Grays Auctioneers: A Library of Curiosities - Part 2
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | A Library of Curiosities - Part 2 | Total Sales (USD) | 37,381.25 |
| Auction Date | November 08, 2025 - November 08, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 31,880.00 |
| Sale Number | #20948 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 51,890.00 |
| Total Lots | 99 | ||
| Sold Lots | 71.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 108,960.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 71.72% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 169,460.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 28 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 22.06% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista (1485-1557). | Delle Navigationi et Viaggi. |
l'anno MDLXV [1565]. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 21 | COOK, James (1728-1779). | A Voyage Towards the South Pole. First Edition. |
MDCCLXXVII [1777]. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 64 | PEACHAM, Henry, approximately 1576-approximately 1643. | The Compleat Gentleman: |
1634 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 63 | PAYNE, John, active 1800. | A new and complete system of universal geography; |
1798[-1800]. | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 9 | BARROW, Isaac, 1630-1677. | Geometrical Lectures : explaining the generation, nature and properties of curve lines, read in the University of Cambridge by Isaac Barrow ; Spine title: Barrow's Lectures |
MDCCXXXV [1735]. | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 16 | BUDGE, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934. | The Book of the Dead : Facsimile of the papyrus of Ani in the British Museum: |
1894 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 5 | ANSON, George Anson (1697-1762). | A Voyage Round the World. First Edition. |
MDCCXLVIII [1748]. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 51 | MOORE, John Hamilton (1738-1807). | Moore's Voyages. First Edition. |
[1785?] | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 27 | FRANKLIN, John (1786-1847). | Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea. First Edition. |
MDCCCXXIII. [1823] | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 812.50 |
| 1 | ADAMS, George (1750-1795). | Essays on the Microscope. |
M. DCC. LXXXVII. [1787]. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 3 | AGRICOLA, Georg, 1494-1555. | Georgius Agricola De re metallica translated from the first Latin edition of 1556, |
1912 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 34 | GREGG, Josiah, 1806-1850. | Commerce of the Prairies ; |
MDCCCXLIV [1844]. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 8 | BAKER, Henry, 1698-1774. | Of Microscopes, and the Discoveries made thereby, by Henry Baker ; Volume 1: Fourth Edition (1754) Volume 2: First Edition (1753) |
[1753-1754] | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 73 | SANDYS, George, 1578-1644. | Sandys Travailes |
1658 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 40 | HOOPER, William (MD). | Rational Recreations : |
MDCCLXXIV [1774] | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 61 | PAPACINO d'Antoni, Alessandro Vittorio, 1714-1786. | A Treatise on Gun-Powder |
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 77 | SMYTHS, C. Piazzi, (Charles Piazzi), 1819-1900. | Life and Work at the Great Pyramid during the months of January, February, March, and April, A.D. 1865 Spine title: The Great Pyramid |
1867 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 69 | PRIESTLEY, Joseph, 1733-1804. | Experiments and observations on different kinds of air, by Joseph Priestley. |
1775-1779. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 468.75 |
| 33 | GRAVESANDE, Willem Jacob 's, 1688-1742. | Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy confirmed by experiments, or An introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy, written in Latin by William James's Gravesande ; |
MDCCXX [1720]. | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 78 | SOLLEYSEL, Jacques de, 1617-1680. | The compleat horseman |
MDCXCVI. [1696]. | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 79 | SPENCER, John (1630-1693). | A Discourse Concerning Prodigies. The Second Edition. Bound with a Discourse Concerning Vulgar Prophecies. |
1665 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 92 | A Blowpipe Apparatus and Four Books Pertaining to Blowpipes, 19th Century |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 375.00 | ||
| 44 | LALLEMAND, Henri (1809-1892). | A Treatise on Artillery. |
1820 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 90A | YATES, William Holt, 1802-1874, | The Modern History and Condition of Egypt, its Climate, Diseases,and Capabilities...., with an Account of the Proceedings of Mohammed Ali Pascha from 1801 - 1843. |
1843 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 22 | CRAMER, Johann Andreas, 1710-1777. | Elements of the Art of Assaying Metals. : In two parts. |
MDCCLXIV. [1764]. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 312.50 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
