Forum Auctions: A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library, 1177, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 19, 2025 - June 19, 2025
Page Size: 380 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
351 Motteux (Peter)

Love's a Jest. A Comedy

1696 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
352 Occult.- Telfair (Alexander)

A New Confutation of Sadducism. Being A true Narrative of the wonderful Expressions and Actions of a Spirit which infested the House of Andrew Mackie of Ringcroft in the County of Galloway in Scotland...

1696 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 529.20
353 Quakers.- Bugg (Francis)

The Picture of Quakerism Drawn to the Life

1697 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
354 China.- Compte (Louis Daniel de)

Memoirs and Observations...Made in a late Journey Through the Empire of China

1697 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,512.00
355 Donaldson (James)

Husbandry Anatomized

Edinburgh 1697 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
356 Locke (John)

A Letter to the Right Reverend Edward Ld Bishop of Worcester, Concerning some passages...

1697 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 478.80
357 Husbandry.- Meager (Leonard)

The Mystery of Husbandry: or

1697 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
358 Americas.- South America.- Acuna (Cristobal de) & others.

Voyages and Discoveries in South-America

1698 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,268.00
359 Snakes.- Colbatch (John)

A Relation of a very Sudden and Extraordinary Cure of a Person Bitten by a Viper, By the Means of Acids...

1698 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 630.00
360 Colbatch (John)

Four Treatises of Physick and Chirurgery...

1698 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
361 Theatre.- [Congreve (William)]

Amendments of Mr. Collier's False and Imperfect Citations

1698 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
362 India.- Middle East.- Fryer (John)

A New Account of East-India and Persia

1698 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 2,016.00
363 Gaya (Louis de)

Marriage Ceremonies...in all Parts of the World

1698 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 441.00
364 America.- [Curson (Henry)]

A Compendium of the Laws and Government Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military

1699 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 504.00
365 [?Defoe (Daniel)]

The Compleat Mendicant: or, Unhappy Beggar

1699 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 441.00
366 Dennis (John)

Rinaldo and Armida: A Tragedy

1699 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 378.00
367 Angling.- [Gander (Joseph)]

A Vindication of a National-Fishery...

1699 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 630.00
368 Harvey (Gideon)

The Vanities of Philosophy & Physick: Together with Directions and Medicines easily prepar'd by any of the least Skill

1699 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 352.80
369 Glass making.- Haudicquer de Blancourt (Jean de)

The Art of Glass. Shewing How to make all Sorts of Glass, Crystal and Enamel.

1699 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 819.00
370 Le Clerc (Daniel)

The History of Physick...

1699 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
371 France.- Paris.- Lister (Martin)

A Journey to Paris In the Year 1698

1699 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 252.00
372 Misson (Francois-Maximilien)

A New Voyage to Italy

1699 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
373 London.- Brown (Thomas)

Amusements Serious and Comical

1700 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 327.60
374 [Burnaby (William), attributed to]

The Reform'd Wife. A Comedy

1700 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 478.80
375 Leigh (Charles)

The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak

Oxford 1700 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 567.00
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
  • Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!