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William Shakespeare. Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Fourth Folio edition. London: for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, 1685
Estimate: $70,000 – 100,000 -
George Turberville
The Booke of Falconrie or hawking; for the onely delight and pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen: collected out of the best authors, as well Italians as Frenchmen, and some English practises withall concerning falconrie.
London: by Thomas Purfoot, 1611
Estimates: 12,000 – 15,000 USD -
John Donne
Pseudo-Martyr. Wherein out of Certaine Propositions and Gradations, this Conclusion is Evicted. That those which are of the Romane Religion in this Kingdome, may and ought to take the Oath of Allegeance.
London: Printed by W. Stansby for Walter Burre, 1610
Estimates: 25,000 – 35,000 USD -
Samuel Purchas
Purchas His Pilgrimes ... [with] Purchase his Pilgrimage.
London: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1624-26
Estimates: 70,000 – 90,000 USD -
Anthony Askham
A Lytel Treatyse of Astronomy, Declaryng the Leape Yere, and what is the cause therof, and howe to Knowe Saynte Mathies day for ever, with the Marvelous Mocion of the Sonne ... and also the Dyversities that may come by Dyvers and Sundry Inhabitacions upon the Earth.
London: Imprinted by By Wylliam Powel, [1552]
Estimates: 20,000 – 30,000 USD
Sessions
- Session 1: 26 Oct 2016 | 10:00 AM | Lots 1 - 165
- Session 2: 26 Oct 2016 | 02:00 PM | Lots 166 - 327
Overview
Sotheby’s is pleased to present Selections from the Fox Pointe Manor Library. Assembled by Dr. Howard Knohl, this eclectic library is built around seventeenth-century English imprints covering a variety of subjects. Our selection from this singular achievement includes rare Sporting and Angling (Lot 294, George Turberville’s The Booke of Falconrie or Hawking, 1611), Americana (Lot 56, Nathaniel Byfield’s An Account of the late Revolution in New England, 1689), Voyages (Samuel Purchas’s Purchas His Pilgrimes, 1624-26), Science and Medicine, and more.
Literature was a particular focus of Dr. Knohl's, and we are pleased to offer a Shakespeare Fourth Folio (lot 267; $70,000 – 100,000), a good selection of John Donne, and a first edition of Milton’s Paradise Lost (lot 212; $8,000 – 12,000). Many truly curious works are present, including books concerning Witchcraft, Astronomy, Gardening and even Pest Control (lot 291, Leonard Mascall’s A Booke of Engines and Traps to Take Polcats, Buzardes, Rattes, Mice and All Other Kindes of Vermine and Beasts, 1590).
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