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
401	Dibdin (T. F.)	Bibliophobia: Remarks on the Present Languid and Depressed State of Literature and the Book Trade, by Mercurius Rusticus, with Notes by Cato Parvus		1832	USD -	Unknown
402	[Dibdin (T. F.)]	Bibliophobia, Remarks on the Present Languid and Depressed State of Literature and the Book Trade, by Mercurius Rusticus, with Notes by Cato Parvus		1832	USD -	Unknown
403	Dibdin (T. F.)	Reminiscences of a Literary Life (with Index)		1836	USD -	Unknown
404	Dibdin (T. F.)	Roxburghe Revels and other relative Papers; including Answers to the Attack on the Memory of the late Joseph Haslewood, Esq. F.S.A. with Specimens of his Literary Productions, etc	Edinb.	1837	USD -	2.50
405	Dibdin (T. F.)	Bibliographical and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland		1838	USD -	2.90
406	Dibdin (T. F.)	Bibliomania, or Book Madness, a Bibliographical Romance, new and improved edition, with Preliminary Observations and a Supplement (BEST EDITION)		1842	USD -	Unknown
407	Dibdin (T. F.)	Bibliomania, or Book-Madness, a Bibliographical Romance illustrated with cuts, new and improved edition, with Preliminary Observations and a Key to the Characters, 60 cuts,		1842	USD -	Unknown
408	Dibdin (T. F.)	Cranmer; a Tale of Modern Times, by Thomas Frognall Dibdin, D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty		1843	USD -	Unknown
409	Dibdin (T. F.)	The Old Paths; Two Sermons preached in Advent in S. Mary's Church, Bryanston Square		1844	USD -	Unknown
410	Dibdin (T. F.)	A Collection of Twenty-one interesting Autograph Letters of the Great Bibliophile, written between 1813 and 1843, relating chiefly to literary and pecuniary matters			USD -	13.00
411	Dibdin (T. F.)	Lord Spencer's Library; a Sketch of a Visit to Althorp, Northamptonshire (by Samuel Timmins)		1870	USD -	Unknown
412	Dibdin	Althorp the Home of the Spencers, an Illustrated Magazine Article		n. d. (1884)	USD -	1.80
413	DICKENS (CHAS.)	WORKS, EDITION DE LUXE		1881-82	USD -	13.50
414	Didot (A. F.)	Etude sur Jean Cousin, suivie de Notices sur Jean Leclerc et Pierre Woeiriot	Paris	1872	USD -	Unknown
415		Diogenes Cynicus. [Epistolae]. (Begins) Ad beatissimu & clementissimu patre & dominu Pium Secundu Pontifice maxima in Diogenis Philozophi epistolas Francisci Aretini Prefacio.		s. a. [c. 1480]	USD -	4.00
416		Dionysius Alexandrinus. Eloquentissimi viri Antonii Bechariae Veronensis Proemium in Dionysii traductionem de Situ Orbis habitabilis ad . . Hieronymum de leonaris.	Venetiis,	1478	USD -	4.40
417	Dobson (Austin)	Horace Walpole, a Memoir; with an Appendix of Books printed at Strawberry Hill	New York	1890	USD -	1.00
418	Dolet (Etienne)	The Martyr of the Renaissance, a Biography, by R. C. Christie	Macmillan	1880	USD -	Unknown
419	Donaldson (T. L.)	Handbook of Specifications; or Practical Guide to the Architect, Engineer, Surveyor and Builder, by W. C. Glen		n. d.	USD -	Unknown
420	Donne (Dean John)	Poems, by J. D. with Elegies on the Author's Death		1633	USD -	5.25
421	Dorat (C. J.)	Les Baisers, precedes du Mois de Mai (title in black only)	La Haye et a Paris	1770	USD -	1.80
422	Drake (Nathan)	Shakespeare and his Times, including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms, Chronology, and a History of the Manners, Customs, etc		1817	USD -	1.00
423	Drayton (Michael)	Endimion and Phoebe. Ideas Latmus, J. .P. Collier's reprint of the original edition of which only two copies are known (one being imperfect)		(1594) [18-]	USD -	Unknown
