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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.
Henkels: A DESCRIPTION OF A MOST VALUABLE COLLECTION OF Autograph Letters and Historical Papers. EMBRACING, Generals of the Revolution, Signers of the Declaration, Members of the Old Congress, Presidents of the United States, Generals in the Civil War, American an, 817,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 01, 1898 - January 01, 1898
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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1 | ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. President of the U. S. | A. L. S. | Washington | Jany 9, 1837 |
USD - | Unknown |
2 | Adams, John Quincy | A. L. 2 pp. 4to. Jany 12, 1799. To Monsieur Murray | Jany 12, 1799 |
USD - | Unknown | |
3 | Adlum, John. Major in the War of the Revolution | A. L. S. | Philad | June 17, 1799 |
USD - | Unknown |
4 | Aitken, Robt. Early Philadelphia Printer. Published the first Bible in the English Language in America | A. D. S. | 1789 |
USD - | Unknown | |
5 | Aitken, Robt. | A. D. S. | 1788 |
USD - | Unknown | |
6 | Allen, Ethan. Colonel of The Green Mountain Boys" | A contemporary copy of a letter from him to Elisha Towser | March 26, 1780 |
USD - | Unknown | |
7 | Allen, Wm. Officer in the Revolution from Rhode Island | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
8 | Armand and Riedesel | A. L. S.... | USD - | Unknown | ||
9 | Arthur, Chester A. President of the U. S. | A. L. S. | New York | May 6, 1862 |
USD - | Unknown |
10 | Atlee, Samuel J. M. O. C. Colonel in Penna. Militia | D. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
11 | Avery, John | L. S. | Boston | Jany 12, 1787 |
USD - | Unknown |
12 | BACON, REV. J. Pastor of Old South Church, Boston | A. L. S. | Boston | June 21, 1773 |
USD - | Unknown |
13 | Balcarres, Alexander, Earl of. British General who served with distinction in the American Revolution | A. D. S. 2 pp. Folio. May 15, 1783. A Bond for £10,000. To Hew. Dalrymple and Philip Anstruther | May 15, 1783 |
USD - | Unknown | |
14 | Baldwin, D. Captain of Engineers in the Revolution | A. L. S. 4to. New York, March 8th, 1782. To Col. Dayton | New York | March 8th, 1782 |
USD - | Unknown |
15 | Ballantyne, James. Sir Walter Scott's Publisher and Critic | A. L. S.... | USD - | Unknown | ||
16 | Bancroft, Geo. Eminent Historian | A. L. S. | March, 1848 |
USD - | Unknown | |
17 | Barber, Isaac R. Lieutenant at Stony Point | A. L. S. | June 20, 1780 |
USD - | Unknown | |
18 | Barlaimont, Claudius, Count von. Celebrated German General | D. S. | 1582 |
USD - | Unknown | |
19 | Barlow, Joel. Statesman and Poet | Autograph Copy of Jas. Madison's Observations on the Old Confederation | 24 September 1808 |
USD - | Unknown | |
20 | Barrow, Sir John. Celebrated English Traveler, and Founder of the Geographical Society | A. L. S. | N. D. |
USD - | Unknown | |
21 | Bayley, Jacob. Officer in the French and Indian War. Commissary Genl., Northern Dept., in the Revolution | A. L. S. | Norwich | March 10, 1773 |
USD - | Unknown |
22 | Bellingham, Richard. Colonial Governor of Massachusetts | D. S. | Cambridge | Oct. 4, 1659 |
USD - | Unknown |
23 | Bernadotte, Jean Baptiste Jules. King of Sweden and Norway. Marshal of France | L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
24 | Bethune, Geo. W. Eminent Divine and Author | A. L. S. | July 7, 1838 |
