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
600	Hugo (Hermannus)	Pia Desideria Emblematis, Elegiis & affectibus SS. Patrum illustrata	Antwerpiae,	1628	USD -	1.55
601	Humphreys (A. L.)	The Private Library, New York, Bouton, 1897-Bouchot (H.) The Printed Book..			USD -	Unknown
602	Humphreys (H. Noel)	A Record of the Black Prince; a selection of such passages of his life as have been most quaintly and strikingly narrated by chroniclers of the period		1849	USD -	2.50
603	Humphreys (H. N.)	Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing		1854	USD -	Unknown
604	Humphreys (H. N.)	Masterpieces of the Early Printers and Engravers, a Series of Facsimiles from Rare and Curious Books		1870	USD -	1.35
605	Hunter (John)	Poems		1805	USD -	1.50
606		Huth Library. A Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Engravings, collected by Henry Huth, with Collations and Bibliographical Descriptions (by F. S. Ellis and W. C. Hazlitt)		1880	USD -	3.00
607	Hutton (Chas.)	Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy			USD -	Unknown
608	Hutton (Chas.)	Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary		1815	USD -	Unknown
609		Hyginus. Clarissimi Viri Iginii Poeticon Astronomicon opus utilissimum; de Mundi & Spherae ac utriusq	Venetiis,	1482	USD -	5.50
610	Andrews (W. Loring)	Iconophile Society. A Trio of Eighteenth Century French Engravers of Portraits in Miniature: Ficquet, Savart, Grateloup, etc	New York	1899	USD -	3.75
611	Noel Humphreys editor	Illuminated Calendar and Home Diary for 1846 and 1849, from the Hours of the Duke of Anjou, King of Sicily and Jerusalem (1380), now in the Bibliotheque Royale, Paris (edited by Noel Humphreys)		1846-1849	USD -	Unknown
612		IMITATIO CHRISTI. Gerson de Ymitatione Cristi cum tractatulo de Meditatione Cordis		1487	USD -	7.75
613		Imitatio. A'Kempis. De Imitatio Christi lib. IV (cum Vita Auctoris, etc.)	Lugduni	-1635	USD -	1.15
614		Imitatio. De l'Imitation de Notre-Seigneur Jesus-Christ, par Jean Gerson, Edition Polyglotte, publiee sous la Direction de J. B. Monfalcon	Lyon	1841	USD -	Unknown
615		Imitatio. L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ traduction et reflexions par l'Abbe de Lammenais; suivee de l'Ordinaire de la Messe	Le Mans	1843	USD -	Unknown
616		Imitatio. De Imitatione Christi, printed in pearl type, on india paper	Paris	1858	USD -	1.50
617		Imitation de Jesus-Christ (L') Traduction de Michel de Marillac, Preface par E. Caro	Paris	1875	USD -	Unknown
618		Imitatio. L'Imitation de Jesus Christ traductio de Michel de Marillac	Paris	1878	USD -	Unknown
619	Ireland (Alex.)	The Book-Lover's Enchiridion, Thoughts on the Solace and Companionship of Books, third edition, with additions	Boston	1883	USD -	Unknown
620	Jackson (John)	Treatise on Wood Engraving, historical and practical		1832	USD -	Unknown
621	Jacquemart (Albert)	History of the Ceramic Art, translated by Mrs. Bury Palliser	New York & London	1877	USD -	1.60
622	Jamblichus	In Nicomachi Fraseni Arithmeticam introductionem et de Fato, nune primum editum, cum notis S. Tennulii, etc	Arnhemiae	1668	USD -	Unknown
623	Jansen	Essai sur l'Origine de la Gravure en Bois et en Taille Douce et sur la Connoissance des Estampes des XV et XVI siecles; ou il est parle aussi de l'Origine des Cartes a Jouer, etc	Paris	1808	USD -	1.65
624	Johnson (J.)	Typographia, or the Printer's Instructor, including an Account of the Origin of Printing, and Notices of English Printers from Caxton to the end of the 16th Century		1824	USD -	Unknown
