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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.")
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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| 600 | Peters, Richard. Rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia. Member of the Albany Convention of 1754 | A. L. S. | July 2, 1765 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 601 | Phelps, Oliver, Merchant and Millionaire. One of the Proprietors of the " Phelps and Gorham " Lands in Western New York, and of the " Western Reserve " in Ohio | A. L. S. | Canadaigua | July 3, 1806 |
USD - | Unknown |
| 602 | Randolph of Roanoke, John. Eminent Orator. U. S. Senator from Va. | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
| 603 | Reading, John. Colonial Governor of New Jersey | A. L. S. 4tO. Feb. 11, 1757. To Henry Brockholst | Feb. 11, 1757 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 604 | Rcinagle, Alexander. Musician, Composer and Theatrical Manager. He and Wignell were the original managers of the old Chestnut St. Theatre, Phila. | A. L. S. | Sept. 4, 1794 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 605 | Rivington, James. Tory Journalist and Printer of New York | A. L. S. | New York | Jan. 15, 1784 |
USD - | Unknown |
| 606 | Rodney, Thomas. M. O. C. | A. L. S. | Sept. 25, 1788 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 607 | Rush, Benjamin. Signer of the Declaration of Independence | L. S. | Oct. 27, 1806 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 608 | St. Simon, Marquis de. French General in the American Revolutionary War. Commanded the French Land Forces under De Grasse in 1781, and was distinguished at the Siege of Yorktown | A. D. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
| 609 | Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Wife of the Poet. Distinguished Novelist | A. L. S. 4to. June 29, 1826. To John Howard Payne | June 29, 1826 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 610 | Shippen, William. Eminent Physician. Director-general of Military Hospitals during the Revolutionary War | A. L. S. | Dec. 1, 1798 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 611 | Sontag, Henriette, Countess Rossi. One of the Greatest Vocalists who ever Appeared on the Operatic Stage | D. S. | New York | Aug. 31, 1853 |
USD - | Unknown |
| 612 | Stephens, Alexander H. Vice-President of the Southern Confederacy | A. L. S. | June 12, 1860 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 613 | Stevens, John. One of the Original Inventors of the Steamboat | A. L. S. | Hoboken | Oct. 24, 1792 |
USD - | Unknown |
| 614 | Taylor, Bayard. Poet, Prose-Writer and Traveler | A. L. S. | Phoenixville, Pa. | Oct. 7, 1847 |
USD - | Unknown |
| 615 | Vanderlyn, John. Distinguished American Painter | A. L. S. | July 26, 1819 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 616 | Volney, Constantin Francois, Comte de. Distinguished French Philosopher, Author and Traveler | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
| 617 | Waln, Nicholas. Noted Quaker Lawyer of Philadelphia in Colonial Days | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
| 618 | Walton, George. Signer of the Declaration of Independence | D. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
| 619 | Ward, Samuel. Colonel in the Revolutionary War. Delegate to the Annapolis Convention and Member of the Hartford Convention | A. L. S. 3 pages. 4to. April 2, 1787. To Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth | April 2, 1787 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 620 | Watts, Isaac. Eminent English Divine and Sacred Poet | Manuscript | USD - | Unknown | ||
| 621 | Wilson, James. Signer of the Declaration of Independence | D. S. | Dec. 23, 1795 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 622 | Williams, John. Clergyman of Deerfield, Mass. He and all his family, with a single exception, were taken into captivity by the French and Indians at the attack on Deerfield in 1704. He was finally redeemed, and returned to Deerfield in 1706. Author of &qu | A. L. S. 4to. Dec. 14, 1726. To his Son | Dec. 14, 1726 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 623 | Wolcot, John. English Physician and Satiric Poet. Known under the pseudonym of " Peter Pindar" | A. L. S. | USD - | Unknown | ||
| 624 | Tyler, Jno. President of the U. S. | A. L. S. | Washington | June 2, 1842 |
USD - | Unknown |
| 625 | Bache, Franklin. Director of the Mint | A. L. S.... | USD - | Unknown | ||
| 626 | Alexander, Jas. Colonial Surveyor-General of New Jersey | A. D. S. | Feby. 11, 1737 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 627 | Van Winkel, Abraham | The Will of, of Essex Co., N. J. | April 11,1743 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 628 | Proclamation of the House of Parliament. Lord Mayor of London and others Declaring Charles II | Tuesday, May 8, 1660 |
USD - | Unknown | ||
| 629 | Broadside. "A Bill, entitled An Act for the relief of certain Nonjurors on the terms therein mentioned" | March 21, 1779 |
USD - | Unknown | ||
| 630 | Massachusetts' Call to Arms. "In Provincial Congress | Cambridge | Oct. 26, 1774 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 631 | Boston's Opposition to the Port-Bill. A Printed Letter from the Committee of Correspondence of Boston | Sep. 27, 1774 |
USD - | Unknown | ||
| 632 | Quakers in Rhode Island. " The Copy of some Queries Put to Mr. Auchmuty, Judge of the Admiralty, and his Opinion and Answer thereto. To the Hon. Robert Auchmuty, Esq" | Newport | March 30, 1734 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 633 | New York. " In Committee of Safety For the State of New York, Kingston | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 634 | Warren. "In Provincial Congress, Watertown, May 15th, 1775" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 635 | Massachusetts and the Continental Soldiers "... | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 636 | Massachusetts and the Bill of Rights." In Provincial Congress, Cambridge, December 5, 1774 | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 637 | Massachusetts. " In Provincial Congress, Cambridge, Feby. 14, 1775" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 638 | Rhode Island Enlistment. Enlistment and Oath of Allegiance of John Worsley, of Rhode Island, Jan. 3, 1781 | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 639 | Continental