Sothebys: The Library of Barry Yampol: A First Selection. Part 2, N11776, New York

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Auction Date
December 12, 2025 - December 12, 2025
Page Size: 193 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
176 Porta, Giovanni Battista della

Natural Magick.

London 1658 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,556.00
177 (Probier Buchlein)

Probier Buchlein auff Goldt, Silber, Ertz unnd Methal Mit vil kostlichen Alchimistichen Kunsten, sampt aller zugehor, auch Instrumenten darzu dienstlich...

Frankfurt 1574 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 16,510.00
178 Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius

Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim.

Venice 1521 (but 1522) USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,143.00
179 Rashleigh, Philip

Specimens of British Minerals.

London 1797 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,795.00
180 Rashleigh, Philip

Specimens of British Minerals.

London 1797-1802 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,985.00
181 Readwin, [Thomas Allison]

The gold discoveries in Merionethshire, and a mode for its economic extraction.

Manchester [1860] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 762.00
182 Reaumur, Rene Antoine Ferchault de

L'Art de convertir le Fer forge en Acier, et l'art d'adoucir la fer fondu, ou de faire des ouvrages de fer fondu aussi finis que de fer forge.

Paris 1722 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
183 Remy, Pierre

Catalogue raisonne des tableaux, estampes, coquilles, & autres curiosites: apres le deces de feu Monsieur Dezalier d'Argenville, maitre des comptes, & membre des Societes royale de Londres & de Monpellier.

Paris 1766 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 635.00
184 Richter, Christian

Saxoniae electoralis miraculosa terra, oder Des weltberuhmten Chur-Sachsen-Landes bewunderns-wurdige Erde, ...

Schneeberg 1732 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 17,780.00
185 Rio, Andres Manuel de

Elementos de Orictognosia, o del Conocimiento de los Fosiles... segun los Principios de A. G. Werner...

Mexico 1795 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,397.00
186 Rome de l'Isle, Jean-Baptiste Louis

Essai de Cristallographie, ou description des figures geometriques...

Paris 1772 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
187 Rzaczynski, Gabriel

Historia naturalis curiosa regni Poloniae, magni ducatus Lituaniae, annexarumq[ue] provinciarum, in tractatus XX divisa.

Sandomir 1721 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,556.00
188 Sage, Balthazar-Georges

Description methodique du cabinet de l'Ecole Royale des Mines [bound with:] Supplement a la description methodique du cabinet de l'Ecole Royale des Mines.

Paris 1784 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 381.00
189 Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob

Specimen lithographiae helveticae curiosae, quo lapides ex figuratis helveticis selectissimi aeri incisi sistuntur et describuntur.

Zurich 1702 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,413.00
190 Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob

Bibliotheca scriptorum historiae naturalis omnium terrae regionum inservientium. Historiae naturalis helvetiae prodromus...

Zurich 1716 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,286.00
191 Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob

Museum diluvianum.

Zurich 1716 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
192 Schindler, Christian Carl

Der geheimde Munz-Guardein und Berg-Probiere...Welchem wohl corrigiret beygefuget ist die vormahls herausgegebene Metallische Probier-Kunst.

Frankfurt 1705 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 762.00
193 Schmidel, Casimir Christoph

Fossilivm Metalla et Res Metallicas Concernentivm Glebae suis coloribus expressae quas descripsit et digessit D. Casimirus Christophorus Schmiedel.

Nuremberg 1753 USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,080.00
194 Schmidel, Casimir Christoph

Vorstellung einiger merkwurdiger Versteinerungen mit kurzen Anmerkungen versehen.

Erlangen 1793 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,620.00
195 Schonberg, Abraham von

Ausfuhrliche Berg-Information zur dienlichen Nachricht vor alle, die bey dem Berg- und Schmeltzwesen zu schaffen.

Leipzig 1693 USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 USD 508.00
196 Schreibers, Carl von

Beytrage zur Geschichte und Kenntniss meteorischer Stein- und Metall-Massen, und der Erscheinungen, welche deren Niederfallen zu begleiten pflegen.

Vienna 1820 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 15,240.00
197 Schreittmann, Ciriacus

Probierbuchlin. Frembde und subtile Kunst, vormals im Truck nie gesehen, von Woge und Gewicht, Auch von allerhandt Proben, auff Ertz, Golt, Silber, und andere Methall, &c.

Frankfurt 1580 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
198 Scopoli, Giovanni Antonio

Principia mineralogiae systematicae et practicae.

Prague 1722 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,175.00
199 Societe d'Arcueil

Memoires de Physique et de Chimie de la Societe d'Arcueil.

Paris 1807, 1809, and 1817 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,064.00
200 Sowerby, James

British Mineralogy, or, Colored Figures Intended to Elucidate the Mineralogy of Great Britain.

London 1804, 1806, 1809, 1811, 1817 (1802) USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 17,780.00
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 282 - Griffes (Charles). Autograph Manuscript Score for Overture to Hänsel und Gretel, c. 1910. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000