• Sale 10455

    Valuable Books and Manuscripts Including Cartography

    15 July 2015, London

    SALE TOTAL: 5,892,000 (GBP)
134 Lots for Sale 10455
Lot 1
THE RESURRECTION, large historiated initial on a leaf from an

estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($61,800 - $92,700)

price realized
£50,000
($78,250)
Lot 6
THE LAMB IN THE MIDST OF THE ELDERS, and THE OPENING OF THE BOOK, two...

estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($61,800 - $92,700)

price realized
£80,500
($125,983)
Lot 7
THE PROPHET NAHUM and A MAN PLAYING AN ORGAN, two historiated initials on a...

estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($77,250 - $123,600)

price realized
£62,500
($97,813)
Lot 8
THE FOOL WITH CLUB AND BALL, historiated initial ‘D’ on a leaf from the ST...

estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($9,270 - $13,905)

price realized
£7,500
($11,738)
Lot 10
ST MARTIN AND THE BEGGAR, miniature on a leaf from the Chester Beatty Book of...

estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($46,350 - $77,250)

price realized
£43,750
($68,469)
Lot 11
THE NATIVITY, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours,

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£3,750
($5,869)
Lot 18
THE RESURRECTION, historiated initial ‘R’ on a leaf cut from a Gradual,

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,090 - $4,635)

price realized
£2,500
($3,913)
Lot 20
THE ‘GOSPELS OF QUEEN THEUTBERGA’ in Latin,

estimate
£1,000,000 - £1,500,000
($1,545,000 - $2,317,500)

price realized
£1,986,500
($3,108,873)
Lot 21
ANTHOLOGY OF CIVIL LAW, with the Gloss of Accursius, in Latin,

estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($9,270 - $13,905)

price realized
£22,500
($35,213)
Lot 22
GREGORY IX (c.1145-1241), Decretals, edited by Raymond of Penyafort...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,180 - $9,270)

price realized
£11,250
($17,606)
Lot 23
NICHOLAS OF GORRON (1232-1295), Sermons De Tempore et de Quadragesima,...

estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($38,625 - $54,075)

price realized
£32,500
($50,863)
Lot 24
MAGNA CARTA AND STATUTES, LAW TRACTS, AND REGISTER OF WRITS, in Latin and...

estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($77,250 - $123,600)

price realized
£170,500
($266,833)
Lot 26
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Metz, in Latin and French,

estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($123,600 - $185,400)

price realized
£104,500
($163,543)
Lot 27
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Paris, in Latin and French,

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($15,450 - $23,175)

price realized
£15,000
($23,475)
Lot 28
BOOK OF HOURS, of unrecorded use, in Latin and French,

estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($18,540 - $27,810)

price realized
£25,000
($39,125)
Lot 29
BOOK OF HOURS AND PSALTER, use of the Cistercians, in Latin and Middle Dutch,...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£10,000
($15,650)
Lot 30
PLUTARCH, Life of Camillus, in the Latin translation of

estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($38,625 - $54,075)

price realized
£80,500
($125,983)
Lot 31
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rouen, in Latin and French,

estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($27,810 - $38,625)

price realized
£31,250
($48,906)
Lot 32
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Langres, in Latin and French,

estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($77,250 - $123,600)

price realized
£62,500
($97,813)
Lot 33
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in French and Latin,

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($15,450 - $23,175)

price realized
£21,250
($33,256)
Lot 34
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Paris, in French and Latin,

estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($30,900 - $46,350)

price realized
£43,750
($68,469)
Lot 35
DE LAUNAY, Pierre Albert (d.1694), Remarques sommaires faites sur la maison...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,863 - $5,408)

price realized
£5,625
($8,803)
Lot 36
[JOAN OF ARC (c.1412-1431)]. Document signed by Guillaume Leprevost, deputy of...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,180 - $9,270)

price realized
£7,500
($11,738)
Lot 38
ELIZABETH I, Queen of England (1558-1603). Document signed (at head, 'Elizabeth...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($15,450 - $23,175)

price realized
£10,625
($16,628)
Lot 41
GRAND TOUR – Francis Drake (1721-1795). Manuscript copy of his 'Remarks on his...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,180 - $9,270)

price realized
£5,000
($7,825)
Lot 42
NELSON, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805). Two autograph letters signed ('Nelson...

estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($12,360 - $18,540)

price realized
£27,500
($43,038)
Lot 43
NELSON, William, 1st Earl Nelson (clergyman, 1757-1835). Two autograph letters...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,863 - $5,408)

price realized
£2,500
($3,913)
Lot 44
NELSON, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805). Autograph set of orders signed ('Nelson...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,863 - $5,408)

price realized
£10,625
($16,628)
Lot 46
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Portrait lithograph signed (on mount, 'Charles...

estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
($7,725 - $10,815)

price realized
£5,625
($8,803)
Lot 47
SILVER-GILT MOUNTED ARAB JAMBIYA DAGGER. Ornately-tooled hilt and scabbard,...

estimate
£60,000 - £90,000
($92,700 - $139,050)

price realized
£122,500
($191,713)
Lot 48
ARAB ROBES – ZEBUN AND WAISTCOAT. Champagne silk, white cotton lining,...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($15,450 - $23,175)

price realized
£12,500
($19,563)
Lot 49
NOBEL PRIZE MEDAL. Nobel Peace Prize Medal awarded in 1909 to Auguste Beernaert...

estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($46,350 - $77,250)

price realized
£422,500
($661,213)
Lot 50
FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). Autograph letter signed ('Freud') to Dr Gastão...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,180 - $9,270)

price realized
£5,000
($7,825)
Lot 51
SHEPARD, E. H. (1879-1976) and A. A. MILNE (1882-1956)

estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($46,350 - $77,250)

price realized
£35,000
($54,775)
Lot 52
SHEPARD, E. H. (1879-1976)

estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($12,360 - $18,540)

price realized
£8,750
($13,694)
Lot 53
THESAURUS — Thesaurus Cornu copiae. & Horti Adonidis, in Greek. Edited...

estimate
£9,000 - £12,000
($13,905 - $18,540)

price realized
£15,000
($23,475)
Lot 54
BENEDETTI, Alessandro (c. 1450-1512). Diaria de bello Carolino. [Venice:...

estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($18,540 - $27,810)

price realized
£25,000
($39,125)
Lot 55
LEONICENO, Niccolò (1428-1524). Libellus de Epidemia, quam vulgo morbum...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($15,450 - $23,175)

price realized
£10,000
($15,650)
Lot 56
MAIOLI, Lorenzo (d. 1501). Epiphyllides in dialecticis - De...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($7,725 - $12,360)

price realized
£13,750
($21,519)
Lot 57
IAMBLICHUS (c.250 - c.325). De mysteriis Aegyptiorum. Chaldaeorum....

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($10,815 - $15,450)

price realized
£16,250
($25,431)
Lot 58
ARISTOPHANES (c.450 - c.385 B.C.)....

estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($18,540 - $27,810)

price realized
£20,000
($31,300)
Lot 59
POLITIANUS, Angelus (1454-94). Opera. Edited by Alexander Sartius....

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($15,450 - $23,175)

price realized
£43,750
($68,469)
Lot 60
EPISTOLAE GRAECAE — Epistolae diversorum philosophorum, in Greek. Edited...

estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($9,270 - $13,905)

price realized
£12,500
($19,563)
Lot 61
PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA, Giovanni Francesco (1470-1533, Lord of Mirandola, Count...

estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($18,540 - $27,810)

price realized
£32,500
($50,863)
Lot 62
VALLA, Giorgio (1447-1500). De expetendis et fugiendis rebus opus....

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($15,450 - $23,175)

price realized
£16,250
($25,431)
Lot 64
HESYCHIUS of Alexandria (3d or 4th century). Lexikon, in Greek. Venice:...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($15,450 - $23,175)

price realized
£18,750
($29,344)
Lot 65
THUCYDIDES (c.460/455 - c.399 B.C.). [De bello Peloponnesiaco, in...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($15,450 - $23,175)

price realized
£13,750
($21,519)
Lot 66
DANTE Alighieri (1265-1321). [Divina commedia:] Le terze rime....

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,180 - $9,270)

price realized
£4,375
($6,847)
Lot 67
HERODOTUS (c.490 - c.425 B.C.). Historiae, in Greek. Edited by Aldus...

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($10,815 - $15,450)

price realized
£13,750
($21,519)
Lot 68
LUCIANUS of Samosata (125-180 A.D.). Opera. – Flavius PHILOSTRATUS (c....

estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($12,360 - $18,540)

price realized
£8,750
($13,694)
Lot 69
ORIGEN (c.185-c.254). Homiliae. Latin Translation by St Jerome. Venice:...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£4,750
($7,434)
Lot 70
XENOPHON (c. 430-354 B.C.). Hellenica, in Greek. – PLETHON, Georgios...

