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Sotheby’s
Fine Books and Manuscripts
8 December 2023Sotheby’s, Dec. 8: [Austen, Jane] — Isaac D'Israeli. Jane Austen's copy of Curiosities of Literature. 100,000 - 150,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition in boards of the author's debut novel. 70,000 - 100,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Brontë, Charlotte. "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me..." 100,000 - 150,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Eliot, George. The author's magnum opus. 25,000 - 35,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Whitman, Walt. Manuscript written upon the Death of Lincoln, 1865. 60,000 - 80,000 USD -
Sotheby’s
Important Modern Literature from the Library of an American Filmmaker
8 December 2023Sotheby’s, Dec. 8: Kerouac, Jack. Typescript scroll of The Dharma Bums. Typed by Kerouac in Orlando, Florida, 1957, published by Viking in 1958. 300,000 - 500,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Hemingway, Ernest. The autograph manuscript of "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." [Key West, finished April 1936]. 300,000 - 500,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Miller, Henry. Typescript of The Last Book, a working title for Tropic of Cancer, written circa 1931–1932. 100,000 - 150,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Ruscha, Ed. Twentysix Gasoline Stations, with a lengthy inscription to Joe Goode. 40,000 - 60,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Hemingway, Ernest. in our time, first edition of Hemingway’s second book. 30,000 - 50,000 USD -
Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 7, 2023Swann, Dec. 7: Samuel Augustus Mitchell, A New Map of Texas, Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining, Philadelphia, 1846. $3,500 to $5,000.Swann, Dec. 7: 17th–19th-century case maps of various locations. $1,500 to $2,000.Swann, Dec. 7: Andreas Cellarius, Haemisphaerium Stellatum Boreale Cum Subiecto Haemisphaerio Terrestri, celestial chart, Amsterdam, 1708. $2,500 to $3,500.Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 7, 2023Swann, Dec. 7: Vincenzo Coronelli, Set of engraved gores for Coronelli’s monumental 42-inch terrestrial globe, Venice, circa 1688–97. $18,000 to $22,000.Swann, Dec. 7: Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, group of four navigational charts, Antwerp, 1580s. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, Dec. 7: Thomas Bros, Block Book of Berkeley, Oakland, 1920s. $800 to $1,200.Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 7, 2023Swann, Dec. 7: John Nieuhoff & John Ogilby, An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, map of China, plan of Canton, London, 1673. $1,200 to $1,800.Swann, Dec. 7: Frederick Sander, Reichenbachia, St. Albans, 1888-1894. $5,000 to $7,000.Swann, Dec. 7: Two early illustrated works on horsemanship and breeding, Nuremberg, early 18th century. $700 to $800.Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 7, 2023Swann, Dec. 7: John Gould, A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans. Supplement to the First Edition, London, 1834; 1855. $40,000 to $60,000.Swann, Dec. 7: John Pinkerton, A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, London, 1808–14. $1,500 to $2,500.Swann, Dec. 7: Oakley Hoopes Bailey, Hackensack, New Jersey, Boston, 1896. $800 to $1,200. -
CHRISTIE’S
Valuable Books and Manuscripts
London auction
13 December
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TREW, Christoph Jacob (1695–1769). Plantae Selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini in hortus curiosorum. [Nuremberg: 1750–1773]. £30,000–40,000Christie’s, Explore now
VERBIEST, Ferdinand (1623–88). Liber Organicus Astronomiae Europaeae apud Sinas restituate. [Beijing: Board of Astronomy, 1674]. £250,000–350,000Christie’s, Explore now
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALICE & NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT. Master of Jean Rolin (active 1445–65). Book of Hours, use of Paris, in Latin and French, [Paris, c.1450–1460]. £120,000–180,000Christie’s, Explore now
A SILVER MICROSCOPE. Probably by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), c.1700. £150,000–250,000Christie’s, Explore now
AN ENGLISH HORARY QUADRANT
C.1311. £100,000–150,000
Addison and Sarova: Fall Rare Books and Manuscripts, 1048, Social Circle
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 28, 2023 - October 28, 2023
