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
701	Menuiserie (Journal de)	specialement destine aux Architectes, aux Menuisiers, etc	Paris	1864	USD -	Unknown
702	Meinardus (Johannes)	Opus . . ad Martinum Mellerstadt ducalem Physicum de erroribus Symonis Pistoris de lypczk circum morbum gallicum		-1500	USD -	2.00
703	Menzies (Wm. of New York)	Catalogue of his Books, MSS. and Engravings, prepared by Joseph Sabin	New York	1875	USD -	Unknown
704	Merlin (R.)	Origine des Cartes a Jouer; Recherches nouvelles sur les Naileis, les Tarots et sur les autres Especes de Cartes	Paris	1869	USD -	1.50
705		Merly Library, etc...		1813	USD -	Unknown
706	Merryweather (F. S.)	Bibliomania in the Middle-Ages, 2 copies, morocco and half morocco..			USD -	Unknown
707	Meursius (Jo.)	Athenae Batavae; sive de Urbe Leidensi & Academia Virisque claris qui utramque ingenio suo, atque scriptis illustrarunt lib		1625	USD -	Unknown
708	Middleton (Conyers)	Dissertation concerning the Origin of Printing in England, shewing that it was first introduced and practised by Wm. Caxton			USD -	Unknown
709	Milton (John)	Poetical Works, with a Life of the Author by Wm. Hayley		1794	USD -	1.00
710	Milton (John)	Paradise Lost, a Poem in Ten Books the Author John Milton		1668	USD -	10.75
711	Milton (J.)	Paradise Lost, a Poem in Twelve Books, Richter's fine edition		1794	USD -	Unknown
712	Milton (J.)	Paradise Lost		1827	USD -	Unknown
713	Milton (J.)	Paradise Lost, facsimile reproduction of the first edition, with Introduction by D. Masson, E. Stock			USD -	Unknown
714	Milton (J.)	Eikonoklastes; in Answer to a Book intituled Eikon Basilike (with the leaf of advertisement disputing the claim of K. Charles I to the authorship of Eikon Basilike)	Amsterdam	printed 1690	USD -	Unknown
715		MISSALE MONASTICUM SECUNDUM MOREM & RITUM CASINENSIS CONGREGATIONS, alias Sancte Justine [diligentissime revisum, correctum ac emendatum] (cum Calendario et Computum Festorum Mobilium)	Venetiis,	1506	USD -	25.50
716	Molitor (Ulricus)	De Laniis et Phitonicis Mulieribus ad illustrissimum principem Dominum Sigismundum Archiducem Austrie tractatus pulcherrimus		-1489	USD -	6.75
717		Monographs of the American Revolution. Thomas Jefferson by Paul Leicester Ford	Boston	1904	USD -	Unknown
718	Monstrelet (Enguerran de)	Le Premier Volume des Croniques ensuyvant Froissart; de France, d'Angleterre, descosse, etc	Paris	1512	USD -	4.00
719	MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE)	ESSAIS, CINQUIESME EDITION augmentee d'un troisiesme livre et de six cens additions aux deux premiers	Paris	1588	USD -	6.25
720	Montanus (R. G.)	A Discovery and Playne Declaration of sundry subtill practises of the Holy Inquisition of Spayne (translated by V. Skinner)		1569	USD -	4.25
721	Moore (Frank)	Heroes and Martyrs; Notable Men of the Time distinguished in the American Crisis of 1861-62	New York	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
722	Morgan (A. de)	Arithmetical Books from the Invention of Printing to the Present Time		1847	USD -	Unknown
723		Morgand et Fatout. Bulletin Mensuel de la Librairie Morgand et Fatout, 1876-1881	Paris	1876-82	USD -	Unknown
724	Morris (Wm.)	Gothic Architecture: a Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition		1893	USD -	Unknown