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($10,815 - $15,450)

price realized
£12,500
($19,563)
Lot 71
ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.). De natura animalium. –De partibus...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($7,725 - $12,360)

price realized
£5,625
($8,803)
Lot 72
PHILOSTRATUS, Flavius (c. 170/172-247/250). De vita Apollonii Tyanei libri...

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($10,815 - $15,450)

price realized
£8,125
($12,716)
Lot 74
PLATO (427?-347 B.C.). Omnia opera, in Greek. Edited by Marcus Musurus...

estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($23,175 - $30,900)

price realized
£18,750
($29,344)
Lot 75
ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.). De natura animalium. –De partibus...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,180 - $9,270)

price realized
£4,375
($6,847)
Lot 76
ATHENAEUS of Naucratis (fl. c. 200 A.D.). Deiphosophistae, in Greek....

estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($12,360 - $18,540)

price realized
£8,750
($13,694)
Lot 78
STRABO (64/63 B.C.-c. 25 A.D.). De situ orbis, in Greek. Edited by...

estimate
£14,000 - £18,000
($21,630 - $27,810)

price realized
£22,500
($35,213)
Lot 79
APPIANUS (c.100-c.170). Historia Romana (part II). Translated by Petrus...

estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($18,540 - $27,810)

price realized
£20,000
($31,300)
Lot 80
QUINTILIANUS, Marcus Fabius (c. 35-95). Institutiones oratoriae. Milan:...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,180 - $9,270)

price realized
£8,125
($12,716)
Lot 81
JACOBUS DE CESSOLIS (fl. late 13th century). De ludo scachorum....

estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($77,250 - $123,600)

price realized
£56,250
($88,031)
Lot 82
LASCARIS, Constantine (1434-1501). Erotemata, in Greek. Latin...

estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($61,800 - $92,700)

price realized
£47,500
($74,338)
Lot 84
MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius (c. 40-c. 104). Epigrammata. Commentary by...

estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,781 - $3,863)

price realized
£3,250
($5,086)
Lot 85
SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440-1514). Liber Chronicarum, in German: Das Buch...

estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($38,625 - $54,075)

price realized
£27,500
($43,038)
Lot 87
VITRUVIUS Pollio, Marcus (c.70-15 B.C.). [De architectura libri decem.]...

estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($23,175 - $30,900)

price realized
£18,750
($29,344)
Lot 89
DÜRER, Albrecht (1471-1528). Institutiones geometricae. Translated from...

estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($9,270 - $12,360)

price realized
£6,875
($10,759)
Lot 91
ALBERTI, Leon Battista (1404-72). L'Architettura. Translated into...

estimate
£14,000 - £18,000
($21,630 - $27,810)

price realized
£17,500
($27,388)
Lot 92
ATHENAEUS of Naucratis (fl. c.200 A.D.). Deiphosophistae. Translated by...

estimate
£700 - £1,000
($1,082 - $1,545)

price realized
£1,375
($2,152)
Lot 93
BRANT, Sebastian (1458-1521). Stultifera navis, qua omnium mortalium...

estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($9,270 - $13,905)

price realized
£11,250
($17,606)
Lot 95
ST DOROTHEUS OF RADONEZH (510-565). Prepodobnago otsa nashego avvy Dorofea...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£11,875
($18,584)
Lot 96
THEVENOT, Melchisédech (c.1620-1692; editor). Recueil de voyages. Paris:...

estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($38,625 - $54,075)

price realized
£32,500
($50,863)
Lot 97
[LOCKE, John (1632-1704).] An Essay concerning Humane Understanding....

estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($12,360 - $18,540)

price realized
£10,000
($15,650)
Lot 98
LE HAY, Jacques (c.1645-c.1713) – [Charles de FERRIOL (1637-1722).] Recueil...

estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($27,810 - $38,625)

price realized
£30,000
($46,950)
Lot 99
PALLADIO, Andrea (1508-1580). I quattro libri dell' architettura....

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£3,750
($5,869)
Lot 100
[CANTILLON, Richard (d.1734).] Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général,...

estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($23,175 - $30,900)

price realized
£18,750
($29,344)
Lot 101
SMITH, Adam (1723-90). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth...

estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($38,625 - $54,075)

price realized
£42,500
($66,513)
Lot 103
PYNE, William Henry (1769-1843). The History of the Royal Residences....

