• Forum AuctionsA Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library19th June 2025 Forum AuctionsA Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library19th June 2025
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    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
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    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.
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    Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.
    Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000.
  • ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • Sotheby’sNew York Book Week12-26 June Sotheby’sNew York Book Week12-26 June
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    Sotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD
  • FinarteBooks, Autographs & PrintsJune 24 & 25, 2025 FinarteBooks, Autographs & PrintsJune 24 & 25, 2025
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    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.
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    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.
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    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.
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    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000.

Sotheby Parke Bernet: CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS. COMPRISING, ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL LITERATURE AND HISTORY OF THE 15TH TO THE 19TH CENTURY INCLUDING A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE, TRAVEL AND TOPOGRAPHY, SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND NATURAL HISTORY. COMPRISING, The Property , 1977(OMEGA),

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 25, 1977 - July 25, 1977
Page Size: 625 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
200 Cleaveland (E.) A Genealogical History of the Noble and Illustrious Family of Courtenay

1735

GBP 10.00 - 15.00 12.00
201 Dumont (J.) and J. Rousset The Military History of His Serene Highness Prince Eugene of Savoy. .. as also of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough...

1735-37

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 280.00
202 [Swift (Jonathan)] A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation

1738

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 75.00
203 Thorley (John) MEAIEZHAOFIA. Or, the Female Monarchy...

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 22.00
204 PAMPHLETS. A Collection of 13 Pamphlets

1748-66

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 150.00
205 Fielding (H.) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

1749

GBP 30.00 - 60.00 85.00
206 Fielding (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

1750

GBP 25.00 - 35.00 45.00
207 Adams (W.) An Essay in Answer to Mr. Hume's Essay on Miracles...

GBP 15.00 - 25.00 55.00
208 Merry Fellow (The). A Collection of the best Modern Jests [etc.]...

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 95.00
209 Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language

1756

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 110.00
210 Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language

1770

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 60.00
211 JOHNSON (SAMUEL) The Works Oxford

1825-26

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 110.00
212 Nelson (James) An Essay on the Government of Children

1756

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 42.00
213 Whitworth (Charles, Lord) An Account of Russia as it was in the Year 1710 Strawberry Hill

1758

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 70.00
214 Milton (John) Paradise Lost; [-Paradise Regained]...

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 15.00
215 Book of Common Prayer (The) Cambridge

1762

GBP 10.00 - 20.00 8.00
216 Dryden (John) The Dramatick Works

1762

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 18.00
217 BLACKSTONE (WILLIAM) COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND

1766-69

GBP 180.00 - 220.00 350.00
218 [Johnston (Charles)] Chrysal. .. By an Adept

1767-8

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 8.00
219 Gray (Thomas) Poems Glasgow

1768

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 22.00
220 [Sterne (Laurence)] Sentimental Journey through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick. .. A New Edition

1771

GBP 15.00 - 20.00 12.00
221 Gessner (Salomon) New Idyls...

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 18.00
222 Shakespeare (William) Hamlet, Prinz af Dannemark Copenhagen

1777

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 60.00
223 Campbell (J.) Lives of the British Admirals

1779

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 14.00
224 Collins (Arthur) Peerage of England

1779-84

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 12.00
225 [Madan (Martin)] Thelyphthora; or, a Treatise on Female Ruin...

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 30.00
226 Priestley (Joseph) Letters to a Philosophical Believer... Bath/Birmingham

1780-87

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
227 Smith (Adam) An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Dublin

1776

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 120.00
228 Book of Common Prayer (The). . . Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Cambridge

1781

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 120.00
229 Brooke (Henry) The Fool of Quality or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland

1782

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
230 [Psalms, Proverbs, Prophets and New Testament] Oxford

1782

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 24.00
231 WATSON (JOHN) Memoirs of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey Warrington

1782

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 65.00
232 Young (Arthur) Annals of Agriculture

1784-95

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 55.00
233 Boswell (James) The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson

1785

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
234 [Beattie (James)] Scoticisms...

