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Sotheby’s
New York Book Week
12-26 JuneSotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USDSotheby’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, 2025Finarte, 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, 2025Finarte, 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, 2025Finarte, 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, 2025Finarte, 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. -
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.
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Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
![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.](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.")
Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS DUPLICATES FROM THE LIBRARY AT LONGLEAT HOUSE The Property of the Bath Settled Estates (sold by order of the Trustees), LEO,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 11, 1979 - June 11, 1979
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | LEVAILLANT (FRANCOIS) | HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX DE PARADIS ET DES ROLLIERS | Paris | [1801-c. 1816] |
GBP - | 9,000.00 |
| 102 | LEVAILLANT (FRANCOIS) | HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES PERROQUETS | Paris | (1801-05) |
GBP - | 14,000.00 |
| 103 | LUMISDEN (ANDREW) | REMARKS ON THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME AND ITS ENVIRONS | 1797 |
GBP - | 200.00 | |
| 104 | MACKENZIE (Sir ALEXANDER) | VOYAGES FROM MONTREAL | 1801 |
GBP - | 540.00 | |
| 105 | MANNING (OWEN) AND WILLIAM BRAY | THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF SURREY | 1804-14 |
GBP - | 650.00 | |
| 106 | MICHAUX (ANDRE) | FLORA BOREALI-AMERICANA | Paris & Strassburg | 1803 |
GBP - | 580.00 |
| 107 | MONTAGU (GEORGE) | TESTACEA BRITANNICA; or, BRITISH SHELLS | 1803-08 |
GBP - | 290.00 | |
| 108 | MONTESQUIEU (CHARLES DE SECONDAT, Baron de) | OEUVRES | Paris | 1796 |
USD - | Not Sold |
| 109 | MORANT (PHILIP) | THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX | 1768 |
GBP - | 360.00 | |
| 110 | MORE (Sir THOMAS) | THE WORKES [edited by William Rastell] | 1557 |
USD - | Not Sold | |
| 111 | MORTON (JOHN) | The natural history of Northampton-shire; with some account of the antiquities | 1712 |
GBP - | 240.00 | |
| 112 | [NICHOLS (JOHN)] | BIBLIOTHECA TOPOGRAPHICA BRITANNICA | 1780-91 |
GBP - | 380.00 | |
| 113 | NICHOLS (JOHN) | THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER | 1795-1815 |
GBP - | 1,400.00 | |
| 114 | Nichols (John) | The progresses, and public processions of Queen Elizabeth | 1788-1805 |
GBP - | 80.00 | |
| 115 | Nichols (John) | The progresses | 1828 |
GBP - | 80.00 | |
| 116 | NORDEN (FRIDERIK LUDVIG) | TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND NUBIA | 1757 |
GBP - | 650.00 | |
| 117 | OLIVIER (GUILLAUME ANTOINE) | ENTOMOLOGIE, OU HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES INSECTES | Paris | GBP - | 1,500.00 | |
| 118 | ORMEROD (GEORGE) | THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY PALATINE AND CITY OF CHESTER | 1882 [1875-82] |
GBP - | 520.00 | |
