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
101 [Desainliens (C.)] A Treatise for declining of Verbes...

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102 Dibdin (T. F.) Bibliotheca Spenceriana: a descriptive Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century

1814-23

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103 Donne (John) Poems

1633

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104 Donne (J.)] [Letters to Several] Persons of Honour

1651

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105 Donovan (E.) The Natural History of British Insects

1792-1801

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106 Donovan (E.) An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China

1798

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107 Donovan (E.) An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India

1800

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108 Drayton (Michael) The Battaile of Agincourt. . . Nimphidia, the Court of Fayrie; the Quest of Cinthia, etc.

1627

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109 Drury (D.) Illustrations of Natural History: Exotic Insects

1770

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110 Dryden (John) Works

1808

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111 Du Bartas (G. S. Sieur de) Divine Weekes and Workes

1621

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112 Dugdale (Wm.) The History of Imbanking and Drayning of divers Fenns and Marshes

1662

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113 Dugdale (Wm.) Monasticon Anglicanum

1817-30

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114 Ellesmere (Thomas, Lord) Speech of the Lord Chancellor of England, in the Eschequer Chamber

1609

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115 Ellis (Henry) Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China

1817

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116 English Historical Society

1838-56

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117 Euclidis quae supersunt omnia, ex recensione D. Gregorii Oxoniae

1703

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118 Expositiones terminornm regum Anglorum, et Natura Brevium cum diversis casibus tam de libris Magistri Litteltoni quam de aliis legum libris collectis Without place

XV Julii, 1527

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119 Kenton (Richard) Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire

1811

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120 Fielding (Henry) Miscellanies

1743

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121 Fielding (H.) Amelia...

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122 Foss (Edward) The Judges of England

1848-51

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123 FOUILLOUX (JACQUES DU) La Venerie de; La Fauconnerie de Iean de Franchieres et autres divers auteurs Paris

1585

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124 GAGE (THOMAS) THE ENGLISH-AMERICAN HIS TRAVAIL BY SEA AND LAND, or a New Survey of the West-India's

1648

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125 GALLERIE DU PALAIS DU LUXEMBOURG, peinte par Rubens, dessinee par les Srs Nattier Paris

1710

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126 Garner (T.) and A. Stratton Domestic Architecture of England during the Tudor Period

n. d.

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127 Gibbs (James) Pool of Architecture

1728

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128 Gilpin (William) Remarks on Forest Scenery...

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129 Girard ( . ) Dictionnaire grammatical de la Langue francoise...

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130 Godwyn (Francis) A Catalogue of the Bishops of England

1601

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131 Grattan (Rt. Hon. Henry) Memoirs of the Life and Times of

1839-46

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132 Gregorius IX (Papa) Decretalium libri V, cum glossa Impressa Venetiis

1482

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133 Grenville (Rt. Hon. Thomas) Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, or bibliographical Notices of Rare Books

1842-8

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134 Grenville (T.) Bibliotheca Grenvilliana

1842-8

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135 GROSE (FRANCIS) Antiquities of England and Wales...

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136 Grose (F.) and others The Antiquarian Repertory

1807-9

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137 Grote (George) History of Greece

1854-6

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138 Guercino: Prints from the original Drawings of

n. d.

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139 Guevara (Anthony of) Familiar Epistles

1584

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140 Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldry

1724

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141 Guizot (F. P. G.) Histoire de la Civilisation en France...

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142 Guizot (F. P. G.) Washington...

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143 Harleian Miscellany: A Collection of scarce Tracts

1808-13

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144 Harper (R. (4.) Observations on the Dispute between the United States and France...

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145 HARVEY (GABRIEL) Smithus vel Musarum Lachrymae pro obitu Thomae Smithi, Equitis Britanni...

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146 Hay (Edward) History of the Insurrection of the County of Wexford Dublin

1803

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147 Hay (E.) History of the Insurrection of. . . Wexford

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148 Hayward (John) The Strong Helper offering to beare every mans burden...

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149 Hayes (William) A Natural History of British Birds, etc.

1775

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150 Hayward (John) The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England, William the first

1613

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151 Hayward (J.) The Sanctuarie of a Troubled Soule

1616

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152 Henderson (James) A History of the Brazil

1821

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153 HERALDIC MANUSCRIPT. [ENGLISH, EARLY XVIIITH CENT.]