424	Drayton (Michael)	Poems, collected into one volume, newly corrected		1637	USD -	3.00
425		DRAWINGS. A Collection of Three Hundred and Ninety-eight Original Drawings, Sketches and Studies by Ancient and Modern Masters, in pen-and-ink, pencil, sepia, water-colour, crayon, etc			USD -	12.50
426	Drexelius (Hieron)	Aeternitatis Prodromus Mortis Nuntius, quem sanis, aegrotis moribundis sistit	Monachii,	1628	USD -	Unknown
427	Drexelius (Hieron)	Considerations upon Eternity, translated by R. Winterton, 1632		1672	USD -	Unknown
428	[Duclos]	Dictionnaire Bibliographique, Historique et Critique des Livres Rares, etc			USD -	Unknown
429	Dugdale (Sir Wm.)	History of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, from its Foundation untill these Times		1658	USD -	3.15
430	Duplessis (Georges)	Histoire de la Gravure en Italie, en France, dans les Pays-Bas, en Angleterre et en France	Paris	1880	USD -	Unknown
431	Dupont (Paul)	Histoire de l'Imprimerie	Paris	1854	USD -	4.20
432		Early Newspapers and Essayists; Catalogue of the Collection formed by the late J. T. Hope, Esq. and presented to the Bodleian Library by the late Rev. J. W. Hope (by J. H. Burn)	Oxford	1865	USD -	1.30
433	Eastlake (Sir C. L.)	A History of the Gothic Revival		1872	USD -	Unknown
434	Eastlake (Ch. L.)	Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery, etc			USD -	Unknown
435	Edwards (Edward)	Memoirs of Libraries, including a Handbook of Library Economy	Trubner	1859	USD -	1.90
436	Edwards (Edw.)	Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, with notices of its chief Augmentors and other Benefactors, 1570-1870			USD -	Unknown
437		Elucidarius Carminum et historiarum, vel Vocabularius Poeticus, Continens Fabulas, historias, provincias, urbes, etc	Hagenaw,	1510	USD -	1.55
438	Willems (Alphonse)	Elzevir. Les Elzevir; Histoire et Annales Typographiques	Bruxelles, etc.	1880	USD -	Unknown
439		Emblemes ou Devises Chretiennes	Utrecht,	1697	USD -	Unknown
440		Emblems. Lieblich ruchende Centifolia; das ist Glorund-Ehrenreiche Verewigung der hochlobl	Munchen	1709	USD -	Unknown
441		Encyclopedie d'Architecture, Journal Mensuel, publie par V. Calliat et A. Lance	Paris	1850-62	USD -	Unknown
442		Engravings. A Collection of Seventy-two Prints (with a fewDrawings), Portraits, Landscapes, Classical Subjects, etc			USD -	6.00
443		Engravings. A Collection of Eighty-three old Engravings, comprising specimens of line, stipple, mezzotint, aquatint, lithography, etching, etc			USD -	9.00
444		Engravings. Collection of Seventy-three Prints, Drawings, Etchings, Studies, Sketches, etc			USD -	6.00
445		Engravings. A Collection of Thirty-one Old Prints, Original Impressions..			USD -	10.50
446		Engravings. A Collection of Twenty-five Prints, mostly of the French, Dutch and English Schools, Reynolds, Claude, Watteau, P. Potter, J Cipriani, Rembrandt, etc			USD -	15.50
447		Epistolae Clarorum Virorum delectae de quam-plurimis optimae, ad incaudum nostrorum temporum eloquentiam, Aldine anchor on title	Paris	1556	USD -	1.10
448		Epistolae Illustrium Virorum ab Angelo Politiano collectae et a Francisco Sylvio Ambianate diligenter expositae	Paris	1517	USD -	1.50
449		Erasmus, etc. Jo. Frobenius Lectori S. D. Habes iterum Moriae encomium, pro castigatissimo castigatius, una cu Listrii commentariis, & aliis complusculis libellis	Basil	1519	USD -	2.20
