Sothebys: Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections, L26401, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 17, 2026 - April 17, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Bernard de Montmeja | Two works, comprising: |
N/A | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 512.00 | |
| 52 | Thomas Murner | Logica memorativa. |
Strassburg | 1509 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 23,040.00 |
| 53 | Thomas Murner | Prophetia mirabilis ad annu domini Millesimu quingentesimum Credecimu prime futuru. |
Strassburg | 1512 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 4,864.00 |
| 54 | Petrarch | Das Gluckbuch Beydes dess Gutten in Bosen. |
Augsburg | 1539 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 2,176.00 |
| 55 | Alexander Petrov | Руководство къ основательному познанiю шашечной игры, или Искусство обыгрывать всѣхъ въ простыя шашки [Rukowodstwo k’osnowatelnomu poruanno schaschetnoj ig]. |
St. Petersburg | 1827 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,328.00 |
| 56 | Andre Danican Philidor | A group of five volumes, comprising: |
N/A | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,320.00 | |
| 57 | Publicius | Artes orandi, epistolandi, memorandi. |
Venice | N/A | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 28,160.00 |
| 58 | Alessandro Salvio | Il Puttino, altramente detto il cavaliero errante ... sopra il gioco de' Scacchi, con la sua apologia contra il Carrera, diviso in tre libri. |
Naples | 1634 | GBP 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 | GBP 3,840.00 |
| 59 | Eustachius Schildo | Spilteufel: Ein gemein Ausschreiben von der Spiler Bruderschafft und Orden, sampt jren Stifftern, guten wercken vnd Ablas, Mit einer kurtzen angehengter erklerung, nutzlich vnd lustig zu lesen. |
Frankfurt | 1557 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,408.00 |
| 60 | Gustavus Selenus [August II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg] | Das Schach- oder Konig-Spiel... Von Gustavo Seleno. |
Leipzig | 1616 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 12,160.00 |
| 61 | Gustavus Selenus [August II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg] | Das Schach- oder Konig-Spiel. |
Leipzig | 1617 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 7,040.00 |
| 62 | [? Gustavus Selenus (Augustus II, Duke of Brunswick Luneburg)] | Manuscript entitled "Ludus Latrunculorum", comprising an outline and analysis of the ancient game (30 pages) followed by various sequences of game play (122 pages), in German and Latin ("...Sequuntur varii modi trabendi lapides / primus modus... Lusus Dam |
N/A | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,152.00 | |
| 63 | Trevangadacharya Shastree | Essays on chess adapted to the european mode of play. |
Bombay | 1814 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,840.00 |
| 64 | Philippe Stamma | Two volumes, comprising: |
N/A | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,816.00 | |
| 65 | Stefan Zweig | Schachnovelle. |
Buenos Aires | 1942 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 7,680.00 |
| 66 | Stefan Zweig | Schachnovelle. |
Buenos Aires | 1942 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 35,840.00 |
| 67 | World Championship, 1972 Partially printed scoresheets, used in round 17 of the competition, completed by Boris Spassky |
22-23 August 1972 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 140,800.00 | ||
| 68 | World Championship, 1972 A collection of 84 press photographs, of the "match of the century", various size |
1972 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 10,880.00 | ||
| 69 | Halldor Peterson | World Championship, 1972— Scenes from the Chess World Championship, Reykjavik, a complete set of 19 prints |
Reykjavik, | 30 October 1972 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 2,816.00 |
| 70 | Lothar Schmid | (i) Caricature portrait of Bobby Fischer playing chess at the 14th Chess Olympiad, black ink with coloured washes on paper, captioned |
Leipzig | 1960", | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 384.00 |
| 78 | (i) depicting two men playing chess with a view onto the outdoors |
late 18th/19th century | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 512.00 | ||
| 87 | Marie Antoinette | Registre du Conseil de la Reine |
N/A | GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 7,680.00 | |
| 88 | Album of designs for "distinguished" carriages |
N/A | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 16,640.00 | ||
| 89 | Castiglione | Il libro del cortegiano del conte Baldesar Castiglione. |
Venice: | , April 1528 | GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | GBP 307,200.00 |
| 90 | Cesare Delfini | Matris Virginis Mariados libri tres. |
Venice | 12 October 1537 | GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | GBP 217,600.00 |
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