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
351	STEINBECK, John	East of Eden	London	1952	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 285.75
352	Herbert Ernest Bates	Three books		May (1958)	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
353		The Pen Drawings of Norman Lindsay	Sydney	1918	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
354	McCARTHY, Cormac	The Crossing	New York	1994	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
355	HILL, Ernestine	The Territory	Sydney	1951	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
356	WILLIAMSON, Henry	Three books from the author of 'Tarka the Otter', detailing nature life in Britain amongst autobiographical themes	London	1948	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
357	Salman Rushdie	Two first editions	New York	1987	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
358	E.J. Banfield	The Confessions of A Beachcomber - Scenes and Incidents in the Career of An Unprofessional Beachcomber in Tropical Queensland by E.J. Banfield		1910	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
359		Four Australian Unit History Books		2011	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
360		An interesting box of Australiana		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
361		Three books about Walter Burley Griffin		2002	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
362		Ten books about Sydney History		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
363	Mark Bence-Jones	A Guide to Irish Country Houses by Mark Bence-Jones		1996	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
364	Jon Lang, Madhavi Desai and Miki Desai	1) Architecture & Independence - The Search For Identity - India 1880 to 1990 by Jon Lang, Madhavi Desai and Miki Desai		1997	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
365		Ten books about Architecture. Hardback and Paperback		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
366		Insect Life by JH Fabre. Translated from the French by the author of 'Mademoiselle Mori' [i.e., Margaret Roberts]		1901	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
367		Sydney Birds Eye View modern facsimile(c2000) originally from the Sydney Illustrated News 1890, in very good condition		1890	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
368	Joanne Goedartio [Johannes Goedaert]	Metamorphosis Et Historia Naturalis Insectorum by Joanne Goedartio [Johannes Goedaert]	Medioburgi [Middelburg]	1662	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
369		Buffon's Natural History of Birds, Fish, Insects and Reptiles	London	1798	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
370		Insectem volume Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte		(1758-1811)	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
371	Noel Antoine Pluch	Spectacle de la Nature, or Nature Delineated	London	1744	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
372		Friedrich Christian Lessers	Franckfurt	1738	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
373		Manuel De La Faune De Belgique: Insects Inferieurs par Aug Lameere		1900	AUD 120.00 - 160.00	Not Sold
374	P. Rambur	Histoire Naturelle des Insectes	Paris	1842	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
375	Carl Johan Schoenherr (1772-1848)	Curculionidum dispositio methodica, cum generum characteribus, descriptionibus atque observationibus variis, seu Prodromus ad Synonymiae, insectorum partem IV	Lipsiae	1826	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold

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.