Forum Auctions: A fifth selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | A fifth selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library | Total Sales (GBP) | 300,125.70 |
| Auction Date | January 31, 2024 - January 31, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 172,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #1139 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 238,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 338 | ||
| Sold Lots | 221 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 237,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 65.38% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 329,650.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 117 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 91.04% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Coryate (Thomas) | Coryats Crudities |
1611 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 67 | Pare (Ambroise) | The Workes of that famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey |
1634 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 30 | Doheny copy.- Homer. | The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets, translated by George Chapman, |
[c.1612]. | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
| 65 | Donne (John) | Poems by J.D. with Elegies on the Authors Death |
1633 | GBP 9,000.00 - 11,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
| 189 | Milton (John) | Paradise Lost |
1669 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
| 26 | Augustine (Saint) | Of the Citie of God: with the Learned Comments of Jo. Lod. Vives, first English edition, |
1610 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 9 | Fale (Thomas) | Horologiographia. The Art of Dialling |
1593 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,300.00 |
| 219 | Boston Election-Day sermon.- Hubbard (William) | The Happiness of a People In the Wisdome of their Rulers Directing and in the Obedience of their Brethren Attending unto what Israel ought to do, |
1676 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,300.00 |
| 31 | Witchcraft.- Michaelis (Sebastien) | The Admirable Historie of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent woman. Seduced by a Magician that made her to become a Witch, |
1613 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 6,048.00 |
| 4 | Legh (Gerard) | The Accedens of Armory, third edition, coloured copy, |
1576 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 4,788.00 |
| 224 | Webster (John) | The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft |
1677 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 4,788.00 |
| 135 | Cavendish (Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle) | The Worlds Olio |
1655 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 4,410.00 |
| 37 | Levant.- Sandys (George) | A Relation of a Journey begun An: Dom: 1610 ... Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of AEgypt, of the Holy Land, of the Remote parts of Italy and Islands , |
1615 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,032.00 |
| 41 | Bacon (Sir Francis) | The Wisdome of the Ancients |
1619 | GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 4,032.00 |
| 53 | Taylor (John) | All The Workes, first collected edition, |
1630 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,032.00 |
| 127 | Plat (Sir Hugh) | The Jewel House of Art and Nature, [second edition], |
1653 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,780.00 |
| 308 | Robinson (Thomas) | The Anatomy of the Earth |
1694 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,528.00 |
| 85 | Harvey (William).- May (Edward) | A Most Certaine and True Relation of a Strange Monster or Serpent Found in the left Ventricle of the heart of John Pennant |
1639 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,276.00 |
| 113 | B[ulwer] (J[ohn]) | Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transform'd; or, the Artificial Changeling |
1650 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,276.00 |
| 187 | Distiller of London (The). Compiled and set forth... for the sole use of the Company of Distillers of London, |
1668 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | GBP 3,024.00 | |
| 12 | Turkey.- Knolles (Richard) | The Generall Historie of the Turkes |
1603 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 118 | M. (A.) | A Rich Closet of Physical Secrets, 2 parts in 1 |
1652 | GBP 900.00 - 1,100.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 228 | Birds.- Willughby (Francis) | The Ornithology... |
1678 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 272 | [Massaria (Alessandro)] | De Morbis Foemineis, The Womans Counsellour: or, The Feminine Physitian, fourth edition, |
1686 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 43 | Bacon (Sir Francis) | The Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall, |
1625 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 2,520.00 |
