Books & Works on Paper

Books & Works on Paper

Date: 24th May, 2023 11:00
Sale number: 24 May 2023
Location: 6 Roslin Square
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 

 

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Lot 2 - Civil Law.- Troplong (M.)

Sold for £50

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Lot 4 - Literature & Language

Estimated at £100 - £150

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Lot 6 - Maupassant (Guy de)

Sold for £188

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Lot 7 - Medicine

Sold for £100

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Lot 9 - Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) Ouvres

Sold for £188

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Lot 10 - Platina (Bartolomeo)

Sold for £88

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Lot 11 - Science.- Della Torre (Giovanni Maria)

Sold for £138

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Lot 12 - Traite de Paix

Sold for £50

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Lot 14 - Art & Antiquities.- Spilsbury (John)

Sold for £250

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Lot 16 - Embossed British revenue stamps.

Sold for £938

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Lot 18 - Wood (Anthony) Athene Oxonienses

Sold for £250

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Lot 19 - World War I.- Berne-Bellecour (Jean)

Sold for £62

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Lot 20 - British topography.

Sold for £600

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Lot 21 - Cary's New and Correct English Atlas, 1793

Sold for £350

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Lot 23 - Jones (Theophilus) History of Brecknockshire

Sold for £25

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Lot 27 - Baedeker Travel Guides.

Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 28 - Murray Travel Guides.

Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 29 - Travel Guides.

Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

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Lot 30 - Blaeu (Johannes) Three county maps

Sold for £112

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Lot 32 - Europe.- Maps

Sold for £375

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Lot 33 - France.- Maps

Sold for £212

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Lot 34 - Geographia Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini. Venice, 1562

Sold for £4,000

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Lot 35 - Greece & Turkey.- Maps

Sold for £225

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Lot 37 - Hakewill. Italy. Large Paper. 1817 & others.

Sold for £600

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Lot 40 - Italy.- Five maps and plans

Sold for £938

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Lot 41 - Laurie's New Plan of London and its Environs

Sold for £375

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Lot 43 - Maps.- Braun (Georg) & Hogenberg (Franz)

Sold for £250

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Lot 45 - Photo Albums.

Sold for £400

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Lot 46 - Russia.- Maps

Sold for £1,125

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Lot 47 - Russian maps.etc.

Sold for £688

Includes Buyer's Premium

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Lot 49 - Switzerland.

Sold for £100

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