USD - | Unknown | |
25 | Bessieres, Jean Baptiste. Distinguished French Marshal. Duke D'Istria | Signature and three-line Autograph to a Report | USD - | Unknown | ||
26 | Biddle, Clement. The Quaker Soldier. Officer in the Revolution and Friend of Washington | A. L. S. | Philad | Oct. 25, 1792 |
USD - | Unknown |
27 | Blaine, Ephraim. Officer in the Revolution, Friend of Washington and Great Grandfather of Jas. G. Blaine | A. L. S. 2 pp. Folio. Philad, Dec. 4, 1784. To Jno. Dickinson | Philad | Dec. 4, 1784 |
USD - | Unknown |
28 | Blucher, Gerhard Lebrecht von. Celebrated Prussian Field-marshal. Decided the Victory at Waterloo | D. S. | July 28, 1795 |
USD - | Unknown | |
29 | Bonaparte, Elisa. Sister of Napoleon I. Grand Duchess of Tuscany. Diploma of the "Instituto Elisa" of Lucca | Signed by the Grand Duchess | Dec. 26, 1810 |
USD - | Unknown | |
30 | Bonaparte, Elisa. Daughter of Elisa, sister of Napoleon I. Married Count Camerato | A. L. S. | N. D. |
USD - | Unknown | |
31 | Boudinot, Elias. President Continental Congress. Commissary Sergeant of Prisoners under Washington | A. L. S. 4 pp. Folio. Burlington, Jany. 21, 1812. To Rev. Dr. Edwd. D. Griffin | Burlington | Jany. 21, 1812 |
USD - | Unknown |
32 | Boudinot, Elias | A. L. S. | Philad | July 26, 1791 |
USD - | Unknown |
33 | Boudinot, Elias | A. L. S. 3 pp. Folio. Rosehill, April 2, 1796. To Samuel Bayard | Rosehill | April 2, 1796 |
USD - | Unknown |
34 | Boudinot, Elias | L. S. 3 pp. 4to. Philad, March 23d, 1783. To Lewis Pintard | Philad | March 23d, 1783 |
USD - | Unknown |
35 | Bradford, Wm. Printer and Officer in the Revolution. Served at Trenton and Princeton | A. L. S. 4to. Fort Mifflin, Oct. 8, 1777. To Thos. Wharton, President of Penna | Mifflin | Oct. 8, 1777 |
USD - | Unknown |
36 | Bragg, Braxton. Maj.-Gen. in the Confederate States Army, served in the War with Mexico | A. L. S. | Wachita | Oct. 14, 1854 |
USD - | Unknown |
37 | Bright, John. Celebrated English Author and Statesman | A. L. S. | Aug. 27, 1856 |
USD - | Unknown | |
38 | Brooks, Shirley. English Dramatist | A. L. S. | May 23, 1663 |
USD - | Unknown | |
39 | Brown, John. "Old Ossawatamie." Hung by Governor Wise of Virginia for inciting the Negroes to insurrection. Called by some "The Martyr," "The Liberator," etc. | A. L. S. 4to. Akron, May 8, 1846. To his children | Akron | May 8, 1846 |
USD - | Unknown |
40 | Brown, John | A. L. S., signed James M. Bill, and signature "John Brown" attached. 4to. Chatham, Canada West, May 21, 1858. To his son Owen. Mounted on cardboard | Chatham, Canada West | May 21, 1858 |
USD - | Unknown |
40a | Browning, Robert. Eminent English Poet | A. L. S. | De Vere Gardens | April 30, 1888 |
USD - | Unknown |
41 | Bryant, Wm. Cullen. Eminent American Poet | A. L. S. | Cummington | Aug. 16, 1869 |
USD - | Unknown |
42 | Buchanan, James. President of the U. S. | Parchment D. S. | 1846 |
USD - | Unknown | |
43 | Bull, Stephen. Colonel in the Revolutionary War | A. L. S. | Sheldon | May 29, 1778 |
USD - | Unknown |
44 | Burges, Tristam. Celebrated Jurist | A. L. S. | Providence | May 11, 1838 |
USD - | Unknown |
45 | Burns, Robert. The Celebrated Scotch Poet | A. L. S. 2 pp. 4to. Ellisland, May 2, 1789. To Mrs. McMurdo | Ellisland | May 2, 1789 |
USD - | Unknown |
46 | Burns, Robert | Original MSS. of "Elegy on Sir J. H. Blair "in the hand of an amanuensis | USD - | Unknown | ||
