Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Philosophy, Religion, The Arts Modern Firsts, Entomology and more, A175, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 22, 2026 - February 22, 2026

Page Size: 401 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Charles P. Mountford	Nomads of the Australian Desert by Charles P. Mountford	Adelaide	1976	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
2	BERNARD, M. Claude	Lecons sur les effets des substances toxiques et medicamenteuses	Paris	1857	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
3	PELLEGRINI, Marco Antonio	De Fideicommissis Praesertim Universalibus, Tractatus Frequentissimus	Venice	1595	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
4		An entirely original and complete issue of The Sydney Herald		Monday February 10, 1834	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
5		1) The Sydney Herald Thursday April 17 1834		Thursday April 17 1834	AUD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
6	PUZOS, Nicolas	Traite des Accouchemens contenant des observations importantes sur la pratique de cet Art; deux petits traites; l'un, sur quelques maladies de la Matrice; & l'autre sur les maladies des Enfans du premier age...	Paris	1759	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
7	DE LA FAYE, Jorge	Principios de Cirugia	Madrid	1789	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
8		[BARTHOLOMAEI]. De Ieivnio Oratione et Eleemosyna Dialogi Quatuor by Camerarii Beneventani	Lutetiae (Paris)	1556	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
9	MANGILI, Giovanni Antonio	De evictionibus tractatus, In quo agitur de Materia contingente, nedum in Venditionibus, & Bonorum alienationibus in genere factis a personis priuatis...	Venice	1668	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
10	THACKERAY, William Makepeace	The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family	London	1854 & 1855	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
11		Sidney Nolan -- Australia	Sydney	1979	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
12	SCALIGER, Jacob	[MANILIUS] Astronomicon [bound with] Commentarius et Castigationes	Paris	1579	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
13	COLLINS, Wilkie	No Name	London	1862	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
14	BRACCIOLINI, Poggio	Poggii Florentini Oratoris Eloquentissimi ac Secretarii Apostolici Facetiarum Liber Accessit Lucii Philosophi Syri Comoedia Lepidissima, quae Asinus intitulatur, ab ipso e Graeco in Latinum traducta	Krakow	1592	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
15	A. A. Milne	When I Was Very Young by A. A. Milne	New York	1930	AUD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
16	Ian Fleming	On Her Majesty's Secret Service		1963	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 539.75
17	Ian Fleming	Thunderball by Ian Fleming	London	1961	AUD 900.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 571.50
18	Ian Fleming	Octopussy and The Living Daylights	London	1966	AUD 500.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 317.50
19	V H Ryan Director Intelligence & Tourist Bureau Adelaide	South Australia Handbook of Information for Settlers Tourists and Others		-1913	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
20		An excellent selection of books on the Australian army during the Vietnam War	Sydney	1988	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
21		An excellent selection of books on the Australian army during the Vietnam War	Mosman	1995	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
22	DAWSON, Warren	The Banks Letters. A calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum...	London	1958	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 228.60
23		Seven books on the Second World War, mostly octavo and hardcover in dust-jackets		1998	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
24		This document is titled "Despatch of Vice-Admiral de Robeck reporting the Landing of the Army on the Gallipoli Peninsula..."		on the 10th of November 1915	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
25		Concordantiae Maiores Sacrorum Bibliorum innumeris mendis iam recens repurgatae... [bound with] Concordantiae quarundam indeclinabilium diction in Bibliius contentarum, secundum ordinem pagina sequenti descriptum...	Lyon	1540	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00	AUD 635.00

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.