Thursday
9 December - 1pm
Lot 501 - 696
Printed Books, Manuscripts and Maps
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | BEETHOVEN, Ludvig van (1770-1827). Quintetto Pour 2 Violins, 2 Altos et Violoncelle, [1802], stitched. FIRST EDITION. | £300 - £500 | £480 | View |
| 502 | BEETHOVEN, Ludvig van (1770-1827). Sonata per il Piano-forte ed un Violino obligato, [1805], stitched. FIRST EDITION. | £300 - £500 | £380 | View |
| 503 | BLOCH, Ernest (1880-1959). A manuscript musical quotation from "Voice in the Wilderness." With other related material. (qty) | £200 - £300 | £450 | View |
| 504 | BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-97). Serenade D dur für grosses Orchester, [1860], contemporary boards. | £400 - £600 | £320 | View |
| 505 | BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913-76). A manuscript musical quotation from the Piano Concerto, signed and dated. | £300 - £500 | £550 | View |
| 506 | BRUCH, Max (1838-1920). A manuscript musical quotation from the slow movement of the Violin Concerto. | £400 - £600 | £180 | View |
| 507 | COPLAND, Aaron (1900-90). A manuscript musical quotation from the Concerto for Clarinet. With a one-page autograph letter by Copland. (2) | £500 - £800 | £260 | View |
| 508 | ELGAR, Edward (1857-1934). A manuscript musical quotation from "In the South." | £300 - £500 | £650 | View |
| 509 | HINDEMITH, Paul (1895-1963). A manuscript musical quotation from an unidentified work. With 8 other items. (9) | £500 - £800 | £450 | View |
| 510 | JOACHIM, Joseph (1831-1907). A Cabinet-style photographed portrait, signed. With 3 other related items. (4) | £400 - £600 | £400 | View |
| 511 | MASSENET, Jules (1842-1912). 20 Mélodies, [Paris, c. 1903], cloth, inscribed by the composer with a musical quotation. | £300 - £500 | £120 | View |
| 512 | MILHAUD, Darius (1892-1974). A folded sheet with quotations from 7 of his string quartets in the composer's hand. With 3 other related items. (4) | £300 - £500 | £600 | View |
| 513 | PROKOFIEV, Sergei (1891-1953). A manuscript musical quotation signed and dated by the composer. | £300 - £500 | £420 | View |
| 514 | RAVEL, Maurice (1875-1937). Deux Epigrammes de Clément Marot, Paris, [1900], 2 parts, original wrappers. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the first part signed and inscribed by the composer. (2) | £400 - £600 | £900 | View |
| 515 | SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828). Symphonie C Dur. für grosses Orchester, [1849], original cloth. FIRST EDITION. | £200 - £300 | £240 | View |
| 516 | STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949). A manuscript musical quotation from "Till Eulenspiegel", signed. | £400 - £600 | £240 | View |
| 517 | STRAVINSKY, Igor (1882-1971). A manuscript musical quotation from the Pastorale for Violin and Piano. | £400 - £600 | £550 | View |
| 518 | MUSIC MISCELLANY - A large collection of autograph letters, cards, etc, by composers, musicians, music publishers and others. (qty) | £400 - £600 | £1,400 | View |
| 519 | VIRGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 BC). The Works ... Translated into English verse; by Mr Dryden, London, 1697, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION of this translation. | £150 - £250 | £380 | View |
| 520 | MOREIRA, Jacob Rodrigues (editor, dates unknown). Kehilath Jahacob: Being a Vocabulary of Words in the Hebrew Language, [London], 1773, modern buckram. | £200 - £300 | £180 | View |
| 521 | Biblia Hebraica, Magdeburg, 1720, text in Hebrew and Latin, contemporary vellum. | £200 - £300 | £110 | View |
| 522 | Eight leaves from Biblical manuscripts in Hebrew on vellum and paper, [?]14th-century. (8) | £400 - £600 | £320 | View |
| 523 | [ANON.]. Travels in South-Eastern Asia, Dublin, 1823, 12mo, contemporary calf. With François-Auguste Chateaubriand's Atala (London, 1809). (2) | £150 - £200 | - | View |
| 523a | WRIGHT, George Newenham (c. 1794-1877). China in a Series of Views, London, [1843], 4 vols. bound in 2, engraved plates, contemporary half burgundy morocco. FIRST EDITION. (2) | £200 - £300 | £700 | View |
| 524 | MANN, Thomas (1875-1955). A one-page autograph letter, dated 27 February 1920. With 7 other letters by various correspondents. (8) | £200 - £300 | £1,400 | View |
