• Auction 21952

    Valuable Books and Manuscripts

    12 July 2023, London

    SALE TOTAL: 4,048,569 (GBP)
247 Lots for Sale 21952
Lot 1
Vie de St Denis atelier
The Adoration of the Magi, full-page miniature doubtless from a Psalter [France...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($9,065 - $12,950)

price realized
£9,450
($12,237)
Lot 2
Workshop of the Master of Sant'Alessio in Bigiano (Maestro Geometrico)
The Ascension, historiated initial on a leaf from an illuminated manuscript...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,475 - $10,360)

price realized
£5,922
($7,668)
Lot 3
Master of the Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse
The Divine Warrior Battling the Beast, and The Beast Cast into the Pool of...
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($51,800 - $77,700)

Lot 4
Workshop of Johannes von Valkenburg
St Clare sheltering Franciscan nuns and St Michael vanquishing the Devil, two...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,950 - $19,425)

price realized
£12,600
($16,317)
Lot 5
Anonymous Parisian illuminator
Scenes from the Infancy of Christ, a full-page quadripartite miniature from a...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,540 - $23,310)

price realized
£21,420
($27,738)
Lot 6
Master(s) of Giustino di Gherardino da Forlì
The Ascension, historiated initial ‘U’ from an illuminated manuscript choirbook...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

Lot 7
Tomasino da Vimercate (active 1390s-1417)
Sts Paul and John before Julian the Apostate, historiated initial ‘P’ on a leaf...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£4,410
($5,710)
Lot 8
Follower of the Master of Jean sans Peur
The Visitation, full-page miniature from a Book of Hours, illuminated...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£4,410
($5,710)
Lot 9
Master of the Donato Commission (active c.1425-c.1470)
St Nicholas Enthroned with kneeling laity, and The Crucifixion, two full-page...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($38,850 - $64,750)

Lot 10
Fra Girolamo da Milano (Olivetan Master, active 1425-50)
St John the Baptist, historiated initial ‘D’ cut from an illuminated manuscript...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£3,528
($4,568)
Lot 11
Workshop of the Rohan Master
A Woman Kneeling before the Virgin Mary, in a miniature on a leaf from a Book...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£2,394
($3,100)
Lot 12
Follower of the Glasgow Master
The Nativity and The Adoration of the Magi, two full-page miniatures from a...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

Lot 13
Masters of the Beady Eyes
The Crucifixion, historiated initial ‘C’ cut from a choirbook, illuminated...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($906 - $1,295)

price realized
£1,071
($1,386)
Lot 14
Follower of the Masters of the Gold Scrolls
The Assumption of the Virgin, historiated initial ‘O’ cut from an illuminated...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£1,386
($1,794)
Lot 15
The Master of the Troyes Missal (active mid-15th century)
Mass of St Gregory, miniature from an illuminated manuscript Book of Hours on...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£4,410
($5,710)
Lot 16
Francesco di Antonio del Chierico (1433-1484)
The Crucifixion, full-page miniature from the 'Strozzi' Book of Hours,...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,950 - $19,425)

Lot 17
Circle of the Master of the Munich Golden Legend
St Mark writing his Gospel, miniature cut from a Book of Hours, illuminated...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£9,450
($12,237)
Lot 18
Master of the Ghent Gradual (active c.1460s-70s)
A Young Woman Dining, and at Mass, two miniatures on four leaves probably from...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

price realized
£13,860
($17,948)
Lot 19
Jean Colombe (1430-1493)
The Crucifixion, full-page miniature from an illuminated manuscript Book of...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,540 - $23,310)

price realized
£17,640
($22,843)
Lot 20
Workshop of Maître François
The Nativity, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

Lot 21
The Coëtivy Master (active 1450-1485)
David in Penitence, miniature on a leaf from an illuminated Book of Hours on...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($9,065 - $12,950)

price realized
£25,200
($32,634)
Lot 22
Anonymous Alsatian illuminator
St Michael weighing Souls, large historiated initial ‘L’ cut from an...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£4,032
($5,221)
Lot 23
Follower of the Master of Anna Sforza (Protasio Crivelli)
God the Father above a temple, historiated initial cut from an illuminated...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£8,190
($10,606)
Lot 24
Anonymous French illuminator
The Virgin and Child, historiated initial ‘S’ on a leaf with a panel border...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($906 - $1,295)

price realized
£882
($1,142)
Lot 25
Circle of Amico Aspertini
Book of Hours, use of Rome, in Latin and Italian, illuminated manuscript on...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,900 - $38,850)

price realized
£37,800
($48,951)
Lot 26
Giovanni Pietro Birago (active 1470s-1513); Workshop of the Master of Cardinal
Three large initials and one leaf from Italian choirbooks: a floral initial ‘S’...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£8,820
($11,421)
Lot 27
Master of Philippe of Guelders (fl. 1495-1510)
David and Goliath, historiated initial ‘B’ from the Gradual of Anne of Brittany...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($9,065 - $12,950)

price realized
£10,080
($13,053)
Lot 28
Anonymous German or Bohemian workshop
Illuminated initial ‘M’ and inhabited border on a very large leaf from a...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

price realized
£5,040
($6,526)
Lot 29
Workshop of Jean Pichore
David and Bathsheba, full-page miniature from a Book of Hours, illuminated...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

