Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Books from the Library of the late Brian Findlay
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Online Sale: Books from the Library of the late Brian Findlay | Total Sales (GBP) | 168,731.25 |
| Auction Date | January 21, 2021 - January 21, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 42,250.00 |
| Sale Number | #2186 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 59,450.00 |
| Total Lots | 216 | ||
| Sold Lots | 216 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 42,250.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 59,450.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 283.82% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 137 | Bible, English.- The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Translated out of the Latin Vulgat by John Wiclif |
1731 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 15,000.00 | |
| 1 | Dante Alighieri. | Dante col sito, et forma dell'Inferno tratta dalla istessa descrittione del poeta |
1515 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 8,125.00 |
| 77 | Book of Common Prayer, Greek. Biblos t?s d?mosias euch?s |
1665 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 3,750.00 | |
| 15 | Calvin (John) | A Harmonie Upon the Three Evangelists |
1584 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 3,500.00 |
| 69 | [Prynne (William)] | Richard the Third Revived |
1657 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 3,250.00 |
| 147 | Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) | The Metaphysics of Sir Isaac Newton: or, a Compairson Between the Opinions of Sir Isaac Newton and Mr. Leibnitz |
1747 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 3,000.00 |
| 46 | Wither (George) | A collection of emblemes |
1635 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,250.00 |
| 74 | Durel (John) | A View of the Government and Publick Worship of God In the Reformed Churches beyond the Seas |
1662 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 2,250.00 |
| 41 | Ovid. | Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished |
1632 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,125.00 |
| 80 | Laud (William, Archbishop) | A Summarie of Devotions… |
1667 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,125.00 |
| 76 | Homer. | Homeri Odyssea cum interpretatione Lat. ad verbum |
1664 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,000.00 |
| 207 | Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) | A History of the University of Cambridge |
1815 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 2,000.00 |
| 17 | Camden (William) | Britannia siue Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ |
1590 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 106 | Andrewes (Lancelot) | A Manual of the Private Devotions and Meditations |
1692 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 120 | Antoninus (Augustus) | Iter Britanniarum |
1709 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 91 | Sandys (George) | A Paraphrase Upon the Divine Poems |
1676 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,750.00 |
| 23 | Wotton (Anthony) | A Defence of M. Perkins Booke, called A Reformed Catholicke |
1606 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,625.00 |
| 12 | Demosthenes. | The Three Orations of Demosthenes |
1570 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 31 | Seneca (Lucius Annaeus) | Workes |
[1620] | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 62 | Fuller (Thomas) | A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the confines thereof, with the history of the Old and New Testament acted thereon |
1650 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 88 | Twisden (Sir Roger) | An Historical Vindication of the Church of England In point of Schism |
1675 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
| 114 | Ray (John) | The Wisdom of God manifested in the Works of the Creation |
1701 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
| 134 | Locke (John) | Two Treatises of Government |
1728 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
| 10 | Bible, English.- The whole booke of Psalmes |
1565 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,250.00 | |
| 14 | Morel (Guillaume) | Verborum latinorum cum graecis anglicisque coniunctorum |
1583 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
