Sales by Author, Title, Subject and Collection

This index is compiled from the sales reports published in every issue of The Book Collector. These reports have themselves been assembled principally from eye-witness accounts by our correspondents. It is therefore a record of context as much as of cost. Who was bidding against whom, what was sold afterwards, the cataloguing errors, extraordinary provenances, rarity considered objectively - so on and suchlike. Some account of this system can be found in The Price of Passion ( 2016-04).

Entries are differentiated between Author, Title, Subject and Collection. It should be noted, however, that in the case of most classical texts and many cartographers, the author is also the title.

When typing an author's name into the Search bar please do so either as Smith, John or as Smith or as John.

Suggestions on how to improve any aspect of this archival information will be welcomed at archive@thebookcollector.co.uk.

An asterisk (*) against an entry indicates that issue of The Book Collector is no longer available in print.


Title Sales Category Sub Category Sale Price View PDF
De Claris Mulieribus 1497 Book Title Ferrara printing Subscribe
to View 		1954-02
De Clave David 1588 Book Title Crest of Pope Sixtus V Subscribe
to View 		2007-01
De Computatione Dierum Criticarum 1495 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2018-02
De Concordia 1529 Book Title Bound for Mahieu Subscribe
to View 		1998-03
De Consolatione Philosophiae 1485 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1954-01
De Constantia 1583 Book Title Inscribed to Robt Dudley, Earl of Leicester Subscribe
to View 		1992-03
De Consulatu Stilichonis Book Title 12th century Subscribe
to View 		2017-01
De Cordis Compunctione c.1500 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2009-02
De Curtorum Chirurgia 1597 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1968-01
De Demonstratione 1560 Book Title John Dee's copy Subscribe
to View 		2007-01
De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum 1624 Book Title Part of a large Bacon collection Subscribe
to View 		2017-03
De Dissectione Partium Corporis Humani 1545 Book Title Damp-stained Subscribe
to View 		1954-02
De Divina Proportione 1498 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2002-03
De Divina Proportione 1509 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
De Divina Proportione 1509 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1955-02
De Divina Proportione 1509 Book Title The Vershbow copy Subscribe
to View 		2013-02
De Divina Proportione 1509 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2011-01
De Doctrina Promiscua 1548 Book Title 'On the theory of chance' Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
De Emendata Structura Latini 1524 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2017-02
De Enciso, Martin Author 'Suma de Geographia' 1519, the Horblit copy Subscribe
to View 		2007-03
De Fascino 1598 Book Title 'Rare' Subscribe
to View 		2014-01
De Gaulle, Charles Author 'Vers l'Armée de Métier' 1934, inscribed to Pétain, annotated Subscribe
to View 		1995-03
De Generatione Christi c.1484 Book Title £280 in 1927 Subscribe
to View 		1966-02
De Gnomonus...Usu 1574 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2004-03
De Goncourt, Edmond Author 'La Maison d'un Artiste' 1881, inscribed to Turgenev Subscribe
to View 		2016-01
De Groote Lichtende ofte Vyerighe Colom 1661 Book Title Wardington sale Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
De Haereticis 1544 Book Title Presentation inscription from Dibdin to Dawson Turner Subscribe
to View 		1998-01
De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum 1518 Book Title 'William Morris's copy': Chatsworth sale Subscribe
to View 		1981-04
De Historia Juris Civilis Romani 1565 Book Title Montaigne's copy Subscribe
to View 		2004-01
De Historia Stirpium Book Title Crozat -Plesch - De Belder copy Subscribe
to View 		2010-04
De Historia Stirpium 1542 Book Title Failed to sell 2009-03
De Historia Stirpium 1542 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2004-03
De Historia Stirpium 1542 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1999-01
De Historia Stirpium 1542 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1966-02
De Historia Stirpium 1542 Book Title 'A really lovely copy' Subscribe
to View 		1972-01
De Historia Stirpium 1542 Book Title The Plesch copy, 'nicely coloured' Subscribe
to View 		1975-03
De Historia Stirpium 1542 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2004-02
De Historia Stirpium 1543 Book Title First edition, 'very shoddy' Subscribe
to View 		1967-02
De Historia Stirpium 1552 Book Title Coloured Subscribe
to View 		1997-03
De Homine Figures 1662 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
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