Lot 30
Attavante degli Attavanti (1452 - c.1525)
Two borders with Medici devices cut from a Choirbook(?) of Pope Leo X,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£3,024
($3,916)
Lot 31
Virgil (70-19 BCE)
Fragments from a bifolium of the Aeneid, Books II and III, in Latin,...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,770 - $11,655)

price realized
£15,120
($19,580)
Lot 32
Anonymous Byzantine painter
St Matthew writing his Gospel, miniature on vellum from a Gospel book or Gospel...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,360 - $15,540)

price realized
£11,340
($14,685)
Lot 33
Circle of Jacopo di Paolo (c.1345-1430)
The Crucifixion, miniature on a leaf from an illuminated Missal on vellum...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,475 - $10,360)

price realized
£5,040
($6,526)
Lot 34
Workshop of the Bedford Master
David in Penitence, large miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£2,520
($3,263)
Lot 35
Tommaso di Mascio Scarafone (c.1455 - after 1521)
Citizens of the Porta Santa Susanna, miniature from an illuminated...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($38,850 - $64,750)

price realized
£37,800
($48,951)
Lot 36
Pseudo-Joachim de Fiore (late 13th century)
Vaticinia Pontificum, in Latin and Italian, 7 leaves from an illustrated...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

Lot 37
Anglo-Dutch School
Henry VIII granting the charter for St Bartholomew's Hospital to its governors,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

Lot 38
Raymond of Peñafort (1175-1275) and William of Rennes (fl. 1240–1245)
Summa de poenitentiae et matrimonio and Apparatus in Summam...
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($32,375 - $45,325)

price realized
£63,000
($81,585)
Lot 39
Boethius (c.476-524) (author); Master of the Dominican Effigies (active
De Consolatione Philosophiae, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($38,850 - $64,750)

price realized
£107,100
($138,694)
Lot 40
Anonymous Parisian workshop
Psalter-Hymnal, in French and Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris,...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,540 - $23,310)

price realized
£30,240
($39,160)
Lot 41
?Johann Reger (1454 – d. after 1499)
De locis ac mirabilibus mundi, illuminated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($9,065 - $12,950)

price realized
£126,000
($163,170)
Lot 42
Thomas Aquinas (c.1225-1274)
Summa theologica, Prima secundae, in Latin, decorated manuscript on...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($38,850 - $64,750)

price realized
£75,600
($97,902)
Lot 43
Masters of Otto van Moerdrecht
Book of Hours, use of Sarum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($90,650 - $129,500)

Lot 44
Master of Marguerite de Willerval (first half 15th century)
The Rahier-Beudin Hours, use of Le Mans, with the Office of the Dead use of...
estimate
£60,000 - £90,000
($77,700 - $116,550)

price realized
£73,080
($94,638)
Lot 45
Yovannēs the priest (scribe); Mardiros the priest and Manuel the priest
The Four Gospels, in classical Armenian (grabar), illuminated manuscript...
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($51,800 - $77,700)

price realized
£63,000
($81,585)
Lot 46
Zwolle illuminators and followers of the Master of Zweder van Culemburg
Book of Hours, use of Utrecht, in Dutch, illuminated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($38,850 - $64,750)

price realized
£35,280
($45,687)
Lot 47
Walter of Châtillon (1135-1180)
Walter of Châtillon (active 1170-180), Alexandreis, in Latin, decorated...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($38,850 - $64,750)

Lot 48
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43BCE)
De Oratore, Orator (part), In Catilinam I and III (part),...
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($51,800 - $77,700)

price realized
£44,100
($57,109)
Lot 49
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) and Caelius Rhodiginus (1469-1525)
Antiquae Lectiones (excerpt), De Officiis and Somnium...
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($51,800 - $77,700)

price realized
£52,920
($68,531)
Lot 50
Besançon illuminator (active 1440s-1470s)
Book of Hours, use of Besançon, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on...
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($64,750 - $103,600)

price realized
£65,520
($84,848)
Lot 51
The Master of Marguerite de Foix (active second half 15th century)
Book of Hours, use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Nantes,...
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($32,375 - $45,325)

Lot 52
Circle of the Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode
Book of Hours, use of Utrecht, in Dutch with some Latin incipits,...
estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($23,310 - $32,375)

price realized
£32,760
($42,424)
Lot 53
Master of the Rouen Échevinage (active 1460s-80s)
The Hours of Anne Dufay, use of Rouen, in Latin and French, illuminated...
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($19,425 - $25,900)

price realized
£27,720
($35,897)
Lot 54
Follower of the Masters of the Delft Half-Length Figures and the Monkey Master
Book of Hours, use of Utrecht, in Dutch with many incipits in Latin,...
estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($23,310 - $32,375)

price realized
£25,200
($32,634)
Lot 55
The nuns of the Benedictine monastery of Selwerd
Book of Hours, use of Utrecht, in Dutch, illuminated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,360 - $15,540)

price realized
£23,940
($31,002)
Lot 56
IJzendoorn convent of Franciscan Tertiaries dedicated to St Mary Magdalene
Prayerbook, in Dutch, illuminated manuscript on vellum [eastern north...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,540 - $23,310)

price realized
£23,940
($31,002)
Lot 57
Master of the Rouen Échevinage (active 1460s-80s)
Book of Hours, use of Poitiers, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,900 - $38,850)

price realized
£32,760
($42,424)
Lot 58
Anonymous Rouennais artist
Book of Hours, use of Orléans, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on...
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($32,375 - $45,325)

price realized
£50,400
($65,268)
Lot 59
Anonymous
Perpetual Calendar, in Latin and Italian, decorated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

price realized
£5,292
($6,853)
Lot 60
Caelius Aurelianus (fl. 5th century), Louis Jérôme Raussin (1721-1798) and
Five manuscripts of medical recipes, in French and Italian, on paper [France...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£4,032
($5,221)
Lot 61
Denis de la Fontaine and anonymous alchemists
Three alchemical manuscripts on paper, in French, one bound with Henricus...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

price realized
£8,820
($11,421)
Lot 62
Jean Saulnier (d.1430); Francesco Sebastiano Fulvo Melvolodometl; Christoph
Libro di Giovanni Saulnier, cioe’ Salinaro [...]; Non Plus Ultra...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

price realized
£4,410
($5,710)
Lot 63
Second Gondarine style
Miracles of Mary, in Ge'ez, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Ethiopia, early...
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($51,800 - $77,700)

