Sothebys: CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS. INCLUDING, BOOKS ON NATURAL HISTORY INCLUDING BONAPARTE'S Iconographie despigeons, 1857; JAUME SAINT-HILAIRE'S Plantes de la France, 1808-09; LEVAILLANT'S Oiseaux d'Afiique, , 1972(Eden),

Auction Details

Auction Date
October 23, 1972 - October 23, 1972
Page Size: 544 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301 Buchanan (F.) A Journey from Madras through the Countries of Mysore

1807

GBP - 58.00
302 Burnet (G, Bishop) Some Letters containing an Account of what seemed most Remarkable in Switzerland, Italy, &c.....

GBP - 24.00
303 CAMDEN (W.) BRITANNIA

1607

GBP - 500.00
304 CAMOENS (L. DE) The Lusiad

1665

GBP - 60.00
305 Carion (J.) Chronicon Carionis...

GBP - 28.00
306 Carmina quadragesimalia ab Aedis Christi Oxon. Alumnis composita Oxford

1723-48

GBP - 12.00
307 CHAUVIN (S.) Lexikon rationale, sive Thesaurus philosophicus Rotterdam

1692

GBP - 65.00
308 Cicero, Familiarum Epistolarum Paris

1557

GBP - 24.00
309 Cicero De Officiis, de Amicitia et de Senectute

1796

GBP - 5.00
310 Cicero. Orationes...

GBP - 55.00
311 COVENS (J.) AND C. MORTIER [Atlas des Pays Bas] [Amsterdam]

[c. 1745]

GBP - 190.00
312 Cowley (A.) Poemata Latina

1678

GBP - 6.00
313 Cowley (A.) Works

1693

GBP - 25.00
314 Cramer (G.) Introduction a l'analyse des Lignes courbes algebriques Geneva

1750

GBP - 24.00
315 Demosthenes Opera [greek] Paris

1570

GBP - 22.00
316 Demosthenes [Opera] Cambridge

1748-57

GBP - 9.00
317 Dibdin (T. F.) An Introduction to the Knowledge of rare and valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics

1827

GBP - 14.00
318 Didymus, Alexandrinus Interpretationes ... in Homeri Iliada nec non in Odyssea [Venice]

[1521]

GBP - 20.00
319 Diogenes, Laertius De Vitis Dogmatis et Apophthegmatis, text in Greek and Latin

GBP - 16.00
320 Douglas (W.) A Summary ... of the first Planting

1755

GBP - 26.00
321 Echard (L.) The History of the Revolution . . . 1688...

GBP - 22.00
322 Epinicion Oxonicnse, sive solennis Gratulatio . . . S. R. Annae...

GBP - 1.00
323 Erasmus (Desiderius) Morias Encomiu [and other works]...

GBP - 160.00
324 Erasmus (Desiderius) Epistolae ... ad Diversos Basle

1521

GBP - 50.00
325 Erasmus (Desiderius) In Novum Testamentum Annotationes Basle

1535

GBP - 30.00
326 Erasmus (Desiderius) In Novum Testamentum Annotationes Basle

1535

GBP - 1.00
327 Erasmus (Desiderius) Adagiorum chiliades Basle

1541

GBP - 32.00
328 Euripedes Tragoediae duae . . . Des. Erasmo . . . interprete, text in Greek and Latin Basle

1530

GBP - 45.00
329 Eustathius, Thessalonicus Commentarii in Homeri [greek] Rome

1542

GBP - 12.00
330 Goldsmith (Oliver) The Roman History...

GBP - 22.00
331 Homer The Iliad...

1717-20

GBP - 10.00
332 Horace Opera Paris

1567

GBP - 12.00
333 HUGHES (G.) The Natural History of Barbados

1750

GBP - 130.00
334 Johnson (R.) Grammatical Commentaries...

GBP - 28.00
335 Kirby (W.) On the Power . . . of God as Manifested in the Creation of Animals and in their history, Habits, and Instincts...

GBP - 32.00
336 Kraamer (Matthias) Das Konigliche nider-hoch-Teutsch und hochnider-Teutsch Dictionarium...

GBP - 32.00
337 Leigh (E.) Critica Sacra...

GBP - 38.00
338 Lemon (G. W.) English Etymology; or, a derivative Dictionary of the English Language...

GBP - 34.00
339 Lewis (S.) A topographical Dictionary of England Wales

GBP - 18.00
340 Ludolphus (J.) A new History of Ethiopia

1682

GBP - 50.00
341 Lycophron Alexandra [greek] [Oxford]

[1697]

GBP - 14.00
342 Maffei (E. S.) A compleat History of the ancient Amphitheatres...

GBP - 20.00
343 Manwaring (E.) An historical and critical Account of . . . Classic Authors...

