Forum Auctions: A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library | Total Sales (GBP) | 355,685.40 |
| Auction Date | June 19, 2025 - June 19, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 222,650.00 |
| Sale Number | #1177 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 317,450.00 |
| Total Lots | 380 | ||
| Sold Lots | 292 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 332,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 76.84% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 475,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 88 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 74.80% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie |
1570 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 21,420.00 | |
| 17 | Nicolay (Nicolas de) | The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages |
1585 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 26 | Aristotle. Politiques, or Discourses of Government |
1598 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 | |
| 41 | Alexander (William) | The Monarchicke Tragedies; Croesus, Darius, The Alexandraean |
1607 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 76 | South America.- Harcourt (Robert) | The Relation of a Voyage to Guiana |
1626 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 6,300.00 |
| 94 | Shakespeare (William) | Much adoe about Nothing [&] Loves Labour's Lost |
1632 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,300.00 |
| 53 | Lydgate (John) | The Life and Death of Hector |
1614 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 5,670.00 |
| 54 | Raleigh (Sir Walter) | The History of the World |
1614 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 5,670.00 |
| 89 | Military.- [Cruso (John)] | Militarie Instructions for the Cavallrie... |
1632 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 5,040.00 |
| 93 | Shakespeare (William) | The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
1632 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,040.00 |
| 165 | China.- Semedo (Alvaro) | The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China |
1655 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,040.00 |
| 28 | Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo) | A Tracte containing the Artes of Curious Paintinge, Carvinge & Buildinge |
1598 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 4,788.00 |
| 7 | Brunschwig (Hieronymus) | A most excellent and perfecte homish apothecarye or homely physick booke for all the grefes and diseases of the bodye |
1561 | GBP 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | GBP 4,410.00 |
| 96 | Shakespeare (William) | The Tragedy of Richard the Third |
1632 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 4,410.00 |
| 37 | Chaucer (Geoffrey) | The Workes |
1602 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,780.00 |
| 211 | Economics.- Mun (Thomas) | England's Treasure by Forraign Trade |
1669 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,780.00 |
| 348 | Education.- Tyron (Thomas) | A New Method of Educating Children: or |
1695 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,780.00 |
| 27 | Chaucer (Geoffrey) | The Works of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer |
1598 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,654.00 |
| 234 | Walton (Izaak) | and Charles Cotton. The Universal Angler |
1676 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 3,654.00 |
| 34 | [Tasso (Torquato)] | Godfrey of Bulloigne |
1600 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,528.00 |
| 92 | Shakespeare (William) | The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight |
1632 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,528.00 |
| 153 | Famous Women.- Le Moyne (Pierre) | The Gallery of Heroick Women |
1652 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,276.00 |
| 80 | America.- Vaughan (William) | The Golden Fleece |
1626 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,024.00 |
| 136 | [Sarbiewski (Maciej Kazimierz)] | The Odes of Casimire |
1646 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,024.00 |
| 273 | Horses.- Snape (Andrew) | The Anatomy of an Horse |
1683 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,024.00 |
![<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.")
