• Auction 4802

    Fine Printed Books

    21 March 2012, London, South Kensington

    SALE TOTAL: 284,712 (GBP)
86 Lots for Sale 4802
Lot 1
A New Letany for These Times. London: printed in the second year of...

estimate
£500 - £800
($793 - $1,269)

price realized
£625
($991)
Lot 2
[ANDRES, Juan, alfaqui of Jativa (c.1487-1515)]. Manuscript copy,...

estimate
£400 - £600
($634 - $952)

price realized
£375
($595)
Lot 3
BYRON, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824). Hours of Idlesness. Newark: S....

estimate
£400 - £600
($634 - $952)

price realized
£812
($1,289)
Lot 4
BIBLE, in German: Die gantze Bibel, edited by Heinrich Bullinger....

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,903 - $2,855)

price realized
£3,250
($5,157)
Lot 6
CAMPO, Antonio (d.ca. 1591). Cremona fedelissima cittá. Cremona:...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($2,379 - $3,965)

price realized
£2,250
($3,570)
Lot 7
DANTE Alighieri (1265-1231). [Divina Commedia] con nuove et utili...

estimate
£600 - £900
($952 - $1,427)

price realized
£1,750
($2,777)
Lot 8
EUNAPIUS SARDIANUS (c.345-420). De vitis philosophorum et sophistarum. Nunc...

estimate
£500 - £800
($793 - $1,269)

price realized
£562
($892)
Lot 9
EURIPIDES (c. 484-406 B.C.). Aristologia Euripidea Graecolatina,...

estimate
£600 - £900
($952 - $1,427)

price realized
£2,500
($3,967)
Lot 10
FONTANA, Fulvio (1648-1723). I pregi della Toscana. Florence: Pier...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,758 - $7,930)

price realized
£3,500
($5,554)
Lot 12
[JENKINS, James]. The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies...

estimate
£700 - £1,000
($1,110 - $1,586)

price realized
£1,250
($1,983)
Lot 13
LAW -- GRASSI, Francesco (d. 1544). De origine iuris Mediolanensis in...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,269 - $1,903)

price realized
£1,187
($1,884)
Lot 14
MAGGIALI, Giuseppe. Ragguaglio delle nozze delle maestà di Filippo Quinto, e...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,586 - $2,379)

price realized
£1,750
($2,777)
Lot 15
MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius (40-103/4). Epigrammata. Commentary by...

estimate
£600 - £900
($952 - $1,427)

price realized
£2,500
($3,967)
Lot 17
WASER, Kaspar (1565-1625). Institutio Linguae Syrae. Leiden: Franciscus...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,586 - $2,379)

price realized
£1,125
($1,785)
Lot 18
WYSS, Johann David (1781-1830) and Johann Rudolf WYSS (1781-1830). The...

estimate
£300 - £500
($476 - $793)

price realized
£187
($297)
Lot 19
ALBERTI, Leandro (1479-1553). Descrittione di tutta l'Italia. Bologna:...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,586 - $2,379)

price realized
£1,187
($1,884)
Lot 20
D'ANANIA, Giovanni Lorenzo (1545-1609). La universal fabrica del mondo....

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,269 - $1,903)

price realized
£10,000
($15,870)
Lot 21
ANGELOCRATOR, Daniel (1569-1635). Doctrina de ponderibus, monetis et...

estimate
£700 - £1,000
($1,110 - $1,586)

price realized
£1,875
($2,975)
Lot 22
BERTELLI, Pietro (1571?-1621). Theatrum urbium italicarum. Venice:...

estimate
£4,500 - £6,000
($7,137 - $9,516)

price realized
£6,250
($9,918)
Lot 23
BIANCO, Noe (d. 1568). Viaggio da Venetia al Santo Sepolcro et al Monte...

estimate
£350 - £500
($555 - $793)

price realized
£1,000
($1,587)
Lot 24
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). Epitome cosmografica. Cologne...