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($7,725 - $12,360)

price realized
£4,500
($7,043)
Lot 105
ROBERTS, David (1796-1864). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt &...

estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($38,625 - $54,075)

price realized
£32,500
($50,863)
Lot 106
FRITH, Francis (1822-1898). Egypt, Sinai, and Jerusalem: A Series of Twenty...

estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($123,600 - $185,400)

price realized
£152,500
($238,663)
Lot 108
GOULD, John (1804-1881). The Birds of Great Britain. London: Taylor and...

estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($46,350 - $77,250)

price realized
£37,500
($58,688)
Lot 109
SOMOV, Konstantin Andreevich (1869-1939) – [BLEI, Franz (1781-1942) and...

estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($23,175 - $30,900)

price realized
£17,500
($27,388)
Lot 110
LISSITZKY, Lazar Markovich, 'El' (1890-1941). Pro dva kvadrata....

estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($23,175 - $30,900)

price realized
£18,750
($29,344)
Lot 111
COLLOT, André (1897-1976) – ANDRÉA DE NERCIAT, André-Robert (1739-1800). Les...

estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($9,270 - $13,905)

price realized
£23,750
($37,169)
Lot 113
RUSSIAN CINEMA – GARIN, Erast Pavlovich (1902-1980). The complete shooting...

estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($9,270 - $13,905)

price realized
£10,000
($15,650)
Lot 115
MAN RAY (1890-1976) and MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887-1968). New York Dada. [New...

estimate
£9,000 - £12,000
($13,905 - $18,540)

price realized
£11,250
($17,606)
Lot 116
MAN RAY (1890-1976). A complete set of original gelatin silver prints for his...

estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($61,800 - $92,700)

price realized
£50,000
($78,250)
Lot 119
DRAKE, Sir Francis (c.1540-1596) – [VAN SYPE, Nicola (fl. c.1580).] La...

estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($61,800 - $92,700)

price realized
£60,000
($93,900)
Lot 121
GREENOUGH, George Bellas (1778-1855). A Physical and Geological Map of...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£8,125
($12,716)
Lot 123
MANUSCRIPT MILITARY MAPS – Prussian military maps detailing manoeuvres in the...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,180 - $9,270)

price realized
£10,000
($15,650)
Lot 124
[ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp: Gielis...

estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($30,900 - $46,350)

price realized
£22,500
($35,213)
Lot 125
PALMER, W. (fl. 1766-1798) and J. NEWTON (1759-1844). A NEW TERRESTRIAL...

estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($9,270 - $13,905)

price realized
£7,500
($11,738)
Lot 126
PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (c.100-c.178). Geographicae enarrationis libri...

estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($23,175 - $30,900)

price realized
£32,500
($50,863)
Lot 129
BODE, Johann Elert (1747-1826). Uranographia, sive astrorum descriptio....

estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($12,360 - $18,540)

price realized
£12,500
($19,563)
Lot 130
HEVELIUS, Johannes (1611-1687). Selenographia: sive Lunae descriptio; atque...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,180 - $9,270)

price realized
£10,000
($15,650)
Lot 132
CELLARIUS, Andreas (fl.1656-1702). Harmonia Macrocosmica seu atlas...

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($10,815 - $15,450)

price realized
£68,500
($107,203)
Lot 133
BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) and Johan BLAEU (1596-1673). Novus Atlas, Das ist,...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($7,725 - $12,360)

price realized
£22,500
($35,213)
Lot 134
BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) and Johan BLAEU (1596-1673). Novus Atlas, Das ist,...

estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($12,360 - $18,540)

price realized
£18,750
($29,344)
Lot 135
BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) and Johannes BLAEU (1596-1673). Novus Atlas, Das...

estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($9,270 - $13,905)

price realized
£10,000
($15,650)
Lot 136
BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) and Johannes BLAEU (1596-1673). Novus Atlas, Das...

estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($9,270 - $13,905)

price realized
£10,000
($15,650)
Lot 138
[DE L'ISLE, Joseph-Nicolas (1688-1768) and others compilers]. Atlas...

estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($18,540 - $27,810)

price realized
£15,000
($23,475)
Lot 139
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatrum orbis terrarum. –Parergon....

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($15,450 - $23,175)

price realized
£30,000
($46,950)
Lot 142
ALBERTI, Leon Battista (1404-72). Momus. [De principe.] Rome:...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£6,000
($9,390)
Lot 144
BRECHTEL, Franz Joachim. Büchsenmeisterey. Das ist: Kurtze doch eigentliche...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£4,750
($7,434)
Lot 147
HEBENSTREIT, Johann Ernest (1703-1757). Museum Richterianum continens...

