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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
702	Juvenalis (D. J.)	Satires	1693	GBP -	Unknown
703	Juvenalis (D. J.)	Satires	1693	GBP -	Unknown
704	Dryden (J.)	Fables, Ancient and Modern	1700	GBP -	Unknown
705	Dryden (J.)	Various Prologues and Epilogues...		GBP -	Unknown
706	Dryden (J.)	An Elegy on the Usurper O. C. by the Author of Absolom and Achitophel	1681	GBP -	Unknown
707	Dryden (J.)	An Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell, the Words by Mr. Dryden, and sett to Musiek by Dr. Blow	1696	GBP -	Unknown
708	Dryden (J.)	Albion and Albanius	1685	GBP -	Unknown
709	Dryden (J.)	Britannia Kediviva	1688	GBP -	Unknown
710	Dryden (J.)	Manuscript Notes for a Dryden Bibliography...		GBP -	Unknown
711	[Buckingham (Duke of)]	Poetical Reflections on a late Poem entituled Absalom and Achoitophel	1682	GBP -	Unknown
712	Virgil	Works	1697	GBP -	Unknown
713	Dryden (J.)	Absalom and Achitophel...		GBP -	Unknown
714	Dryden (J.)	To his Sacred Maiesty...		GBP -	Unknown
715	Dryden (J.)	Address to the Prince of Orange	1689; etc.	GBP -	Unknown
716	DRYDEN (JOHN)	THE ORIGINAL ACCOUNTS OF JACOB TONSON, IN CONNECTION WITH HIS PAYMENTS TO DRYDEN for his Translation of Virgil...	1697-8	GBP -	Unknown
717	DRYDEN (J.)	ALEXANDER'S FEAST, or the Power of Music	1697	GBP -	Unknown
718	[Dryden (J.)]	Absalom and Achiophel...		GBP -	Unknown
719	Dryden (J.)	Luctus Britannici, or the Tears of the British Muses for the Death of John Dryden	1700	GBP -	Unknown
720	Virgil	Works	1697	GBP -	Unknown
721	Virgil	Opera	1658	GBP -	Unknown
722	Dryden (John)	Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Musick, an Ode wrote in honour of St. Cecilia	n. d. [? 1697]	GBP -	Unknown
723	Shakespeare (W.)	King Lear...		GBP -	Unknown
724	Shakespeare (W.)	King Henry VI...		GBP -	Unknown
725	Shakespeare (W.)	The Winter's Tale	1756	GBP -	Unknown
726		Shakespeare (W.). Malone (E.) An Enquiry into the Authenticity of certain Miscellaneous Papers published Dec. 24...		GBP -	Unknown
727	Shakespeare (W.)	King John...		GBP -	Unknown
728		Shakespeare (W.) A Fairy Tale...		GBP -	Unknown
729	Shakespeare (W.)	Julius Caesar...		GBP -	Unknown
730		Shakespeare (W.) The Sequel of Henry IV...		GBP -	Unknown
731	Lee (S.)	Shakespeare. Pepys and Shakespeare	1906	GBP -	Unknown
732		Shakespeare Society. Ludus Coventrise...	1841-5	GBP -	Unknown
733	Shakespeare (W.)	Plays and Poems	1821	GBP -	Unknown
734		Jeremiah (J.) Notes on Shakespeare...		GBP -	Unknown
735		Shakespeare (W.) Glossary to the Works of...		GBP -	Unknown
736		Shakespeare (W.) Merry Wives of Windsor...		GBP -	Unknown
737	Shakespeare (W.)	Works	1880-1	GBP -	Unknown
738		Lee (Sidney) A Life of William Shakespeare...		GBP -	Unknown
739		Jusserand (J. J.) Shakespeare in France under the Ancient Regime...		GBP -	Unknown
740		Shakespeare (W.) Hamlet...		GBP -	Unknown
741		Shakespeare (W.) Outlines of the Life of...		GBP -	Unknown
742		Halliwell-Phillipps (J. O.) Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare...		GBP -	Unknown
743		Shakespeare (W.) Handbook Index to the Works of Shakespeare...		GBP -	Unknown
744	[Granville (George, Lord Lansdowne)]	Shakespeare. The Jew of Venice, a Comedy	1701	GBP -	Unknown
745	SHAKESPEARE (W.)	THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET	1683	GBP -	Unknown
746	[Davenant (Sir Wm.)]	SHAKESPEARE. MACBETH, a Tragedy	1674	GBP -	Unknown
747	Shakespeare	The Fairy Queen: An Opera	1692	GBP -	Unknown
748	DENNIS (John)	Shakespeare. The Comical Gallant, or the Amours of Sir John Falstaffe	1702	GBP -	Unknown
749	Sedley (Sir Charles)	Shakespeare. Antony and Cleopatra, a Tragedy as it is acted at the Duke's Theatre	1696	GBP -	Unknown
750	Tate (Nahum)	Shakespeare. The History of King Lear	1699	GBP -	Unknown
751	Granville (George, Baron Lansdowne)	Shakespeare. The Jew of Venice, a Comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre in Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields by his Majesties Servants	1701	GBP -	Unknown
