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PAST AUCTION
21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Sale Number: 759
Live in Edinburgh & Online
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LOT 1
“Miss Pearce”
Manuscript atlas – “England Delineated”
SOLD FOR £945
LOT 2
Atlases
comprising Bartholomew & Co.
SOLD FOR £353
LOT 3
Blaeu, Johannes
Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas, cinquieme partie [Scotland and Ireland]
SOLD FOR £3,528
LOT 4
Blaeu, Johannes
Collection of maps of Scotland, mid 17th century, Amsterdam
SOLD FOR £530
LOT 6
Cary, John
Cary's New and Accurate Map of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark
SOLD FOR £1,071
LOT 7
Dixon, Robert
Map of the Colony of New South Wales [and other folding maps]
SOLD FOR £3,024
LOT 8
Indian maps
Map of the Island of Bombay
SOLD FOR £693
LOT 10
Orkney and Shetland
Collection of engraved maps and charts, 17th to early 19th century
SOLD FOR £756
LOT 12
Scotland
Collection of engraved maps, 17th and 18th century
SOLD FOR £945
LOT 13
Scotland
16 maps of Scotland and its regions
SOLD FOR £189
LOT 14
Scotland
Collection of maps, 18th and 19th century
SOLD FOR £454
LOT 15
Scotland
Four volumes of railway plans and sections, 19th century
SOLD FOR £328
LOT 16
Speed, John and Peter Keer
[Volume of miniature maps of Scotland and Ireland]
SOLD FOR £504
LOT 17
Survey of Palestine
[Map] Palestine 1: 100,000
SOLD FOR £1,008
LOT 18
Thomson, John
The Atlas of Scotland, containing Maps of Each County
SOLD FOR £945
LOT 19
Wilkinson, Robert
A General Atlas
SOLD FOR £555
LOT 21
Tibet
Who's Who in Tibet
SOLD FOR £1,197
LOT 22
British India (modern Pakistan)
Monograph on Swat State, 1933
SOLD FOR £819
LOT 23
India
Group of rare Indian imprints
SOLD FOR £1,638
LOT 24
[Early Bombay printing] Harris, William Cornwallis
Narrative of an Expedition into Southern Africa during the Years 1836 and 1837
SOLD FOR £605
LOT 25
Indian lithographic printing
Persian and Urdu literature, collection of works, 19th and early 20th century
SOLD FOR £378
LOT 26
Indian lithographic printing
Collection of works on Islam, 19th and early 20th century
SOLD FOR £378
LOT 27
Indian lithographic printing
Collection of works on science, cookery and other subjects
SOLD FOR £605
LOT 28
Indian lithographic printing
Geography and travel, collection of works in Urdu, 19th and early 20th century
SOLD FOR £252
LOT 29
Indian lithographic printing
Women's health and conduct, and general medicine, collection of works, 19th and early 20th century
SOLD FOR £378
LOT 33
Indian lithographic printing
Collection of works, 19th and early 20th century
SOLD FOR £303
LOT 34
Mandeville, Sir John
The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, Kt.
SOLD FOR £353
LOT 35
Busbecq, Augier Ghislain de
Legationis Turc[icae] Epistolae IV, eiusdem
SOLD FOR £278
LOT 36
Biblical and Near Eastern languages
Collection of works
SOLD FOR £756
LOT 37
Dickson, H. R. P.
Kuwait and her Neighbours
SOLD FOR £479
LOT 39
Middle East and Arabia
Four works
SOLD FOR £504
LOT 40
Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke
The Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia
SOLD FOR £278
LOT 41
Rycaut, Sir Paul
The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire
SOLD FOR £353
LOT 42
Rycaut, Sir Paul
The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire
SOLD FOR £530
LOT 43
Weinthal, Leo
The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway and River Route, from 1887 to 1922
SOLD FOR £630
LOT 44
Sandys, George
Sandys Traviles: containing a History of the original and present state of the Turkish Empire
SOLD FOR £1,071
LOT 45
Netherlands; Germany; Rhineland
Admirandorum quadruplex spectaculum
SOLD FOR £479
LOT 46
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Mosaics and paintings, an album of painted copies
SOLD FOR £1,764
LOT 47
Rossini, Luigi
Le antichita dei Contorni di Roma
SOLD FOR £3,150
LOT 48
Texier, Charles and Richard Popplewell Pullan
Byzantine Architecture
SOLD FOR £1,512
LOT 49
Stuart, James
The Antiquities of Athens
SOLD FOR £1,890
LOT 50
Stuart, James and Nicholas Revett
The Antiquities of Athens
SOLD FOR £580
LOT 51
Watercolours, sketches and photographs
19th century portfolio, including West Indies and North America interest
SOLD FOR £1,260
LOT 52
Mackenzie, Alexander
Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America
SOLD FOR £630
LOT 53
Parry, Edward and others
[Voyages, abridged]
SOLD FOR £252
LOT 54
Australia - Racism and Emigration
George Cruikshank
SOLD FOR £454
LOT 55
Baedeker
Collection of travel guides, 19th and 20th century
SOLD FOR £479
LOT 56
View books, Baedekers, Scottish interest and miscellaneous
Collection of works
SOLD FOR £328
LOT 57
Travel
Group of 19
SOLD FOR £555
LOT 58
Travel and social anthropology
9 works
SOLD FOR £303
LOT 59
Travel and topography
Collection of works, 18th and 19th century
SOLD FOR £819
LOT 60
Travel
Collection of works
SOLD FOR £630
LOT 61
Sporting books
12 works
SOLD FOR £404
LOT 63
Buckler, J. and J.C.
