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![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300. -
Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo. -
Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000 -
Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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Lyon and Turnbull: The Library of James Stirling, Mathematician
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Library of James Stirling, Mathematician | Total Sales (GBP) | 812,712.60 |
| Auction Date | October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 274,950.00 |
| Sale Number | #878 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 416,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 160 | ||
| Sold Lots | 140 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 282,150.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.50% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 427,400.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 20 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 190.15% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Newton, Sir Isaac | Analysis per quantitatum series, fluxiones, ac differentias |
1711 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 100,800.00 |
| 52 | Stirling, James (1692-1770) | 'Methodus Differentialis sive Tractatus de Summatione et Interpolatione Serierum Infinitarum' |
c.1730 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 50,400.00 |
| 53 | Stirling, James (1692-1770) | Methodus Differentialis sive Tractatus de Summatione et Interpolatione Serierum Infinitarum |
1730 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 45,360.00 |
| 1 | Newton, Sir Isaac | Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica |
1726 | GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 42,840.00 |
| 153 | John Clark | Y Very rare Scottish George II cased silver simple 'pocket' microscope |
Circa 1749-1754 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 42,840.00 |
| 51 | Stirling, James (1692-1770) | Mathematical notebooks |
1988 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 37,800.00 |
| 17 | Maclaurin, Colin (1698-1746) | Ten autograph letters signed to James Stirling |
7th December 1728 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 35,280.00 |
| 150 | Stirling-Maxwell, Sir William | Annals of the Artists of Spain |
1848-7 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 27,720.00 |
| 71 | Hutton, James | The Theory of the Earth, from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
[c.1787] | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 25,200.00 |
| 20 | Euler, Leonhard (1707-1783) | Two autograph letters signed to James Stirling |
8th June 1736 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 23,940.00 |
| 62 | Stirling, James (1692-1770) | The Scots Mining Company - Archive of letters and paperwork relating to the management of Leadhills Mine |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 23,940.00 | |
| 72 | Stirling, James (1692-1770) | Collection of manuscript notebooks on weights and measures |
GBP 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | GBP 23,940.00 | |
| 29 | Bernoulli, Nicolaus (1687-1759) | Three autograph letters signed to James Stirling |
29th April 1719 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 20,160.00 |
| 9 | Newton, Sir Isaac | De mundi systemate |
1728 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 13,860.00 |
| 60 | Agricola, Georgius | De ortu et causis subterraneorum lib. v |
1546 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 125 | Hume, David | Political Discourses |
1752 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 8,820.00 |
| 18 | Maclaurin, Colin (1698-1746) | Autograph letter signed on the priority dispute with George Campbell over the impossible roots of equations |
11th February 1728 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 25 | Galilei, Galileo | Opere |
1718 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 41 | Bacon, Roger | Opus majus ad Clementem Quartum Pontificem Romanum |
1733 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 47 | Moivre, Abraham de | Annuities upon Lives |
1725 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 151 | Cased silver-mounted lodestone |
Mid-18th century | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 | |
| 16 | Maclaurin, Colin | A Treatise of Fluxions |
1742 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 56 | Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de | Discours sur les differentes figures des astres |
1732 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 6 | Newton, Sir Isaac | A Treatise of the Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series |
1737 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 21 | Cramer, Gabriel (1704-1752) | Ten autograph letters signed to James Stirling |
11th/22nd October, 1728 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")
