Sothebys: CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY. FORMED BY THE LATE H. B. WHEATLEY, ESQ. F.S.A., Author of "Pepysiana," and Editor of "Pepys' Diary." FIRST AND SECOND DAYS' SALE. PART I. AN INTERESTING AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS, ENG, Apr081918,

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 08, 1918 - April 08, 1918

Page Size: 1534 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
202	Barrow (Isaac, D.D.)	A Treatise of the Pope's Supremacy		1680	GBP -	Unknown
203		Country Parson's Advice to his Parishioners (The)		1680	GBP -	Unknown
204	[P. (T.)]	The Mischief of Impositions; or an Antidote against a late Discourse		1680	GBP -	Unknown
205	Ovidius	Epistles		1680	GBP -	Unknown
206	Bates (Dr. Wm.)	Elenchi Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia, partes duo...			GBP -	Unknown
207		Bible (The Holy)	Cambridge	1683	GBP -	Unknown
208	Claude (John)	The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in all Ages		1684	GBP -	Unknown
209	Horneck (Anthony, D.D.)	The Great Law of Consideration		1684	GBP -	Unknown
210	Comber (Thos. D.D.)	A Companion to the Altar		1685	GBP -	Unknown
211	Daniel (Saml.)	The Collection of the History of England		1685	GBP -	Unknown
212	Patrick (Dean Symon)	Paraphrase upon the Books of Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon		1685	GBP -	Unknown
213		Reply (A) to two Discourses	Oxford	1687	GBP -	Unknown
214	Barnes (Joshua)	The History of that most Victorious Monarch Edward IIIDd together with that of his Son Edward the Black Prince	Cambridge	1688	GBP -	Unknown
215	Cowley (Abraham)	Works, now published out of the Author's Original Copies		1688	GBP -	Unknown
216	Laud (Archbp. Wm.)	The Daily Office of a Christian		1688	GBP -	Unknown
217	Scobell (Henry)	Remembrances of Methods, Orders and Proceedings heretofore Used and Observed in the House of Lords		1689	GBP -	Unknown
218	Comber (Thos. D.D.)	Short Discourses on the Book of Common Prayer		1690	GBP -	Unknown
219	W. (Br. D.D.)	The Fall of Babylon, or Seasonable Reflections on the Novelties of Rome		1690	GBP -	Unknown
220	Annesley (Dr. Saml.)	Life and Funeral Sermon of the Reverend Thomas Mr. Brand		1692	GBP -	Unknown
221	Burnet (Thos.)	Archaeologiae Philosophicae; sive Doctrina Antiqua de Rerum Originibus		1692	GBP -	Unknown
222	Taylor (Bp. Jeremy)	Rules and Exercises of Holy Living and Holy Dying		1698	GBP -	Unknown
223	Sternhold, Hopkins, etc.	Whole Book of Psalms (The) in English Metre		1693	GBP -	Unknown
224		Art of Contentment (The)		1694	GBP -	Unknown
225		Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety (The)		1694	GBP -	Unknown
226		Bible (Holy)		1698	GBP -	Unknown
227		Bible (Holy) Authorised Version		1698	GBP -	Unknown
228	Flavel (John)	Divine Conduct; or the Mystery of Providence		1698	GBP -	Unknown
229		Liturgia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (with the Psalms in English Metre)		1696--1698	GBP -	Unknown
230	Horatius	Opera ad Optimorum Exemplarium fidem recensita; access. Variae Lectiones	Cantab	1699	GBP -	Unknown
231	Quintilianus	Institutionum Oratoriarum lib. XII. Diligentius recogniti MDXXII, etc.	Venetiis	1521 mense Jan.	GBP -	Unknown
232	Silius Italicus	De Bello Punico secondo	Venetiis	1523	GBP -	Unknown
233	Tyndale (Wm.)	The Obedience of a Christian Man	Imprinted in Fletstrete (sic)	(1561)	GBP -	Unknown
234	Barthlet (John)	The Pedegrewe of Heretiques. Wherein is truely and plainely set out		1566	GBP -	Unknown
235		POETAE GRAEOI PRINCIPES HEROICI CARMINIS, & alii nohnulli.. . Fragmenta Aliorum		1566	GBP -	Unknown
