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 la Boétie, Etienne Author 'Vive Description de la Tyrannie' 1577 Subscribe
to View 		2014-01
De la Bruyère, Jean Author 'Caractères' 1688 Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
De la Cause, Principio et Uno 1584 Book Title Printed in London Subscribe
to View 		2002-03
De la Démocratie de l'Amérique 1840 Book Title Presentation copy Subscribe
to View 		2013-03
De la Démocratie en Amérique 1835/40 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2009-04
De la Fayette, Marie-Madeleine Comtesse Author 'La Princesse de Clèves' 1678 Subscribe
to View 		1961-02
De la Fayette, Marie-Madeleine Comtesse Author 'La Princesse de Montpensier' 1662 Subscribe
to View 		2011-03
De la Fayette, Marie-Madeleine Comtesse Author 'La Princesse de Clèves' 1678 Subscribe
to View 		2015-03
De La Généalogie des Dieux 1498/99 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2004-01
De La Mare, Richard Collection 1981-01
De la Mare, Walter Author Correspondence with Naomi Royde-Smith Subscribe
to View 		1966-04
De la Mare, Walter Collection De la Mare's own library being sold 1971-03
De la Pirotechnia 1540 Book Title Earliest source on the alloy of printing type Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
De Laborde, Jean-Benjamin Author 'Choix de Chansons' 1773 Subscribe
to View 		1980-01
De Lactibus 1637 Book Title With four coloured plates Subscribe
to View 		1966-04
De Lactibus sive Lacteis Venis 1627 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1984-04
De Lamiis et Pythonicis 1489 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2015-02
De Lateribus et Angulis 1542 Book Title Horblit sale Subscribe
to View 		1974-03
De Laude Virginitatis Book Title A fragment, 9th century Anglo-Saxon Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
De Laude Virginitatis c.800 Book Title A fragment, 9th century Anglo-Saxon Subscribe
to View 		1989-01
De Laudibus Provinciae 1551 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2010-04
De Libris Revolutionum 1543 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1990-01
De Libris Revolutionum, Gdansk, 1540 Book Title 'The beginning of modern astronomy' Subscribe
to View 		2016-04
De Linearum Curvarum...1660 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2005-02
De lo Schermo 1606 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2010-01
De Lussan, Ravenau Author 'A Journal of a Voyage Made into the South Seas' 1698 Subscribe
to View 		2013-01
De Magnete 1600 Book Title Signet Library copy Subscribe
to View 		1967-01
De Magnete 1600 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1969-03
De Magnete 1600 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1971-02
De Magnete 1600 Book Title Presentation copy (unsold) and one very fine for - Subscribe
to View 		1976-01
De Magnete 1600 Book Title 'Fine' copy Subscribe
to View 		1983-02
De Magnete 1600 Book Title Presentation copy Subscribe
to View 		1989-01
De Magnete 1600 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1996-02
De Magnete 1600 Book Title Presentation copy Subscribe
to View 		2016-01
De Magnete 1600 Book Title Bought in 2018-01
De Magnete 1633 Book Title Annotations by Lancelot Browne Subscribe
to View 		1995-03
De Mendoza, Gonzales Author 'The Historie of the Great and Mightie Kingdom of China' 1588 Subscribe
to View 		2007-02
De Merre, Marcel Collection 2007-03
De Montenoy, Palissot Author 'Oeuvres' 1788, Marie Antionette's copy Subscribe
to View 		1971-01
De Morbis Capitis 1650 Book Title 'The first work on neurology' Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
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