Hansons: The Library Sale (Presented By Rare Book Auctions), 21826, Etwall, Derbyshire

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026

Page Size: 305 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	GEIKIE, Sir Archibald	Geological Map of England & Wales	Edinburgh	1897	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 400.00
27		Map of England and Wales, Shewing the Boundaries of the Bankruptcy Districts		2nd November, 1842	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
28		A Coroner's Inquest, late-Georgian satirical caricature depicting a paunchy coroner insisting on proceeding with his inquest despite the subject evidently being alive	London	1826	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 50.00
29	Jacques Callot (1592-1635)	Les Supplices		c.1630	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
30	George Cruikshank (1792-1878)	The Blue Devils	London	1823	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 325.00
31	George Cruikshank (1792-1878)	Mixing A Recipe For Corns	London	1822	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
32		Vinegar valentine...	London	c.1840	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
33		Four Evangelists...		c. 1600	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 231.25
34		The Paths to Heaven and Hell		(1573-1640)	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 231.25
35		Egidius Sadeler II (1570-1629) after Albrecht Durer, Head of An Angel, engraving		1598	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 231.25
36		Dirk Volkertsz Coornhert (1522-1590) after Maarten Van Heemskerck, two etchings from the series of twelve depicting Habsburg Emperor Charles V's military victories		1550	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
37		Joh. Mart. Brechenmacher after Claes Bercham (1620-1683), Dutch Golden Age, etching, shepherd stopping at a spring		n.d.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 150.00
38		The Committee or Popery in Masquerade, a 17th-century satirical broadside/ballad against non-conformists, the design after Sir Roger L'Estrange	[London]	[1680]	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
39	HAECKEL, (Ernst)	Kunst-Formen der Natur	Leipzig & Wien	[1899-1904]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
40		Mary Sargant Florence (1857-1954) archive, Including: collection of original preliminary sketches for her frescoes at Oakham School (begun 1902)	Covent Garden	n.d. c.1895	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
41		Georgian period profile portrait, in pencil, appears to be a preliminary sketch, reminiscent of Gillray or Hogarth		N/A	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
42		In the manner of Aubrey Beardsley, signed "A. B."		N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
43		Patten Wilson (1869-1934) original drawing of a Kestrel, pencil, signed l.r.		N/A	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
44		Original drawings and prints, including: two early 1800s pencil drawings depicting rural workers - a drawing of part of Carisbrooke Castle...		c.1800	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 112.50
45		SCARBOROUGH, 19 Victorian carte de visite portraits from Scarborough...		c.1910s	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 193.75
46		Original Victorian/Edwardian Photographs...		1878	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 68.75
47		Original 19th/early 20th century photographs, social history...		1925	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 93.75
48		[PHOTOGRAPHY]. A collection of approximately 800 loose postcards, many real photographic examples [c. 1900-1920]		[c. 1890-1930]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 812.50
49		[PHOTOGRAPHY]. A collection of 684 Victorian carte de visite photographs, people & portraits		[c. 1860-80]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,687.50
50		[PHOTOGRAPHY]. A collection of 485 cabinet card photographs		[c. 1870-1920]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,937.50

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.