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Auction Name	Books and Manuscripts and Maps	Total Sales (GBP)	319,543.75
Auction Date	April 27, 2025 - April 27, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	89,760.00
Sale Number	#42725	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	146,880.00
Total Lots	435
Sold Lots	360	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	113,540.00
% of Lots Sold	82.76%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	184,450.00
Unsold Lots	75	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	173.24%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
331		1538 Coverdale New Testament [English] [The New Testament of oure Sauyour Jesu Christ. Faythfully translated, & lately corrected..].	1538	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 45,187.50
230		15th. Century MANUSCRIPT		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 30,062.50
227		RAVINA, A Ballad'. Written by AUGUSTUS PRINSEP, Printed and Embellished by JAMES PRINSEP.	1828	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 15,812.50
373		Geneva, Rouland Hall, 1560 BIBLE	1560	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 11,625.00
206	CROWLEY, Aleister	The Scented Garden of Abdullah the Satirist of Shiraz [The Bagh-i-Muattar].	1910	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 10,875.00
342		1549 BIBLE [English]	1549	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 7,312.50
275		1548-49 BIBLE [English] The first (and seconde) tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus Upon the Newe testamente.	1548-1549.	GBP 2,500.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 5,687.50
32	BARFOOT (J R)	Columbia or the land of the west, an historical Game.	No date c1800.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 5,062.50
363		The whole Booke of Davids Psalmes, both in prose and meetre. With apt notes to sing them withall.	1628	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 4,000.00
95	BURGIS, J (Pub.)	HELLENICORAMA; or, GRECIAN VIEWS.	1825	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,812.50
151	HOLINSHED-	The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande The First and Second [and Third] Volumes of Chronicles, comprising 1 The description and historie of England, 2 The description and historie of Ireland, 3 The description and historie of Scotland... to t	1587	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,750.00
147	JOHNSON, Samuel	A Dictionary of the English Language In Which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, Explained in their Different Meanings, and Authorized by the Names of the Writers in Whose Works they are Found. Two Volumes.	1760	GBP 250.00 - 400.00	GBP 3,687.50
251		The Holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the Authentical Latin ... By the English College of Doway, Two Volumes.	1609-10	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,625.00
314		Bishops' Bible, 1575. The Holy Bible. conteyning the Olde Testament and the New.	1575	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,687.50
201	1- Macpherson, R	A dissertation on the preservative from drowning; and swimmer's assistant.	1783	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,562.50
350		1638 Holy BIBLE, etc. - The Book of common prayer.	1638	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,562.50
248		Bible, FIRST EDITION OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC (DOUAI-RHEIMS) VERSION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN ENGLISH-	1582	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,500.00
270		Six 17th. Century BIBLES, in Cont. Bindings 1- The Book of Common prayer. R	1631	GBP 300.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,312.50
385		THE HOLY BIBLE Containing the Old Testament and New, Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues	1632, (1631)	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,312.50
390		1553 THE GREAT BIBLE (English)	1553	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,312.50
400		1548 BIBLE [German], translated by Martin Luther. - Biblia, das ist, die gantze heilige schrifft Deudsch auffs new zugericht.	1548	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,125.00
367		The Old and New Testaments.	1578	GBP 300.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,062.50
27	Edmund Gibson	CAMDEN Britannia or, a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland Together with the Adjacent Lands.	1695	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,937.50
359		1576 BIBLE [English] Illustrated with Maps & woodcuts. - The Bible that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament.	1576	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,937.50
204	[JOHNSON, CHARLES. (PSEUD.) = DEFOE, DANIEL (ATT.)].	A general history of the pyrates, from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny.	1725	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,875.00

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Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR