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
101	Berners (Dame Juliana)	The Boke of Saint Albans, containing Treatises on Hawking, Hunting and Cote Armour...			USD -	Unknown
102	Berty (Adolphe)	La Renaissance Monumentale en France; Specimens de Composition et d'Ornementation Architectoniques	Paris	1864	USD -	Unknown
103		Betbuchlein. A German Gebetbuch, or Book of Prayers		SAEC. XVI	USD -	29.00
104	Beza (Theodoras)	Poemata	Lutetiae	1548	USD -	1.80
105	Beza (Theodorus)	Icones, id est Verae Imagines Virorum Doctrina simul et pietate illustrium, etc	Genevae,	1580	USD -	1.80
106		Biblia Pauperum; nach dem Original in der Lyceumsbibliothek zu Constanz, herausg	Zurich	1867	USD -	Unknown
107		Biblia Pauperum; containing Thirty and Eight Woodcuts illustrating the Life of Our Lord, with descriptions by John Wicliff and Preface by Dean Stanley		1885	USD -	Unknown
108	Zestermann (Dr. A. C. A.)	Biblia Pauperum. Die Unabhangigkeit der deutschen Xylographischen Biblia Pauperum von der lateinischen Xylographischen Biblia Pauperum nachgewiesen	Leipz	1866	USD -	Unknown
109		BIBLIA SACRA LATINA. EDITIO VULGATA. Cum Prologis S. Hieronymi et Interpretationibus Hebraicorum Nominum		SAEC. XIV	USD -	39.00
110	Biblia (Sacra Vulgata)	cum Summariorum apparatu pleno quadrupliciqz repertorio insignita; cui ultra castigationem diligentissimam & signanter in Vocabulario dictionum hebraicarum ubi per maiori sui parte erat mendosa & vitiosa, etc	Lugduni	(1519)	USD -	1.95
111		BIBLIA. LA BIBLE HYSTORIAUX, ou LES HYSTOIRES ESCOLASTRES TRANSLATEE DU LATIN DE PIERRE COMESTOR PAR GUYART DES MOULINS [fol. Ia] Cy comence la bible hystoriaux ou les hystoires escolastres....	Lugduni	SAEC. XV	USD -	1,550.00
112		Biblia Latina [Lyons, 1537]. Biblia cum Concordantiis Veteris ac novi Testamenti, etc		1527	USD -	Unknown
113		Biblia (Sacra Latina, Editionis Vulgatae) R. Stephanis Lectori, ex tibi Bibliorum Vulgata editio in qua juxta Hebraicorum Versuum rationem singula capita versibus distincta sunt, etc		anno 1555	USD -	Unknown
114		Bible (Holy), with Apocrypha and Index, with Notes selected from the Works of several eminent Divines, old calf, morocco back folio	Upper Moorfields	1774	USD -	Unknown
115		Bible Illustrations. A Collection of 434 Copper-plate Engravings of Bible Illustrations	Amst.	1700	USD -	Unknown
116	H. B. Wheatley	Bibliographer, a Journal of Book-Lore (edited by H. B. Wheatley)		1882-4	USD -	Unknown
117		Bibliophile Francais (Le) Gazette illustree des Amateurs de Livres d'Estampes et de haute Curiosite	Paris	1868-73	USD -	3.90
118	C. Lawrence Smith, editor	BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY, NEW YORK. HORACE, Odes and Epodes, Latin Text edited by C. Lawrence Smith, with versions, paraphrases and explanatory notes by eminent Scholars, Statesmen and Poets	Boston, Mass.	1891	USD -	12.00
119		Bibliophile Society. Year Books I-VI, from 1902 to 1907		ib.b1902-7	USD -	6.50
120	Andre (Major John)	Bibliophile Society. Journal 1777-78, with facsimile reproductions of original maps and plans drawn by Major John Andre while serving in the British Cause during the American Revolution		ib. 1903	USD -	11.00
121		Bibliophile Society. The Bibliomania, or Book-Madness, History, Symptoms and Cure of this Fatal Disease, by T. F. Dibdin (with Introduction by Dr. R. Garnett, etc.)	Boston	1903	USD -	3.50
122		Bibliophile Society. Marat (Jean Paul) Polish Letters (Lettres Polonaises), translated from the original unpublished Manuscript, portraits, facsimiles, etc		ib. 1904	USD -	2.40
123		Bibliophile Society. Theocritus, Bion and Moschus (Greek and English), edited by H. Aiken Metcalf, with an introduction by Wm. Cranston Lawton.		ib. 1905	USD -	3.38
