Shakespeare, William | The First Folio

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July 21, 02:20 PM GTNN

Estimate

1,500,000 - 2,500,000 USD

Lot Details

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Shakespeare, William

Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published According to the True Originall Copies. London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623

Lactantius | Opera. [Subiaco, 1465], first edition of the first dated book printed in Italy, a landmark publication from the birth of printing

Estimate: 300,000 - 400,000 GBP

[Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun] | Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important.mes dieval French vernacular poem, Étienne Baluze's copy

Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 GBP

Luis Ramírez de Lucena | Repetición de amores y arte de ajedrez, [Salamanca, 1497], the oldest surviving book on the game of chess

Estimate: 70,000 - 100,000 GBP

Cesare Delfini | Matris Virginis Mariados libri tres, Venice, 1537, the dedication copy, contemporary armorial silk binding for François I

Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 GBP

Charles Darwin | Autograph letter signed, 18 April 1882, his last known letter

Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Hamilton, Sir William (1730-1803)

Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 EUR

Castiglione | Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier

Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 GBP

Ben Franklin | Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782

Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 GBP

Charles Darwin | Letter signed, to St George Mivart, defending the theory of natural selection, 23 January 1871

Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Jacobus de Cessolis | Libro di Givocho di Scacchi, [Florence,] 1493, the Dyson Perrins copy

Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 GBP