752	Tate (Nahum)	Shakespeare. The History of King Richard the Second	1681	GBP -	Unknown
753	Shakespeare	The Fairy Queen	1692	GBP -	Unknown
754	Tate (Nahum)	Shakespeare. The History of King Lear	n. d. [? 1690]	GBP -	Unknown
755	[Gildon (Charles)]	Shakespeare. Measure for Measure, or Beauty the Best Advocate	1700	GBP -	Unknown
756	[Burnaby (Charles)]	Shakespeare. Love Betray'd, or the Agreable Disapointment, a Comedy	1703	GBP -	Unknown
757	SHAKESPEARE (Wm.)	JULIUS CAESAR, a Tragedy, as it is now acted at the Theatre Royal	n. d.	GBP -	Unknown
758	SHAKESPEARE (WM.)	JULIUS CAESAR. A TRAGEDY	n. d.	GBP -	Unknown
759	SHAKESPEARE (WM.)	JULIUS CESAR. A TRAGEDY	1684	GBP -	Unknown
760	SHAKESPEARE (WM.)	OTHELLO, the Moor of Venice, a Tragedy	1705	GBP -	Unknown
761	Shakespeare (Wm.)	Macbeth. A Tragedy	1710	GBP -	Unknown
762	Shadwell (Thomas.)	SHAKESPEARE. The History of Timon of Athens	1678	GBP -	Unknown
763	Gibber (Colley)	SHAKESPEARE. The Tragical History of King Richard III	n. d. (?1700)	GBP -	Unknown
764	Tate (Nahum)	SHAKESPEARE. The History of King Richard the Second	1681	GBP -	Unknown
765	Tate (N.)	SHAKESPEARE. The Ingratitude of a Common-Wealth or the Fall of Caius Martins Coriolanus	1682	GBP -	Unknown
766	Tate (N.)	SHAKESPEARE. The History of King Lear	1681	GBP -	Unknown
767		Ingleby (C. M.) Shakespeare's Centurie of Prayse...		GBP -	Unknown
768	Shadwell (T.)	The History of Tim on of Athens	1688	GBP -	Unknown
769	Drake (N.)	Shakspeare and his Times	1817	GBP -	Unknown
770	Cargill (A.)	Shakespeare the Player	1916	GBP -	Unknown
771	Pollard (A. W.)	Shakespeare Folios and Quartos	1909	GBP -	Unknown
772		English Theatre (The)	1765	GBP -	Unknown
773	Chetwood (W. R.)	A General History of the Stage...		GBP -	Unknown
774		Cooke (W.). Memoirs of Charles Macklin...		GBP -	Unknown
775		Theatre Francais au Moyen-Age (XI-XIV Siecles)...		GBP -	Unknown
776	[Stevens (G. A.)]	The Dramatic History of Master Edward [Shutter], Miss Ann [Catley]	1743	GBP -	Unknown
777	[Croker (J. W.)]	Familiar Epistles to Frederick J[one]s Esq. on the present state of the Irish Stage...		GBP -	Unknown
778	Mathews (C.)	Mr. Mathews' New Entertainment...		GBP -	Unknown
779		Oxberry (W.) Dramatic Mirror...		GBP -	Unknown
780		Shakespeare (W.) The Modern Receipt, or a Cure for Love...		GBP -	Unknown
781	Johnson	The Cobler of Preston	1716	GBP -	Unknown
782		Bell's British Theatre	1791.-5	GBP -	Unknown
783	Cruikshank	Thomas's Burlesque Drama	1836	GBP -	Unknown
784		Cibber (C.) An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibbor...		GBP -	Unknown
785	A'Beckett (G. A.)	The Quizziology of the British Drama	1846	GBP -	Unknown
786		Play-Bills. A Collection of upwards of 160 play-bills from the Theatre-Royal	1827-9	GBP -	Unknown
787		Plays. A Collection of Plays, adapted to the Stage by J. P. Kemblo	1814-15	GBP -	Unknown
788		Mathews (A.) Anecdotes of Actors...		GBP -	Unknown
789		Drama. The Old English Drama...		GBP -	Unknown
790	Clive (Mrs.)	The Case of Mrs. Clive submitted to the Publick...		GBP -	Unknown
791		Witherspoon (J.) A Serious Enquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Stage...		GBP -	Unknown
792	Gilliland (T.)	The Dramatic Mirror...		GBP -	Unknown
793		British Theatre (The)	1808	GBP -	Unknown
794	Lillo (G.)	The London Merchant...		GBP -	Unknown
795	Oulton (W. C.)	A History of the Theatres of London...		GBP -	Unknown
796		Actors by Gaslight, or " Boz " in the Boxes	1838	GBP -	Unknown
797	Colman (G.) The Younger	The Iron Chest, with a preface (omitted in later editions)...		GBP -	Unknown
798	[Daniel (G.)]	The Disagreeable Surprise, a Musical Farce...		GBP -	Unknown
799	Hill (A.)	The Tragedy of Zara...		GBP -	Unknown
800		Wilkinson (T.) Memoirs of his own Life...		GBP -	Unknown
801	Hill (A.)	King Henry the Fifth	1723	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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