Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts, 905, Edinburgh
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 16, 2026 - June 16, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 | Works of Credit |
London | [1796?] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 134 | A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean |
London | 1794-[96] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,286.00 | |
| 135 | Walker | Lectures on natural history |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 952.50 | |
| 136 | Jekyll Gertrude | Roses for English Gardens |
London | 1902 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 889.00 |
| 137 | a Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining |
London | 1778 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 138 | Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, les Arts Liberaux, et les Arts Mechaniques, avec leur Explication |
Paris | 1762-72 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,905.00 | |
| 139 | Encyclopaedia Britannica |
Edinburgh | 1797 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 140 | A New and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences |
London | 1786-9 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 141 | Universal Dictionary of Arts, Science, and Literature |
London | 1819-20 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 142 | Wecker; Everard Giles | VII. Libris explicata |
Basel; Antwerp | 1585; 1587 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 143 | James Robert; Warner Joseph; Werner Abraham Gottlob | A Treatise on Canine Madness; A Description of the Human Eye, and its Adjacent Parts; A Treatise on the External Character of Fossils |
London; London; Dublin | 1760; 1773; 1805 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 254.00 |
| 144 | Einstein Albert | Being the First Lecture on the George A. Gibson Foundation in the University of Glasgow |
Glasgow | 1933 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 698.50 |
| 145 | Part I |
Manchester | 1808 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,032.00 | |
| 146 | Representation Book |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 147 | The Whole Art of Measuring |
London | 1717 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 482.60 | |
| 148 | Definitions in Political Economy |
London | 1827 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 149 | Of Moral Philosophy |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 203.20 | ||
| 150 | Textbook on theology and law |
1614 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 482.60 | ||
| 151 | Book of Hours |
Mons | 15th century | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 21,590.00 | |
| 152 | The Bible |
Geneva; London | 1560; 1615; 1619; 1601 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 21,590.00 | |
| 153 | The Bible |
London | 1589 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,778.00 | |
| 154 | The Holy Bible |
London | 1619-20; 1619 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,397.00 | |
| 155 | The Book of Common Order |
Edinburgh | 1635 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 156 | The Psalmes of David in Metre |
Edinburgh | 1596 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 157 | Leycester Peter; Sibbald Robert; Freart Roland | Historical Antiquities; Scotia illustrata sive Prodromus historiae naturalis; A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture with the Modern |
Dordrecht; London; Edinburgh | 1730; 1673; 1684; 1733 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 635.00 |
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