Our 02 February 2022 auction of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs featuring the Classical and Romantic Library of the late William St Clair is led by an autographed letter from Mary, Queen of Scots to the French ambassador to England which sold for £32,500 including buyers premium, and a French first edition of Frans Balthasar Solvyns' Les Hinoûs which sold for £23,750 including buyers premium.
Lot 103 - Pitts, Joseph A Faithful Account of the Religion and Manners of the Mahometans
Sold for £525
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 104 - Russell, John Russell, 1st Earl The Establishment of the Turks in Europe
Sold for £625
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 105 - Rycaut, Sir Paul The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire
Sold for £688
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 107 - Sayer, Robert Athen's Ruinen nebst andern merkwürdigen Alterhümern Griechenlands
Sold for £812
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 109 - Smith, Thomas Remarks upon the Manners, Religion and Government of the Turks
Sold for £1,125
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 111 - Soterópoulos, Soterios The Brigands of the Morea, a Narrative of the Captivity
Sold for £688
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 112 - Stanhope, L.F.C., 5th Earl of Harrington Greece in 1823 and 1824,
Sold for £550
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 114 - Sweden - Greece - Aschling, Nils Fredrik Försök till Grekiska Revolutionens Historia,
Sold for £812
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 115 - Tancoigne, J.M. Voyage a Smyrne, dans l'Archipel
Sold for £875
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 116 - Tavernier, Jean Baptiste Les six voyages... en Turkuie, en Perse, et aux Indes
Sold for £300
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 117 - Thevenot, Jean de Relation d'un Voyage fait au Levant
Sold for £475
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 118 - Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de A Voyage into the Levant...
Sold for £625
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 120 - Turkey and Greece, 9 volumes, comprising Beauchamp, Alfonse de
Sold for £812
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 121 - Turkey, 6 volumes, comprising Thornton, Thomas
Sold for £550
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 122 - Turkish and Greek Travel including Slade, Adolphus
Sold for £812
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 123 - Various, including Williams, Hugh W. Select Views in Greece
Sold for £325
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 124 - Walpole, Rev. Robert Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey
Sold for £688
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 125 - Walsh, Robert Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor
Sold for £300
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 126 - Wheler, Sir George Voyage de Dalmatie, de Grece et du Levant
Sold for £1,125
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 127 - Wilson, William Rae Travels in Egypt and The Holy Land
Sold for £238
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 130 - Africa, 5 volumes, comprising Forbes, Frederick E.
Sold for £500
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 132 - African Merchant A Treatise upon the Trade from Great-Britain to Africa
Sold for £2,750
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 133 - Bosman, Willem A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea
Sold for £2,375
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 134 - Bowdich, T. Edward Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee
Sold for £1,375
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 135 - Buxton, Thomas Fowell The African Slave Trade
Sold for £400
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 136 - Cape Coast Castle, and other Slavery Forts, Gold Coast, W. Africa 4 engravings, comprising
Sold for £625
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
![Lot 137 - Cape Coast Castle [Slavery Fort, Gold Coast, W. Africa]](https://lyonturnbull.blob.core.windows.net/stock/285589-1-small.jpg?v=63777427107043)
Lot 137 - Cape Coast Castle [Slavery Fort, Gold Coast, W. Africa] dedicated to Matthew Forster Esq.