Congress. " By the United States in Congress Assembled, Feby. 23, 1785" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 640 | Continental Congress. " By the United States in Congress Assembled, November 1, 1783" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 642 | Broadside. "Second Congress of the United States, at the First Session" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 643 | Broadside. " Second Congress of the United States, at the First Session" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 644 | Broadside. " Second Congress of the United States, at the First Session" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 645 | Broadside. " Congress of the United States, at the Second Session" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 646 | Toryism. " To the Provincial Congress" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 647 | Petition and Remonstrance to the President of the United States | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 648 | Broadside. " By the President of the United State, a Proclamation" | Philadelphia | March 23, 1798 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 649 | Virginia. " In the House of Delegates Saturday Dec. 12, 1795" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 650 | Broadside. A Fast Day Proclamation of Governor Joseph Wanton, of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations | Newport | June 20, 1774 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 651 | Annexation of Texas. Report of a Mass Meeting in Carroll County, Kentucky | Nov. 25, 1843 |
USD - | Unknown | ||
| 652 | Rhode Island. " The Independent" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 653 | Broadside. Fast-Day Proclamation by Isaac Tichenor, Governor of Vermont | March 19, 1800 |
USD - | Unknown | ||
| 654 | Broadside. Thanksgiving-Day Proclamation by Thos. Chittenden, Governor of Vermont | October 17, 1794 |
USD - | Unknown | ||
| 655 | Massachusetts. Riot Proclamation issued by Wm. Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts | Boston | Oct. 18, 1744 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 656 | Surrender of Cornwallis. Official Intelligence from Virginia | Providence | Nov. 8, 1781 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 657 | Broadside. " By the Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland" | Oct. 6, 1775 |
USD - | Unknown | ||
| 658 | Broadside. " By the Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland" | Oct. 6, 1775 |
USD - | Unknown | ||
| 659 | Broadside. Rates of Toll on the Delaware and Atlantic Rail Road, now under Lease by Richard Jones and Joseph Smith | Columbus, N. J. | Jan. 1, 1842 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 660 | Confederate, Rules of the Board of Commissioners Established by the Sequestration Act... | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 661 | War with Mexico. Headquarters of the Army | Tacubaya | Sep. 10, 1847 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 662 | Franklin's Death. "The General Evening Post" | London | June 5 to June 8, 1790 |
USD - | Unknown | |
| 663 | Broadside. Pennsylvania Land Grant. Signed by General Peter Muhlenberg | Oct. 20, 1794 |
USD - | Unknown | ||
| 664 | Pennsylvania. "To the Freemen of Pennsylvania" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 665 | Broadside. " By the United States in Congress assembled, March 23, 1787" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 666 | Broadside. Hieroglyphic Epistle from Lord Bute | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 667 | American Bibles, Advertisements, Bills, etc. | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 668 | Broadside. " Committee-Chamber, July 19, 1774 | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 669 | Broadside. " The following Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee of Observation for the City and County of New York, are by them directed to be published" | Feby. 17, 1775 |
USD - | Unknown | ||
| 737 | The Washington Family. George Washington, his lady and her two grandchildren by the name of Custis" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 738 | The Washington Family. George Washington, his lady and her two grandchildren by the name of Custis" | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 739 | General Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 740 | Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 741 | Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 742 | George Washington, Esqr. | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 743 | George Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 744 | Gen. George Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 745 | G. Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 746 | Georg Washington, Esqr. | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 747 | Georg Washington, Esqr. | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 748 | George Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 749 | George Washington, Esqr. | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 750 | G. Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 751 | General Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 752 | George Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 753 | George Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 754 | His Excellency George Washington, Lieut. Genl. of the Armies of the United States of America | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 755 | His Excellency George Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 756 | George Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 757 | Gen'l Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 758 | G.Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 759 | George Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 760 | G. Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 761 | G. Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 762 | His Excellency George Washington, Esq. | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 763 | His Excellency George Washington, Esq. | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 764 | Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 765 | Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 766 | Georges Washington | USD - | Unknown | |||
| 767 | G. Washington | USD - | Unknown |
![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.")