625	Johnson (R. J.)	Specimens of Early French Architecture, selected chiefly from the Churches of the Ile de France	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1864	USD -	Unknown
626	Jones (Inigo)	Designs; consisting of Plans and Elevations for Public and Private Buildings, published by Wm. Kent, with some additional designs		1770	USD -	2.30
627	Jorand (J. B. J.)	Grammatographie du IX Siecle; Types calligraphiques tires de la Bible de Charles-le-Chauve	Paris	1837	USD -	Unknown
628	Jovius (Paulus)	Elogia Virorum bellica Virtute illustrium septem libris jam olim ab Authore compreheusa; et nunc ex eiusdem Musaeo ad Vivum expressio imaginibus exornata	Basil	1575-77	USD -	2.70
629		Judocus Isennachcensis. Summa in tota Physicen; hoc est philosophiam naturalem conformiter si quidem vere sophie; que est Theologia in Gymnasio Erphordiensis elucubrata et edita	Erfordie	1514	USD -	2.20
630	Junius (Hadrianus)	Emblemata; ad Arnoldum Cobelium; ejusdem aenigmatum Libellus ad D. ArnoldUm Rosenbergum	Antwerpiae	1565	USD -	1.50
631	Juvenalis.	Persius; EDITIO PRIMA ALDINA	Venet.	1501	USD -	1.50
632	Kendall (H. E.)	Designs for Schools and School Houses, Parochial and National		1853	USD -	Unknown
633	King (Thos. H.)	The Study-Book of Mediaeval Architecture and Art; being a Series of Working Drawings of the Principal Monuments of the Middle Ages, etc		1858-9	USD -	Unknown
634	Klemm (Heinrich)	Beschreibender Catalog seines Bibliographischen Museum	Dresden	1884	USD -	Unknown
635	Knight (Chas.)	The Gallery of Portraits; with Memoirs		1833-37	USD -	1.45
636	Knight (Chas.)	London, ORIGINAL EDITION, many hundred illustrations		ib. 1841	USD -	Unknown
637	Knight (H. G.)	Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy, from the time of Constantine to the Fifteenth Century		1843	USD -	1.30
638	Koran (The)	Arabic MS. XIXth Century			USD -	Unknown
639	Krufft (J. Ch.)	Traite sur l'Art de Charpente, Plans, Coups, Elevations de diverses productions	Paris	1840	USD -	Unknown
640	Laborde (Leon de)	Debuts de l'Imprimerie a Mayence et a Bamberg, ou Description des Lettres d'Indulgence du Pape Nicholas V imprimees en 1454	Paris	1840	USD -	1.50
641	Lackington (John, Bookseller)	Memoirs of the Forty-Five First Years of his Life, new edition corrected and much enlarged		1794	USD -	Unknown
642	Lackington (Jas. Bookseller)	Confessions, in a Series of Letters to a Friend			USD -	Unknown
644		Laing Library. Sale Catalogue of the extensive Library of David Laing, Esq. LL.D. Librarian of the Signet Library (3 parts), sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1879-80		1879-80	USD -	Unknown
645	La Marra (Cav. Fr.)	Raccolta di Cinquanta Disegni Originali degli Pittori Napoletani Mattia Preti, Luca Giordano e Francesco Solimena incisi in rami	Napoli	1792	USD -	Unknown
646	Lambarde (Wm.)	Archaionomia; sive de priscis Anglorum legibus libri, sermone Anglico, etc		1588	USD -	Unknown
647	Lambinet (Pierre)	Recherches Historiques Litteraires et Critiques sur l'Origine de l'Imprimerie, particulierement dans la Belgique	Bruxelles	-1799	USD -	Unknown
648	Lambinet (Pierre)	Origine de l'Imprimerie d'apres les titres authentiques; l'opinion de M. Daunou et celle de M. Van Praet	Paris	1810	USD -	Unknown
649	Langlois (E. H.)	Essai sur la Calligraphie des Manuscrits du Moyen-Age et sur les Ornements des premiers Livres d'Heures Imprimes	Rouen	1841	USD -	1.35
