Lot 51 · The Library of the late Hugh Selbourne, M.D., Part One
The History of Don Quichote. The First Parte [-Second Parte], 2 vol. in 1, Edward Blount, 1620
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,492–$2,237
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — The Library of the late Hugh Selbourne, M.D., Part One, London, Knightsbridge · 25 March 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1791029
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Cervantes Saavedra, The History of Don Quichote. The First Parte [-Second Parte], 2 vol. in 1, Edward Blount, 1620. Bonhams, 25 Mar 2015, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1791029.
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Cervantes Saavedra, The History of Don Quichote. The First Parte [-Second Parte], 2 vol. in 1, Edward Blount, 1620. Bonhams, 25 Mar 2015, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1791029.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Confusio Sectae Mahometanae. Interprete ex idiomate Italico Johanne L… | Andrews | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| BINDING - DUC D'ORLEANS D'ARNAUD (FRANCOIS-THOMAS-MARIE DE BACULARD) … | — | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Il Decamerone, Venice, Gregorio de Gregori, 1516 | Boccaccio | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Opera omnia, 6 vol., Antwerp, ex officina Plantiniana, 1600-1605 | Lipsius | £600–£800 | |
| Compendio di revelatione, [Florence, Francesco Bonaccorsi, 18 August 1495] | Savonarola | £1,500–£3,000 | |
| ADAM (JAMES) Autograph letter signed ("James Adam"), to Mr Wood of "N… | — | £600–£800 |
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