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
226		17 Old Books		19th century	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
227		15 Australiana books		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
228		Report from the Joint Committee of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly upon Aborigines Welfare		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
229		A lot of Queensland Parliamentary Papers		1892	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
230		Encyclopaedia of Psocoptera in China		2002	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
231		Landscape Scenery Illustrating Sydney, Paramatta, Richmond, Maitland, Windsor, and Port Jackson, New South Wales 1855		1855	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 825.50
232	James Gleeson	Beyond the screen of sight by Lou Klepac With contributions by Geoffrey Smith, Ken Wach, Renee Free and Bruce James	Sydney	2004	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
233	Alan Davies	An Eye For Photography: The Camera In Australia by Alan Davies	Melbourne	2004	AUD 750.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
234	Noris Ioannou	The Barossa Folk - Germanic Furniture and Craft Traditions in Australia		1995	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 127.00
235	John J. Taylor	Between Devotion and Design - The Architecture of John Cyril Hawes 1876-1956		2020	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
236	Amin Jaffer	Furniture From British India and Ceylon - A Catalogue of The Collections in The Victoria and Albert Museum and The Peabody Essex Museum		2001	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 571.50
237	David J Mabberley	Botanical Revelation - European encounters with Australian plants before Darwin		2019	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
238	Meg Stewart	Margaret Coen - a passion for painting		1997	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 88.90
239	Lin Bloomfield	The Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay	North Sydney	1998	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
240	Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson	Australian Furniture Pictorial History and Dictionary 1788 - 1938 by Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson	Sydney	1998	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 215.90
241	Mark R. Cabouret	Out from the shadows. John Mitchell Cantle 1849 - 1919 : Australia's first native-born ornithological draughtsman		2023	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 203.20
242	Ian C. Bristow	Architectural Colour In British Interiors 1615-1840		1996	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
243	Kevin Fahy etc.	Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950		2004	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
244	Ian C. Bristow	Interior House-Painting Colours and Technology 1615-1840		1996	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
245	J. R. Tanner, editor	Further Correspondence of Samuel Pepys 1662-1703		1929	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 127.00
246		Sydney Harbour Bridge Official Souvenir and Programme		1932	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
247		1) The Municipal Council of Sydney "Vade Mecum" 1938		1938	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
248	Fred Turner, editor	Anderson's Manual of The Glower Garden and Shrubbery		no date c1900	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
249		Flowers From The Holy Land		1889	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
250	Lord Macaulay	Lays of Ancient Rome: With Ivry and the Armada		1912	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90

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.