estimate
£3,200 - £4,200
($5,075 - $6,661)

price realized
£6,875
($10,910)
Lot 25
DEE, John (1527-1608). A True and Faithful Relation of what Passed ......

estimate
£700 - £1,000
($1,110 - $1,586)

price realized
£2,000
($3,174)
Lot 26
EUCLID -- MILLIET DECHALES, Claude-François Milliet (1621-1678). The...

estimate
£600 - £800
($952 - $1,269)

price realized
£687
($1,091)
Lot 28
FONTANA, Carlo (1634-1714). Utilissimo trattato dell'acque correnti....

estimate
£1,000 - £2,000
($1,586 - $3,172)

price realized
£1,062
($1,686)
Lot 29
GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642). Opere. Florence: Gaetano Tartini and Santi...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($2,379 - $3,965)

price realized
£2,375
($3,769)
Lot 30
GELENIUS, Sigismund (1497-1554, editor). Notitia utraque cum orientis tum...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,586 - $2,379)

price realized
£1,000
($1,587)
Lot 31
GIERKE, Otto von (1841-1921). Das Deutsche Genossenschaftsrecht. Berlin:...

estimate
£400 - £600
($634 - $952)

price realized
£300
($476)
Lot 32
GRASSI, Orazio (1583-1654). Ratio Ponderum Librae et Simbellae. Naples:...

estimate
£500 - £800
($793 - $1,269)

price realized
£3,750
($5,951)
Lot 33
GUARINI, Guarino (1624-1683). Euclides adauctus et methodicus mathematiquae...

estimate
£400 - £600
($634 - $952)

price realized
£1,625
($2,578)
Lot 34
HANSTEEN, Christopher (1784-1873). Untersuchungen über den Magnetismus der...

estimate
£300 - £500
($476 - $793)

price realized
£687
($1,091)
Lot 35
HARRIS, John (1667?-1719, editor). Navigantium atque Itinerantium...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,758 - $7,930)

price realized
£3,500
($5,554)
Lot 38
KEYNES, John Maynard (1883-1946). A Treatise on Probability. London:...

estimate
£400 - £600
($634 - $952)

price realized
£2,125
($3,372)
Lot 43
MONACO, Angelo Antonio, Cabreo del Baliaggio della Ssma Trinità di Venosa,...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,172 - $4,758)

price realized
£4,750
($7,538)
Lot 45
NAGEL, Paul. Prognosticon astrologo-harmonicum super tres vel plures etiam...

estimate
£500 - £800
($793 - $1,269)

price realized
£562
($892)
Lot 46
NICOLOSI, Giovanni Battista (1610-1670). Hercules Siculus sive Studium...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,758 - $7,930)

price realized
£10,000
($15,870)
Lot 48
PICCOLOMINI, Alessandro (1508-78). De la sfera del mondo. Venice:...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,586 - $2,379)

price realized
£1,250
($1,983)
Lot 49
PANTHEUS, Joannes Augustinus. Voarchadumia contra alchimiam: ars distincta...

estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
($4,758 - $6,344)

price realized
£6,250
($9,918)
Lot 51
PORCACCHI, Tommaso (c. 1530-1585). L'Isole piu famose del mondo. Venice:...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,172 - $4,758)

price realized
£3,750
($5,951)
Lot 52
PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (ca.100-ca.170). Almagestum seu magnae constructionis...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,965 - $5,551)

price realized
£5,250
($8,331)
Lot 53
PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (ca.100-ca.170). La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo...

