Sothebys: The Browning Collections. CATALOGUE OF OIL PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS & PRINTS; AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS; BOOKS; STATUARY, FURNITURE, TAPESTRIES, AND WORKS OF ART; THE PROPERTY OF R. W. BARRETT BROWNING, ESQ. (DECEASED), of Asolo, Veneto, and La Tor, May011913,

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 01, 1913 - May 01, 1913

Page Size: 1415 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1006		Poetry of the World		1788	GBP -	Unknown
1007		Poets of Great Britain		1807	GBP -	Unknown
1008		Poets. Select Works of the British Poets from Chaucer to Jonson		1831	GBP -	Unknown
1009	Politianus (A.)	Opera	Lugduni	1533	GBP -	Unknown
1010	Poliziano (Angelo)	Stanze	Parma	1792	GBP -	Unknown
1011	Pollok (R.)	The Course of Time, a Poem in ten Books	Edinb.	1829	GBP -	Unknown
1012		Pontificale Romanum Clementis VIII et Urbani VIII, etc....			GBP -	Unknown
1013	Pope (Alex.)	Works		1717	GBP -	Unknown
1014		Pope (A.) Poetical Works...			GBP -	Unknown
1015	Porphyrins	De Antro Nympbarum		1765	GBP -	Unknown
1016	Potter (J.)	Antiquities of Greece	Edinb.	1820	GBP -	Unknown
1017	[Power (Miss)]	The Letters of a Betrothed		1858	GBP -	Unknown
1018	Priestley (J.)	Lectures on the Theory of Language and Universal Grammar	Warrington	1762	GBP -	Unknown
1019	[Procter (B. W.)]	English Songs and other small Poems		1844	GBP -	Unknown
1020	[Procter (B. W.)]	Death's Jest Book, or the Fool's Tragedy		1850	GBP -	Unknown
1021	[Procter (B. W.)]	Essays and Tales in Prose	Boston	1853	GBP -	Unknown
1022		[Procter (B. W.)] Dramatic Scenes...			GBP -	Unknown
1023	Quarlos (Fra.)	Divine Poems		1633	GBP -	Unknown
1024	Quarles (F.)	Divine Poems		1669	GBP -	Unknown
1025	Quarles (F.)	Divine Fancies		1723	GBP -	Unknown
1026	Quarles (F.)	Emblems, Divine and Moral		1777	GBP -	Unknown
1027	Quarles (F.)	Judgment and Mercy for Afflicted Souls		1837	GBP -	Unknown
1028	Quinet (E.)	Promethee	Paris	1838	GBP -	Unknown
1029	Rabelais (Fr. de)	OEuvres		1820	GBP -	Unknown
1030	Raleigh (Sir W.)	History of the World		1614	GBP -	Unknown
1031	Rarey (J. S.)	The Modern Art of Taming Wild Horses		1858	GBP -	Unknown
1032	Redi (F.)	Poesie Toscane	Firenze	1824	GBP -	Unknown
1033	Reed (Sir E. J.)	Japan: its History, Traditions and Religions		1880	GBP -	Unknown
1034		Regulae Ordinationes, et Constitutiones Cancellariae Apostolicae S. D. N. D Clementis Divina Providentia Papae XIII	Romae	1758	GBP -	Unknown
1035	Reid (J.)	The Scots Gard'ner	Edinb.	1721	GBP -	Unknown
1036		Reproductions of Drawings by Old Masters			GBP -	Unknown
1037	Rey (M. J.)	Essais historiquos et critiques sur Richard III	Paris	1818	GBP -	Unknown
1038	Rinuccini (G. B.)	Embassy in Ireland in the Years 1645-1649	Dublin	1873	GBP -	Unknown
1039		Ritchie (Anno) Records of Tennyson, Ruskin, and Browning...			GBP -	Unknown
1040		Roma Antica distinta per regioni secondo l'esempio di Sesto Rufo Vittore e Nardini	Roma	1741	GBP -	Unknown
1041	Romney (George)	Memoirs of the Life and Works of		1830	GBP -	Unknown
1042	Rossetti (C. G.)	Goblin Market, and other Poems	Cambridge	1862	GBP -	Unknown
1043	Rossetti (D. G.)	The Early Italian Poets		1861	GBP -	Unknown
1044	Rossetti (D. G.)	Poems		1870	GBP -	Unknown
1045	Rousseau (J. J.)	Dictionnaire de Musique	Paris	1768	GBP -	Unknown
1046	Rousseau (J.J.)	OEuvres	Amsterdam	1772	GBP -	Unknown
1047	Rowe (N.)	Plays		1736	GBP -	Unknown
1048		Roxburghe Club. James I, Basilikon Doron, or His Majesty's Instructions to his dearest Sonne, Henry the Prince		1887	GBP -	Unknown
1049	Ruggle (T.)	Ignoramus, Comoedia		1731	GBP -	Unknown
1050	Ruhnken	Opuscula Ruhnkeniana, etc.		1807	GBP -	Unknown
1051	Ruskin (John)	Modern Painters		1856-60	GBP -	Unknown
1052	Ruskin (J.)	The Seven Lamps of Architecture		1855	GBP -	Unknown
1053	Rymer (Mr.)	A Short View of Tragedy		1693	GBP -	Unknown
1054	Sa (Emanuel)	Les Aphorismes des confesseurs		1616	GBP -	Unknown
