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The Library & Picture Collection of the late Martin Woolf Orskey

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Date of the auction: 26.06.2019

Lot number 1

Book of Hours (Use of Rome). Illuminated manuscript, circa 1450

Estimate

£10,000 - £15,000

ca. US$12,684 - US$19,026

Price realised:

£28,000

ca. US$35,515

Details

Lot number 2

Marbodus of Rennes. De lapidibus pretiosis Encheridion, 1531

Estimate

£1,500 - £2,000

ca. US$1,902 - US$2,536

Price realised:

£6,500

ca. US$8,244

Details

Lot number 3

Zahrawi (Abu'l-Qasim Khalaf ibn 'Abbas al-). Chirurgicorum, Strasbourg, 1532

Estimate

£3,000 - £5,000

ca. US$3,805 - US$6,342

Price realised:

£11,500

ca. US$14,586

Details

Lot number 4

Pseudo-Lull. Testamentum, 1566

Estimate

£2,000 - £3,000

ca. US$2,536 - US$3,805

Price realised:

£2,000

ca. US$2,536

Details

Lot number 5

Partridge (John). The Treasurie of Hidden Secrets, 1600

Estimate

£1,500 - £2,000

ca. US$1,902 - US$2,536

Price realised:

£4,200

ca. US$5,327

Details

Lot number 6

Bible, 1606, 19th-century straight-grain green moroco gilt

Estimate

£700 - £1,000

ca. US$887 - US$1,268

Price realised:

£2,700

ca. US$3,424

Details

Lot number 7

Milles (Thomas). The Custumers Alphabet and Primer, 1608

Estimate

£2,000 - £3,000

ca. US$2,536 - US$3,805

Price realised:

£14,000

ca. US$17,757

Details

Lot number 8

'N. F.' The Husbandmans fruitfull Orchard, 1609

Estimate

£3,000 - £4,000

ca. US$3,805 - US$5,073

Price realised:

£4,400

ca. US$5,581

Details

Lot number 9

Guillemeau (Jacques). Child-Birth or, the Happy Deliverie of Women, 1612

Estimate

£1,500 - £2,000

ca. US$1,902 - US$2,536

Price realised:

£6,000

ca. US$7,610

Details

Lot number 10

Stephens (John). Essayes and Characters, Ironicall, and Instructive, 1615

Estimate

£700 - £1,000

ca. US$887 - US$1,268

Price realised:

£1,650

ca. US$2,092

Details

Lot number 11

Fludd (Robert). Societatis de Rosea Cruce defendens, 1st edition, 1617

Estimate

£200 - £300

ca. US$253 - US$380

Price realised:

£2,200

ca. US$2,790

Details

Lot number 12

Gheyn (Jacob de). Maniement d'Armes d'Arquebuses, Mousquets, et Picques, [1620]

Estimate

£2,000 - £3,000

ca. US$2,536 - US$3,805

Price realised:

£4,000

ca. US$5,073

Details

Lot number 13

Oudin (César). A Grammar, Spanish and English, 1st edition in English, 1622

Estimate

£250 - £350

ca. US$317 - US$443

Price realised:

£2,000

ca. US$2,536

Details

Lot number 14

Carpenter (Nathaniel). Geography delineated forth in Two Bookes, 1st...

Estimate

£700 - £1,000

ca. US$887 - US$1,268

Price realised:

£1,950

ca. US$2,473

Details

Lot number 15

Markham (Gervase). A Way to Get Wealth & other works, 1638

Estimate

£200 - £300

ca. US$253 - US$380

Price realised:

£1,900

ca. US$2,410

Details

Lot number 16

Lilly (William). Monarchy or No Monarchy, 1651

Estimate

£300 - £500

ca. US$380 - US$634

Price realised:

£1,850

ca. US$2,346

Details

Lot number 17

P[eter], H[ugh]. Good Work for a Good Magistrate, 1st edition, 1651

Estimate

£500 - £800

ca. US$634 - US$1,014

Price realised:

£440

ca. US$558

Details

Lot number 18

Gastronomy. A Closet for Ladies and Gentlewomen, 1651

Estimate

£700 - £1,000

ca. US$887 - US$1,268

Price realised:

£1,950

ca. US$2,473

Details

Lot number 19

Gracián y Morales (Baltasar). The Heroe, 1st edition in English, 1652

Estimate

£400 - £600

ca. US$507 - US$761

Price realised:

£1,800

ca. US$2,283

Details

Lot number 20

Lunadoro (Girolamo). The Court of Rome, 1st edition in English, 1654

Estimate

£400 - £600

ca. US$507 - US$761

Price realised:

£1,950

ca. US$2,473

Details

Lot number 21

Refuge (Eustache de). Arcana Aulica: or, Walsingham's Manual, 2nd edition...

