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
303 WOOLNER (Thomas), the pre-Raphaelite sculptor Twelve A.L.s. 15 1/2 pp. 8vo, including one long letter to Mrs. Browning expressing the writer's enthusiastic admiration for Aurora Leigh

GBP - Unknown
304 WORDSWORTH (William) A. L. s. to John Kenyon; A. L. s. to Miss Barrett, in all 5 pp. 8vo, 1842-44; and a portion of an Auto. Account by her of an interview with Wordsworth

1842-44

 GBP - Unknown
305 ABECEDARIO Pittorico dall' autore ristampato, corretto ed accrescuito di molti professori, etc.. Napoli

1733

 GBP - Unknown
306 About (Edmond) La Prusse en 1860 Paris

1860

 GBP - Unknown
307 Adarason (J.) Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Luis de Camoens

1820

 GBP - Unknown
308 Addison (J.) Poems on several Occasions, etc.

1780

 GBP - Unknown
309 Aeschylus Dramata quae supersunt et deperditorum Fragmenta, Gr. et Lat. rec. et brevi annot. illustr. F. H. Bothe Lipsiae

1805

 GBP - Unknown
310 Aeschylus, ex novissima recensione P. A. Paley Cantabrigiae

1874

 GBP - Unknown
311 Aeschylus translated into English Prose by F. A. Paley Cambridge

1871

 GBP - Unknown
312 Aeschylus Prometheus Vinctus ed. C. J. Blomfield Cantabrigiae

1810

 GBP - Unknown
313 Aeschylus Septem contra Thebas ed. C. J. Blomfield

1824

 GBP - Unknown
314 Aeschylus Agamemnon

1826

 GBP - Unknown
315 Aeschylus Tragedies

1870

 GBP - Unknown
316 Aeschylus Scholia in Aeschyli Tragocdias

1820

 GBP - Unknown
317 Aeschylus. Dramas...

GBP - Unknown
318 Aetna Cambridge

1867

 GBP - Unknown
319 Agostini (Nic. de) Il quarto libro d' Orlando inamorato Venetia

1547

 GBP - Unknown
320 Agrippa (C.) De Scientiis

1622

 GBP - Unknown
321 Agrippa (H. C.) The Vanity of Arts and Sciences

1694

 GBP - Unknown
322 Aide (H.) Eleonore, and other Poems

1856

 GBP - Unknown
323 Alciatus (A.) Emblemata, cum Commentariis, etc. Paris

1888

 GBP - Unknown
324 Alcipliroii Epistolae

1791

 GBP - Unknown
325 Alford (H. S. L.) and W. D. Sword. The Egyptian Soudan...

GBP - Unknown
326 Allatius (L.) Do Symeonum scriptis diatriba, etc. Paris

1664

 GBP - Unknown
327 Allen (Wm.) Killing, No Murder

1659

 GBP - Unknown
328 Allingham (Wm.) Poems

1850

 GBP - Unknown
329 Allingham (W.) The Music Master, a Love Story

1855

 GBP - Unknown
330 Allingham (W.) Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland...

GBP - Unknown
331 T. W. Higginson and E. H. Bigelow, editors American Sonnets Boston

1890

 GBP - Unknown
332 Amphilochius (S.) Epistola ad Seleucum de recta studiorum ac vitae ratione, etc. Altorphii

1740

 GBP - Unknown
333 Anacreontis Carmina, cum Sapphonis et Alcaei Fragmentis Glasguae

1783

 GBP - Unknown
334 Anaereon Reliquiae, curante J. F. Boissonade Paris

1823

 GBP - Unknown
335 Anaereon Odaria, ad textus Barnosiani fidem cmendata, ace. Variae lectiones E. Forster, vignettes

1813

 GBP - Unknown
336 Anacreon Odes

1814

 GBP - Unknown
337 Anson (G.) Voyage Round the World in the Years 1740-41...

GBP - Unknown
338 Antoninus (Marcus) De rebus suis, sive de eis quae ad se pertinere censebat, etc.

1697

 GBP - Unknown
339 Argnani (F.) Il Rinascimento delle Ceramiehe Maiolicate in Faenza, etc. Faenza

1898

 GBP - Unknown
340 Ariosto (L.) Opere in versi e in prosa, Italiane e Latine Venezia

1741

 GBP - Unknown
341 Aristaenetus, Epistola Graece, cum Latina interpretatione et notis Parisiis

1639

 GBP - Unknown
342 Aristides, Orationes, Gr. et Lat. vol. III Paris

1604

 GBP - Unknown
343 Aristophanes Comoediae ox edit. R. F.P. Brunck Oxonii

1814-15

 GBP - Unknown
344 Aristophanes Comoediae

1823

 GBP - Unknown
345 Aristophanes Comoediae Lipsiae

1850

 GBP - Unknown
346 Aristophanes Comoediae Oxonii

1851

 GBP - Unknown
347 Aristophanes Peace...

