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
  • 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.