Grays Auctioneers: From the Library to the Laboratory, 22885, Cleveland,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 08, 2026 - April 08, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Set of books on Amazon, Panama, and Brazil. |
N/A | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | ||
| 3 | AMEDEO, Luigi. | On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea. |
New York | 1903 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 5 | AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. |
Philadelphia | 1804 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 8 | BACON, Francis. | Resuscitatio, or, bringing into the publick light several pieces of the works. |
London | 1661 and 1657. | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 9 | Set of books on morals |
N/A | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown | ||
| 10 | BENERMAN & WILSON. | The Magic Lantern, bound periodical. |
Philadelphia | 1874-1875. | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 16 | The Memoirs of Sign. Gaudentio di Lucca. |
Dublin | MDCCLII [1752]. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 17 | Japanese science, engineering, and architecture textbooks. |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 19 | Set of English Architecture books |
N/A | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown | ||
| 21 | BOLLES, Albert. | Industrial History of the United States. |
Norwich | 1879 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown |
| 24 | BURTON, William. | The Cyclopaedia of Wit and Humor. |
New York | 1858 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 25 | Telegraph, Telephone, and Electric Lamps. Various authors. |
New York | 1863 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 27 | CHAPTAL Jean-Antoine. | Elements of Chemistry. |
Philadelphia | 1807 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 30 | CLEVELAND, Horace. | Hints to Riflemen |
New York | 1864 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 31 | CLARKE, G. Sydenham. | Fortification: Its Past Achievements, Recent Development, and Future Progress. |
London | 1890 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 32 | COQUILHAT, Casimir-Erasme | (SIGNED). Cours elementaire. |
Liege | 1855, 1856 and 1858. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 34 | CORNWALLIS, Charles. | An Answer to that part of the narrative. |
London | MDCCLXXXIII [1783]. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 35 | DAVIS, G.B. | The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. |
New York | 1983 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 37 | DAVY, John. | The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy. |
London | 1839 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 38 | DERVOORT, J. W., | The Water World, AND BEEBE, William, Half Mile Down. |
Cincinnati | 1888 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 39 | DIDION, Isidore. | Traite de balistique. |
Paris | 1860 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 40 | Set of books on Native Americans, with Magic Lantern Slides. |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
| 41 | EDWARDS, George Wharton. | Spain |
1926 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 42 | Set of books on the Alps. |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 44 | EMERSON, William. | A System of Astronomy. |
London | MDCCLXIX [1769]. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.