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
302		Christian's Companion (The) to the Closet and Altar		1724	GBP -	Unknown
303	Steele (Sir Richard)	The Conscious Lovers. Gli Amanti Interni; Commedia Inglese (tradotta in Italiano da Paolo Rolli)	Londra	1724	GBP -	Unknown
304		Theophrastus. Moral Characters		1725	GBP -	Unknown
305	Rapin and Tindal	History of England		1726	GBP -	Unknown
306	Della Casa (Giov.)	Prose et Rime	Parigi	1727	GBP -	Unknown
307	Moyle (Walter)	Whole Works; that were published by himself		1727	GBP -	Unknown
308	PARKYNS (SIR THOS. Bart, of Bunny Park)	ΠPOΓUMNASMATA. THE INN-PLAY, or Cornish-Hug Wrestler		1727	GBP -	Unknown
309	N. Brady and N. Tate	Psalms of David. A New Version		1727	GBP -	Unknown
310		Psalms in Metre, by Sternhold, Hopkins, etc....			GBP -	Unknown
311	Trapp (Jos.)	The Church of England defended against the Calumnies and False Reasonings of the Church of Rome		1727	GBP -	Unknown
312		Psalms in English Metre...			GBP -	Unknown
313	Beveridge (Bp. Wm.)	Private Thoughts on Religion, etc.			GBP -	Unknown
314		Common Prayer (Book of) in Short Hand, according to Mr. Weston's Method		1730	GBP -	Unknown
315		Common Prayer (Book of), with the Psalter, etc.		1731	GBP -	Unknown
316	Lake (Edw. D.D.)	A Preparatory Service to a Devout and Worthy Reception of the Lord's Supper		1732	GBP -	Unknown
317	Vida (M. H.)	Poemata quae extant Omnia; et Dialog) de Rei-Publicae Dignitate		1732	GBP -	Unknown
318		Rider's British Merlin for 1733		1733	GBP -	Unknown
319	Hoadley (Bp. Benj.)	A Plain Account of the Nature and End of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper		1735	GBP -	Unknown
320		Psalms (The Whole Book of)...			GBP -	Unknown
321		Rider's British Merlin		1737	GBP -	Unknown
322	Tassoni (Aless.)	La Secchia Rapita Poema Eroicomico	In Osford	1737	GBP -	Unknown
323	Plato	Soptem Selecti Dialogi, Graece, juxta Editionem Serrani	Dublin	1738	GBP -	Unknown
324		Week's Preparation (A) toward a worthy receiving of the Lords Supper		1738	GBP -	Unknown
325	Chapman (John)	Eusebius; or the True Christians Defence against a late Book	Cambridge	1739	GBP -	Unknown
326		Critical and Historical Account (A)		1739	GBP -	Unknown
327		Burleigh Papers. A Collection of State Papers from 1542 to 1570		1740	GBP -	Unknown
328	Lysias	Orationes, Gr. et Lat. ex Interpretatione cum notis Jo. Taylori	Cantab.	1740	GBP -	Unknown
329	Rawlin (Rich.)	Sermons Preached at the Merchants Lecture at Pinner's Hall		1741	GBP -	Unknown
330	Godwin (Bp. Fr.)	De Pracsulibus Angliae Commentarius	Cantab	1742	GBP -	Unknown
331		Prayer. A Form of Prayer to be Used. . upon Wednesday the Tenth of November next being the Day appointed. . for a General Fast and Humiliation, etc.		1742	GBP -	Unknown
332		Sermons Preached in Several Churches in London and Elsewhere		(c. 1743)	GBP -	Unknown
333	Shakespeare (Wm.)	Works	Oxford	1744	GBP -	Unknown
334	Torentius	Comoediae (edidit John Hawkey)	Dublinii	1745	GBP -	Unknown
335	Juvenalis et Persius	Satyrae (ex Recens. Jo. Hawkey)	Dublin	1746	GBP -	Unknown
336	Chapman (Thos. D.D.)	Essay on the Roman Senate	Cambridge	1750	GBP -	Unknown
337	Rutherforth (T. D.D.)	A. Defence of the Bishop of London's Discourses concerning Prophecy in a Letter to Dr. Middleton	Cambridge	1750	GBP -	Unknown
338	Missy (Cesar de)	Sermon sur la Revocation le l'Edit de Nantes	Lond.	1751	GBP -	Unknown
339	Chapman (John, D.D.)	A View of the Expediency and Credibility of Miraculous Powers among the Primitive Christians		1752	GBP -	Unknown
340	Clayton (Bp. R.)	Vindication of the Histories of the Old and New Testament	Dublin	1752	GBP -	Unknown
341		Common Prayer (Book of)	Oxford	1752; 1750	GBP -	Unknown
342	Shuckford (S. D.D.)	The Creation and Fall of Man		1753	GBP -	Unknown
343		Carmina ad Thomam Holies Ducem de Newcastle inscripta	Cantab	1755	GBP -	Unknown
344	Sharpe (Gregory)	Argument in Defence of Christianity		1755	GBP -	Unknown
345	Wollaston (Wm.)	The Religion of Nature delineated		1759	GBP -	Unknown
346	[Molesworth (Lord)]	Account of Denmark and Sweden...			GBP -	Unknown
347	Toland (J.)	Life of John Milton		1761	GBP -	Unknown
348	Sydney (Algernon)	Discourses concerning the Government		1763	GBP -	Unknown
349	Locke (John)	Letters concerning Toleration (edited by Thos. Hollis)		1765	GBP -	Unknown
350	Blackburn (Arehd. Fr.)	Considerations on the present State of the Controversy between the Protestants and Papists of Great Britain and Ireland		1768	GBP -	Unknown
351		Confessional (The): An Inquiry into. . . Systematical Confessions. .. in Protestant Churches		1770	GBP -	Unknown
352		Common Prayer (Book of)	Cambridge	1762	GBP -	Unknown
353	Lloyd (Robert, A.M.)	Poems		1762	GBP -	Unknown
354		Oxford. Gratulatio Solennis Universitatis Oxon	Oxon.	1762	GBP -	Unknown
355		Prayer (A Form of); and A New Collection of Psalms for the Use of the Congregation of Protestant Dissenters in Liverpool		1763	GBP -	Unknown
356	Rutherforth (T. D.D.)	Four Charges to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Essex	Cambridge	1763	GBP -	Unknown
357		Trinity-House. The Royal Charter granted by K. James II to the Trinity-House of Deptford-Stroud		Printed in the year 1763	GBP -	Unknown
358	Talbot (Thos. D.D.)	The Indispensable Duty of Frequenting Public Worship		1764	GBP -	Unknown
359	Francklin (Rev. Thos.)	Sermons on the Relative Duties		1765	GBP -	Unknown
360	Hanway (Jonas)	Miscellanies: Charity, Providence, Thoughts on the Sabbath, etc.		1765	GBP -	Unknown
361		Almanacks. Astrological Almanacks for 1766		1766	GBP -	Unknown
362	Pennington (Mrs.)	Letters on Different Subjects		1766	GBP -	Unknown
363		Rider's British Merlin, Army List		1766	GBP -	Unknown
364		Modeles de Lettres sur Different Sujets	Lyon	1767	GBP -	Unknown
365		Singing Psalms (A Course of)		Printed in the year 1767	GBP -	Unknown
366	Frederic II of Prussia	Memoires pour Servir a l'Histoire de Corse, folded map	Londres	1768	GBP -	Unknown
367	[Mundy (F. N. C.)]	Poems	Oxford	1768	GBP -	Unknown
368	Bayly (Anselm, LL.D.)	Collection of Anthems used in his Majesty's Chapel Royal, etc.	Rivington	1769	GBP -	Unknown
369	Bayly (Anselm, LL.D)	Collection of Anthems used in His Majesty's Chapel Royal, and most Cathedral Churches in England and Ireland		1769	GBP -	Unknown
