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Please note that the results listed on this page are inclusive of any Sotheby's Premiums and exclusive of any applicable taxes and costs, unless otherwise noted.
English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations
1 December - 8 December 2020 • London
![JAMES OF MILAN | Pricking of love, illuminated manuscript in Middle English [England, fifteenth century]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0d5cfef/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1413+0+0/resize/150x106!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F20%2Fb3%2F79586c3e415b80873c69f627f85c%2Fl20408-b3xpq-1.jpg)
1. JAMES OF MILAN | Pricking of love, illuminated manuscript in Middle English [England, fifteenth century]

2. AUGUSTINE | The kernell or extract... of S. Augustins Confessions, Paris, 1638, modern calf by Riviere

3. BACON | The twoo bookes of the proficience and advancement of learning, London, 1605, vellum

4. BEDE | The history of the Church of Englande, Antwerp, 1565, old calf

5. BEDE | The history of the Church of Englande; Stapleton, A fortresse of the faith, Antwerp, 1565, half morocco

6. BOWES | Three calligraphic manuscripts, 17th century
![[BURGHLEY] | The execution of justice in England, London, 1583, modern buckram](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2e0de6d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1351x2000+0+0/resize/150x222!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F31%2F19%2F950b78144af4bdfd698a4353d3a0%2Fl20408-b3xmz-1.jpg)
9. [BURGHLEY] | The execution of justice in England, London, 1583, modern buckram

10. CAMDEN | Britannia, London, 1607, contemporary calf gilt
![[CAMPION] | A particular declaration or testimony, London, 1582, modern brown buckram](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f9c3ddb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1375x2000+0+0/resize/150x218!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F70%2Fc5%2F8aae5cdb4faba6d1260d2ec55842%2Fl20408-b3xmv-1.jpg)
11. [CAMPION] | A particular declaration or testimony, London, 1582, modern brown buckram

14. FISHER | This treatyse concernynge the fruytfull sayinges of Davyd, London, 1555, modern blue morocco
![[HARINGTON] | The metamorphosis of Ajax; An apologie, London, 1596, 2 volumes, later half green morocco](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/49ec02c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1356x2000+0+0/resize/150x221!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F02%2Fbe%2F9d3d8a084b7d8b7abdf1a4bac0de%2Fl20408-b3xhl-1.jpg)
15. [HARINGTON] | The metamorphosis of Ajax; An apologie, London, 1596, 2 volumes, later half green morocco

16. HOBBES | Leviathan, London, 1651, contemporary calf
![HOBBES | Leviathan, London, 1651 [i.e. 1678], later calf gilt](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4b580dc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1333x2000+0+0/resize/150x225!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fc8%2Fcb%2Fd6508e654cc38dcd7aacf904da49%2Fl20408-bprz7-1.jpg)
17. HOBBES | Leviathan, London, 1651 [i.e. 1678], later calf gilt

18. HOOPER | A declaratyon of the ten holy commaundements, London, 1550, later calf
![LESLIE | A treatise towching the right... of... Princess Marie, Queene of Scotland, [Rouen], 1584, vellum gilt](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/afdfd82/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1483+0+0/resize/150x111!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F70%2Fae%2Fe0f4f78b4fa1b12c34ee6efd4b1a%2Fl20408-b3xn9-1.jpg)
20. LESLIE | A treatise towching the right... of... Princess Marie, Queene of Scotland, [Rouen], 1584, vellum gilt

21. MORE | Omnia Latina opera, Louvain, 1566, later calf
![[PARSONS] | De persecutione Anglicana libellus, Rome, 1582, later vellum](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4d3308c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1412x2000+0+0/resize/150x212!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fbf%2F1a%2F2e577c3c479bb2e60f46ce2634a8%2Fl20408-b3xmx-1.jpg)
22. [PARSONS] | De persecutione Anglicana libellus, Rome, 1582, later vellum