Estimate

£300 - £500

ca. US$380 - US$634

Price realised:

£520

ca. US$659

Details

Lot number 22

Paracelsus. Chymical Transmutation, 1657

Estimate

£1,000 - £1,500

ca. US$1,268 - US$1,902

Price realised:

£2,800

ca. US$3,551

Details

Lot number 23

Account of a Murder. The Unhappy Marksman, 1659

Estimate

£150 - £200

ca. US$190 - US$253

Price realised:

£860

ca. US$1,090

Details

Lot number 24

Bourgeois (Louise). The Compleat Midwife, 1659

Estimate

£500 - £800

ca. US$634 - US$1,014

Price realised:

£2,900

ca. US$3,678

Details

Lot number 25

Caus (Issac de). New and Rare Inventions of Water-Works, 1659

Estimate

£800 - £1,200

ca. US$1,014 - US$1,522

Price realised:

£6,600

ca. US$8,371

Details

Lot number 26

Collins (John). Geometricall Dyalling, 1659

Estimate

£1,000 - £1,500

ca. US$1,268 - US$1,902

Price realised:

£1,650

ca. US$2,092

Details

Lot number 27

Plat (Sir Hugh). The Garden of Eden, 1660

Estimate

£400 - £600

ca. US$507 - US$761

Price realised:

£1,600

ca. US$2,029

Details

Lot number 28

Mirabilis Annus, or The Year of Prodigies, 1661

Estimate

£300 - £500

ca. US$380 - US$634

Price realised:

£1,350

ca. US$1,712

Details

Lot number 29

Rabisha (William). The Whole Body of Cookery Dissected, 1661

Estimate

£2,000 - £3,000

ca. US$2,536 - US$3,805

Price realised:

£5,800

ca. US$7,356

Details

Lot number 30

Prévost (Jean). Medicaments For the Poor, 1662

Estimate

£700 - £1,000

ca. US$887 - US$1,268

Price realised:

£1,550

ca. US$1,966

Details

Lot number 31

Netherlands. The Dutch Drawn to the Life, 1664

Estimate

£200 - £300

ca. US$253 - US$380

Price realised:

£680

ca. US$862

Details

Lot number 32

Boyle (Robert). New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, 1665

Estimate

£1,000 - £1,500

ca. US$1,268 - US$1,902

Price realised:

£4,000

ca. US$5,073

Details

Lot number 33

May (Robert). The Accomplisht Cook, or The Art and Mystery of Cookery, 1665

Estimate

£1,000 - £1,500

ca. US$1,268 - US$1,902

Price realised:

£1,000

ca. US$1,268

Details

Lot number 34

Palmer (Roger, Earl of Castlemaine). The Present War between the Venetians...

Estimate

£500 - £800

ca. US$634 - US$1,014

Price realised:

£640

ca. US$811

Details

Lot number 35

Culpeper (Nicholas). A Directory for Midwives, 1666-7

Estimate

£600 - £800

ca. US$761 - US$1,014

Price realised:

£1,350

ca. US$1,712

Details

Lot number 36

Coxe (Thomas). Discourse of Physick and Physicians, 1669

Estimate

£300 - £400

ca. US$380 - US$507

Price realised:

£380

ca. US$482

Details

Lot number 37

Miege (Guy). Embassies to the Great Duke of Muscovie, the King of Sweden...

Estimate

£400 - £600

ca. US$507 - US$761

Price realised:

£860

ca. US$1,090

Details

Lot number 38

Charleton (Walter). Two Discourses, 1st edition, 1669

Estimate

£500 - £800

ca. US$634 - US$1,014

Price realised:

£960

ca. US$1,217

Details

Lot number 39

H.A. Mirabile Pecci: or, The Non-Such Wonder of the Peak in Darby shire...

