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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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Forum Auctions
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.
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/16cfdea8-0749-44a9-b801-b991dc2eaa21.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. <i>De remediis utriusque fortunæ,</i> [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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/46e14fa0-19d2-42b7-9994-312d5ae3df4d.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> GAZA (THÉODORE). <i>[...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum,</i> Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.")
![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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/13d0418d-fffb-4841-9721-851464785bd9.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> LUTHER (MARTIN). <i>Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri,</i> Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.")
Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTSCOMPRISINGThe Property of the Royal college of PhysiciansThe property of the Artists' SocietyThe Property of the Rt. Hon. Discount EmlynThe Property of H. S. Hudson, Esq.The Property of Major S. N. C. WebbThe Property of Dr. S. E. L. Morris, B. Sr., M.B.The Property of the late C. K. Ogden, Esq., WILSON,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 30, 1962 - July 30, 1962
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 568 | Maria Theresia | Autograph memorandum | USD - | Not Sold | ||
| 569 | Frederick I, Frederick II | Docs and Ls.s. | USD - | Not Sold | ||
| 570 | Alexander von Humboldt | Interesting A.L.s. | Bayreuth | 22 February, 1797 |
USD - | 67.20 |
| 571 | Andreas Hofer | Docs. | Innsbruck | 30 September 1809 |
USD - | Not Sold |
| 572 | J. C. Friedrich von Schiller | A.L.s. | Jena | 26 January 1798 |
USD - | 252.00 |
| 573 | Wilhelm Carl Grimm | A.L.s. | Cassel | 30 August 1819 |
USD - | 42.00 |
| 574 | Otto von Bismark | A.L.s. | Varzin | 22 September 1872 |
USD - | Not Sold |
| 575 | Adolf Hitler | Small collection comprising: autograph doc.s. | USD - | 322.00 | ||
| 576 | Sir Edmund Gosse | Interesting Series of 11 A.Ls.s. (including a postcard and two lettercards) | USD - | 39.20 | ||
| 577 | Thomas J. Wise | Interesting Series of 29 letters | USD - | 392.00 | ||
| 578 | T. J. Wise | A Browning Library | 1929 |
USD - | 42.00 | |
| 579 | George Gordon Byron | One leaf | USD - | 95.20 | ||
| 580 | William Wordsworth | A.L.s. | 16 May, 1836 |
USD - | 28.00 | |
| 581 | Charlotte Bronte | Fine A.L.s. | Haworth | 17 December [1849] |
USD - | 252.00 |
| 582 | Charles Dickens | Fine A.L.s. | Devonshire Terrace | 6 March, 1841 |
USD - | 420.00 |
| 583 | Charles Dickens | Interesting A.L.s. | Devonshire Terrace | 19 July, 1842 |
USD - | 210.00 |
| 584 | Charles Dickens | A.L.s. (initials) | Devonshire Terrace | 13 January, 1844 |
USD - | 308.00 |
| 585 | Charles Dickens | Characteristic A.L.s. | Gad's Hill Place | 2 August, 1857 |
USD - | 252.00 |
| 586 | Charles Dickens | Characteristic A.L.s. | 26 October, 1869 |
USD - | 168.00 | |
| 587 | Charles Darwin | A.L.s. | USD - | 14.00 | ||
| 588 | Thomas Carlyle | Characteristic A.L.s. | Chelsea | 23 March, 1844 |
USD - | 98.00 |
| 589 | Thomas Carlyle | A.L.s. | Chelsea | 6 June, 1859 |
USD - | 39.20 |
| 590 | W. M. Thackeray | Characteristic A.L. (in his sloping hand) | Jermyn St. | 11 March, [1844] |
USD - | 196.00 |
| 591 | W. S. Landor | A.L.s | Warwick Crescent | 20 Dec, 1864 |
USD - | 67.20 |
| 592 | H. W. Longfellow | A.L.s. | Cambridge | 3 July, 1876 |
USD - | 106.40 |
| 593 | Hablot K. Browne | Watercolour Drawing of a fat and elderly lady on the beach running from the tide | USD - | 16.80 | ||
| 594 | W. E. Gladstone | Fine A.L.s. | Colonial Office | 8 January, 1846 |
USD - | 33.60 |
| 595 | David Livingstone | A.L.s. | 10 December, 1863 |
USD - | 78.40 | |
| 596 | Charles George Gordon | Fine Series of 15 A.Ls.s. (in French) | USD - | 560.00 | ||
| 597 | Michael Faraday | Fine A.L.s. | 6 September, 1832 |
USD - | 78.40 | |
| 598 | Charles Darwin | Two A.Ls.s | USD - | 98.00 | ||
| 599 | Sir Charles Lyell | 2 A.Ls.s. | 1837 |
USD - | 44.80 | |
| 600 | Scientists | USD - | 140.00 | |||
| 601 | Explorers | USD - | 56.00 | |||
| 602 | Historical | USD - | 50.40 | |||
| 603 | Artists | USD - | 70.00 | |||
| 604 | Literary | USD - | 252.00 | |||
| 605 | Sir Walter Scott | Collection of A.L s.s. from Sir Walter Scott | USD - | 140.00 | ||
| 606 | Garibaldi | Collection of A.Ls.s. from Garibaldi | USD - | 308.00 | ||
| 607 | Miscellaneous | USD - | 16.80 | |||
| 608 | Literary | USD - | 168.00 | |||
| 609 | Musicians | USD - | 33.60 | |||
| 610 | Cartulary of the Kay family of Woodsom | England | USD - | 182.00 | ||
| 611 | Robert Davenport | Pollicy without Piety too subtle to be sound | [circa 1642] |
USD - | 840.00 | |
| 612 | Jamaica | USD - | 168.00 | |||
| 613 | John Kay | Autograph Manuscript Commonplace Book containing original verse interspersed with accounts and memoranda concerning the management of his household and estate | USD - | 672.00 | ||
| 614 | Sir John Kay | Seven manuscript poems in English addressed to him | [circa 1640-1662] |
USD - | 182.00 | |
| 615 | John Kay | A Garden Posey of the herbe tyme | [circa 1580] |
USD - | 504.00 | |
| 616 | Medical Recipe Book | England (Nottinghamshire) | circa 1630-1 |
USD - | 210.00 | |
| 617 | Thomas Percy | Fine Series of 5 A.Ls.s. | USD - | 238.00 | ||
| 618 | Poem | USD - | 44.80 | |||
| 619 | Poetical | USD - | 336.00 | |||
| 620 | Poetical | USD - | 616.00 | |||
| 621 | Edward Wright | Certain Errors of Navigation | [circa 1610] |
USD - | 126.00 |
![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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
