Sothebys: CATALOGUE OF Valuable Books and Manuscripts BEING THE SECOND AND CONCLUDING PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE P. M. Pittar, Esq., of 14, Cleveland Square, Hyde Park, W. (SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS), COMPRISING, Finely Illuminated Liturgical and other, Nov041918,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 04, 1918 - November 04, 1918

Page Size: 702 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
401	LEVER (RAPHE)	The Arte of Reason	Imprinted at London	Anno. 1573	GBP -	Unknown
402	Lewis of Granada (J.)	A Memoriall of a Christian Life. Wherein are treated all such thinges as apperteyne unto a Christian to doe	Imprinted at Rouen	1586	GBP -	Unknown
403	Lewis of Granada (F.)	Of Prayer and Meditation. Contaymng foure-teene Meditations		1592	GBP -	Unknown
404	[Leybourn (William)]	Planometria: or the Whole Art of Surveying of Land		1650	GBP -	Unknown
405		Little Gidding. The Armenian Nunnery; or a Briefe Description and Relation of the late erected Monasticall Place		1641	GBP -	Unknown
406		Log Book (The). An Amusing Collection of Tales by an Old Sailor		1826	GBP -	Unknown
407		LONDON DIRECTORY. A Collection of the Names of the Merchants Living in and about the City of London; very useful and necessary		1677	GBP -	Unknown
408	Lucianus	Opuscula. Erasmo interprete EDITIO ALDINA PRIMA (t3--6 in MS. facsimile)	Venetiis	1516	GBP -	Unknown
409	LUPTON (Thomas)	SIVQILA. Too good, to be true	Imprinted by llenrie Bynneman, dwelling in Thames Streete, neere to Baynerds Castel	1580	GBP -	Unknown
410	Luther (Martin)	Ein Sermon von dem Elichen Standt...		1519-1549	GBP -	Unknown
411	Luther (Martin)	A frutefull and godly Exposition and declaracion of the Kyngdom of Christ and of the Christen lybertye		1548	GBP -	Unknown
412	LUTHER (MARTIN)	A ryght notable sermon, made by Doctor Martyn Luther uppon the twenteth chapter of Johau	Imprinted at Ippeswich	Anno 1548	GBP -	Unknown
413	Machiavelli (Nic.)	Le Prince de Nicolas Machiavel traduit et commente par A. N. Amelot. Portrait (outer margin of title and next 2 ll. cut into)	Amst.	1684	GBP -	Unknown
414	Magna Charta	The boke of Magna Carta / with diuers other statutes / whose names appere in the nexte lefe folowynge / translated (out of Latyn & Frenshe) into Englyshe by George Ferrers. Black letter	Imprynted, in Fletestrete	1534	GBP -	Unknown
415	Maior (Iohan)	Carmina de Rehus Diuinis Scripta. Lit ital		Anno 1577	GBP -	Unknown
416	[Malory (Sir Thomas)]	The most Ancient and Famous History of the renowned Prince Arthur, King of Britaine		1634	GBP -	Unknown
417	Manderston (Gulielmus)	Moralia magistri guillermi Mauderston scoti philosophi Sacreq theologie...		[1535]	GBP -	Unknown
418	MANDEVILLE (Sir JOHN)	THE VOYAGES AND TRAVELS of Sir John Mandeville, Knight, Wherein is set down the Way to the Holy Land		1684	GBP -	Unknown
419	MANILIUS	Astronomicon		s. a. [c. 1472 ]	GBP -	Unknown
420	Manley (Tho.)	Veni: Vidi: Vici. The Triumphs of the most excellent and illustrious Oliver Cromwell, etc.		1652	GBP -	Unknown
421	MARCELINE (GEORGE)	EPITHALAMIUM GALLO-BRITANNICUM: or, GREAT-BUITAINES, FRANCES, AND THE MOST PARTS OF EUROPES UNSPEAKABLE JOY		1625	GBP -	Unknown
422	Marcus Aurelius	The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperour and eloquent Orator. Translated by John Bourchier, Lord Berners	Imprinted in Vailles Churcheyarde, at, the sygne of the Lambe	1557	GBP -	Unknown
