Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Date: 9th Apr, 2025 10:30 GMT/BST
Lots: 136

The Books, Maps and Manuscripts sales encompass a broad range of collecting areas from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, which are sold alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents. Held four times a year, the specialist Book sales incorporate both private collections and libraries, and single lots from vendors across the United Kingdom.

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Name: Ruari Williams
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Books, Maps and Manuscripts (136)

 

Lot 1
Antiquarian. [Cicero]. M. Tullii Ciceronis...

Sold for £90
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 2
Folio Society. A collection of works published...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 3
Oldham (J. Basil). Shrewsbury School Library...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 4
Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and...

Sold for £70
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 6
[Dezallier D'Argenville (Antoine Joseph)] and...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 7
Langley (Batty). New Principles of Gardening:...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 8
Handel (George Frideric). Six Sonatas for Two...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £60 - £90

Lot 9
Gillray (James). Twenty-one caricatures,...

Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 10
[Hogarth (William)]. [The Works...from the...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 11
[Rubens (Peter Paul).] [La Gallerie du Palais...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £60 - £100

Lot 12
Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher). A History of...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 13
Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher). The History...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 14
Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher). A History of...

Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 15
Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher). The History...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 16
Adam (Robert). Ruins of the Palace of the...

Sold for £900
Estimated at £700 - £1,000

Lot 17
Freart (Roland). A Parallel of the Antient...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 18
Nash (John). "Harvesting." London: The Baynard...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 19
Ware (Isaac and William Kent). The Plans,...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 20
Bewick (Thomas). The Fables of Aesop, and...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 21
Bindings. A collection bindings, mostly...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 22
Hughes (Ted) and Lloyd (R.J., illustrator)....

Sold for £450
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 23
Illustrated Works. A Collection of Illustrated...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 24
Milne (A.A.). Winnie-The-Pooh. London: Methuen,...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 25
Potter (Beatrix). The Pie and Patty-Pan....

Sold for £420
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 26
Rosetti (Christina). Poems. London, Glasgow &...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 27
Tolkien (J. R. R.). [The Lord of the Rings...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 28
Tolkien (J. R. R.). The Adventures of Tom...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 29
Botany. Botanical Specimens. Copies from...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 30
Boyle (Robert). Tracts: Containing I....

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 31
Budge (E.A. Wallis, editor and translator)....

Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 32
Gauss (Carl Friedrich). Disquisitiones...

Sold for £16,000
Estimated at £8,000 - £12,000

Lot 33
Geology. Lyell (Charles), Elements of Geology,...

Sold for £70
Estimated at £60 - £100

Lot 34
Harris (Joseph). The Description and Use of...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 35
Heywood (Thomas). The Hierarchie of the...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 36
Mandey (Ven[terus]). Mechanic Powers; or, the...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 37
Melanchthon (Philip and Michael Maius, editor)....

Sold for £320
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 38
[Le Marchant (John Gaspard)]. By His Majesty's...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 39
Atkinson (George Francklin). The Campaign in...

Sold for £2,800
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 40
Fencing. [Angelo (Domenico). L'Ecole Des Armes....

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 41
Geographical Handbook Series. Naval...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 42
Military. [Booth (John)]. The Battle of...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 43
Nelson (Horatio, Viscount). The Letters of...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 44
Sale (Robert Henry). The Defence of Jellalabad....

Sold for £750
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 45
Sutherland (William). Britain's Glory: Or,...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 46
Plot (Robert). The Natural History of...

Sold for £100
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 47
Skelton (Joseph). Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata,...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 48
Surtees (Robert). The History and Antiquities...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 49
Surtees Society. The Publications of the...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 50
[Jefferys (Thomas).] [A Description of the...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 51
Atlas. The Edinburgh Geographical and...

Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 52
Blome (Richard). [Britannia: or a Geographical...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 53
Bryant (A.). Map of the County of Lincoln,...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 54
Camden (William). Britannia: or, a...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 55
Cary (John). Cary's New and Correct English...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 56
Ogilby (John). Britannia: or the Kingdom of...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500

Lot 57
Skelton (R. A.). County Atlases of the British...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £60 - £100

Lot 58
Speed (John). The Countie Pallatine of...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 59
Speed (John). Wales. Sudbury and Humble, 1610...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 60
Speed (John). The West Ridinge of Yorkshyre....

Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 61
Speed (John) York Shire. Sudbury and Humble,...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 62
Yorkshire. Teesdale (Henry & Stocking C.). To...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 63
Allom (Thomas, illustrator, and G.N. Wright)....

Sold for £500
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 64
Anson (George). A Voyage Round The World, In...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 65
Burckhardt (John Lewis). Travels in Syria, and...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 66
Cook (James). A Voyage towards the South Pole,...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 67
Dampier (William). A New Voyage Around The...

Sold for £900
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 69
Raffles (Thomas Stamford). The History of Java....

Sold for £2,300
Estimated at £700 - £1,000

Lot 70
Sandby (Paul). A Collection of One Hundred and...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 71
Spratt (Lt. Thomas Abel Bremage and Prof....

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 72
Swinburne (Henry). Picturesque Tour Through...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 73
Swinburne (Henry). Travels Through Spain, in...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 74
[Ray (John)]. Catalogus plantarum circa...

Not Sold
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 75
Angling. Jackson (John). The Practical...

Sold for £70
Estimated at £60 - £90

Lot 76
Birds. del Hoyo (Josep et al., editors)....

Sold for £150
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 77
De Gray (Thomas). The Compleat Horseman and...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 78
Freeman (Gage Earle and Francis Henry Salvin)....

Sold for £180
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 79
Hills (Robert). Cattle in Groups for the...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 80
La Quintinie (Jean de). The Compleat Gard'ner;...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 81
Ray (John). Synopsis Methodica Stirpium...

Sold for £90
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 82
Ray (John). A Collection of English Proverbs...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 83
Ray (John). A Collection of English Words Not...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 84
Ray (John). Miscellaneous Discourses...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 85
Ray (John). Observations Topographical, Moral,...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 86
Salvin (Francis Henry and William Brodrick)....

Sold for £500
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 87
Sowerby (James). English Botany; or, Coloured...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 88
The New Naturalist Series. A broken run of...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 89
[Evans (Mary Ann)], George Eliot. Adam Bede....

Sold for £70
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 90
[Street (Cecil)], Burton (Miles). To Catch a...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 91
Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice. London:...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 92
Brooke (Rupert). Four Poems. London: Scolar...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 93
Clemoes (Peter, et al., editors). Anglo-Saxon...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £60 - £100

Lot 94
Crowne [(John)]. Darius, King of Persia. A...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £60 - £100

Lot 95
Dickens (Charles and Arthur Rackham,...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £60 - £90

Lot 96
Dugdale (William) Monasticon Anglicanum: A...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £80 - £120