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
403	[Blunt (Wilfred Scawen)]	The Love Sonnets of Proteus		1881	GBP -	Unknown
404		Boaden (J.) Authenticity of Portraits of Shakspeare...			GBP -	Unknown
405	Boccaccio (G.)	Il Decamerone		n.d.	GBP -	Unknown
406	Boccius (A. B.)	MΩAMEΔ IΣMAHΛITHΣ		n. d.	GBP -	Unknown
407		Bohn's Classical and other Libraries		1865	GBP -	Unknown
408	Bojardo (M. M.)	Orlando Innamorato	Parigi	1768	GBP -	Unknown
409	Bolingbroke (H. St. John)	Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism, etc.			GBP -	Unknown
410	Bonespei (N.)	Elucidarius Carminuin	Paris	s. a.	GBP -	Unknown
411	Bourne (A. V.)	Poematia		1743	GBP -	Unknown
412	Bowman (T.)	New, Easy and Complete Hebrew Course	Edinb.	1879-82	GBP -	Unknown
413	Boyd (H. S.)	Select Passages of the Writings of St. Chrysostom, St. Gregory Nazianzen and St. Basil		1813	GBP -	Unknown
414	Boyd (H.S.)	The Agamemnon of AEschylus, a Tragedy...			GBP -	Unknown
415	Boyd (H. S.)	Tributes to the Dead; in a Series of Ancient Epitaphs		1826	GBP -	Unknown
416	Boyle (R.)	Opera Varia	Genevae	1677	GBP -	Unknown
417	Bradley (R.)	New Improvements of Planting and Gardening		1726	GBP -	Unknown
418	[Bremer (Frederica)]	Streit und Friede	Leipzig	1841	GBP -	Unknown
419	Brentari (O.)	Ecelino da Romano nella mente del Popolo e nella Poesia	Padova	1889	GBP -	Unknown
420	Brome (Alex.)	Songs and other Poems		1664	GBP -	Unknown
421	Brookes (T.)	Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices (wanting pp. 153 to 216)		1656	GBP -	Unknown
422	Brown (Sir Thomas)	Works		1686	GBP -	Unknown
423	BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT)	Poetical Works...			GBP -	Unknown
424	BROWNING (E. B.)	Poetical Works		1889-90	GBP -	Unknown
425	Browning (E. B.)	Poetical Works		1889-90	GBP -	Unknown
426	Browning (E. B.)	Poetical Works		1889-90	GBP -	Unknown
427	Browning (E. B.)	Poetical Works (the 6 vol. edition in 3)		1903	GBP -	Unknown
428	Browning (E. B.)	Poetical Works		1903	GBP -	Unknown
429	[Browning (E. B.)]	An Essay on Mind, with other Poems		1826	GBP -	Unknown
430	[Browning (E. B.)]	An Essay on Mind, with other Poems		1826	GBP -	Unknown
431	[Browning (E. B.)]	An Essay on Mind, with other Poems		1826	GBP -	Unknown
432	Browning (E. B.)	Prometheus Bound		1833	GBP -	Unknown
433	Browning (E. B.)	The Seraphim, and other Poems		1838	GBP -	Unknown
434	Browning (E. B.)	Poems		1844	GBP -	Unknown
435	Browning (E. B.)	Poems	New York	1857	GBP -	Unknown
436	Browning (E. B.)	Poems		1862	GBP -	Unknown
437	Browning (E. B.)	Poems...			GBP -	Unknown
438	Browning (E. B.)	A Drama of Exile, and other Poems	New York	1845	GBP -	Unknown
439	Browning (E. B.)	Casa Guidi Windows		1851	GBP -	Unknown
440	Browning (E. B.)	Aurora Leigh		1857	GBP -	Unknown
441	BROWNING (E. B.)	POEMS BEFORE CONGRESS		1860	GBP -	Unknown
442	Browning (E. B.)	Poems before Congress			GBP -	Unknown
443	Browning (E. B.)	Poems before Congress		1860	GBP -	Unknown
444	Browning (E. B.)	Napoleon III in Italy, and other Poems	New York	1860	GBP -	Unknown
445	Browning (E. B.)	Last Poems		1862	GBP -	Unknown
446	Browning (E. B.)	Last Poems		1862	GBP -	Unknown
447	Browning (E. B.)	Last Poems	New York	1862	GBP -	Unknown
448	Browning (E. B.)	The Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets		1803	GBP -	Unknown
449	Browning (E. B.)	A Selection from the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning		1880	GBP -	Unknown
450	Browning (E. B.)	Selection from the Poetry of		1888-9	GBP -	Unknown
452	Browning (E. B.)	Sonnets from the Portuguese		1897	GBP -	Unknown
453	Browning (E. B.)	Sonnets from the Portuguese	Venice	1906	GBP -	Unknown
454	Browning (E. B.)	Letters addressed to H. H. Horne		1877	GBP -	Unknown
455		Browning (E. B.) Letters...			GBP -	Unknown