GBP - 32.00
344 MOLL (H.) A System of Geography

1701

GBP - 120.00
345 Morgan (J.) A complete History of Algiers

1731

GBP - 32.00
346 NICHOLSON (W.) THE ENGLISH ATLAS: Vol. II . . . Germany Oxford

1681

GBP - 240.00
347 Osorius (H.) The History of the Portuguese

1752

GBP - 35.00
348 [Perier (F.)] The Life of Mr. [Blaise] Paschal

1744

GBP - 24.00
349 PEROTTUS (N.) Cornucopiae [and other works] Venice

1513

GBP - 48.00
350 Phalaris. Epistolae...

GBP - 35.00
351 Pitiscus (S.) Lexicon Antiquitatum Romanorum Leuwarden

1713

GBP - 6.00
352 Playfair (John, geologist and mathematician) Works . . . with a Memoir of the Author [by F. Jeffrey] Edinburgh

1822

GBP - 48.00
353 Pliny, the elder Historia Mundi Basle

1525

GBP - 35.00
354 Polybius. Historiarum...

GBP - 26.00
355 Puffendorf (S.) An Introduction to the History of . . . Asia, Africa, and America

GBP - 38.00
356 Salmon (T.) Modern History...

GBP - 75.00
357 Sawyer (E.) Memorials of Affairs of State in the Reigns of Q. Elizabeth and K. James...

GBP - 32.00
358 Shaw (T.) Travels or Observations relating to several Parts of Barbary and the Levant Oxford

1738

GBP - 45.00
359 Spence (J.) Polymetis

1747

GBP - 10.00
360 Strabo. Rerum Geographicarum...

GBP - 18.00
361 TERENCE Comoediae Paris

1552

GBP - 48.00
362 Thucydides De Bello Peloponnesiaco Amsterdam

1731

GBP - 7.00
363 Trapp (J.) Praelectiones Poetica Oxford

1711-19

GBP - 14.00
364 Ussher (James) Annales Veteris Testamenti

GBP - 45.00
365 VARINUS, Phavorinus Magnum ac perutile Dictionarium Rome

1523

GBP - 140.00
366 Virgil. Opera...

GBP - 38.00
367 Wheler (G.) A Journey into Greece

1682

GBP - 55.00
368 Wilson (Sir John) The Royal Philatelic Collection

1952

GBP - 24.00
369 BURGHLEY (WILLIAM CECIL, Lord) L.s., 1/2 page, folio, from the Court, 1 March 1597/8, to Mr. Fletcher, Mayor of Chester

1 March 1597/8

GBP - 26.00
370 COBHAM (Sir HENRY, 1538-1605?, diplomatist) L.s., 1/2 page, folio, 27 April, 1586, to Robert Petar

27 April, 1586

GBP - 14.00
371 CROMWELL (Sir OLIVER, uncle of the Protector) Docs., 1 page, 4to, 25 May, 1620, the document being William Milne's bill for his allowance for attending the King as a messenger

25 May, 1620

GBP - 12.00
372 ELIZABETH (Queen of Bohemia, 1596-1662, "The Queen of Hearts") L.s., 1 page, folio, "Hage" 16/26 May, 1628, to William "Murrey" of the Bedchamber "Hage"

16/26 May, 1628

GBP - 35.00
373 ELIZABETH (Queen of Bohemia) List of disbursements by the Queen for the Christmas quarter 1622

GBP - 24.00
374 JACOBEAN PRIVY COUNCIL. The last sheet of original letter to Sir Arthur Chichester, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and the rest of the council there

GBP - 25.00
375 JACOBEAN PRIVY COUNCIL. L.S. by Thomas Sackville Earl of Dorset, Henry Howard Earl of Northampton, Edward Somerset Earl of Worcester, and Sir John Fortescue

GBP - 25.00
376 JAMES I (King of England) Docs., 1 page, oblong folio, Whitehall. 7 January, 1615/6, being the warrant for Thomas Lord Ellesmere Whitehall

7 January, 1615/6

GBP - 90.00
377 PARLIAMENT. "The moderne forme of the Parliaments of England"

[c. 1650]

GBP - 15.00
378 DUDLEY (JOHN, 1502?-1553, later Duke of Northumberland) INSPEXIMUS OF THE ACT OF PARLIAMENT RESTORING HIM IN THE BLOOD

GBP - 28.00
379 FITZROY (MARY, d. 1557, Duchess of Richmond, daughter-in-law of Henry VIII, sister of the poet Surrey, and patroness of the martyrologist John Foxe) Docs. ("Mary Rychemond"), dated 27 July, 1553, being a bond in £600 on condition that she would convey the rectory of Navesby, Northamptonshire, to John Shukburgh Senior and Junior

dated 27 July, 1553

GBP - 35.00
380 HENRY VIII (King of England) Docs. ("Henry R"), 1 page, oblong folio, on vellum, "at our Mannor of Otelandes", 6 December 38 Henry VIII [1546], to Sir Edward North

