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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
402 FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY PROGRAMME FOR A CONCERT at the Birmingham Musical Festival Berlin

1829

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 880.00
403 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (FELIX) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of four bars

1837

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,320.00
404 FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE SONG "Da lieg ich unter den Baumen"

1844

GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 4,400.00
405 FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (" . . . Haec hactenus Ihr Felix MB")

1832

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 880.00
406 CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI IL PRIMO LIBRO DE MADRIGALI Rome, Mutii

1597

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 3,080.00
407 JEAN-BAPTISTE MORIN CANTATES FRAcOISES Paris

1712

GBP 450.00 - 550.00 440.00
408 JEAN-BAPTISTE MORIN MOTETS A Une Et Deux Voix Melez De Symphonies . . . Livre Premier . . . [Livre Second] Paris

1704 and 1709

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 660.00
409 Music

USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
410 MUSICIANS

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 1,210.00
411 NEWMAN*[NEWMAN (ERNEST) FINE COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED etc.

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 1,100.00
412 JACQUES OFFENBACH FINE AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT containing sketches and ideas for an operatic or orchestral work

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
413 ORGAN

[c.1650]

GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 5,500.00
414 NICOLO PAGANINI AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED ("Nicolo Paganini"): "Un Pacco per L'armonica famiglia del maestro Sigr. Cianchettini . . .") Paganini

5 August 1831

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 880.00
415 GIOVANNI PAISIELLO AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE "ORATIO PRO REGE"

[1806-1807]

USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
416 GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA IOANNIS PETRI Loysii Praenestini in basilica S Rome

1572

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 3,080.00
417 GIUSEPPE PAOLUCCI ARTE PRATICA DI CONTRAPUNTO Dimostrata con Esempj Di Varij Autori E Con Osservatione Venice

1765-1772

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
418 JOHN PARRY A COLLECTION OF WELSH

1761

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 275.00
419 PIANOFORTE

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 396.00
420 JOHN PLAYFORD THE MUSICAL COMPANION London

1673

USD 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
421 JOHN PLAYFORD SELECT MUSICALL AYRES AND DIALOGUES London

1653

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
422 AMILCARE PONCHIELLI AUTOGRAPH DRAFT SCENARIO FOR AN OPERA TO BE ENTITLED 'MISURA PER MISURA' based on Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
423 FRANCIS POULENC AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Francis Poulenc") Paris

1920

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 440.00
424 GIACOMO PUCCINI COLLECTION OF EARLY AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS of marches

[c.1875]

GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 11,000.00
425 GIACOMO PUCCINI PORTRAIT OF THE COMPOSER by Hermann Moekerk Brussels

1921

GBP 450.00 - 500.00 770.00
426 HENRY PURCELL TE DEUM ET JUBILATE FOR VOICES AND INSTRUMENTS London

1757

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 385.00
427 HENRY PURCELL THE CATCH CLUB OR MERRY COMPANIONS being a choice Collection of the most Diverting Catches for Three and Four Voices Compos'd by the late Mr. Henry Purcell Dr. Blow & C London

[c.1740]

USD 350.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
428 HENRY PURCELL ORPHEUS BRITANNICUS London

1706-1712

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 550.00
429 MAURICE RAVEL AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Maurice Ravel")

GBP 350.00 - 400.00 352.00
430 MAURICE RAVEL TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Maurice Ravel")

1906 and 1908

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 825.00
431 MAURICE RAVEL EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Maurice Ravel") Paris

1902

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
432 MAURICE RAVEL AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Maurice Ravel") Paris

8 May 1909

USD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
433 MAURICE RAVEL FINE COLLECTION OF CONCERT PROGRAMMES for Patterson and Son's Subscription Orchestral Concerts Edinburgh

1891-1916

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 770.00
434 HENRY BRINLEY RICHARDS COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS OF MUSIC BY RICHARDS

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 440.00
435 NIKOLAY RiMSKY-KoRSAKOv AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED WITH INITIALS ("N.R-K") St Petersburg

7 February 1903

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,640.00
436 GIOACHINO ROSSINI AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G.Rossini")

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 550.00
437 GIOACHINO ROSSINI AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G.Rossini") Bologna

25 January 1848

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 605.00
438 GIOACHINO ROSSINI COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS etc.

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 550.00
439 GIOACHINO ROSSINI FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G.Rossini") "da Casa" [Bologna]

31 December 1853

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 385.00
440 SACRED MUSIC

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 2,420.00
441 ERIK SATIE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("ERIKSATIE")

8 Sept[ember] 1920

USD 800.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
442 ARNOLD SCHOENBERG FINE ALBUM CONTAINING AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATIONS SIGNED BY SCHOENBERG

1930s

GBP 700.00 - 900.00 1,100.00
443 FRANZ SCHUBERT DER SCHAFER UND DER REITER Vienna, Cappi and Diabelli

[1822]

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,650.00
444 ROBERT FINE SCHUMANN LONG AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Robert Schumann") Dresden

11 November 1848

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,860.00
445 ROBERT SCHUMANN FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RobertSchumann") Dresden

10 November 1845

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,310.00
446 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH FINE PHOTOGRAPH OFTHE COMPOSER

28 May 1958

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
447 JEAN SIBELIUS AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION of three bars from The Swan of Tuonela

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 880.00
448 JEAN SIBELIUS FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") Jarvenpaa

