Bloomsbury Auctions: Horological Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Horological Books | Total Sales (GBP) | 26,174.00 |
| Auction Date | March 11, 2014 - March 11, 2014 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 15,980.00 |
| Sale Number | #13745 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 22,720.00 |
| Total Lots | 54 | ||
| Sold Lots | 52.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 17,130.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 96.30% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 24,320.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 107.62% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | An early Victorian 12 inch library table globe G. & J |
1841 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,224.00 | |
| 7 | Blagrave (John) | The Mathematical Jewel, |
1585 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,612.00 |
| 4 | Balthasar (Theodor) | Micrometria, |
1710 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,178.00 |
| 34 | Line (Francis), "Francis Hall". | Explicatio horologii in horto regio Londini in Anglia an.1669. erecti, |
1673 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 992.00 |
| 51 | Welper (Eberhard) | Neu-vermehrte Welperische Gnomonica |
1708 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 992.00 |
| 14 | Collins (John) | The Sector on a Quadrant, |
1658 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 930.00 |
| 24 | Huldeberg (Daniel Erasmus von) | Opuscula iuventutis mathematica curiosa..., |
1710 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 868.00 |
| 37 | Morgan (Sylvanus) | Horologiographia optica. Dialling Universall and Particular: Speculative and Practicall, |
1652 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 806.00 |
| 1 | Amontons (Guillaume) | Remarques et Experiences Phisiques sur la Construction d'une Nouvelle Clepsidre sur les Barometres, |
1695 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 744.00 |
| 11 | Brown (John) | The Description and Use of the Trianguler-Quadrant: |
1671 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 682.00 |
| 32 | Leybourn (William) | Dialing: Plain, Concave, Convex, Projective, Reflective, Refractive. |
1682 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 682.00 |
| 3 | Baillie (G.H.) | Watches: Their History, Decoration and Mechanism, |
1929 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 620.00 |
| 17 | Desargues (Gerard) | Universal Way of Dyaling, |
1659 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 620.00 |
| 20 | Gunter (Edmund) | The Works... |
1673 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 620.00 |
| 23 | Holwell (John) | Clavis Horologiae; |
1686 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 620.00 |
| 22 | Higton (Hester) | Sundials at Greenwich, |
2002 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 558.00 |
| 31 | Leutmann (Johann George) | Vollständige Nachricht von den Uhren |
1732-22. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 521.00 |
| 43 | Sédillot (L.A.) | Mémoire sur les Instruments Astronomiques des Arabes, |
1834 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 521.00 |
| 55 | Zwicker (Christoff) | Compendium horologico-sciotericum et geometricum |
1660 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 521.00 |
| 6 | Bion (Nicolas) | Neu-eröffnete Mathematische Werck-Schule, |
1741 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 496.00 |
| 8 | Blagrave (John) | The Art of Dyalling |
1609 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 496.00 |
| 44 | The Cycle of Celestial Objects continued at the Hartwell Observatory to 1859 |
1941 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 496.00 | |
| 29 | La Hire (Philippe de) | La Gnomonique ou Methodes Universelles pour tracer des Horloges Solaires |
1698 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 434.00 |
| 2 | Antiquarian Horological Society. | Antiquarian Horology and the Proceedings of the Antiquarian Horological Society, |
1953-2005 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 397.00 |
| 19 | Gallucci (Giovanni Paolo) | Della Fabrica, & Uso del Novo Horologio Universale ad Ogni Latitudine..., |
1590 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 397.00 |
![<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.")
