PBA Galleries Auction 855

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Jones, Edward Thomas	Jones's English System of Book-Keeping, by single or double entry,...	Bristol	1796	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
2		The Statutes at Large Concerning the Provision for the Poor	London	1733	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
3	Desbillons, Francois-Joseph	Fabulae Aesopiae, Curis Posterioribus Omnes Fere Emendatae...	Paris	1778	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
4	Aesop	Aesop's Fables; with his Life: and morals and remarks. Fitted for the meanest capacities	London	1757	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 406.25
5	Sigonius, Carolus	Pro Eloquentia Orationes IIII	Venice	1555	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 562.50
6	[Allestree, Richard]	The New Whole Duty of Man Containing the Faith as well as Practice of a Christian: Made Easy for the Practice of the present Age...	London	1793	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
7	[Allestree, Richard]	The Whole Duty of Man laid down in a Plain Way for the use of the Meanest Reader Divided into XVII Chapters...With Private Devotions [bound with] The Gentlemans Calling	London	1659; 1660	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 437.50
8	[Graaf, Reginer de]	Nouvelles decouvertes, sur les parties de l'homme et de la femme, qui servent a la generation...	Warsaw	1701	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
9		The Annual Register or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1765	London	1802	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
10		The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1789	London	1792	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 225.00
11	[Anonymous]	De Templis, a Treatise of Temples: Wherein is discovered the Ancient manner of Building, Consecrating, and Adorning of Churches	London	1638	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
12	Arnd, Josua	Tractatus practicus de superstitione quatenus vulgo vanam exercet observantiam, vel alias deducit ad magiam, in usum pastorum, verbi ministrorum...[bound with] De frequenti communione sive non recto usu coenae...	Gustrow	1664; 1665	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
13	Ashwood, Bartholomew	The Heavenly Trade, or the Best Merchandizing: The only way to live well in Impoverishing Times...	London	1678	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
14	Bacon, Francis	[The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and advancement of Learning, divine and humane]	[London]	[1605]	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 4,062.50
15	Bacon, Francis	The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Varulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England...To which is prefixed, a Life of the Author by Mr. Mallet	London	1753	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 593.75
16	Barclay, Robert	The Anarchy of The Ranters, and Other Libertines, the Hierarchy of The Romanists, and others Pretended Churches, Equally Refused, and Refuted in a Two-fold Apology for the Church and People of God, Called in Derision Quakers...	London	1771	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 175.00
17	Beard, Thomas and Thomas Taylor	The Theater of Gods Judgements: Wherein is represented the admirable Justice of God against all notorious sinners, great and small, specially against the most eminent Persons in the World, whose exorbitant power had broke through the barres of Divine and	London	1648; 1642	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 343.75
18	Behmen, Jacob	The Epistles of Jacob Behmen aliter, Teutonicus Philosophus	London	1649	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 937.50
19	[Bellegarde, M. l'abbe de (Jean Baptiste Morvan)]	Reflexions upon ridicule; or, What it is that makes a Man ridiculous; and the Means to avoid it. Wherein are Represented the different Manners and Characters of Persons of the present age...	London	1707	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
20	Relph, Rev. Josiah	Poems by the Rev. Josiah Relph of Sebergham. With the Life of the Author...	Carlisle	1798	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
21		The Bookes Called Apocrypha - from the Geneva Bible of 1583	[London]	1583	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,375.00
22		Four leaves from the 1540 Great Bible with text from the Gospels	London	1540	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 750.00
23		Wisdom of Solomon, Book of Sirach, Baruch from the Great Bible of 1566	[Rouen]	[1566]	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
24	Arias Montano, Benito, editor	Biblia Hebraica: Eorundem Latina interpretatio [bound with] Novum Testamentum Graecum, cum vulgata interpretatione Latina Graeci contextus lineis inserta	Geneva; Antwerp	1619; 1584	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,000.00
25	Blair, Hugh	Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres	Philadelphia	1784	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 212.50

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.
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:
Forum Auctions
Online: India
Ends 19th February 2026

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000

Forum Auctions
Online: India
Ends 19th February 2026

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Online: India
Ends 19th February 2026

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000

PBA Galleries: Rare and Antiquarian Books with Illustrated & Children's Books, and the Dr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of Oz , 855, Berkeley

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