| 119 | PALLAS (PETER SIMON) | TRAVELS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE | 1802-03 |
GBP - | 580.00 | |
| 120 | PERRAULT (CHARLES) | LES HOMMES ILLUSTRES QUI ONT PARU EN FRANCE PENDANT CE SIECLE | Paris | 1696-1700 |
GBP - | 650.00 |
| 121 | PICART (BERNARD) | CEREMONIES ET COUTUMES RELIGIEUSES DE TOUS LES PEUPLES DU MONDE | GBP - | 2,000.00 | ||
| 122 | PLATO | OMNIA PLATONIS OPERA, EDITIO PRINCEPS | Venice | September 1513 |
GBP - | 3,800.00 |
| 123 | PLOT (ROBERT) | THE NATURAL HISTORY OF STAFFORD-SHIRE | Oxford | 1686 |
GBP - | 420.00 |
| 124 | Plowden (Francis) | An historical review of the state of Ireland | 1803 |
GBP - | 110.00 | |
| 125 | PLUTARCH of Chaeronea | OPUSCULA LXXXXII | Venice | March 1509 |
GBP - | 900.00 |
| 126 | POLWHELE (RICHARD) | THE HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE | 1797-93-1806 |
GBP - | 500.00 | |
| 127 | Poulson (George) | The history and antiquities of the seigniory of Holderness | 1840-41 |
GBP - | 60.00 | |
| 128 | PURCHAS (SAMUEL) | PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMS | 1625-26 |
GBP - | 5,000.00 | |
| 129 | PYNE (W. H.) | THE COSTUME OF GREAT BRITAIN | GBP - | 1,200.00 | ||
| 130 | REDOUTE (PIERRE JOSEPH) AND CLAUDE ANTOINE THORY | LES ROSES | Paris | 1817-24 |
GBP - | 34,000.00 |
| 131 | REDOUTE (PIERRE JOSEPH) | LES LILIACEES | Paris | 1802 [-16] |
GBP - | 29,000.00 |
| 132 | REGENFUSS (FRANZ MICHAEL) | AUSERLESNE SCHNECKEN | Copenhagen | 1758 |
GBP - | 8,500.00 |
| 133 | RICHARDSON (Sir JOHN) | FAUNA BOREALI-AMERICANA | 1829-31 |
GBP - | 680.00 | |
| 134 | Ridpath (George) | The Border-History of England and Scotland | 1776 |
GBP - | 90.00 | |
| 135 | Risso (A.) AND P. A. POITEAU | HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES ORANGERS | Paris | 1818[-20] |
GBP - | 2,100.00 |
| 136 | ROXBURGH (WILLIAM) | PLANTS OF THE COAST OF COROMANDEL | 1795-1819 |
GBP - | 9,800.00 | |
| 137 | Roy (William) | The military antiquities of the Romans in Britain | 1793 |
GBP - | 100.00 | |
| 138 | RUTTER (JOHN) | Delineations of Fonthill and its abbey | Shaftesbury | 1823 |
GBP - | 160.00 |
| 139 | SAINT-NON (Abbe R. DE) | VOYAGE PITTORESQUE OU DESCRIPTION DES ROYAUMES DE NAPLES ET DE SICILE | Paris | 1781-86 |
GBP - | 6,200.00 |
| 140 | Salame (Abraham) | A narrative of the expedition to Algiers | 1819 |
GBP - | 35.00 | |
| 141 | SANDFORD (FRANCIS) | The history of the coronation of . . . James II . . . and . . . Queen Mary | 1687 |
GBP - | 190.00 | |
| 142 | Savage (James) | History of the hundred of Carhampton | Bristol | 1830 |
GBP - | 70.00 |
| 143 | SCHEDEL (HARTMANN) | LIBER CHRONICARUM | Nuremberg | 12 July 1493 |
GBP - | 7,600.00 |
| 144 | SELECT VIEWS OF LONDON AND ITS ENVIRONS | 1804-05 |
GBP - | 310.00 | ||
| 145 | SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS) | OPERA PHILOSOPHICA | Naples | 1[4]75 |
GBP - | 3,200.00 |
| 146 | SHAW (STEBBING) | THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF STAFFORDSHIRE | 1798-1801 |
GBP - | 380.00 | |
| 147 | SINCLAIR (GEORGE) | HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS | 1816 |
GBP - | 300.00 | |
| 148 | SLOANE (Sir HANS) | A VOYAGE TO THE ISLANDS MADERA | 1707-25 |
GBP - | 1,000.00 | |
| 149 | SMITH (JOHN) | SELECT VIEWS IN ITALY | 1792-96 |