GBP - Unknown
348 Aristophanes Ranae Cambridge

1877

 GBP - Unknown
349 Aristophanes Scholia Graeca in Aristophanem Paris

1855

 GBP - Unknown
350 Aristoteles Opera Omnia Lugduni

1590

 GBP - Unknown
351 Aristotle De Poetiea liber ex vers. T. Goulstoni, etc. Oxonii

1780

 GBP - Unknown
352 Aristotle Etbicorum Nicomacherorum lib. X

1803

 GBP - Unknown
353 [Arnold (Matthew)] Empedocles on Etna

1852

 GBP - Unknown
354 Arnold (M.) Merope, a Tragedy

1858

 GBP - Unknown
355 Arnold (M.) New Poems

1867

 GBP - Unknown
356 Arnold (M.) Culture and Anarchy: an Essay in Political and Social Criticism

1869

 GBP - Unknown
357 Arnold (M.) Friendship's Garland

1871

 GBP - Unknown
358 Arnold (M.) Literature and Dogma

1873

 GBP - Unknown
359 Aseham (R.) Epistolae

1590

 GBP - Unknown
360 Avison (C.) An Essay on Musical Expression

1752

 GBP - Unknown
361 Avison (C.) An Essay on Musical Expression

1753

 GBP - Unknown
362 Bach (J. S.) Sammlung de Clavier Compositionen herausgegeben von F. Chrysander...

GBP - Unknown
363 [Bailey (P. J.)] Festus, a Poem

1839

 GBP - Unknown
364 Bailey (P. J.) Festus, a Poem

1845

 GBP - Unknown
365 Bannatyne Club. Les Affaires du Conte de Boduel l'an MDLXVIII Edimbourg

1829

 GBP - Unknown
366 Barclay (J.) Satyricon, partes V cum Clavi Amsterod.

1634

 GBP - Unknown
367 Barker (E. H.) The Claims of Sir Philip Francis to the Authorship of Junius's Letters disproved, etc.

1828

 GBP - Unknown
368 Bartoli (D.) De' Simboli trasportati al morale

n. d.

 GBP - Unknown
369 Baruh (R.) Critica Sacra Examined

1775

 GBP - Unknown
370 Basil (S.) The Catholic Faith

1825

 GBP - Unknown
371 Bayly (L.) The Practice of Pietie Delff

1648

 GBP - Unknown
372 Beattie (J.) Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth Edinb.

1771

 GBP - Unknown
373 Beauchamp (Alpli. de) Histoire dos deux faux Dauphins Paris

1818

 GBP - Unknown
374 Beaumarchais (C. de) La Folie Journee, ou le Mariage de Figaro Amsterdam

1785

 GBP - Unknown
375 Beaumont and Fletcher, Dramatic Works Stockdale

1811

 GBP - Unknown
376 Becker (B. H.) Disturbed Ireland

1881

 GBP - Unknown
377 Beddoes (Thomas Lovell) Poems, with a Memoir

1851

 GBP - Unknown
378 Bellarmin (R.) Institutiones linguae Hebraicae Colon.

1616

 GBP - Unknown
379 Bombus (P.) Epistolarum libri XVI Lugduni

1540

 GBP - Unknown
380 Bembo (P.) Prose Vinegia

1561

 GBP - Unknown
381 Benjamin of Tudela Travels through Europe, Asia and Africa

1783

 GBP - Unknown
382 Benson (G.) A Summary View of the Evidences of Christ's Resurrection

1754

 GBP - Unknown
383 Bentley (R.) Remarks upon a late Discourse of Free Thinking

1716

 GBP - Unknown
384 Bentley (R.) Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris

1777

 GBP - Unknown
385 Robert Offley Ashburton, Lord Houghton Beranger. Gleanings from Beranger

1889

 GBP - Unknown
386 [Bethel (S.)] The Providences of God observed through several Ages towards this Nation

1694

 GBP - Unknown
387 Biblia Hebraica

n.d.

 GBP - Unknown
388 BIBLIA HEBRAICA sine punctis acc. Nat. Forster Oxon.

1750

 GBP - Unknown
389 Bible. The Jewish Family Bible

1881

 GBP - Unknown
390 Biblia Hebraica

1820

 GBP - Unknown
391 Bible. The Books of the Prophet Isaiah in Hebrew

n. d.

 GBP - Unknown
392 Biblia Sacra, ad veritatem Hebraicam, et probatissimorum exemplarium fidem summa diligentia castigata Lugduni

1568

 GBP - Unknown
393 Biblia Sacra, sive Testamentum vetus ab Im. Tremellio et Fr. Junio ex Hebraeo latine redditum et Testamentum novum a Theod

1656

 GBP - Unknown
394 BIBLE. Vetus et Novum Testamentum Graece

1828

 GBP - Unknown
395 Bible (The Holy)

1795

 GBP - Unknown
396 Bible. The Holy Bible Cambridge

1833

 GBP - Unknown
397 Bible (The Holy)

n.d.

 GBP - Unknown
398 Bion, Moschus et Tyrtaeus, Opera quae supersunt Edinburgi

1807

 GBP - Unknown
399 Black (Wm.) The Wise Women of Inverness...

GBP - Unknown
400 Blake (William) Life

1863

 GBP - Unknown
401 Bloomfield (R.) Wild Flowers

1806

 GBP - Unknown
402 Bloomfield (R.) Agricolae Puer in versos Latinos redditum autore G. Clubbe

1804

 GBP - Unknown
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    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.
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    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.
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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.
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