Lyon and Turnbull: The Library of James Stirling, Mathematician, 878, Edinburgh
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of | The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England |
Dublin | 1719 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 102 | Stirling, James (1692-1770) | Collection of autograph letters signed to members of his family, 1715-1762 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,032.00 | ||
| 103 | Thomson, James | Liberty, a Poem |
London | 1735-6 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 378.00 |
| 104 | [Binding]. The History of Philosophy |
London | 1700 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 529.20 | |
| 105 | Spencer, John | Folios, mainly 18th century. Group of works |
Cambridge | 1727 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 106 | Josephus, Flavius | Ta euriskomena |
Oxford | 1720 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 107 | Family travel journals. Collection of manuscript journals of travels across the British Isles |
18th-19th century | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,772.00 | ||
| 108 | Pennant, Thomas | Scottish travel and history. Collection of works, mainly 18th century |
Warrington | 1774 | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 693.00 |
| 109 | Du Halde, Jean Baptiste | A Description of the Empire of China, and Chinese-Tartary |
London | 1738-41 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,048.00 |
| 110 | Shaw, Thomas | Travels, or Observations, relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant |
Oxford | 1738 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 693.00 |
| 111 | Norden, Frederick Lewis | Travels in Egypt and Nubia |
London | 1757 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 112 | Marigny, Francois Augier de | The History of the Arabians, under the Government of the Caliphs |
London | 1758 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 113 | Solis, Antonio de | The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards |
London | 1724 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 428.40 |
| 114 | Pococke, Richard | A Description of the East, and Some other Countries |
London | 1743-5 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 115 | Bell, John | Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia |
Glasgow | 1763 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 116 | Bartoli, Pietro Santi, and Giovanni Pietro Bellori | Veterum sepulcra seu mausolea Romanorum et Etruscorum |
Leiden | 1728 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 117 | Lenglet du Fresnoy, Pierre Nicolas | Geographia antiqua et nova |
London | 1742 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 118 | Harris, John | Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca |
London | 1744 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,284.00 |
| 119 | Camden, William | Britannia |
London | c.1730 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 819.00 |
| 120 | Cluver, Philipp | Introductio in universam geographiam |
London | 1711 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 504.00 |
| 121 | Cellarius, Christoph | Notitia Orbis Antiqui, sive Geographia Plenior |
Leipzig | 1731-2 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 403.20 |
| 122 | Travel and topography. Collection of works, mainly 18th century |
Amsterdam | 1655 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,008.00 | |
| 123 | Hobbes, Thomas | Leviathan |
London | 1651 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,780.00 |
| 124 | Hobbes, Thomas | Tracts |
London | 1682 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,638.00 |
| 125 | Hume, David | Political Discourses |
Edinburgh | 1752 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 8,820.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
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![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
