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Fine Books and Manuscripts
29 November - 16 December 2022 • New York
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1. Adams, Ansel | One of 500 copies, signed by Adams

2. Aristotle | First edition in English of Aristotle’s Politics

3. Bacon, Sir Francis | A "landmark in the advancement of human learning"

4. Bacon, Francis | First edition, and the first appearance in print of three of the four tracts

5. Bacon, Francis | First complete edition in English

6. Bacon, Francis | A pair of works by the English philosopher and statesman

7. Blackstone, William | "A work of the highest importance for the historian and constitutional lawyer"
![[Camden, William] | First edition in English of the True and Royall History of the Famous Empresse Elizabeth](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0c84836/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1595x2000+0+0/resize/150x188!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fa1%2Fca%2Fefa076c44451b7df0ac84ae2f8bb%2Fn11066-cdntq-t2-02.jpg)
8. [Camden, William] | First edition in English of the True and Royall History of the Famous Empresse Elizabeth

9. Cather, Willa | A signed first edition

10. Chaucer, Geoffrey | The edition of Chaucer's works which was probably used by Shakespeare

11. (Chaucer, Geoffrey) — John Wilfred Clarke | A charming illuminated manuscript, with extracts from Chaucer

12. Coronelli, Vicenzo Maria | First edition of this prolific mapmaker's work

13. Donne, John | "No man is an Island, intire of itself..."

14. Donne, John | First editions of his Six Sermons

15. Donne, John | First editions of the first folio collections of Donne's sermons

16. Donne, John | The first appearance of his correspondence in a cohesive collection

17. Edwards, George | Georges Cuvier’s set of George Edwards’ fine series of ornithological studies

18. Erasmsus, Desiderius | First edition in English, rarely seen in the market

19. Froissart, Jean | A primary source for Shakespeare

20. Lichtenstein, Roy, and Allen Ginsberg | Complete set of 10 initialed etchings and aquatints in color by Lichtenstein accompanying Ginsberg's verse
![[Head, Richard and Francis Kirkman] | Vivid satirical accounts of 17th century debauchery](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/12db170/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1247x2000+0+0/resize/150x241!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F0f%2F6e%2F152dea9f4b9ba8f6e3fbc3eb737e%2Fn11066-cdnvj-t2-02.jpg)
21. [Head, Richard and Francis Kirkman] | Vivid satirical accounts of 17th century debauchery

22. Hemingway, Ernest | "The world breaks everyone ..."

23. Henry VIII | A "critical moment in the history of the English Reformation"

24. Higden, Ranulph | The first illustrated edition of the most influential chronicle in Britain

25. Hobbes, Thomas | First edition, first issue of Hobbes's magisterial treatise of political theory

26. Holinshed, Raphael | Used by Shakespeare as a principal source for many of his plays

27. Howard, Robert E. | Weird Tales

28. Hugo, Victor | “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”

29. Kant, Immanuel | Kant's Copernican revolution in philosophy

30. Keynes, John Maynard | Three first editions
![[Langland, William] | The Vision of Pierce Plowman](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/df84137/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1445x2000+0+0/resize/150x208!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fee%2Fee%2Ff2c3ecca43a4bb8eb6193a1ef57a%2Fn11066-cdnsw-t2-02.jpg)
31. [Langland, William] | The Vision of Pierce Plowman

32. Lee, Harper | Lawyers, I suppose, were children once

33. Locke, John | On "the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge"

34. Lovecraft, H.P. | That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.

35. Lovecraft, H.P. | The horror in the museum
![Machiavelli, [Niccolo] | "In war, discipline can do more than fury"](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a167f9d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1752+0+0/resize/150x131!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F13%2F4e%2Fc1956e2f4b09993c2a32bda81932%2Fn11066-cdnsk-t3-02.jpg)
36. Machiavelli, [Niccolo] | "In war, discipline can do more than fury"

37. Machiavelli, Niccolo | "This book carryes its poyson and malice in it"

38. Massinger, Philip | First edition, with distinguished provenance

39. Milne, A. A., and E.H. Shepard | Four first editions
![[Milton, John] | The author's first prose work](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fa916de/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1536x2000+0+0/resize/150x195!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fdd%2Fbc%2F8bca66f84aa78e286e8266cecaae%2Fn11066-cdnql-t3-02.jpg)
40. [Milton, John] | The author's first prose work

41. Milton, John | First collected edition of Milton's poems and the first to bear his name

42. Milton, John | A title scarce enough to be lacking from many fine Milton collections

43. Milton, John | “The childhood shows the man, As morning shows the day.”

44. Ortelius, Abraham | The world in your pocket
![Plutarch — Philemon Holland [translator] | First complete edition of the Moralia in English](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/24467cc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1317x2000+0+0/resize/150x228!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F4d%2F82%2F9f59f36a4e3f84eeda63c320d007%2Fn11066-cdnv5-t2-02.jpg)
45. Plutarch — Philemon Holland [translator] | First complete edition of the Moralia in English

46. Poe, Edgar Allan | Cornerstone of cornerstones
![(Popish Plot) — “D. G.” [Possibly Gilbert Gifford] | On Cardinal William Allen and the Catholic Plot to Overthrow Elizabeth](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2039f53/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1531x2000+0+0/resize/150x196!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fce%2F12%2F4209ba934cab879643c1855a22fb%2Fn11066-cdntt-t2-02.jpg)
47. (Popish Plot) — “D. G.” [Possibly Gilbert Gifford] | On Cardinal William Allen and the Catholic Plot to Overthrow Elizabeth

48. Prynne, William | "Shackpeers Plaies are printed in the best Crowne paper, far better than most Bibles."