1055	Saekville (T.)	Poetical Works		1820	GBP -	Unknown
1056	Sandys (G.)	A Paraphrase upon the Divine Poems		1648	GBP -	Unknown
1057	Sarpi (Fra Paolo)	Discours dogmatique et politique	Avignon	1750	GBP -	Unknown
1058		School for Scandal (The)...			GBP -	Unknown
1059	Scott (Sir W.)	Waverley Novels	Edinb.	1860	GBP -	Unknown
1060	Scott (Sir W.)	The Lay of the Last Minstrel	Edinb.	1854	GBP -	Unknown
1061	Scott (W. Bell)	Poems		1854	GBP -	Unknown
1062	Scott (W. Bell)	Poems		1875	GBP -	Unknown
1063		Scott (W. B.) The Year of the World...			GBP -	Unknown
1064	Selden (J.)	De Dis Syris Syntagmata II, etc.	Lipsiae	1668	GBP -	Unknown
1065		Semaine (La) des Enfants, Quatrieme Annee...			GBP -	Unknown
1066		Sensier (A.) Etude sur Georges Michel...			GBP -	Unknown
1067	Shakespeare (Wm.)	Works		1864-7	GBP -	Unknown
1068	Shakespeare (W.)	Works		1866	GBP -	Unknown
1069	Shakespeare (W.)	Works		1866	GBP -	Unknown
1070	Shakespeare (W.)	Works, Knight's Pictorial Edition, with Life		n.d.	GBP -	Unknown
1071	Shakspeare (W.)	Dramatic Works	Chiswick	1818	GBP -	Unknown
1072		Shakspeare (W.) Dramatic Works...			GBP -	Unknown
1073		Shakespeare Quarto Facsimiles. King John		1886, etc.	GBP -	Unknown
1074	Shakespeare (W.)	The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmark		1825	GBP -	Unknown
1075		Shakespeare (W.). Chronicle History of his Life and Work			GBP -	Unknown
1076	Shakespeare (W.)	Songs and Sonnets		1865	GBP -	Unknown
1077	SHELLEY (PERCY BYSSHE)	POETICAL AND PROSE WORKS		1876-80	GBP -	Unknown
1078	Shelley (P. B.)	The Revolt of Islam: a Poem in twelve Cantos		1818	GBP -	Unknown
1079	Shelley (P. B.)	Posthumous Poems		1824	GBP -	Unknown
1080	SHELLEY (P. B.)	Miscellaneous Poems		1826	GBP -	Unknown
1081	Shelley (P. B.)	Poetical Works		1847	GBP -	Unknown
1082	Shelley (P. B.)	Poetical Works		1857	GBP -	Unknown
1083	Shelley (P. B.)	Poetical Works		1870	GBP -	Unknown
1084	Shelley (P. B.)	Poetical Works		n. d.	GBP -	Unknown
1085	Shelley (P. B.)	Letters		1852	GBP -	Unknown
1086	Shelley (P. B.)	Letters		1852	GBP -	Unknown
1087	Shelley (P. B.)	Letters		1852	GBP -	Unknown
1088	Shelley (P. B.)	Poems selected and arranged by S. A. Brooke		1880	GBP -	Unknown
1089	Shelley (P. B.)	Essays, Letters from Abroad		1840	GBP -	Unknown
1090		Shelley Society Publications			GBP -	Unknown
1091	Shelley (P. B.)	Life		1886	GBP -	Unknown
1092	Shelley (Mrs.)	Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842 and 1843		1844	GBP -	Unknown
1093	Shenstone (Wm.)	Works in Prose and Verse		1764	GBP -	Unknown
1094	Sheraton (T.)	The Cabinet Dictionary		1803	GBP -	Unknown
1095	Shirley (James)	Dramatic Works and Poems		1833	GBP -	Unknown
1096	Sidney (Sir P.)	The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (under which title Mrs. Browning has written " Defence of Poesie and Poems ")		1655	GBP -	Unknown
1097	Skelton (John)	Maitland of Lethington and the Scotland of Mary Stuart		1887	GBP -	Unknown
1098		Skelton (J.) Essays in Romance and Studies from Life...			GBP -	Unknown
1099		Skelton (J.) Essays in History and Biography...			GBP -	Unknown
1100		Sketches of the Physiology of Vegetable Life...			GBP -	Unknown
1101	Smart (C.)	Poems on Several Occasions		1752	GBP -	Unknown
1102	Smith (S.)	Noah's Dove, or, Tydings of Peace to the Godly		1619	GBP -	Unknown
1103	Smith (S.)	Joseph and his Mistresse, the Faithfulnesse of the on and the unfaithfullnesse of the other		1619	GBP -	Unknown
1104	Smith (William)	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities		1842	GBP -	Unknown
1105	Smith (W.)	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology		1861	GBP -	Unknown

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.

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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.
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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.