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,903 - $2,855)

price realized
£3,500
($5,554)
Lot 54
ROCCO, Antonio (1578-1653). Esercitationi filosofiche. Venice: Francesco...

estimate
£4,500 - £6,000
($7,137 - $9,516)

price realized
£6,000
($9,522)
Lot 55
SANTINI, Francois. Atlas portatif d'Italie. Venice: Remondini, 1783. 2°...

estimate
£500 - £800
($793 - $1,269)

price realized
£1,000
($1,587)
Lot 56
ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo -- DE ROSSI, Domenico. Mercurio geografico overo...

estimate
£10,000 - £20,000
($15,860 - $31,720)

price realized
£18,750
($29,756)
Lot 57
SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440-1514). Liber chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($7,930 - $12,688)

price realized
£12,500
($19,837)
Lot 59
[SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry (1874-1922)]. The Antarctic Book Winter Quarters...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,586 - $2,379)

price realized
£2,750
($4,364)
Lot 60
SESTI, Giovanni Battista. Piante, delle cittá, piazze, e castelli...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,172 - $4,758)

price realized
£2,375
($3,769)
Lot 61
SOLINUS, Gaius Julius (fl. 3rd century). Polyhistor, sive De mirabilus...

estimate
£1,400 - £1,800
($2,220 - $2,855)

price realized
£2,250
($3,570)
Lot 62
TEESDALE, Henry. A New Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection with the...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($7,930 - $12,688)

price realized
£9,375
($14,878)
Lot 63
WALTON, Elijah (1832-1880). The Camel, its Anatomy, Proportions and...

estimate
£600 - £900
($952 - $1,427)

price realized
£2,000
($3,174)
Lot 64
ZATTA, Antonio (fl. 1757-97). Atlante Novissimo. Venice: Antonio Zatta,...

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($11,102 - $15,860)

price realized
£11,250
($17,853)
Lot 65
A collection of 5 fine and highly-decorative brocaded sheets, decorated with...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,379 - $3,172)

price realized
£3,000
($4,761)
Lot 66
ALBERTI, Leon Battista (1404-1472). L'Architettura. Venice: Francesco...

estimate
£700 - £1,000
($1,110 - $1,586)

price realized
£687
($1,091)
Lot 67
ANDRADE, Manoel Carlos de (ca. 1755-1817). Luz da liberal, e Nobre Arte da...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,965 - $5,551)

price realized
£6,875
($10,910)
Lot 68
BARBIER, Georges (1882-1932). Journal des Dames et des Modes. Paris: Aux...

estimate
£1,000 - £2,000
($1,586 - $3,172)

price realized
£3,250
($5,157)
Lot 69
BECHER, Bernhard (1931-2007) and Hilla (b. 1934). Anonyme Skulpturen....

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,903 - $2,855)

price realized
£1,500
($2,380)
Lot 71
BONARELLI, Prospero (1588-1659). Il Solimano. Florence: Pietro...

estimate
£500 - £800
($793 - $1,269)

price realized
£1,000
($1,587)
Lot 72
BOURNE, John C. The History and Description of the Great Western...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,586 - $2,379)

price realized
£1,875
($2,975)
Lot 73
BUDGE, E.A. Wallis, editor (1857-1934). Lady Meux Manuscripts 2-5. The...

estimate
£400 - £600
($634 - $952)

price realized
£375
($595)
Lot 75
CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985, artist), Meyer SCHAPIRO and Jean WAHL....

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,172 - $4,758)

price realized
£2,750
($4,364)
Lot 76
DALI, Salvador (1904-1989, illustrator) -- DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). La...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,758 - $7,930)

price realized
£9,750
($15,473)
Lot 77
DALI, Salvador (1904-1989, illustrator) -- DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). La...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,172 - $4,758)

price realized
£3,000
($4,761)
Lot 78
DISNEY STUDIOS, Walt. Sketch Book [of Snow White and the Seven...

estimate
£300 - £500
($476 - $793)

price realized
£600
($952)
Lot 79
DISNEY STUDIOS, Walt -- BIBO, Bobette. Mickey Mouse Book. New York: Bibo...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,172 - $4,758)

price realized
£4,750
($7,538)
Lot 80
DULAC, Edmund (1882-1953; illustrator). Stories from the Arabian Nights...

estimate
£500 - £800
($793 - $1,269)

price realized
£500
($793)
Lot 81
DU PERAC, Etienne (ca. 1525-1604). I vestigi dell'antichita di Roma raccolti...

