Sothebys: CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. COMPRISING, A Selection from the Library of George W. Fitzwilliam, Esq. of Milton Hall, Peterborough, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS ON VELLUM OK THE XIVTH AND XVTH CENTURIES, INCLUDING MSS. OF THE ABBEY OF PETERBOROU, Apr291918,

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 29, 1918 - April 29, 1918

Page Size: 1069 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ABBOT (George, Archbishop)	A Briefe Description of the Whole World [many pages dealing with America]		1635	USD -	Unknown
2	Addison (Joseph)	Works	BIRMINGHAM	1761	USD -	Unknown
3	AEschylus	Tragoediae septem cum scholiis Graecis omnibus...			USD -	Unknown
4	Agincourt (J. S. d')	Sammlung der vorzuglichsten Denkmaeler der Architectur vorzugweise in Italien vom IV bis zum XVI Jahrhundert	Frankfurt a. M.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
5	Alcedo (Antonio de)	Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies		1812-16	USD -	Unknown
6	Allieri (Vittorio)	Tragedic...			USD -	Unknown
7		ALMANACKE (An) and Prognostication		(1565)	USD -	Unknown
8		Almanacs. Almanacco per l'anno 1738...			USD -	Unknown
9		Almanacs. Le Calendrier de la Cour, tire des Ephemerides, pour l'annee 1742, '44, '45, '47, '52 and '75	Paris	1742-75	USD -	Unknown
10		ALMANACS. INTERESTING AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF ALMANACS AND CALENDARS for the years 1744-55		1744-1851	USD -	Unknown
11		Almanacs. Etrennes mignones, curieuses et utiles, pour l'annee 1751, '55 and '72	Paris	1751-72	USD -	Unknown
12		America. Advice to Settlers in Canada...			USD -	Unknown
13		AMERICA. Bernard (Sir F. Governor of Massachusetts Bay) Select Letters on the Trade and Government of America...			USD -	Unknown
14		America. Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress...			USD -	Unknown
15		America. [Paine (Thomas)] Common Sense addressed to the Inhabitants of America (with additions)...			USD -	Unknown
16	Wilson (Thomas, Bishop of Sodor and Man)	Americana. Knowledge and Practice of Christianity made easy, or an Essay towards an Instruction for the Indians		1759	USD -	Unknown
17		AMERICAN ATLAS, or Geographical Description of America		1776	USD -	Unknown
18	Angelo (D.)	A Treatise on the Utility and Advantages of Fencing		1817	USD -	Unknown
19		ANTHOLOGIA EPIGRAMMATUM Graecorum, Graece, cura J. Lascaris, printed throughout in capitals...			USD -	Unknown
20		Antichita in Pozzuoli		n. d.	USD -	Unknown
21		Antiqui Rhetores Latini e F. Pithoei Bibliotheca olim editi	Argentorati	1756	USD -	Unknown
22		Anville (J. B. d') Atlas...			USD -	Unknown
23	Apianus (Petrus)	Cosmographia	Parisiis	1551	USD -	Unknown
24	APOLLONIUS RHODIUS	ARGONAUTICON, LIBRI IV, graace, cum scholiis graecis	[Florence]	[1496]	USD -	Unknown
25	Ariosto (Ludovico)	Orlando Furioso, tutto ricorretto et di nuove figure adornato, con le annotationi, etc.	Venetia	1572	USD -	Unknown
26	ARIOSTO (L.)	ORLANDO FURIOSO	Birmingham	1773	USD -	Unknown
27	Ariosto (L.)	L'Orlando Furioso, con annotazioni	Firenze	1823-4	USD -	Unknown
28	Ariosto (L.)	L'Orlando Furioso, con annotazioni	Firenze	1823-4	USD -	Unknown
29	ARISTOPHANES	COMOEDLAE NOVEM	Venetiis	(15 July, 1498)	USD -	Unknown
30	ARISTOPHANES	COMOEDLE NOVEM, cum commentariis, Graece (edente A. F. Varchiensi)	Florentiae	1525	USD -	Unknown
31		Aristotelis Opera quae exstant, opera el studio F. Sylburgii	Francofurdi	1537	USD -	Unknown
32	[Astley (John)]	The Art of Riding, brieflie defined in nine chapiters		1584	USD -	Unknown
33		ATHENAEUS (Graece, ex recensione Marci Musuri)	Venetiis	1514	USD -	Unknown
34	AUGUSTINUS (S.)	DE CIVITATE DEL LIBRI XXII		1470	USD -	Unknown
35	Bacon (Sir Francis)	Works		1825-34	USD -	Unknown
36	Bacon (Sir F.)	The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh		1622	USD -	Unknown
37	Bacon (Sir F.)	The Elements of the Common Lawes of England		1639	USD -	Unknown
38	Wm. Orme	Baxter (Richard) Practical Works of		1830	USD -	Unknown
39	Bedford (John, 4th Duke of)	Correspondence		1842-6	USD -	Unknown
40	Bellewe (Richard)	Les Ans du Roy Richard le Second collect' ensembl' hors de les Abridgments de Statham, Fitzherbert et Brooke		(1585)	USD -	Unknown
41	Bentham (James)	The History and Antiquities of the Conventual and Cathedral Church of Ely	Cambridge	1771	USD -	Unknown
42	Bewick (Thomas)	A General History of Quadrupeds...			USD -	Unknown
43		BIBLIA SACRA LATINA, vorsio Vulgata, cum Prologis S. Hieronymi, et Interpretationibus Hebr. Nom		XIV CENT.	USD -	Unknown
44	BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI)	IL DECAMERONE, nuovamente corrette e con diligentia stampato	Firenze	1527, Adi XIIII del mense Aprile	USD -	Unknown
45	Boccaccio (G.)	The Boke called John Bochas, describing the Fall of Princes, Princesses and other Nobles		[?1558]	USD -	Unknown
46	Bodoni (G. B.)	Le piu insigni Pitture Parmensi	Parma	1809	USD -	Unknown
47	BONAPARTE (Charles Lucien)	Iconografia della Fauna Italica	Roma	1832-41	USD -	Unknown
48	Bonaparte (Joseph, roi de Naples)	Memoires et Correspondance du Roi Joseph	Paris	1853-4	USD -	Unknown
49		Borlase (William) Observations on the ancient and present State of the Islands of Scilly...			USD -	Unknown
50	William Curtis (and others)	Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed		1793-1856	USD -	Unknown
51	Bouchette (Joseph)	Topographical Description of Lower Canada		1815	USD -	Unknown
52	Bradford (William)	Sketches of the Country		1809	USD -	Unknown
53	Bretez (Louis)	Plan de Paris (commence sous les ordres de Turgot et acheve en 1739)	Paris	1740	USD -	Unknown
54	BRITTON (John)	ARCHITECTURAL WORKS		1807-38	USD -	Unknown
55	Brookshaw (George)	Pomona Britannica, or a Collection of the most esteemed Fruits Cultivated in this Country		1812	USD -	Unknown
56	Bruce (John)	Annals of the Honorable East-India Company		1810	USD -	Unknown
57	Buckingham (J. S.)	The Slave States of America...			USD -	Unknown
58	Burgess (H. W.)	Eidodendron, Views of the general character and appearance of Trees		1827	USD -	Unknown
59	Burgoyne (John, Lieut. Gen.)	A State of the Expedition from Canada as laid before the House of Commons		1780	USD -	Unknown
60	Burke (Edmund)	Works		1803-27	USD -	Unknown
61	Burke (E.)	Works		1826-7	USD -	Unknown
62	Burke (E.)	Correspondence		1844	USD -	Unknown
63	Burnaby (Andrew)	Travels through the Middle Settlements in North America in 1759 and 1760		1775	USD -	Unknown
64		Cabinet des Fees	Geneve	1788	USD -	Unknown
65		Callimachus: Hymni (Graece) cum scholiis...			USD -	Unknown
66		Camden (Wm.) Annales, or the History of Elizabeth...			USD -	Unknown
67	Camden (W.)	Britannia		1695	USD -	Unknown
