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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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400 | Bonaparte, Joseph. King of Spain | A. L. S. | June 29, 1824 |
USD - | Unknown | |
401 | Bourienne, Fauvelet de. Napoleons Secretary and Faithful Companion. Author of "Memoirs" | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
402 | Boyer, Pierre. One of Napoleon's Generals of Brigade | A. L. S. | 9 Ventose, An. 10 |
USD - | Unknown | |
403 | Calonne, Charles Alexandre de. French Minister of State. Controller-General of the Finances under Louis XVI | L. S. | July 15, 1773 |
USD - | Unknown | |
404 | Camus, Armand Gaston. French Revolutionist. Member of the Committee of Public Safety. Attempted to arrest Gen. Dumouriez | A. L. S. | Jan. 1, An. 1 |
USD - | Unknown | |
405 | Carnot, Lazare Nicolas. One of the most prominent actors in the French Revolution. Member of the Committee of Public Safety, and one of the Directors of the Republic | A. D. S. of three lines on a 4to Revolutionary Document | An. 5 |
USD - | Unknown | |
406 | Cadore, Jean B. Nompere de Champagny, Duc de. French Revolutionist. Minister of the Interior under Napoleon | Official L. S. | Oct. 16, 1806 |
USD - | Unknown | |
407 | Championnet, Jean Etienne. One of Napoleon's ablest Generals of Division | L. S. | An. 6 |
USD - | Unknown | |
408 | Chaptal, Jean Antoine. Distinguished Chemist, Revolutionist and Minister of the Interior | L. S. | 17 Thermidor, An. 9 |
USD - | Unknown | |
409 | Claviere, Etienne. Noted Girondist Minister of Finance during part of the French Revolution | Official L. S. | May 6, 1793 |
USD - | Unknown | |
410 | Cubieres, Amedee Louis Despans de. French General and Minister of State | A. L. S. | June 12, 1845 |
USD - | Unknown | |
411 | Dambray, Charles Henri. Chancellor of France under Napoleon. President of the Chamber of Peers | Official L. S. | Feb. 11, 1815 |
USD - | Unknown | |
412 | Decres, Denis, Duc. Distinguished French Admiral. Minister of Marine during the French Revolution | Official A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
413 | Dejean, Jean Francois Aime, Comte. General of Division under Napoleon. Minister of War | Official L. S. | Oct. 3, 1806 |
USD - | Unknown | |
414 | Delaborde, Henri Francois, Comte. General of Division under Napoleon | A. L. S. | 5 Ventose, An. 12 |
USD - | Unknown | |
415 | Denon, Dominique Vivant, Baron. French Artist and Author. Remarkable for his accomplishments. Selected by Napoleon to accompany him to Egypt | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
416 | Desaix, Louis Charles Antoine. Eminent and Gallant General. Noted for his services in Egypt. Killed at Marengo | L. S. | 14 Ventose, An. 5 |
USD - | Unknown | |
417 | Desbureaux, Charles Francois. Distinguished General of Division under Napoleon | L. S. | 16 Fructidore, An. 10 |
USD - | Unknown | |
418 | Dumont, Andre. Noted French Jacobin and Revolutionist. One of most the Prominent Members of the Convention and the Committee of Public Safety | A. D. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
419 | Dupont, Pierre. Distinguished General of Division under Napoleon. Defeated the Austrians in 1801 | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
420 | Dupont de Memours, Pierre Samuel. President of the French National Assembly in 1792. Author | A. L. S. | Oct. 9, 1801 |
USD - | Unknown | |
421 | Fain, Agathon Jean Francois, Baron. French Historian. Secretary to Napoleon during his Campaigns | L. S. | April 26, 1831 |
USD - | Unknown | |
422 | Feltre, Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, Duc de. Able General of Division under Napoleon. Minister of War | Official L. S. | Oct. 28, 1811 |
USD - | Unknown | |
423 | Fesch, Joseph. French Cardinal. Half-brother of Napoleon's Mother | D. S. | 23 Vend., An. 14 |
