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    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
  • ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.

Sothebys: Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection D-M, N11499, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 18, 2024 - October 18, 2024
Page Size: 331 items in 14 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
765 Herodianus Syrus.

Herodiani Historiarum lib. VIII Graece pariter et Latine [Latin text only].

Venice September 1524 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 127,000.00
766 Herodianus Syrus.

Herodiani Historiarum lib. VIII Graece pariter et Latine [Greek and Latin].

Venice September 1524 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,620.00
767 Herodianus Syrus.

Herodiani Historiarum lib. VIII Graece pariter et Latine [Greek and Latin].

Venice September 1524 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 889.00
768 Herodotus.

Herodoti Libri nouem quibus Musarum indita sunt nomina Musarum nomina Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene, Tersichore, Erato, Polymnia, Vrania, Calliope [Greek].

Venice September 1502 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 50,800.00
769 Hesychius Alexandrinus.

Esychiou Lexikon. Hesychii Dictionarium [Greek].

Venice August 1514 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
770 Hippocrates.

Omnia opera Hippocratis [Greek].

Venice May 1526 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 31,750.00
771 [Holy Roman Empire].

Le institutioni dell'Imperio contenute nella Bolla d[']oro, nuouamente dalla latina nella uolgar lingua tradotte.

Venice 1558 1559 ? USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,524.00
774 Homer.

Odysseia, Batrachomyomachia, Ymnoi 32. Vlyssea, Batrachomyomachia, Hymni 32.

Venice after 31 October 1504; Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,890.00
775 Homer.

Ilias [volume 2:] Odysseia, Batrachomyomachia, Ymnoi 32. Vlyssea, Batrachomiomachia, Hymni 32 [Greek].

Venice June 1517 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 13,970.00
776 Homer.

Omerou Ilias. Homeri Ilias. [Volume 2:] Odysseia, Batrachomyomachia, Ymnoi 32. Vlyssea, Batrachomyomachia, Hymni XXXII].

Venice September 1524 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 40,640.00
777 Homer.

Homerus. Odysseia, Batrachomyomachia, Ymnoi 32. Vlyssea, Batrachomyomachia, Hymni XXXII [Greek].

Venice September 1524 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,620.00
778 [Book of Hours].

Horae beatiss. virginis secundum consuetudinem romanae curiae. Septem psalmi poenitentiales cum laetaniis & orationibus [Greek].

Venice 5 December 1497 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 88,900.00
779 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.

Horatius.

Venice May 1501 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 27,940.00
780 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.

Horatius.

Venice May 1501 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 139,700.00
781 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.

Horatius.

Venice May 1501 USD 100,000.00 - 140,000.00 USD 165,100.00
782 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.

Horatius.

Lyon USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 5,334.00
783 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.

Poemata, in quibus multa correcta sunt, et institutiones suis locis positae, commentatorium quodammodo uice funguntur ... Adnotationes nonnullae in toto opere in quibus uel aliquid mutandum ostenditur uel cur mutatum sit ratio redditur.

Venice March 1509 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,240.00
784 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.

Poemata: nuperq[ue] accuratissime castigata, & in quibus multa sunt addita ad eorum declarationem spectantia.

Lyon August 1518 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,810.00
785 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.

Poemata omnia ... Centimetrum Marij Seruij. Annotationes Aldi Manutij Romani in Horatium.

Venice November 1519 USD 26,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 33,020.00
786 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.

Poemata omnia. Centimetrum Marij Seruij. Annotationes Aldi Manutij Romani in Horatium.

Venice September 1527 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,540.00
787 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, Aldo Manuzio, Marc-Antoine Muret, and others.

Horatius. M. Antonii Mureti in eundem annotationes.

Venice 1555 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,890.00
788 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.

Eleganze insieme con la copia della lingua toscana, e latina, scielte da Aldo Mannuccio: utilissime al comporre nell'una e nell'altra lingua. Con l'aggiunta di CCCCLXXXVIII nuovi capi necessariissimi: et con tre nuove tavole.

Venice 1580 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,016.00
789 Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.

Carmina, atque Epodos, Bernardini Parthenii Spillimbergii Commentarii.

Venice 1585 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 889.00
790 Iamblichus Chalcidensis, and others.

Iamblichus de mysteriis Aegyptiorum. Chaldaeorum. Assyriorum. Proclus in Platonicum alcibiadem de anima, atq; daemone.

Venice September 1497 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 31,750.00
791 Iamblichus Chalcidensis, and others.

Iamblichus de mysteriis Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, Assyriorum. Proclus in Platonicum Alcibiadem de anima, atque daemone.

Venice November 1516 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,810.00
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  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
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    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Gell (William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity, 1804. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 1842. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: North America. Moll (Herman)..., This Map of North America..., circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed, 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Cuffee (Paul). Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color, Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Orwell (George). Animal Farm, 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £1,000 to £1,500.
  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
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