423	MARLOWE (CHRISTOPHER)	HERO AND LEANDER. Begun by Christopher Marloe, and finished by George Chapman		1637	GBP -	Unknown
424	MARLOWE AND CHAPMAN	HERO AND LEANDER. Begun by Christopher Marloe, and finished by George Chapman		1620	GBP -	Unknown
425		Martialis. Selected Epigrams of Martial. Englished by Thomas May, Esquire		1629	GBP -	Unknown
426		Martial. Ex oto Negotium; or, Martiall his Epigrams		1650	GBP -	Unknown
427	Marvell (Andrew)	The Rehearsal Transpos'd; or Animadversions upon a late Book		1673	GBP -	Unknown
428	[Pitcairn (Robert)]	Mary Queen of Scots. Collections relative to the funerals of Mary Queen of Scots	Edinb.	1822	GBP -	Unknown
429	Maskell (William)	A History of the Martin Marprelate Controversy		1845	GBP -	Unknown
430	MASSINGER (PHILLIP)	THE BOND-MAN: An Antient Storie. As it hath been often acted with good allowance		1624	GBP -	Unknown
431		Massinger. THE MAID OF HONOUR. AS it hath beene often presented with good allowance at the Phoenix in Drurie-Lane		1632	GBP -	Unknown
432		Massinger. A New Way to Pay Old Debts. A Comoedie As it hath beene often acted at the Phoenix in Drury-Lane		1633	GBP -	Unknown
433	Massinger (Philip)	The Bond-Man; An Ancient Storie. As it Hath beene often acted with good allowance		1638	GBP -	Unknown
434	MASSINGER (PHILIP)	THE UNNATURALL COMBAT. A Tragedie. The Sceane--Marseillis. Written by Philip Massinger. As it was presented by the Kings Majesties Servants at the GLOBE		1639	GBP -	Unknown
435	Massinger (Philip), etc.	The Excellent Comedy, called The Old Law; or A new way to please you. By Phil. Massinger, Tho. Middleton		1656	GBP -	Unknown
436	Massinger (Ph.) and Nath. Field	The Fatall Dowry: A Tragedy. As it hath beene often Acted at the Private House in Blackefryers by his Maiesties Servants		1632	GBP -	Unknown
437		MATHEMATICAL TRACTS. (I.) Norwood (Richd.). The Sea Man's Practice...		1644-(1660)	GBP -	Unknown
438	Mather (Increase)	A Further Account of the Tryals of the NEW ENGLAND WITCHES			GBP -	Unknown
439	May (Thomas)	The Reigne of King Henry the Second		1633	GBP -	Unknown
440	MEREDITH (GEORGE)	"JUMP TO GLORY JANE." THE COMPLETE MANUSCRIPT OF THIS CELEBRATED POEM ENTIRELY IN THE AUTOGRAPH OF GEORGE MEREDITH			GBP -	Unknown
441		METHODIUS primu Olympiade, et postea Tyri civitatum episcopum sub Diocletiano Imperatore in Calcide avitate (qui Nigropontum appellatur ut divus scribit Hieronimus martyrio) coronatur		1498	GBP -	Unknown
442	MILTON (JOHN) PARADISE LOST	A. Poem in Ten Books		1668	GBP -	Unknown
443	MILTON (JOHN)	PARADISE LOST. A Poem in Ten Books, the Author John Milton		1669	GBP -	Unknown
444	Milton (John)	Paradise Lost, with Life; and Criticism by S. Johnson		1817	GBP -	Unknown
445	MILTON (JOHN)	PARADISE REGAIN'D. A Poem in IV. Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes		1671	GBP -	Unknown
446	Milton (John)	Paradise Regain'd. A Poem in IV. Books, to which are added Samson Agonistes and Poems, both English and Latin	Hammersmith	1905	GBP -	Unknown
447	MILTON (JOHN)	POEMS OF MR. JOHN MILTON		1645	GBP -	Unknown
448	MILTON (JOHN)	EIKONOKΛAΣTHΣ. In answer to a Book Intitl'd EIKΩN BAΣIΛIKH		1649	GBP -	Unknown
449		MIRABILIA URBIS ROMAE [Historia et Descriptio Urbis Romae]	Romae	1494	GBP -	Unknown
450		MISSALE AU CONSUETUDINEM FRATRUM PREDICATORU: ORDINIS SANCTI DOMINICI		(1519)	GBP -	Unknown
451		Missale Parvum pro Sacerdotibus in Anglia, Scotia, and Ibernia itinerantibus	(Antwerpiae ?)	1626	GBP -	Unknown
452		Gems of Sacred Poetry		n. d.	GBP -	Unknown
