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 Profundis 1908 Book Title Signed by Robert Ross Subscribe
to View 		2019-02
De Proprietatibus Rerum 1494 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1952-02
De Quincey, Thomas Author 32 lots including 7pp of autobiography. This made - Subscribe
to View 		1972-03
De Quincey, Thomas Author 32 lots incl. a 7½pp autobiography that made - Subscribe
to View 		1972-04
De Quincey, Thomas Author The first part of 'Confessions' Subscribe
to View 		1989-01
De Quincey, Thomas Author Letter Subscribe
to View 		1991-02
De Rachitide 1650 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1969-02
De Re Aedificatoria 1485 Book Title The Corsini-Crevenna copy, 'much annotated in red ink' Subscribe
to View 		2014-02
De Re Aedificatoria 1485 Book Title Second issue Subscribe
to View 		2015-03
De Re Aedificatoria 1485 Book Title 'Slightly defective', first edition Subscribe
to View 		1968-02
De Re Anatomica 1559 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2005-01
De Re Coquinaria 1498 Book Title Milan printing Subscribe
to View 		1985-02
De Re Coquinaria c. 1500 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1965-03
De Re Diplomatica 1681 Book Title Extensively annotated Subscribe
to View 		2008-04
De Re Metallica 1556 Book Title Title-page a little short Subscribe
to View 		1954-02
De Re Metallica 1556 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
De Re Metallica 1556 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2001-02
De re militari 1472 Book Title Hand-coloured illustrations Subscribe
to View 		2020-01
De Re Militari 1483 Book Title Verona printing Subscribe
to View 		1954-01
De Re Navali 1537 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2013-02
De Re Rustica Opuscula 1577 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2005-03
De Revolutionibus Orbium 1543 Book Title 'Respectable' copy Subscribe
to View 		1975-03
De Revolutionibus Orbium 1543 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2000-03
De Revolutionibus Orbium 1543 Book Title 'Famous' copy, bought from Zeitlin and Ver Brugge in 1975 Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
De Revolutionibus Orbium 1543 Book Title The Botallo-Godin copy Subscribe
to View 		2014-01
De Revolutionibus Orbium 1543 Book Title Imperfect copy, last sold at Christie's in 1999 Subscribe
to View 		2008-01
De Revolutionibus Orbium 1543 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1963-01
De Revolutionibus Orbium 1566 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
De Revolutionibus Orbium 1566 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2016-02
De Revolutionibus Orbium 1566 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
De Revolutionibus Orbium 1566 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
De Revolutionibus Orbium 1566 Book Title The Fletcher copy, in limp vellum Subscribe
to View 		2007-03
De Revolutionibus Orbium 1566 Book Title Horblit sale Subscribe
to View 		1974-03
De Revolutionibus Orbium 1617 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
De Roos Society 1946/71 Subject 1972-04
De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis 1494 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2005-02
De Septem Novae Legis Sacramentis 1566 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2015-01
De Solido 1669 Book Title Presentation copy Subscribe
to View 		1998-03
De Solido 1669 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2001-02
De Staël, Madame Author 40 letters to the Duchess of Devonshire, 1813-17 Subscribe
to View 		1973-02
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