68	Campana (G. P.)	Di due Sepolcri Romani del secolo di Augusto	Roma	1840	USD -	Unknown
69	Campbell (John, Lord)	Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal...			USD -	Unknown
70	Carlisle (Frederick Howard, Earl of)	The Father's Revenge		1783	USD -	Unknown
71	Carter (John)	Specimens of the Ancient Sculpture and Painting now remaining in this Kingdom		1780-7	USD -	Unknown
72	Castlereagh (Viscount)	Memoirs and Correspondence...			USD -	Unknown
73		Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius	Venetiis	mense Januario, 1502	USD -	Unknown
74	CESSOLIS (JACOBUS DE)	CAXTON (WM.) THE GAME AND PLAYE OF THE CHESSE MORALIZED			USD -	Unknown
75	Cervantes (M. de)	Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha		1742	USD -	Unknown
76	Charke (Charlotte, Daughter of Colley Gibber)	A Narrative of the Life of		1755	USD -	Unknown
77		Charles I, King. Declaration of the Causes which moved him to dissolve the Last Parliament...			USD -	Unknown
78	Chateaubriand (A. V. Vicomte de)	OEuvres completes	Paris	n. d. [1849]	USD -	Unknown
79	CHAUCER (Geoffrey)	WOORKES		1561	USD -	Unknown
80	CHAUCER (G.)	WORKES		1561	USD -	Unknown
81	Cicero (M. T.)	De Philosophia volumina duo (cum Scholiis)	Venetiis	1541	USD -	Unknown
82	Claude Le Lorrain	Liber Veritalis, or a. Collection of Prints after the original designs in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire		1777	USD -	Unknown
83	Claude Le Lorrain	Liber Veritatis. vol. I, II, 2 vol. only		1777	USD -	Unknown
84	GOLDEN (CADWALLADER)	The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada		1747	USD -	Unknown
85	COLLADO (LUYS)	Platica Manual do Artilleria, en la qual so tracta de la excelencia de el Arte Militar, etc.	En Milan	1592	USD -	Unknown
86		Commines (Philip de) Historie of		1614	USD -	Unknown
87		Compleat Gamester, or full and easy Instructions for playing at above twenty several Games upon the Cards		1725	USD -	Unknown
88		Constitutions of the several Independent States of America; the Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation between the said States, etc.		1783	USD -	Unknown
89	CORNEILLE (Pierre)	Theatre de, avec des Commentaires (par Voltaire)	Geneve	1765	USD -	Unknown
90		Correggio, Pitture esistenti in Parma nel Monistero di San Paolo	Parma	1800	USD -	Unknown
91		COSTUME OF THE Russian ARMY		1807	USD -	Unknown
92	Cotton (Sir R.) and Sir J. Hayward	The Histories of the Lives and Raignes of Henry the Third and Henry the Fourth		1642	USD -	Unknown
93	[Cox (Nicolas)]	The Gentleman's Recreation		1710	USD -	Unknown
94		[Danican (Francois)] Chess analysed...			USD -	Unknown
95	DANTE ALIGHIERI	LA DIVINA COMMEDIA, col Comento di Christophoro Landino, et Canzone	Impresso in Vinegia	Adi xviii di Novembrio, 1491	USD -	Unknown
96	[D'Arblay (F.)]	Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress		1782	USD -	Unknown
97	[D'Arblay (Frances)]	Camilla, or a Picture of Youth		1796	USD -	Unknown
98		Day (Thomas) Reflexions upon the present State of England and the Independence of America...			USD -	Unknown
99	Delisle (Guillaume)	Atlas	Paris	1745	USD -	Unknown
100		DEMOSTHENES, Orationes duae et sexaginta; Libanii sophistae in eas ipsas orationes argumenta...			USD -	Unknown

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.
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.