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
1004 Westwood (T.) and T. Satchell Bibliotheca Piscatoria, a Catalogue of Books on Angling

1883

USD - Unknown
1005 Wey (Fr.) Rome, with Introduction by W. W. Story New York

1888

USD - Unknown
1006 Wheatley (H. B.) Bookbinding considered as a Fine Art, Mechanical Art and Manufacture New York

1883

USD - Unknown
1007 WHITTINTON (ROBERT) Roberti Whitintoni lichfeldiensis gramatices magistri & prothonatis Anglie in florentissima Oxoniensis achademia Laureati LUCUBRATIONES, etc

USD - 26.00
1008 Wickes (Chas.) Illustrations of the Spires and Towers of the Mediaeval Churches of England

1853-9

USD - 1.40
1009 Wild (Chas.) History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln

1837

USD - Unknown
1010 Willes (Thos. M.A. Minister in the City of London) A Word in Season for a Warning to England: or a Prophecy of Perilous Times open'd and apply'd

1659

USD - Unknown
1011 Winkles (H. and B.) Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales

1851

USD - Unknown
1012 Wood (Jos.) Letters of an Architect from France, Italy and Greece

1828

USD - Unknown
1013 Woodberry (G. E.) History of Wood-Engraving, illustrated..

USD - Unknown
1014 Worlidge (Thos.) Select Collection of Drawings from curious Antique Gems, etched after the manner of Rembrandt

1768

USD - 1.00
1015 Wolsey. [Cavendish (Geo.)] The Negotiations of Cardinal Woolsey the great Cardinall of England, containing his Life and death, etc

USD - 1.65
1016 James Elmes Wren (Sir Chr.) Memoirs of his Life and Works, with the Progress of Architecture in England, etc

1823

USD - Unknown
1017 Wright (F. A.) Architectural Perspective for Beginners New York

1885

USD - Unknown
1018 Wynne (Jas. M.D.) Private Libraries of New York New York

1860

USD - Unknown
1019 Yemeniz. Catalogue de la Bibliotheque de M. N. Yemeniz (vendu aux Encheres Mai 1867) Paris

1867

USD - Unknown
1020 Zabarella (Jac.) Opera Logica cum Prefatione Jo. L. Hamenreutheri Colon

1597

USD - Unknown
1021 Zani (D. P.) Materiali per servire alla Storia dell' Origine e de' Progressi dell' Incisione in Rame e in Legno e Scoperta d' una Stampa Originale del Maro Finiguerra, etc

USD - Unknown
1643 Lafontaine (J. de) Fables Choisies mises en Vers, nouvelle edition gravee en taille douce, les Figures par le Sr Fessard, le Texte par le Sr Montulay Paris

1765-75

USD - 5.25
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