Lot 64
Anonymous Thai artist
Scenes from the Ramakien, illustrated manuscript on paper [Thailand,...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,360 - $15,540)

price realized
£10,080
($13,053)
Lot 65
HENRY VIII (1491-1547), King of England and Ireland.
Document signed (at head, 'Henry R'), Eltham Palace, 12 May 1514.
estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($23,310 - $32,375)

price realized
£20,160
($26,107)
Lot 66
ELIZABETH I (1533-1603), queen of England and Ireland.
Document signed (at head, 'Elizabeth R'), Greenwich, 1 February 1587/8, a...
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($32,375 - $45,325)

price realized
£25,200
($32,634)
Lot 67
[ELIZABETH I (1533-1603)].
Manuscript, 'a sermon preached at Q[ueen] El[izabeth's] Funerall', [c. 28 April...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,475 - $10,360)

price realized
£18,900
($24,475)
Lot 68
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598).
Autograph letter signed ('Abrah. Ortelius') to his nephew, Jacob Cole [Jacobus...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,900 - $38,850)

Lot 69
CASTLEHAVEN, Mervin Touchet, 2nd Earl (1593-1631).
Manuscript signed ('Castelhaven') of his profession of faith before his...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£630
($815)
Lot 70
HUME, David (1711-1776).
Autograph letter signed ('David Hume') to Madame [Octavie] Belot, Hotel de...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,540 - $23,310)

price realized
£15,120
($19,580)
Lot 71
WALPOLE, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797).
Autograph letter signed ('Hor. Walpole') to [John Pinkerton], n.p., [27 October...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,900 - $38,850)

Lot 72
CHEVALIER D’ÉON, Charles-Geneviève de Beaumont (1728-1810)
20 autograph letters to Colonel and Mrs John Tynte, 1791-1809, and related...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,475 - $10,360)

price realized
£5,670
($7,342)
Lot 73
[AUSTRALIA] – James Mario MATRA (1746-1806)
Series of 99 diplomatic copy-letters to home secretaries Henry Dundas, 1st...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£2,520
($3,263)
Lot 74
TUCKER, Henry Carre (1812-1875)
An album of drawings made in India, England, and elsewhere, the majority signed...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,942 - $2,590)

price realized
£1,386
($1,794)
Lot 75
Youqua (active 1840-1870)
An album containing twelve gouaches of junks and other vessels, n.p. [Canton or...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£2,520
($3,263)
Lot 76
SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles (1837-1909).
Autograph letter signed ('A.C. Swinburne') to his sister Alice ('Ally'),...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£378
($489)
Lot 77
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870).
Autograph letter signed (with flourished initials, ‘C.D.’) to Lady Molesworth,...
estimate
£14,000 - £18,000
($18,130 - $23,310)

price realized
£16,380
($21,212)
Lot 78
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870).
Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to Edmund [Yates], 5 Hyde Park...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£2,520
($3,263)
Lot 79
MARX, Karl (1818-1883)
Autograph letter signed ('Karl Marx') to [Maurice Lachâtre] ('Cher Monsieur'),...
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($194,249 - $258,999)

Lot 80
SCHLIEMANN, Heinrich (1822-1890).
Autograph letter signed ('H. Schliemann') to Georg Petrus Heller, Athens, 27...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,900 - $38,850)

Lot 81
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to [Richard Trevor Clarke] ('My dear...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,360 - $15,540)

price realized
£8,820
($11,421)
Lot 82
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
Revised proof sheets for Insectivorous Plants. London: W. Clowes and Son...
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($194,249 - $258,999)

price realized
£378,000
($489,510)
Lot 83
SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950).
Autograph letter signed (with initials, 'G.B.S.') to Ellen [Terry], Wyndham...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,134
($1,468)
Lot 84
CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965)
Autograph annotation signed with initials ('W.S.C.'), 28 April [1920].
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,770 - $11,655)

price realized
£6,300
($8,158)
Lot 85
PLANCK, Max (1858-1947).
Autograph letter signed ('M. Planck') to an unidentified colleague [the...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,770 - $11,655)

price realized
£16,380
($21,212)
Lot 86
EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955).
Typed letter signed ('A. Einstein') to [Morris Raphael] Cohen, Haberlandstrasse...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,900 - $38,850)

price realized
£32,760
($42,424)
Lot 87
EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955).
Autograph letter signed (‘A. Einstein’) to [Rudi W.] Mandl, [Princeton], 2 June...
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($64,750 - $103,600)

price realized
£604,800
($783,216)
Lot 88
EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955).
Typed letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Elsa Branden of the publishers Stephen...
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($19,425 - $25,900)

price realized
£16,380
($21,212)
Lot 89
FREUD, Lucian (1922-2011)
Autograph letter signed (‘Lucian’) to ‘Ade and Peggy’ [Adrian and Peggy Ryan],...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,475 - $10,360)

price realized
£6,300
($8,158)
Lot 90
JUNG, Carl Gustav (1875-1961).
Autograph letter signed (‘C.G. Jung’) to Fräulein Dr R. Schärf, Berghus,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

price realized
£4,410
($5,710)
Lot 91
Halas and Batchelor studios (1940-1986)
Animal Farm, a collection of c.265 animation cels from the Halas and...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,360 - $15,540)

