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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 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
  • Forum Auctions
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    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.

Sothebys: Music, Continental Manuscripts and Printed Books, Science and Medicine including The Autograph Manuscript of Kafka's 'The Trial', FRANZ,

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 17, 1988 - November 17, 1988
Page Size: 492 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 FRIEDRICH DE LA MOTTE FOUQUE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Fouque") Nennhausen

1 June 1811

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 550.00
202 FRANCE-FIRST EMPIRE AND RESTORATION

c.1802 to 1836

USD 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
203 FRANCE-SECOND REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 770.00
204 FRANCE-SECOND REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 220.00
205 FRANCE-THIRD REPUBLIC

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
206 FRANCISCO FRANCO LETTER SIGNED El Pardo

5 July 1940

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 935.00
207 FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR Versailles

17 February 1871

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
208 FREDERICK II (King of Prussia Potsdam

30 May 1733 to 5 August 1780

GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 8,800.00
209 FREDERICK WILLIAM I Potsdam

10 October 1722 to 28 August 1739

GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 3,300.00
210 FREDERICK WILLIAM I AND FREDERICK THE GREAT

1713 to 1740

GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 1,100.00
211 FRENCH ART

c.1886-1895

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 550.00
212 FRENCH LITERATURE

c.1889 to 1911

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 660.00
213 FRENCH REPUBLIC

1789 to 1800

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
214 FRENCH THEATRE

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 286.00
215 GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI FINE DEFIANT LETTER SIGNED Germignago

16 August 1848

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 1,045.00
216 JEAN GENET UNRECORDED COMPLETE SCRIPT FOR A FILM ENTITLED 'LE BAGNE'

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
217 JEAN GENET ILLUSTRATED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT ENTITLED 'ESQUISSES DU BAGNE"

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
218 JEAN GENET HEAVILY REVISED AND CORRECTED PROOFS OF AN EARLY VERSION OF 'LES PARAVENTS'

1958-1959

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
219 JEAN GENET TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Jean" and "Jean Genet") Paris

1952

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
220 GERMAN LITERATURE AND SCHOLARSHIP

1790 to 1849

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,430.00
221 JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION TO JANE CARLYLE

1830

GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 6,600.00
222 JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Goethe")

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,870.00
223 FRANCISCO JOSE DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, ABOUT PORTRAITS OF THE KING AND QUEEN Madrid

29 July 1801

GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 13,750.00
224 FRANCISCO JOSE DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED Madrid

30 July 1801

GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 12,100.00
225 FRANCISCO JOSE DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED Madrid

10 August 1801

GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 12,100.00
226 FRANZ GRILLPARZER AUTOGRAPH POETICAL MANUSCRIPT entitled 'Stabat Mater'

1842

USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
227 JAKOB GRIMM AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jac. Grimm") Gottingen

7 December 1832

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 825.00
228 WILHELM GRIMM AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Wilh. Grimm") Cassel

16 March 1825

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,870.00
229 GUNPOWDER Romersthal

1617

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 5,500.00
230 GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Prof. Hegel") Berlin

1 August 1827

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 3,080.00
231 HEINRICH HEINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("H. Heine") London

10 May 1827

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 4,400.00
232 HERMANN HESSE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Hermann Hesse") Bern

1 April 1918

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 330.00
233 HIROHITO (Emperor of Japan) LETTER SIGNED

24 November 1940

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 2,860.00
234 ADOLF HITLER Two POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPHS Munich

23 June 1934

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 990.00
235 ADOLF HITLER LETTER SIGNED Munich

18 June 1940

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 2,090.00
236 HOFER (ANDREAS HOFER (ANDREAS, Tyrolean patriot) DOCUMENT SIGNED WITH THREE-LINE AUTOGRAPH POSTSCRIPT Innsbruck

11 September 1809

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 1,980.00
237 ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("AvHumboldt") Dienstag"

[1813]

