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
1206	Westwood (T.)	Poems		1840	GBP -	Unknown
1207	White (Thomas)	The Middle State of Souls from the hour of Death to the Day of Judgment		1659	GBP -	Unknown
1208	Whitman (Walt)	Leaves of Grass	Washington	1871	GBP -	Unknown
1209	Whittier (John G.)	The Panorama and other Poems	Boston	1856	GBP -	Unknown
1210	Wilde (Oscar)	Ravenna (Newdigate Prize Poem)	Oxford	1878	GBP -	Unknown
1211	WILDE (O.)	POEMS		1881	GBP -	Unknown
1212	Williams (Sir C. H.)	Works		1822	GBP -	Unknown
1213	Wills (W. G.)	Juanna, a Tragedy, in four Acts		1881	GBP -	Unknown
1214	Wills (W.G.)	Melehior		1884	GBP -	Unknown
1215	Wills (W. G.)	Melehior		1885	GBP -	Unknown
1216	[Wilson (G. H.)]	The Polyanthea, or, A Collection of Interesting Fragments in Prose and Verse		1804	GBP -	Unknown
1217	Wilson (D.)	Caliban, the Missing Link		1873	GBP -	Unknown
1218	Winstanley (W.)	Lives of the most famous English Poets		1686	GBP -	Unknown
1219	Wither (George)	Fair Virtue the Mistress of Philarete		1818	GBP -	Unknown
1220	Wollstonecraft (Mary)	Memoirs of the author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," by Wm. Godwin		1798	GBP -	Unknown
1221	Wolseley (Visct.)	The Story of a Soldier's Life		1903	GBP -	Unknown
1222	Woods (Margaret L.)	Lyrics	Oxford	1888	GBP -	Unknown
1223	Wordsworth (W.)	Poetical Works		1836-7	GBP -	Unknown
1224	Wordsworth (W.)	Selection from his Works		1865	GBP -	Unknown
1225	Wordsworth (W.)	Poems		1879	GBP -	Unknown
1226	[Browning, E. B.]	WORDSWORTH (William). Grace Darling	Carlisle	n. d.	GBP -	Unknown
1227	[Workworth (B.)]	Labyrinthus, Comoedia		1636	GBP -	Unknown
1228	Wyatt (Sir Thomas)	Poetical Works		1831	GBP -	Unknown
1229	Xenophon	Opera			GBP -	Unknown
1230	Xenophon	De Cyri Institutions libri VIII		1812	GBP -	Unknown
1231	Xenophon	De Cyri Expeditions libri VII	Glasguae	1825	GBP -	Unknown
1232	Xenophon	Memorabilium Socratis Dictorum libri IV	Oxonii	1741	GBP -	Unknown
1233	Ximenes (L.)	I sei primi elementi della geometria piana	Venezia	1752	GBP -	Unknown
1234	Yriarte (Ch.)	Venise, Histoire, Art, Industrie, La Ville, La Vie	Paris	1878	GBP -	Unknown
1235		EARLY Photograph on tin of Robert Browning			GBP -	Unknown
1236		Photograph of a Picture by R. W. B. Browning			GBP -	Unknown
1237		Water-colour Drawing of the Browning arms, crest, and motto Virtute			GBP -	Unknown
1238		Zobel--Picture, in marble dust			GBP -	Unknown
1239		Two Photographs in a shield-shaped frame; one of Hope End, Hero fordshire			GBP -	Unknown
1240		A Venice Cream Jug and Cover			GBP -	Unknown
1241		An Old English Miniature Set of Tea Pot and Cover, Sucrier and Cover, and Cream Jug			GBP -	Unknown
1242		An Oriental Mug, with encarpa of flowers round the rim, a vase of flowers and detached sprigs on the sides			GBP -	Unknown
1243		An Imari Tea Pot and Cover			GBP -	Unknown
1244		A Venice Cup and Saucer			GBP -	Unknown
1245		A Berlin Trembleuse Cup and Saucer			GBP -	Unknown
1246		A pair of Venice Cups and Saucers			GBP -	Unknown
1247		A Venice Cup and Saucer			GBP -	Unknown
1248		A small Derby Basket			GBP -	Unknown
1249		A small Oriental Dish			GBP -	Unknown
1250		A mother-o'-pearl Tea Caddy			GBP -	Unknown
1251		Three small rose-wood Boxes			GBP -	Unknown
1252		A rose-wood Box		August 1887	GBP -	Unknown
1253		An oak Stationery Cabinet			GBP -	Unknown
1254		A walnut Inkstand			GBP -	Unknown
1255		A Box containing one hundred Plaster Casts of Antique Gems			GBP -	Unknown
1256		Two small carved Wood Panels			GBP -	Unknown