6 December 38

GBP - 350.00
381 BROMLEY (Lady JANE, 1533-1606, of Hallon in Shropshire, widow of Sir George Bromley, 1525-1588, M.P., Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster, Chief Justice of Cheshire and Flint and member of the Council of the Marches of Wales) L.s., written in a current Secretary hand, with an accomplished Italic signature. 1 page, folio, Hallon, 2 February, 1595/6, to her cousin Rowland Lacon of Willey in Shropshire Hallon

2 February, 1595/6

GBP - 38.00
382 NORTHUMBERLAND (HENRY PERCY, 1564-1632, ninth Earl of, "The Wizard Earl") Docs. ("Northumberland"), Petworth, 1 March 1631/2; being his patent granting Sir John Fenwick the office of Constable of the Castle of Alnwick in Northumberland ("Northumberland"), Petworth

1 March 1631/2

GBP - 14.00
383 STATE PAPERS. Mid-seventeenth-century volume of transcripts of letters by Sir Walter Raleigh...

GBP - 55.00
384 CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Collection of seventeen deeds and writings mostly concerning transactions in land in Lynton

1681-94 and 1636-73

GBP - 24.00
385 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Series of 6 A.Ls.s. by Jane Cutts

GBP - 35.00
386 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 17 accounts of rents received

GBP - 85.00
387 CLARE (JOHN HOLLES, 2nd Earl of 1595-1666) STAFFORDSHIRE. Series of 13 A.Ls.s. and one L.s., 15 pages, 4to and 8vo, Drury Lane (London), 13 August 1568-6 May 1665, to his steward Henry Shipton at Hamstall Ridware Drury Lane (London)

13 August 1568-6 May 1665

GBP - 240.00
388 HERALDRY. ILLUMINATED GRANT OF ARMS by Sir Richard Carney, Ulster King of Arms, to Dr. Hugh Drisdale

1683

GBP - 25.00
389 HERALDRY. ILLUMINATED PEDIGREE OF LORD THOMAS BONDE taken from a register in the College of Arms

dated 13 May 1669

GBP - 32.00
390 HERALDRY. ILLUMINATED LETTERS PATENT signed by Sir William Woods Garter King of Arms, and Joseph Hawker

31 October 1838

GBP - 38.00
391 COMMONWEALTH. Contemporary manuscript of "An Act for several lands & Estates forfeited to the Commonwealth for Treason appointed to be sold for the use of the Navy"

c. 1652

GBP - 18.00
392 CROMWELL (OLIVER, Protector) L.s. (boldly signed "Oliver P." at the head of the first page), 1 1/2 pages, folio, Whitehall, 6 Febraury 1654/5, "To the Governor or Chiefe Magistrate of the Cittie of Exeter Whitehall

6 Febraury 1654/5

GBP - 240.00
393 ALBEMARLE (GEORGE MONCK, 1608-1670, FIRST Duke of) L.s. ("Albemarle"). 1 page, folio, 31 October 1662, to William Compton

31 October 1662

GBP - 28.00
394 CHARLES EDWARD STUART (The Young Pretender) Docs. "Charles. P.R.": a military commission

27 September 1745

GBP - 100.00
395 GASCOIGNE (Sir BERNARD, soldier and diplomatist, 1614-87) [JAMES II (King of England)] Archive of his papers concerning the negotiations in 1672-3 for a marriage between James (then Duke of York) and the Archduchess Claudia Felicitas

1672-4

GBP - 100.00
396 JAMES EDWARD STUART (The Old Pretender) Early A.L., 2 pages, 4to, Bar (Lorraine), 3 April 1714, to the Princesse de Vaudemont Bar (Lorraine)

3 April 1714

GBP - 45.00
397 JAMES EDWARD STUART (The Old Pretender) A.L.s., 2 1/2 pages, 4to, Montefiascone (Italy), 23 September 1719, in French, to an old friend of the House of Stuart Montefiascone (Italy)

23 September 1719

GBP - 70.00
398 REBELLION OF 1745. A.L.s. by John Maule London

19 December 1745

GBP - 55.00
399 ANNE (Queen of England) Doc. s. 1 page, folio, Court at St. James's, 1702 (day and month not entered), to Henry Lord Walden Court at St. James's

1702

GBP - 45.00
400 GEORGE IV (King of England) A.L.s. ("George P") written when Prince of Wales, 1 page, 4to, Brighton, 31 March 1806, to Lady Elizabeth Brighton

31 March 1806

GBP - 22.00
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