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<b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> CASAS (BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS). <i>La Découverte des Indes occidentales par les Espagnols,</i> Paris, 1697. €1,500 to €2,000.<b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> GARCILASO DE LA VEGA. <i>Primera parte de los commentarios reales, que tratan del orígen de los Yncas…,</i> Lisbonne, 1609 [1608 au colophon]. €8,000 to €10,000.<b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> GARCILASO DE LA VEGA. <i>Histoire des Yncas rois du Pérou. On a joint à cette édition l'Histoire de la conquête de la Floride,</i> Amsterdam, 1737. €800 to €1,000.<b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> LAET (JOHANNES DE). <i>L'Histoire du nouveau monde, ou description des Indes occidentales,</i> Leyde, 1640. €8,000 to €10,000.<b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> LAFITAU (JOSEPH-FRANÇOIS). <i>Mœurs des sauvages amériquains, comparées aux mœurs des premiers temps,</i> Paris, 1724. €1,200 to €1,500.<b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> ORRIO (FRANCISCO XAVIER ALEXO DE). <i>Solución del gran problema acerca de la población de las Americas,</i> Mexico, 1763. €1,500 to €2,000.<b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> [ROCHEFORT (CHARLES DE)]. <i>Histoire naturelle et morale des Îles Antilles de l'Amérique,</i> Amsterdam, 1716. €800 to €1,000.<b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> TURGOT (ANNE-ROBERT-JACQUES). <i>Mémoire sur les colonies américaines, sur leurs relations politiques avec leurs métropoles…,</i> Paris, 1791. €1,000 to €1,200. -
<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b><b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Roman binding.- Pindar. <i>Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia,</i> translated by Johannes Lonicer, contemporary Roman binding by Niccolo Franzese, Basel, 1535. £40,000 to £60,000.<b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Raverat (Gwen). Comprehensive album of 530 wood engravings, circa 1909-1950. £40,000 to £60,000.<b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Hemingway (Ernest). <i>Fiesta,</i> first English edition, first impression dust-jacket, 1927. £15,000 to £20,000.<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b><b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Fleming (Ian). <i>Casino Royale,</i> first edition, first impression, 1953. £12,000 to £18,000.<b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Dickens (Charles). <i>Great Expectations,</i> 3 vol., first edition, first impression, Chapman and Hall, 1861. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Campbell (Colen) & others. <i>Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect...,</i> 5 vol., vol.1-3 later editions, vol.4 & 5 first editions, [?1731]-31-67-71. £10,000 to £15,000.<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b><b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Geography.- Mela (Pomponius). <i>Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis,</i> Venice, Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn, 1478. £8,000 to £12,000.<b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> America.- [?Espinosa y Tello (José)]. <i>Relacion del Viage hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el Año de 1792,</i> 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, Madrid, 1802. £8,000 to £12,000.<b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet. <i>Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes,</i> 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £8,000 to £12,000.<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b><b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Botany.- Curtis (William). <i>The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed,</i> 83 vol. in 62, 1794-1956. £8,000 to £12,000.<b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Darwin (Charles).- Lecky (W.E.H.) <i>The Rise and Influence of Rationalism in Europe,</i> 2 vol., Darwin's copy with inscription "Charles Darwin 1865", pencil marginalia and pencil notes, 1865. £7,000 to £10,000. -
<center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b><b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Speed (John). <i>The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine...</i> bound with <i>The Prospect of the most Famous parts of the World,</i> Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, 1676. £20,000 to £30,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> China. De Jode (Cornelis), <i>China Regnum,</i> Antwerp [1593]. £7,000 to £10,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> World. Hondius (Henricus), <i>Nova totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula.</i> Auct: Henr. Hondio. Amsterdam, circa 1630. £5,000 to £8,000.<center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b><b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> World. Blaeu (Willem Janszoon), <i>Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula</i> auct: Guilelmo Blaeuw, Amsterdam [1635 - 58]. £5,000 to £8,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Acosta (Emanuel). <i>Rerum a Societate Iesu in Oriente gestarum ad annum usque à Deipara Virgine…,</i> 1st edition, Dillingen: Sebald Mayer, 1571. £3,000 to £5,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Ruggieri (Francesco). <i>Scelta di Architetture Antiche e Moderne della Citta di Firenze…,</i> 4 volumes bound in two, Florence, Appresso l'Editore, 1755. £3,000 to £4,000.<center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b><b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Parry (William). <i>Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage,</i> 6 vols in 5, 1st editions, 1821-27. £2,000 to £3,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Hunter (John). <i>A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-Shot Wounds,</i> 1st edition, 1794. £1,000 to £1,500.<b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Furber (Robert). <i>The Flower-Garden Display'd, in above Four Hundred Curious Representations of the most Beautiful Flowers…,</i> 1st quarto edition, London, 1732. £1,000 to £1,500.<center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b><b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Friedman (Milton). <i>A Theory of the Consumption Function,</i> 1st edition, 1957. £500 to £800.<b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Clarkson (Thomas). <i>The history of the ... abolition of the African slave-trade,</i> 2 vols., 1808. £800 to £1,200.<b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Civil War Pamphlets. A sammelband of 19 pamphlets relating to events of the English Civil War, 1640-1661. £2,000 to £3,000.
