• Auction 6853

    Valuable Printed Books & Manuscripts,incl.Natural History

    19 November 2003, London

    SALE TOTAL: 1,372,567 (GBP)
94 Lots for Sale 6853
Lot 3
INITIAL O, on the verso of a cutting with PAULINUS OF MILAN, Vita Sancti...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,361 - $2,041)

price realized
£3,107
($5,285)
Lot 4
VOW OF CHASTITY. Document signed with a mark by Elizabeth Galleworth, widow, in...

estimate
£500 - £800
($851 - $1,361)

price realized
£3,585
($6,098)
Lot 5
INITIAL D and BUTTERFLIES, decorated initial on a leaf from a Missal, in Latin,...

estimate
£500 - £800
($851 - $1,361)

price realized
£657
($1,118)
Lot 6
NATIVITY WITH MOSES AND THE BURNING BUSH, on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in...

estimate
£900 - £1,200
($1,531 - $2,041)

price realized
£1,434
($2,439)
Lot 7
FLIGHT INTO EGYPT, on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, ILLUMINATED...

estimate
£900 - £1,200
($1,531 - $2,041)

price realized
£1,135
($1,931)
Lot 8
ST CHRISTOPHER WITH THE CHRIST CHILD, on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin,...

estimate
£900 - £1,200
($1,531 - $2,041)

price realized
£1,554
($2,643)
Lot 9
FOUR LEAVES FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, use of Troyes, in Latin, ILLUMINATED...

estimate
£600 - £900
($1,021 - $1,531)

price realized
£837
($1,423)
Lot 10
THREE LEAVES FROM BOOKS OF HOURS, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,361 - $2,041)

price realized
£1,554
($2,643)
Lot 11
FUNERAL SERVICE, in an initial C cut from a Choirbook, in Latin, ILLUMINATED...

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($2,041 - $3,062)

price realized
£1,434
($2,439)
Lot 12
ASCENSION OF CHRIST, beside an initial I, cut from a Choirbook, ILLUMINATED...

estimate
£3,000 - £4,500
($5,103 - $7,655)

price realized
£11,950
($20,327)
Lot 13
CHRIST DESCENDING FROM THE MOUNTAIN AFTER THE TRANSFIGURATION in an initial V...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($17,010 - $25,515)

price realized
£11,950
($20,327)
Lot 14
GOSPEL LECTIONARY, in Greek, DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM

estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($51,030 - $85,050)

price realized
£38,240
($65,046)
Lot 15
GREGORY IX, POPE (c.1145-1241), Decretales Gregorii IX, with gloss of...

estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($25,515 - $34,020)

price realized
£22,705
($38,621)
Lot 16
LAMBERT OF AUXERRE (d.1270), Summa logicae, in Latin, ILLUMINATED...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($17,010 - $25,515)

price realized
£11,950
($20,327)
Lot 17
BOOK OF DANIEL, from a folio Bible, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,804 - $10,206)

price realized
£8,365
($14,229)
Lot 18
ANTIPHONAL OF SANTA MARIA SOPRA PORTA, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON...

estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($85,050 - $136,080)

price realized
£71,700
($121,962)
Lot 19
NEW TESTAMENT, with the Prologues attributed to St Jerome, in Latin, ...

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($11,907 - $17,010)

price realized
£15,535
($26,425)
Lot 21
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON...

estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($13,608 - $20,412)

price realized
£9,560
($16,262)
Lot 22
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Troyes, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON...

estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($85,050 - $136,080)

price realized
£65,725
($111,798)
Lot 24
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM

estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($85,050 - $136,080)

price realized
£53,775
($91,471)
Lot 27
PROCESSIONAL, for the use of the Dominican sisters of St Louis, Poissy, in...

estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($30,618 - $42,525)

price realized
£28,680
($48,785)
Lot 28
BLESSED ANGELA OF FOLIGNO (1248-1309): extracts from the Liber beatae...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,103 - $8,505)

price realized
£13,145
($22,360)
Lot 29
FESTAL LECTIONARY WITH INVITATORIES AND ANTIPHONS, for a church of St Barnabas,...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($8,505 - $13,608)

price realized
£8,365
($14,229)
Lot 30
SIMON TRIPPE (fl.1559-1581), Christianus Medicus, in Latin, MANUSCRIPT...

