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Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs

Auction 17860
23 Nov 2010, starting at 13:00 GMT.
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Sold for £62,400 inc. premium
MORE (THOMAS) A fruteful and pleasaunt worke of the beste state of a publyque weale, and of the newe yle ...
Sold for £38,400 inc. premium
ROBERTS (DAVID) The Holy Land, 3 vol.
Sold for £16,800 inc. premium
ROBERTS (DAVID) Egypt and Nubia... With Historical Descriptions by William Brockendon, 3 vol. in 2
Sold for £16,800 inc. premium
ELIZABETH I

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105 BIBLE, in English, Authorised version The Holy Bible, King James' Great "She" Bible £14,400
€16,959
US$ 21,819
107 BINDING, SCOTTISH La Sainte Bible £456
€537
US$ 690
108 BINDING, SCOTTISH The Book of Common Prayer £660
€777
US$ 1,000
109 BLACK (JOSEPH) £3,840
€4,522
US$ 5,818
111 BOYDELL (JOHN and JOSIAH) A Collection of Prints Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Artists of Great Britain, 2 vol. £1,800
€2,119
US$ 2,727
112 CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET) TAYLOR (HENRY) Philip van Artevelde, flyleaf inscribed "Julia Margaret Cameron from Henry Taylor", 1864; Autobiography of Henry Taylor £2,640
€3,109
US$ 4,000
113 CARTER (HOWARD) £3,840
€4,522
US$ 5,818
114 CARTER (JOHN) and E.P. GOLDSCHMIDT £540
€635
US$ 818
115 CHARNOCK (JOHN) An History of Marine Architecture. Including an Enlarged and Progressive View of the Nautical Regulations and Naval History, Both Civil and Military, of All Nations, 3 vol. £1,920
€2,261
US$ 2,909
116 CHARLES II £1,020
€1,201
US$ 1,545
117 CHURCHILL (WINSTON) £1,680
€1,978
US$ 2,545
118 CHURCHILL (WINSTON) The Works, 34 vol. £1,800
€2,119
US$ 2,727
119 COLLINGS PAPERS – ORWELL'S SOUTHWOLD and MALAYSIAN ANTHROPOLOGY £3,000
€3,533
US$ 4,545
120 CONSET (JOHN) The Olive Branch, or the Miraculous Restauration of Peace, Both to Church & State in Great Britain and Ireland, May 29. 1660 £9,000
€10,599
US$ 13,637
121 COOKERY and MEDICINE A collection of six culinary and medical recipe books £660
€777
US$ 1,000
122 COOKERY BATTAM (ANNE) A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Receipts, Never Before Printed, and Taken from the Manuscripts of Divers Persons of the Most Refin'd Taste and Greatest Judgment in the Arts of Cookery, Preserving, &c... Together with Directions for Making Several Sorts of Wines, Mead, Sherbert, Punch £2,400
€2,826
US$ 3,636
123 COSTUME Petit courrier des dames, ou nouveau journal des modes, des théatres, de la littérature et des arts, 13 vol. (incomplete run between volume nos. 8 and 36) £960
€1,130
US$ 1,454
124 CORNWALL – BODMIN £3,840
€4,522
US$ 5,818
125 CRIMEAN WAR £840
€989
US$ 1,272
126 CRIMEAN WAR PERCEVAL (Lieutenant E.A.) Panoramic View of Sebastopol £1,800
€2,119
US$ 2,727
128 CROMWELL (RICHARD) £3,600
€4,239
US$ 5,454
129 CURIE (MARIE) Propriétés magnétiques des aciers trempés. Par Mme. Sklodowska Curie [offprint from the Bulletin de la Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale], AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY £5,760
€6,783
US$ 8,727
130 CURTIS (JOHN) British Entomology; Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects Found in Great Britain and Ireland... and in Many Instances of the Plants Upon Which They Are Found, 16 vol. £1,560
€1,837
US$ 2,363
131 CURTIS (WILLIAM) The Botanical Magazine; Or Flower-Garden Displayed, vol. 3-16, 19-32 and 44 in 15 vol., plus index to vol.1-20, together 16 vol. £2,640
€3,109
US$ 4,000
132 DE TERRA RUBEA (JOANNES) Contra Rebelles suorum Regum £1,140
€1,342
US$ 1,727
134 DICKENS (CHARLES) £2,160
€2,543
US$ 3,272
135 DISRAELI (BENJAMIN) £5,760
€6,783
US$ 8,727
136 DRUMMOND (ALEXANDER) Travels through Different Cities of Germany, Italy, Greece, and Several Parts of Asia, as far as the Banks of the Euphrates £3,000
