Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Easter Sale: History, Art, Illustrated books, Fine Bindings, Firsts, Signed books, Bookplates, 177, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 06, 2026 - April 06, 2026

Page Size: 499 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
452		Two Folio books. 1) A Majmuni Kodex. 2) Israel: Ancient Mosaics.		1980, 1960.	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
453		A bundle of different Simpsons Comics.		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
454		Simpsons Comics and Stories.		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
455	by Simon Schama	A History Of Britain (Three-Volume Set)	London	2001	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
456	by Eiji Yoshikawa. by Charles S Terry.	Musashi: An Epic Novel of Samurai Era. Translated from the Japanese		1981	AUD 80.00 - 150.00	Unknown
457		Twelve books published by Classics of Medicine Library.		N/A	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
458		Three books published by the Franklin Library.		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
459		Five first editions by Alison Lurie, and all have been signed by the author.	London	1984	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
460	LYELL, Sir Charles.	Principles of Geology or the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants…	London	1868	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
461		Brother Surgeons - A Novel by Garet Rogers.		1957	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
462	Edited by Grant Mossop and Irina Shetsen.	Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.		1994	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
463		Historical Aspects of The Neurosciences - A Festschrift for Macdonald Critchley by F. Clifford Rose and W.F. Bynum.		1982	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
464		Topography of the Thorax and Abdomen by Peter Potter.		1905	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
465		Antique Medical Instruments by Elisabeth Bennion.		1979	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
466		Treatise on Midwifery and The Diseases of Women and Children by A.I. Coffin.		1854	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
467		Advance Australia! An Account of Eight Years' Work, Wandering, and Amusement, In Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria by The Hon. Harold Finch-Hatton.		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
468		The Mutiny on board H.M.S. Bounty "And the Subsequent Voyage of a Part of the Crew in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, .... to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies" Narrative and Charts by Lieutenant William Bligh.		No date. 1900s.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
469		The Guardsman and Cupid's Daughter and Other Poems by Villiers David. The Decorations by John Austen.		1903	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
470		The Chaurapanchasika An Indian Love Lament.		1896	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
471		The Story of the Australian People by J.N. Rawling.		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
472		The Enemies of Books by William Blades. Revised and Enlarged by the Author.		1888	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
473	by R.A. McKay.	History of Printing in New Zealand 1830 to 1940.		c1940.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
474		Five books about the History of Medicine.		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
475		Two books about Medical Physics.		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
476		1) The History of the Sydney Hospital from 1811 to 1911 by J. Frederick Watson.		N/A	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	Unknown

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.