450		Erasmus. S. Paulus Epistel tot den Romeynen; Die beyde S. Paulus Epistelen tot den Corinthen, geparaphraseert of wt ghelegt; obergheset wt den Latine in gueden duytsche		[c. 1540]	USD -	1.65
451		Erasmus. Les Colloques, nouvellement traduits par Victor Develay	Paris	1875-76	USD -	1.15
452		Erasmus. Eloge de la Folie, traduit par Victor Develay..		ib. 1876	USD -	3.15
453		Erasmus. The Praise of Folie. Moriae Encomium, a book made in latyne by Erasmus Roterodame, englished by Sir T. Chaloner		1549 [at end by transposition of figures 1569]	USD -	4.00
454		Erasmus (Des.) Vita; accedunt Epistolae Illustres, P. Scriverii & Fautorum auspiciis		1642	USD -	Unknown
455	Knight (Dr. S.)	Erasmus. The Life of Erasmus, more particularly that part of it which he spent in England, portraits, views, etc	Cambridge	1726	USD -	Unknown
456		Esquimaux Language. Pok. Kalalek avalengnek, nunalikame nunakatiminut okaluktuartok. Angakordlo Palasimik napitsivdlune agssortuissok, etc	Nongme (Greenland)	1857	USD -	1.50
457	Eszler (Joannes)	Speculum Astrologorum		1508	USD -	2.50
458	Falkenstein (Dr. Karl)	Geschichte der Buchdruckerkunst; ein Denkmal zur Vierten Sacular-Feier der Erfindung der Typographie	Leipz.	1840	USD -	1.10
459		Farmer. Sale Catalogue of the Extensive Library of the Rev. Richard Farmer, D.D		1798	USD -	Unknown
460	Fergusson (James)	History of Architecture in all Countries, from the earliest times to the present day		1874-78	USD -	3.00
461	Fergusson (J.)	Illustrated Handbook of Architecture; and History of the Modern Styles of Architecture		ib. 1859-62	USD -	Unknown
462	Fergusson (J.)	An Historical Inquiry into the True Principles of Beauty in Art, especially with reference to Architecture		1849	USD -	Unknown
463	Fertel (M. D.)	La Science Pratique de l'Imprimerie, contenant des Instructions tres faciles pour se perfectionner dans cet Art	Saint Omer,	1723	USD -	1.00
464	Field (G.)	Chromatics, or the Analogy, Harmony and Philosophy of Colours..			USD -	Unknown
465	Fiske (N. W.)	Manual of Classical Literature from the German of J. J. Eschenburg	Philadelphia	1878	USD -	Unknown
466	Flitner (Jo.)	Nebulo Nebulonum; hoc est Joco-Seria Vernaculae, nequitiae censura Carmine Jambico depicta tipisq. exornata eneis, secunda editio	Leovardiae,	1634	USD -	Unknown
467	[Folengus (Theophilus)]	Chaos del Tri per Uno, PRIMA EDIZIONE	Vinegia,	1527	USD -	Unknown
468	Fontanini (Giusto)	Della Eloquenza Italiana libri tre	Venez	1737	USD -	Unknown
469	Foppens (Jo. Fr.)	Bibliotheca Belgica; sive Virorum in Belgio Vita, Scriptisque Illustrium Catalogus Librorumque Nomenclatura, etc	Bruxelles	1739	USD -	1.25
470		Fournier le Jeune. Dissertation sur l'Origine et les Progres de l'Art de Graver en Bois pour eclaircir quelques traits de l'Histoire de l'Imprimerie & prouver que Guttenberg n'en est pas l'Inventeur	Paris	1758	USD -	Unknown
471	Fournier (Fr. Ign.)	Nouveau Dictionnaire Portatif de Bibliographie			USD -	1.55
472		Franciscus Assissiensis (Beatus) Vita Beati Francisci per Bonaventuram Card			USD -	2.65
473	Francis (St.)	Hier beghint sinte franciscus leven; also alst die eersamighe vader sinte bonaventura vergadert ende bescrevem heeft; etc		1504	USD -	2.50
474	Frascatorius (Hieron)	Syphilis, ou le Mal Venerien, Poeme Latin, avec la traduction en Francois et des notes	Paris	1796	USD -	Unknown
475	Freytag (F. G.)	Analecta Literaria de Libris Rarioribus, calf, Lips..			USD -	Unknown
476	Freytag (F. G.)	Adparatus Literarius ubi Libri partim antiqui partim rari recensentur	Lipsiae	1752-55	USD -	Unknown
