• 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
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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

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
302 SPAIN

1500-1899

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
303 GERMAINE DE STAEL-HOLSTEIN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Necker Stael de holstein") Coppet

2 November 1804

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
304 CHARLES MAURICE TALLEYRAND RECEIPT SIGNED London

7 May 1793

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
305 CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("ch mau talleyrand") Warsaw

12 April 1807

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 330.00
306 CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("pce de talleyrand") London

29 May 1833

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
307 ADOLPHE THIERS FOUR AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED AND TWO LETTERS SIGNED

1835 to 1864

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
308 TIECK LUDWIG AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS POEM 'EINSAMKEIT'

1802

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
309 IVAN TURGENEV AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("I. Tourgueneff") Baden-Baden

18 June 1869

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 990.00
310 PAUL VALERY TWELVE AUTOGRAPH POSTCARDS SIGNED ("Ed. Teste", "De la Borne", "P.V.")

1925 to 1935

USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
311 PAUL VALERY NINE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND POSTCARDS SIGNED ("P V", "Gaston le malfoutu")

1924 to 1943

USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
312 VENICE RECORD BOOK OF THE VENETIAN GALLEON 'FOSCARINI'

1574

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,540.00
313 EMILE VERHAEREN TEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("E Verhaeren") London

1915 to 1919

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 495.00
314 EMILE ZOLA AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Emile Zola") Paris

30 March 1878

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
315 AIRS AND SONGS GOOD COLLECTION OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SONG-SHEETS etc

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 385.00
316 ALBUM CONTAINING AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATIONS AND SIGNATURES OF JOACHIM (the opening themes of each movement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto)

1890s

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 638.00
317 ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS AND ALBUM LEAVES SIGNED by Anna Pavlova (seated on the grass, clutching a swan)

1927-1929

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 825.00
318 PIETRO ARON THOSCANELLO DE LA MUSICA di messer Pietro Aaron florentino Venice

jul.1523

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 946.00
319 BALLAD OPERA GOOD COLLECTION of first and early editions of ballad operas etc.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
320 BALLET AND MUSIC

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 330.00
321 GIOVANNI BATTISTA BASSANI LA MORALITA ARMONICA Cantate a 2 Bologna

1690

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 495.00
322 LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN FINE AUTOGRAPH SKETCH-LEAF FOR THE PIANO TRIO IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP.97

1810 or early 1811

GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 33,000.00
323 LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Beethoven") Vienna

September 1826

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 13,750.00
324 LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN IMPORTANT LETTER SIGNED BY THE COMPOSER ("Beethoven") Gneixendorf

13 October 1826

GBP 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 19,800.00
325 LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED WITH PARAPH

26 February 1809

GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 5,720.00
326 VINCENZO BELLINI REMARKABLE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Bellini") Puteaux

1 July [18]35

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 2,860.00
327 VINCENZO BELLINI FINE AUTOGRAPH SKETCH-LEAF

1820s

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,310.00
328 BENDA (GEORG) DER HOLZHAUER oder die Drey Wunsche

1876

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 385.00
329 ALBAN BERG AUTOGRAPH SKETCHES

USD 550.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
330 ALBAN FINE BERG INTIMATE AUTOGRAPH LETTER Vienna

30 July 1916

GBP 450.00 - 500.00 440.00
331 BERNIER NICOLAS CANTATES FRANCOISES ou MUSIQUE DE CHAMBRE A VOIX SEULE Paris

1703

USD 450.00 - 650.00 Not Sold
332 NICOLAS BERNIER CANTATES FRANcOISES OU Musique de Chambre a Voix Seule et a deux Avec Simphonie et sans Simphonie avec la Basse Continue . . . Second Livre Paris

[1703]

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
333 LUIGI BORGHI TWELVE DIVERTIMENTO'S London

1790

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 330.00
334 RUTLAND BOUGHTON AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "THE IMMORTAL HOUR"

Nov-Dec. 1913

GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 3,300.00
335 JOHANNES BRAHMS FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("J.B.") Vienna

1879

GBP 550.00 - 750.00 825.00
336 JOHANNES BRAHMS FINE CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COMPOSER

GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 3,080.00
337 BENJAMIN BRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("BenjaminBritten")