725	Morse (Edw. S.)	Japanese Homes and their Surroundings	Boston	1886	USD -	Unknown
726	MOTLEY (T. L.)	WORKS AND CORRESPONDENCE, Netherlands edition	New York and London	1900	USD -	4.80
727		Motley. THIRTY-NINE (41) PORTRAITS illustrating Motley's Historical Works, engraved by Houbraken and Vinkeles	Amst.	c. 1750	USD -	2.40
728	Murner (R. P. Th.)	Chartiludium Logicae, seu Logica Poetica, vel Memorativa, opera, notis & conjecturis Jo. Balesdens	Paris	1629	USD -	Unknown
729	Musart (R. P. Carolus, S. J.)	Adolescens Academicus sub institutione Salomonis	Duaci	1633	USD -	1.50
730	Myddelmore (Henry)	The Translation of a Letter written by a Frenche Gentilwoman to another Gentilwoman Straunger		1564	USD -	2.20
731	Narjoux (F.)	Notes and Sketches of an Architect in the North-West of Europe, translated from the French by John Peto			USD -	Unknown
732	Nash (Joseph)	Architecture of the Middle Ages drawn from Nature and on Stone	McLean	1838	USD -	2.95
733	Nash (J.)	Mansions of England in the Olden Time, drawn from Nature and on Stone		1839-49	USD -	39.00
734	Neale (J. P.) and E. W. Brayley	History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster, with Memoirs of the Abbots and Deans		1818	USD -	Unknown
735	Nesfield (W. Eden)	Specimens of Mediaeval Architecture, chiefly selected from examples of the 12th and 13th Centuries in France and Italy		1862	USD -	Unknown
736	Nesfield (W. E.)	Specimens of Mediaeval Architecture, chiefly selected from examples of the 12th and 13th Centuries in France and Italy		ib. 1862	USD -	Unknown
737		Netherlands. A Collection of Two Hundred and Sixty-eight small Dutch Engravings of Portraits and Plates by J. Buys, to Illustrate the Wars in the Low Countries		17---	USD -	1.60
738	Niavis (Paulus)	Epistolae longiores Magistri Pauli Niavis	Lipsae	1494-1498?	USD -	3.50
739	Nichols (John)	Literary Anecdotes and Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century		1812-17	USD -	3.70
740	Nicholson (P.)	Encyclopaedia of Architecture	New York	n. d. (1853)	USD -	Unknown
741		Obsequens. Jules Obsequent des Prodiges; plus trois Livres de Polydore Vergile sur la mesme matiere, traduis de Latin par George de la Bouthiere	Lyon,	1555	USD -	1.90
742		Odell Library. Catalogue of the Library of Andrew J. Odell, prepared by George P. Philes	New York	1878	USD -	Unknown
743	Opitius (H.)	Syriasmus facilitate & integretati suae restitutus, etc	Lipsiae	1678	USD -	Unknown
744	Orme (Edw.)	Essay on Transparent Prints and on Transparencies in General		1807	USD -	1.75
745		Orpheus Britannicus: or the Gentleman and Lady's Musical Musaeum..		1760	USD -	5.50
746	Ottley (W. Young)	Origin and Early History of Engraving upon Copper and Wood, with an Account of Engravers and their Works, etc		1816	USD -	1.75
747	Ottley (W. Y.)	A Collection of One hundred and twenty-nine Facsimiles of Scarce and Curious Prints by the Early Masters of the Italian, German and Flemish Schools		1828	USD -	1.40
748	Ottley (W. Y.)	Memoir of a Manuscript in the British Museum, believed by them to be of the second or third century, containing the Translation of Aratus' Astronomical Poems by Cicero, accompanied by Drawings of the Constellations; etc		1894	USD -	Unknown