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($10,815 - $15,450)

price realized
£16,250
($25,431)
Lot 148
HEIDEN, Jan van der, the Elder (1637-1712). Beschryving der nieuwlyks...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,863 - $5,408)

price realized
£4,750
($7,434)
Lot 149
MARTIUS, Karl von (1794-1868), and Joseph ZUCCARINI (1797-1848). Nova Genera...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($7,725 - $12,360)

price realized
£27,500
($43,038)
Lot 151
MERIAN, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin ZEILLER (1589-1661). Topographia...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,090 - $4,635)

price realized
£3,750
($5,869)
Lot 152
Pantoschematismus curiosus, das ist Curieuse in 200 Kupffer-Platen...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£4,000
($6,260)
Lot 153
SCHINKEL, Karl Friedrich (1781-1841). Sammlung architektonischer...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£6,000
($9,390)
Lot 154
SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur (1788-1860). Ueber die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£3,750
($5,869)
Lot 155
TORRE FARFAN, Fernando de la (1608-1677). Fiestas de la S. Iglesia...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£3,750
($5,869)
Lot 159
BOYDELL, John (1720-1804). A Collection of Prints, Engraved after the Most...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,090 - $4,635)

price realized
£4,375
($6,847)
Lot 160
BOYDELL, John (1720-1804) – A collection of engravings, mainly after Old...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,863 - $5,408)

price realized
£3,750
($5,869)
Lot 161
BRITISH ENGRAVINGS – A collection of engravings with many portraits of British...

estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
($4,635 - $6,180)

price realized
£5,250
($8,216)
Lot 162
CARRACCI, Annibale (1560-1609) – A collection of engravings, including many by...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,318 - $3,090)

price realized
£3,750
($5,869)
Lot 163
CUTLER, Nathaniel and Edmond HALLEY (1656-1742). Atlas maritimus et...

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($10,815 - $15,450)

price realized
£27,500
($43,038)
Lot 164
JONES, Owen (1809-74) and Jules GOURY. Plans, Elevations, Sections, and...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£7,500
($11,738)
Lot 165
NEWCASTLE, William Cavendish, Duke of (1592-1676). A General System of...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£8,750
($13,694)
Lot 166
PHOTOGRAPHY – An album of fine and large early photographs of flowers from...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£6,000
($9,390)
Lot 167
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). [Opera, an extensive composite...

estimate
£60,000 - £90,000
($92,700 - $139,050)

price realized
£110,500
($172,933)
Lot 169
ROSA, Salvator (1615-1673) – A collection of engravings and etchings, most by...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£4,375
($6,847)
Lot 170
EDMONDSON, Joseph (bap.1732-1786) working from the notes of William SEGAR...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£2,500
($3,913)
Lot 171
TURNER, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851). Liber studiorum. London:...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£15,000
($23,475)
Lot 172
WATTEAU, Antoine (1684-1721) – An extensive collection of prints, including a...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£43,750
($68,469)
Lot 173
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514-64). De humani corporis fabrica librorum...

estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($108,150 - $154,500)

price realized
£74,500
($116,593)
Lot 174
BACON, Sir Francis (1561-1626). Instauratio magna [Novum...

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($10,815 - $15,450)

price realized
£11,250
($17,606)
Lot 175
BERKELEY, George (1685-1753). A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,635 - $7,725)

price realized
£4,375
($6,847)
Lot 176
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of...

estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($77,250 - $123,600)

price realized
£92,500
($144,763)
Lot 177
HUME, David (1711-1776). A Treatise of Human Nature: being an Attempt to...

estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($23,175 - $38,625)

price realized
£62,500
($97,813)
Lot 178
[LOCKE, John (1632-1704).] An Essay concerning Humane Understanding....

estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($18,540 - $27,810)

price realized
£40,000
($62,600)
Lot 179
NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1643-1727). Philosophiae naturalis principia...

estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($154,500 - $231,750)

price realized
£278,500
($435,853)
Lot 180
MORLEY, Thomas (1557-1603). A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,180 - $9,270)

price realized
£11,250
($17,606)
Lot 181
SPINOZA, Baruch (later Benedictus de, 1632-1677). Tractatus...

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($10,815 - $15,450)

price realized
£15,000
($23,475)
Lot 182
[VOLTAIRE (1694-1778).] Candide ou L'Optimisme, traduit de l'allemand de Mr....

estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($18,540 - $27,810)

price realized
£16,250
($25,431)
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