USD 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
238 HENRIK IBSEN CABINET-SIZED PHOTOGRAPH OF IBSEN Munich

15 December 1890

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 495.00
239 HENRIK IBSEN WATERCOLOUR BY IBSEN depicting a fjord with mountains in the background Oslo

26 May 1941

GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 2,530.00
240 ITALIAN RISORGIMENTO

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 2,970.00
241 INES DE LA CRUZ (Sor JUANA, 1651-1695, Mexican poet and nun) DOCUMENT SIGNED

1684-1688

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,650.00
242 Empress JOSEPHINE LETTER SIGNED ("Lapagerie Bonaparte") Paris

7 January 1801

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 440.00
243 Empress JOSEPHINE PERSUASIVE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Lapagerie Bonaparte") Valence

1799

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 825.00
245 IMMANUEL KANT IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("I. Kant") Konigsberg

25 June 1787

GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 7,700.00
246 GUSTAV KLIMT CALLIGRAPHIC AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Gustav Klimt") Vienna

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 935.00
247 MIKHAIL ILARIONOVICH KUTUZOV KUTUZOV (MIKHAIL ILARIONOVICH, Field Marshal) LETTER SIGNED

16 June 1789

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 385.00
248 FRIEDRICH GOTTLOB KLOPSTOCK IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Klopstock") Hamburg

23 January 1799

GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 2,750.00
249 GILBERT DU MOTIER LAFAYETTE, Marquis de LAFAYETTE (GILBERT DU MOTIER, Marquis de) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Lafayette") La Grange

2 November 1825

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 440.00
250 PIERRE-SIMON LAPLACE LAPLACE (PIERRE-SIMON, astronomer) IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Laplace") Paris

19 April 1799

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 715.00
251 JEAN LANNES LANNES (JEAN, Marshal of the Empire) AUTOGRAPH ORDER OF THE DAY FROM THE POLISH CAMPAIGN

27 December 1806

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 880.00
252 LATIN AMERICA

1844-1845

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
253 JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER LAVATER AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Lavater") Zurich

26 August 1777

USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
254 LEDRU-ROLLIN (ALEXANDRE, French Republican politician) EIGHTEEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Ledru-Rollin" or with initials)

1850 to 1859

USD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
255 ALPHONSE LEGROS LEDGER OF A FIRM OF ART DEALERS whose clients included Legros

1875 to 1877

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 1,540.00
256 NIKOLAUS LENAU AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Niembsch") Linz

22 August 1839

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
257 JUSTUS VON LIEBIG AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Liebig") Giessen

10 June 1842

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
258 LITERATURE AND SCHOLARSHIP

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 660.00
259 FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA ROMANCERO GITANO (1924-1927) Buenos Aires, SUR

1933

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,750.00
260 Louis XVI AND MARIE ANTOINETTE Versailles

9 August 1789

GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 4,840.00
261 Louis XVIII Gosfield (Essex)

24 February 1808

USD 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
262 LOUIS XVIII La Muette

8 September 1781

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
263 EDOUARD MANET MANET (EDOUARD) DOCUMENT SIGNED ("Ed. Manet") Paris

1881

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 605.00
264 ALESSANDRO MANZONI MANZONI (ALESSANDRO) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED Milan

29 April 1859

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 770.00
265 MAXIMILIAN (Emperor of Mexico) DOCUMENT SIGNED AS EMPEROR ("Maximiliano") Queretaro

20 March 1867

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,430.00
266 MAXIMILIAN (Emperor of Mexico) DOCUMENT SIGNED AS EMPEROR ("Maximiliano")

1865

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
267 GIUSEPPE MAZZINI MAZZINI (GIUSEPPE) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED Rome

23 May 1849

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 880.00
268 MARIE METTERNICH METTERNICH (MARIE, 1797-1820, daughter of the statesman) Two AUTOGRAPH VOLUMES ENTITLED 'MEINE GEDANKEN UND EMPFINDUNGEN'