Views of Eaton Hall in Cheshire
SOLD FOR £303
LOT 64
Clerk, John, of Eldin
A Series of Etchings chiefly of Views in Scotland
SOLD FOR £1,512
LOT 65
Clerk, John, of Eldin
[Collection of etchings]
SOLD FOR £1,071
LOT 66
Daniell, William
A Voyage round Great Britain
SOLD FOR £8,820
LOT 67
Drummond, James
Old Edinburgh
SOLD FOR £303
LOT 68
Dugdale, Sir William
The Antiquities of Warwickshire
SOLD FOR £693
LOT 69
Edinburgh
Collection of works on Edinburgh topography and history
SOLD FOR £630
LOT 70
Elton, Lady Mary (née Stewart, 1773-1849)
Panoramic Views of Edinburgh
SOLD FOR £454
LOT 71
Fife
Collection of works
SOLD FOR £580
LOT 72
Glasgow
Large collection of works
SOLD FOR £479
LOT 73
Hay, John
Views of Aberdeen
SOLD FOR £819
LOT 74
Irish Gaelic printing
The Catechism, or Christian Doctrine by way of Question and Answer
SOLD FOR £252
LOT 75
Irish History
A collection of works
SOLD FOR £1,134
LOT 76
Lamb, A. C.
Dundee. Its Quaint and Historic Buildings
SOLD FOR £378
LOT 77
London County Council
Survey of London
SOLD FOR £215
LOT 78
McIan, Robert Ronald
Collection of plates from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands
SOLD FOR £756
LOT 79
McIan, Robert Ronald
Collection of plates from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands
SOLD FOR £580
LOT 81
Orkney
2 works
SOLD FOR £530
LOT 82
Paul, Sir James Balfour
The Scots Peerage
SOLD FOR £240
LOT 85
Rutter, John
Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey
SOLD FOR £303
LOT 86
Scotland
Large collection of works on topography and local history
SOLD FOR £580
LOT 87
Scotland
History, Literature and Topography
SOLD FOR £555
LOT 88
Scottish topography and antiquarianism
Collection of works, 18th to early 20th century
SOLD FOR £555
LOT 89
Warwickshire
Large collection of local, regimental and family histories, 19th and early 20th century
SOLD FOR £555
LOT 90
Architecture and Interiors
Collection of works
SOLD FOR £378
LOT 91
Art
Reference works and prints
SOLD FOR £252
LOT 92
Art
Including The Curwen Studio
SOLD FOR £404
LOT 93
Boris O'Klein (1893-1985)
[Dirty Dogs of Paris]
SOLD FOR £126
LOT 94
Charles III, King of the United Kingdom (1948-)
Balmoral, signed limited edition print
SOLD FOR £1,008
LOT 95
Decorative Bindings
including The Arts of the Ming Dynasty
SOLD FOR £177
LOT 97
Langley, Batty and Thomas
Gothic Architecture
SOLD FOR £2,142
LOT 98
Lorraine, Claude – Frederick Christian Lewis
Liber Studiorum of Claude Lorraine [third part]
SOLD FOR £189
LOT 99
Lucian Freud OM CH (1922-2011) - dust jacket design
Paul among the Jews
SOLD FOR £819
LOT 100
Macchiavelli, G.G.
Italian Etchings
SOLD FOR £101
LOT 101
Martin, John
Illustrations for the Bible
SOLD FOR £819
LOT 102
Piper, John (illustrator) and Tambimuttu (author)
India Love Poems
SOLD FOR £819
LOT 104
The Studio, 1899-1915
A collection
SOLD FOR £252
LOT 105
Trade catalogues
Collection of trade catalogues, mainly Scottish, 19th and 20th century
SOLD FOR £1,134
LOT 106
Waring, J. B.
Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862
SOLD FOR £479
LOT 107
Waring, J. B.
Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862
SOLD FOR £454
LOT 108
Arnot, Hugo (1749-1786)
Autograph letter, signed
SOLD FOR £1,260
LOT 109
Autographs
Collection of letters to the 6th Earl of Selkirk and Countess of Selkirk, early 19th century
SOLD FOR £1,512
LOT 110
Babbage, Charles (1791-1871)
Autograph letter signed on his 'calculating engine'
SOLD FOR £5,544
LOT 112
Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658), Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland
Autograph letter signed as Lord Protector to his son Henry Cromwell as commander-in-chief in Ireland, 21st April 1656
SOLD FOR £6,300
LOT 114
East India Company
Illustrated manuscript notebook of J. Longden, surgeon on East Indiaman Protector, 1837-8
SOLD FOR £2,268
LOT 115
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1926-2022) and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021)
Autograph signatures, 27th June 1966
SOLD FOR £454
LOT 117
Illuminated manuscript leaves
Group of leaves from liturgical manuscripts
SOLD FOR £756
