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Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939
The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching
Part 3, K-P

19 March 2015 | 10:00 AM GMT | London

SALE TOTAL

1,215,017GBP
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  • 1049
    Purchas, Samuel
    Purchas his Pilgrimes in Five Books... contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings... a description of all the circum-navigations of the globe... navigations and voyages of English-men [&c.] [engraved title: Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes. Contayning a History of the World, in Sea Voyages, & Lande-Travells, by Englishmen & others]. London: William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1625-1626
    LOT SOLD.57,500GBP
  • 899
    Mortimer, George
    Observations and Remarks made during a Voyage to the Islands of Teneriffe, Amsterdam, Maria's Islands near Van Dieman's Land; Otaheite, Sandwich Islands; Owhyhee, the Fox Islands on the North West Coast of America, Tinian, and from thence to Canton, in the Brig Mercury. London: for the Author, 1791
    LOT SOLD.45,000GBP
  • 714
    Kemys [or Keymis], Lawrence
    A Relation of the Second Voyage to Guiana performed and written in the year 1596. London: T. Dawson, 1596
    LOT SOLD.40,000GBP
  • 876
    [Middleton, Sir Henry]
    The Last East-Indian Voyage. Containing much varietie of the state of the severall kingdomes where they have traded. London: T. P[urfoot] for Walter Burre, 1606
    LOT SOLD.35,000GBP
  • 725
    King, Phillip Parker
    Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. London: John Murray, 1826
    LOT SOLD.32,500GBP
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Sale Number: L15411 Lots : 350

SALE TOTAL

1,215,017GBP DOWNLOAD RESULTS

Sessions

  • Session 1: 19 Mar 2015 | 10:00 AM | Lots 701 - 889
  • Session 2: 19 Mar 2015 | 02:00 PM | Lots 890 - 1050
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The third sale of the Brooke-Hitching library, Part 3 achieved a total of £1,229,642, well above its pre-sale high estimate. As with the previous two sales, bids came from around the world and new auction records were made.
 
The top price was £57,000 for a finely bound set of Samuel Purchas’s Pilgrimes (1625-26), followed by new auction records of £45,000 for the Huth-Penrose copy of Mortimer’s Observations and Remarks made during a Voyage… in the Brig Mercury (1791), £35,000 for Middleston’s The Last East-Indian Voyage (1606), and £32,500 for a first edition of Lind’s landmark Treatise of the Scurvy (1753).

DETAILS AUCTION

Over 40 years, Franklin Brooke-Hitching assembled the finest private collection of English language books relating to voyages, exploration and discovery from the 16th century to the 1930s. Together they tell the story of mankind’s persistent quest - over half a millennium - to explore and understand the world. Many of the books are unique or very rare, including presentation copies and splendid bindings, and all are notable for being in the finest possible condition. The collection also contains books on science, medicine and natural history, with works on the health of seafarers, astronomy, the calculation of longitude and whaling.

The third part of this celebrated library featuring authors K-P will be offered on 19 March 2015, with a final sale to be held on 30 September.

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