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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | Brahe Tycho (1546-1601) | Astronomiae instauratae progymnasmata |
Uraniborg; Prague | 1602 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 15,240.00 |
| 128 | Alexander William (c.1567-1640) | A Paraenesis to the Prince; Aurora |
London | 1604 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 129 | Kepler Johannes (1571-1630) | Astronomia nova |
Heidelberg | 1609 | GBP 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 130 | Guidiccioni Lelio (b.1570) | Breve racconto della transportatione del corpo di Papa Paolo V dall Basilica di S. Pietro a'quella di S. Maria Maggiore |
Rome | 1623 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 131 | Speed John (1552-1629) | Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain; A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World |
London | 1627; 1646 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 82,550.00 |
| 132 | Parkinson John (1567-1650) | Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or, A Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers |
London | 1629 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 11,430.00 |
| 133 | Galilei Galileo (1564-1642) | Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno a due nuove scienze attenenti alla mecanica & i movimenti locali |
Leiden | 1638 | GBP 110,000.00 - 140,000.00 | GBP 177,800.00 |
| 134 | Blaeu Willem (1571-1638); Blaeu Joan (1596-1673) | Toonneel des Aerdriicx, ofte nieuwe atlas, dat is beschryving van alle landen |
Amsterdam | 1647-[1642]-1642-[1647] | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | GBP 57,150.00 |
| 135 | Colom Arnold (1623-1668) | Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Wereldt. Inhoudende een korte beschrijvinge van alle de bekende Zee-kusten Des Aardtrycks |
Amsterdam | ca. 1658 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 50,800.00 |
| 136 | Blaeu Johannes (1596-1673) | Theatrum Civitatum et Admirandorum Italiae |
Amsterdam | 1663 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 35,560.00 |
| 137 | Shakespeare William (1564-1616) | Comedies, Histories and Tragedies |
London | 1664 | GBP 120,000.00 - 160,000.00 | GBP 279,400.00 |
| 138 | Costaguti Giovanni Battista | Architettura della Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano Opera di Bramante Lazzari, Michel'Angelo Bonarota, Carlo Maderni, a Altri Famosi Architetti |
Rome | 1684 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,080.00 |
| 139 | Newton Isaac (1642-1727) | Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica |
London | 1687 | GBP 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 | GBP 889,000.00 |
| 140 | Newton Isaac (1642-1727) | Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica |
London | 1687 | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | GBP 69,850.00 |
| 141 | Harris Benjamin (d. c.1716) | The Holy Bible… done into Verse for the Benefit of weak Memories |
London | 1698 | GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 142 | Weinmann Johann Wilhelm (1683-1741); Dietrichs J.G.N.; Dietrichs L.M.; Bieler A.K. | Phytanthoza iconographia |
Regensburg | 1737-1745 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 44,450.00 |
| 143 | Vasi Giuseppe Agostino (1710-1782) | Delle Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna |
Rome | 1747-1761 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 21,590.00 |
| 144 | Nolli Giovanni Battista (1692-1756) | Nuova Pianta di Roma |
Rome | 1748 | GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 10,795.00 |
| 145 | Catesby Mark (1682-1749) | The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands |
London | 1754 | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 177,800.00 |
| 146 | Zocchi Giuseppe (1711-1767) | Scelta di XXIV vedute delle principali contrade, piazze, chiese, e palazzi della citta di Firenze |
Florence | 1754 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 147 | Quinones Juan de (1600-1650) | El Monte Vesuvio Aora La Montana de Soma |
Madrid | 1632 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
| 148 | Le Antichita de Ercolano esposte |
Naples | 1754-1792 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 12,065.00 | |
| 149 | Vanvitelli Luigi (1700-1773) | Dichiarazione dei disegni del reale palazzo di Caserta |
Naples | 1756 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,080.00 |
| 150 | Hamilton William (1730-1803); Hancarville Pierre Francois Hugues (1719-1805) | A Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities from the Cabinet of The Hon. William Hamilton |
Naples | 1766-1776 | GBP 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 88,900.00 |
| 151 | Saint-Non Jean Claude Richard (1727-1791) | Fragments choisis dans les Peintures des Palaix et des Eglises de l’Italie |
Paris | 1770-1775 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,080.00 |
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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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