PBA Galleries: Rare and Antiquarian Books, 861, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 16, 2026 - April 16, 2026

Page Size: 371 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	de Groot, J.J.M.	Sectarianism and Religious Persecution in China	Amsterdam	1903-1904	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
52	[Mason, George Henry]	The Punishments of China	London	[1834]	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
53	Mennie, Donald, photographer	China North and South: A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings	Shanghai	[c. 1928]	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
54	Mennie, Donald, photographer	China North and South: A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings	Shanghai	[c. 1920]	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
55	Mennie, Donald, photographer	Pageant of Peking	Shanghai	[1921]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
56	Mennie, Donald, photographer	Pictures of Peking (Series Three): A Collection of Artistic Studies Reproduced in Vandyck Photogravures Illustrating the Picturesque Aspect of the Historic City	Shanghai	c.1920	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
57	Mennie, Donald, photographer	Picturesque China: A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings	Shanghai	c.1920	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
58		Scenic China: Series VI. T'ai Shan [with] Series VIII. Tomb and Temple of Confucius	Shanghai	1916	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
59	Segalen, Victor, Gilbert de Voisins, and Jean Lartigue	Mission Archeologique en Chine (1914 et 1917)	Paris	1923-1924	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
60	Swallow, R.W.	Sidelights on Peking Life	Peking [i.e. Beijing]	1927	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
61		Views of China P.P.I.E.		1915	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
62	Waley, Arthur	The Book of Songs: Translated from the Chinese	London	[1937]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
63		中國名勝. Views of China: Presented by the Chinese Business Party as a Memento of Their Visit to U.S.A.	Shanghai	1915	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
64		The Book of Common Prayer; and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of Ireland...	Dublin	1779	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
65	Cicero, Marcus Tullius	Opera. Cum Delectu Commentariorum	Paris	1740-1742	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
66	Cicero, Marcus Tullius	Orationes diligentius recognite, & aptiore serie reposite...	Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]	1522	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
67	Goethe, [Johann Wolfgang von]	Faust	New York	[1925]	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
68	Amar, Jon. Aug.; Boissonade, Jo. Fr., editors	Scriptores Latini Principes [with] Poetarum Graecorum Sylloge	Paris	[1823-1831]	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
69	Cobbett, William	The American Gardener; or, A Treatise [with] A Year's Residence in the United States of America	London	1821; 1828	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
70	Cobbett, William	Porcupine's Works; Containing Various Writings and Selections, Exhibiting a Faithful Picture of the United States of America; of their Governments, Laws, Politics and Resources...	London	May 1801	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
71	Cobbett, William	Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford...[with] Cobbett's England: A Selection from the Writings of William Cobbett	London	1893; 1968	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
72	Cobbett, William	Thirteen Sermons [with] Cottage Economy [and] Cottage Economy	New York; London	1844; 1850; 1916	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
73	Cobbett, William	The Works of Peter Porcupine [with] Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine	Philadelphia; London	1796; 1927	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
74	Cruikshank, George	Ten hand-colored etchings signed and dated by Cruikshank	London	1828-1829	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
75	Davila, Henrico Caterino	The History of the Civil Wars of France	London	1647	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown

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.