Books & Works on Paper
Lots: 244
Highlights of the sale include a 1562 edition of Claudius Ptolemy’s seminal Geographia, which represented the geographical knowledge of the 2nd-century Roman Empire, with an estimate of £3,000 - £4,000. A 1964 first edition of Chairman Mao’s Quotations, known worldwide as the ‘Little Red Book’, which still in its printed wrappers was intended for high-ranking officers only, comes for sale with an estimate of £3,000 - £4,000.
The costume design archive of Sally Jacobs (1932 – 2020), a British stage designer whose career was innovative, wide-ranging, and influential takes centre stage of the sale. The artworks in the present collection offer an insight into the costume design process behind landmark productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal Opera, working with directors such as Peter Brook. In Jacobs’ signature style, they colourfully depict an array of British acting royalty. Comparable works are held by institutions including the Harvard Theatre Collection and Victoria & Albert Museum. Lot 161, it has an estimate of £16,000 - £18,000.
Read more on Sally Jacobs here
Lot 1 - Cartesius. Cum sua naturali Philosophia à Mechanicis eversus. Amsterdam, 1659
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 5 - Lunelli (Italo) Pagine della Nostra Fede, signed and inscribed by Mussolini
Estimated at £250 - £350
![Lot 8 - [Mirabeau (Victor Riquetti, marquis de)] Theorie de l’import, second ed. 1760](https://chiswick.blob.core.windows.net/stock/198955-0-small.jpg?v=63819391280753)
Lot 8 - [Mirabeau (Victor Riquetti, marquis de)] Theorie de l’import, second ed. 1760
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 13 - Geneva or ‘Breeches Bible’. with ‘The Whole Booke of Psalmes, 1591,92 & 86
Sold for £1,125
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![Lot 15 - British School.- The Valley of the Tomb [Napoleon’s first tomb, on St. Helena]](https://chiswick.blob.core.windows.net/stock/200268-1-small.jpg?v=63819407298647)
Lot 15 - British School.- The Valley of the Tomb [Napoleon’s first tomb, on St. Helena]
Sold for £525
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Lot 22 - Hakewill (James) The History of Windsor and its Neighbourhood
Sold for £62
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Lot 25 - Thornton (Colonel Thomas) A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France in the year 1802
Sold for £150
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Lot 34 - Geographia Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini. Venice, 1562
Sold for £4,000
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Lot 48 - South America.- D'anville (Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon)
Sold for £325
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![Lot 54 - Davis.With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic 1911-1914, [1919]](https://chiswick.blob.core.windows.net/stock/199291-2-small.jpg?v=63819390703667)
Lot 55 - Ross.Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, 1835
Estimated at £300 - £400
Lot 58 - Egypt: Antes. Manners and Customs of the Egyptians, 1800
Sold for £219
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Lot 60 - Townson (Robert) Travels in Hungary, with a short account of Vienna in the year 1793
Sold for £150
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Lot 64 - China: Helman. Faits Memorables des Empereurs de la Chine, 1788.
Sold for £500
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Lot 69 - Ortelius (Abraham) Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis nova descriptio
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000
Lot 71 - Roberts. Forty-One Years in India, Inscribed copy. 1902
Sold for £188
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Lot 73 - Zedong (Mao) Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu, or Quotations of Chairman Mao (Mao's "Little Red Book").
Estimated at £3,000 - £4,000
Lot 74 - Zedong (Mao) Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu, or Quotations of Chairman Mao (Mao's "Little Red Book").
Sold for £7,500
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![Lot 76 - Map. Blaeu. Venezuela. [1635]](https://chiswick.blob.core.windows.net/stock/201851-0-small.jpg?v=63819410223730)
Lot 83 - Wormald (Thomas) A Series of Anatomical Sketches and Diagrams
Sold for £100
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![Lot 84 - ‘W.F.R.’, Album of Flowers, [1837]](https://chiswick.blob.core.windows.net/stock/202313-0-small.jpg?v=63819477876710)
Lot 86 - Henderson (P. H., after) & Stadler (J. C.) The Maggot-bearing Stapelia
Estimated at £300 - £400
Lot 87 - Thornton (Robert John) Large Flowering Sensitive Plant
Sold for £212
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![Lot 88 - [Pope (Alexander)] Serle (John) A Plan of Mr. Pope’s Garden, As it was taken at his death](https://chiswick.blob.core.windows.net/stock/202377-0-small.jpg?v=63819495731030)
Lot 88 - [Pope (Alexander)] Serle (John) A Plan of Mr. Pope’s Garden, As it was taken at his death
Sold for £1,188
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Lot 90 - Walker. Exotic Butterflies. original illustrations. 1908 & 1915
Sold for £1,625
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Lot 95 - Byron. The Siege of Corinth. A Poem. Parisina.; A Poem. first ed. 1816
Sold for £112
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![Lot 96 - Chaucer. [The Workes of Geoffray Chaucer] Extract 57pp. 1532](https://chiswick.blob.core.windows.net/stock/202176-3-small.jpg?v=63819412055800)
Lot 96 - Chaucer. [The Workes of Geoffray Chaucer] Extract 57pp. 1532
Sold for £1,375
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