370	Watts (Isaac, B.D.)	The Psalms of David imitated in the Language of the New Testament		1769	GBP -	Unknown
371	Cardonne (M.)	Melanges de Litterature Orientale	Paris	1770	GBP -	Unknown
372		Psalms in Metre		1771-2	GBP -	Unknown
373	Seeker (Arehbp. T.)	Sermons...			GBP -	Unknown
374	Gostling (Wm.)	Walks in and about the City of Canterbury	Canterbury	1777	GBP -	Unknown
375	Montague (Mrs.)	Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare, etc.		1777	GBP -	Unknown
376		Pleasing Instructor (The), or Entertaining Moralist	G. Robinson, Paternoster Row, etc.	1777	GBP -	Unknown
377	Adye (Rad.)	Dissertatio Physiologica Inauguralis do Sanguinis circuiter Viribusque eundem faciendibus	Edinb.	1778	GBP -	Unknown
378	Morelli Fernandez (Maria Maddalena)	Alii della Solenne Coronazione fatta in Campidoglio della insigne Poetessa Dna Maria Maddalena Morelli Fernandez Pistoiese tra gli Arcadi Corilla Olimpica		1779	GBP -	Unknown
379	[Beckford (Wm.)]	Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters		1780	GBP -	Unknown
380	Nichols (John)	Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth		1781	GBP -	Unknown
381	[Adams (Wm. D.D.)]	Pastoral Advice to Young Persons before Confirmation	Shrewsbury	1782	GBP -	Unknown
382	Blane (Dr. Gilbert)	Observations on the Diseases incident to Seamen		1785	GBP -	Unknown
383	[Hemsterhuis (Fr.)]	Alexis; ou l'Age d'Or	Riga	1787	GBP -	Unknown
384	Ridolfi (Bern.)	In funere Caroli III. Hispaniae-Regis Catholici Oratio	Parmae	1789	GBP -	Unknown
385	Musaeus	Hero et Leander, Graece	Parma	1793	GBP -	Unknown
386	Bunyan (John)	The Pilgrim's Progress		1796	GBP -	Unknown
387	Hincliffe (Bp. John)	Sermons		1790	GBP -	Unknown
388	Plinius Secundus	Panegyricus Traiano dictus recens	Lips.	1796	GBP -	Unknown
389		Eider's British Merlin		1799	GBP -	Unknown
390		A Volume containing 100 blank leaves			GBP -	Unknown
391		A similar Volume of blank leaves			GBP -	Unknown
392		A Volume of 68 blank leaves roy			GBP -	Unknown
393	Levins (P.)	Manipulus Vocabulorum, a Dictionarie of English and Latine wordes		1570	GBP -	Unknown
394	Brerewood (Edw.)	Enquiries touching the Diversity of Languages and Religions through the Chiefe Parts of the World		1614	GBP -	Unknown
395	D'Amboise (Adrian)	Devises Royales, au Roy	Paris	1621	GBP -	Unknown
396		Auctio Davisiana Oxonii habita, per Gulielmum Cooper	Lond.	1689	GBP -	Unknown
397	Langbaine (Gerard)	An Account of the English Dramatick Poets, etc.	Oxford	1691	GBP -	Unknown
398	Medici (Lorenzo de')	Poesie, in questa edizione nei luoghi mancarti e scorrette compiute, e alla vera lezione ridotte, etc.	Bergamo	1763	GBP -	Unknown
399	King (Archbp. Wm.)	Essay on the Origin of Evil, etc.		1781	GBP -	Unknown
400		Bible (Holy) Authorised Version		n. d.	GBP -	Unknown
401	Cowper (Wm.)	Poems		1800	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.
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.

Sotheby’s
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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