23. QUAKER PAMPHLETS | Collection of over 60 tracts in one volume, mid seventeenth century
![SMITH | A confutation of a certen booke, [Paris, 1553], later calf](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9bd0f5a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1294x2000+0+0/resize/150x232!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F04%2F9c%2F8314a34d40fe9812504f5555c06a%2Fl20408-b3xm8-1.jpg)
24. SMITH | A confutation of a certen booke, [Paris, 1553], later calf

27. BADEN POWELL | A collection of six autograph letters, notes, quotations, and signatures

28. DE LA BECHE | Duria Antiquior, hand-coloured lithograph, 1830

29. DE LA BECHE | Duria Antiquior, lithograph, 1830

30. BONNEY | Manuscript history of the Tower of London, 1 volume, c.1794

31. JOSEPHINE BUTLER | Autograph letter signed, to Robert F. Horton, 1898
![CHURCHILL | Autograph letter signed, to Moreton Frewen, on prose style, 31 August [1896]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e43998a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1299x2000+0+0/resize/150x231!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F5e%2F75%2F58521ed0416ab7753a3fb88bd7a5%2Fl20408-bcswb-1.jpg)
32. CHURCHILL | Autograph letter signed, to Moreton Frewen, on prose style, 31 August [1896]

34. CHURCHILL | The People's Rights, 1910

35. CHURCHILL | Letter signed, to Richard Freund, on the likelihood of war, 2 September 1938

36. CHURCHILL | Conquer We Shall, 1940

37. CHURCHILL | A Speech ... in the House of Commons August 20th, 1940 (2 copies in variant bindings)

38. CHURCHILL AND ROOSEVELT | The Atlantic Charter, 1941

39. CHURCHILL | signed photograph by Vivienne

40. CHURCHILL | signed photograph, taken in Gibraltar with a macaque, 1960

41. COTTINGLEY FAIRIES | Complete collection of five photographs, 1920

43. DALRYMPLE | An historical collection of the several voyages and discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean, 1770-1771

44. DARWIN | For Private Distribution... Extracts from Letters addressed to Professor Henslow..., 1835, original wrappers

45. DARWIN | A watercolour portrait of Darwin by John Collier
![THOMAS HANCOCK | Medallion portrait, in rubber, [1851]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8440fe1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1626x2000+0+0/resize/150x185!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ff8%2F2e%2F1f8d60e949faac0dc3133cb6ab5c%2Fl20408-bnqxz-1.jpg)
47. THOMAS HANCOCK | Medallion portrait, in rubber, [1851]

48. HAWAI'I | Autograph album, including King Kalakaua, Queen Kapionlani, and other dignitories, 1878-79

49. HAWKING | The Universe in a Nutshell, with Hawking's thumbprint

50. HAYEK | The Road to Serfdom, 1944, inscribed to Karl Popper

52. LOWTH | Series of 32 autograph letters signed, to Rev. William Longstaffe, 1763-80

54. MONCK | two letters signed, 1659-62

55. NEVILL MOTT | Extensive series of letters to Yvonne Cauchois, 1948-96
![[NELSON] | Key to the Battle of the Nile, engraved illustrations, [after 1812]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/91bcf1e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1556x2000+0+0/resize/150x193!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fa6%2Fc1%2F06224e4c436aa47234963c04d988%2Fl20408-bcsw9-1.jpg)
56. [NELSON] | Key to the Battle of the Nile, engraved illustrations, [after 1812]

57. HMS VICTORY | Fragment of flag believed to have flown at the Battle of Trafalgar
![[NELSON] | An Exact Representation of the English & French Fleets off the Mouth of the Nile, 1798](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/69863f7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1575x2000+0+0/resize/150x190!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fcc%2Feb%2F7686841740039d591ba1d4e7d1b5%2Fl20408-bcswj-1.jpg)
58. [NELSON] | An Exact Representation of the English & French Fleets off the Mouth of the Nile, 1798

60. VON NEUMANN and MORGENSTERN | Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, 1944, first edition

61. NEWTON | Autograph manuscript notes on the Great Pyramid of Egypt, c. 1680s