236	Crellius (Jo.)	Declaratio Sententiae de Caussis Mortis Christi		Anno CICICXXXVII (1637)	GBP -	Unknown
237		COLIGNY. La Vie de Messire Gaspar de Colligny Seigneur de Chastillon	a, Leyde	1643	GBP -	Unknown
238	Justinus	Historia ex Trogo Pompeio cum notis Var	Amst.	1669	GBP -	Unknown
239		Morale Pratique des Jesuites (La); representee en plusieurs histoires arrivees dans toutes les parties du Monde	Cologne	1669	GBP -	Unknown
240	Bonarelli	La Filli di Sciro	Roma	1670	GBP -	Unknown
241		Catalogus Impressorum Librorum in Bibliotheca A.P. (Alexander Pitfield)		XVIII CENT.	GBP -	Unknown
242		Order for the Administration of the Lords Supper and other Church Orders from the Common Prayer		(c. 17--)	GBP -	Unknown
243	Berault (Peter; " Chaplin of His Majesties Ships the Kent and Victory in the Late War with France ")	A Discourse of the Trinity, etc.		1700	GBP -	Unknown
244	Stanhope (George, D.D.)	Sermons preach'd upon Several Occasions		1700	GBP -	Unknown
245	Augustin (S.)	Pious Breathings, being the Meditations of S. Augustine, etc-made English by Geo. Stanhope, D.D.		1701	GBP -	Unknown
246	Royaumont (Sieur de)	History of the Old and New Testament; with the Lives of the Apostles translated by several Hands		1701	GBP -	Unknown
247	Wells (Edw.)	Treatise of Antient and Present Geography	Oxford	1701	GBP -	Unknown
248		Art of Contentment (The)		1702	GBP -	Unknown
249	Dionysius Halicarnasseus	De Structura Orabionis Liber		1702	GBP -	Unknown
250		Royal Commissions. Transcripts of Commissions to the Clerk of the Signet...		1702	GBP -	Unknown
251	Stennett (Joseph)	Advice to the Young, or an Early Conversion		1702	GBP -	Unknown
252	Hoadly (Bp. Benj.)	The Reasonableness of Conformity to the Church of England		1703	GBP -	Unknown
253		Scotland. Au Historical Account of the Antient Rights and Power of the Parliament of Scotland		Printed in the Year 1703	GBP -	Unknown
254		Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety (The)		1704	GBP -	Unknown
255	Dionysius Halicarnassensis	Opera Omnia Gr. et Lat. Edidit Jo. Hudsonus	Oxoniae	1704	GBP -	Unknown
256	Ostervald (J. F.)	The Grounds and Principles of the Christian Religion		1704	GBP -	Unknown
257	Scott (John, D.D.)	Sermons upon Several Occasions		1704	GBP -	Unknown
258		Christian Religion (The)		1705	GBP -	Unknown
259		Ladies Calling (The)	Oxford	1705	GBP -	Unknown
260	Taylor (Bp. Jeremy)	Unum Necessarium, or the Doctrine and Practice of Repentance, etc.		1705	GBP -	Unknown
261	Kettlewell (Rev. John)	An Help and Exhortation to Worthy Communicating		1706	GBP -	Unknown
262		Reflexions upon Ridicule (from the French of Bellegaide)		1706	GBP -	Unknown
263	Charron (Sieur de)	Of Wisdom, Three Books		1707	GBP -	Unknown
264	Lloyd (B.)	Sacred Miscellanies; a Collection of Several Psalms and Chapters from the Old and New Testament		1707	GBP -	Unknown
265	Witty (John)	The First Principles of Modern Deism Confuted		1707	GBP -	Unknown
266		Statutes now in force relating to High Treason		1709	GBP -	Unknown
267	Settle (Elkanah)	Eusebia, Triumphans. The Protestant Succession, as now Established, and Inviolably Secur'd by the. Happy Union of the Imperial Crowns of Great Britain, an Heroick Poem		1709	GBP -	Unknown
268	Settle (E.)	Threnodia Hymenea. A Funeral Poem to the Memory of the honoured George Carter, Esq.		1712	GBP -	Unknown
269	Settle (E.)	Augusta Lacrimans, A Funeral Poem to the Memory of Sir Joseph Wolfe, Kt.		1711	GBP -	Unknown
270	Settle (E.)	Virtuti Sacellum. A Funeral Poem to the Memory of the Honourable Sir Edmund Harrison			GBP -	Unknown
