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The celebrated library of Harrison D. Horblit Esq. removed from Ridgefield, Connecticut. Part I [other title:] Early science, navigation & travel including Americana with a few medical books, A-C § Part 2 [other title:] Early science, navigation & travel including Americana with a few medical books, D-G § The remaining books from the library of Harrison D. Horblit (catalogues for auctions conducted by Sotheby & Co., London 10-11 June and 11 November 1974; and by Christie's East, New York, 16 February 1994)
London / New York, Sotheby & Co. / Christie’s East, 1974; 1994
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£ 120
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Catalogue of the well-known collection of rare and valuable books illustrating the history of printing formed by George W. Jones, Esq., Monkbarns, Northwood, Middlesex (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 1-2 July 1936)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1936
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Catalogue of a portion of the celebrated collection of herbals and botanical books, the property of the Society of Herbalists … comprising incunabula, including Crescentius, Ruralia commoda, 1471, Serapious Liber aggregatus, 1479, Herbarius Latinus [c. 1485], and Hortus sanitatis, 1487 and 1491; Continental books of the 16th to 19th century, including Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarium, [c. 1500], Herbolario volgare, 1523, Le grant herbier [c. 1525], Brunfels, Herbarum eicones, 1532-1536, Ruellius, De natura stirpium, 1536, Fuchs, De historia stirpium, 1542, Thurneisser’s Descriptio plantarum, 1578, Herbarz Polski, 1595, Crispin de Pas, Hortus floridus, 1614-1617, Hernandez, Plantarum… Mexicanorum historia, 1651, and Linné’s Hortus Cliffortianus, 1747; The Grete herball, 1527, bound with Brunschwig’s The distyllacyon of the waters [1527], and The vertuous handy warke of surgeri, 1525; Turner’s A new herball, 1561-1562, Glisson’s A treatise of the rickets, 1668, Rafinesque’s Medical botany of the United States of America, 1828-1830; an extensive series of the works of Nicholas Culpeper; books on medicine, surgery, medical botany, tea, coffee and cocoa, vinology and gardening (catalogue of books consigned to Sotheby & Co. by the Society of Herbalists, sold in London, 13 March 1967)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1967
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
£ 16
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Catalogue of the very valuable and important library formed by the late Mr. Ant. W.M. Mensing of Amsterdam (sold by order of his executors) … including fine illuminated manuscripts, important incunabula, valuable early printed books, rare German woodcuts, fine bindings, voyages and travels, etc. § The second and final portion comprising early science, literature, music, fine bindings, illustrated books, voyages and travels, books on the Spanish-Dutch wars, the album amicorum collection, etc. (catalogues for auctions conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 15 December 1936-22 April 1937)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1936-1937
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
£ 95
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Catalogue of a selected portion of the very choice and valuable library formed by the late Hermann Marx, Esq. of Fairmile Lea, Cobham, Surrey (and now sold by order of the executors) (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 19 April 1948)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1948
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
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Catalogue of a portion of the valuable and extensive library, the property of the late Mrs. Hilda Leyel. The first section: A-L … Works on alchemy, astrology, science and medicine; angling, hunting and sport; ballet and dancing; cookery; and husbandry and gardening, also English books printed before 1700; fine bindings; fête books; travel § The second and final section: M-Z and addenda … Collections on roses and on wine and distilling; Andrews’s roses; Choix des Plus Belles Roses; Mary Lawrence’s collection of roses from nature; Redouté’s roses and the Gaignat copy of Petrus Crescentis, Le Livre des Prouffitz Champestres (catalogues for auctions conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 14 April-10 June 1958)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1958
