• Sotheby’s, June 26: Poe, Edgar Allan. Tamerlane — the most poignant rarity in American literature. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: The Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." 2,500,000 - 5,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: William Blake. “Poems with very wild and interesting pictures” 1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Thomas Taylor [artist]. The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
  • Finarte, July 4-5: FERMI, ENRICO. Letters, 1923. €30,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. The comedy, 1477. €45,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. The Comedy [Commentary by Christophorus Landinus]. Addition: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in Latin and Italian], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ASTRONOMIA - CALENDARIO - REGIOMONTANUS, JOHANNES (MÜLLER, JOHANN, OF KÖNIGSBERG) Kalendarium, 1483. €5,000 to €7,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: CATERINA II DI RUSSIA, Parchment diploma granted by Catherine II of Russia, 1778. €15,000 to €20,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: VICO, GIAMBATTISTA New Science Principles, 1725.
  • Bonhams, June 25: Vesalius, Andreas. 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. $200,000 - $300,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Gersdorff, Hans Von. 1455-1529. Feldtbuch der wundartzney. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Pare, Ambroise. C.1509-1590. La Methode Curative des Playes, et Fractures de la Teste humaine. Avec les pourtraits des Instruments necessaires pour la curation d'icelles. $25,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Reisch, Gregor. 1470-1525. Margarita Philosophica. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bright, Richard. 1789-1858. Reports of Medical Cases, Selected with a View of Illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a Reference to Morbid Anatomy. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Berengario da Carpi, Giacomo. C. 1460-1530. Tractatus de fractura calve sive cranei. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Vicq D'Azyr, Felix. 1748-1794. Traite d'antomie et de physiologie. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Croce, Giovanni Andrea Della. 1509?-1775. Chirurgia libri septem... $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bruno Da Longburgo. 1200-1286. La cyrogia di Maistro Bruno: Expertissimo in quella. Tradutta in vulgare. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Schwann, Theodor. 1810-1882. Mikroskopische Untersuchungen uber die Ubereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Cowper, William. 1666-1709. The Anatomy of Humane Bodies, with Figures Drawn after the Life… $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bidloo, Govard. 1649-1713. Anatomia humani corporis, centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiossis. G. de Lairesse ad vivum delineatis. $6,000 - $9,000
  • Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Audubon Birds of America, 1st Octavo Edition; 5 vols plus Journals, ex. J.J. Pringle. $4,000 to $4,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: American Ornithology Plates Folio in 2 Vols, A. Wilson and C. Bonaparte. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 23 CP Railroad Photographs c. 1883 by O.B. Buell. $1,800 to $2,200.
    Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Cormac McCarthy, Signed 1st Editions, The Passenger & Stella Maris Box Set. $1,700 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Oliver Buell Cabinet Photograph, Chief Crowfoot. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Colton's Atlas of the World, 1856, in Two Volumes; plus Africa / Mahdist War Map. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 1805 Thomas Jefferson Inaugural Speech. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Barflies and Cocktails, Harry McElhone, First Edition Mixology Book. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 1861 U. S. Grant Broadside Proclamation, Paducah, KY. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 2 John Overton Signed Letters, 1803, re: TN Statehood. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Simon Wastell "Microbiblion or The Bibles Epitome: in Verse" 1629. $600 to $700.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Thomas Lewis Family Letter Archive; Boston, Massachusetts. $400 to $500.

Vermot de Pas: 500 Autographs, Photographs and Drawings, 151328, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 03, 2024 - April 03, 2024
Page Size: 500 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
351

MAGIC LANTERN / Set of 5 engraved and hand-painted magic lantern glass plates (24 x 6 cm), circa 1880, depicting humorous scenes, preserved in their original wooden c

 1880 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
352

JAPAN / Rare complete set of 100 stereo cards (17.5 x 9 cm) from the 1900s devoted to Japan: scenes and types, lifestyle, sights, etc., presented in their original ca

 1900s EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 332.80
353 Marcel ROUFF

GASTRONOMY. Marcel ROUFF (1877-1936, Swiss journalist, writer and gastronome, one of the founders of the Academie des Gastronomes, friend of Curnonski) / Set of 19 si

 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 2,112.00
354

UNITED STATES / 1deg) Set of 19 stereo cards (17.5 x 9 cm) by American publisher TW Ingersoll (not all specified) depicting American scenes and sites, 1900s: bustling g

 1900s EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 128.00
355

PHOTOGRAPHIE STEREO 1860 / Suite of 2 photographs on hand-colored albumen paper depicting acrobats, circa 1860, 1 snag on 2 photos (17 x 8.5 cm) / Joint: Suite of 2 p

 1860 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
356

PHOTOGRAPHIE STEREO 1860 / Stereoscopic photograph on hand-colored albumen paper of a tooth puller, probably a fairground scene, circa 1860 (17 x 8.5 cm)

