Sothebys: Books, Manuscripts & Music, from Medieval to Modern, L26403, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 09, 2026 - July 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferial Psalter |
Germany | c.1250–70 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 40,960.00 | |
| 2 | Antiphonal |
Emilia-Romagna | 1270–1280 | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | GBP 89,600.00 | |
| 3 | Carta Executoria de hidalguia |
Granada | 1572 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,680.00 | |
| 4 | The Pelican Hours |
Paris | c.1490–1500 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 96,000.00 | |
| 5 | Thomasin of Zerklaere | Der Welsche Gast |
Germany | c.1300–50 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 21,760.00 |
| 6 | Decretum Gratiani |
England | c.1320–30 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 6,400.00 | |
| 7 | Baptism of Christ |
Italy | second quarter of the fourteenth century | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8 | Martyrdom of St Mark |
Bologna | 1st half of the fourteenth century | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 9 | Berardo da Teramo | Antiphonal |
Abruzzo | c.1330–1340 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 4,480.00 |
| 10 | Niccolo di Giacomo da Bologna | Group of ten men at prayer |
Bologna | c.1370 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 8,960.00 |
| 11 | Mercati Venturino | Leaf from an Antiphonal |
Italy | c.1470 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 3,840.00 |
| 12 | Master of the Archimboldi Missal | Illuminated initial M from a Choirbook |
Milan | c.1500 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,040.00 |
| 14 | Master of Guillebert de Mets | Book of Hours |
Ghent | c.1420–25 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 51,200.00 |
| 15 | Traut Hans | Book of Hours |
Nuremberg | c.1500–1525 | GBP 24,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 23,040.00 |
| 16 | 3 Books, including: A partial leaf from a noted Breviary |
France; Germany | early 13th century; early 14th century | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 17 | 5 Books, including: A leaf from a Noted Missal |
Montecassino; Italy; Rome | 12th century; c.1100–1140; c.1200 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 18 | Gradual |
Germany | mid-11th century | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,536.00 | |
| 19 | Breviary |
Spain; France | late 12th century | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 20 | Adam Robert | Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia |
London | 1764 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,072.00 |
| 21 | Bock Hieronymus | Kreuter Buch |
Strasbourg | 1546 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 12,800.00 |
| 22 | Breydenbach Bernhard | Die heyligen reyssen gen Jherusalem |
Mainz | 1486 | GBP 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | GBP 83,200.00 |
| 23 | Burns Robert | Hae ye heard o' the Witch o' Dundrum |
N/A | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,240.00 | |
| 24 | Byrd William; Cecil William | The Copie of a Letter Sent Out of England |
London | 1588 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,680.00 |
| 25 | Cardano Girolamo; Bedingfield Thomas | Cardanus comforte |
London | 1576 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,920.00 |
| 26 | Cassini Giovanni Domenico | Theoriae motus cometae anni MDCLXIV; Lettere astronomiche |
Rome | 1665 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 17,920.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000