€3,533
US$ 4,545
138 DURET (THÉODORE) Histoire des peintres impressionistes £1,800
€2,119
US$ 2,727
139 EDWARD VI £10,200
€12,012
US$ 15,455
140 ELIZABETH I £16,800
€19,785
US$ 25,456
141 FAUST WIDMANN (GEORG RUDOLPH) Das ärgerliche Leben und schreckliche Ende dess ... D. J. Fausti ... Jetzo, aufs neue übersehen und ... vermehret durch J. N. Pfitzerum ... Nebst vorangefügtem Bericht C. W. Platzii ... von der ... Zauberey-Sünde; und einem Anhange, von den Lapponischen Wahrsager-Paucken £3,000
€3,533
US$ 4,545
143 FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL, Lord) The Works, 2 vol.; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, 2 vol. £780
€918
US$ 1,181
144 FRANCE - MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL £2,880
€3,391
US$ 4,363
146 GALLUS, Abbas Cisterciensis Malogranatum [Dyalogus dictus Malogranatum] £5,040
€5,935
US$ 7,636
147 GARRICK (DAVID) The Book of Common Prayer, DAVID GARRICK'S COPY £1,440
€1,695
US$ 2,181
149 GOLTZIUS (HUBERTUS) C. Iulius Caesar sive historiae imperatorem Caesarumque Romanorum ex antiquis numismatibus restitutae liber primus £1,080
€1,271
US$ 1,636
150 GRAY (THOMAS) [MAINWARING (JOHN)] Memoirs of the Life of the late George Frederick Handel. To which is added a Catalogue of his Works, THOMAS GRAY'S COPY £1,560
€1,837
US$ 2,363
151 HOCKNEY (DAVID) Paper Pools, NUMBER 411 OF 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED COLOUR LITHOGRAPH £8,400
€9,892
US$ 12,728
152 HUTCHESON (FRANCIS) A System of Moral Philosophy, in Three Books, 2 vol. £1,560
€1,837
US$ 2,363
154 ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BREVIARY, Franciscan £9,600
€11,306
US$ 14,546
155 ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS, Use of Paris £7,800
€9,186
US$ 11,818
156 ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS, Use of Rouen £15,600
€18,372
US$ 23,637
157 ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT [Book of Hours] £2,640
€3,109
US$ 4,000
158 INDIAN MUTINY and CRIMEA £5,400
€6,359
US$ 8,182
159 INDIAN MUTINY £3,360
€3,957
US$ 5,091
160 IONIAN ISLANDS and ROYALTY £1,920
€2,261
US$ 2,909
161 ISDELL (SARAH)] The Vale of Louisiana. An American Tale, 2 vol. £4,560
€5,370
US$ 6,909
163 JARDINE (WILLIAM, editor) The Naturalist's Library, 42 vol. (including 2 supplementary volumes) £3,000
€3,533
US$ 4,545
164 JUNG (CARL GUSTAV) £1,560
€1,837
US$ 2,363
165 JUNG (CARL GUSTAV) BENNET (E.A.) C.G. Jung, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S COPY £1,920
€2,261
US$ 2,909
167 JUNG (CARL GUSTAV) Psychological Analysis of Nietzsche's Zarathustra, Notes on the Seminar given by Prof. Dr. C.G. Jung, vol. 1-2 only, PRESENTATION COPY FROM JUNG TO E.A. BENNET £3,000
€3,533
US$ 4,545
168 JUNG (CARL GUSTAV) Welt der Psyche. Eine Auswahl zur Einfuhrung, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM JUNG TO E.A. BENNET £480
€565
US$ 727
170 JUNG - ADLER ARCHIVE An extensive archive of manuscript material, sketchbooks, watercolours and ephemera relating to the work of Jungian analyists Gerhard and Hella Adler £3,360
€3,957
US$ 5,091
171 KNOWLES (GEORGE BEAUCHAMP) and FREDERIC WESTCOTT The Floral Cabinet, and Magazine of Exotic Botany, 3 vol. £900
€1,059
US$ 1,363
172 KALM (PETER) Travels into North America; Containing its Natural History, and a Circumstantial Account of its Plantations and Agriculture... Civil, Ecclesiastical and Commercial State of the Country, 3 vol. £1,800
€2,119
US$ 2,727
173 KOSTER (HENRY) Travels in Brazil £1,560
€1,837
US$ 2,363
174 LAW (JOHN)] Calendarium lunae perpetuum: Seu, cursus lunae accurate monstratus, et expedita mehtodo computatus, pro omnibus solis et lunae eclipsibus una cum omnibus noviluniis et pleniluniis, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION £2,160
€2,543
US$ 3,272