 1860 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
357

PHOTOGRAPHIE STEREO 1860 / Suite of 2 stereoscopic photographs on hand-colored albumen paper depicting soldiers at a carnival with giant mannequins, circa 1860, 1 sna

 1860 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
358

LE FAUX EN PEINTURE / Correspondence addressed to Guy ISNARD (1912-2006, organizer of the Salon de Barbizon, police commissioner specializing in forgeries in painting

 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
359

BEAUX-ARTS / Correspondence addressed to Guy ISNARD (1912-2006, organizer of the Salon de Barbizon, police commissioner specializing in painting forgeries, author of

 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
360 Marie-Adelaide de BOURBON

Marie-Adelaide de BOURBON (Duchesse de Chartres then Duchesse d'Orleans, 1753-1821, Princess of the House of Orleans, great-granddaughter of Louis XIV through the leg

 1821 EUR 180.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
361 Comte de MURINAIS

Comte de MURINAIS (Antoine Victor Augustin, 1731-1798, General, member of the Conseil des Anciens, died in deportation to French Guiana because of his participation i

 1789 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
362 Emile-Felix GAUTIER

EXPLORER - Emile-Felix GAUTIER (1864-1940, geographer, ethnologist and explorer of Madagascar and the Sahara) / Suite de 2 lettres autographes signees totalisant 5 p

 1912 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
363 Emile NIEGER

EXPLORER - Emile NIEGER (1874-1951, officer and explorer) / autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, to Commandant Meynier, he thanks him for his good wishes, announces his

 1912 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
364

TRANSSAHARIEN (railroad project to cross the French colonial empire by rail from the Mediterranean to Niger, the aim of many missions in the 19th century, such as the

 1914 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
365

TRANSSAHARIEN / 1deg) Memoire imprime du Capitaine de Genie Godefroy donne a Sidi Ferruck le 25 avril 1907, intitule "Chemin de fer de Biskra a Touggourt - Avant-Projet

 1907 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
366 Jean-Baptiste THEVENIAUT

EXPLORER - Jean-Baptiste THEVENIAUT (1870-1956, officer and explorer) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-8 plus flap with address and postage, to Captain Meynier, in 1

 1905 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
367 Louis Agricol BAUER

Louis Agricol BAUER (1865-1932, American geophysicist, astronomer and magnetician, he was the first director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, he worked on t

 1912 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
368 Philippe JOURDE

WINE - Chateau de CARRY-le-ROUET (Bouches du Rhone) - Philippe JOURDE (1816-1905, press owner, politician, when he retired from business to his chateau in Carry-le-Ro

 1900-1904 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
369 Joseph CARAGUEL

AUDE - Joseph CARAGUEL (Narbonne 1855-1941, positivist writer, said to be the favorite disciple of the Goncourt brothers) / Important correspondence of 90 signed auto

 1892-1908 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
370

OISE - Vineuil-Saint-Firmin - PRESS - JEAN-BERNARD (Jean-Bernard Passerieu dit, 1857-1936, Republican and Dreyfusard writer and journalist, friend of Zola and Rodin,

 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
371 Maurice ALBE

DORDOGNE (Perigord Noir) - Maurice ALBE (1900-1995, painter, engraver and sculptor) / "Les Mois de l'Annee" (named in the revolutionary manner), a fine group of repre

 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
372 C. GILLET

BESTIAIRE / Album of drawings by C. GILLET circa 1900, classic sketchbook, 55 drawing papers bound in full cloth cover - all sheets used (recto only) - cover captioned

 1900 EUR 180.00 - 200.00 EUR 422.40
373 Odysse BAROT

(EURE & LOIR) - Odysse BAROT (1830-1907, journalist, communard and novelist) / Correspondence of 15 signed autograph letters totaling 26 p in-8 and 2 p in-12, Years 1

 1880-90 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
374 Odysse BAROT

Odysse BAROT (1830-1907, journalist, communard and novelist) / Suite of 2 autograph manuscripts with erasures and corrections: one is signed with the pseudonym "B. Lo

 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
375 [Jules THOMAS

BEAUX-ARTS - [Jules THOMAS, 1824-1905, sculptor] / Correspondence addressed to him of 6 letters: Emile FEUGERES des FORTS (1825-1889, statuary sculptor, 3 LAS 1859-61

 1859-61 EUR 120.00 - 1,502.00 Not Sold
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Keats, John] Spenser, Edmund: The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. $50,000 - $80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: (Walton, Izaak): The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Thomas, Gabriel: An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. $25,000 - $35,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Carroll, Lewis]: The Game of Alice in Wonderland. $2,000 - $3,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Athias, Joseph, et al.: Biblia Hebraica. $7,000 - $10,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Warhol, Andy, and Jens Quistgaard] Dansk Designs Salesman's Presentation Catalogue. $2,500 - $3,500.
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