Sothebys: Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections, L26401, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 17, 2026 - April 17, 2026
Page Size: 99 items in 4 pages
Auction Lot Books
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