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cervantes de Saavedra, Miguel. | THE LIFE AND EXPLOITS OF THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL SPANISH… BY CHARLES JARVIS. |
London | 1742 | USD 200.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
| 2 | Milton, John. | PARADISE LOST [with] PARADISE REGAIN'D. |
Hammersmith | 1902, 1905 | USD 300.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 3 | ATLAS TO MARSHALL'S LIFE OF WASHINGTON. |
Philadelphia | ca. 1820. | USD 80.00 - 800.00 | USD 450.00 | |
| 4 | Bonner, William G. | MAP OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. |
Milledgeville | 1847 | USD 2,500.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 48,000.00 |
| 5 | Bigelow, Jacob. | AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY, BEING A COLLECTION OF THE NATIVE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES…. |
Boston | 1817–1820. | USD 1,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 6 | Bartram, William. | TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA, THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY, THE EXTENSIVE TERRITORIES OF THE MUSCOGULGES OR CREEK CONFEDERACY, AND THE COUNTRY OF THE CHACTAWS. |
Philadelphia printed, London reprinted | 1792 | USD 400.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 7 | BIBLIA LATINA. |
Nuremberg | 1478 | USD 1,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 20,400.00 | |
| 8 | Pindar (c. 522 –c. 443 BC). | OLYMPIA, PYTHIS, NEMEA, ISTHMIA [in Greek.] |
Rome | 1515 | USD 600.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 9 | Gibbon, Edward. | THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. |
London | 1782–1788. | USD 250.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,700.00 |
| 10 | BOOK OF HOURS – USE OF PARIS. Illuminated manuscript on parchment. |
Paris, | last quarter of 15th century. | USD 6,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 21,600.00 | |
| 11 | [BIBLIA] |
Dordrecht | 1736 | USD 80.00 - 800.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 12 | Nostradamus, Michel de. | LES PROPHETIES. |
Lyon | 1568 (i.e. 1649.) | USD 120.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
| 13 | THE HOLY BIBLE. |
London | 1619, 1620 | USD 150.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,920.00 | |
| 14 | BOOK OF HOURS – USE OF PARIS. |
France (likely Anjou), | first half of the 15th century. | USD 4,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 21,600.00 | |
| 15 | Antoninus, Saint, Archbishop of Florence. | COFESSIONALE ANTHONINI. |
Paris | 1510 | USD 150.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 16 | An Act for Preventing Tumults and Riotous Assemblies, and for the more speedy and effectual Punishment of Rioters. |
London | 1715 | USD 400.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 17 | Paine, Thomas. | COMMON SENSE; ADDRESSED TO THE INHABITANTS OF AMERICA. |
Philadelphia | 1776 | USD 1,500.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
| 18 | Paine, Thomas. | [THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE.] |
Albany | 1794 | USD 100.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 19 | Jefferson, Thomas. | NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. |
Philadelphia | 1788 | USD 1,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 20 | Jefferson, Thomas; Randolph, Thomas Jefferson, ed. | MEMOIR, CORRESPONDENCE, AND MISCELLANIES FROM THE PAPERS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. |
Charlottesville | 1829 | USD 500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 21 | Hillard, E. B. | THE LAST MEN OF THE REVOLUTION A PHOTOGRAPH OF EACH FROM LIFE, TOGETHER WITH VIEWS OF THEIR HOMES PRINTED IN COLOR. |
Hartford, Conn. | 1864 | USD 600.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 22 | A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled. |
London | 1777 | USD 100.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 960.00 | |
| 23 | L. Prang. | Key to the Magic Cards, Part I. |
Boston | 1865 | USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 540.00 |
| 24 | Lot of Americana, including: ** An 1860 Illinois Republican ticket, with Abraham Lincoln running for President, and Hannibal Hamlin for Vice President (along with other candidates down ballot.) |
USD 300.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 900.00 | |||
| 25 | Mao Tse-Tung (Zedong.) | QUOTATIONS FROM MAO TSE-TUNG. |
Peking | 1967 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,800.00 |