Sold for £250
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
![Lot 139 - [Greek Sculpture] - British Museum, The](https://lyonturnbull.blob.core.windows.net/stock/285638-1-small.jpg?v=63777427129447)
Lot 139 - [Greek Sculpture] - British Museum, The A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles
Sold for £250
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 140 - 8 folio volumes, comprising [Maittaire, Michael]
Sold for £400
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 141 - 8 French works on Greece and art in 13 volumes, comprising Saint-Sauveur, André Grasset
Sold for £625
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 142 - Art and The Elgin Marbles 13 Books, including
Sold for £1,625
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 143 - Cipriani, Giovanni Battista Monumenti della Grecia
Sold for £875
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 144 - Clarke, Edward Daniel Greek Marbles brought from the Shores of the Euxine,
Sold for £300
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 145 - Classical Art and Architecture including MacPherson, Duncan
Sold for £375
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 146 - Classical Art, Architecture and Archaeology including Flaxman, John
Sold for £475
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 147 - Couchard, André Choix d'Églises Bysantines en Grèce
Sold for £750
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 148 - Cox, David A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours
Sold for £550
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 149 - Elgin Marbles - Burrow, Rev. E.I. The Elgin Marbles:
Sold for £688
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 150 - Elgin Marbles - Lawrence, Richard Elgin Marbles, from the Parthenon at Athens
Sold for £525
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 155 - Elgin, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Account of the Examination of the Elgin-box
Sold for £812
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 157 - Ferrero, Giovanni Bassirelievi de Fidia gia esistenti nel Partenone di Atene
Sold for £475
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 159 - Montfaucon, Bernard de Antiquitates Graecae et Romanae
Sold for £350
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 160 - Porcacchi, Thomasso Funerali Antichi di diversi Popoli et Nationi
Sold for £425
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 165 - Wilkins, William Prolusiones Architectionicae
Sold for £375
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 166 - Wincklemann, Johann Joachim Histoire de l'art ches les Anciens
Sold for £375
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 167 - Worsley, Sir Richard Museum Worsleyanum, or a Collection
Sold for £1,188
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 169 - "Aristotle" The Whole of Aristotle's Works Complete
Sold for £475
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
![Lot 170 - [Austen, Catherine] of Ensbury [House], near Wimborne, Dorset](https://lyonturnbull.blob.core.windows.net/stock/285635-1-small.jpg?v=63777427127673)
Lot 170 - [Austen, Catherine] of Ensbury [House], near Wimborne, Dorset Commonplace Book
Sold for £1,062
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
![Lot 171 - [Steele, Sir Richard]](https://lyonturnbull.blob.core.windows.net/stock/285732-1-small.jpg?v=63777427192760)
Lot 173 - 17th century English Poetry, including Langbaine, Gerard
Sold for £812
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 176 - Aristotle Problemata Aristotelis ac Philosophorum Medicorum
Sold for £550
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 178 - Bacon, Sir Francis Sylva Sylvarum, or a Naturall Historie
Sold for £450
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 179 - Blount, Sir Thomas Pope De Re Poetica, or Remarks upon Poetry
Sold for £300
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 181 - Cibber, Theophilus The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland
Sold for £350
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 182 - Donne, John Poems, by J.D. With Elegie on the Author's Death
Sold for £688
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 183 - Feminist interest: a Victorian flyer Belief and Commandments on the Rights of Women
Sold for £1,500
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 185 - Godwin, William 6 novels in 20 volumes, comprising
Sold for £475
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 187 - Godwin, William An Enquiry concerning Political Justice
Sold for £2,125
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 188 - Godwin, William - A collection, including De Refuge, Eustache
Sold for £1,188
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 190 - Koran The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed...
Sold for £2,250
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 192 - Large collection of books on Greece, in French including: Raoul-Rochette
Sold for £1,500
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 193 - Meursius, Johannes and Gronovius comprising Meursius, Johannes
Sold for £400
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 197 - Paine, Thomas 11 volumes, comprising Common Sense,
Sold for £1,000
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 198 - Satire and Commentary on Modern Life Including [Combe, William]
Sold for £688
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 199 - Scottish History and Topography, 6 volumes, comprising Carr, Sir John
Sold for £500
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 204 - Matisse, Henri Verve, volume Ix, Nos 35 et 36: Dernières Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954
Sold for £3,750
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
Lot 205 - Price, Francis The British Carpenter: or, a Treatise on Carpentry
Sold for £300
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)
