Forum Auctions: A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library, 1177, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 19, 2025 - June 19, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Duelling.- Comber (Thomas) | A Discourse of Duels, shewing the Sinful Nature and Mischievous Effects of Them |
1687 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 302 | Switzerland.- Geneva.- Spon (Isaac) | The History of the City and State of Geneva |
1687 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 226.80 | |
| 303 | Stanley (Thomas) | The History of Philosophy |
1687 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,260.00 | |
| 304 | Theatre.- Winstanley (William) | The Lives of the most famous English Poets, or The Honour of Parnassus... |
1687 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 305 | Cider.- W[orlidge] (J[ohn]) | The Most Easie Method for Making the Best Cyder |
1687 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,386.00 | |
| 306 | James (Thomas) | A Treatise of the Corruption of Scripture, Councils and Fathers... |
1688 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 307 | Love (John) | Geodaesia: or, the Art of Surveying and Measuring of Land |
1688 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 945.00 | |
| 308 | University Life at Oxford.- [Penton (Stephen)] | The Guardian's Instruction, or The Gentleman's Romance |
1688 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 327.60 | |
| 309 | Perrault (Claude) | Memoir's [sic] for a Natural History |
1688 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 310 | Wright (John Michael) | An account of His Excellence Roger Earl of Castlemaine's embassy |
1688 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 693.00 | |
| 311 | Prophecies.- Atwood (William) | Wonderful Predictions of Nostredamus |
1689 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,386.00 | |
| 312 | Chemistry & Alchemy.- Glauber (Johann Rudolf) | The Works of the Highly Experienced and Famous Chymist... |
1689 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 882.00 | |
| 313 | Great Fire of London.- London's Flames Reviv'd: or |
1689 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 252.00 | ||
| 314 | Sarpi (Paolo) | The Opinion of Padre Paolo ... in what Manner the Republick of Venice ought to govern themselves both at Home and Abroad |
1689 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 441.00 | |
| 315 | Boyle (Robert) | Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica |
1690 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 316 | Locke (John) | An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books |
1690 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 317 | Shadwell (Thomas) | The Amorous Bigotte: With the Second Part of Tegue O Divelly. A Comedy |
1690 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 327.60 | |
| 318 | W[oodroffe] (B[enjamin]) | The Fall of Babylon. Or, Seasonable Reflections on the Novelties of Rome: With The Rise |
1690 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 214.20 | |
| 319 | Boyle (Robert) | Experimenta & Observationes Physicae: Wherein are briefly Treated of Several Subjects Relating to Natural Philosophy in an Experimental Way |
1691 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,008.00 | |
| 320 | Naval.- [Hale (Thomas)] | An Account of several New Inventions and Improvements...Relating to Building of our English Shipping...Also A Treatise on Naval Philosophy |
1691 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 819.00 | |
| 321 | Osteology.- Havers (Clopton) | Osteologia Nova, or Some New Observations of the Bones |
1691 | GBP 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 322 | N.N.. | The Blatant Beast Muzzl'd: or, Reflexions on a Late Libel |
1691 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 252.00 | |
| 323 | Aesop. | Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists: with Morals and Reflections |
1692 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 252.00 | |
| 324 | Bulstrode (Whitelocke) | An Essay of Transmigration, In Defence of Pythagoras: |
1692 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 352.80 | |
| 325 | D'Urfey (Thomas) | The Marriage-Hater Match'd: A Comedy |
1692 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 378.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
