Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts, 884, Edinburgh

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 25, 2026 - February 25, 2026

Page Size: 253 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
151	Wordsworth, William, & Samuel Taylor Coleridge	Lyrical Ballads. with other poems.	London	1800	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,032.00
152	Dickens, Charles	A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne.	London	1859	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,651.00
153	Collins, Wilkie	The Moonstone. A Romance.	London	1868	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,064.00
154	Dumas, Alexandre	The Count of Monte Cristo	London	1846	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,143.00
155		Collection of literature, mainly British. Works in fine bindings, 18th & 19th centuries. 1) Fielding, Henry. Miscellanies.	Edinburgh	1743	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 952.50
156	Shakespeare, William	The Works in Eight Volumes	London	1635 i.e. 1734-5	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,524.00
157	William Whately	A Bride-Bush: or, a Direction for Married Persons	London	1619	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 254.00
158	Heywood, Thomas	Gynaikeion. [graece]: or, Nine Bookes of Various History concerninge Women	London	1624	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 762.00
159	Meeke, Elizabeth	Anecdotes of the Altamont Family.	London	1800	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 3,302.00
160	Rogers, A.	The History of Miss Temple.	London	1777	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 762.00
161	Williams, Helen Maria	Poems	London	1786	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 508.00
162	Rossetti, Christina	Goblin Market & Other Poems	London	1862	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,286.00
163	Austen, Jane	The Novels. (In Ten Volumes). Edited by R. Brimley Johnson, with Coloured Illustrations by C. L. and H. M. Brock.	London	1901-2	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 558.80
164	Austen, Jane	Pride and Prejudice. With a Preface by George Saintsbury and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson.	London	1894	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,794.00
165	Bronte, Charlotte, Emily & Anne	The Works	London	1893	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 533.40
166		Large collection of library sets, mainly 19th century. all 8vo (various dimensions), including: Boswell, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, including a Journal of his Tour the Hebrides	London	1839	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,905.00
167		Collection of works. [Sombre-style binding]. De CL Psalmen des Propheten Davids.	Gorinchem	1671	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 889.00
168		Collection of works, 19th-20th century. all 8vo unless otherwise stated, including: Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.	London	1899	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,016.00
169	Johnson, Samuel	The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical.	London	1779-81	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 698.50
170		The Morning Exercise Methodized.	London	1660	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
171	Hume, David	The Life of David Hume. Written by Himself.	London	1777	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,778.00
172		The Holy Bible. Containing the Old and New Testaments ... Appointed to be Read in Churches.	London	1772	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 889.00
173		Antiphonarium juxta breviarum. ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitutum, et Clementis VIII auctorirate recognitum, ecclesiis ruralibus praipue accommodatum.	Ingolstadt	1618	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 431.80
174	Procopius of Gaza	Epitome ton eis ton Prophetei Esaian katabeblemenon diaphoron exegeseon. [graece] ...	Paris	1580	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 381.00
175		The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke.	London	1609	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 635.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.