USD - | Unknown | |
424 | Fouche, Joseph, Duke of Otranto. Celebrated French Jacobin. Minister of Police under Napoleon. Official | L. S. | 21 Brumaire, An. 13 |
USD - | Unknown | |
425 | Foy, Maximilian Sebastien. Distinguished General under Napoleon. Eminent Orator | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
426 | Garat, Dominique Joseph. Noted French Revolutionist. Minister of the Interior under the National Conventio | Official L. S. | April 19, 1793 |
USD - | Unknown | |
427 | Gassendi, Jean Jacques Basilien. General of Division under Napoleon. Councillor of State, and Senator | A. D. S. | Nov. 22, 1810 |
USD - | Unknown | |
428 | Gobel, Jean Baptiste. Bishop of Paris. Revolutionist. Guillotined in 1794 | A. D. S. | Sept. 5, 1791 |
USD - | Unknown | |
429 | Gourgaud, Gaspard, Baron. General of Division under Napoleon, whom he accompanied to Saint Helena | L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
430 | Gregoire, Henri. Bishop of Blois and Eminent Writer. Revolutionist and Member of the Convention | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
431 | Haxo, Francois Nicolas Benoit. Able Military Engineer and General of Division under Napoleon | A. L. S. | Jan. 25, 1828 |
USD - | Unknown | |
432 | Herault de Sechelles, Marie Jean. Noted Revolutionist and one of the Leaders of the Jacobins. Executed, with Danton, 1794 | A. L. S. | Oct. 18, An. 1 |
USD - | Unknown | |
433 | Jean Bon Saint-Andre, Baron. A Leading Revolutionist and Jacobin. One of the Committee of Public Safety | D. S. | Jan. 12, 1808 |
USD - | Unknown | |
434 | Joubert, Barthelemy Catherine. Celebrated General under Napoleon. General-in-Chief of the Army in Italy. Killed at the Battle of Novi | Military D. S. | April 19, 1796 |
USD - | Unknown | |
435 | Jourdan, Jean Baptiste. Eminent General. One of Napoleon's Marshals | L. S. | Aug. 6, 1830 |
USD - | Unknown | |
436 | Jullien, Marc Antoine. Known as " Jullien de Paris." Revolutionist. Commissioner of the Convention to Bordeaux. Founder of " La Revue Encyclopedique" | A. L. S. | Nov. 2, 1816 |
USD - | Unknown | |
437 | Kleber, Jean Baptiste. Celebrated French General. Assassinated in Egypt | Military A. L. S. | Brumaire | An. 8 |
USD - | Unknown |
438 | Lacoste, Etienne Philippe, Baron de. Revolutionist Secretary for the Navy and Colonies under the National Convention in 1792 | L. S. | Jan. 17, 1783 |
USD - | Unknown | |
439 | La Forest, Antoine Rene Charles Mathurin, Comte de. French Diplomatist and Minister of State. Sent by Napoleon on many important missions | L. S. | Sept. 25, 1788 |
USD - | Unknown | |
440 | Lanjuinais, Jean Denis, Comte. Member of the National Convention in 1792, where he resisted the terrorists with great energy. Senator and Author | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
441 | Lauriston, Jacques Alexandre Bernard Law, Marquis de. Marshal of France. Distinguished General of Division under Napoleon | A. L. S. | Nov. 28, 1822 |
USD - | Unknown | |
442 | Le Brun, Charles Francois. Duc de Plaisance. French Statesman. Napoleon appointed him Third Consul | L. S. | Aug. 12, 1807 |
USD - | Unknown | |
443 | Letourneur, Charles Louis Francois Honoree. Prominent Revolutionist and Member of the National Convention. One of the Directors of the French Republic | D. S. | 7 Messidor, An. 9 |
USD - | Unknown | |
444 | Lindet, Jean Baptiste Robert. Noted Jacobin. Member of the Convention, and of the Committee of Public Safety. Minister of Finance under the Directory | Official D. S. | 23 Vendemiaire, An. 28 |
USD - | Unknown | |
445 | Louis XVI. King of Fiance, Died on the guillotine | L. S. | Oct. 28, 1774 |
USD - | Unknown | |
446 | Macdonald, Etienne Jacques Joseph. Duke of Tarentum. One of Napoleon's Most Distinguished Marshals | A. L. S. | Feb. 10, 1828 |
USD - | Unknown | |