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($11,907 - $17,010)

price realized
£8,365
($14,229)
Lot 32
Come nell'occhio nostro se fa la visione, an optical treatise in...

estimate
£3,500 - £5,000
($5,954 - $8,505)

price realized
£4,183
($7,114)
Lot 33
JOHN, DUKE OF BEDFORD, BEFORE ST GEORGE, hand-coloured and gilded print on...

estimate
£200 - £300
($340 - $510)

price realized
£120
($203)
Lot 34
ANTICHRIST and THE FIFTEEN SIGNS, in Latin, French and Italian: Vita...

estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($25,515 - $34,020)

price realized
£22,705
($38,621)
Lot 36
De bene vivendi. Savona: Giuseppe Berruerio, 8 September 1523.

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($11,907 - $17,010)

price realized
£8,365
($14,229)
Lot 40
BRANT, Sebastian (1457-1521). Stultifera navis. Translated from German...

estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($13,608 - $20,412)

price realized
£8,963
($15,245)
Lot 42
BROWNING, Robert (1812-1889). Balaustion's Adventure: including A Transcript...

estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($3,062 - $4,253)

price realized
£2,032
($3,456)
Lot 43
CAESAR, Gaius Julius (100-44 B.C.). Commentarii. Venice: Nicolaus...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($17,010 - $25,515)

price realized
£19,120
($32,523)
Lot 44
CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B.C.). Der Teutsch Cicero. Translated by...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,402 - $5,103)

price realized
£2,151
($3,659)
Lot 45
Descrizione delle Feste Celebrate in Parma l'anno MDCCLXIX per le auguste...

estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($10,206 - $13,608)

price realized
£7,170
($12,196)
Lot 46
Le Dodici fatiche di Hercole. Florence: 'Sotto il Corridore di Sua...

estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($10,206 - $13,608)

price realized
£11,353
($19,311)
Lot 48
DONNE, John (1571 or 1572-1631). Poems by J.D. with Elegies on the Authors...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,402 - $5,103)

price realized
£11,353
($19,311)
Lot 49
DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Autograph manuscript signed (on title, 'A....

estimate
£30,000 - £40,000
($51,030 - $68,040)

price realized
£35,850
($60,981)
Lot 50
DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Autograph manuscript signed ('A. Conan...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,103 - $8,505)

price realized
£4,183
($7,114)
Lot 59
HORAE, use of Rome. Paris: Gilles Hardouin for Germain Hardouin, 9 August 1514.

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($17,010 - $25,515)

price realized
£15,535
($26,425)
Lot 60
HORAE, use of Rome, in Latin -- Hore divine virginis Marie, secundum usum...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,701 - $2,552)

price realized
£6,573
($11,180)
Lot 61
HYGINUS, Caius Julius (fl. 2nd century, attributed to). Poeticon...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($8,505 - $13,608)

price realized
£5,975
($10,163)
Lot 62
CARDOSO, Isaac Fernando (1604-1681). Las excelencias de los Hebreos....

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($4,253 - $5,954)

price realized
£2,988
($5,082)
Lot 64
COHEN DE LARA, David, son of Isaac (1602-1674). Tratado del temor divino,...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,402 - $5,103)

price realized
£2,868
($4,878)
Lot 66
MONTALTO, Filoteo Eliao de (1567-1616). Lettre d'Espagne presenté à la Royne...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,804 - $10,206)

price realized
£7,768
($13,213)
Lot 67
RIBEIRO SANCHEZ, Antonio (1699-1783). Tratado da conservaçaô de saude dos...

estimate
£500 - £1,000
($851 - $1,701)

price realized
£4,183
($7,114)
Lot 68
SARFATTI PINA, Josua (fl. 1651-1666). Soulagement pour les Marchands, de...

estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($34,020 - $51,030)

price realized
£27,485
($46,752)
Lot 71
LOBACHEVSKII, Nikolai Ivanovitch (1792-1856). Ob izchezanii...

