Lay's Auctioneers: The Contents of a Gentleman's Town house, 12926, Cornwall
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | George Clement Boase and William Prideaux Courtney | Bibliotheca Cornubiensis |
London | 1874-1882 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 181 | Richard Carew The Survey of Cornwall |
London | 1769 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 182 | (Cornwall) Two scarce family histories |
London | 1901 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 183 | (William Penaluna Publisher) Fortescue Hitchins and Samuel Drew | The History of Cornwall |
Helston | 1824 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 184 | (Bindings) Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland |
Edinburgh | [c.1900]. | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 185 | (Cornwall) John Whitaker | The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall, Historically Surveyed |
London | 1804 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 186 | [Francis Charles Hingston] | Specimens of Ancient Cornish Crosses, Fonts, etc |
London | 1850 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 187 | G. B. Worgan | General View of the Agriculture of the County of Cornwall. Drawn Up and Published by Or |
London | 1811 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 188 | (Cornwall) Sixteen works |
London | 1935 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 189 | (Cornwall) Charles Henderson Six works |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |||
| 190 | (Cornwall) Twenty works |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |||
| 191 | (Cornwall) Two works 'Magna Britannia......Cornwall,' |
London | 1720 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 192 | (Redruth) Five works |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |||
| 193 | (Cornwall) Five works |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |||
| 194 | William Pryce | (Kernewek) Archaelogica Cornu-Britannica |
London Exeter | 1790 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | Unknown |
| 195 | Robert Williams | (Kernewek)Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum |
London | 1865 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 196 | (Kernewek) Four works |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Unknown | |||
| 197 | Davies Gilbert | (Cornwall) The Parochial History of Cornwall, Founded on the Manuscript Histories of |
London | 1838 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 198 | R. Polwhele | (Cornwall) The History of Cornwall |
London | 1803, 1816 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | Unknown |
| 199 | Sir Joihn MacLean | (Cornwall) The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor, in the |
London | 1873-79 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 200 | Joseph Polsue compiler | (Cornwall) A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall |
London: | 1867-1872 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 201 | Edward Lhuyd | (Linguistics) Archaeologia Britannica |
Oxford | 1707 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | Unknown |
| 202 | William Borlase | (Cornwall) William Borlase Two works |
Oxford | 1758 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 203 | [George Harbin] | The Hereditary Right of the Crown of England Asserted |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 204 | Edward Gibbon | (Armorial Binding) The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire |
1791 - 1797 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df7dd9ac-f0d0-4cb3-a44d-2731758530e4.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c40bad29-8cb5-4347-a0fd-5361d39e84a5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b7fdee12-4803-4d32-9330-a5729091cb92.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a06cc0dd-7619-45e9-b155-5ad75ed7b2e5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7f9e9df2-b83a-40aa-a1b7-a535a02705d5.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1832c377-f148-4e66-ba22-33bef01d81a7.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df958814-0689-4876-8b73-cfe5c0c6ad24.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for <i>Belshazzar’s Feast,</i> [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5ac2876b-2794-47d3-9df7-c4a002016bd6.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for <i>Belshazzar’s Feast,</i> [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000")
