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Weekly Rare & Antiquarian Book Auctions Since 2003
BOOK AUCTIONS END EVERY SUNDAY 8pm (UK Time)
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IT’S BOOK AUCTION DAY!
No reserve, rare & antiquarian book auctions, ending from 8pm (UK time)

#antiquarian #history #books #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #naturalhistory #religion #bookcollecting #bookauctions
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November 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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IT’S BOOK AUCTION DAY!
No reserve, rare & antiquarian book auctions, ending from 8pm (UK time)

#antiquarian #history #books #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #naturalhistory #religion #bookcollecting #bookauctions
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November 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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The most incredible library in the world, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk opened to OTD 1602, through the energy, money & commitment of Sir Thomas Bodley. It began with 5k books, & now more than 22m, with 2m+reader visits a year, & multi-million online users across the globe. Privilged to be its 25th librarian!
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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PISISTRATUS 1623 VITA & TYRANNIDE 1st ATHENS GREECE ATTICA Elzevier MEURSIUS

#books #antiquarian #17thcentury #history #biography #bookhistory #ancient #Greece #Attica #Athens #Elzevier #life #tyranny #Pisisratus #rarebooks #bookauction
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November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Some of the antiquarian books we have for auction this week. Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time)

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November 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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JOANNES ARBOREUS 1537-1551 BIBLE COMMENTARIES Theology SIMON DE COLINES & ROIGNY
Three rare Bible Commentries bound in one.

#rarebooks #books #16thcentury #Latin #theology #Paris #Bible #testament #printhistory #woodcuts #bookauction
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November 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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OFFICIUM BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS 1752 FINE BINDING Brocade BOOK of HOURS Prayer

#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #finebinding #bookofhours #prayers #Christian #Catholic #endpapers #brocade #engravings #Venice
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November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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FRANCATELLI 1880 MODERN COOK Culinary RECIPES FRENCH STYLE DINNER PARTIES FOOD

#books #antiquarian #history #cookery #Victorian #Francatelli #food #recipes #foodhistory #bookauction
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November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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ANTIQUITIES WARWICKSHIRE 1656 DUGDALE Engravings MAPS Tomb HOLLAR Architecture

#books #antiquarian #Warwickshire #antiquites #history #topography #England #county #Archaeology #map #genealogy #bookauction
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November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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MINUTES COURT MARTIAL ADMIRAL LORD GAMBIER 1809 ROYAL NAVY Battle Basque Roads

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November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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GENTLEMANS MAGAZINE 1769 MASON DIXON LINE Maps AMERICA COLONIES TRANSIT VENUS

#books #antiquarian #history #18thcentury #America #news #magazine #MasonDixonLine #maps #voyage #colonies #military #Britain #bookauction
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November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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NAVAL BATTLES 1824 EKINS 1st FLEET TACTICS PLANS TRAFALGAR AMERICA 1st BRITAIN
Author Presentation copy

#books #antiquarian #Navy #navalhistory #history #battles #Britain #tactcs #Trafalgar #America #Britain #ships #war #military
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November 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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BOOK of COMMON PRAYER 1844 Q. ELIZABETH Grafton 1559 PICKERING Gothic WHITTINGHAM

#books #antiquarian #19thcentury #CommonPrayer #Grafton #facsimile #QueenElizabeth #prayer #gauffered #bookauction
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November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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TREATISE LAW MERCHANT SHIPS & SEAMEN 1804 CHARLES ABBOTT Maritime

#books #antiquarian #19thcentury #law #maritime #seamen #ships #sea #merchant #trade #bookauction
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November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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CAMPAIGN BRITISH ARMY SPAIN 1809 Gen. MOORE Corunna PENINSULAR WAR Maps BATTLE

#books #antiquarian #19thcentury #history #military #war #peninsularwar #BritishArmy #army #Spain #battle #bookauction
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November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES 1787 WORLD DISCOVERY ENDEAVOUR PACIFIC AUSTRALIA VENUS

#books #antiquarian #history #voyages #ships #maritime #exploration #Endeavour #Pacific #Australia #NorthWestPassage #discovery #CaptainCook #bookauction
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November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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GENTLEMANS MAGAZINE 1780 AMERICA WAR RIOT PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON Plates IRELAND

#books #antiquarian #history #18thcentury #America #news #magazine #Philadelphia #Washington #riots #military #war #Britain #Jamaica #Ireland #Virginia #bookauction bit.ly/4nxtO4G
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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OFFICIUM BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS 1752 FINE BINDING Brocade BOOK of HOURS Prayer

#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #finebinding #bookofhours #prayers #Christian #Catholic #endpapers #brocade #engravings #Venice #bookauction bit.ly/3JJqiGF
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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JOANNES ARBOREUS 1537-1551 BIBLE COMMENTARIES Theology SIMON DE COLINES & ROIGNY
Three rare Bible Commentries bound in one.

#rarebooks #books #16thcentury #Latin #theology #Paris #Bible #testament #printhistory #woodcuts #bookauction
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November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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OFFICIUM BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS 1752 FINE BINDING Brocade BOOK of HOURS Prayer

#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #finebinding #bookofhours #prayers #Christian #Catholic #endpapers #brocade #engravings #Venice
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November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Beautiful woodcut decoration and devices in this 16thC volume containing 3x scarce Bible commentaries by Joannes Arboreus

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November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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JOANNES ARBOREUS 1537-1551 BIBLE COMMENTARIES Theology SIMON DE COLINES & ROIGNY
Three rare Bible Commentries bound in one.

#rarebooks #books #16thcentury #Latin #theology #Paris #Bible #testament #printhistory #woodcuts #bookauction
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November 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Lovely brocade endpapers in this 1752 Book of Hours
The only example of this paper we can find is in the Olga Hirsch collection of decorative papers in the British Library

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November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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JOANNES ARBOREUS 1537-1551 BIBLE COMMENTARIES Theology SIMON DE COLINES & ROIGNY
Three rare Bible Commentries bound in one.

#rarebooks #books #16thcentury #Latin #theology #Paris #Bible #testament #printhistory #woodcuts #bookauction
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November 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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CAEREMONIALE EPISCOPORUM 1729 CEREMONIES BISHOPS Plates LATIN Catholic CHURCH

#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #history #Catholic #church #Christian #religion #ceremonies #mass #sacraments #illustrated #music #bookauction
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November 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM