• Auction 12139

    Valuable Books and Manuscripts

    13 July 2016, London

    SALE TOTAL: 6,974,125 (GBP)
110 Lots for Sale 12139
Lot 101
A BIFOLIUM FROM A BIBLE, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [?France, late 9th or...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,984 - $6,640)

price realized
£8,125
($10,790)
Lot 103
ST PAUL and A VIOLIN-PLAYER, two historiated initials on a bifolium from a...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,640 - $10,624)

price realized
£8,125
($10,790)
Lot 104
THE FIERY FURNACE, historiated initial on a bifolium from a Giant Bible [Spain,...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,984 - $6,640)

price realized
£9,375
($12,450)
Lot 105
ST PAUL, opening his Epistle to the Thessalonians, historiated initial on a...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,312 - $7,968)

price realized
£8,750
($11,620)
Lot 106
TWO LEAVES WITH HISTORIATED INITIALS FROM A MIDDLE ENGLISH BRUT CHRONICLE, in...

estimate
£12,000 - £20,000
($15,936 - $26,560)

price realized
£15,000
($19,920)
Lot 107
THE SIEGE OF WINCHESTER AND THE BURIAL OF LIONEL, miniature cut from the...

estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($26,560 - $39,840)

price realized
£25,000
($33,200)
Lot 108
MONKS SINGING AT A LECTERN, historiated initial 'C' on a leaf from an...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,656 - $3,984)

price realized
£2,750
($3,652)
Lot 112
BOOK OF DEVOTIONS, use of St Donatian, Bruges, in Latin, illuminated manuscript...

estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($53,120 - $79,680)

price realized
£50,000
($66,400)
Lot 119
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Paris, in French and Latin, illuminated manuscript on...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,312 - $7,968)

price realized
£5,625
($7,470)
Lot 120
THE VON ERLACH ‘HOLY SHROUD’ PRAYERBOOK, in Latin and German, manuscript on...

estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($106,240 - $159,360)

price realized
£116,500
($154,712)
Lot 121
A TUDOR BARBER AND SURGEON’S HANDBOOK, in English, manuscript on paper and...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($13,280 - $19,920)

price realized
£80,500
($106,904)
Lot 123
JOHN OF ORLEANS, Count of Angoulême and of Périgord (1399-1467). Document...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,640 - $10,624)

price realized
£11,250
($14,940)
Lot 124
MELANCHTHON, Philipp (1497-1560). Autograph letter signed (‘Philippus...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,640 - $10,624)

price realized
£6,250
($8,300)
Lot 125
LUTHER, Martin (1483-1546). Autograph letter signed (‘Martinus Luther’) to the...

estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($106,240 - $159,360)

price realized
£98,500
($130,808)
Lot 126
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS (1542-1587). Document signed ('Marie'), as Queen of Scots...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($13,280 - $19,920)

price realized
£11,875
($15,770)
Lot 127
JAMES VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland. Letters...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,312 - $7,968)

price realized
£7,750
($10,292)
Lot 128
CHARLES I (1600-1649), king of England, Scotland and Ireland. Document signed...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,328 - $1,992)

price realized
£1,750
($2,324)
Lot 129
BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750).

estimate
£1,500,000 - £2,500,000
($1,992,000 - $3,320,000)

price realized
£2,518,500
($3,344,568)
Lot 130
BERNOULLI, Daniel (1700-1782). Autograph letter signed (‘Daniel Bernoulli’) to...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,656 - $3,984)

price realized
£3,000
($3,984)
Lot 131
WESLEY, John (1703-1791). Autograph letter signed (‘J Wesley’) to Thomas...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,984 - $6,640)

price realized
£11,875
($15,770)
Lot 132
WESLEY, John (1703-1791). Autograph letter signed (‘John Wesley’) to Tho[mas]...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,656 - $3,984)

price realized
£2,250
($2,988)
Lot 133
HENRY FREDERICK, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745-1790)....

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,992 - $2,656)

price realized
£1,500
($1,992)
Lot 134
[AUSTRALIA – SECOND AND THIRD FLEETS]. SENTENCING SUMMARY OF EXECUTION OR...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,984 - $6,640)

price realized
£11,250
($14,940)
Lot 135
NELSON, William, 1st Earl Nelson (clergyman, 1757-1835). Autograph letter...

