Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books and Works on Paper, 22626, Cornwall
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | Mrs Marina Cattermoul (nee. Becker) | (Film) A small Archive |
1916-10-18 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 150.24 | |
| 176 | (Cornwall) A folio of broadsheets, plates, maps etc |
Truro | n.d. [c.1834] | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 500.80 | |
| 177 | Bernard Leach | (Manuscript) Two works formely owned by Leach |
1947 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 350.56 | |
| 178 | (Cornwall) A family archive |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 31.30 | ||
| 179 | St Ives School of Art Interest |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 175.28 | ||
| 180 | Henry Constantine RICHTER and John Gould | 'Psephotus Pulcherrimus' and 'Spathura Solstitalis' |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 175.28 | |
| 181 | after Joseph Franz von Goez | Eight sanguine engravings |
1784 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 182 | (Film) A large collection of original video release posters |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.56 | ||
| 183 | R. T. Pentreath | (Porthleven) Lithograph |
[thought to be printed c.1850's] | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 125.20 | |
| 184 | Cornish Tin and Copper Mining Interest A 19th Century engraving 'Shewing Part of the St Just United Mines' |
19th Century | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 25.04 | ||
| 185 | Wahre Abbildung der Machtigen Seeschlacht, so sich zwischen den Hispanischen und Hollandischen Schiffarmata in den Duynen den 21 Octobris 1639 |
Frankfurt | [c.1648] | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 56.34 | |
| 186 | Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan Bouveret | Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus |
London, Paris, Berlin, New York | 1900 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 187 | William Hole after Christopher Saxton | Glamorgan Comitatus qui olim pars Silurum |
c.1610 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 188 | Harry Clarke | (Signed and Inscribed) Ephemera |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 1,252.00 | |
| 189 | Duff Cooper | (Horatio) The Toast of the Immortal Memory of Quintus Horatius Flaccus |
[1937] | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 87.64 | |
| 190 | Charles W.[alter] Berry | (Pre-Published Typescript) The Round Table. Arthur. A Conversation between two Knights if The Round Table Club |
1930 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 150.24 | |
| 191 | Emile Zola and Arthur Symons (trans). | (Signed) 'L'Assomoir' |
London | 1928 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 112.68 |
| 192 | Charles Walter Berry | (Wine) Viniana |
London | 1929 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 237.88 |
| 193 | (Art Reference, Book Design, Nouveau &c. &c,) A large collection of works |
[c.2014] | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 125.20 | ||
| 194 | Jessie M. King designs Album von Berlin |
Berlin | 1899 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 195 | Hans Looschen design Album Von Berlin |
Berlin | [1904] | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 25.04 | |
| 196 | (WWI. Signed Presentation Copy) The Salient, the Somme, and Arras. Leaves from the Diary of a Bumble Bee, 1915-1917 |
London | [c.1917] | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 200.32 | |
| 197 | Hugh MacDiarmid | (Poetry) Twelve works |
London | 1978 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 50.08 |
| 198 | [Thomas Hogg] | Ettrick Shepherd and D.O. Hill Tales and Sketches |
Glasgow | [c.1840] | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 125.20 |
| 199 | (Scottish Verse) Gavin Douglas Virgil's Aeneis, Translated into Scottish Verse |
Edinburgh | 1710 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 137.72 |
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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.