Sothebys: Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export Art, Prints, Photographs, Books, and Historical Documents, N11198, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- 01/23/2023 - 01/23/2023
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 981 | John James Audubon (After) | Summer or Wood Duck (Plate 391) | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 983 | John James Audubon | First octavo edition of Quadrupeds, in the original wrappers | New York | 1849-1854 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 984 | (Almanac) Memoirs Pour L'histoire Des Sciences et de beaux Arts ... | Paris | 1743 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,016.00 | |
| 985 | William Cunninghame | "Journal of Plans from Lt. Col. Cuninghame. Chief Engineer on the Expedition with Major General Hopson." | [Guadeloupe | 29 January 1759] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,134.00 |
| 987 | Sir Richard Worsley | The History of the Isle of Wight. | London | 1781 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 882.00 |
| 988 | Fernando Pizarro y Orellana | Varones ilustres del nuevo mundo. | Madrid | 1639 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 504.00 |
| 989 | [Charles Dickens] | The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. | London | 1843-44 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,260.00 |
| 990 | Arsène Lacarrière Latour | Archive of manuscript reports to Don Alejandro Ramirez and the Spanish authorities. | [Havana and Vera Cruz, | ca. 1819-1833] | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,260.00 |
| 991 | Sir Edmund Andros and Sir George Carteret | An important group of documents pertaining to government in the North East | [Various places | 1636-1689] | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 992 | Jacqueline Kennedy | A charming Christmas poem accomplished by the eight-year old Jackie | [New York], | 1937 | USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,890.00 |
| 993 | Charles Lindbergh | A memorandum of agreement for the publication of a book on his transatlantic flight | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 994 | George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney | A collection of 18 letters and documents. 1779-1804. | 1779-1804. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,134.00 | |
| 995 | Frances Herbert Nelson | A release of land in Nevis by the Dowager Lady Nelson to Jonathan Nesbitt | 1818 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 756.00 | |
| 996 | John Harris | First edition of his collection of voyages | London | 1705 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 882.00 |
| 997 | Admiral Horatio Nelson | Autograph letter signed twice ("Nelson") to Sir William Hamilton: "I know not what sleep is since I left Palermo..." | aboard the vanguard, off Trapani | 1799 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 5,292.00 |
| 998 | Arthur Wesley Dow | Still Life of Arts and Crafts Objects | circa 1900 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,520.00 | |
| 999 | Alexander Gardner | Portrait of Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 1000 | R. H. McKay and Frank A. Rinehart | Selected Images | circa 1898-1899 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 1001 | Anonymous American Photographer | American Naval Sailor | circa 1846 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 1002 | (George Washington) — John White | The First Century of Scandalous, Malignant Priests, Made and admitted into Benefices by the Prelates, in whole hands the Ordination of Ministers and government of the Church hath been. | London | 1643 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 504.00 |
| 1003 | John Trumbull (After) | General Washington | 1781 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,780.00 | |
| 1004 | Various Artists | A Group of Eleven Prints depicting Philadelphia and environs | circa 1796 - 1876 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,008.00 | |
| 1180 | American Blue and Black-Painted Tack Trade Sign, 19th Century | 19th Century | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,780.00 | ||
| 1183 | American Painted Pine Double-Sided "S. Cram" Tavern Sign, Dated 1816 | 1816 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,930.00 | ||
| 1184 | American Polychrome Paint-Decorated 'Rising Sun' Trade Sign | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 11,340.00 |