124		Bibliophile Society. Letters of John Paul Jones, printed from the unpublished Originals in W. K. Binley's collection, with introductory		ib. 1905	USD -	2.50
125		Bibliophile Society. Rossetti (Dante Gabriel) Henry the Leper (Der Arme Heinrich) a Suabian Miracle Rhyme Paraphrased, with an Introduction by William P. Trent		ib. 1905	USD -	3.50
126	Thoreau (Henry D.)	Bibliophile Society. First and Last Journeys; and Sir Walter Raleigh, discouvered among his unpublished Journals and Letters and edited by Franklin B. Sanborn and Henry A. Metcalf		ib. 1905	USD -	4.50
127	Lamb (Chas.)	Bibliophile Society. Letters, in which many mutilated Words and Passages, etc		ib. 1906	USD -	6.75
128	Prof. A. Bushnell Hart, editor	Bibliophile Society. The Varick Court of Enquiry to investigate the Implication of Col. Varick (Arnold's Private Secretary) in the Arnold Treason		ib. 1907	USD -	1.70
129		Bibliophile Society. The Romance of Mary W. Shelley, John Howard Payne and Washington Irving		ib. 1907	USD -	1.65
130		Bibliophile Society. Unpublished Poems by Bryant and Thoreau	Boston	ib. 1907	USD -	1.65
131		Bibliophile Society. Facsimile of a Letter of Paul Jones written aboard the Ranger...			USD -	1.50
132		Bibliophile Society. The Varick Court of Inquiry to investigate the Duplication of Col. Varick in the Arnold Treason		ib. 1907	USD -	Unknown
133		Bibliophile Society. Etchings by W. H. W. Bicknell, after Original Paintings by Howard Pyle [Erasmus, More and Colet, Richard of Bury and Edward III, Caxton working his Press, Friar Bacon, and Isaak Walton]	New York	n. d.	USD -	3.50
134		Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana. Sale Catalogue of the Celebrated Library from Blenheim Palace (56 days sale)		1881-3	USD -	Unknown
135		Bibliotheque Gothique. Chansons nouvellement Composees sur plusieurs Chants tant de Musique que rustique, Paris, 1548-Miracle de Monseigneur Sainct Nicolas		1868-9	USD -	Unknown
136	Bigmore (E. C.) and C. W. H. Wyman	A Bibliography of Printing		1880-86	USD -	4.62
137	Billings (R. W.)	The Infinity of Geometric Design exemplified		1849	USD -	Unknown
138	Billings (R. W.)	Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland	Edinb.	1855	USD -	2.25
139		Bindings. Facsimiles, Photographies et Frotins de Reliures anciennes, etc			USD -	Unknown
140	[Birch (Jonathan)]	Divine Emblems, embellished with (13) Etchings on Copper, after the fashion of Master Francis Quarles		1838	USD -	Unknown
141	Birch (Walter de Gray)	History, Art and Paleography of the Manuscript styled The Utrecht Psalter, facsimile, S. Bagster, 1876; and Early Drawings and Illuminations in the British Museum			USD -	1.70
142	Blades (Wm.)	A Catalogue of Books printed by (or ascribed to the press of) Wm. Caxton, in which is included the press-mark of every copy contained in the Library of the British Museum		1865	USD -	Unknown
143	Blades (Wm.)	Biography and Typography of William Caxton, England's First Printer		1877	USD -	Unknown
144		Bliss Library. Sale Catalogue of the Extensive, Interesting and Valuable Library of the Rev. Philip Bliss, D.C.L		1858	USD -	Unknown
145	Boccaccio (Joannes)	[De praeclaris mulieribus], begins ( ) Ridie mulierz egregia paululu ab ierti vulgo semotuz & a ceteris fere solutuz curis i eximia mulieribus sexus laudem, etc	[Argent.]	[c. 1475]	USD -	16.00
146	BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI)	BOCCACE DE LA GENEALOGIE DES DIEUX,		1498	USD -	89.00
147	Boccaccio (Giov.)	Il Philocolo di M. Giovanni Boccaccio nuovamente revisto	Vinegia,	1530	USD -	1.40
148	Bodemann (Ed.)	Xylographische & Typographische Incunabel der koniglichen offentlichen Bibliothek zu Hannover	Hannover	1866	USD -	1.50
149		Bodoni. Manuale Tipografico del Cav. Giambattista Bodoni	Parma	1818	USD -	4.75
150	Boethius (A. T. S.)	De Philosophiae Consolatoria cum eruditione commentaria B. Thome de Aquino	Nurenburgae	1476	USD -	5.38