749	Ottley (W. Y.)	An Inquiry concerning the Invention of Printing, with notices of the early use of Wood-engraving in Europe, the Block Books, etc	Lilly	1863	USD -	1.00
750		Ovidius. Epistole de Ovidio in rima. Incomicia el libro dele Epistole di Ovidio in rima, vulgarizate P messere Dominico da Monticielli loschano, etc		1491	USD -	7.00
751	Owen (Jo. Cambro-Britanni Oxon)	Epigrammatum Editio postrema, correctissima & posthumis quibusdam adaucta	Amst.	1647	USD -	1.40
752		Oxford Architectural Society. Underwood (H. J.) Views and Details of Littlemore Church...			USD -	Unknown
753	PAINTER (WM.)	THE PALACE OF PLEASURE, contayning store of goodlye Histories, Tragical matters & other Morall Arguments, %JUV^U very requisite for delight and profyte, etc	Nick England	1566, 1567	USD -	16.75
754	Palmer (Sam.)	A General History of Printing from the First Invention in the City of Mentz: its Introduction and Success in England, etc		1733	USD -	1.50
755	Papillon (J. M.)	Traite Historique et Pratique de la Gravure en Bois (avec le Supplement)	Paris	1766	USD -	Unknown
756	Papworth (J. B.)	Hints on Ornamental Gardening, consisting of a Series of Designs for Garden Buildings, useful and decorative, etc		1823	USD -	Unknown
757	Paradin (Claude)	et D. G. Symeon. Symbola Heroica, multa quam antea fidelius de Gallica lingua in latinam conversa		1567	USD -	1.70
758		Parement & Triumphes des Dames dhonneur (Le)		1870	USD -	Unknown
759	Parker (J. H.)	Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture	Oxford	1850	USD -	1.25
760	Passe (Crispin de)	Anthropomorpheos Eikones . . Aetates Hominum secundum Anni tempora, fine engraved title and six fine full-page engravings		1599	USD -	2.70
761	Passe (Crispin de)	Liber Genesis aeneis formis a Crispini Passaeo expressus Versibisq. tam latinis quam germanicis ornatus, Sententiis ex Patrum desumptis, explicatus per R. D. Guil	Arnhemii	1616	USD -	1.50
762	Passavant (J. D.)	Le Peintre-Graveur, contenant l'Histoire de la Gravure, etc	Leipsic	1860	USD -	3.60
763		Pathelin. Maistre Pierre Pathelin	Lille	1870	USD -	Unknown
764	PATRICIUS (Franciscus)	Nova de Universis Philosophia, In qua Aristotelica Methodo non per motum sed per lucem & lumina ad primam causam ascenditur, etc	Ferrariae	1591	USD -	1.20
765	Peignot (Gabriel)	Dictionnaire Critique, Litteraire et Bibliographique des Principaux Livres condamnes au feu, supprimes, ou censures, etc	Paris	1806	USD -	Unknown
766	Peignot (G.)	Manuel du Bibliophile, ou Traite du Choix des Livres	Dijon	1823	USD -	Unknown
767		Peignot (G.) Choix de Testamens anciens e modernes, remarquables par leur importance, leur singularite et leur bizarrerie			USD -	Unknown
768		Pelagius. ALVARI PELAGII DE PLANOTU SANCTAE CATHOLICAE ECCLESIAE, libri II, EDITIO PRINCEPS	Ulmae,	1474	USD -	12.50
769	Penley (Aaron)	The English School of Painting in Water Colours, its Theory and Practice		1874	USD -	Unknown
770	Penley (Aaron)	Sketching from Nature in Water Colours		-1860	USD -	Unknown
771	Pepys (Sam.)	Diary and Correspondence, with Life and Notes by Lord Braybrooke, deciphered, with additional notes by Rev. Mynors Bright	New York	1884	USD -	4.00
772	Petit (J. L.)	Architectural Studies in France		1854	USD -	Unknown
773	Petrus (D. Laurent)	Vinea Domini cum brevi descriptione Sacramentorum et Paradisi, Limbi Purgatorii atq. inferni, a Catechismo Catholicisq	Venet.	1588	USD -	Unknown