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The second portion: fine bindings, early printed books and a few manuscripts … including French and Italian Renaissance bindings, including examples for P.L. Farnese and Sir William Pickering; two bindings by Jakob Krause; John Stanbridge, Vulgaria Sanbrige, Wynkyn de Worde, N.D.; books from the Aldine, Elzevir, Baskerville and Strawberry Hill Presses; English and Continental embroidered bindings; Restoration bindings by the Samuel Mearne bindery, the Queen’s Binders, Alexander Cleeve, Roger Bartlet and Richard Balley; 18th century bindings for Elkanah Settle and by Moore of Cambridge, Richard Montagu, Wier, Stagemeier and Welcher, and the Edwards of Halifax bindery; French bindings for Mme. de Pompadour, and by A.M. Padeloup le jeune and N.D. Derome le jeune, and Voltaire’s Henriade, Didot, 1819, bound for presentation to Louis XVIII; fore-edge paintings; an inlaid Philadelphia binding; a Greek silver binding, c. 1812; a binding by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson; Whittaker’s Magna Carta, 1816, printed in gold; five bindings by Roger Payne (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 17-18 October 1960)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1960
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
£ 25
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Catalogue of printed books and manuscripts : comprising a collection of continental books of the 16th to 19th century on painting, artists, architecture, and ornament : books on food and wine, including Apicius's De re culinaria, 1541, Argagon's Arte cisoria, 1766, Brillat-Savarin's Physiologie du goût, 1826, La Chapelle's Le cuisinier moderne, 1736-1742, Petit's L'art de trancher la viande, (1647), and an interesting 18th century manuscript recipe book [other title] … including books on food and wine from the well-known library of Harry Schraemli and Russian printed books and manuscripts from the collection of the late Count Bobrinskoy (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 28-29 February 1972)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1972
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
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The Dyson Perrins Collection : Part I : Catalogue of forty-five exceptionally important illuminated manuscripts of the 9th to the 18th century, a Block book, and four printed books § Part II : Catalogue of forty-six Western and Oriental illuminated manuscripts § Part III : Catalogue of fifty-nine illuminated manuscripts (catalogues for auctions conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 9 December 1958-29 November 1962)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1958-1962
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
£ 130
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Catalogue of the second portion of the famous library principally of fine bindings, rare engravings, illustrated books and French literature formed by the late Mortimer L. Schiff, Esq. … (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 5-7 July 1938) § Third and final portion (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 9 December 1938)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1938
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
£ 140
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Catalogue of fine bindings and valuable printed books … including Theodosus’s In somnium scipionis, 1535, in a polychrome binding for Jean Grolier and Giustiniani’s De origine urbis Venetiarum, 1534, bound for Jean Grolier; Colonna’s Hypnerotomachia poliphili, 1499, in a fine 16th century Antwerp binding by Claus van Duermale; the Fermiers Generaux La Fontaine in a reliure de présent by Derome le jeune and Longus’s Daphnis et Chloé, 1718, bound by A.-N. Padeloup le jeune; Buffon’s Histoire naturelle, 1749-1804, partially bound for Maria-Leczinska, and books bound for Madame de Pompadour, Cardinal Rospigliosi and Pier-Luigi Farnese; a 16th century Venetian purple vellum binding and other fine Italian bindings; manuscript Venetian ducali of the 16th-18th century; an important early 15th century Austrian cuir-ciselé binding and a fine 17th century north German or Dutch silver binding; Thomas’s Antiquitates, bound by Roger Payne for Sir Richard Colt Hoare (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 28 February 1966)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1966
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
£ 16
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Catalogue of the well-known collection of rare and valuable books illustrating the history of printing formed by George W. Jones, Esq., Monkbarns, Northwood, Middlesex (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., 1-2 July 1936)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1936
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
sold
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Catalogue of valuable printed books and fine bindings from the celebrated collection : the property of Major J.R. Abbey. Parts I-XI (catalogues for auctions conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 21 June 1965-19 June 1989)
London, Sotheby & Co. / Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. / Sotheby’s, 1965-1989
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
£ 470
