Christies: Books, including Science & Natural History
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books, including Science & Natural History | Total Sales (GBP) | 2,503,375.00 |
| Auction Date | December 11, 2019 - December 11, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 1,375,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #17706 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 2,037,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 176 | ||
| Sold Lots | 125 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 1,758,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 71.02% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 2,613,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 51 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 95.80% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 284 | VALTURIUS, Robertus (1413-84). | De re militari. |
1472 | GBP 170,000.00 - 250,000.00 | GBP 275,000.00 |
| 339 | [LOVELACE, Augusta Ada King, Countess of (1815-1852, translator)] – MENABREA, Luigi Federico (1809-1896). | 'Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage... with notes by the translator'. Offprint from Scientific Memoirs. Vol. 3 (1843). |
1843 | GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | GBP 212,500.00 |
| 313 | ROBERTS, David (1796-1864, artist) and George CROLY (1780-1860). | The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia. |
1842-1849. | GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | GBP 125,000.00 |
| 321 | SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. |
1776 | GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | GBP 112,500.00 |
| 335 | HARRISON, John (bap. 1693-1776). | A Narrative of the Proceedings Relative to the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea. |
1765 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 87,500.00 |
| 324 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)]. | Pride and Prejudice. |
1813 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 62,500.00 |
| 280 | REGIOMONTANUS (Johannes MÜLLER, 1436-76) and Georgius PURBACHIUS (1423-61). | Epitoma in Almagestum Ptolemaei. Edited by Caspar Grosch and Stephan Römer. |
31 August 1496. | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 60,000.00 |
| 325 | BURNS, Robert (1759-1796). | Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. |
1786 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 56,250.00 |
| 305 | LE HAY, Jacques (c.1645-c.1713) –[Charles de FERRIOL (1652-1722)]. | Recueil de Cent Estampes representant differentes Nations du Levant, gravées sur les Tableaux peints d'après Nature en 1707 & 1708. |
1714 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 52,500.00 |
| 217 | BREVIARY, for the use of the Carmelites, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
c.1457] | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 47,500.00 | |
| 375 | ROWLING, J.K. (b. 1965). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. |
1997 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 47,500.00 | |
| 262 | HISTORY OF CINEMA. Animal Farm (1954), an animation archive from the Halas and Batchelor studios, |
[c.1954] | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 43,750.00 | |
| 277 | [MELANCHTHON, Philip (1497-1560), annotator]. PINDAR. | Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. Ed. Petrus Brubach. |
1542 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 40,000.00 |
| 294 | DOPPELMAYR, Johann Gabriel (1671-1750). | Atlas coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis. |
1742 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 40,000.00 |
| 361 | FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964). | Live and Let Die. |
1954 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 40,000.00 |
| 376 | TURING, Alan Mathison (1912-1954). | 'Systems of logic based on ordinals.' Offprint from Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society ser. 2 vol. 45. |
1939 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 40,000.00 |
| 236 | HOOKE, Robert (1635-1703). | Autograph manuscript signed (‘Rob: Hooke’), a surveyor’s report, |
4 July 1670. | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 37,500.00 |
| 248 | NIETZSCHE, Friedrich (1844-1900). | Autograph letter signed (‘Dr Friedrich Nietzsche’) to |
16 December 1876. | GBP 15,000.00 - 22,000.00 | GBP 37,500.00 |
| 265 | ARISTOPHANES (c.450 - c.385 B.C.). | Comoediae Novem [in Greek. With the Scholia. Edited by Marcus Musurus (c.1470-1517)]. |
15 July 1498. | GBP 16,000.00 - 22,000.00 | GBP 35,000.00 |
| 279 | POLO, Marco (1254-1324). | Marco Polo venetiano. In cui si tratta le meravigliose cose del mondo per lui vedute. |
[1555]. | GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 35,000.00 |
| 356 | TASSO, Torquato. | La Gerusalemme liberata, con le figure di Giambatista Piazzetta. |
1745 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 35,000.00 |
| 300 | HAYES, Charles (1772-1826). | Ornithological watercolours. |
1808-1813. | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 32,500.00 |
| 218 | BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
1460s] | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 31,250.00 | |
| 343 | MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard (1830-1904). | Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. 1872-1885. |
1887 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 31,250.00 |
| 329 | DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). | The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication ... Second edition, revised, fourth thousand. |
1875 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 30,000.00 |
