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
126	Sir Charles Eliot	Letters From the Far East by Sir Charles Eliot	London	1907	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
127		Autobiography of the Rev. Joseph Townsend...		1865	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
128	Thomas Williams	Memoir of James Wood including Notices of other Members of his family	Geelong	1883	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 165.10
129	Fred T Whitington, editor	Augustus Short: First Bishop of Adelaide A Chapter of Colonial Church History	Adelaide	1887	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
130	FO Morris	A history of British Butterflies by FO Morris	Groombridge in London	1864	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
131		Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds		N/A	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
132		A Story of Patagonia by John Locke Blake with foreword by William Marsden		2003	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
133		Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes par Rene Antoine Ferchault Reaumur		1737	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
134	Hilary Mantel	The Mirror & the Light	London	2020	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
135		A collection of Safari Photography - Big Cats		2007	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
136		Three volumes from the US Department of Agricultural Entomology		1885-1900	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
137	Pascal	A little collection of books showing the Impact of humans on nature mostly in Eurasia	Viking	1990	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
138	Delius et al.	African Archaeology		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
139		Artificial Limb Centre Poona Pamphlet		circa 1957	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
140	John Ruskin, editor	Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats		1885	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
141		Australian Natural History Four books		1954	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
142		Lettres a Julie sur l'entomologie, suivies d'une description methodique de la plus grande partie des insectes de France par ME Mulsant		1830	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
143		Three volumes from the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales		1890	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
144		Russia and the Soviet Union History		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
145	Andy Ngo	A little bundle of books showing the history of the United States of America		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
146	Mark Johnson	Five books on Australians at War		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
147		A shelf of European history books		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
148		Journalism in Australia		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
149		Theocritos The Complete Poems	London	1929	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 349.25
150		The Insects of Australia - A Textbook for Students and Research Workers		1970	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50

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.