477	Fry (John)	Bibliographical Memoranda; in illustration of Early English Literature	Bristol	1816	USD -	1.25
478	Foxe (John)	A Sermon of Christ Crucified, preached at Paules Crosse the Friday before Easter, commonly called Goodfryday		1570	USD -	3.50
479	GAILHABAUD (JULES)	Monuments anciens et modernes, Collection formant une Histoire de l'Architecture des differents Peuples a toutes les Epoques	Paris	1855	USD -	2.70
480	Galle (Theodore)	Typus Occasionis; in quo receptae commoda, neglectae vero incommoda personato schemate proponuntur	Antw.	1603	USD -	3.15
481	[Gascoigne (George)]	The Wyll of the Devill, with his X detestable Commandments, etc	Edinburgh	n. d. 1825	USD -	Unknown
482		Gastronomiana, ou Recueil Curieux et Amusant d'Anecdotes, Bons Mots, Plaisanteries, etc	Paris	s. d. (c. 1780)	USD -	1.15
483		Gazette des Architectes et Du Batiment; Revue bi-Mensuelle publiee sous la Direction de E. Viollet-le-Duc fils, et E. Corroyer	Paris	1863-4	USD -	Unknown
484	[Geiler von Keysersperg (Jo.)]	De text des Passions oder leydens Christi ausz den vier evangelisten zusammen in ein sinn bracht mit schonen figuren		1507	USD -	4.60
485		Gems in the Imperial Cabinet of Vienna	Paris	1828	USD -	Unknown
486		Gent (Thos. printer, of York) Life, written by himself		1832	USD -	Unknown
487		Gilinus. Coradinus gilinus arctium (sic) & medicinae doctor de morbo quem gallicum nuncupant (sic) ad illustrissimum D. Sigismundez Osten		[c. 1497]	USD -	3.75
488	Giovio (Paolo)	Dialogo dell' Impresse Militari et Amorose; et del Gab. Symeoni; con un ragionamente di Lodovico Domenichi, etc	Lyone,	1574	USD -	Unknown
489	Glanvil (Jos. D. D.)	Saducismus Triumphatus: or a full and Plain Evidence concerning Witches and Apparitions, with a letter of Dr. H. More, etc		1681	USD -	3.75
490	[Glanvil (Jos. D.D.)]	Lux Orientalis, an Enquiry into the Opinion of the Eastern Sages concerning the praeexistence of Souls		ib. 1682	USD -	1.60
491	Godwin (G.) and John Britton	The Churches of London, 59 fine plates, engraved by J. Le Keux, from drawings by R. W. Billings		1838-39	USD -	Unknown
492	Goldsmid (Edm.)	Explanatory Notes of a Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards temp. Charles II, forming a Complete Political Satire of the Commonwealth	Edinb.	1886	USD -	Unknown
493		Gordon of Gordonstoun (Sir Robert) Sale Catalogue of his Singular and Curious Library, sold by auction by J. G. Cochrane in March and April, 1816		1816	USD -	Unknown
494	Gotch (J. A.)	Architecture of the Renaissance in England		1894	USD -	6.25
495	Graesse (J. G. Th.)	Tresor de Livres Rares et Precieux; ou Nouveau Dictionnaire Bibliographique (avec le Supplement)	Dresde,	1859-69	USD -	11.00
496	Granger (Rev. James)	Biographical Dictionary of England, fifth edition, with upwards of 400 Additional Lives		1824	USD -	Unknown
497	Griffiths (A. F.)	Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica: or Descriptive Catalogue, of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry in the Possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown		1815	USD -	Unknown
498	Griffith (A. F.)	Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica: a Descriptive Catalogue of Early English Poetry		1815	USD -	Unknown
499		GROLIER CLUB. Effigies of the most famous English Writers from Chaucer to Jonson	New York	1891	USD -	Unknown
500		Grolier Club. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Illuminated and Painted MSS. etc		ib. 1892	USD -	2.40

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.