Sothebys: Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern, L25404, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 09, 2025 - July 09, 2025

Page Size: 161 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
52	Charles Darwin	Charles Darwin \| Autograph letter signed, to Hugh Falconer, on being awarded the Copley Medal, 1864		1864	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 16,510.00
53	Denis Dodart	Denis Dodart \| Memoires pour servir a l'histoire de plantes, 1676		1676	GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	GBP 33,020.00
54	Sir Francis Drake	Sir Francis Drake \| Le voyage de l'illustre seigneur et chevalier Francois Drach admiral d'angleterre, alentour du monde. Paris, 1613	Paris	1613	GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 4,826.00
55	Henry Eeeles Dresser	Henry Eeeles Dresser \| A History of the Birds of Europe. London: for the author, 1871--1896, 9 volumes, fine lithographed plates	London:	1871--1896	GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 9,525.00
56	[George Edwards and Mark Catesby, after]	[George Edwards and Mark Catesby, after] \| An eighteenth-century album of sketches of birds and animals			GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
57	John Edwards	John Edwards \| A select collection of one hundred plates, consisting of the most beautiful exotic and British flowers, 1775, fine botanical engravings		1775	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 8,255.00
58		Egypt \| An album of photographs by Henry Gaskell Close, 1864		1864	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 9,525.00
59	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein \| Autograph card signed, to Attilo Palatini, on Palatini's refinement to General Relativity, 16 January 1920		1920-01-16	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 8,255.00
60	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein \| Autograph letter signed, to Attilio Palatino, on his research into General Relativity, 12 May 1929		1929-05-12	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	Not Sold
61	Joseph Farington, William Westall, Samuel Owen	Joseph Farington, William Westall, Samuel Owen \| An album of views of the River Thames, [c. 1837]		c. 1837	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
62	Pietro Ferrerio	Pietro Ferrerio \| Palazzi di Roma, [Rome, c.1696-1702], 2 volumes		c.1696-1702	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
63	William Fowler	William Fowler \| Engravings of the mosaic pavements (with the rare appendices), 1798--1824, 3 volumes		1798--1824	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
64	Elizabeth Gould	Elizabeth Gould \| Gyrfalcon, original watercolour			GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 19,050.00
65	Elizabeth Gould	Elizabeth Gould \| Guianan cock-of-the-rock, original watercolour			GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 7,620.00
66	Elizabeth Gould	Elizabeth Gould \| A pair of northern bobwhite or Virginia quail, male and female, original watercolour			GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 12,700.00
67	Elizabeth Gould	Elizabeth Gould \| Greater spotted woodpecker, original watercolour			GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 5,715.00
68	Elizabeth Gould	Elizabeth Gould \| Malayan banded pitta, original watercolour			GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 4,826.00
69	John Gould	John Gould \| The Birds of Europe, [1832-] 1837, 5 volumes, contemporary half morocco, subscriber's copy		1832-1837	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 53,340.00
70	Himalayas	Himalayas \| Original watercolour drawings by Charles Wyndham, 1852		1852	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 10,160.00
71	Jan Jansson	Jan Jansson \| Atlas Novus volume IV. British Isles, Amsterdam, 1646, contemporary Dutch vellum gilt		1646	GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 8,890.00
72	Karl Krazeisen	Karl Krazeisen \| [Bildnisse augezeichneter Griechen und Philhellenen, Munich], 1828-1831		1828-1831	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 17,780.00
73	Adam Johann von Krusenstern	Adam Johann von Krusenstern \| Voyage autour du monde, 1821, with the rare atlas		1821	GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	Not Sold
74	Henry Langley	Henry Langley \| Manuscript memoirs of adventures chiefly in the Caribbean in the Napoleonic period, 3 volumes			GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 6,985.00
75	William Lewin	William Lewin \| The Birds of Great Britain, 8 volumes in 4, 1800		1800	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
76	Jan Luyken	Jan Luyken \| Library of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, [Amsterdam, 1689], engraving, framed	[Amsterdam	1689	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 635.00

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