Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography, 24546, London - King Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 08, 2026 - July 08, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | Euclides | Elementa geometriae |
Venice | 1482 | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 139,700.00 |
| 103 | Ximenes de Prexano Petrus | Confutatorium errorum contra claves Ecclesiae nuper editorum |
Toledo | 1486 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 27,940.00 |
| 104 | Suetonius Tranquillus Caius; Beroaldus Philippus | Vitae XII Caesarum |
Bologna | 1493 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 17,780.00 |
| 105 | Schedel Hartmann | Liber chronicarum |
Nuremberg | 1493 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 63,500.00 |
| 106 | Leone Ambrogio | De Nola opusculum |
Venice | 1514 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 107 | Missale ad usum insignis ac preclare ecclesie Sarum |
London | 1520 | GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | GBP 165,100.00 | |
| 108 | Castiglione Baldassare | Il libro del cortegiano |
Venice | 1528 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 13,970.00 |
| 109 | Calvo Marco Fabio | Antiquae urbis Romae cum regionibus simulachrum |
Rome | 1532 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 13,970.00 |
| 110 | Chaucer Geoffrey | The Workes |
London | 1542 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 10,160.00 |
| 111 | Horae in laudem beatissimae virginis mariae, ad usum Romanum |
Paris | 1543 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,700.00 | |
| 112 | Barclay Alexander (c.1475-1552) | Here begynneth the egloges of Alexander Barclay |
London | c.1548 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 24,130.00 |
| 113 | Recorde Robert (1510-1558) | The Castle of Knowledge |
London | 1556 | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | GBP 107,950.00 |
| 114 | Camoes Luis de (c.1524-1580) | Los Lusiadas |
Alcala de Henares | 1580 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 27,940.00 |
| 115 | Camoes Luis de (c.1524-1580) | Os Lusiadas |
Lisbon | 1584 | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 114,300.00 |
| 116 | Camoes Luis de (c.1524-1580) | 3 Books, including: Os Lusiadas |
Lisbon | 1597; 1612; 1613 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 20,320.00 |
| 117 | Camoes Luis de (c.1524-1580) | Rimas |
Lisbon | 1598 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 15,240.00 |
| 118 | Camoes Luis de (c.1524-1580) | Os Lusiadas; Rimas |
Lisbon | 1609; 1607 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 5,080.00 |
| 119 | Camoes Luis de (c.1524-1580) | The Lusiad |
London | 1655 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 120 | Camoes Luis de (c.1524-1580) | Lusiada Italiana |
Lisbon | 1658 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 121 | Vignola Giacomo Barozzi da (1507-1573); Danti Ignazio (1537-1586) | Le due regole delle prospettiva pratica |
Rome | 1583 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,080.00 |
| 122 | Mercator Gerard (1512-1594) | Tabulae Geographicae |
Duisburg | 1585-1589 | GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | GBP 1,016,000.00 |
| 123 | Bruno Giordano (1548-1600) | De triplici minimo et mensura ad trium speculatiuarum scientiarum & multarum actiuarum artium principia, libri V |
Frankfurt | 1591 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 35,560.00 |
| 124 | Lodewijcksz Willem; Veer Gerrit de | Prima pars descriptionis itineris navalis in Indiam orientalem; Diarium nauticum seu vera descriptio trium navigationum admirandum |
Amsterdam | 1598 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 12,065.00 |
| 125 | Gilbert William (1544-1603) | De magnete, magneticisque corporibus, et de mango magnete tellure; Physiologia nova, plurimus & aegumentis, & experimentis demonstrata |
London | 1600 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 101,600.00 |
| 126 | Brahe Tycho (1546-1601) | Astronomiae instauratae mechanica |
Nuremberg | 1602 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
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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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