Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper
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| Auction Name | Online: Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 66,649.60 |
| Auction Date | July 10, 2025 - July 10, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 40,450.00 |
| Sale Number | #1008 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 57,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 222 | ||
| Sold Lots | 180 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 56,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.08% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 80,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 42 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 83.00% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | Catalogue (A) of the Library of the Late John Duke of Roxburghe |
1812 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 4,572.00 | |
| 155 | Albin (Eleazar) | A Natural History of Birds...carefully colour'd by his Daughter and Self |
1731-34 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 206 | Mayer (Luigi) | Views in Egypt, Palestine |
1805 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 205 | Maundrell (Henry) | A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem |
1740 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 158 | Curtis (William) | [Collection of plates from The Botanical Magazine] |
[c.1788-97] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 211 | Renouard de Bussierre (Marie Theodore) | Lettres sur l'Orient |
1829 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,397.00 |
| 129 | Palladio (Andrea) | Architettura [Architecture] |
1740-47 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,079.50 |
| 20 | Missale Constantiense |
1603 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 12 | Molitor (Ulrich) | Tractatus de Lamiis et Pythonicis |
1561 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 56 | [Dubreuil (Jean)] | La Perspective Practique, |
1642 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 132 | Cruikshank (Robert & George) [Westmacott (Charles Molloy)], | Bernard Blackmantle. The English Spy |
1825-26 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 35 | [Calogera (Angelo?)] | Raccolta d'Opusculi Scientifici e Filologici |
1728-57. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 889.00 |
| 41 | Lepsius (Karl Richard) | Das Todtenbuch der Agypter nach dem hieroglyphischen papyrus in Turin |
1842 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 889.00 |
| 209 | Olivier (Guillaume Antoine) | Travels in the Ottoman Empire |
1801. | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 825.50 |
| 1 | Magdalius von Gouda (Jacobus) | Stichologia Gaudensis..., woodcut initials |
1503 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 762.00 |
| 73 | Church of England. An order of prayer upon Wednesdayes abd Fridayes |
1580 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 110 | Poe (Edgar Allan) | The Works...with Notices of his Life and Genius |
1850-56. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 762.00 |
| 135 | Raphael. | Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti a Raphaele... in Vaticani palatii xystis mira picturae elegantia expressa |
1674 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 762.00 |
| 9 | Biblia Sacra Luxta Vulgarta [...] |
1552 | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 204 | La Boullaye-Le Gouz (Francois de) | Les Voyages et Observations |
1653 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 698.50 |
| 137 | Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de) | Don Quixote |
1837-38 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 609.60 |
| 221 | Camden (William) | Camden's Britannia ... publish'd by Edmund Gibson, engraved portrait frontispiece (loss to corner |
1695 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 609.60 |
| 15 | [Serres (Jean de)] | Commentariorum de statu religionis |
1577 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 584.20 |
| 168 | ?? Please note the description of this lot has changed ?? Einstein (Albert) | The Theory of Relativity, The Special & The General Theory |
1920 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 584.20 |
| 6 | Vergilius Maro (Publius) | Bucolica |
1544 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 558.80 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
