Hansons: The Library Sale (Presented By Rare Book Auctions), 21826, Etwall, Derbyshire
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | OSBORN, (Capt. Sherard) | A Cruise in Japanese Waters |
Edinburgh & London | 1859 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 100.00 |
| 177 | JONES, (Rev. Peter) | History of the Ojebway Indians |
London | n.d. | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 178 | Niccolini, A. | Fouilles de Pompei: Monuments Choisis |
Naples | c.1880s | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | GBP 50.00 |
| 179 | SHARP, (Archibald) | Bicycles & Tricycles |
London | 1896 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 87.50 |
| 180 | CICERO | Opera: Rhetorici Libri Cum Optimis Exemplaribus Collati |
Amsterdam | 1659 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 181 | [POPE, (Alexander)] | The Dunciad |
London | 1729 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 75.00 |
| 182 | VIRGIL | The Bucolicks and Georgicks With an English Translation and Notes by John Martyn |
London | 1749 | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 50.00 |
| 183 | CICERO | The Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to Several of His Friends: With Remarks by William Melmoth |
London | 1753 | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 25.00 |
| 184 | THOMSON, (James) | The Seasons |
London | 1780 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 27.50 |
| 185 | Democritus Junior (pseud.) [BURTON, Robert] | The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is, With All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms, Prognostics, and Several Cures of it |
London | 1827 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 20.00 |
| 186 | COWLEY, (Abraham) | The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley |
London | 1721 | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | GBP 37.50 |
| 187 | SHEFFIELD, (John) | SHEFFIELD, (John). The Works |
London | 1740 | GBP 80.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold |
| 188 | MAWE, (Thomas) & ABERCROMBIE, (John) | Every Man His Own Gardener... |
London | 1805 | GBP 20.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 189 | [BINDINGS]. A collection of 10 leather-bound books in calf and crushed morocco, C19 editions of classics, poetry, natural history... |
London | [c. 1803] | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 40.00 | |
| 190 | An Olde Almanack 1883 |
London | 1883 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 191 | The Key of Heaven |
Tournai | 1892 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 143.75 | |
| 192 | SANGORSKI, (Alberto) | Prayers Written at Vailima |
London | 1910 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 156.25 |
| 193 | Lord Macaulay | [LITERATURE & BINDINGS]. A miscellaneous collection to include Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the Armada |
London | 1884 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 168.75 |
| 194 | Captain Marryat | [DECORATIVE CLOTH BINDINGS]. Jacob Faithful |
London | 1895 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 27.50 |
| 195 | LESLIE, (Emma) | An extensive collection of novels |
[c. 1870-90] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 275.00 | |
| 196 | Miniature London Almanac for 1801 |
London | 1801 | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | GBP 156.25 | |
| 197 | All The Year Round, weekly journal... |
London | c.1890 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 13.75 | |
| 198 | RIMMEL, (Eugene) | The Book of Perfumes |
Philadelphia | 1866 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 37.50 |
| 199 | BONHOTE, J. Lewis | Birds of Britain |
London | 1907 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 68.75 |
| 200 | BROWN, Captain Thomas | The Book of Butterflies, Sphinxes and Moths |
London | 1832 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 218.75 |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.