447 | Maison, Nicolas Joseph, Comte. French Marshal. General of Division under Napoleon | A. L. S. | Sept. 8, 1834 |
USD - | Unknown | |
448 | Menou, Jacques Francois, Baron de. Distinguished General of Division under Napoleon. Succeeded Kleber as Commander of the Army in Egypt | A. L. S. | July 15, 1806 |
USD - | Unknown | |
449 | Merlin de Douai, Philippe Antoine, Comte. Prominent Revolutionist and Member of the National Convention. Minister of Police under the Republic. Minister of Justice | Official L. S. | 29 Nivose, An. 4 |
USD - | Unknown | |
450 | Merlin de Thionville, Antoine Christophe. Noted Revolutionist. Member of the National Convention, and of the Council of Five Hundred | D. S. | 19 Praireal, An. 7 |
USD - | Unknown | |
451 | Miollis, Sextuis Alexandre Frangois, Comte. Commanded the French Army in Northern Italy in 1805. Served in the American Revolutionary War, and was wounded at Yorktown | A. L. S. | March 13, 1826 |
USD - | Unknown | |
452 | Montalivet, Jean Pierre Bachasson, Comte de. Statesman. Minister of the Interior under Napoleon | L. S. | June 8, 1811 |
USD - | Unknown | |
453 | Murat, Lucien Charles, Prince. Son of Marshal Murat, King of Naples. Senator of France | A. L. S. | July 30, 1826 |
USD - | Unknown | |
454 | Murat, Napoleon Achille, Prince. Son of Marshal Murat, King of Naples. Emigrated to Florida, and died there in 1847 | A. L. S. | Aug. 19, 1825 |
USD - | Unknown | |
455 | Napoleon Bonaparte. Emperor of France | Marginal Note, in his handwriting, signed " N," on a folio document | Nov. 5, 1809 |
USD - | Unknown | |
456 | Pache, Jean Nicolas. Revolutionist. Minister of War under the National Convention. Mayor of Paris in 1793 | Official L. S. | Jan. 7, 1793 |
USD - | Unknown | |
457 | Petion de Villeneuve, Jerome. Revolutionist. Mayor of Paris. Proscribed in 1793 | Official A. L. S. | Feb. 9, 1792 |
USD - | Unknown | |
458 | Poncet de la Cour, Antoine Francois. General of Brigade under Napoleon. Commander of the Legion of Honor | Military L. S. | Aug. 21, 1805 |
USD - | Unknown | |
459 | Rampon, Antoine Guillaume, Comte. General of Division under Napoleon. Distinguished in many campaigns | A. L. S. | May 14, 1843 |
USD - | Unknown | |
460 | Real, Pierre Francois, Comte de. Partisan of Danton in 1793. Contributed actively to the success of Bonaparte in 1799 | A. L. S. | May 17, 1808 |
USD - | Unknown | |
461 | Rochambeau, Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur, Vicomte de. General of Division under Napoleon. Colonel of French troops in the American Revolutionary War. Distinguished at Yorktown | Military L. S. | 1 Fructidor, An. 11 |
USD - | Unknown | |
462 | Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Francois A. F., Due de la. Member of the French Constituent Assembly. Author of "Travels in the United States" | A. L. S. | Oct. 8, 1808 |
USD - | Unknown | |
463 | Rovigo, Anne Jean Marie Rene Savary, Due de. General of Division and Minister of Police under Napoleon. Defeated the Russians at Ostrolenka, in 1807 | L. S. | Aug. 28, 1810 |
USD - | Unknown | |
464 | Sebastiani, Horace Francois, Comte. Distinguished General under Napoleon. Marshal of France | L. S. | Dec. 14, 1830 |
USD - | Unknown | |
465 | Serurier, Jean Mathieu Philibert, Comte. Distinguished General of Division under Napoleon, by whom he was made Marshal of France in 1804 | A. L. S. | 1 Brumaire, An. 13 |
USD - | Unknown | |
466 | Tascher de la Pagerie, Joseph Gaspard, Chevalier. Father of the Empress Josephine, Napoleon's first wife | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
467 | Talleyrand, Charles Maurice de, Prince de Benevento. Celebrated French Statesman, Diplomatist and Wit | L. S. | Aug. 4, 1806 |
USD - | Unknown | |
468 | Turreau, Louis Marie, Baron. General. Commanded the Army that Defeated the Vendeans in 1793. Sent by Napoleon as Minister to the U. S. | A. L. S. | Sept. 5, 1806 |