47 | Burr, Aaron. Vice President of the U. S. Killed Hamilton in a duel | A. L. S. | Washington | March 2, 1803 |
USD - | Unknown |
48 | Byron, Lord. One of the most eminent English Poets | A. L. S. (signed Biron). 2 pp. 8vo. Sep. 9, 1813. To Phillips, the Artist | Sep. 9, 1813 |
USD - | Unknown | |
49 | Byron (Anna Isabella Millbanke) Lady. Wife of the Poet | A. L. S. | N. D. |
USD - | Unknown | |
50 | Byron (Anna Isabella Millbanke) Lady Noel | A. L., in third person. 4to. Weymouth, Aug. 23, 1825. To Messrs. Latham & Co. | Weymouth | Aug. 23, 1825 |
USD - | Unknown |
51 | Byron | A. L. S.... | USD - | Unknown | ||
52 | Byron, Geo. Natural Son of Lord Byron | A. L. S. | Nov. 17 (1847) |
USD - | Unknown | |
53 | Byron, Geo. Anson. Admiral in the British Navy. Succeeded his cousin, the poet, as Lord Byron | A. L. | April 26, 1837 |
USD - | Unknown | |
54 | Byron, Augusta. Wife of Lieut.-Col. Leigh | A. L. S. | May 5 (1829) |
USD - | Unknown | |
55 | CAMPAN, MADAME GENET. Lady of the Bedchamber and Confidante of Marie Antoinette. Author of Life of Marie Antoinette | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
56 | Carleton, Sir Guy. Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in the Revolutionary War. Governor of Quebec, which he defended against the Americans in 1775 | D. S. | New York | April 29, 1783 |
USD - | Unknown |
57 | Carlyle, Thos. Celebrated English Historian and Author | A. L. S., with initials. 4to. Dec. 31, 1850. To Lady Bulwer Lytton | Dec. 31, 1850 |
USD - | Unknown | |
58 | Carlyle, Jane. Wife of Thos. Carlyle | A. L. S. 3 pp. 8vo. N. D. To Lady Lytton | N. D. |
USD - | Unknown | |
59 | Cattermole, Geo. Eminent English Painter | A. L. S. | N. D. |
USD - | Unknown | |
60 | Charles II. King of England | Part of D. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
61 | Chester, John. Served with distinction as a captain at the Battle of Bunker Hill | L. S. | June 30, 1801 |
USD - | Unknown | |
62 | Clay, Henry. Eminent Statesman and Orator | A. L. S. 4to. Washington, March 7, 1825. To Nicholas Biddle | Washington | March 7, 1825 |
USD - | Unknown |
63 | Claypoole, James. Early Settler in Penna. and Friend of Wm. Penn. | D. S. | Philad. | Dec. 24, 1684 |
USD - | Unknown |
64 | Clinton, Geo. Major Genl. in the Revolutionary War. Vice President of the U. S. | A. L. S. | Jan. 1, 1775 |
USD - | Unknown | |
65 | Colbert, Jean Baptiste. Eminent French Statesman and Financier, under Louis XIV | L. S. | Paris | Aug. 11, 1659 |
USD - | Unknown |
66 | Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Eminent English Poet and Critic | A. L. S. | N. D. |
USD - | Unknown | |
67 | Collier, J. Payne. Shakespearian Commentator | A. L. S. 3 pp. 4to. Maidenhead, May 18, 1860. To R. Balmanno | Maidenhead | May 18, 1860 |
USD - | Unknown |
68 | Collins, Wilkie. Popular English Novelist | A. L. S. | Portman Square, W. | Dec. 27, 1870 |
USD - | Unknown |
69 | Conde, Prince of. "The Great Conde," Commander-in-Chief of the Protestant Army in the Civil War | A. L. S. in full, "Louis de Bourbon." Folio. Dec. 2, 1661. To the Duke de Longueville | Dec. 2, 1661 |
USD - | Unknown | |
70 | Cranch, Christopher P. Poet and Painter | Autograph Poem, signed | USD - | Unknown | ||
71 | Crawford, Mrs. Poetess, and F. N. Crouch, Author | Autograph Ballad, in four parts, entitled "Kathleen Mavourneen" | USD - | Unknown | ||
