Forum Auctions: The Private Library: Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers, 70926, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 09, 2026 - July 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Charles I | Letter signed to Colonel Robert Ellice |
Oxford | 1642 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,250.80 |
| 27 | Goldman Nicolas | La Nouvelle Fortification |
Leiden | 1645 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 423.68 |
| 28 | Scapula Johann | Lexicon graeco-latinum |
Amsterdam | 1652 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 344.24 |
| 29 | Index to the Grant of Arms: Hereford Liber 4 |
17th century | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 225.08 | ||
| 30 | Browne Thomas | Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall, or, A Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes lately found in Norfolk |
1658; 1929 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,986.00 | |
| 31 | Browne Thomas; Bacon Francis | The Works of the Learned Sr. Thomas Brown, Kt.; Resuscitatio |
1686; 1671 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,780.40 | |
| 32 | Browne Thomas | N Books, including: The Works of the Learned Sr. Thomas Brown, Kt. |
1686; 18th-19th century | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 728.20 | |
| 33 | Kreihing Johann | Emblemata ethico-politica carmine explicata |
Antwerp | 1661 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 370.72 |
| 34 | Louis XIV | Medailles sur les Principaux Evenements du Regne de Louis le Grand |
Paris | 1702 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 556.08 |
| 35 | Fertel Martin Dominique | La Science Pratique de l'Imprimerie |
Saint Omer | 1723 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,257.80 |
| 36 | Horatius Flaccus Quintus | Opera; Virgil |
1733; 1774 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 728.20 | |
| 37 | Deidier Nicolas | Le Parfait Ingenieur Francois, ou La Fortification Offensive et Defensive |
Paris | 1742 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 38 | Caslon William | A Specimen |
[1743] | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 503.12 | |
| 39 | Frescobaldi Johannis Baptist | Diatriba, quae sit optimus methodus reformandi corruptos hominum mores in Ecclesia |
n.d., [c. 1750] | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 264.80 | |
| 40 | Gray Thomas | Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems |
1753 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 158.88 | |
| 41 | Boccaccio Giovanni | Il Decamerone |
Londra | 1757 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,986.00 |
| 42 | Caraccioli Louis Antoine de | Le Livre de Quatre Couleurs; Le Livre a la Mode |
[1760]; 1759-60 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 556.08 | |
| 43 | J. J. de la Lande | Art de faire le Papier |
Paris | 1761 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,059.20 |
| 44 | La Fontaine Jean de | Contes et Nouvelles en vers |
Amsterdam | 1762 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,721.20 |
| 45 | Fournier Pierre-Simon | Manuel Typographique |
Paris | 1764 | EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,456.40 |
| 46 | Bewley William | N Books, including: Autograph Letters |
1766-[68]; n.d. | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 291.28 | |
| 47 | Morogues Sebastien-Francois Bigot | Naval Tactics; or, a Treatise of Evolutions and Signals |
1767 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 728.20 | |
| 48 | Bird John | The Method of constructing Mural Quadrants |
1768 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 344.24 | |
| 49 | N Books, including: The History and Art of Printing |
1771 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,257.80 | ||
| 50 | Lolme Jean Louis de | N Books, including: The History of the Flagellants, or The Advantages of Discipline |
1777 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,125.40 |
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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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