28 May 1862

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
338 BENJAMIN BRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("BenjaminBritten")

18 Sept[ember] 1942

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 396.00
339 BENJAMIN BRITTEN FINE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE 'SIX METAMORPHOSES' (AFTER OVID)

1951

GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 9,350.00
340 BENJAMIN BRITTEN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE CANTICLE NO.III Aldeburgh

27 November 1954

GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 5,500.00
341 CHARLES BURNEY A GENERAL HISTORY OF MUSIC from the earliest ages to the present period Colchester

1784

GBP 450.00 - 500.00 990.00
342 CATCHES AND GLEES A COLLECTION OF VOCAL HARMONY consisting of Catches Canons and Glees never before Publish'd . . . selected by Thos. Warren London

[c.1770]

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 385.00
343 FRYDERYK CHOPIN REMARKABLE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("FCh") to the piano manufacturer Camille Pleyel Nohant

21 June 1838

GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 11,000.00
344 DOMENICO CIMAROSA AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF PART OF AN OPERATIC SCENA

GBP 600.00 - 700.00 880.00
345 GOOD COLLECTION OF LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ETC

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 935.00
346 LOUIS-NICOLAS CLERAMBAULT CANTATES FRANcOISES A I. ET II. Voix. Avec Simphonie

1710-1720

GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 1,100.00
347 ACHILLE-CLAUDE DEBUSSY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("ClaudeDebussy") Paris

23 December 1902

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 880.00
348 CLAUDE DEBUSSY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Claude Debussy")

10 February 1909

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
349 HENRI AND LULLY LOUIS de DESMARETS MANUSCRIPT OF THE BASS (VOCAL) PART of Circe and Orphee

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
350 ARNOLD DOLMETSCH FINE COLLECTION OF ELEVEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND ONE TYPED LETTER SIGNED ("Arnold Dolmetsch")

1925 and 1938

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 880.00
351 GAETANO DONIZETTI AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED ("Donizetti") of the "Studio 2do" for clarinet and bass (piano)

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 3,300.00
352 GAETANO DONIZETTI AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE QUARTET "RATAPLAN"

[c.1841]

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,420.00
353 GAETANO DONIZETTI AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF PART OF THE OPERA "BETLY"

[c.1836]

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
354 GAETANO DONIZETTI FINE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of part of an operatic scena

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
355 GAETANO DONIZETTI FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Donizetti") [Paris]

30 August 1845

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 770.00
356 Sir EDWARD ELGAR COLLECTION OF FIFTEEN AUTOGRAPH AND TYPED LETTERS SIGNED ("Edward Elgar" and "E.E.") to Sir Edward German London and elsewhere

c.1920 to 1933

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,320.00
357 Sir EDWARD ELGAR PROOF COPY OF THE SECOND MOVEMENT OF THE SECOND SYMPHONY

1911

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 396.00
358 Sir EDWARD ELGAR PROOF COPY OF THE MOTET "GIVE UNTO THE LORD"

1914

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 440.00
359 Sir EDWARD ELGAR AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Edward Elgar")

20 September [19]02

USD 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
360 Sir EDWARD ELGAR THREE PROOF SCORES OF ELGAR'S VIOLIN CONCERTO IN B MINOR OP.61

GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 8,800.00
361 Sir EDWARD ELGAR PROOF COPY OF THE FIRST SYMPHONY IN A FLAT MAJOR OP.55 London

1908

USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
362 Sir EDWARD ELGAR GOOD COLLECTION OF EIGHT EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Edward Elgar" and "Ed. Elgar")

1931

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 935.00
363 NIELS GADE TWO AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS

1847

GBP 450.00 - 500.00 660.00
364 UMBERTO GIORDANO FINE, LARGE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE "INNO DEL DECENNALE"

1933

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,650.00
365 CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PORTRAIT IN OILS OF GLUCK AT THE KEYBOARD

GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 2,640.00
366 CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD von GLUCK Beethoven and Vienna Vienna

c.1770

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 3,520.00
367 CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD von GLUCK Musikalisch-kritische Bibliothek Gotha

1778-1789

USD 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
368 PERCY GRAINGER AUTOGAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "IN DAHOMEY" boldly signed: "Percy Grainger"