Estimate

£800 - £1,200

ca. US$1,014 - US$1,522

Price realised:

£2,800

ca. US$3,551

Details

Lot number 40

Valentinus (Basilius). Of Natural & Supernatural Things, 1670

Estimate

£300 - £500

ca. US$380 - US$634

Price realised:

£1,950

ca. US$2,473

Details

Lot number 41

Palafox y Mendoza (Juan de). The History of the Conquest of China by the...

Estimate

£200 - £300

ca. US$253 - US$380

Price realised:

£740

ca. US$938

Details

Lot number 42

Tanner (John). Hidden Treasures of the Art of Physick, 1671

Estimate

£300 - £400

ca. US$380 - US$507

Price realised:

£580

ca. US$735

Details

Lot number 43

Webster (John). Metallographia, 1st edition, 1671

Estimate

£400 - £600

ca. US$507 - US$761

Price realised:

£620

ca. US$786

Details

Lot number 44

Rivière (Lazare). The Practice of Physick, 1st edition, 1672

Estimate

£300 - £400

ca. US$380 - US$507

Price realised:

£340

ca. US$431

Details

Lot number 45

Bolnest (Edward). Aurora Chymica, 1st edition, 1672

Estimate

£800 - £1,200

ca. US$1,014 - US$1,522

Price realised:

£1,250

ca. US$1,585

Details

Lot number 46

Sermon (William). A Friend to the Sick, 1673

Estimate

£300 - £400

ca. US$380 - US$507

Price realised:

£1,150

ca. US$1,458

Details

Lot number 47

Torriano (Giovanni). The Italian Reviv'd, 1673

Estimate

£400 - £600

ca. US$507 - US$761

Price realised:

£440

ca. US$558

Details

Lot number 48

Reynell (Carew). The True English Interest, 1st edition, 1674

Estimate

£400 - £600

ca. US$507 - US$761

Price realised:

£920

ca. US$1,166

Details

Lot number 49

Godfrey (Robert). Various Injuries & Abuses in Chymical and Galenical...

Estimate

£700 - £1,000

ca. US$887 - US$1,268

Price realised:

£1,700

ca. US$2,156

Details

Lot number 50

Petty (Sir William). Discourse concerning the use of duplicate proportion, 1674

Estimate

£1,000 - £1,500

ca. US$1,268 - US$1,902

Price realised:

£2,300

ca. US$2,917

Details

Lot number 51

Boursault (Edmé). The Prince of Conde, 1st edition in English, 1675

Estimate

£300 - £500

ca. US$380 - US$634

Price realised:

£960

ca. US$1,217

Details

Lot number 52

Woolley (Hannah). The Queen-like Closet, 3rd edition, 1675

Estimate

£500 - £800

ca. US$634 - US$1,014

Price realised:

£4,200

ca. US$5,327

Details

Lot number 53

Vaughan (Rice). A Discourse of Coin and Coinage, 1st edition, 1675

Estimate

£700 - £1,000

ca. US$887 - US$1,268

Price realised:

£1,700

ca. US$2,156

Details

Lot number 54

Barbette (Paul). Thesaurus Chirurgiae, 1676

Estimate

£200 - £300

ca. US$253 - US$380

Price realised:

£640

ca. US$811

Details

Lot number 55

Debes (Lucas Jacobsen). Faeroae, & Foeroareserata, 1676

Estimate

£400 - £600

ca. US$507 - US$761

Price realised:

£520

ca. US$659

Details

Lot number 56

Phillippes (Henry). The Purchasers Pattern, 1676

Estimate

£500 - £800

ca. US$634 - US$1,014

Price realised:

£640

ca. US$811

Details

Lot number 57

Graaf (Reinier de). De Secco Pancreatico: Or, A Physical and Anatomical...

Estimate

£1,000 - £1,500

ca. US$1,268 - US$1,902

Price realised:

£1,700

ca. US$2,156

Details

Lot number 58

Child-rearing. The Fathers Legacy: or, Counsels to His Children, 1678

Estimate

£300 - £400

ca. US$380 - US$507

Price realised:

£580

ca. US$735

Details

Lot number 59

Harvey (Gideon). The Family-Physician, and the House-Apothecary, 1678

Estimate

£300 - £500

ca. US$380 - US$634

Price realised:

£200

ca. US$253

Details

Lot number 60

Royal binding. English Military Discipline, 2nd edition, 1678

Estimate

£1,500 - £2,000

ca. US$1,902 - US$2,536

Price realised:

£2,200

ca. US$2,790

Details

Lot number 61

Badcock (William). Touch-stone for Gold & Silver Wares, 1679

Estimate

£300 - £500

ca. US$380 - US$634

Price realised:

£980

ca. US$1,243

Details

Lot number 62

Bromfield (M.). A Brief Discovery of the Chief Causes..., 1679

Estimate

£500 - £800

ca. US$634 - US$1,014

Price realised:

£880

ca. US$1,116

Details

Lot number 63

Clavell (Robert). General Catalogue of Books printed in England, 3rd...