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Catalogue of calligraphic books and manuscripts, the property of Mrs. E.F. Hutton, New York … including a very fine and large manuscript written for Richelieu by Nicolas Jarry; a writing book of four Nürnberg Masters, including Paul Franck, compiled by Hans Georg Schwingsharlein, 1585; Neudörffer, Gesprechbuchlein, 1549, and other works, with 13 fine pages of specimens in Neudörffer’s hand; a very fine illustrated manuscript of coinage in circulation in the Holy Roman Empire, written by a master of the Nürnberg School for Rudolph II, 1601; the manuscript of Florez, Methodo facil del arte de escrivir, probably written for Philip III of Spain, 1614; a richly illuminated Garter manuscript for Henry, Prince of Wales; and manuscripts by Valerio Spada, the Chevalier de Berny, Caspar Brynner, Hieronymo de Nascimbeni, Graily Hewitt, Dorothy Hutton, and others from the eleventh century to the present day. Printed books, including works by Allais, Amphiareo, Andrade de Gigueiredo, Baurenfeind, Bickham, Curione, Josse de Hondt, Lesgret, Luis de Olod, Ortiz, Palatino, Scalzini, Segaro, Schwandner, Servidori, and Torio (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 27 March 1972)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1972
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
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Catalogue of the magnificent library principally of early printed and early illustrated books formed by C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., of Davenham, Malvern, and now sold by his order. The first portion: books printed in Italy § The second portion: books printed in Spain, France, Germany and the Low Countries § The third portion: books printed in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Poland, including the splendid Gosford-Amherst copy of the first volume of the Gutenberg bible § The fourth and final portion: books printed in England and reference books (catalogues for auctions conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 17 June 1946-9 June 1947)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1946-1947
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sold
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Bibliotheca Phillippica; Medieval manuscripts. New series: first part. Catalogue of thirty-nine manuscripts of the 9th to the 16th century from the celebrated collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), the property of the Trustees of the Robinson Trust § Second part. Catalogue of forty-four manuscripts of the 9th to the 17th century § Third part. Catalogue of forty-two manuscripts of the 7th to the 17th century § Fourth part. Catalogue of Persian, Turkish and Arabic manuscripts, Indian and Persian miniatures § Fifth part. Manuscripts on papyrus, vellum and paper of the 13th century B.C. to the 18th century A.D. § Sixth part. Catalogue of manuscripts on papyrus, vellum and paper of the 7th century to the 18th century § Seventh part. Catalogue of manuscripts on vellum, paper and linen of the 3rd century B.C. to the 17th century A.D. § Eighth part. Catalogue of manuscripts on vellum, paper and papyrus of the 4th to the 17th century § Ninth part. Catalogue of Oriental manuscripts, Indian and Persian miniatures § Tenth part. Catalogue of manuscripts on papyrus, vellum and paper § Eleventh part. Catalogue of manuscripts on papyrus, vellum and paper (catalogues for auctions sales conducted by Sotheby's, London, 1965-1976)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1965-1976
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Sotheby & Co. (London) ; Sotheby's (London)
£ 185
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Catalogue of a collection of books and manuscripts of the 15th to 20th century on food and wine from the well-known library of Harry Schraemli (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 22-23 February 1971)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1971
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
sold
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Printed books [other title:] Natural history, scientific and medical books and books from the collection of the late Irving Davis (catalogue of the residual stock of Davis & Orioli, sold by Sotheby & Co., London, 2-3 April 1985)
London, Sotheby's, 1985
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
£ 16
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Catalogue of nineteen highly distinguished Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts of the 10th to the 16th Century and two printed books on manuscripts, the property of Sir Sydney Cockerell, Litt.D. (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 3 April 1957)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1957
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
£ 35
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Paintings and works of art from the collections of the late Lord Clark of Saltwood, OM, CH, KCB, sold by order of his executors and his family (catalogue for auctions conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 27 June-5 July 1984)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1984
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Sotheby & Co. (London)
£ 20
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