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111 Ptolomaeus (Claudius) Cosmographia, first edition, Vicenza, Hermann Liechtenstein, 13 September 1475.

Lot 111

Ptolomaeus (Claudius) Cosmographia, first edition, Vicenza, Hermann Liechtenstein, 13 September 1475.

Hammer Price: £185,000

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104 Schoener (Johann) Opera mathematica, 3 parts in 1, first edition,The Honeyman copy in contemporary binding, Nuremberg, J. Montanus and U. Neuber, 1551.
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Lot 104

Schoener (Johann) Opera mathematica, 3 parts in 1, first edition,The Honeyman copy in contemporary binding, Nuremberg, J. Montanus and U. Neuber, 1551.

Estimate: £30,000 - 40,000

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112 Lucian of Samosata. Dialogoi, editio princeps, with fine illuminated title-page, Florence, Lorenzo de Alopa, 1496.

Lot 112

Lucian of Samosata. Dialogoi, editio princeps, with fine illuminated title-page, Florence, Lorenzo de Alopa, 1496.

Hammer Price: £24,000

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197 Pian (Jean Baptiste de) [Architectural Alphabet], 26 chromolithographs by Leopold Muller after Pian, Vienna, 1842-44.

Lot 197

Pian (Jean Baptiste de) [Architectural Alphabet], 26 chromolithographs by Leopold Muller after Pian, Vienna, 1842-44.

Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000

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225 Rogers (Bruce).- Bible, English.- Holy Bible (The)..., one of 200 copies on handmade paper, designed by Bruce Rogers, bound in modern crimson morocco, gilt, Ox

Lot 225

Rogers (Bruce).- Bible, English.- Holy Bible (The)..., one of 200 copies on handmade paper, designed by Bruce Rogers, bound in modern crimson morocco, gilt, Oxford, 1935.

Hammer Price: £10,000

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113 Gentlemanly conduct.- Castiglione (Baldassare) Il Libro del Cortegiano, first edition, Venice, Aldo Manuzio's heirs and Andrea Torresano, 1528.

Lot 113

Gentlemanly conduct.- Castiglione (Baldassare) Il Libro del Cortegiano, first edition, Venice, Aldo Manuzio's heirs and Andrea Torresano, 1528.

Hammer Price: £9,000

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102 Jenner (Edward) An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease discovered in some of the Western Counties of England, particularly

Lot 102

Jenner (Edward) An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease discovered in some of the Western Counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the Cow Pox, first edition, Printed for the Author, by Sampson Low, 1798.

Hammer Price: £13,000

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191 Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first edition, Colonial issue, 1897.

Lot 191

Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first edition, Colonial issue, 1897.

Hammer Price: £6,000

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123 Judaica.- Fine illustrated Esther Scroll, Amsterdam, c.1720.

Lot 123

Judaica.- Fine illustrated Esther Scroll, Amsterdam, c.1720.

Hammer Price: £7,500

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169 [Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain". Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first edition, first state, New York, Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885

Lot 169

[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain". Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first edition, first state, New York, Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

Hammer Price: £4,000

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234 [Voight (Hans Henning)], "Alastair". Herod, for 'Salome: Drame en un Acte', original drawing in red & black ink over pencil, [c.1922].

Lot 234

[Voight (Hans Henning)], "Alastair". Herod, for 'Salome: Drame en un Acte', original drawing in red & black ink over pencil, [c.1922].

Hammer Price: £4,800

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37 Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Parkinson (Sydney) A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's Ship the Endeavour, second edition, Charles Dil

Lot 37

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Parkinson (Sydney) A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's Ship the Endeavour, second edition, Charles Dilly...& James Phillips, 1784.

Hammer Price: £2,800

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101 Gemology.- Jeffries (David) A treatise on diamonds and pearls. In which their importance is considered, first edition, 1750.

Lot 101

Gemology.- Jeffries (David) A treatise on diamonds and pearls. In which their importance is considered, first edition, 1750.

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000

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148 Women's rights.- Law.- Edgar (Thomas) The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights, first edition, printed by [Miles Flesher for] the assignes of Iohn More Esq.,

Lot 148

Women's rights.- Law.- Edgar (Thomas) The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights, first edition, printed by [Miles Flesher for] the assignes of Iohn More Esq., 1632.

Hammer Price: £9,500

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182 James (M.R.) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, first edition, 1904.

Lot 182

James (M.R.) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, first edition, 1904.

Hammer Price: £7,000

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114 Hebraica.- Clenardus (Nicolaus) Tabulae in grammaticen Hebraeam, first edition, Louvain, Thierry Martens, 1529 bound with Campen (Johannes van) Ex variis libel

Lot 114

Hebraica.- Clenardus (Nicolaus) Tabulae in grammaticen Hebraeam, first edition, Louvain, Thierry Martens, 1529 bound with Campen (Johannes van) Ex variis libellis Eliae grammaticorum omnium doctissimi quicquid ad absolutam grammaticen Hebraicam est necessarium, 1528, in 17th century red morocco

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000

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192 Stoker (Bram) Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories, first edition, 1914.

Lot 192

Stoker (Bram) Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories, first edition, 1914.

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000

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155 Shakespeare (William) The Merry Wives of Windsor, first separate Irish edition, Dublin, A. Bradley, 1730; together 5 works in 1 vol.

Lot 155

Shakespeare (William) The Merry Wives of Windsor, first separate Irish edition, Dublin, A. Bradley, 1730; together 5 works in 1 vol.

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000

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199 Ashendene Press.- More (Sir Thomas) A Fruteful and Pleasaunt Worke...Utopia, one of 100 copies, bound in black goatskin by J.Franklin Mowery, Ashendene Press,

Lot 199

Ashendene Press.- More (Sir Thomas) A Fruteful and Pleasaunt Worke...Utopia, one of 100 copies, bound in black goatskin by J.Franklin Mowery, Ashendene Press, 1906.

Hammer Price: £4,200

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189 Remarque (Erich Maria) All Quiet on the Western Front, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1929.

Lot 189

Remarque (Erich Maria) All Quiet on the Western Front, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1929.

Hammer Price: £18,000

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