453		LONDON ALMANACKS for 1758, 1777, 1783, 1784, 1789, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1796 and 1806, with frontispieces			GBP -	Unknown
454		Nieuw Groot Hoorna Lied-Bockje. Lestaande in veel stigtige en vermakelyke Bruylofts Siedekens (3 1/2 by 2 1/8 in.)	Tehoorn gedrukt	n.d.	GBP -	Unknown
455		Schloss's ENGLISH BIJOU ALMANACKS for the years 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1846 with portraits			GBP -	Unknown
456	Taylor (John)	The Book of Martyrs [versified from Foxe]		1616	GBP -	Unknown
457		Thumb Bible Biblia, or a Practical' Summary of Ye Old and New Testaments (1 3/4 by 1 in.)		1728	GBP -	Unknown
458		"Modus confitendi, et Poenitendi (Libellus de)"	Antwerpiae	1485	GBP -	Unknown
459	MOLIERE (J. B. P. DE)	OEUVRES, avec des remarques grammaticales	Paris	1773	GBP -	Unknown
460	Moliere (J. B. P. de)	Histoire des Intrigues Amoureuses de Moliere et de celles de sa Femme		1697	GBP -	Unknown
461	Montaigne (Michel de)	The Essayes or Morall, Politike or Militarie Discourses of Lo. Michaell de Montaigne	Printed at London	1603	GBP -	Unknown
462	More (Henry)	Philosophicall Poems	Cambridge	1647	GBP -	Unknown
463	More (Sir Thomas)	De Optimo Reip. Statu Deque Nova insula Utopia	Basileae	1518	GBP -	Unknown
464	MORE (SIR THOMAS)	UTOPIA. La Repvblica nvovamente ritrovata, del Governo delle' ISOLA EVTOPIA	In Vinegia	1548	GBP -	Unknown
465	MORE (SIR THOS.)	A FRUTEFUL AND PLEASUANT WORKE OF THE BESTE STATE OF A PUBLIQUE WEALE		1551	GBP -	Unknown
466	More (Sir Thos.)	Sir Thomas Moore's [sic] Utopia. . . translated into English by Raphe Robinson		1624	GBP -	Unknown
467	More (Sir Thos.)	Utopia		1684	GBP -	Unknown
468	More (Sir Thos.)	Utopia; Written in Latin by the Right Worthy and Famous Sir Thomas More		1808	GBP -	Unknown
469	More (Sir Thos.)	Utopia. Idee d'une Republique Heureuse: ou L'Utopie de Thomas Moras, Chancelier d'Angleterre, traduite en Francois par Mr. Gueudeville	Amsterdam	1736	GBP -	Unknown
470	More (Sir Thos.)	L'Utopie de Thomas Morus, Traduction nouvelle par Victor Stouvenel, Paris, Paulin 1842...			GBP -	Unknown
471	More (Sir Thomas)	A letter of syr Tho. More knyght impugnynge the erronyouse wrytyng of John Fryth agaynst the blessed sacrament of the aultare (li. in facsimile)		1533	GBP -	Unknown
472	More (Sir Thos.)	A Dialogve of Cum fort against Tribulation	Antverpiae	1573	GBP -	Unknown
473	More (Sir Thos.)	A Dialogue of Cumfort against Tribulation	Antwerpiae	1574	GBP -	Unknown
474	More (Sir Thos.)	Epigrammata Thomae Mori Angli	Londini	1G38	GBP -	Unknown
475	More (Sir Thos.)	Thomae Mori V. C. Dissertatio epistolica, de aliquot sui temporis theologastrorum ineptijs		1625	GBP -	Unknown
476	More (Sir Thos.)	The Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore [sic]	[Paris]	[1626]	GBP -	Unknown
477	More (Sir Thos.)	Life of Sir Thomas More, Kt., Lord High Chancellour of England under K. Henry the Eighth		1726	GBP -	Unknown
478	More (Sir Thos.)	Tho. Mori Vita & Exitus; or the History of Sr. Thomas More		1652	GBP -	Unknown
479	More (Sir Thos.)	Delia Vita di Tomaso Mori, Gran chanceliere d'Inghilterra	Milano	1675	GBP -	Unknown
480	Morland (Samuel)	History of the Evangelical Churches of the Valleys of Piemont. Containing a most exact geographical description of the place, and a faithfull account of the doctrine, life, and persecutions of the ancient inhabitants		1658	GBP -	Unknown
481	Morris (Wm.)	The Tale of King Floras and the fair Jehane	Hammersmith	1893 16th December	GBP -	Unknown