456	Browning (E. B.)	Letters...			GBP -	Unknown
457	Morlette (G. M.)	Browning (E. B.) La vie et l'oevre d'Elizabeth Barrett Browning	Paris	1905	GBP -	Unknown
458	BROWNING (ROBERT)	WORKS: Poetical Works...			GBP -	Unknown
459	Browning (R.)	Poems		1848	GBP -	Unknown
460	Browning (R.)	Proof Sheets of various parts of "The Poetical Works" published by Smith Elder in 1879		1879, etc.	GBP -	Unknown
461	Browning (R.)	Poetical Works		1889-94	GBP -	Unknown
462		Browning (R.) Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works...			GBP -	Unknown
463	Browning (R.)	Poetical Works		1896	GBP -	Unknown
464	Browning (R.)	Poetical Works		1902	GBP -	Unknown
465	Browning (R.)	Selection from Poetical Works		1865	GBP -	Unknown
466	Browning (R.)	Selections from the Poetical Works		1869	GBP -	Unknown
467	BROWNING (R.)	PAULINE: A FRAGMENT OF A CONFESSION		1833	GBP -	Unknown
468	Browning (R.)	Pauline: the Fragment of a Confession		1886	GBP -	Unknown
469	Browning (R.)	Pauline		1886	GBP -	Unknown
470	Browning (R.)	Pauline		1886	GBP -	Unknown
471	Browning (R.)	Pauline		1886	GBP -	Unknown
472	Browning (R.)	Pauline		1886	GBP -	Unknown
473	Browning (R.)	Paracelsus		1835	GBP -	Unknown
474	Browning (R.)	Paracelsus		1835	GBP -	Unknown
475	Browning (R.)	Strafford: an Historical Tragedy		1837	GBP -	Unknown
476	Browning (R.)	Strafford		1837	GBP -	Unknown
477	Browning (R.)	Sordello		1840	GBP -	Unknown
478	Browning (R.)	Sordello		1840	GBP -	Unknown
479	Browning (R.)	Bells and Pomegranates		1841-6	GBP -	Unknown
480	Browning (R.)	Bolls and Pomegranates		1841-6	GBP -	Unknown
481	Browning (R.)	Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day		1850	GBP -	Unknown
482	Browning (R.)	Men and Women		1855	GBP -	Unknown
483	Browning (R.)	Men and Women	Boston	1856	GBP -	Unknown
484	Browning (R.)	Dramatis Personae		1864	GBP -	Unknown
485	Browning (R.)	Dramatis Personae			GBP -	Unknown
486	Browning (R.)	Proof Sheets of Balaustion's Adventure		1872	GBP -	Unknown
487	Browning (R.)	Red Cotton Night Cap Country		1873	GBP -	Unknown
488	Browning (R.)	Proof Sheets of Red Cotton Night Cap Country, etc.			GBP -	Unknown
489	Browning (R.)	Aristophanes' Apology		1875	GBP -	Unknown
490	Browning (R.)	Pacchiarotto and how ho worked in Distemper		1876	GBP -	Unknown
491	Browning (R.)	Pacchiarotto and how he worked in Distemper, with other Poems		1876	GBP -	Unknown
492	Browning (R.)	The Agamemnon of Aeschylus		1877	GBP -	Unknown
493	Browning (R.)	The Agamemnon of Aeschylus transcribed		1877	GBP -	Unknown
494	Browning (R.)	La Saisiaz, the Two Poets of Croisic		1878	GBP -	Unknown
495	Browning (R.)	The Pied Piper of Hamelin		1879	GBP -	Unknown
496	Browning (R.)	Dramatic Idyls		1879-80	GBP -	Unknown
497	Browning (R.)	Proof Sheets of vol. III of " The Ring and the Book"and various other works of Robert Browning			GBP -	Unknown
498	Browning (G.)	Parleyings with certain People of importance in their day		1887	GBP -	Unknown
499	BROWNING (R.)	ASOLANDO: Fancies and Facts		1889	GBP -	Unknown
500	Browning (R.)	Asolando: Fancies and Facts		1890	GBP -	Unknown
501	Berti (Giovan-Battista)	[Browning (R.)] Nuova Guida per Vicenza	Padua	1830	GBP -	Unknown
502	[Browning (R.)]	Notre Dame de la Delivrande	Caen	1872	GBP -	Unknown
503	Browning (R.)	Morte dell' Uxoricida Guido Franceschini decapitate		1871	GBP -	Unknown

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.
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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.

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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December 9-17, 2025

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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