USD - | Unknown | |
469 | Boudinot, Elias. M. C. from N. J. President of the Continental Congress | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
470 | Bourn, Benjamin. M. C. from R. I. | A. L. S. | Jan. 6, 1791 |
USD - | Unknown | |
471 | Benson, Egbert. M. C. from N. Y. M. O. C, and Delegate to the Annapolis Convention | A. D. S. | Aug. 29, 1801 |
USD - | Unknown | |
472 | Cadwalader, Lambert. M. C. from N.J. Colonel in the Revolutionary War, and M. O. C. | A. L. S. | Jan. 1, 1777 |
USD - | Unknown | |
473 | Clymer, George. M. C. from Pa. Signer of the Declaration of Independence | A. L. S. | Feb. 7, 1794 |
USD - | Unknown | |
474 | Carroll, Daniel. M. C. from Md. Signer of the Constitution, and M. O. C. | D. S. | Oct. 22, 1794 |
USD - | Unknown | |
475 | Dalton, Tristram. Senator from Mass. | A. L. S. | Washington | Oct. 24, 1800 |
USD - | Unknown |
476 | Dickinson, Philemon. Senator from N. J. General in the Revolutionary War, and M. O. C. | A. D. S. | Jan. 31, 1785 |
USD - | Unknown | |
477 | Ellsworth, Oliver. Senator from Conn. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court U. S. | A. D. S. | Aug. 13, 1803 |
USD - | Unknown | |
478 | Few, William. Senator from Ga. Signer of the Constitution, and M. O. C. | L. S. | Jan. 28, 1817 |
USD - | Unknown | |
479 | Fitzsimons, Thomas. M. C. from Pa. Signer of the Constitution, and M. O. C. | A. L. S. | July 17, 1801 |
USD - | Unknown | |
480 | Foster, Theodore. Senator from R. I. | A. L. S. | Feb. 16, 1796 |
USD - | Unknown | |
481 | Goodhue, Benjamin. M. C. from Mass., afterwards Senator | A. L. S. 4to. March 18, 1776. To Col. Walker on Congressional business | March 18, 1776 |
USD - | Unknown | |
482 | Hartley, Thomas. M. C. from Pa. Colonel in the Revolutionary War, and M. O. C. | A. L. S. | Aug. 27, 1787 |
USD - | Unknown | |
483 | Hawkins, Benjamin. Senator from N. C. M. O. C. | A. D. S. | Jan. 27, 1809 |
USD - | Unknown | |
484 | Henry, John. Senator from Md. M. O. C, and Governor of Md. | L. S. | Aug. 15, 1798 |
USD - | Unknown | |
485 | Izard, Ralph. Senator from S. C. M. O. C. | A. L. S. | Dec. 2, 1793 |
USD - | Unknown | |
486 | Jackson, James. M. C. from Ga. Distinguished Colonel in the Revolutionary War and Governor of Ga. | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
487 | Johnston, Samuel. Senator from N. C. M. O. C. | D. S. | July 26, 1792 |
USD - | Unknown | |
488 | King, Rufus. Senator from N. Y. Signer of the Constitution, and M. O. C. | A. L. S. | May 10, 1801 |
USD - | Unknown | |
489 | Laurance, John. M. C. from N. Y. Aide to Gen. Washington and M. O. C. | A. L. S. | Aug. 22, 1808 |
USD - | Unknown | |
490 | Lee, Richard Bland. M. C. from Va. M. O. C. | A. L. S. | Washington | Nov. 4, 1819 |
USD - | Unknown |
491 | Langdon, John. Senator from N. H. Signer of the Constitution, and M. O. C. | D. S. | June 21, 1781 |
USD - | Unknown | |
492 | Maclay, William. Senator from Pa. | A. L. S. | July 23, 1776 |
USD - | Unknown | |
493 | Morris, Robert. Senator from Pa. SIGNER of the Declaration of Independence | A. D. S. | June 4, 1784 |
USD - | Unknown | |
494 | Muhlenberg, Fred. Aug. M. C. from Pa. M. O. C, and Speaker of H. of R. | A. D. S. | Nov. 27, 1793 |
USD - | Unknown | |
495 | Mathews, George. M. C. from Ga. Brevet Brig.-Gen. in the Revolutionary War, and Governor of Ga. | D. S. | Jan. 30, 1787 |
USD - | Unknown | |
496 | Monroe, James. Senator from Va. President of the U. S. | L. S. | Aug. 9, 1814 |
USD - | Unknown | |
497 | Moore, Andrew. M. C. from Va., afterwards Senator | A. L. S. | March 6, 1797 |
USD - | Unknown | |
498 | Muhlenberg, Peter. M. C. from Pa. Brig.-Gen. in the Revolutionary War | A. L. S. | Feb. 14, 1791 |
USD - | Unknown | |
499 | Smith, William. M. C. from Md. M. O. C. | D. S. | Dec. 31, 1799 |
USD - | Unknown |