Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts , 1186, Chicago

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Auction Date
July 25, 2024 - July 25, 2024
Page Size: 500 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 LEWIS, Evan

An Address to Christians ...on the Inconsistency of Admitting Slave-Holders to Communion and Church Membership.

Philadelphia 1831 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
2 ADAMS, Ansel

Yosemite and the Range of Light.

Boston 1979 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
3 ADAMS, Douglas

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy Plus the Fourth and Fifth Books.

London and Sydney 1979-1995 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,040.00
4 AESOP L'ESTRANGE, Sir Roger

Fables of Aesop And Other Eminent Mythologists: with Morals and Reflexions.

London 1692 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 600.00
5 MYRDAL, Gunnar

An American Dilemma. The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy.

New York 1944 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 780.00
6 JOHNSON, Charles S., HURSTON, Zora Neale, HUGHES, Langston, et al., contributors.

Ebony and Topaz. A Collectanea. Edited by Charlds S. Johnson.

New York 1927 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,020.00
7

Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum Omnes Sopho-Spagyricae Artis Discipulos Fidelissime Erudiens.

Frankfurt and Leipzig 1749 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,800.00
8 ALDRIN, Edwin E. Jr., "Buzz"

First on the Moon. A Voyage with Neil Armstrong Michael Collins Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.

Boston 1970 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 780.00
9 HAUSER, Thomas

Muhammad Ali. His Life and Times.

New York 1991 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
10 BALL, John

Remarks upon the Geology and Physical Features of The Country West of The Rocky Mountains.

New Haven 1835 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
11 CARVER, Jonathan

Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America in the Years 1766 1767 and 1768.

London 1779 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,400.00
12 SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry R.

Narrative Journal of Travels Through the Northwestern Regions of the United States...

Albany 1821 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,020.00
13 SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry R.

Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake the Actual Source of This River.

New York 1834 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,200.00
14 POLLIO, Marcus Vitruvius

Di Architettura. Edited by F. L. Durantino.

Venice 1535 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,680.00
15 J. B. SULLIVAN AND BROTHER. SHELDON, George William

Artistic Houses Being a Series of Interior Views of a number of the Most Beautiful and Celebrated Homes in the United States...

New York 1883-84 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 31,200.00
16 BERNHARD, Thomas

Die Mutze.

Neu-Isenburg 1986 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
17 HENNESSY, John Basil, et al.

Masterpieces of Western and Near Eastern Ceramics.

Tokyo: 1979-1978 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 300.00
18

Group of 4 Large Format Illustrated Books.

V.p. ca.late 19th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
19

Large Group of Nearly 370 Books Mainly Related to Art or Illustration.

V.p. ca.19th - 20th century USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
20 ROPS, Felicien and LICHT, Hans

Pair of Titles in 5 Volumes including: EXSTEENS Maurice. L'Oeuvre Grave et Lithographie de Felicien Rops.

Paris 1928 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 450.00
21 STRAHAN, Edward, editor.

The Chefs-d'Oeuvre.

Philadelphia ca.1878 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
22 TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de, subject.

JULIEN Edouard. Les Affiches de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Monte Carlo 1950 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
23 TUCCI, Giuseppe

Tibetan Painted Scrolls.

Rome 1949 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,560.00
24 VERVE, editor.

Moods and Movements in Art.

New York 1959 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 600.00
25 ZADKIEL, pseudonym of MORRISON, Richard James, editor.

The Horoscope; a Weekly Miscellany of Astrology Containing Complete Answers to Every Objection to the Science.

Liverpool 1834 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 732. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 361. One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1585) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 55. Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1545) Est. $6,000 - $7,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 27. Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map of the World Published After WWI (1924) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 637. Complete Example of De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VIII (1606) Est. $4,750 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 50. Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (1511) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 399. One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland by John Speed (1610) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 689. Pictorial Map of Melbourne in the Style of MacDonald Gill (1934) Est. $900 - $1,100
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 652. Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa in Full Contemporary Color (1663) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 729. Hand-Colored Image of David Handing the Letter to Uriah (1518) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 533. Eight-Volume Set Recounting Travels of Anacharsis in Greece (1789) Est. $800 - $950
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier). The History of the Bucaniers of America..., 4 parts in one, 3rd edition, 1704. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Greenough (George Bellos). A Physical and Geological Map of England & Wales..., Geological Society, July 1865. £5,000-8,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Illuminated Psalter. Manuscript Psalter with Calendar, Flanders or North-East France, late 13th century. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Use of Rome, in Latin, Florence, c. 1470s. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae..., 1555. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Llwyd (Humphrey). The Breviary of Britayne..., 1st edition in English, 1573. William Lambarde's copy. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Embroidered Binding. The Whole Book of Psalmes..., Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1634. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Astronomy Manuscript. [Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c.1655). Tabulae Britannicae, the British tables…], late 17th c. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Elew (Jan Barend, publisher). Nederlandsch bloemwerk, Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1794. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Vellucent Art Nouveau Binding [Book of Common Prayer] by Herbert Granville Fell, 1900. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books, 2nd edition, 1721. £2,000-3,000
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
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