482	MORRIS (WILLIAM)	THE STORY OF MAGNUS THE GOOD			GBP -	Unknown
483		Morris (Wm.) An Address delivered at the Distribution of Prizes to Students of the Birmingham School of Art on Feb. 21...			GBP -	Unknown
484	Musaeus	Musaei, Moschi & Bionis, quae extant omnia		1655	GBP -	Unknown
485		Music. A short Explication of such Foreign Words		1724	GBP -	Unknown
486		MUSICAL PLAYING CARDS. 51 out of a pack of 52 engraved copperplate cards			GBP -	Unknown
487	NAPOLEON I. EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH	HIS AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE " Nap " and GREAT SEAL OF THE EMPIRE attached to a " Brevet de Chevalier pour Louise Novel"		Dated 8th April, 1813	GBP -	Unknown
488	NAPOLEON I. EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH, AND FAMILY	A SUPERB MEMENTO OF NAPOLEON I. AND HIS FAMILY. INCLUDING HIS TWO EMPRESSES, HIS SON, THE KING OF ROME, HIS PARENTS, HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND HIS UNCLE, CARDINAL FESCH			GBP -	Unknown
489	NAPOLEON FAMILY.	THE FOUR NAPOLEONS. A MAGNIFICENT MEMENTO OF THE FRENCH EMPIRES AND EMPERORS. A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF THE GREATEST HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE, comprising very rare and valuable ORIGINAL LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS of high interest, representing each of the Four Napol			GBP -	Unknown
490	Neander (J.)	Tabacologia: Hoc est, Tabaci, Seu Nicotiana: descriptio Medico--Cheirurgieo--Pharmaceutica; Vel Eius proeparatio & usus in omnibus corporis humani incommodis	Lugd. Bat.	1622	GBP -	Unknown
491		Needlework Binding. Diario Ecclesiastico para o Reino do Portugal, principalmente para a Cidade de Lisboa	Lisboa	1826	GBP -	Unknown
492		NEW TESTAMENT of Ovr Lord Jesvs Christ (The). Faithfully translated out of Greeke. Imprinted by the Deputies of Christopher Barker...		1598-9	GBP -	Unknown
493	[Norton (Thomas)]	Orations, of Arsanes agaynst Philip the trecherous Kyng of Macedone: of the Embassadors of Venice against the Prince that vnder crafty league with Scanderbeg		n. d'. circa 1570	GBP -	Unknown
494		NUREMBERG CHRONICLE [Fol. 1 a] Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum figuris et ymaginibus ab inicio mundi. [Fol. 22 a]. In principio creavit deus celum et terrain	Nuremberg	1493	GBP -	Unknown
495		Office de la Confrerie Royale du Saint Esprit, Eriges dans L'Eglise des Religieux Penitens du Tiers-Ordre de Saint Francois, au Convent de Courbevoye, avec les Prieres		1763	GBP -	Unknown
496		Officium Beatee Mariae Virginis, cum aliis Officiis, Canticis, Psalterio, Hymnis, Orationibus, Litaniis Sanctorum, et Calendario		1530	GBP -	Unknown
497	[Oldham (Jahn)]	Some New Pieces, never before publisht		1681	GBP -	Unknown
498	ORCHARD OF SION	HERE BEGYNNETH THE ORCHARDS OF STON/ IN THE WHICHE IS CONTEYNED THE REUELACYONS OF SEYNT KATHERYNE OF SENE/ With ghostly fruytes & precyous plantes for the helthe of inannes soule	Imprynted at London		GBP -	Unknown
499		ORDINARY. [THE ORDYNARY OF CRYSTEN MEN; newelv hystoryed and translated out of Frensshe into Englysshe)		[1506]	GBP -	Unknown
500		Ordinayre (V) des Cretiens	Imprime a Paris	[1519]	GBP -	Unknown

Sotheby’s
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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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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.