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
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.