Lot 92
TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel (1892-1973)
Autograph letter signed ('JRR Tolkien') to Michael Bell, [Oxford] 'c/o Messrs...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£5,292
($6,853)
Lot 93
TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel (1892-1973)
Autograph letter signed ('JRR Tolkien') to Michael Bell, [Poole], 25 January...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,475 - $10,360)

Lot 94
TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel (1892-1973)
One page, 252 x 202mm. Provenance: by descent from the recipient. 'I...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£3,276
($4,242)
Lot 95
CRANE, Walter (1845-1915)
Tailpiece from The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser. London: George...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,942 - $3,237)

Lot 96
BRIGGS, Raymond (1934-2022)
Original artwork for The Mother Goose Treasury, [c.1966].
estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,331 - $3,237)

Lot 97
BRIGGS, Raymond (1934-2022)
'The Real Princess', original artwork for The Fairy Tale Treasury, ed....
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,942 - $3,237)

price realized
£1,890
($2,447)
Lot 98
LAWRENCE, John (b. 1933)
Original illustration artwork for Watership Down, [1976]
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£4,410
($5,710)
Lot 99
Quentin Blake (b. 1932)
Beauty and the Beast: scene 1
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,260
($1,631)
Lot 100
Quentin Blake (b. 1932)
Beauty and the Beast: scene 3
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

Lot 101
Quentin Blake (b. 1932)
Beauty and the Beast: scene 4
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£4,788
($6,200)
Lot 102
Quentin Blake (b. 1932)
Beauty and the Beast: scene 5
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

Lot 103
Quentin Blake (b. 1932)
Beauty and the Beast: scene 6
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£2,520
($3,263)
Lot 104
Quentin Blake (b. 1932)
Beauty and the Beast: scene 7
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

Lot 105
Quentin Blake (b. 1932)
Beauty and the Beast: scene 8
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£2,520
($3,263)
Lot 106
Quentin Blake (b.1932)
Imaginary Friends #8
Pen, ink, cartridge paper, signed.
297 x 420 mm
estimate
£500 - £800
($647 - $1,036)

price realized
£2,520
($3,263)
Lot 107
BERCHORIUS, Petrus (c.1290-1362)
Liber Bibliae moralis. Deventer: Richardus Pafraet, 1477.
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,475 - $10,360)

price realized
£5,670
($7,342)
Lot 108
CATULLUS, C. Valerius (c. 84-54 BCE)
Carmina. - Albius TIBULLUS (c. 55/48-c. 19 BCE). Elegiae et vita....
estimate
£30,000 - £40,000
($38,850 - $51,800)

price realized
£32,760
($42,424)
Lot 109
CEPIO, Coriolanus (1425-93)
Petri Mocenici imperatoris gesta. Venice: Bernhard Maler, Erhard...
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($19,425 - $25,900)

price realized
£17,640
($22,843)
Lot 110
AURELIUS, Cornelius (c.1460-1531)
Die cronycke van Hollandt, Zeelandt en Vrieslant. Leiden: Jan...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

Lot 111
FUCHS, Leonhard (1501-1566)
Historia Stirpium Commentarii insignes. Basel: Officina Isingriniana,...
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($32,375 - $45,325)

price realized
£30,240
($39,160)
Lot 112
GEMMA FRISIUS, Reinerus (1508-1555)
De radio astronomico & geometrico liber. Antwerp: G. Bontius and...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,475 - $10,360)

Lot 113
GILBERT, William (1544-1603)
De magnete, magneticisque corporibus, et de magno magnete tellure;...
estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($23,310 - $32,375)

Lot 114
[BUSCH, Johannes (1399/1400-after 1475)]
Speculum exemplorum. Deventer: Richardus Pafraet, 2 May 1481.
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($9,065 - $12,950)

price realized
£8,190
($10,606)
Lot 115
LA ROCHE, Etienne de (1470-1530)
Larismethique nouvellement composee... divisee en deux parties... (Lyon:...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,540 - $23,310)

Lot 116
LUDOLPHUS DE SAXONIA (c.1300-1378)
Vita Christi, in Dutch: Tboeck vanden leven Jhesu Christi. Delft:...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,475 - $10,360)

price realized
£5,670
($7,342)
Lot 117
RICCI, Paolo (1480-1541)
De sexcentum & tredecim mosaice sanctionis edictis. Eiusdem Philosophica:...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£6,300
($8,158)
Lot 118
ROLEWINCK, Werner (1425-1502)
Fasciculus temporum, in Dutch: Dat boek dat men hiet Fasciculus...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,950 - $19,425)

Lot 119
SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440-1514)
Liber chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, for Sebald Schreyer and...
estimate
£35,000 - £45,000
($45,325 - $58,275)

price realized
£44,100
($57,109)
Lot 120
SCRIPTORES REI RUSTICA
CATO, Marcus Porcius (232-147 BCE). De re rustica. - Marcus Terentius...
estimate
£60,000 - £90,000
($77,700 - $116,550)

price realized
£88,200
($114,219)
Lot 121
WAGHENAER, Lucas Janszoon (1533-1606)
Pars prima [-altera] speculum nauticum super navigatione maris occidentalis...
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($64,750 - $103,600)

price realized
£65,520
($84,848)
Lot 122
BOULLIAU, Ismael (1605-1694)
Astronomia philolaica opus novum, in quo motus planetarum per novam ac veram...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

