Lay's Auctioneers: The Contents of a Gentleman's Town house, 12926, Cornwall
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205 | Browne Willis | Notitia Parliamentaria: Containing and Account of the First Returns and Incorporations |
1750 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 31.30 | |
| 206 | George Woodley | A View of the Present State of the Scilly Islands |
London and Truro | 1822 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 275.44 |
| 207 | Whitley Stokes (ed & trans) Beunans Meriasek. | The Life of Saint Meriasek, Bishop and Confessor. A Co |
London | 1872 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 112.68 |
| 208 | The Rev. H. A. Simcoe | (Cornwall) Light From the West; Or, The Cornish Parochial Visitor |
Cornwall | 1832-1834. | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 25.04 |
| 209 | Henry T. De La Beche | Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset |
London | 1839 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 375.60 |
| 210 | (Cornwall) Great Domesday Book |
London | 1987 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 75.12 | |
| 211 | Edward Almack | A Bibliography of the King's Book or Eikon Basilike |
London | 1896 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 56.34 |
| 212 | Ithell Colquhoun | The Living Stones. Cornwall |
London | 1957 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 350.56 |
| 213 | (Penzance) Plan for the Borough of Penzance 1841 |
[c.1841] | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 525.84 | ||
| 214 | William Collings Lukis | (Cornwall) Prehistoric Stone Monuments of The British Isles. Cornwall |
London | 1885 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 250.40 |
| 215 | A. Beeby Thompson and John Ball | Report on the Daga Shabell Oilfield (British Somaliland) |
Cairo | 1918 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 125.20 |
| 216 | Lancelot Andrews | The Pattern of Catechistical Doctrine |
London | 1650 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 75.12 |
| 217 | (Cornwall) British Parliamentary Papers |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.60 | |||
| 218 | R. M. Catling and J. P. Rogers. | (Cornwall) Gilbert H. Doble |
Exeter | n.d | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 100.16 |
| 219 | (Cornwall) Thirty eight works |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 137.72 | |||
| 220 | James Lees-Milne Fourteen works |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 212.84 | |||
| 221 | Iris Murdoch Eighteen works |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 563.40 | |||
| 222 | (Cornwall) Ten Illustrated Works |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 62.60 | |||
| 223 | (Cornwall) A large collection of works |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 150.24 | |||
| 224 | J. Collins | (Cornwall) A Sermon Preached at the Parish Church of St. Mary;s, Truro, On Sunday, the 23rd of November, 1817, |
Truro | 1818 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 25.04 |
| 225 | (Ornament, Interior Design, Arts and Crafts) A large collection of works |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 275.44 | |||
| 226 | William Boyd | (Signed) William Boyd Eleven works |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 150.24 | ||
| 227 | (Architecture and Italy) Eleven works |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 212.84 | |||
| 229 | Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes | King Arthur's Wood: A Fairy Story |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 901.44 | ||
| 231 | (Art and Cornwall) A large collection of works |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 400.64 |
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cbc8d1a4-d991-48c7-b788-7554a6774b0e.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/21ad2e05-5544-44aa-887d-76df423e17af.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/855dc2c0-17e3-4562-a1cc-2e7265c3769c.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")