Our December auction of Books and Manuscripts in London brings to market exceptional early printed books, maps and atlases, modern first editions, historical manuscripts and musical manuscripts. Highlights include a very rare first edition of Machiavelli’s Il Principe (1532), a document assigning land in New England issued by the Plymouth Bay Company in the 1620s, and important autograph music by Richard Strauss and Bela Bartok.

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David Goldthorpe

Head of Books and Manuscripts, Europe

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Gabriel Heaton

Director, Specialist

Books & Manuscripts

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William Passey

Cataloguer

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Charlotte Miller

Consultant

Books & Manuscripts

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John Arthur

Music Consultant

+44 20 7293 5188

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