151	Boiteau d'Ambly.	Les Cartes a Jouer et la Cartomancie...			USD -	Unknown
152		Book-Lore, a Magazine devoted to Old-Time Literature	E. Stock	1885-7	USD -	Unknown
153		Book Lovers' Library. Rees' Pleasures and Diversions of a Bookworm; Adams...	New York and Lond.	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
154		Books about Books. Pollard's Early Illustrated Books, Hardy's Book Plates, Horne's Book-binding, Gordon Duff's Early Printed Books, and Madan's Books in Manuscript	Kegan Paul	1893-4	USD -	Unknown
155	Lang (Andrew)	Books for the Bibliophile. Books and Bookmen...			USD -	Unknown
156		Bookworm (The) An Illustrated Treasury of Old-Time Literature		1888-9	USD -	Unknown
157		Borgi da Venezia (Piero) Libro de Abacho. [On fol. 2] Qui Comeza la nobel opera de arithmetica ne laqual se tratta tutte cosse a mercantia pertinente fatta & compilata peu Piero Borgi da Venezia		1501	USD -	3.15
158	BOSWELL (JAMES)	LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON; together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides...		1884	USD -	2.25
159	Bouchot (Henri)	The Book, its Printers, Illustrators and Binders, from Gutenberg to the Present Time		1890	USD -	Unknown
160	Bowman (H.) and J. S. Crowther	The Churches of the Middle Ages, being Select Specimens of Early and Middle Pointed Structures, with a few of the purest late Pointed Examples		1853	USD -	2.50
161		Bradford. Genealogical Memorials of William Bradford the Printer, by Samuel S. Purple	New York	1878	USD -	Unknown
162		Bradshaw (Henry) Memoir, by G. W. Prothero, portrait, Kegan Paul...			USD -	Unknown
163	Bragge (Wm.)	Bibliotheca Nicotiana: a Catalogue of Books about Tobacco, etc	Birmingham	1880	USD -	Unknown
164	Brandon (R. & J.)	Open Timber Roofs of the Middle Ages		1849	USD -	Unknown
165	BRANT (SEBASTIAN)	STULTIFERA NAVIS. Narragonice P.fectionis nunq3 satis laudata Navis . . jam pridem per Jacobum Locher . . in latinum traducta & per Seb. Brant denuo revisa, EDITIO PRIMA LATINA	Basiliae,	1497	USD -	7.75
166	Brant (Sebastian)	Das Narr Schiff von Narragonia mit besundere flysz vo nuwe gmacht mit vil schoner zu gesetzte erlegert im erclert zu Basel durch Sebastiana brat lerer beid			USD -	13.25
167	Brant (Seb.)	Aff-Ghebeelde Narren Speel-Schuyt, vereiert met meer als houdert schoone Figueren, etc	[Amst.]	[1635]	USD -	3.00
168	Breydenbach (Bern, de)	Sanctarum Peregrinationem in Montem Syon ad Venerandum Christi Sepulcrum in Jerusalem, etc		1486	USD -	4.00
169	Breydenbach (Bern. de)	Sanctarum Peregrinationum in Montem Sion ad Venerandum Christi Sepulchrum in Hierusalem, etc	Impressum Spirae	1490	USD -	8.75
170		Bridgewater Treatises (The), On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation, complete set		1830-40	USD -	Unknown
171		British Museum. Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the B. M. printed before and up to the year 1640		1884	USD -	1.30
172	Britton (John)	Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain, represented and illustrated in a Series of Plans, Elevations, Views, etc. of various Ancient Edifices, etc		1806-26	USD -	3.00
173	Britton (J.) and A. Pugin	Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London, with Historical and Descriptive Accounts of each Building, LARGEST PAPER, 135 fine copper-plate engravings by Le Keux, etc		1825	USD -	Unknown
174	Britton (J.) and A. Pugin	Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London, with Historical and Descriptive Accounts of each Edifice, LARGE PAPER		ib. 1825	USD -	Unknown
175	Britton (J.)	Picturesque Antiquities of English Cities, illustrated by a Series of Engravings of Antient Buildings, Street Scenery, etc. with historical and descriptive Accounts, LARGE PAPER		1830	USD -	Unknown
