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 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
De Morbo Gallico 1497 Book Title Modern limp vellum Subscribe
to View 		1954-02
De Motu Cordis 1628 Book Title The Honeyman copy Subscribe
to View 		1980-01
De Motu Cordis 1628 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1995-03
De Motu Cordis [1628] Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1998-03
De Motu Impresso 1642 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2017-01
De Mundi Aetherei Recentioribus Phaenomenis 1603 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1996-02
De Mundi Aetherei Recentioribus Phaenomenis 1603 Book Title With 2 others by Brahe Subscribe
to View 		2005-04
De Musica 1577 Book Title 'That rare classic...'' Salamanca printing, this copy in vellum Subscribe
to View 		1973-02
De Natura Stirpium 1542 Book Title Coloured Subscribe
to View 		2015-03
De Natura Stirpium 1542 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2009-01
De Natura Stirpium 1542 Book Title A 'poor' copy in original colour Subscribe
to View 		2012-04
De Nola Opusculum 1514 Book Title With fine 'sanguigno' plates Subscribe
to View 		1995-01
De Nola Opusculum 1514 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1968-04
De Nutrimentis 1500 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2005-04
De Occasu Nigropontis Book Title 'Lost to the Magliabechiana in the 18th century' Subscribe
to View 		1974-01
De Omnibus Gothorum Suenorumque Regibus 1554 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1952-03
De Orbis Terrae Concordia 1544 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2016-02
De Origine...Templorum 1587 Book Title 'In the better of two Peter Wok bindings' Subscribe
to View 		1990-03
De Ovi Mammalium et Hominis Genesi 1827 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1969-02
De Ovi Mammalium et Hominis Genesi 1827 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1971-02
De Ovi Mammalium et Hominis Genesi 1827 Book Title Horblit sale Subscribe
to View 		1974-03
De Partibus Aedium 1494 Book Title Parma Subscribe
to View 		2013-04
De Patientia 1497 Book Title 'One of the earliest books to mention the discovery of America' Subscribe
to View 		2013-02
De Philologia 1532 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1998-01
De Piscibus 1613 Book Title De Thou's copy Subscribe
to View 		1990-03
De Planctu Ecclesiae c. 1335 Book Title Bound for Pius VI Subscribe
to View 		2007-01
De Profundis 1905 Book Title John Sparrow's copy Subscribe
to View 		1993-01
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