271	Settle (E.)	Threnodia Hymenaea. A Funeral Poem to the Memory of the Honoured Mrs. Anna Raymond (6 ll. and several blanks) thin sm. folio		1712	GBP -	Unknown
272	Settle (E.)	Irene Triumphans., The British Muse's Congratulatory Poem on the Peace		1713	GBP -	Unknown
273	Settle (E.)	Eusebia Triumphans. To the most Happy Inauguration of the Hanover Succession in the Most August Prince G-eorge		Printed Anno 1715	GBP -	Unknown
274	Settle (E.)	The Eucharist: or the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper		1717	GBP -	Unknown
275	Drexelius	Considerations upon Eternity		1710	GBP -	Unknown
276	Steele (Sir Rich.)	[The Tatler]. Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq.		1710	GBP -	Unknown
277	Steele (Sir Rich.)	[The Tatler]. The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq.		1710	GBP -	Unknown
278		Divine Harmony: or a New Collection of Select Anthems us'd at Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, etc.		1712	GBP -	Unknown
279	Theed (Rich. M.A.)	Sacred Biography, or Scripture Characters		1712	GBP -	Unknown
280		Liturgia, seu Liber Precum Communium Ecclesiae Anglicanae		1713	GBP -	Unknown
281		Musicus APPARATUS ACADEMICUS; being a Composition of Two Odes, with Vocal and Instrumenta P Musick		(1713)	GBP -	Unknown
282	Allut (Jean)	Plan de la Justice de Dieu sur la Terre, dans ces derniers Jours; Quand Vous Aurez Saccage, Vous Serez Saccages		1714	GBP -	Unknown
283	Steele (Sir Bich.)	The Englishman; being the Sequel of the Guardian		1714	GBP -	Unknown
284	Disney (D.)	Compendious History of the English Reformation		1715	GBP -	Unknown
285		Liturgia Ynglesa (La) Hispanizado por D. Felix de Alvarado, etc.	Lond	1715	GBP -	Unknown
286		Companion for the Grand Festival of the Christian Church, or the Lord's Day		1716	GBP -	Unknown
287	Saville (Greorge Lord, Marquis of Halifax)	The Lady's New Year's Gift, or Advice to a Daughter		1716	GBP -	Unknown
288	Sturt (John)	Book of Common Prayer		1717	GBP -	Unknown
289	Sturt (J.)	The Book of Common Prayer, with the Psalter, etc.		1717	GBP -	Unknown
290	Longinus (Dionysius)	De Sublimitate Libellus, cum Vita et notis, etc.	Oxon	1718	GBP -	Unknown
291	Beveridge (Bp. Wm.)	Private Thoughts upon Religion, and Upon a Christian Life		1719	GBP -	Unknown
292		Liturgy. Le Livre des Frieres Communes	Oxford	1719	GBP -	Unknown
293	Taylor (Rich. M.A.)	Discourses on Several Subjects; Prepar'd for the Press by the Author		1719	GBP -	Unknown
294		LITURGIA Ecclesiae Anglicanae, "Editio tertia"		1720	GBP -	Unknown
295	Mead (Dr. Rich.)	Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion		1720	GBP -	Unknown
296	Waterland (Dan. D.D.)	Eight Sermons Preached at St. Paul's Cathedral in Defense of the Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ	Cambridge	1720	GBP -	Unknown
297	Sturt (John)	The Orthodox Communicant		1721	GBP -	Unknown
298	Beda (Ven.)	Historiae Ecclesiasticac Gentis Anglorum libri V una cum Reliquis ejus operibus Historicis	Cantab	1722	GBP -	Unknown
299	Essex (John)	The Young Ladies Conduct, or Rules for Education...		1722	GBP -	Unknown
300	Vida (M. H.)	De Arte Poetica Libri Tres, etc.	Oxonii	1722	GBP -	Unknown
301	Boyre (J.)	Discourses on the Four Last Things	Dublin	1724	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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Book Week
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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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.