176	Britton (J.)	Cathedral Antiquities; Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the following English Cathedrals: Canterbury, York, Salisbury, Norwich, Lichfield, Oxford, Wells, Exeter, Peterborough, Gloucester, Bristol, Hereford and Worcester		1836	USD -	4.90
177	Britton (J.)	Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages		1838	USD -	Unknown
178	T. E. Jones	Britton (J.) Auto-Biography, in 3 Parts, copiously Illustrated, with a Descriptive Account of his Literary Works, 1800-49, by T. E. Jones		1850	USD -	Unknown
179	Brontius (Nic.)	Libellus de Utilitate et Harmonia Artium, tum futuro Jurisconsulto tum liberalium disciplinarum politiorisve literaturae studiosis utilissimus	Antwerpiae,	1541	USD -	Unknown
180		Browne (Irving) Iconoclasm and Whitewash and other Papers	New York	1886	USD -	Unknown
181	Brulliot (Fr.)	Dictionnaire de Monogrammes, Chiffres, Lettres Initiales et Marques figurees lesquels les plus celebres Peintres, Dessinateurs et Graveurs ont designe leurs noms, plates of marks, monograms, etc	Munich	1817	USD -	3.25
182	Brunes (Johannes de)	Emblemata of Zinne-Werck; voorghestelt in Beeiden gedichten en breeder uyt-leggingen, etc			USD -	1.30
183	BRUNET (J. CH.)	MANUEL DU LIBRAIRE et de l'Amateur des Livres, 5e edition entierement refondue et augmentee...		1860-70	USD -	11.00
184	Brunet (Gustave)	La Reliure ancienne et moderne, Recueil de 116 planches de reliures artistiques du 16, 17, 18 et 19 siecles	Paris	1884	USD -	1.35
185	Brydges (Sir E.)	Restituta: or Titles, Extracts and Characters of Old Books in English Literature revived		1814	USD -	1.20
186	Brydges (Sir E.)	Lee Press Priory Pieces. Lord Brook's Life of Sir Philip Sidney...	Kent	1814-16	USD -	1.50
187	Brydges (Sir E.)	Autobiography, Times, Opinions and Contemporaries			USD -	Unknown
188		Bullas. Recopilacio de algunas Bullas del Summo Pontifice cocedidas en favor de la Jurisdicio real, con todas las Pragmaticas, y algunas leyes del Reyno, y muchas Pragmaticas y leges anadida q hasta aqui no fueron impressas, etc	Toledo	1550	USD -	Unknown
189	Bulloker (J.)	The English Expositor Improv'd, being a Complete English Dictionary...			USD -	Unknown
190	Burns (Rob.)	Works, with an Account of his Life by Jas. Currie, the eighth edition, with many additions communicated by his brother, Gilbert Burns, and Cromek's Reliques		1820-1817	USD -	1.25
191	Burns (Rob.)	The Poems, Letters and Land of Burns, illustrated by W. H. Bartlett, T. Allom, and other Artists, with Memoir and Notices by Allan Cunningham	Virtue	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
192	Burton (J. Hill)	The Book-Hunter, etc		1862	USD -	Unknown
193	Burton (J. H.)	The Book-Hunter, new edition, with Memoir of the Author		ib. 1882	USD -	Unknown
194	Burton (J. H.)	The Book-Hunter, new edition, with Memoir of the Author		1882	USD -	Unknown
195	Burton (J. H.)	The Book-Hunter, with additional Notes by R. G. White			USD -	Unknown
196	Burton (J. H.)	The Book-Hunter, with additional Notes by R. Grant White, original cloth, t. e. g. New York, 1863-Blades (Wm.) The Enemies of Books			USD -	Unknown
197	Burton (Rich.)	History of the House of Orange, new edition		1814	USD -	1.00
198	Busk (Hans)	Fugitive Pieces in Verse		1814	USD -	4.00
199		Caesar. C. Julii Caesar quae extant ex emendatione Jo. Scaligeri, editio Elzeviriana, thick paper, engraved title	Amst.	1661	USD -	Unknown
200	CAESAR (JULIUS)	Les Euures et brefues expositions de Julius Caesar sur le fait des batailles de gaule..	Paris	1502	USD -	14.50

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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.
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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.