Estimate

£300 - £400

ca. US$380 - US$507

Price realised:

£4,200

ca. US$5,327

Details

Lot number 64

Peter (John). A Treatise of Lewisham Wells, 1st edition, 1680

Estimate

£300 - £400

ca. US$380 - US$507

Price realised:

£1,200

ca. US$1,522

Details

Lot number 65

Leigh (Edward). The Gentlemans Guide, 1680

Estimate

£500 - £800

ca. US$634 - US$1,014

Price realised:

£880

ca. US$1,116

Details

Lot number 66

Mynsicht (Adrian von). Thesaurus & Armamentarium Medico-Chymicum, 1682

Estimate

£200 - £300

ca. US$253 - US$380

Price realised:

£480

ca. US$608

Details

Lot number 67

Sylvius (Franciscus; also known as Franz de le Boë). Of Children's...

Estimate

£1,000 - £1,500

ca. US$1,268 - US$1,902

Price realised:

£2,300

ca. US$2,917

Details

Lot number 68

Bible, contemporary black goatskin gilt, 1683

Estimate

£200 - £300

ca. US$253 - US$380

Price realised:

£320

ca. US$405

Details

Lot number 69

Englands Vanity: or the Voice of God Against the Monstrous Sin of Pride, in...

Estimate

£500 - £800

ca. US$634 - US$1,014

Price realised:

£1,450

ca. US$1,839

Details

Lot number 70

Ercker (Lazarus, & John Pettus). Fleta minor, 1683

Estimate

£700 - £1,000

ca. US$887 - US$1,268

Price realised:

£2,700

ca. US$3,424

Details

Lot number 71

Woolley (Hannah). The Accomplish'd Ladies Delight, 3rd edition, enlarged, 1683

Estimate

£1,000 - £1,500

ca. US$1,268 - US$1,902

Price realised:

£4,000

ca. US$5,073

Details

Lot number 72

Pallavicino (Ferrante). The Whores Rhetorick, 1683

Estimate

£2,000 - £3,000

ca. US$2,536 - US$3,805

Price realised:

£7,200

ca. US$9,132

Details

Lot number 73

Hartman (George). The True Preserver and Restorer of Health, 1684

Estimate

£200 - £300

ca. US$253 - US$380

Price realised:

£620

ca. US$786

Details

Lot number 74

Accademia Del Cimento. Essayes of Natural Experiments, 1684

Estimate

£400 - £600

ca. US$507 - US$761

Price realised:

£1,300

ca. US$1,648

Details

Lot number 75

Courtin (Antoine de). The Rules of Civility, 1685

Estimate

£150 - £250

ca. US$190 - US$317

Price realised:

£210

ca. US$266

Details

Lot number 76

Tate (Nahum, editor). Poems by Several Hands, 1685

Estimate

£200 - £300

ca. US$253 - US$380

Price realised:

£420

ca. US$532

Details

Lot number 77

Granville (Denis). Letters to his Nephew after his Admission into a College...

Estimate

£200 - £300

ca. US$253 - US$380

Price realised:

£200

ca. US$253

Details

Lot number 78

Helmont (Franciscus Mecurius van). Paradoxal Discourses, 1685

Estimate

£300 - £400

ca. US$380 - US$507

Price realised:

£700

ca. US$887

Details

Lot number 79

Préchac (Jean de). The Serasquier Bassa: An Historical Novel of the Times...

Estimate

£300 - £400

ca. US$380 - US$507

Price realised:

£1,400

ca. US$1,775

Details

Lot number 80

Cleeve (Charles). The Songs of Moses and Deborah paraphras'd, 1st edition, 1685

Estimate

£500 - £800

ca. US$634 - US$1,014

Price realised:

£400

ca. US$507

Details

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