650	LAVATER (J. C.)	ESSAYS ON PHYSIOGNOMY, translated from the French by H. Hunter, D.D		1810	USD -	1.65
651	Leighton (John, F.S.A.)	Moral Emblems with Aphorisms, Adages and Proverbs of all Ages and Nations		1860	USD -	Unknown
652	Lempertz (Heinrich)	Bilder-Hefte zur Geschichte des Bucherhandels und der mit demselben verwandten Kunste und Gewerbe	Coln	1853-65	USD -	1.50
653	Leveil (J. A.)	Vignole. Traite Elementaire Pratique d'Architecture, ou Etude des Cinq Ordres, d'apres Jacques Barozzio de Vignole	Paris	s. d.	USD -	Unknown
654		Libanius. Declamatio Libanii Oratoris Atheniensis de Uxore loquace	Leipz	-1511	USD -	1.50
655		Libri MSS. Catalogue of the splendid Collection of MSS. chiefly upon vellum formed by M. Guglielmo Libri, sold by auction by Sotheby, March and April, 1859 (8 days' sale)		1859	USD -	Unknown
656	Liechtenberger (Jo.)	Prognosticatio; quam olim scripsit super magna illa Saturni ac Jovis conjunctione, quae fuit Anno M.CCCCLXXXIII. usque ad 1567, etc			USD -	3.20
657	Lilly (Wm.)	A Short Introduction of Grammar, etc		1830	USD -	Unknown
658	Linton (W. J.)	History of Wood-Engraving in America	Boston	1882	USD -	Unknown
659	Linton (W. J.)	The Masters of Wood Engraving	New Haven, Conn.	1889	USD -	2.10
660	Lipmann (Fr.)	The Art of Wood Engraving in Italy in the Fifteenth Century		1888	USD -	Unknown
661		Livius. Historiarum quod extat ex recensione J. F. Gronovii	Amst.	1678	USD -	Unknown
662	Livre (Le)	Revue Mensuelle. Bibliographie Ancienne et Moderne	Paris	1880	USD -	Unknown
663	LODGE (EDM.)	PORTRAITS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES OF GREAT BRITAIN, with Biographical and Historical Memoirs of their Lives and Actions		1823-34	USD -	4.20
664	Lloyd (Humphrey)	The Historie of Cambria now called Wales; written in the Brytysh language above two hundreth years past, translated into English by H. Lloyd, corrected, augmented and continued by David Powel		1584	USD -	20.00
665		London and its Environs (Select Views of), containing a Collection of Highly finished Engravings from Original Paintings and Drawings, by Storer and Greig		1804	USD -	Unknown
666	Longolius (Chr.)	Epistolarum lib. III. Doctorum aliquot Epistolarum ad eundem Longolium lib. I, etc	Basil	1563	USD -	Unknown
667	Los-Rios (Fr. de)	Bibliographie Instructive, ou Notice de quelques Livres Rares, singuliers et difficiles a trouver, avec des Notes	Avignon, etc.	1777	USD -	Unknown
668	Louisy (M. P.)	Le Livre et les Arts qui s'y rattachent depuis les origines jusqu'a la fin du XVIIIe Siecle	Paris	1886	USD -	Unknown
669	Loudon (J. C.)	Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture, new edition by Mrs. Loudon			USD -	Unknown
670	Lowndes (W. T.)	Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature, new edition, revised, corrected and enlarged by H. G. Bohn	roxburghe	1869	USD -	1.40
671	Lowndes (W. T.)	The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature		1871	USD -	Unknown
672	Luckombe (P.)	History and Art of Printing, woodcut portrait of Coster and plates...			USD -	Unknown
673	Luther (Martin)	Enchiridion Piarum Precationum, cum Passionali, ut vocant; quibus accessit novum Calendarium cum cisio jano vetere & novo, etc	Wittembergae	1543	USD -	4.00
674	Luykens (J.)	Afbeelding der menschelyke Bezighsden bestaande in Hondert onder-scheiden Printverbeeldingen, etc	Amst.	-1694	USD -	4.50
675		Mac-Carthy Reagh. Catalogue des Livres Rares et Precieux de la Bibliotheque de feu Comte de Mac-Carthy Reagh	Paris	1815	USD -	Unknown
