PBA Galleries Auction 855

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	Browne, Alexander	Ars Pictoria: or an academy treating of drawing, painting, limning, etching. To which are added XXXI. copper plates, expressing the choicest, nearest, and most exact grounds and rules of symmetry. Collected out of the most eminent Italian, German, and Net	London	1675	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
27	Buc'hoz, [Pierre-Joseph]	Etrennes du printemps, aux habitants de la Campagne et aux herboristes, ou pharmacie champetre, vegetale & indigene, a l'usage des pauvres & des habitants de la Campagne.	Paris	1781	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 200.00
28	M'Cormick, Charles	Memoirs of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; or, an impartial review of his private life, his public conduct, his speeches in Parliament, and the different productions of his pen, whether political or literary...	London	1798	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
29	Burke, Edmund	The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke Collected in Three Volumes	London	1792	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 750.00
30	[Burney, Frances]	Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress	London	[1782]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 468.75
31	Caraccioli, Louis Antoine, Marquis	La conversation avec soi-meme	Liege; Brussels	1759	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
32	[Castres, Antoine Sabatier de]	La Nouvelle Orpheline Angloise our Les Bisarreries du Destin	Frankfurt	1770	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
33	Cibber, Colley	A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr Pope, Inquiring into the Motives that might induce him in his Satyrical Works, to be so frequently fond of Mr. Cibber's Name	London	1742	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
34	Cocker, Edward	Cocker's Arithmetick: Being a plain and familiar Method, suitable to the meanest Capacity, for the full under standing of that incomparable Art, as it is now taught by the ablest School-Masters in City and Country	London	1677	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
35	[Crebillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de]	Le Sopha, Conte Moral	Paris	[1742]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
36	Dalrymple, Sir David (Lord Hailes)	Annals of Scotland From the Accession of Malcolm III to the Accession of The House of Stewart...	Edinburgh	1797	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
37	de Bergerac, Cyrano	The Comical History of the States and Empires of the Worlds of the Moon and Sun	London	1687	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,250.00
38	De Piles, [Roger]	The Art of Painting, with the Lives and Characters of above 300 of the most Eminent Painters: Containing a Complete Treatise of Painting, Designing, and the Use of Prints. With Reflexions on the Works of the most Celebrated Masters...	London	1744	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
39		Dissertationum ludicrarum et amoenitatum, scriptores varii	Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]	1638	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
40	Dudley, Robert	Secret Memoirs Of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Prime Minister and Favourite of Queen Elizabeth. Containing An Instructive Account of his Ambition, Designs, Intrigues, Excessive Power; His Engrossing the Queen, with the Dangerous Consequence of that P	London	1706	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 343.75
41		Two Elzevir duodecimos	Leiden, Amsterdam	1641-1671	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
42	Erasmus, Desiderius	Morias Egkomion: Stultitiae Laudatio	London and Paris	1765	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
43	Ficino, Marsilio	Sopra lo amore o ver' Convito di Platone	Florence	1544	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 437.50
44	Foulkes, Robert	An Alarme for Sinners: Containing the Confession, Prayers, Letters, and Last Words of Robert Foulkes, Late Minister of Stanton-Lacy...	London	1679	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
45	Freind, J[ohn]	The History of Physick; from the Time of Galen, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century...	London	1725	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
46	Griffith, John	A Journal of the Life, Travels & Labours in the Work of the Ministry	London	1779	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
47	Unattributed; Cardano, Gerolamo	Angli Malmesburiensis Philosophi Vita [bound with] Hieronymi Cardani Mediolanensis De Propria Vitra	London; Amsterdam	1681; 1654	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 625.00
48	Cocq, Gisbert	Hobbesianismi Anatome, Qua innumeris Assertionibus ex Tractatibus de Homine, Cive, Leviathan...	Utrecht	1680	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 500.00
49	Hume, David	Discours politiques de Mr. David Hume, Traduits de L'Anglois par Mr. De M	Amsterdam	1780	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 200.00
50	Hutcheson, Frances	An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections. With Illustrations on the Moral Sense	London	1728	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 343.75

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
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

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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