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
102	M. T. Cicero	M. T. Cicero \| Opera, Paris, Torresano, 1565-1566, 4 volumes, early nineteenth-century diced russia, the Chatsworth copy		1565-1566	GBP 2,400.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
103	Martin Engelbrecht	Martin Engelbrecht \| Optical Theatre representing a large library, Augsburg, [c. 1730--50]	Augsburg,	[c. 1730--50	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 762.00
104	Jakob de Gheyn	Jakob de Gheyn \| Waffenhandlung von den Roren Musquetten undt Spiessen. Amsterdam, 1640, illustrations of military exercises	Amsterdam	1640	GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
105	Oliver Goldsmith	Oliver Goldsmith \| She stoops to conquer, London, 1773, later calf	London	1773	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 381.00
106	King Henry VII	King Henry VII \| Letter signed, to the Duke of Milan, 26 July 1490		26 July 1490	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 15,240.00
107	King Henry VIII	King Henry VIII \| Royal letters patent, granting the manor of Wattisfield to Ambrose Jermyn, 1544, with seal		1544	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 9,525.00
108	Rev. Edward Lake	Rev. Edward Lake \| Autograph manuscript diary, recounting the marriage of Mary to the Prince of Orange, 1677-1678		1677-1678	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
109	Constantinus Lascaris	Constantinus Lascaris \| De octo partibus orationis, Florence, Giunta, 1515, later half calf	Florence,	1515	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 889.00
110	Saint Methodius	Saint Methodius \| Revelationes Divinae a Sanctis Angelis Factae, Basel, 1498, crushed green morocco by Masson-Debonnelle	Basel	1498	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 11,430.00
111	Military History	Military History \| Design for a Triple-Barrelled Cannon, pen and ink, c.1703-5		c.1703-5	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
112	King Philip II--	King Philip II--Spanish Armada \| Instructions to the Commander of the Armada and related documents, February-June 1588		February-June 1588	GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	GBP 215,900.00
113	Werner Rolewinck	Werner Rolewinck \| Fasciculus temporum, [Cologne], 1479, later vellum, rubricated	[Cologne]	1479	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,826.00
114	William Shakespeare	William Shakespeare \| Poems, 1640, contemporary calf, the earliest obtainable edition of the Sonnets		1640	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 82,550.00
115	William Shakespeare	William Shakespeare \| Julius Caesar, [?1695]		[?1695	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 6,350.00
116	[Jonathan Swift]	[Jonathan Swift] \| Gulliver's Travels, 1726, first edition		1726	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 38,100.00
117	Jacobus de Voragine	Jacobus de Voragine \| Legendario di Sancti, Venice, 1492, old vellum	Venice	1492	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 6,096.00
118	Sir Frederick Ashton	Sir Frederick Ashton \| Archive of correspondence and papers, 1920s-80s		1920s-80s	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
119	William Blake	William Blake \| Illustrations of the Book of Job, 1825		1825	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
120	[Dmitry Petrovich Boutourlin--G.L.J.G. Audin]	[Dmitry Petrovich Boutourlin--G.L.J.G. Audin] \| Catalogue de la bibliotheque de son exc. M. le Comte D. Boutourlin, Florence, 1831, half calf	Florence	1831	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 635.00
121	Alexandre Dumas pere	Alexandre Dumas pere \| A collection of five early English translations, 1846-1851, 5 works in 4 volumes		1846-1851	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 5,334.00
122	Ian Fleming	Ian Fleming \| A collection of James Bond first editions, 8 volumes in all			GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 12,700.00
123	Ian Fleming	Ian Fleming \| On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963, inscribed by "Sable Basilisk" [with] Doctor No, 1958, signed by Ursula Andress, first editions		1963	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 6,350.00
124	Friedrich von Gentz	Friedrich von Gentz \| Archive of c.350 autograph letters and billets mostly to his mistress Countess Fuchs, c.1812-1831, apparently unpublished		c.1812-1831	GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	Not Sold
125	J.W. von Goethe	J.W. von Goethe \| Tasso, 1913, Doves Press, one of 12 copies on vellum with gold initials		1913	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 8,890.00
126	William Morris and H.J. Wyatt, trans.	Kelmscott Press--William Morris and H.J. Wyatt, trans. \| The Tale of Beowulf, 1895		1895	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 8,255.00

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