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Fonsie Mealy’s
Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
18th June 2025Fonsie 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 - $2,500Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, 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 - $150,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000Bonhams, 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 - $65,000Old 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
Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS, MUSIC, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, WELLER,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 15, 1964 - December 15, 1964
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 896 | Indian Treaties | Washington | 1839 |
USD - | 19.60 | |
| 897 | Nathaniel Colson | The Mariners New Kalendar . . . whereunto is added Sailing by Mercator's Chart | 1708 |
USD - | 56.00 | |
| 898 | Chinese coloured drawings of butterflies alighting on flowers (10) | Canton | c. 1840 |
USD - | 112.00 | |
| 899 | Chinese coloured drawings of a mandarin and a lady with servants (2) | Canton | c. 1840 |
USD - | 50.40 | |
| 900 | Chinese coloured drawings of a lady | Canton | c. 1840 |
USD - | 50.40 | |
| 901 | Chinese coloured drawings of junks (3) | Canton | c. 1840 |
USD - | 33.60 | |
| 902 | Chinese coloured drawings of a woman carrying faggots | Canton | c. 1840 |
USD - | 22.40 | |
| 903 | Chinese coloured drawings of mandarins and ladies and their servants (12) | Canton | c. 1840 |
USD - | 50.40 | |
| 904 | Chinese coloured drawings of the silk industry (12) | Canton | c. 1840 |
USD - | 28.00 | |
| 905 | Richard Doyle | Procession of the Princess Royal | [1840] |
USD - | 1,540.00 | |
| 906 | Sir George Nayler | The Coronation of King George the Fourth | 1837 |
USD - | 588.00 | |
| 907 | John Gould | A collection of 237 drawings for "The Birds of Australia" | [c. 1840-48] |
USD - | 9,520.00 | |
| 908 | John Gould | Monograph of the Trochilidae | 1861 |
USD - | 5,880.00 | |
| 909 | Shubert | USD - | 16.80 | |||
| 910 | Robert Furber | Twelve months of flowers | [1730] |
USD - | 1,792.00 | |
| 911 | F. R. de Tussac | Flore des Antilles | Paris | 1808 |
USD - | 532.00 |
| 912 | William Curtis | Flora Londinensis | 1777-98 |
USD - | 812.00 | |
| 913 | P. J. Redoute and C. A. Thory | Les Roses | Paris | 1817-24 |
USD - | 11,760.00 |
| 914 | John Edwards | British Herbal | 1770 |
USD - | 728.00 | |
| 915 | W. P. C. Barton | Flora of North America | Philadelphia | 1821-23 |
USD - | 532.00 |
| 916 | James Bateman | Monograph of Odontoglossum | 1874 |
USD - | 140.00 | |
| 917 | Francis Bauer | Delineations of Exotick Plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew | 1796 |
USD - | 476.00 | |
| 918 | Bermuda | 1857 |
USD - | 42.00 | ||
| 919 | W. T. Blandford | Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia | 1870 |
USD - | 11.20 | |
| 920 | James Bolton | Harmonica Ruralis | 1845 |
USD - | 67.20 | |
| 921 | H. E. Dresser | Monograph of the Coraciidae | USD - | 210.00 | ||
| 922 | H. E. Dresser | Monograph of the Meropidae | 1884-1886 |
USD - | 532.00 | |
| 923 | Richard Duppa | Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany | 1816 |
USD - | 33.60 | |
| 924 | D. G. Elliott | Review of the Primates | New York | 1912 |
USD - | 50.40 |
| 925 | James Forbes | Hortus Woburnensis | 1833 |
USD - | 67.20 | |
| 926 | F. du Cane Godman | Monograph of the Petrels | 1907-1910 |
USD - | 308.00 | |
| 927 | Peter Good | Family Flora | New York | 1845 |
USD - | 39.20 |
| 928 | John Gould | Introduction to the Trochilidae | 1861 |
USD - | 19.60 | |
| 929 | John Gould | Monograph of the Trochilidae | 1 January 1850-1 September 1860 |
USD - | 1,456.00 | |
| 930 | W. H. Harvey | Phycologia Britannica | 1846-51 |
USD - | 56.00 | |
| 931 | Angelo Heilprin | The Bermuda Islands | Philadelphia | 1889 |
USD - | 28.00 |
| 932 | Mrs. Hope | Flowers from an Indian Garden | Dusseldorf | USD - | 22.40 | |
| 933 | J. T. Klein | Ova Avium | Leipzig | 1766 |
USD - | 22.40 |
| 934 | General Sir J. H. Lefroy | The Historye of the Bermudaes or Summer Islands | 1882 |
USD - | 28.00 | |
| 935 | Capt. W. Vincent Legge | History of the Birds of Ceylon | 1880 |
USD - | 134.40 | |
| 936 | Jean Jules Linden | Pescatorea | Brussels | 1860 |
USD - | 840.00 |
| 937 | John Lindley | Rosarum Monographia | 1830 |
USD - | 128.80 | |
| 938 | Patrick Matthew | Emigration Fields | Edinburgh | 1839 |
USD - | 89.60 |
| 939 | Madame la Baronne de Montolieu | La Rose de Jericho | Paris | 1819 |
USD - | 5.60 |
| 940 | F. Moore and Col. C. Swinhoe | Lepidoptera Indica | 1890-1913 |
USD - | 224.00 | |
| 941 | Henrietta Maria Moriarty | Viridarium | 1806 |
USD - | 89.60 | |
| 942 | John B. Newman | The Monthly Flora | New York | 1846 |
USD - | 89.60 |
| 943 | Rev. James O'Haire | Recollections of Twelve Years' Residence ... in the Western District of the Cape of Good Hope | Dublin | 1877 |
USD - | 8.40 |
| 944 | George Perry | Arcana | 1811 |
USD - | 84.00 | |
| 945 | George Perry | Conchology | 1811 |
USD - | 224.00 | |
| 946 | Edward Pretty | Flower Painting in Water Colours | 1812 |
USD - | 106.40 | |
| 947 | Robert H. Schomburgk | Fishes of Guiana | Edinburgh | 1841-43 |
USD - | 8.40 |
| 948 | P. L. Sclater | Monograph of the Jacamars | 1882 |
USD - | 392.00 | |
| 949 | Henry Seebohm | Geographical Distribution of the Charadriidae | [1888] |
USD - | 28.00 | |
| 950 | R. B. Sharpe and others | Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum | 1874-95 |
USD - | 448.00 | |
| 951 | R. B. Sharpe | Contributions to the Ornithology of Africa | USD - | 5.60 | ||
| 952 | Henry Smeathman | Some Account of the Termites | 1781 |
USD - | 11.20 | |
| 953 | Frederick W. Smith | The Florists' Magazine | USD - | 280.00 | ||
| 954 | James Sowerby | Flora Luxurians | [1789-91] |
USD - | 728.00 |
![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.")
![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.")
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![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.")
