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05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT

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The Dorothy Bohm Collection

Discover more about artist Dorothy Bohm and the works of art on offer from her personal collection this season

The Murrays of Dollerie: A Scottish Family Library

The Murrays of Dollerie can trace their ancestry back to the 15th-century nobleman Sir David Murray of Tullibardine and Gask

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Newton, Isaac

Optice

[Opponent of Isaac Newton] Hutchinson, John

Group of works

'A Society of Gentlemen in Scotland'

Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences

Hutton, James

Theory of the Earth

Science

Collection of works, English and Scottish, mainly 18th century

Pufendorf, Samuel von

De jure naturae et gentium libri octo

Philosophy and political economy

Collection of works including Scottish Enlightenment treatises

Forbes, Alexander, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo

Essays Moral and Philosophical, on several Subjects

[Locke, John] Wynne, John

An Abridgment of Mr. Locke's Essay Concerning Humane Understanding

Scots law

Collection of works, 17th-18th century

Scots law

Collection of works, 16th-19th century

[Briscoe, John]

A Discourse of Money

Menasseh ben Israel (printer)

Humas de Parasioth y Aftharoth

Bible; Latin; Estienne printing

Biblia

Bible; English; Authorised Version

The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New

Bible; English; Authorised Version

The Holy Bible

Bibles

Collection of Bibles and religious works, 17th-18th century

Scottish Prayer Book

The Booke of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments

Elzevir Press

Collection of works, 17th century

Continental books

Collection of works, 17th-18th century

Continental books

Collections of works including editions of Greek and Latin classics, 17th-18th century

Continental books

Collection of editions of Greek and Latin classics, 17th century

Continental books

Collection of works, 17th-18th century

Continental books

Collection of works, 16th-17th century

Continental books

Collection of works, 16th century

Bayle, Pierre

Dictionnaire historique et critique

'Blind Harry' (c.1440-1492)

The Life and Acts of the Most Famous and Valiant Champion, Sir William Wallace

Adamson, John

The Muses Welcome to the High and Mighty Prince James

Wordsworth, William

Poems

Milton, John

Paradise Lost

Scott, Sir Walter

Novels including first editions

[Osborn, Francis]

Politicall Reflections upon the Government of the Turks

Cicero, Marcus Tullius

De officiis, libri tres

English books

Group of English imprints, 17th-18th century

Baker, Richard

A Chronicle of the Kings of England

British history

Collection of works, 17th-18th century

Antiquarian literature

Collection of English and French books, 16th-18th century

Antiquarian literature

Collection of editions of Greek and Latin classics, 17th-19th century

Scotland

Collection of Scottish imprints, 17th-19th century

Scottish topography and history

Collection of works, 17th-19th century

18th-century French and English history, military history and literature

Collection of works

18th-century English literature

Collection of library sets

Bindings

Collection of fine bindings

Miscellaneous books

Collection of works from the Dollerie library

Music

Collection of volumes of engraved music including Scottish Highland music, 18th-19th century

[Perronet, Jean-Rodolphe]

[Description des projets et de la construction des ponts de Neuilly, de Mantes, d'Orleans et autres]

Hogarth, William

The Works

Polidoro da Caravaggio (c.1499-1543)

Schediasmata selecta

Camden, William

Britannia

Agriculture and Ornithology

Collection of works, 18th-19th century

Great Britain

Group of maps, 18th and 19th century

Murray, Sir Alexander

The True Interest of Great Britain, Ireland and our Plantations

Teesdale, Henry (publisher)

A New General Atlas of the World

Stanihurst, Richard

De rebus in Hibernia gestis

Dunn, Samuel (editor)

A New Directory for the East Indies

Mason, George Henry

The Costume of China

Clüver, Philipp

Introduction in universam geographiam

Travel

Collection of works

Morse, Jedidiah

A New and Correct Edition of the American Geography

Travel

Collection of works, 18th-19th century

Sauer, Martin

An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia

[Rennefort, Urbain Souchu de]

Historie van Oost-Indien

Niebuhr, Carsten

Travels in Arabia

Arvieux, Laurent d'

The Travels of the Chevalier D'Arvieux in Arabia the Desart

Hoskins, George Alexander

Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert

Wyld, James

Map of India

La Rochefoucault-Liancourt, François-Alexander-Frédéric, duc de

Travels through the United States of North America, the Country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada

Parry, William Edward

Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage

India

Collection of works, 18th-19th century

Africa, Middle East and Egypt

Collection of works, 19th century

Belzoni, Giovanni

Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia

[Middle-East] Persian Gulf Pilot

Persian Gulf Pilot, 1915 and 2 similar supplements

India

Collection of works, 18th-20th century

India

Collection of works in Urdu

India

Collection of Indian imprints and manuscripts

China

3 works

[Islamic and Indian Interest] - including Layard, Austen H.

8 books

Rooke, Henry

Travels to the Coast of Arabia Felix

Firuzabadi, Muhammad bin Ya'qub al- (1326-1414 CE)

Al-Qamus al-Muhit ['The Expansive Ocean']

Rycaut, Sir Paul

The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire

Lawrence, T. E.

Two Castle Hill Press limited editions

Arabia - including Lawrence, T.E. & Thomas Lowell

With Lawrence in Arabia

[Japanese invasion of China]

The Manchurian Month

Sonnini, C.S.

Travels in Greece and Turkey

Wilson, Robert Thomas

History of the British Expedition to Egypt

Estimate: £300 - £500

Hedin, Sven

Through Asia

Estimate: £150 - £200

Herberstein, Sigmund, Freiherr von (1486-1566)

Comentari della Moscovia

Shackleton, E. H.

South

Estimate: £300 - £500

Travel

A collection, including Bennett, George

Travel

Collection of works including Crimean War narratives, 18th-19th century

Estimate: £500 - £800

Travel and Miscellaneous

5 volumes

Estimate: £400 - £600

Glasgow and the west coast of Scotland

Large collection of works

Chandler, Richard

Travels in Greece

Chandler, Richard

Travels in Asia Minor

Catlin, George

The Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians

[Fore-edge painting] - Hooker, William Jackson

Journal of a Tour in Iceland…

Estimate: £300 - £500

Travel and Trade - ADD OTHER SIMON BOOKS AND REVIEW ESTIMATE? Don't think any further books have been added - please take a look and confirm estimate

A small collection

Estimate: £200 - £300

Orkney

A collection of 40 titles

Orkney

Collection of titles and Proceedings of the Orkney Antiquarian Society

Clerk, John, of Eldin

A Series of Etchings Chiefly of Views in Scotland