1712

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154 HERCULANEUM. Le Antichita di Ercolano, esposte con qualche spiegazione (da O. A. Bajardi)...

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155 Hereabachius (Conradus) Foure Bookes of Husbandrie...

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156 HERRERA (ANTONIO DE) HISTORIA GENERAL de los Hechos de los Castellanos en las Islas i Tierra firme del Mar Oceano Madrid

1601

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157 Heylyn (Peter) Mικρoκoςμoς, A Little Description of the Great World Oxford

1625

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158 [Hildyard (J.)] Description and History of the Metropolitan and Cathedral Churches of Canterbury and York

1755

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159 Hoare (Sir R. C.) The Ancient History of South Wiltshire

1812

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160 Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan, or the matter, forme and power of a Commonwealth

1651

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161 Hobbes (T.) Moral and Political Works

1750

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162 HOGARTH (William) WORKS

1822

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163 Hogarth (W.) The Analysis of Beauty...

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164 HOLBEIN (HANS) PORTRAITS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONS OF THE COURT OF HENRY VIII

1792

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165 Holinshed (R.) Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland...

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166 HOMERUS OPERA OMNIA, GRAECE, EDITIO PRINCEPS [Florence]

[9 December 1488]

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167 Homerus Iliadis fragmenta antiquissima cum Picturis, scholia Vetera ad Odysscam edente Angelo Maio Mediolani

1819

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168 Hooker (J. D.) Illustrations of Himalayan Plants

1855

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169 Hooker (W. J.) and R. K. Greville Figures and Descriptions of Ferns

1831

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170 HORAE BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS, cum Kalendario

XV CENT.

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171 Horatius M. Antonii Mureti in eundem Annotationes; Aldi Manutii de metris Horatianis, ejusdem annotationes in Horatium Venetiis

1555

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172 HORATIUS OPERA, aeneis tabulis incidit Johannes Pine

1733-7

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173 Horatius: Opera, cum variis lectionibus...

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174 Horsfield (Thomas), etc. Planta Javanicae rariores

1838-52

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175 Horticultural Society, London: Transactions

1815-35

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176 Houbraken and Vertue The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain

1743

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177 Howell (J.) Δενδρoλoγια. Dodona's Grove or the Vocall Forrest

1640

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178 Hudson (Franklin) The Brasses of Northamptonshire, ornamental title in colours

1853

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179 Humboldt (A. do) et A. Bonpland Voyage, sixieme partie, Botanique; Plantes Equinoxiales... Paris

1808-23

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180 Humboldt (A. de) Vues des Cordilleres et Monumens des Peuples indigenes de l'Amerique

1810

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181 Humboldt (A. de) Atlas geographique et physique du Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne...

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182 Hunter (Joseph) South Yorkshire: History and Topography of the Deanery of Doncaster

1828-31

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183 Hunter (J.) Hallamshire, the History and Topography of the parish of Sheffield

1869

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184 HUTCHINSON (Colonel John, Regicide, 1615-64) History of his Life...

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185 Institutionum Imperialium sive (si malis) Elementorum iurisprudentiae libri quatuor Parisiis

1527

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186 Jephson (Robert) Roman Portraits

1794

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187 Jesse (J. H.) George Selwyn and his Contemporaries

1843-4

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188 Jones (Inigo) Designs, consisting of Plans, and Elevations for Publick and Private Buildings

1727

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189 Jones (Inigo) and Wm. Kent Designs

1744

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190 Johnson (Samuel) Works

1823

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191 [JOHNSON (SAMUEL)] THE PRINCE OF ABISSINIA [Rasselas], a Tale

1759

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192 Josephus (Flavins) Famous and Memorable Workes

1609

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193 Knight (H. G.) The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy

1812-4

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194 Knight (H. G.) Saracenic and Norman Remains to illustrate the Normans in Sicily

(1810)

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195 Knight (T. A.) Pomona Herefordensis

1811

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196 Lacombe (H.) Dictionnaire du vieux Langage francois Paris

1766

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197 La Gueriniere (R. do) Ecole do Cavalerie

1733

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198 Lamartine (A. de) Histoire de la Turquie Paris

1855

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199 Langley (Batty) The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs or the Art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of Architecture

1740

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200 La Rochette (L. S. de) A General Chart of the West India Islands with the adjacent Coasts of the Spanish Continent

1796

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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.