GBP - | 350.00 | |
| 150 | SOWERBY (JAMES) | BRITISH MINERALOGY | 1804-17 |
GBP - | 1,500.00 | |
| 151 | SOWERBY (JAMES) | COLOURED FIGURES OF ENGLISH FUNGI OR MUSHROOMS | GBP - | 1,600.00 | ||
| 152 | Storer (James) | A description of Fonthill Abbey | 1812 |
GBP - | 120.00 | |
| 153 | STRUTT (JACOB GEORGE) | SYLVA BRITANNICA | 1826 |
GBP - | 550.00 | |
| 154 | STRUTT (JOSEPH) | A complete view of the dress and habits of the people of England | 1796-99 |
GBP - | 420.00 | |
| 155 | STRUTT (JOSEPH) | Horda Angel-cynnan: or a compleat view of the manners | 1775-76 |
USD - | Not Sold | |
| 156 | STUKELEY (WILLIAM) | ITINERARIUM CURIOSUM: or, an account of the antiquities | 1776 |
GBP - | 170.00 | |
| 157 | STUKELEY (WILLIAM) | Stonehenge | 1740-43 |
GBP - | 350.00 | |
| 158 | TACITUS (CAIUS CORNELIUS) | Opera recognovit | Paris | 1781 |
GBP - | 460.00 |
| 159 | THORESBY (RALPH) | DUCATUS LEODIENSIS | GBP - | 260.00 | ||
| 160 | THOROTON (ROBERT) | THE ANTIQUITIES OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE | 1677 |
GBP - | 340.00 | |
| 161 | Tindal (William) | The history and antiquities of the abbey and borough of Evesham | 1794 |
GBP - | 65.00 | |
| 162 | TURNER (DAWSON) | FUCI | 1808-19 |
GBP - | 1,200.00 | |
| 163 | TURNER (J. M. W.) | PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF ENGLAND | 1826 |
GBP - | 500.00 | |
| 164 | Turnor (Edmund) | Collections for the history of the town and soke of Grantham | 1806 |
GBP - | 100.00 | |
| 165 | VALENTIA (GEORGE ANNESLEY, Viscount) | VOYAGES AND TRAVELS TO INDIA | 1809 |
GBP - | 440.00 | |
| 166 | VENTENAT (E. P.) | JARDIN DE LA MALMAISON | Paris | 1803[-05] |
GBP - | 9,000.00 |
| 167 | VETUSTA MONUMENTA quae ad rerum Britannicarum memoriam conser-vandam Societas Antiquariorum Londini | 1747-[1828] |
GBP - | 220.00 | ||
| 168 | VIRGILIUS MARO (PUBLIUS) | BUCOLICA | Paris | 1798 |
GBP - | 800.00 |
| 169 | VIRGILIUS MARO (PUBLIUS) | BUKES OF ENEADOS | 1553 |
GBP - | 1,700.00 | |
| 170 | VIRGILIUS MARO (PUBLIUS) | L'ENEIDE | Rome | 1819 |
GBP - | 420.00 |
| 171 | Warner (Richard) | An history of the Abbey of Glaston | 1826 |
GBP - | 130.00 | |
| 172 | Warner (Richard) | The History of Bath [with Appendix] | 1801 |
GBP - | 160.00 | |
| 173 | Warner (Richard) | The History of Bath [with Appendix] | 1801 |
USD - | Not Sold | |
| 174 | WHITAKER (THOMAS DUNHAM) | An history of Richmondshire | 1823 |
GBP - | 240.00 | |
| 175 | WILKES (BENJAMIN) | ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY COPPER-PLATES OF ENGLISH MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES | 1773 |
GBP - | 1,500.00 | |
| 176 | Wise-(Francis) | A letter to Dr Mead concerning some antiquities in Berkshire | Oxford | GBP - | 90.00 | |
| 177 | WOODVILLE (WILLIAM) | MEDICAL BOTANY | 1790-1832 |
GBP - | 850.00 | |
| 178 | WREN (CHRISTOPHER, junior) | PARENTALIA: or memoirs of the family of the Wrens | 1750 |
GBP - | 200.00 | |
| 179 | Y. (D.) | COLLECTIONS FOR THE HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE | 1795 |
GBP - | 460.00 | |
| 180 | ZURLAUBEN (B. F. A,, Baron de) AND J. B. LABORDE | TABLEAUX TOPO-GRAPHIQUES | Paris | 1780-86 |
GBP - | 13,500.00 |
![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.")