72 | Cruger, Henry, Senior. Member of the Council of New York; this Royal Commission appointed him such | Signed by George III. and Lord Shelburne | Aug. 8, 1767 |
USD - | Unknown | |
73 | Cunningham, Allan. Popular Scottish Author and Critic | A. L. S. | June 28, 1821 |
USD - | Unknown | |
74 | D'ARAGONA, GIOVANNI SFORZA. First Husband of Lucretia Borgia | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
75 | Davis, Jefferson. President of the Confederate States of America | A. L. S. | Beauvoir | Nov. 12, 1882 |
USD - | Unknown |
76 | De Tocqueville, Alexis. Distinguished French Statesman and Author | A. L. S. | Paris | Aug. 31, 1849 |
USD - | Unknown |
77 | De Quincey, Thos. Eminent English Author. "The English Opium Eater" | A. L. S. | N. D. |
USD - | Unknown | |
78 | Diaz, Porfirio. President of Mexico | A. L. S. | July, 21, 1869 |
USD - | Unknown | |
79 | Dibdin, Rev. Thos. Frognall. Eminent Bibliographer | A. L. S., with initials. 2 pp. 4to. March 10, 1825. To Wm. Nicol | March 10, 1825 |
USD - | Unknown | |
80 | Dickens, Chas | Letter Written by an Amanuensis | Oct. 31, 1881 |
USD - | Unknown | |
81 | Douglass, Frederick. Negro Orator | A. L. S. | Washington | Aril 27, 1877 |
USD - | Unknown |
82 | Dumas, Alex., Pere. Celebrated French Novelist | A. L. S. | N. D. |
USD - | Unknown | |
83 | Dummer, Wm. Colonial Lieut.-Gov. and Acting Governor of Massachusetts, Endowed Dummer Academy | D. S. | Boston | Oct. 14, 1727 |
USD - | Unknown |
84 | Dumouriez, Chas. Francois. Celebrated French General and Statesman | Signature only | USD - | Unknown | ||
85 | ELSWORTH, EPHRAIM E. Colonel in the Civil War. Killed for hauling down a Confederate Flag at Alexandria, Va. | Two signatures | USD - | Unknown | ||
86 | Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Eminent American Poet, Essayist and Speculative Philosopher | A. L. S. 2 pp. 8vo. Concord, Dec. 22, 1876. To J. R. Osgood | Concord | Dec. 22, 1876 |
USD - | Unknown |
87 | Emerson, Ralph Waldo | A. L. S. 4to. Concord, Jan. 13, 1845. To S. E. Sewall | Concord | Jan. 13, 1845 |
USD - | Unknown |
88 | Emerson, Ralph Waldo | October 1887 |
USD - | Unknown | ||
89 | Ericson, Jno. Eminent Swedish Engineer. Built the "Monitor," invented the Screw Propeller, etc. | A. L. S. | June 27, 1857 |
USD - | Unknown | |
90 | Ericson, Jno. | A. L. S. | Jan. 18, 1860 |
USD - | Unknown | |
91 | FAIRFAX, SIR WM. Cousin of Thomas Lord Fairfax. Had charge of the Virginia Estate | D. S. | July 6, 1739 |
USD - | Unknown | |
92 | Fairfax, Geo. William. Early friend of Washington, and his associate as Surveyor of Lands | A. D. S. | Aug. 20, 1739 |
USD - | Unknown | |
93 | Farmer, Jno. Genealogist and Local Historian | A. L. S. | Concord | Dec. 29, 1835 and July 16, 1833 |
USD - | Unknown |
94 | Farnese, Alexander. Duke of Parma. Celebrated General | Parchment L. S. | 1591 |
USD - | Unknown | |
95 | Ferguson, Elizabeth (Graeme). Early Philadelphia Poet. Conveyed the Notorious Letter of the Rev. Jacob Duche to General Washington. Translated "Telemachus" in verse | A. L. S. | Graeme Park | March 18, 1780 |
USD - | Unknown |
96 | Field, Eugene. Favorite American Poet | A. L. S. | London | Jany 17, 1890 |
USD - | Unknown |
97 | Field, Eugene | A. L. S. | Nov. 27, 1891 |
USD - | Unknown | |
98 | Field, Eugene | Autograph Poem of a very questionable Character entitled | USD - | Unknown | ||
99 | Field, Eugene | Autograph Poem of a very questionable Character entitled | USD - | Unknown |