Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts - online 3/31, 30376, New York

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Auction Report
Auction Date
April 10, 2024 - April 10, 2024
Page Size: 191 items in 8 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Tratado de artilleria (Treatise on artillery), with 4 fine ink drawings of equipment,

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 588.80
2 BACON, SIR FRANCIS. 1561-1626.

The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh.

London 1622 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,176.00
3 ACOSTA, JOSEPH DE.

Tercero Cathecismo y Exposicion de la Doctrina Christiana, por Sermones. Ciudad de los Reyes [Lima]: Por Antonio Ricardo

1585 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,800.00
4

The Bible. That is the Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Olde and New Testament London: Deputies of Christopher Barker

1597 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,816.00
5

The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New.

London 1611 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 46,080.00
6

The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New.

London 1613-1611. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 46,080.00
7

Illuminated Manuscript Leaf in Latin on vellum,

[Italy? 16th or 17th century]. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 12,800.00
8 GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH.

Britanniae utriusque regnum et principum origo & gesta insignia.

[Paris]: 1517 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,280.00
9 KEPLER, JOHANNES. 1571-1630.

Harmonices mundi libri V. Linz: Johann Planck for Gottfried Tampach

1619 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 127,500.00
10 MARTINEZ DE ESPINAR, ALONSO. 1588-1682.

Arte de ballesteria y monteria escrita con methodo para escusar la fatiga que ocasiona la ignorancia.

Madrid: 1644 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,096.00
11 SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. 1440-1514.

Liber chronicarum. [in German: Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten.]

Nuremberg: 1493 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 53,760.00
12 ANNESLEY, GEORGE, EARL OF MOUNTNORRIS. 1770-1844.

Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the Years 1802

London 1809 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,216.00
13

Composite Atlas containing 22 hand-colored engraved maps including a world map, map of America, map of Asia, Africa and multiple maps of Europe.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,072.00
14 BRINDESI, GIOVANNI (JEAN). 1826-1888.

Elbicei Atika. Musee des anciens costumes Turcs de Constantinople.

Paris [1855]. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
15 COOK'S THREE VOYAGES, 1790.

A Collection of Voyages Round the World: Performed by Royal Authority. Containing a Complete Historical Account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, Undertaken for Making New Discoveries, & c....

London 1790 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,920.00
16 CORONELLI, VINCENZO MARIA. 1650-1718.

L' Africa divisa nelle sue parti secondo le piu moderne relationi colle scoperte dell' origine, e corso del Nilo descritta.

Venice: 1691 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,024.00
17 BOURNE, SAMUEL. 1834-1912.

85 photographs of India and environs, most by Samuel Bourne, many with his name and number in image, many added in purple ink,

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,888.00
18

[Installation Festivities, Dhrol, Kathiawar.] Photograph album

1937 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
19 HOCKIN, JOHN PEARCE.

A Supplement to the Account of the Pelew Islands; Compiled from the Journals of the Panther and Endeavor....

London 1803 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
20 MALTON, JAMES 1761-1803.

A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin.

London c.1803. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
21 SAVAGE, JOHN.

Some Account of New Zealand; particularly the Bay of Islands, and Surrounding Country....

London & Edinburgh: 1807 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
22 MALINOVSKII, ALEKSII, editor.

Istoricheskoie opisanie drevniago rossijskago muzeia pod nazvaniem masterskoj i oruzheiskoi palati v Moskvu obretaiushagosia. [A Historical Account of the Museum of Ancient Russia. Part I (all published).]

Moscow: 1807 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
23 STUART, JAMES, and NICHOLAS REVETT.

The Antiquities of Athens, Measured and Delineated.

London 1762; J. Nichols 1787 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,560.00
24 SCHLAGINTWEIT, EMIL.

Buddhism in Tibet. Illustrated by Literary Documents and Objects of Religious Worship. With an Account of the Buddhist Systems Preceding It in India.

Leipzig & London: 1863 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,792.00
25 VANCOUVER, GEORGE. 1757-1798.

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World ... A New Edition, with Corrections.

London 1801 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,792.00
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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