Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books and Works on Paper, 110625, Cornwall

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 06, 2025 - November 06, 2025
Page Size: 490 items in 20 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
174 Rene BULL (1872-1942)

Fish Illustration

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 31.30
175 Edward ARDIZZONE (1900-1979)

King and Jester

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 313.00
176 Herbert RAILTON (1857-1910)

Twelve Pen and Ink Ecclesiastical or Stately Home Studies

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 375.60
177 J. E. DARBY (XIX)

Two Coastal Maritime Scenes

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 31.30
178 Commelin (Jan & Caspar)

Botanical engraving from Horti Medici Amstelodamensis

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 43.82
179 Faith JAQUES (1923-1997)

Four Illustrations

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 87.64
180 Mr Ceaser Daly

'Motifs Historiques'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
181

A Naive Mid-Century Cornwall Map

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.04
182

Concert and Recital Posters Five

Friday 7 June 1974 at 7.30 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
183

Art Exhibition Posters Eleven

16 July-10 August 1974 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
184

London Bus Routes Two posters

[mid 1970s] GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
185

Visitor's London Two road maps with index to places of interest

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
186

London Transport Six posters

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.04
187

Advertising Posters Six

[c.1974] GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 31.30
188

(Film)

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
189

Anne Heywood in The Nun and the Devil British Quad Poster

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
190

Giovanni Battista Piranesi Veduta Dell'anfiteatro Flavio Detto il Colosseo" - Aerial view of the Colosseum

1776 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 375.60
191 Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677)

[A Peony]

[c.1663] GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 400.64
192

(Signed) Sir Pertab Singh Albumen print

[c.1920] GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 237.88
193 Luigi Rossini (1790-1857)

Two etchings

Roma 1823 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 62.60
194 C. & J. Greenwood

Map of the County of Cornwall, from an Actual Survey made in the Years 1826 & 1827

London 1829 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 31.30
195 (Charles I)

Manuscript Receipt for the Royal Chamber, 1640-41

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 688.60
196

Australasia Interest Fourteen Maps

c.1860 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
197 Thomas Kitchin (1718-84)

An Accurate Map of the County Palatine of Durham

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.78
198 Emmanuel Bowen (1694-1767)

An accurate map of the Counties of Gloucester and Monmouth

1760 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 125.20
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.