5 May 1905

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 660.00
449 JEAN SIBELIUS FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") Jarvenpaa

30 June 1905

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 880.00
450 JEAN SIBELIUS FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") Jarvenpaa

3 October 1905

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 660.00
451 JEAN SIBELIUS FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") Jarvenpaa

12 July 1905

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 660.00
452 JEAN FINE SIBELIUS LONG AND IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") Jarvenpaa

26 June 1906

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,100.00
453 JEAN SIBELIUS FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius")

[c.1905]

GBP 700.00 - 900.00 825.00
454 JEAN SIBELIUS FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") Jarvenpaa

24 September 1906

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
455 JEAN SIBELIUS AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") Jarvenpaa

17 February 1909

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
456 JEAN SIBELIUS FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TWICE ("Jean Sibelius" and "J.S.") Jarvenpaa

5 July 1906

USD 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
457 JEAN SIBELIUS FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED twice ("Jean Sibelius" and "J.S.") Jarvenpaa

21 December 1906

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
458 JEAN FINE SIBELIUS LONG AND IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") Jarvenpaa

29 April 1908

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,100.00
459 JEAN SIBELIUS FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") Jarvenpaa

6 December 1907

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 660.00
460 ALEXANDER SKRYABIN LARGE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COMPOSER

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 1,045.00
461 JOHANN II STRAUSS FINE AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION of four bars from the waltz G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald ("Tales from the Vienna Woods")

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
462 JOHANN II STRAUSS FINE CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COMPOSER

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
463 IGOR STRAVINSKY TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Strawinsky" and "IStrawinsky") no place and Hollywood

1 December 1938 and 15 June 1947

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 715.00
464 IGOR STRAVINSKY FINE LARGE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COMPOSER

1951

GBP 450.00 - 650.00 440.00
465 IGOR STRAVINSKY FINE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COMPOSER

1932

GBP 450.00 - 500.00 660.00
466 IGOR STRAVINSKY LONG AND IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("IStrawinsky") Morges

28 October 1917

GBP 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 2,420.00
467 IGOR STRAVINSKY FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("IGOR STRAWINSKY") Biarritz

14 August 1922

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
468 IGOR STRAVINSKY MANUSCRIPT OF THE VIOLIN PART OF THE "SUITE" FROM "L'HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT"

[c.1919]

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
469 IGOR STRAVINSKY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("IStrav.") Paris

14 November 1928

USD 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
470 IGOR STRAVINSKY FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("IgorStrawinsky") Sancellemoz

17 June 1939

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 550.00
471 IGOR STRAVINSKY AND C.F. RAMUZ THREE ITEMS RELATING TO STRAVINSKY London

1922

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 880.00
472 JEAN-BAPTISTE STUCK CANTATES FRANcOISES A Voix Seule Avec Symphonies . . . Livre Premier . . . Livre Second . . . Troisieme . . . IV . . . Paris

1719 and 1711-1714

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 770.00
473 KAROL SZYMANOWSKY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Karol Szymanowski") Zakopane

5 September l932

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 385.00
474 WILLIAM TANS'UR A COMPLEAT MELODY London

1734

USD 400.00 - 420.00 Not Sold
475 GIUSEPPE TARTINI EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT OF A CONCERTO in F major for four violins

GBP 400.00 - 420.00 275.00
476 RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS "THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS"

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,100.00
477 RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FINE LONG AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("R. Vaughan Williams") Dorking

13 November 1938

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 385.00
478 RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FINE IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF TWENTY-TWO MOSTLY AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("R. Vaughan Williams")

1920 to 1940

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,045.00
479 GIUSEPPE VERDI AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("GVerdi") Paris

7 September 1873

GBP 550.00 - 600.00 825.00
480 GIUSEPPE VERDI AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G.Verdi")

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 462.00
481 GIUSEPPE VERDI AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION of two bars in C major London

June 1862

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,530.00
482 VIOLINISTS

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 1,155.00
483 RICHARD WAGNER AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Richard Wagner") Zurich

20 Sept[ember] 1853

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,650.00
484 RICHARD WAGNER FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Richard Wagner") Luzern

16 January 1869

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 1,815.00
485 RICHARD WAGNER AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE "WEDDING MARCH" AND LOVE DUET FROM "LOHENGRIN" Dresden

1846

GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 33,000.00
486 RICHARD WAGNER FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Richard Wagner") Paris

c.1861

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,430.00
487 Sir WILLIAM WALTON FOUR GOOD AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("William Walton")

1922

GBP 400.00 - 450.00 715.00
488 CARL MARIA von WEBER FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("CMWeber") London

20 May 1826

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,045.00
489 GIACHES de WERT IL PRIMO LIBRO DE MADRIGALI A cinque Voci Venice

1564

GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 2,420.00
490 Reverend CHARLES WESLEY FINE, IMPORTANT AND APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED COLLECTION OF TWENTY-ONE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("C.Wesley" and "C.W.") London

1780-1824

GBP 4,000.00 - 4,500.00 8,800.00
491 HUGO WOLF AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Hugo Wolf)

26 August 1895

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
492 HUGO WOLF ITALIENISCHES LIEDERBUCH Heckel

1896

GBP 600.00 - 700.00 550.00
493 GIUSEPPE VERDI MANUSCRIPT OF THE LIBRETTO OF "IL TROVATORE"

1852

GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 96,800.00
  • 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
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    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.