Lay's Auctioneers: The Contents of a Gentleman's Town house, 12926, Cornwall
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | George Clement Boase and William Prideaux Courtney | Bibliotheca Cornubiensis |
London | 1874-1882 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 75.12 |
| 181 | Richard Carew The Survey of Cornwall |
London | 1769 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 375.60 | |
| 182 | (Cornwall) Two scarce family histories |
London | 1901 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 137.72 | |
| 183 | (William Penaluna Publisher) Fortescue Hitchins and Samuel Drew | The History of Cornwall |
Helston | 1824 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 275.44 |
| 184 | (Bindings) Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland |
Edinburgh | [c.1900]. | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 137.72 | |
| 185 | (Cornwall) John Whitaker | The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall, Historically Surveyed |
London | 1804 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 56.34 |
| 186 | [Francis Charles Hingston] | Specimens of Ancient Cornish Crosses, Fonts, etc |
London | 1850 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 100.16 |
| 187 | G. B. Worgan | General View of the Agriculture of the County of Cornwall. Drawn Up and Published by Or |
London | 1811 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 237.88 |
| 188 | (Cornwall) Sixteen works |
London | 1935 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 125.20 | |
| 189 | (Cornwall) Charles Henderson Six works |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 125.20 | |||
| 190 | (Cornwall) Twenty works |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 225.36 | |||
| 191 | (Cornwall) Two works 'Magna Britannia......Cornwall,' |
London | 1720 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 200.32 | |
| 192 | (Redruth) Five works |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 125.20 | |||
| 193 | (Cornwall) Five works |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.60 | |||
| 194 | William Pryce | (Kernewek) Archaelogica Cornu-Britannica |
London Exeter | 1790 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 225.36 |
| 195 | Robert Williams | (Kernewek)Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum |
London | 1865 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 75.12 |
| 196 | (Kernewek) Four works |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 87.64 | |||
| 197 | Davies Gilbert | (Cornwall) The Parochial History of Cornwall, Founded on the Manuscript Histories of |
London | 1838 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 237.88 |
| 198 | R. Polwhele | (Cornwall) The History of Cornwall |
London | 1803, 1816 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 199 | Sir Joihn MacLean | (Cornwall) The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor, in the |
London | 1873-79 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 125.20 |
| 200 | Joseph Polsue compiler | (Cornwall) A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall |
London: | 1867-1872 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 75.12 |
| 201 | Edward Lhuyd | (Linguistics) Archaeologia Britannica |
Oxford | 1707 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 250.40 |
| 202 | William Borlase | (Cornwall) William Borlase Two works |
Oxford | 1758 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 813.80 |
| 203 | [George Harbin] | The Hereditary Right of the Crown of England Asserted |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 25.04 | ||
| 204 | Edward Gibbon | (Armorial Binding) The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire |
1791 - 1797 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 500.80 |
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cbc8d1a4-d991-48c7-b788-7554a6774b0e.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/21ad2e05-5544-44aa-887d-76df423e17af.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/855dc2c0-17e3-4562-a1cc-2e7265c3769c.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
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![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000")