676	Macray (Rev. W. D.)	Annals of the Bodleian Library, 1598-1867			USD -	Unknown
677	G. Otto Trevelyan	Macaulay (Lord) Life and Letters		1876	USD -	1.00
678	Magnus (Olaus)	Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalis earumque diversis statibus, conditionibus, moribus, ritibus, superstitionibus, etc	Romae	1555	USD -	5.00
679	Magnus (Olaus)	De Wonderlijcke Historie vande Noordersche landen . . nu eerst overghestelt toten Latijns in ons Nederlandtsche duytsche sprake	Tantwerpen	1562	USD -	1.50
680	Maior (D. Georg. von Neuremburg)	Trost Wedder dat Schreckendes Dodes Olden und Jungen thoweten van noden	Bremen	1585	USD -	Unknown
681	Maistre (Xavier de)	A Journey round my Room, translated from the French in its Entirety by E. Goldsmid	Edinb.	1885	USD -	Unknown
682	Mallinkrot (Bern. a)	De Ortu ac Progressu Artis Typographiae, Dissertatione Historica		1639-40	USD -	1.50
683	Malton (Jas.)	Essay on British Gothic Architecture		1798	USD -	Unknown
684	Mandeville (Joannes de)	Johannis de Monte Villa Itinerarius in Partes Jhierosolimitanas et in ulteriores transmarinas		[14-]	USD -	10.00
685	Mandeville (Jo. de)	Qual tratta delle piu maravegliose cose e piu notabile chi si trovino; e come presentalmente ha cercato tutte le parte habitabile del mondo, etc	Venet	1534	USD -	1.80
686	Maundevile (Sir John)	Voiage and Travaile, which treateth of the Way to Hierusalem, etc		1839	USD -	Unknown
687	Mansion (Colard)	Van Praet (J. B. B.) Notice sur Colard Mansion Libraire et Imprimeur de la Ville de Bruges en Flandre dans le quinzieme Siecle	Paris	1829	USD -	1.50
688	[Marcellus (Christophorus)]	Sacrarum Caeremoniarum sive Ritum Ecclesiasticorum S. Rom. Ecclesiae lib. III, hac postrema editione magno studio, etc. recogniti, red and black, numerous fine woodcuts of Ceremonies, etc	Venetiis,	1582	USD -	1.50
689	Marchand (Prosper)	Histoire de l'Origine et des Premiers progres de l'Imprimerie, 2 parts and Supplement	La Haye et Paris	1740-73	USD -	Unknown
690	Marius-Michel (MM.)	La Reliure Francaise depuis l'Invention de l'Imprimerie jusqu'a la fin du XVIIIe Siecle			USD -	1.90
691	Marius-Michel (MM.)	L'Ornementation des Reliures Modernes	Paris	1889	USD -	1.50
692	Marlianus (Barth.)	Urbis Romae Topographia nunc denuo mendis omnibus, castigatissime in lucem edita		1588	USD -	1.10
693	Marolles (Abbe de)	Catalogue de Livres d'Estampes et de Figures en taille douce, avec un denombrement des Pieces qui y sont contenues fait a Paris en l'annee 1666	Paris	1666	USD -	1.50
694		Martialis	Venet. i	1501	USD -	1.60
695	Marvin (J. G.)	Legal Bibliography; a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish and Scotch Law Books, etc	Philadelphia	1847	USD -	Unknown
696		Mass. Incipit Tractatus de Defectibus Missae, etc			USD -	1.10
697	Mathias (T. J.)	The Pursuits of Literature, a Satirical Poem in four Dialogues, with notes, eleventh edition, with the Citations translated, 63 PORTRAITS AND VIEWS FROM THE EUROPEAN MAGAZINE.		1801	USD -	1.95
698		Maximilianus II. DuxBavariae...	Monachii	1715	USD -	Unknown
699	Maximus (Valerius)	cum Selectis Variorum Observationibus et nova recensione A. Thysii		1660	USD -	2.25
700	Meduna (R. P. F. Barth.)	Vita della Gloriosa Vergine Maria, Madre di Dio, Regina di I Cieli, con 1' Humanita del Redentore del Mondo, etc			USD -	1.30

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.
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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