illustrated by J. Ph. Berjeau		1866-70	USD -	1.50

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.
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.