1257		The Mitre Box of Pope Clement XIII (Rozzonico)			GBP -	Unknown
1258		A carved Cocoanut Cup			GBP -	Unknown
1259		An Italian mosaic Paper Weight			GBP -	Unknown
1260	BROWNING (R. W. B.)	Marble Bust of Robert Browning			GBP -	Unknown
1261	STORY (W. W.)	Marble Bust of Robert Browning; and Another of Elizabeth Barrett Browning			GBP -	Unknown
1262	MUNRO, ALEXANDER	Marble Bust of Robert Barrett Browning, when a child, on circular socle		Jan. 1860	GBP -	Unknown
1263	BROWNING (R. B.)	" Hope," Bust in Marble of a Young Woman with Upturned Face			GBP -	Unknown
1264	BROWNING (R. B.)	Marble Bust of an Italian Model	executed in Florence	(1892)	GBP -	Unknown
1265	BERNINI	Marble Bust of Our Lord; and Another of the Virgin			GBP -	Unknown
1266		A marble Group of a nude Woman reclining on drapery, and a Child playing with her			GBP -	Unknown
1267		A marble Cherub; and a coloured Marble Group of Flowers			GBP -	Unknown
1268	BROWNING (R. B.)	Bronze Bust of Robert Browning			GBP -	Unknown
1268	NATORP (G.)	Bronze Medallion of Robert Browning, in low relief		1888	GBP -	Unknown
1269	NATORP (G.)	Bronze Medallion of Robert Browning, in low relief			GBP -	Unknown
1270	BROWNING (R. B.)	Bronze Bust of " Pompilia," the heroine of " The Ring and the Book "			GBP -	Unknown
1270		A marble Statue of a Woman			GBP -	Unknown
1271	BROWNING (R. B.)	A large bronze Statue of Dryope fascinated by Apollo			GBP -	Unknown
1271	BROWNING (R. B.)	Bronze Statuette; replica of the last lot			GBP -	Unknown
1272	BROWNING (R. B.)	Bronze Statuette of Dryope; similar model and attitude			GBP -	Unknown
1273	BROWNING (R. B.)	Bronze Bust of an Italian Model			GBP -	Unknown
1274	RODIN (A.)	L'homme an nez easse. Bronze Mask, on marble circular socle			GBP -	Unknown
1275		A bronze Statuette of Pegasus, on marble socle			GBP -	Unknown
1276		A pair of bronze Tripod Candlesticks			GBP -	Unknown
1277		A pair of bronze Pillar Candlesticks			GBP -	Unknown
1278		A bronze Spill Vase			GBP -	Unknown
1279		A bronze Figure of Ariadne			GBP -	Unknown
1280		Throe small Bronzes--A Lizard, a Tortoise, and a Crab			GBP -	Unknown
1281		Three bronze Bedroom Candlesticks, and a Taper Stand			GBP -	Unknown
1282		A bronze Inkstand			GBP -	Unknown
1283		Two small bronze Vases, and a brass Inkstand			GBP -	Unknown
1284		A bronze Vase, with swing handle; Taper Stand			GBP -	Unknown
1285		A pair of gilt brass Gondola Lamps			GBP -	Unknown
1286		A Louis XIV buhl and bronze Bracket Clock			GBP -	Unknown
1287		A pair of carved wood tripod Vase Stands			GBP -	Unknown
1288		A pair of carved wood Vase Stands			GBP -	Unknown
1289		A pair of carved wood Statues of Women			GBP -	Unknown
1290		An old German wood carving of the Entombment			GBP -	Unknown
1291		An Oriental flint-lock Pistol			GBP -	Unknown
1292		Two Oriental flint-lock Pistols			GBP -	Unknown
1293		A long-barrelled European flint-lock Pistol with carved stock			GBP -	Unknown
1294		An Indian Dagger			GBP -	Unknown
1295		Two Indian Daggers with damascened blades			GBP -	Unknown
1296		An Indian CHLANUM with double curved blade; a Dagger with ivory grip			GBP -	Unknown
1297		A Sind PESHKABZ			GBP -	Unknown
1298		A Nepalese KUKRI			GBP -	Unknown
1299		An Indian Spear Head			GBP -	Unknown
1300		A Dagger, with ivory blade...			GBP -	Unknown
1301		Two Hunting Swords; and a Cutlass			GBP -	Unknown
1302		Three Spanish Clasp Knives			GBP -	Unknown

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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.