estimate
£400 - £600
($634 - $952)

price realized
£937
($1,487)
Lot 82
[HOKUSAI, Katsushika (1760-1849).] Ehon Futami-gata [Erotic Book of...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,758 - $7,930)

price realized
£11,875
($18,845)
Lot 83
KUNISADA, Utagawa (1785-1865). Shunka shuto, Shiki no nagame [In Praise...

estimate
£1,800 - £2,000
($2,855 - $3,172)

price realized
£3,250
($5,157)
Lot 84
ANONYMOUS. Haru no Karitaku. [c.1860s]. 11 full-page and 5 double-page...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,586 - $2,379)

price realized
£2,250
($3,570)
Lot 85
PASCIN, Julius 'Jules' Pinkas (1885-1930). Erotikon. Brussels [but...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,758 - $7,930)

price realized
£9,375
($14,878)
Lot 86
STYRUS, Fridericus. Manuscript book, titled 'Das Buch der Venus vulgivaga',...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,269 - $1,903)

price realized
£15,000
($23,805)
Lot 87
FALDA, Giovanni Battista (fl. 1648-1678), Giovanni Giacomo ROSSI (fl....

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,172 - $4,758)

price realized
£3,500
($5,554)
Lot 88
GAYOT, Eugène. Administration des Haras. Atlas statistique de la production...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,586 - $2,379)

price realized
£1,000
($1,587)
Lot 89
GRIMM, Jakob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859). German...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,586 - $2,379)

price realized
£1,625
($2,578)
Lot 91
LOEHNEYSS, Georg Engelhard von (d.1623). Neu-eröffnete Hof-Kriegs- und...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,586 - $2,379)

price realized
£1,750
($2,777)
Lot 93
MITCHELL, Margaret (1900-49). Gone With the Wind. New York: Macmillan,...

estimate
£900 - £1,200
($1,427 - $1,903)

price realized
£1,000
($1,587)
Lot 95
ONGANIA, Ferdinando (editor, 1842-1911). Calli e canali in Venezia....

estimate
£1,000 - £2,000
($1,586 - $3,172)

price realized
£1,750
($2,777)
Lot 96
OVERBEKE, Bonaventura de (1666?-1706). Les restes de l'ancienne Rome....

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,172 - $4,758)

price realized
£3,250
($5,157)
Lot 97
PANVINIO, Onofrio (1529-1568). De Ludis Circensibus, libri II. Venice:...

estimate
£500 - £800
($793 - $1,269)

price realized
£500
($793)
Lot 98
PISTOFILO, Bonaventura. Il Torneo. Bologna: Clemente Ferroni, 1626 [but...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,379 - $3,172)

price realized
£2,000
($3,174)
Lot 99
POZZO, Andrea (1642-1709). Rules and Examples of Perspective Proper for...

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,903 - $2,855)

price realized
£1,250
($1,983)
Lot 103
STUART, James (17313-1788) and Nicholas REVETT (1720-1804). The Antiquities...

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,903 - $2,855)

price realized
£3,750
($5,951)
Lot 104
The Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland. London:...

estimate
£500 - £800
($793 - $1,269)

price realized
£2,000
($3,174)
Lot 111
SZPILMAN, Wladyslav (1911-2000). Smierc Miasta. [The Death of a City.]...

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,903 - $2,855)

price realized
£1,250
($1,983)
Lot 113
TAYLOR, George Ledwell (1788-1873) -- Cresy, Edward. The Architectural...

estimate
£600 - £900
($952 - $1,427)

price realized
£625
($991)
Lot 114
THÉVENOT, Melchisédec (1620-1692). The Art of Swimming. London: John...

estimate
£400 - £600
($634 - $952)

price realized
£375
($595)
Lot 115
VECELLIO, Cesare (1530-1600). Habiti antici, et moderni di tutto il...

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,903 - $2,855)

price realized
£3,000
($4,761)
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