774	PETRARCHA (FR.)	SONETTI, CANZONI E TRIOMPHI	[VENET.]	1470	USD -	85.00
775		Phenix (The); a Revival of Scarce and Valuable Pieces from the Remotest Antiquity down to the Present Times		1707	USD -	Unknown
776	Philes (G. P.)	The Philobiblion: a Monthly Bibliographical Journal containing critical notices of and extracts from Rare, Curious and Valuable Old Books	New York	1862	USD -	Unknown
777	Pilkington (Rev. M.)	Dictionary of Painters		1810	USD -	Unknown
778	PILKINGTON (M.)	DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS from the Revival of the Art to the Present Period		1801	USD -	60.00
779		Pindarus. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia; Callimachi Hymni; Dionysius de Situ Orbis: Licophronis Alexandri, Obscurum Poema; Graece	Venet.	1513	USD -	8.00
780	Piranesi (Giov. Batt.)	Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de' Romani	Romae	1761	USD -	2.00
781	Piranesi (G. B.)	Schola Italica Picturae sive selectae quaedam summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae aere incisae cura et impensis Gavani Hamiltoni Pictoris		ib. 1773	USD -	2.50
782	Piranesi (G. B.)	Campus Martius Antiquae Urbis		ib. 1762	USD -	1.80
783	Piranesi (G. B.)	Antichita d' Albano e di Castel Gandolfo		ib. 1764	USD -	2.20
784	Piranesi (G. B.)	Opere Varii. Raccolta de' Tempj Antichi, etc	Roma	1776, etc.	USD -	2.20
785	Piranesi (G. B.)	Vari, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcophagi, Tripodi ed Ornamenti Antichi	Roma	ib. 1778	USD -	5.25
786	Piranesi (G. B.)	Le Antichita Romane		1784, etc.	USD -	17.00
787	Piranesi (G. B.)	Antichita di Pompei-Villa Hadriana		ib. 1788, etc.	USD -	4.60
789	Piranesi (G. B.)	Vues de quelques Restes de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidonia	Roma	s. d.	USD -	14.50
790	Piranesi (G. B.)	Colonne Tragana ed Antonina		s. d.	USD -	1.00
791	Piranesi (G. B.)	Diverse Maniere d' adornare I Cammini, ed ogni altra parte de gli Edifizi		s. d.	USD -	5.25
792	Piranesi (G. B.)	Vedute di Roma, disegnate ed incisi		n. d.	USD -	44.00
793	Piranesi (G. B.)	Fasti Consulares, Cora e dell' Acqua Giulia			USD -	1.25
794	Piranesi (G. B.)	Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Guercino, incise in rame		ib. s. d.	USD -	1.50
795	Platina (Baptista)	Libellus Platine de honesta Voluptate ac Valitudine		1499	USD -	1.30
796		Platina (B.) De 1' Honneste Volupte livre tres necessaire a la Vie humaine, pour observer bonne Sante, diligemment revue et corrige	Lyon	1571	USD -	2.75
797	Breitkopf (J. G. I.)	Playing Cards. Versuch den Ursprung der Spielkarten die Einfuhrung des Leinenpapieres und der Anfang der Holzschneidekunst in Europa zu Erforschen	Leipz	1784	USD -	Unknown
798		Playing Cards. Facsimiles of Ancient Playing Cards (4 suits) (from Singer's History of Playing Cards)		(1816)	USD -	Unknown
799		Playing Cards. Die Spielkarten der Weigel' schen Sammlung	Leipz	1866	USD -	2.50
800		PLUTARCHUS. VITAE PARALLELAE LATINAE, a diversis interpretibus factae, a J. A. Campano collectae et editae	[ROMAE]	1470	USD -	32.00
801		Poggius. Pogii Fiorentini Oratoris Clarissime Facetiarum Liber (with blanks for A j and G 4)	Impressum Venetiis (s. n. impressoris)	1487	USD -	3.20

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.