Bonhams: Books and Manuscripts, 29883, London, New Bond Street

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Auction Report
Auction Date
December 04, 2024 - December 04, 2024
Page Size: 119 items in 5 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 DELTEIL (LOYS)

Honore Daumier, 11 vol., 1925-26; De Groot. Cat Res. of Dutch Painters, 1908; and others

Paris 1925-1926 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 192.00
2 BESSON (JACQUES)

Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum, Lyon, Barthelemy Vincent, 1578

Lyon 1578 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 768.00
3 SHELLEY (PERCY BYSSHE)

Poems..., ONE OF 500 LARGE PAPER COPIES, 1880

1880 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,280.00
4 DOYLE (RICHARD) - ORIGINAL ARTWORK

Three ink and watercolour illustrations depicting scenes from Victor Hugo's legend of Bold Pecopin, [undated, 1840s]

undated, 1840s GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
5 HEISTER (LORENZ)

Beschreibung eines neuen Geschlechts von einer sehr raren und uberaus schonen afrikanischen Pflanze aus der Familie der Zwiebelgewachse, 1755

Brunswick 1755 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
6

Modes de Paris. Costumes d'enfans, 4 parts in 1, [Paris, c.1810]

Paris c.1810 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,176.00
7 LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE)

Fables, 4 vol., Paris, Bossange, Masson & Besson, 1796

Paris 1796 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 332.80
8 LEONARDO DA VINCI

A Treatise of Painting..., J. Senex, and W. Taylor, 1721

1721 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,536.00
9 GASCOYNE (JOEL)

An Actuall Survey of the Parish of St Dunstan Stepney, Engraven by John Harris, Joel Gascoyne, 1703

1703 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,584.00
10 RAHEEM KHAN.

The Principles and Practice of Midwifery, Lahore, 1887

Lahore 1887 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
11 [ROBERTS (HENRY)]

Calliope or English Harmony vol. 1, 1739;GREEENE (M.) Forty Select Anthems, 1743 (2)

1739 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 486.40
12 SCHUBERT (FRANZ)

[Unfinished Symphony] Zwei Satze der Unvollendeten Sinfonie in H moll, FIRST SEPARATE EDITION OF THE FULL ORCHESTRAL SCORE, Vienna, C.A. Spina, 1867

Vienna 1867 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 384.00
13

The Progress of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert through the Cape Colony, FIRST EDITION, 1861

Cape Town 1861 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 166.40
14 EMERSON (PETER HENRY)

Pictures of East Anglian Life, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888

1888 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
15 EMERSON (PETER HENRY)

Wild Life on a Tidal Water, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, Sampson Low, 1890

1890 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
16 EMERSON (PETER HENRY)

Marsh Leaves, FIRST EDITION, David Nutt, 1895

1895 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
17 FARQUHAR FAMILY

Six albums of photographs compiled by, and relating to the Farquhar family, of Whiteway, Devon [c.1860-1918] (6)

c.1860-1870 c.1892-1900 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 640.00
18 JUDGE (FRED)

Camera Pictures of London at Night, FIRST EDITION, [1924]

[London & Hastings 1924 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 704.00
19

The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, 2 vol., trans. by G. Sale, 1795; and 23 others (25)

Bath 1795 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 896.00
20 ROUPELL (ARABELLA E.)]

Specimens of the Flora of South Africa by a Lady, FIRST EDITION, [W. Nichol, Shakespeare Press, 1849]

1849 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,408.00
21 LADY HOARE AND ELISABETH, QUEEN OF ROMANIA

An archive of manuscripts, photographs, ephemera and original samples of tatting by Lady Katharin Hoare, relating to and her friendship with Elisabeth, Queen of Romania, [early twentieth century] (collection)

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 384.00
22 VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE)

Oeuvres completes, 30 vol., Geneva, 1768-1777

Geneva 1768-1777 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,816.00
23 COMMELIN (CASPAR)

Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, 2 vol., 1726; and one other (3)

Amsterdam 1726 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 512.00
24 BOWYER (ROBERT, PUBLISHER)

An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, During the Last Five Years, 1816; The Campaign of Waterloo, 1816

1816 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 537.60
25 BOWYER (ROBERT)

The Triumphs of Europe in the Campaigns of the Years 1812, 1813, 1814... A Series of Twelve Views of Moscow, the Kremlin, Leipsic, Dresden, Berlin, Frankfort on the Maine, Amsterdam, the Hague, Hamburgh, &c., R. Bowyer

GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
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