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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 - $65,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
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A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, 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 2025Forum, 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
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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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 |