175 LEO I, Pope [Sermones] Incipit: Iohannis andree episcopi aleriensis ad summu[m] pontificem paulum secundum Venetum £2,400
€2,826
US$ 3,636
176 LEONARDO DA VINCI Recueil de testes de caractere & de charges dessinées par Leonard de Vinci... & gravées par M. le C[omte] de C[aylus] £3,000
€3,533
US$ 4,545
177 LEWIN (WILLIAM) The Birds of Great Britain, Systematically Arranged, Accurately Engraved, and Painted from Nature; With Descriptions, Including the Natural History of Each Bird, 8 vol. bound in 4 £1,560
€1,837
US$ 2,363
178 LITERATURE – DICKENS and BROWNING £1,560
€1,837
US$ 2,363
179 LORD (THOMAS) Lord's Entire New System of Ornithology or Oecumenical History of British Birds £1,440
€1,695
US$ 2,181
181 MADRID Madrid, capitale d'Espagne £2,280
€2,685
US$ 3,454
182 MALTHUS (THOMAS ROBERT) An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a View of Its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness... a New Edition, Very Much Enlarged £1,560
€1,837
US$ 2,363
183 MATISSE (HENRI) Poèmes de Charles d'Orléans, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 237 of 1200 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST £1,560
€1,837
US$ 2,363
185 MEL (CONRAD) Legatio orientalis, sinensium, samaritanorum, chaldaeorum & hebrareorum, interpretationibus et epiphonemate germanico £1,140
€1,342
US$ 1,727
186 MARY I £10,800
€12,719
US$ 16,364
187 MERIAN (MATTHAEUS) Todten-Tantz, wie derselbe in der löblichen und weit-berühmten Stadt Basel, als ein Spiegel menschlicher Beschaffenheit £2,160
€2,543
US$ 3,272
188 MONNOYER (JEAN BAPTISTE) Livre de toutes sortes de fleurs d'après nature] £2,160
€2,543
US$ 3,272
189 MORE (THOMAS) A fruteful and pleasaunt worke of the beste state of a publyque weale, and of the newe yle called Utopia; written in Latine by Syr Thomas More knyght, and translated into Englyshe by Raphe Robynson, at the procurement, and earnest request of George Tadlowe citezein [and] haberdassher of the same citie, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION £62,400
€73,489
US$ 94,551
191 NAVAL - OMMANNEY £3,000
€3,533
US$ 4,545
192 NAVAL - PEABODY £660
€777
US$ 1,000
193 NAVAL JOURNAL £9,600
€11,306
US$ 14,546
194 NAVAL and MILITARY - HODGE FAMILY £456
€537
US$ 690
195 NAVAL – BARRETTO JUNIOR £660
€777
US$ 1,000
196 NELSON (HORATIO) £4,560
€5,370
US$ 6,909
197 NELSON (HORATIO) £780
€918
US$ 1,181
198 NAVAL – BELLEROPHON £720
€847
US$ 1,090
199 PAMPHLETS BEATSON (ROBERT) An Essay on the Comparative Advantages of Vertical and Horizontal Wind-Mills £3,840
€4,522
US$ 5,818
201 PHILLIPPS (Sir THOMAS) £2,400
€2,826
US$ 3,636
202 PHYSICS FEYNMAN (RICHARD PHILLIP) and numerous others, contributors. The Physical Review. A Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics established by E.L. Nichols in 1893, vol. 57-71, 74-77, 80-86, 88-90, together 26 vol. £600
€706
US$ 909
203 PINETTI (GIUSEPPE) Physical Amusements and Diverting Experiments. Composed and Performed in Different Capitals of Europe, and in London £3,840
€4,522
US$ 5,818
204 POLITICS - HENRY STANLEY and JOSEPH LISTER £576
€678
US$ 872
205 PRISON HISTORY – FEMALE CONVICTS £1,920
€2,261
US$ 2,909
206 READ (DAVID CHARLES) £7,200
€8,479
US$ 10,909
207 RADCLIFFE (MARY ANN)] Radzivil. A Romance. Translated from the Russ of the Celebrated M. Wocklow, 3 vol. £2,040
€2,402
US$ 3,091
208 RELIEF OF CAPTIVES AT ALGIERS Collection of 8 printed bonds issued to raise funds for the relief of captives at Algiers, made out in the name of John Ramsay of London, in Latin and English and with names, dates and the goods being taxed ("french wine", "holland cheese" etc.) completed in manuscript £2,280
€2,685
US$ 3,454
209 ROBERTS (DAVID) Egypt and Nubia... With Historical Descriptions by William Brockendon, 3 vol. in 2 £16,800
€19,785
US$ 25,456
210 ROBERTS (DAVID) The Holy Land, 3 vol. £38,400
€45,224
US$ 58,185
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