1816 to 1820

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
269 OCTAVE MIRBEAU MIRBEAU (OCTAVE) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENT of five sheets

USD 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
270 EDVARD MUNCH MUNCH (EDVARD) NINE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND POSTCARDS SIGNED

1898 to 1924

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
271 NAPOLEON I

10 January 1796

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 715.00
272 NAPOLEON I Paris

30 November 1801

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 1,100.00
273 NAPOLEON I Saint Cloud

4 September 1810

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 660.00
274 NAPOLEONIC GENERALS

c.1799 to 1825

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 440.00
275 NAPOLEONIC MARSHALS

c.1799 to 1815

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 495.00
276 NAPOLEONIC WARS

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
277 NAPOLEON I'S EXCOMMUNICATION

GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 7,700.00
278 NAPOLEON II AUTOGRAPH DRAFTS OF TWO LETTERS to an unnamed gentleman

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 330.00
279 FRIEDRICH OVERBECK OVERBECK (FRIEDRICH) FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED Rome

11 August 1838

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 385.00
280 PASQUALE PAOLI FINE LETTER SIGNED

6 May 1792

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 825.00
281 JOHANN HEINRICH PESTALOZZI AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Pestalozzi") Neuhof

22 April 1826

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 1,760.00
282 PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 990.00
283 JOSEPH PONIATOWSKI PONIATOWSKI (JOSEPH, Prince) LETTER SIGNED ("Joseph Prince Poniatowski") Warsaw

5 January 1810

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 495.00
284 MARCEL PROUST PROUST (MARCEL) FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("MARCEL PROUST") TO JACQUES RIVIERE Paris

23 or 24 September 1922

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,540.00
285 ALEXANDER PUSHKIN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, IN FRENCH ("A. Pouchkine") St Petersburg

20 July 1834

GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 33,000.00
286 ARMAND DU PLESSIS RICHELIEU DOCUMENT SIGNED as Bishop of Lucon ("Armand Eveq. de Lucon")

1 February 1614

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 605.00
287 JOHANN PAUL FRIEDRICH RICHTER, "Jean Paul" AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Paul Fr. Richter") Bayreuth

17 January 1820

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,320.00
288 ROMAIN ROLLAND IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF OVER FORTY AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS BY ROLLAND Paris and Switzerland

1906 to 1936

GBP 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 9,680.00
289 RUSSIA, POLAND AND PRUSSIA

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 1,045.00
290 DONATIEN ALPHONSE SADE, Marquis de CHARACTERISTICALLY IRATE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Sade")

3 November 1799

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,265.00
291 HENRI SAINT-SIMON AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("StSimon") Paris

September 1818

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
292 JOSE DE SAN MARTIN SERIES OF EIGHTEEN LETTERS SIGNED

11 February to 21 December 1820

GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 1,650.00
293 GEORGE SAND THREE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G. Sand" and "George Sand") Nohant

1853

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
294 JEAN-PAUL SARTRE AUTOGRAPH WORKING MANUSCRIPT DRAFT of the Preface and Conclusion to his Question de methode

1960

USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
295 JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Schiller") Weimar

16 July 1801

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
296 F.W.J. VON SCHELLING AUTOGAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Schelling") Berlin

17 November 1842

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
297 AUGUST WILHELM SCHLEGEL AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("AWV Schlegel") Bonn

11 October 1820

USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
298 FRIEDRICH VON SCHLEGEL AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Schlegel")

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
299 FRIEDRICH SCHREYVOGL THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS NOVEL 'DAS DRITTE REICH'

1926

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
300 JULES SIMON SIXTEEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED AND ONE LETTER SIGNED

1881 to 1897

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
301 SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 330.00
  • 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
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
    18th June 2025
    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
  • Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
  • Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    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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    Books, Autographs & Prints
    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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    Books, Autographs & Prints
    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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    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    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.