Lot 123
BRAHE, Tycho (1546-1601)
Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Nuremberg: Levinus Hulsius, 1602.
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($32,375 - $45,325)

price realized
£23,940
($31,002)
Lot 124
BRAHE, Tycho (1546-1601)
Astronomiae instauratae progymnasmata. Quorum haec prima pars de...
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($19,425 - $32,375)

price realized
£18,900
($24,475)
Lot 125
BRAUN, Georg (1541-1622), Franz HOGENBERG (1535-1590) and Simon NOVELLANUS (fl.
Civitates orbis terrarum. (Cologne: Petrus von Brachel, 1612; Bertram...
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($64,750 - $103,600)

price realized
£63,000
($81,585)
Lot 126
COMMELIN Jan (1629-1692) and Caspar COMMELIN (1667-1731)
Horti Medici Amstelodamensis rariorum. Amsterdam: P. & J. Blaeu,...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($9,065 - $12,950)

Lot 127
[DESCARTES, René (1596-1650)]
Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison et chercher la vérité...
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($51,800 - $77,700)

price realized
£50,400
($65,268)
Lot 128
DODART, Denis (1634-1707)
Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des plantes. Paris: De L'Imprimerie...
estimate
£35,000 - £50,000
($45,325 - $64,750)

price realized
£40,320
($52,214)
Lot 129
GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642)
Sidereus, Nuncius Magna, Longeque admirabilia Spectacula pandens... Apprime...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($38,850 - $64,750)

price realized
£37,800
($48,951)
Lot 130
GOEDAERT, Joannes (1617-1668)
Metamorphosis et historia naturalis inscectorum. Middelburg: Jacques...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£4,788
($6,200)
Lot 131
GOEDART, Johannes (1617-1668)
De insectis, in methodum redactus; cum notularum additione. Opera M. Lister,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£630
($815)
Lot 132
GOEDAERT, Johannes (1617-1668)
Johannes Godartius of Insects. Done into English, and Methodized....
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,638
($2,121)
Lot 133
HUYGENS, Christiaan (1629-1695) and Pierre GASSENDI (1592-1655)
Systema Saturnium, sive de causis mirandorum Saturni phaenomenon, et comite...
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($51,800 - $77,700)

Lot 134
JANSSONIUS, Johannes (1588-1664)
Novus Atlas Absolutissimus … Der Neunde Theil, beschreibet Die Waßer-Welt,...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($38,850 - $64,750)

price realized
£37,800
($48,951)
Lot 135
KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630)
Epitome astronomicae Copernicanae [libri I. II. III] de doctrina...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,900 - $38,850)

Lot 136
LEIBNIZ, Gottfried Wilhelm von (1646-1716)
'Nova methodus pro maximis et minimis, itemque tangentibus, quae nec fractas,...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,950 - $19,425)

Lot 137
LISTER, Martin (c.1638-1712)
Historiae animalium angliae tres tractatus. London: John Martyn, 1678.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£756
($979)
Lot 138
MERCATOR, Gerard (1512-1594) and Jodocus HONDIUS (1563-1611)
Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati...
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($64,750 - $103,600)

price realized
£69,300
($89,743)
Lot 139
MERRETT, Christopher (1614/15-1695)
Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum. London: Thomas Roycroft,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£882
($1,142)
Lot 140
MOFFET, Thomas (1553-1604)
Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum. London: ex officina...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£5,670
($7,342)
Lot 141
MOFFET, Thomas (1553-1604)
Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum. London: ex officina...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,237 - $4,532)

price realized
£2,394
($3,100)
Lot 142
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598)
Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antwerp: Jan Baptist Vrients, 1603.
estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($90,650 - $129,500)

Lot 143
POGGESI, Angelo (17th-century)
Della Pisana Caccia. Pisa: Cesare & Francesco Bindi, 1697.
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

Lot 144
RAMELLI, Agostino (1521-c.1610)
Schatzkammer, Mechanischer Künste. Leipzig: Georg Eiger for Henning...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£2,520
($3,263)
Lot 145
ROJAS RUIZ, Miguel de (fl.1639)
Jardin de ensayadores que ensena a aquilatar, y dar el valor a la plata...
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($32,375 - $45,325)

Lot 146
ABBOT, John (1751-1839) and Sir James Edward SMITH (1759-1828)
The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia....
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,900 - $38,850)

price realized
£22,680
($29,370)
Lot 147
ALBIN, Eleazar (fl.1713-59)
A Natural History of English Insects, London: William Innys, 1749.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£2,268
($2,937)
Lot 148
ALBIN, Eleazar (fl.1713-59)
Insectorum Angliae naturalis historia. London: William Innys, 1731.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,942 - $3,237)

price realized
£1,638
($2,121)
Lot 149
BRISSON, Mathurin Jacques (1723-1806)
Ornithologie ou methode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£2,520
($3,263)
Lot 150
[CURTIS, William (1746-1799)]
Instructions for collecting and preserving insects: particularly moths and...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,260
($1,631)
Lot 151
CURTIS, William (1746-1799) and Carl LINNAEUS (1707-1778)
Fundamenta entomologiae: or an introduction to the knowledge of insects....
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£630
($815)
Lot 152
DONOVAN, Edward (1768-1837)
The Natural History of British Insects. London: printed for the Author;...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,237 - $4,532)

price realized
£2,772
($3,589)
Lot 153
DONOVAN, Edward (1768-1837)
An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China: comprising...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

price realized
£6,300
($8,158)
Lot 154
DONOVAN, Edward (1768-1837)
An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India, and the Islands...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£4,788
($6,200)
Lot 155
DRURY, Dru (1725-1803)
Illustrations of Natural History; wherein are exhibited upwards of two...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,770 - $11,655)

price realized
£3,780
($4,895)
Lot 156
ALBIN, Eleazar (fl.1713-1759)
A Natural History of English Insects. London: for William Innys, 1749.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£2,268
($2,937)
Lot 157
EULER, Leonhard (1707-1783)
Opuscula Analytica. St. Petersburg: Academia Imperialis Scientiarum,...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,950 - $19,425)

price realized
£12,600
($16,317)
Lot 158
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) and Pierre François Hugues, Baron
A Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities from the Cabinet of...
estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($90,650 - $129,500)