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,593 - $2,390)

price realized
£2,750
($3,652)
Lot 136
[AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)]. Fob seal of Jane's cousin, John Thomas Austen...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,992 - $2,656)

price realized
£1,625
($2,158)
Lot 137
CASSATT, Mary (1844-1926). Document signed three times ('Mary S. Cassatt',...

estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,390 - $3,320)

price realized
£2,125
($2,822)
Lot 138
MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, Felix (1809-1847). Autograph document signed (a letter...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,640 - $10,624)

price realized
£5,625
($7,470)
Lot 139
GOGOL, Nikolai Vasilievich (1809-1852). Autograph letter signed ('?') [likely...

estimate
($66,400 - $106,240)

This lot was withdrawn from the sale

Lot 140
STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). The Anne Jenkin papers.

estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($23,904 - $33,200)

price realized
£32,500
($43,160)
Lot 141
GORDON, Charles George, General (1833-1885). Autograph manuscript signed (‘C.G....

estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,390 - $3,320)

price realized
£5,000
($6,640)
Lot 142
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). Autograph letter signed (‘Oscar Wilde’) to Gerald...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,984 - $6,640)

price realized
£5,000
($6,640)
Lot 145
JAMESON, Margaret Storm (1891-1986). A small archive of letters and books,...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,312 - $7,968)

price realized
£5,625
($7,470)
Lot 146
EINSTEIN, Albert. Autograph correspondence card signed ('Albert') to his friend...

estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($33,200 - $46,480)

price realized
£74,500
($98,936)
Lot 147
EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955), and others. The undergraduate registration book...

estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,624 - $15,936)

price realized
£9,375
($12,450)
Lot 148
EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Typed statement signed ('A. Einstein'), setting...

estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($19,920 - $33,200)

price realized
£21,250
($28,220)
Lot 149
[Albert EINSTEIN (1879-1955)].

estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($53,120 - $79,680)

price realized
£110,500
($146,744)
Lot 150
[EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)].

estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($19,920 - $26,560)

price realized
£266,500
($353,912)
Lot 151
[EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)].

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,640 - $10,624)

price realized
£62,500
($83,000)
Lot 152
WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig (1889-1951). Autograph letter signed ('Ludwig...

estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,968 - $11,952)

price realized
£13,750
($18,260)
Lot 153
BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). Six proofs and playscripts with autograph...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,320 - $4,648)

price realized
£3,250
($4,316)
Lot 156
ALBERTI, Leon Battista (1404-72). L'Architettura. Translated into...

estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,968 - $11,952)

price realized
£6,250
($8,300)
Lot 158
ARISTOTELES (384-322 B.C.). Opera, in...

estimate
£120,000 - £160,000
($159,360 - $212,480)

price realized
£146,500
($194,552)
Lot 160
CELSUS, Aulus Cornelius (c.25 B.C.-c.50 A.D.). De medicina. Venice:...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,312 - $7,968)

price realized
£10,000
($13,280)
Lot 162
CLIFFORD, Christ[opher]. The Schoole of Horsemanship. Wherein is discovered...

estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,968 - $11,952)

price realized
£7,500
($9,960)
Lot 165


estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,656 - $3,984)

price realized
£2,250
($2,988)
Lot 166
LIVIUS, Titus (50 BC-AD 17). Las quatorze decadas de Tito Livio, Hystoriador...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,312 - $7,968)

price realized
£6,250
($8,300)
Lot 167
LOMAZZO, Giovanni Paolo (1538-1592). Trattato dell'arte de la pittura....

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,656 - $3,984)

price realized
£2,500
($3,320)
Lot 168
MELANCHTHON, Philipp (1497-1560). [Institutiones Graecae grammaticae]...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,984 - $6,640)

price realized
£3,750
($4,980)
Lot 170
PLATO (427-347 B.C.). Opera. Translated from Greek into Latin, with...

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($9,296 - $13,280)

price realized
£8,750
($11,620)
Lot 171
FLEMISH BOOK PRESS, late 17th / early 18th century.

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,984 - $6,640)

price realized
£13,750
($18,260)
Lot 173
BESLER, Basilius (1561-1629). Hortus Eystettensis. [Nuremberg]: 1613.

estimate
£800,000 - £1,200,000
($1,062,400 - $1,593,600)

price realized
£1,930,500
($2,563,704)
Lot 175
COLLAERT, Adrian (1560-1618). Piscium vivae icones. [Antwerp: n.p.,...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,640 - $10,624)

price realized
£6,250
($8,300)
Lot 176
LADMIRAL, Jacob (1700-1770). Naauwkeurige waarneemingen omtrent de...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,656 - $3,984)

price realized
£1,875
($2,490)
Lot 177
MENDEL, Johann Gregor (1822-1884). ‘Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybriden’. Offprint...

estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($265,600 - $398,400)

price realized
£242,500
($322,040)
Lot 178
STRAET, Jan van der (1536-1605). Nova reperta. [Antwerp]: Phillipe...

estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($26,560 - $39,840)

price realized
£25,000
($33,200)
Lot 179
[THORNTON, Robert John (1768-1837). The Temple of Flora, or Garden of...

estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($53,120 - $79,680)

price realized
£47,500
($63,080)
Lot 181
ADAM, Robert (1728-1792). Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,312 - $7,968)

price realized
£6,250
($8,300)
Lot 183
BLAEU, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638). Nouveau theatre d'Italie. The Hague:...

estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($33,200 - $46,480)

price realized
£25,000
($33,200)
Lot 184
BLAEU, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638). SPHÆRA STELLISERA. In qua, ut...

estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($132,800 - $199,200)

price realized
£200,500
($266,264)
Lot 185
CORONELLI, Vincenzo (1650-1718). Atlante Veneto: Isolario descrittione...

estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($19,920 - $33,200)

price realized
£27,500
($36,520)
Lot 186
DIAZ DEL CASTILLO, Bernal (ca 1492-1581). Historia verdadera de la conquista...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,640 - $10,624)

price realized
£6,875
($9,130)
Lot 187
HALLEY, EDMOND (1656-1743). Nova & accuratissima totius terrarum orbis...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,312 - $7,968)

price realized
£4,375
($5,810)
Lot 188
[LORCK, Melchior (1526/7-after 1583), artist. Eberhard Werner HAPPEL (1647-90),...

estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($33,200 - $46,480)

price realized
£74,500
($98,936)
Lot 191
OGILBY, John (1600-1676). Britannia, Volume the First: or, an Illustration...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,640 - $10,624)

price realized
£11,875
($15,770)
Lot 192
OLEARIUS, Adam (1603-1671). Voyages très-curieux & très-renommez faits en...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,984 - $6,640)

price realized
£4,000
($5,312)
Lot 193
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp: Gielis...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($13,280 - $19,920)

price realized
£13,750
($18,260)
Lot 194
PUGIN, Augustus (1762-1832) and Thomas ROWLANDSON (1757-1827), illustrators....

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,992 - $2,656)

price realized
£1,500
($1,992)
Lot 195
ORTIZ, Alonso (1455-1503). Cinco tratados. Seville: Compañeros alemanes...

estimate
£120,000 - £160,000
($159,360 - $212,480)

price realized
£146,500
($194,552)
Lot 196
SALT, Henry (1780-1827). Twenty Four Views taken in St. Helena, the Cape,...

estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($26,560 - $39,840)

price realized
£25,000
($33,200)
Lot 200
[WHALING] – MANUSCRIPT LOG of Captain Francis Fisher, aboard the Swift,...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,640 - $10,624)

price realized
£6,250
($8,300)
Lot 201
[WHALING] – MANUSCRIPT LOG of Captain Peter G. Smith, aboard the Young...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,640 - $10,624)

price realized
£13,750
($18,260)
Lot 202
RAYNALL, Guillaume-Thomas (1713-1796). Atlas portatif pour servir...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,992 - $3,320)

price realized
£1,625
($2,158)
Lot 203
CASANOVA DE SEINGALT, Giacomo Girolamo (1725-1798). The Memoirs... now for...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,984 - $6,640)

price realized
£2,500
($3,320)
Lot 204
CRAIG, Edward Henry Gordon (1872-1966). Book of Penny Toys. Hackbridge:...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,984 - $6,640)

price realized
£3,125
($4,150)
Lot 208
La Lune en Rodage. Basel: Carl Laszlo, Editions Panderma, 1960.

estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($19,920 - $26,560)

price realized
£58,750
($78,020)
Lot 209
[MATISSE] — MALLARMÉ, Stéphane (1842-1898). Poésies. Eaux-fortes originales...

estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($92,960 - $132,800)

price realized
£104,500
($138,776)
Lot 210
MILNE, Alan Alexander (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen,...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,656 - $3,984)

price realized
£2,250
($2,988)
Lot 211
[POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943), illustrator] -- WEATHERLY, Frederic E. A Happy...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($13,280 - $19,920)

price realized
£10,000
($13,280)
Lot 215
POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000). [A Dance to the Music of Time]. London:...

estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,624 - $15,936)

price realized
£9,375
($12,450)
Lot 219
TÖPFFER, Rodolphe (1799-1846). Le Docteur Festus. Paris: lithographed in...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,328 - $1,992)

price realized
£937
($1,245)
Lot 222
TÖPFFER, Rodolphe (1799-1846). [Voyages en Zigzig.] Comprising:...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,656 - $3,984)

price realized
£1,625
($2,158)
Lot 224
WILDE, Oscar O'Flahertie Wills (1864-1900). Salomé. Drame en un acte....

estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($26,560 - $39,840)

price realized
£18,750
($24,900)
Lot 225
CHAPLIN, Sir Charles Spencer [‘Charlie’] (1889-1977). A Whangee cane, 82cm. in...

estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,968 - $11,952)

price realized
£18,750
($24,900)
Lot 226
MAILEY, Arthur (1886-1967). ‘Our Skipper 1920’. Original pen-and-ink...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,320 - $4,648)

price realized
£3,500
($4,648)
Lot 228
MAILEY, Arthur (1886-1967). ‘Picture of English Cricketers passing on their...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,320 - $4,648)

price realized
£2,750
($3,652)
Lot 232
MAILEY, Arthur (1886-1967). ‘I thought It was Time to retire,’ original...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,328 - $1,992)

price realized
£1,000
($1,328)
Lot 236
RANJITSINHJI, Kumar Shri (1872-1933). A palm wood cane with 9ct. rose gold...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,984 - $6,640)

price realized
£3,500
($4,648)
Lot 237
FLORIO, John (1553?-1625). A Worlde of Wordes, or Most Copious, and Exact...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,992 - $3,320)

price realized
£4,000
($5,312)
Lot 238
HARROD, William (d. 1819). Sevenoke. A Poem humbly inscribed to his Grace...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,984 - $6,640)

price realized
£3,750
($4,980)
Lot 239
LOVE, James, pseudonym of James Dance (1721–1774). Cricket. An Heroic...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,320 - $4,648)

price realized
£3,250
($4,316)
Lot 242
LAWS OF CRICKET -- The London Chronicle. No. 5119. From Saturday,...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,062 - $1,593)

price realized
£1,375
($1,826)
Lot 243
The Galaxy. Consisting of a variety of sacred and other poetry. The whole...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,312 - $7,968)

price realized
£4,375
($5,810)
Lot 246
Laws of the Noble Game of Cricket, as revised by the Club at St....

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,656 - $3,984)

price realized
£3,750
($4,980)
Lot 248
LAMBERT, William. The Cricketer’s Guide or a Concise Treatise on the Noble...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,328 - $1,992)

price realized
£1,125
($1,494)
Lot 250
[DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)]. Sunday under Three Heads ... by Timothy...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,062 - $1,593)

price realized
£1,125
($1,494)
Lot 253
LILLYWHITE, Frederick William (1792-1854). Lillywhite’s Illustrated...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,656 - $3,984)

price realized
£3,500
($4,648)
Lot 254
DENISON, William. Cricket. Sketches of the Players. London: Simpkin,...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,328 - $1,992)

price realized
£1,375
($1,826)
Lot 255
Kent Cricket Club. A Meeting held at the Council Chamber, Friday the...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,062 - $1,593)

price realized
£875
($1,162)
Lot 257
HENNAH, T.H. (photographer). England's Twelve Champion Cricketers,...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,328 - $1,992)

price realized
£1,000
($1,328)
Lot 258
Prospectus of the All-England and Australian Cricket Association. [No...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,328 - $1,992)

price realized
£1,500
($1,992)
Lot 259
FOX, Charles James, Lord Russell (1807-1894). Some Recollections of...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,328 - $1,992)

price realized
£1,125
($1,494)
Lot 260
R.D. BEESTON and M.C.B. MASSIE (illustrator). St. Ivo and the Ashes: A...

estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,320 - $4,648)

price realized
£4,750
($6,308)
Lot 261
HENDERSON, J.T. (editor). Natal Cricketers' Annual [after 1889 South...

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,640 - $10,624)

price realized
£5,625
($7,470)
Lot 264
W.G. Grace. Full-length portrait photograph by E. Hawkins and Company,...

estimate
£1,400 - £1,800
($1,859 - $2,390)

price realized
£2,000
($2,656)
Lot 265
BARRIE, J.M. The Allahakbarrie Book of Broadway Cricket. [Privately...

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,593 - $2,390)

price realized
£2,000
($2,656)
Lot 266
HAWKE, Martin Bladen, 7th Baron Hawke (1860-1938) -- Visit of Lord Hawke's...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,062 - $1,593)

price realized
£1,000
($1,328)
Lot 267
BELDAM, George W. (photographer). Victor Trumper, London: Swan Electric...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,062 - $1,593)

price realized
£750
($996)
Lot 268
TAYLOR, Alfred D. (1872-1923). The Catalogue of Cricket Literature....

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,062 - $1,593)

price realized
£1,187
($1,577)
Lot 269
TAYLER, Albert Chevallier (1862-1925, illustrator). The Empire’s Cricketers....

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,328 - $1,992)

price realized
£1,000
($1,328)
Lot 270
Rules for the Game of Golf as approved by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,656 - $3,984)

price realized
£2,500
($3,320)
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