GBP 25.00 - 35.00 38.00
235 Jones (W.), J. Reeves and T. Blakemore Clavis Campanalogia or A Key to the Art of Ringing

1788

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 80.00
236 Literary Magazine and British Review, vol. IV-XII

1790-94

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 28.00
237 Aesop The Fables

1793

GBP 25.00 - 35.00 55.00
238 Lucretius. De Rerum Natura ed. Bentley & Wakefield...

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 70.00
239 Grose (Francis) Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army

1801

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 28.00
240 List of the Flag-Officers of His Majesty's Fleet...

GBP 10.00 - 20.00 24.00
241 MAITLAND (JAMES, Earl of Lauderdale) An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth, and into the Means and Causes of its Increase Edinburgh

1804

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 170.00
242 TRACTS-The Two Wealthy Farmers; or, the History of Mr. Bragwell...

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 450.00
243 [BYRON (G. G. N., Lord)] ENGLISH BARDS AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS

[1809]

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 55.00
244 [Byron (G. G. N., Lord)] English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers. A Satire...

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 35.00
245 Byron (G. G. N., Lord) The Works. .. comprehending the suppressed poems Paris

1822-24

GBP 15.00 - 25.00 30.00
246 Monstrelet (Enguerrand de) The Chronicles. . .

1809

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 32.00
247 Muss Cantabrigiensis

1810

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 70.00
248 Robertson (William) [Works]

1812-17

GBP 25.00 - 35.00 12.00
249 Burns (R.) The Works...

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 20.00
250 [Thorn (Walter)] Pedestrianism. . . with a full narrative of Captain Barclay's public and private matches Aberdeen

1813

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 42.00
251 Southey (Robert) The Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo

1819

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 22.00
252 [AUSTEN (JANE)] NORTHANGER ABBEY: AND PERSUASION. . . with a Biographical Notice of the Author

1818

GBP 175.00 - 250.00 280.00
253 [Hoare (L.)] Hints for the Improvement of early Education...

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 28.00
254 Scott (Sir Walter) The Lady of the Lake, a Poem Edinburgh

1819

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 48.00
255 Junius FORE-EDGE PAINTING-. Letters. . . complete in one volume

1820

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 70.00
256 Fore-edge Painting-Rogers (S.) The Poetical Works...

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 90.00
257 Gibbon (Edward) History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire...

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 42.00
258 M'Culloch (J. R.) The Principles of Political Economy Edinburgh

1825

GBP 50.00 - 75.00 150.00
259 [Hamilton (Capt. Thomas)] The Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton Edinburgh

1827

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 30.00
260 Shelley (Percy Bysshe) The Works. . . with his Life

1834

GBP 60.00 - 90.00 90.00
261 Rogers (Samuel) Poems

1838

GBP 25.00 - 35.00 32.00
262 Kemp (William) Kemps Nine Daies Wonder: performed in a daunce from London to Norwich

1840

GBP 10.00 - 15.00 4.00
263 Mill (John Stuart) Principles of Political Economy

1848

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 140.00
264 Dickens (C.) and W. Collins No Thoroughfare. A Drama

[1868]

GBP 15.00 - 25.00 40.00
265 Forbes-Leith (W.) The Scots Men-at-Arms and Life-Guards in France Edinburgh

1882

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 16.00
266 Lyall (Sir Alfred) Verses written in India

1889

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 12.00
267 REPTON (HUMPHREY, JOHN ADEY AND G.S.) DESIGNS FOR THE PAVILLION AT BRIGHTON

1808

GBP 700.00 - 800.00 900.00
268 REPTON (HUMPHREY) OBSERVATIONS ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING

1803

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 150.00
269 [Taplin (W.)] The Sportsman's Cabinet

1803-04

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 160.00
270 [Taplin (W.)] The Sportsman's Cabinet

1803-04

Not Available 150.00
271 [SURTEES (R. S.)] Sporting Novels

n.d.