estimate
£1,700 - £2,500
($2,892 - $4,253)

price realized
£2,032
($3,456)
Lot 73
LYCOSTHENES, Conrad (Conrad Wolffhart, 1518-61). Prodigiorum ac ostentorum...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,804 - $10,206)

price realized
£5,736
($9,757)
Lot 76
Officium beate Marie virginis secundum consuetudine Romane curie. Milan:...

estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($10,206 - $13,608)

price realized
£7,170
($12,196)
Lot 77
OROSIUS, Paulus (fl.414-417). Historiae adversus paganos. Edited by...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,000
($4,253 - $5,103)

price realized
£3,346
($5,692)
Lot 80
PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662). Les Pensées. Paris: Guillaume Desprez, [2...

estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($170,100 - $255,150)

price realized
£111,650
($189,917)
Lot 82
POPOV, Aleksandr Stepanovich (1859-1906). Pribor dlia obnaruzhenia i...

estimate
£1,700 - £2,500
($2,892 - $4,253)

price realized
£3,346
($5,692)
Lot 83
RÈ, Vincenzo dal (artist, d.1762) -- Narrazione delle solenni Reali feste...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,804 - $10,206)

price realized
£5,019
($8,537)
Lot 85
RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) -- Early 17th-century manuscript of verses by...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,402 - $5,103)

price realized
£3,585
($6,098)
Lot 86
La Spagna Historiata. Venice: Christophorus de Pensis, 10 March 1503.

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($17,010 - $25,515)

price realized
£14,340
($24,392)
Lot 88
Scriptores rei militaris -- VEGETIUS, Flavius, Renatus. Du fait de...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($2,552 - $4,253)

price realized
£1,673
($2,846)
Lot 89
VERGILIUS, Publius Maro (70-19 B.C.). Opera. Commentary by Servius...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,552 - $3,402)

price realized
£1,793
($3,049)
Lot 91
ABBOT, John (1751-1839) and Sir James Edward SMITH (1759-1828). The Natural...

estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($20,412 - $30,618)

price realized
£13,145
($22,360)
Lot 92
AGASSIZ, Jean Louis Rodolphe (1807-1873). Recherches sur les poissons...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,103 - $8,505)

price realized
£5,019
($8,537)
Lot 93
ALDROVANDI, Ulisse (1522-1605). [Opera omnia]. Bologna: 1638-1681....

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($11,907 - $17,010)

price realized
£19,120
($32,523)
Lot 94
ANDERSON, John (1833-1900). Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,402 - $5,103)

price realized
£2,271
($3,862)
Lot 95
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). 'Great blue Heron, Ardea herodias'. Plate...

estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($34,020 - $51,030)

price realized
£28,680
($48,785)
Lot 96
BOWEN, Emanuel (c.1767) and THOMAS KITCHEN (d.1787). The Large English...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($8,505 - $13,608)

price realized
£7,170
($12,196)
Lot 97
BRAUN, Georg (1541-1622) and Frans HOGENBERG (1535-1590). Civitates Orbis...

estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($20,412 - $30,618)

price realized
£16,730
($28,458)
Lot 98
BRONGNIART, Adolphe-Théodore (1801-1876). Histoire des végétaux...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,402 - $5,103)

price realized
£2,629
($4,472)
Lot 99
CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham (1684-1743). Atlas Historique. Amsterdam:...

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($11,907 - $17,010)

price realized
£7,768
($13,213)
Lot 100
[Jacobus van den Kieboom (publisher)]. La Connoissance des Pavillons ou...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,103 - $8,505)

price realized
£3,346
($5,692)
Lot 101
CURTIS, William (1746-99) and John SIMS (1749-1831). The Botanical Magazine;...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,103 - $8,505)

price realized
£5,019
($8,537)
Lot 102
DAPPER, Olfert (d.1690). Naukeurige Beschryving van gantsch Syrie, en...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($4,253 - $5,954)

price realized
£2,390
($4,065)
Lot 103
DONOVAN, EDWARDS (1768-1837). An Epitome of the Natural History of the...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($8,505 - $13,608)

price realized
£7,170
($12,196)
Lot 104
GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE, Étienne (1772-1844) and Frédéric CUVIER (1773-1838)....

estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($20,412 - $30,618)

price realized
£13,145
($22,360)
Lot 105
GOULD, John (1804-1881). The Birds of Great Britain. London: Taylor and...