Lot 159
HILL, Sir John (1716?-1775)
The British Herbal. London: printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton and...
estimate
£9,000 - £12,000
($11,655 - $15,540)

Lot 160
JACQUIN, Nikolaus Joseph von (1727-1817)
Icones plantarum rariorum. Vienna: for Christian Friedrich Wappler;...
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($64,750 - $103,600)

price realized
£100,800
($130,536)
Lot 161
KLEEMANN, Christian Friedrich Karl (1735-1789) and Christian SCHWARZ
Beyträge zur Natur- und Insecten-Geschichte... als ein Anhang zu den...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£3,276
($4,242)
Lot 162
KNOOP, Johann Hermann (1700-1769)
Pomologia [-Fructologia; -Dendrologia]. Leeuwarden:...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,386
($1,794)
Lot 163
KNORR, Georg Wolfgang (1705-1761)
Verlustiging der oogen en van den geest. Amsterdam: the heirs of F....
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£6,048
($7,832)
Lot 164
KOPS, Jan (1765-1849), Hermannus Christiaan van HALL (1801-1874), Friedrich
Flora Batava. Amsterdam: J.C. Sepp en Zoon, Leiden: De Breuk &...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£3,276
($4,242)
Lot 165
L'ADMIRAL, Jacob (1700-1770)
Naauwkeurige waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele insekten of...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£3,528
($4,568)
Lot 166
LEDERMÜLLER, Martin Frobenius (1719-1769)
Mikroskoopische vermaaklykheden. Amsterdam: Erven F. Houttuyn, 1776.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

Lot 167
LEWIN, William (1747-1795)
The Insects of Great Britain. London: J. Johnson, 1795.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,386
($1,794)
Lot 168
[LINNAEUS, Carl (1707-1778)]
[A volume of botanical and mineralogical plates from a German edition of...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,260
($1,631)
Lot 169
MARTIN, Matthew (fl.1785-1787)
The Aurelian's Vade Mecum. Exeter: R. Trewman, 1785.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,942 - $3,237)

price realized
£1,890
($2,447)
Lot 170
MARYTEN, Thomas (1735-1825)
Entomologist anglois ouvrage où l'on a rassemblé tous les insectes...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,260
($1,631)
Lot 171
NOZEMAN, Cornelius (1712-1786), Martinus HOUTTUYN (1720-1798) and Jan
Nederlandsche Vogelen; volgens hunne huishouding, aert, en eigenschappen...
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($32,375 - $45,325)

price realized
£32,760
($42,424)
Lot 172
PALLAS, Peter Simon (1741-1810)
Spicilegia Zoologica quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£2,268
($2,937)
Lot 173
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778)
Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo. Rome: 1764. [Bound...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,900 - $38,850)

price realized
£27,720
($35,897)
Lot 174
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
'The Siege of Pontefract Castle. Anno Dom: 1648.' [First half of the 18th...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,475 - $10,360)

Lot 175
RAY, John (1627-1705) and Martin LISTER (1639-1712)
Historia insectorum ... Cui subjungitur Appendix de scarabæis britannicis,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,134
($1,468)
Lot 176
RENARD, Louis (fl. c.1702-1707) – Reinier OTTENS (1698-1750) and Josua OTTENS
Atlas van Zeevaert en Koophandel door de Geheele Weereldt.?Amsterdam:...
estimate
£35,000 - £55,000
($45,325 - $71,225)

price realized
£44,100
($57,109)
Lot 177
RÖSEL VON ROSENHOF, August Johann (1705-1759)
De natuurlyke historie der insecten. Haarlem and Amsterdam: C.H. Bohn...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£4,032
($5,221)
Lot 178
SCHAEFFER, Jacob Christian (1718-1790)
Icones insectorum circa Ratisbonam indigenorum. Natürlich ausgemahlte...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£4,788
($6,200)
Lot 179
SCHÄFFER, Jacob Christian (1718-1790)
Abhandlungen von Insecten. Regensburg: J. L. Montag, 1764-1779.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£2,268
($2,937)
Lot 180
CRAMER, Pietr (1721-1777) and Caspar STOLL (d.1795)
De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen......
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,764
($2,284)
Lot 181
CRAMER, Pietr (1721-1777) and Caspar STOLL (d.1795)
De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen......
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

price realized
£10,080
($13,053)
Lot 182
[SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745)]
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World... by Captain Lemuel...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£6,048
($7,832)
Lot 183
TREW, Christoph Jacob (1695-1769)
Plantae rariores quas maximam partem ipse in horto domestico coluit secundum...
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($19,425 - $25,900)

price realized
£52,920
($68,531)
Lot 184
VOSMAER, Arnout (1720-1799)
[Allgemeene natuurkundige en historische Beschryving des zeldzaamste en...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£3,024
($3,916)
Lot 185
WILKES, Benjamin (fl.1740-1750)
The English Moths and Butterflies: together with the plants, flowers, and...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£3,024
($3,916)
Lot 186
WILKES, Benjamin (fl. 1742)
Dedication to the worthy members of the Aurelian Society ... Twelve New...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£630
($815)
Lot 187
[WIRSING, Adam Ludwig (1734-1797/1798)]
[Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vögel. Nuremberg: Wirsing,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£6,048
($7,832)
Lot 188
WOLFF, Johann Friedrich (1778-1806)
Abbildungen der Wanzen mit Beschreibungen. Erlangen: Joann Jacob Palm,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£882
($1,142)
Lot 189
ZOMPINI, Gaetano Gherardo (1700-1778, artist) and Dottore QUESTINI (author)
Le arti che vanno per via nella cità di Venezia. Venice: [published by...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,900 - $38,850)

price realized
£25,200
($32,634)
Lot 190
BÄEDEKER, Fr[iedrich] W. J. (1788-1865)
Die Eier der Europäischen Vögel nach der Natur gemalt. Iserloun: J....
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,008
($1,305)
Lot 191
[BAKER, Charles (1803-1874)]
British Butterflies, their distinctions, generic and specific; with...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,260
($1,631)
Lot 192
BARRETT, Charles Golding (1836-1904)
The Lepidoptera of the British Islands. London: L. Reeve & Co.,...
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,554 - $2,331)

price realized
£1,260
($1,631)
Lot 193
BONAFOUS, Matthieu (1793-1852)
Histoire naturelle, agricole et économique du maïs. Paris: Madame...
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($19,425 - $25,900)

Lot 194
BONPLAND, Aimé J.A. (1773-1858)
Description des plantes rares cultivées a Malmaison et a Navarre. Paris:...
estimate
£35,000 - £45,000
($45,325 - $58,275)

price realized
£44,100
($57,109)
Lot 195
CURTIS, John (1791-1862)
British Entomology. London: Richard & John E. Taylor for the author,...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,237 - $4,532)

Lot 196
CURTIS, John (1791-1862)
A Guide to an Arrangement of British Insects. London: printed for the...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£756
($979)
Lot 197
DALTON, John (1766-1844)
A new system of Chemical Philosophy. Manchester: by S. Russell...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,540 - $23,310)

price realized
£15,120
($19,580)
Lot 198
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882), contributor – STEPHENS, James Francis
Illustrations of British entomology: or, a synopsis of indigenous...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,386
($1,794)
Lot 199
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882)
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. London: John...
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($103,600 - $155,399)

Lot 200
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882)
'Manual of Geology.' Offprint from: Admiralty Manual of Scientific...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,475 - $10,360)

price realized
£6,930
($8,974)
Lot 201
DENTON, Sherman Foote (1856-1937)
As Nature Shows Them: Moths and Butterflies of the United States East of the...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£882
($1,142)
Lot 202
[DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)]
Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. By Boz. London: Richard...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,942 - $2,590)

price realized
£3,528
($4,568)
Lot 203
DUBOIS, Charles-Frédéric (1804-1867) and Alphonse DUBOIS (1831-1921)
Les lépidoptères de la Belgique, leurs chenilles et leurs chrysalides...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,260
($1,631)
Lot 204
EDWARDS, William Henry (1822-1909)
The Butterflies of North America...first [-second] series. New York,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£1,260
($1,631)
Lot 205
EDWARDS, William Henry (1822-1909)
The Butterflies of North America ... first [-second,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£1,260
($1,631)
Lot 206
FOURIER, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1768-1830)
Théorie analytique de la chaleur. Paris: Firmin Didot pére et fils, 1822.
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,950 - $19,425)

price realized
£11,970
($15,501)
Lot 207
FREYER, Christian Friedrich (1794-1885)
Beiträge zur Geschichte europäischer Schmetterlinge mit Abbildungen nach der...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

Lot 208
GRAY, George Robert (1808-1872)
Descriptions and Figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£630
($815)
Lot 209
[HAWORTH, Adrian Hardy (fl.1802-1828)]
Prodromus Lepidopterorum Britannicorum. Holt: J. Parslee, 1802.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,134
($1,468)
Lot 210
HAWORTH, Adrian Hardy (1767-1833)
Lepidoptera Britannica. London: J. Murray, 1803-1828.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,260
($1,631)
Lot 211
EMPEROR DAOGUANG (1782-1850, r.1820–1850) – HE SHIKUI (fl.1829), artist
[Pingding Huijiang Desheng Tu (Images of the reconquest of East...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,900 - $38,850)

Lot 212
HEWITSON, William Chapman (1806-1878)
Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies. London: John van...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

price realized
£4,410
($5,710)
Lot 213
HEWITSON, William Chapman (1806-1878)
Illustrations of diurnal lepidoptera. Lycaenidae [-supplement]. London:...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£756
($979)
Lot 214
HUANG, Qianren (1694-1771)
Daqing Wannian Yitong Tianxia Quantu [Complete Map of the Everlasting...
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($64,750 - $103,600)

Lot 215
HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel (1810-1879)
Butterflies in their Floral homes with Butterfly Fables indited by a Dreamer...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,386
($1,794)
Lot 216
JERRARD, Paul & Son, publisher
The Night-Flyers. A Series of Moth-Pictures. London: Jerrard & Sons,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£882
($1,142)
Lot 217
JOHNSON, Theophilus (1836-1919)
Illustrations of British Hawk Moths and their Larvae, (including the...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£1,638
($2,121)
Lot 218
[WEBB LOUDON, Jane (1807-1858)]
The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century. London: Henry Colburn,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

price realized
£15,120
($19,580)
Lot 219
MAXWELL, James Clerk (1831-1879)
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism. Oxford: the Clarendon Press,...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,360 - $15,540)

price realized
£10,080
($13,053)
Lot 220
MIALHE, Pierre Toussaint Frédéric (1810-1881)
Isla de Cuba Pintoresca. Havana: Real Sociedad Patriótica, 1839-1842.
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,900 - $38,850)

price realized
£25,200
($32,634)
Lot 221
MOORE, Frederic (1830-1907)
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London: L. Reeve & Co., 1880-1887
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£2,142
($2,773)
Lot 222
MOSLEY, Seth Lister (1847-1929)
Illustrations of European Butterflies. Huddersfield: 1878-1886.
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,475 - $10,360)

price realized
£8,820
($11,421)
Lot 223
MOSLEY, Seth Lister (1848-1929)
Illustrations of Varieties of British Lepidoptera. Huddersfield:...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£1,260
($1,631)
Lot 224
POHL, Johann Baptist Emanuel (1782-1834)
Plantarum Brasiliae icones et descriptiones hactenus ineditae. Vienna:...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,900 - $38,850)

price realized
£25,200
($32,634)
Lot 225
RIPPON, Robert Henry Fernando (c.1836-1917)
Icones ornithopterorum: a monograph of the Papilionine Tribe Triodes of...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£5,670
($7,342)
Lot 226
SCHWANN, Theodor (1810-1882)
Mikroskopische Untersuchungen ber die Uebereinstimmung in der Struktur und...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,770 - $11,655)

price realized
£7,560
($9,790)
Lot 227
VENTENAT, Étienne-Pierre (1757-1808)
Jardin de la Malmaison. Paris: Crapelet and Herhan, for the author,...
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($51,800 - $77,700)

price realized
£63,000
($81,585)
Lot 228
VOET, Johann Eusebius (d.1778)
Catalogus Systematicus Coleopterorum. The Hague: G. Bakhuysen, 1806.
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

Lot 229
[WAKEFIELD, Priscilla (1751-1832)]
Letters on entomology intended for the amusement and instruction of young...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£1,890
($2,447)
Lot 230
WESTWOOD, John Obadiah (1805-1893)
The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology. London: William Smith, [1847-]1848.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£1,260
($1,631)
Lot 231
CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985), artist — Nicolai GOGOL (1809-1852)
Les Âmes Mortes. Paris: Tériade, 1948.
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,540 - $23,310)

price realized
£21,420
($27,738)
Lot 232
CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985), artist — Jean de La FONTAINE (1621-1695)
Fables. Paris: Tériarde, 1952.
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,950 - $19,425)

price realized
£20,160
($26,107)
Lot 233
CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985)
Bible in French — Bible. Paris: Tériarde, 1965.
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($32,375 - $45,325)

price realized
£31,500
($40,792)
Lot 234
CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985), artist — Jean LEYMARIE (1919-2006)
Vitraux pour Jérusalem. Monte Carlo: André Sauret, 1963.
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,554 - $2,331)

price realized
£2,772
($3,589)
Lot 235
CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985), artist — Jerzy FICOWSKI (1924-2006)
Lettre à Marc Chagall. Paris: Adrien Maeght, 1969.
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,036 - $1,554)

price realized
£2,016
($2,610)
Lot 236
CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985), artist — HOMER
L’Odyssée. Paris: Fernand Mourlot, 1974.
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($51,800 - $77,700)

price realized
£50,400
($65,268)
Lot 237
CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985), artist — William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616)
The Tempest. Monte Carlo: André Sauret, 1975.
estimate
£2,400 - £3,000
($3,108 - $3,885)

price realized
£4,032
($5,221)
Lot 238
CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985), artist — Louis ARAGON (1897-1982)
Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire. Paris: Maeght, 1976.
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,950 - $19,425)

price realized
£12,600
($16,317)
Lot 239
CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985), artist —André MALRAUX, (1901-1976)
Et Sur la Terre…Paris: Maeght, 1977.
457 x 355 x 40 mm. (overall)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£2,772
($3,589)
Lot 240
CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985)
Psaumes de David. Geneva: Gérald Cramer, 1979.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£4,410
($5,710)
Lot 241
CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965)
The River War. London: 1949. [With:] – My Early Life....
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,295 - $1,942)

price realized
£3,528
($4,568)
Lot 242
CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965) and H.M. KING ABDULAZIZ BIN ABDUL RAHMAN AL
[Group of five black and white press photographs. British press Services:...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,590 - $3,885)

price realized
£2,772
($3,589)
Lot 243
EINSTEIN, Albert, (1879-1955)
'Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,180 - $7,770)

price realized
£8,820
($11,421)
Lot 244
JOHNSON, Theophilus (1836-1919)
A life history of the British butterflies. [Dartford: privately...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,885 - $6,475)

price realized
£1,890
($2,447)
Lot 245
JOYCE, James (1882-1941)
Ulysses. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922.
estimate
£9,000 - £12,000
($11,655 - $15,540)

price realized
£10,080
($13,053)
Lot 246
LARGE LIBRARY GLOBE, CIRCA 1911
KIEPERT, Heinrich (1818-1899)
155 x 100 x 100cm. (61 x 39 3/8 x 39 3/8in.)
80cm. (31 1/2in.) diameter.
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,540 - $23,310)

price realized
£25,200
($32,634)
Lot 247
WISDEN
Cricketers’ Almanack for 1920 [-1929], edited by Sydney H. Pardon...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,237 - $4,532)

price realized
£4,410
($5,710)
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