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 100.00
272 [COMBE (WILLIAM)] THE ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH

1815-16

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 320.00
273 [COMBE (WILLIAM)] The English Dance of Death

1815-16

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 180.00
274 [COMBE (WILLIAM)] The [First, Second, Third] Tour of Doctor Syntax

[1812-21]

GBP 100.00 - 120.00 220.00
275 [Combe (William)] The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque

1813

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 55.00
276 [COMBE (WILLIAM)] The Dance of Life

1817

GBP 90.00 - 120.00 180.00
277 [Combe (William)] [The Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of the Picturesque]

[1819]

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 52.00
278 [Combe (William)] The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax

1820

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 55.00
279 [Combe (William)] The History of Johnny Quae Genus

1822

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 35.00
280 Le Sage (A. R.) The Adventures of Gil Bias...

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 32.00
281 PINE (JOHN) THE TAPESTRY HANGINGS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: representing the several Engagements between the English and Spanish Fleets. .. 1588

1753

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 1,000.00
282 PYNE (W[ILLIAM] H[ENRY]) THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL RESIDENCES

1819

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 300.00
283 Portfolio (The); a collection of engravings from Antiquarian, & Topographical Subjects

1823

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 20.00
284 Lorraine (Claude) Beauties of. . . consisting of Twenty Four Landscapes...

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 80.00
285 HOGARTH (WILLIAM) THE WORKS. . . from the Original Works

[1835-37]

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 350.00
286 G. (A. P. D.) Sketches of Portuguese Life, Manners, Costume, and Character

1826

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 110.00
287 Looking Glass (The); or, Caricature Annual, 1830

1831

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 90.00
288 Cooper (T. S.) Groups of Cattle drawn from Nature

1839

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 130.00
289 [Dalvimart (O.)] The Costume of Turkey, English and French text...

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 65.00
290 Solvyns ([F.] B.) The Costume of Hindostan, English and French text

1804

GBP 50.00 - 75.00 35.00
291 PINELLI (BARTOLOMEO) Nuova Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi Pittor-eschi Rome

1816

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 170.00
292 D'OYLY (CHARLES) The Costume and Customs of Modern India

[c. 1822]

GBP 90.00 - 120.00 150.00
293 COSTUME (THE) OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

1804

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 140.00
294 [DALVIMART (O.)] The Costume of Turkey, English and French text

1804

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 180.00
295 Hakewill (James) A Picturesque Tour of Italy

1820

GBP 70.00 - 80.00 110.00
296 MASON (G. H.) The Costume of China

1804

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 130.00
297 [?Mason (G. H.)] The Punishments of China, English and French text

1804

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 60.00
298 MILITARY COSTUME OF TURKEY (THE)

[c. 1820]

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 130.00
299 MOLEVILLE (BERTRAND DE) The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria. ..

1804

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 180.00
  • Dominic Winter AuctioneersJune 18 & 19Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions Dominic Winter AuctioneersJune 18 & 19Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
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    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
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    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: World. Van Geelkercken (N.), Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Duobis..., circa 1618. £4,000-6,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Moll (Herman). A New Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain..., circa 1715. £2,000-3,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Churchill (Winston S.). The World Crisis, 5 volumes bound in 6, 1st edition, 1923-31. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, 1860. £1,500-2,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, 6 volumes in 3, 1st quarto ed, 1855-56. £1,500-2,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de, 1900-1944). Pilote de guerre (Flight to Arras), 1942. £10,000-15,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Austen (Jane, 1775-1817). Signature, cut from a letter, no date. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, 1st edition, with wraparound band, 1932. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Hobbit, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1937. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Rackham (Arthur, 1867-1939). Princess by the Sea (from Irish Fairy Tales), circa 1920. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Kelmscott Press. The Story of the Glittering Plain, Walter Crane's copy, 1894. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: King (Jessie Marion, 1875-1949). The Summer House, watercolour. £4,000-6,000
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    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: French Bateau Bed, exhibition piece from the Exposition Universelle—The Paris World’s Fair, 1878. Third quarter of the 19th century. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
  • Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500
    Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000
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  • Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000 Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
  • Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900. Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
  • Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000