1909

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,760.00
369 EDVARD GRIEG AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Edvard Grieg") Leipzig

22 February 1875

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 792.00
370 EDVARD GRIEG AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Edvard Grieg") Paris

19 January 1890

GBP 450.00 - 500.00 825.00
371 SIR JOHN HAWKINS FINE LETTER SIGNED ("John Hawkins")

16 February 1782

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 385.00
372 Sir JOHN HAWKINS FINE LETTER SIGNED ("John Hawkins") London

26 February 1778

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
373 JOSEPH HAYDN FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Joseph Haydn")

GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 11,000.00
374 PAUL HINDEMITH COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS etc by Hindemith

c.1946-1951

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 418.00
375 JOSEPH JOACHIM THE "FREMDENBUCH" of Joachim's daughter

1894 to c.1917

USD 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
376 JOSEPH JOACHIM REMARKABLE EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("J.Joachim") London

May 1844

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 990.00
377 ZOLTAN KODALY FOUR AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (Zoltan Kodaly)

1928 and 1929

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 715.00
378 ZOLTAN KODALY SIX AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Zoltan Kodaly")

1948 to 1950

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 1,155.00
379 HENRY LAWES THE SECOND BOOK OF AYRES AND DIALOGUES Playford

1652

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,320.00
380 DINU LIPATTI AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS "VALSE CAPRICE" for two pianos

1937-1941

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 1,100.00
381 DINU LIPATTI AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of sketches and drafts for his Organ Concerto Juillet

1939

GBP 600.00 - 650.00 825.00
382 FRANZ LISZT AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF PART OF AN ARRANGEMENT OF A SONG "LE MATIN" BY KORBAY

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,540.00
383 FRANZ LISZT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("F.Liszt") Paris

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 550.00
384 FRANZ LISZT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("F.Liszt"), to a composer Weimar

19 May [18]72

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 440.00
385 FRANZ LISZT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("F.Liszt")

1 May 1857

USD 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
386 FRANZ LISZT FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER BOLDLY SIGNED ("F.Liszt") Weimar

27 October 1853

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
387 FRANZ LISZT MANUSCRIPT OF LISZT'S CELEBRATED SONG: 'OH! QUAND JE DORS!"

[c.1859]

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
388 FRANZ LISZT MANUSCRIPT OF THE SONG "ENFANT

[c.1859]

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
389 FRANZ FINE LISZT IMPORTANT DOCUMENT Rome

13 January 1875

GBP 700.00 - 900.00 1,100.00
390 FRANZ LISZT FINE DOCUMENT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LISZT ("F.Liszt") Weimar

1 September 1875

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 990.00
391 FRANZ LISZT FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("F.Liszt") Rome

6 Sept[ember 18]68

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 495.00
392 FRANZ LISZT PROOF COPY OF THE "UNGARISCHER STURMMARSCH" Berlin

c.1876

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
393 FRANZ LISZT FINE PORTRAIT IN OILS OF LISZT AT THE KEYBOARD Rome

1886

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
394 JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY AND COLLASSE PASCAL LULLY ACHILLE ET POLIXENE Paris

1687

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,155.00
395 LOUIS de ORPHEE LULLY Tragedie Mise En Musique Par Monsieur De Lully l'aisne . . . full score Paris

1690

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,100.00
396 JEAN-BAPTISTE PROSERPINE LULLY Tragedie Mise en Musique . . . Seconde Edition Paris

1707

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 770.00
397 JEAN-BAPTISTE ATYS LULLY Tragedie Mise En Musique Par Monsieur De Lully . . . Seconde Edition Paris

1715

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 550.00
398 MADRIGALS SIXTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT OF MADRIGALS

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 3,080.00
399 MICHELE MASCITTI SONATE A VIOLINO SOLO Col Violone o Cimbalo e Sonate A due Violini Paris

1706

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
400 EDWARD MILLER EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITIONS of music by Miller

USD 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
401 GLEN MILLER AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of "I can't get started" London

1940s

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s
    New York Book Week
    12-26 June
    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
  • 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.
    Finarte
    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.
    Finarte
    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.
    Finarte
    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.
  • 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
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    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
  • 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.