estimate
£30,000 - £40,000
($51,030 - $68,040)

price realized
£35,850
($60,981)
Lot 106
GOULD, John (1804-1881) and Richard Bowdler SHARPE (1847-1909). A Monograph...

estimate
£65,000 - £80,000
($110,565 - $136,080)

price realized
£89,250
($151,814)
Lot 107
HUMBOLDT, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander, Baron von (1769-1859) and Aimé...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,804 - $10,206)

price realized
£4,183
($7,114)
Lot 108
KLEINER, Salomon (1703-1761). Residences Memorables de l'incomparable Heros...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($8,505 - $13,608)

price realized
£11,353
($19,311)
Lot 109
KOREAN ATLAS. [Korea: 1861].

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,552 - $3,402)

price realized
£1,434
($2,439)
Lot 110
LEAR, Edward (1812-1888) -- Alfred, Lord TENNYSON (1809-1892). Idylls of the...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,361 - $2,041)

price realized
£2,032
($3,456)
Lot 111
LEAR, Edward. Illustrated Excursions in Italy [... volume II]....

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,804 - $10,206)

price realized
£4,541
($7,724)
Lot 112
LEAR, Edward. Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica. London:...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,402 - $5,103)

price realized
£2,151
($3,659)
Lot 114
LEAR, Edward. Views in the Seven Ionian Islands. London: the author,...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,402 - $5,103)

price realized
£3,585
($6,098)
Lot 117
MANETTI, Saverio. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Florence: heirs of...

estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($20,412 - $30,618)

price realized
£38,240
($65,046)
Lot 119
MILLER, Philip (1691-1771) [?and Thomas MARTYN (1735-1825)]. Figures of...

estimate
£6,500 - £8,500
($11,057 - $14,459)

price realized
£7,768
($13,213)
Lot 120
MONTANUS, Arnoldus (1625?-1683). De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weerld: of...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($8,505 - $13,608)

price realized
£4,780
($8,131)
Lot 121
MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard (1830-1904). Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic...

estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($34,020 - $51,030)

price realized
£38,240
($65,046)
Lot 122
NATURE PRINTING -- Constantin Freiherr von ETTINGSHAUSEN (1826-1897) and Alois...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,103 - $8,505)

price realized
£3,585
($6,098)
Lot 123
NATURE PRINTING -- Thomas MOORE (1821-1887). The Ferns of Great Britain and...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,103 - $8,505)

price realized
£4,541
($7,724)
Lot 124
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Le Antichita Romane. Rome:...

estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($34,020 - $51,030)

price realized
£21,510
($36,589)
Lot 125
PIRANESI -- A composite album containing part of Giovanni Battista PIRANESI...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,103 - $8,505)

price realized
£16,730
($28,458)
Lot 126
PYNE, William Henry (1769-1843). The History of the Royal Residences....

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,103 - $8,505)

price realized
£3,585
($6,098)
Lot 128
RENARD, Louis (1678/9-1746). Poissons Ecrevisses et Crabes de diverses...

estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($34,020 - $51,030)

price realized
£31,070
($52,850)
Lot 130
RUSSIAN FISHERIES -- Risunki k izsledovaniiu Kaspiiskago rybolovstva;...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,804 - $10,206)

price realized
£4,780
($8,131)
Lot 131
ST. PETERSBURG, Imperial Academy of Science and Art -- Plan de la ville de...

estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($10,206 - $13,608)

price realized
£13,145
($22,360)
Lot 132
John Augustus Simson (fl. 1735-1745)
Still-life with flowers including Anemone, Carnation, Roses, Sweet Peas,...
pencil, watercolour and gum arabic, on vellum, laid on panel
22½ x 16¾ in. (57.2 x 42.5 cm.) in a carved and gilded 18th-century frame
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($20,412 - $30,618)

price realized
£13,145
($22,360)
Lot 133
SMITH, William (1769-1830). A Delineation of the Strata of England and...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($17,010 - $25,515)

price realized
£16,730
($28,458)
Lot 135
STUBBS, George (1724-1806). The Anatomy of the Horse. London: J. Purser...

estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($10,206 - $13,608)

price realized
£6,573
($11,180)
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