| 525 | VICTORIA, Queen of England (1819-1901). Two autograph letters; and two autograph letters by Disraeli. (4) | £300 - £500 | £650 | View |
| 525a | LLOYD'S OF LONDON - F. C. SADLER. ***TRANSFERRED TO JULY 2022 BOOK SALE.*** | £70 - £100 | - | View |
| 526 | NICHOLSON, William (1872-1949, illustrator). An Alphabet, London, 1899, 26 coloured lithographed plates by Nicholson, original coloured pictorial boards. PRESENTATION COPY. | £500 - £800 | £750 | View |
| 527 | TOMATSU, Shoumei (1930-2012, photographer), Ken DOMON (1909-90, photographer), and others. Hiroshima-Nagasaki. Document 1961, Tokyo, 1961, buckram and wrappers, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. | £500 - £800 | £400 | View |
| 528 | ALDINUS, Tobias (1570-1662) and Pietro CASTELLI (c. 1575-1656). Exactissima descriptio rariorum quarundam plantarum, que continentur Rome in horto Farnesiano, Rome, 1625, engraved plates, modern calf. FIRST EDITION. | £500 - £800 | £600 | View |
| 529 | [SERE DES RIEUX, Jean Adam (1668-1747)]. Les Dons des Enfans de Latone: La Musique et la Chasse du Cerf, Paris, 1734, contemporary calf. | £200 - £300 | £200 | View |
| 530 | JERROLD, Walter (1865-1929). The Silvery Thames, London, 1906, original half vellum. FIRST EDITION. | £100 - £150 | £50 | View |
| 530a | The Royal Navy; in a Series of Illustrations, Portsmouth, 1875-81, 2 vols., 49 fine chromolithographed plates, contemporary navy blue pictorial morocco gilt. (2) | £200 - £300 | £450 | View |
| 531 | LYELL, Charles (1797-1875). Principles of Geology, 2 vols., London, 1872, contemporary half morocco. The 11th edition. (2) | £50 - £80 | £160 | View |
| 532 | [DAVIES, John (1625-93)]. The Civil Warres of Great Britain and Ireland, Glasgow, 1664, contemporary calf. | £200 - £300 | £300 | View |
| 533 | JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). Bartholomew Fayre, London, 1631, with old upper wrapper. | £200 - £300 | £140 | View |
| 534 | [JONSON, Ben (1572-1637)], and others. Christmas, His Masque, [and other Masques], London, [?1631], stitched. | £300 - £500 | £550 | View |
| 535 | JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). Horace, His Art of Poetrie, London, 1640, stitched. With other works bound in by the same author. | £400 - £600 | £300 | View |
| 536 | JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). The Divell is an Asse, London, 1631, stitched. | £200 - £300 | £100 | View |
| 537 | JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). Catiline. His Conspiracy. A Tragoedie, London, 1616, stitched. Bound with another work by the same author with Shakespeare listed at the end as one of the "Tragoedians". | £400 - £600 | £450 | View |
| 538 | JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). The Magnetick Lady: or, Humors Reconcild, London, 1640, stitched. Bound with 2 other works by the same author. | £400 - £600 | £300 | View |
| 539 | JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). The Staple of Newes, London, 4to, 1631, stitched. Bound with another work by the same author. | £200 - £300 | - | View |
| 540 | JONSON, Ben (1572-1657). Volpone, or The Foxe, London, 1616, 4to, stitched. Bound with other works by the same author. | £200 - £300 | - | View |
| 541 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Julius Cæsar. A Tragedy. As it is now Acted at the Theatre Royal, London, 1691, stitched. THE SECOND QUARTO EDITION. | £1,000 - £1,500 | £3,200 | View |
| 542 | BINDINGS - Walter SCOTT (1771-1832). The Waverley Novels, Edinburgh, 1877-79, 48 vols., very attractively bound in contemporary green half morocco gilt. (48) | £200 - £300 | £350 | View |
| 543 | BINDINGS - Charles DICKENS (1812-70). [Selected Works], London, 1844-65, 12 works in 13 vols., FINELY BOUND. (13) | £500 - £800 | £400 | View |
| 544 | SHERIDAN LE FANU, John Thomas (1814-73). The Evil Guest, London, [1895], original cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 19 other books by the same author. (20) | £200 - £300 | £1,400 | View |
| 545 | GESNER [or GESSNER], Conrad (1516-65). Vogelbuch, Zürich, 1557, 219 fine woodcut illustrations of birds, in an EXCEPTIONALLY FINE contemporary pigskin binding. FIRST GERMAN EDITION. | £3,000 - £5,000 | £3,200 | View |