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Auction Name: Philosophy, Religion, The Arts Modern Firsts, Entomology and more
Auction Date: 02/22/2026 - 02/22/2026
Sale Number: #A175
Total Lots: 401
Sold Lots: 183.0
Lots Sold: 45.64%
Unsold Lots: 218

Total Sales (AUD): 40,176.40
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD): 47,135.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD): 66,950.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD): 111,565.00
High Estimate of All Lots (AUD): 155,610.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 25.82%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
85	William Jardine	The Naturalist Library	1835	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 2,413.00
334		Rossiiskii Imperatorskii Flot (The Russian Imperial Fleet)	1916	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 2,159.00
36	Arthur Upfield	The Bone Is Pointed by Arthur Upfield	1938	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,905.00
80	John Milton	Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton	1738	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 889.00
231		Landscape Scenery Illustrating Sydney, Paramatta, Richmond, Maitland, Windsor, and Port Jackson, New South Wales 1855	1855	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 825.50
120		Glimpses pf Bendigo	N/A	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 762.00
87	C.J. Dennis	Roundabout	1935	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
25		Concordantiae Maiores Sacrorum Bibliorum innumeris mendis iam recens repurgatae... [bound with] Concordantiae quarundam indeclinabilium diction in Bibliius contentarum, secundum ordinem pagina sequenti descriptum...	1540	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00	AUD 635.00
133		Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes par Rene Antoine Ferchault Reaumur	1737	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
236	Amin Jaffer	Furniture From British India and Ceylon - A Catalogue of The Collections in The Victoria and Albert Museum and The Peabody Essex Museum	2001	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 571.50
380	Ian Fleming	You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming	1964	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 571.50
17	Ian Fleming	Thunderball by Ian Fleming	1961	AUD 900.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 571.50
51		Sydney Harbour Trust, Port of Sydney, New South Wales 1913	1913	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 571.50
16	Ian Fleming	On Her Majesty's Secret Service	1963	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 539.75
323		A large bronze replica of Camille Claudel's "Abandonment" (1905)	-1905	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 539.75
68		Delightful Stories for Good Children	1804	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 508.00
392		Queensland Government Parliamentary Papers concerning Queensland gold fields	N/A	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 508.00
113	Henry Rosales	Essay on the origin and distribution of Gold in Quartz Veins and its association with other minerals and on the most improved methods of extracting gold from its matrices	1861	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 412.75
332		1) Jacob Van Ruisdael: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings	2001	AUD 650.00 - 750.00	AUD 412.75
97	James Hervey	Meditations and Contemplations	1779	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75

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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.