• 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.
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    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.

Marc van de Wiele Auctions: October Auction, 101824, Brugge

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 18, 2024 - October 19, 2024
Page Size: 1107 items in 45 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
966 [EERELMAN] DE THEULEGOET, G. Hynderick

L' Espece Chevaline a Travers le Monde ... publie ... sous le Patronage Officiel de la Societe Royale Hippique de Belgique

Anvers [ca. 1880] EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 650.00
967 GROEN, Jan van der

Het Vermakelijck Landt-Leven 6 parts in 1 vol.: (1) Den Nederlandtsen Hovenier. Zijnde het 1. deel van het Vermakelyk Land-leven. Beschrijvende alderhande Princelijke en Heerlijke Lust-hoven en Hof-steden (...). (2) Twee hondert Modellen, voor de Lief-heb

Amsterdam 1675 EUR 380.00 - 600.00 EUR 975.00
968 HAUY, Rene Just

Essai d'une theorie sur la structure des crystaux appliquee a plusieurs genres de substances crystallisees

Paris 1784 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
969 JULLIEN, Andre

Manuel du sommelier ou Instruction pratique sur la maniere de soigner les vins [...]. Avec trois planches. Troisieme edition

Paris 1822 EUR 80.00 - 140.00 EUR 208.00
970 KNOOP, Johann Hermann

Beschouwende en werkdadige hovenier-konst of Inleiding tot de waare oeffening der planten

Leeuwarden 1753 EUR 450.00 - 700.00 EUR 650.00
971 OTTOLANDER, K.J.W.; KOSTER, A.; DE VOS, C.]

Nederlandsche Flora en Pomona beschreven en uitgegeven door het bestuur der pomologische vereeniging te Boskoop. Met platen naar de natuur geteekend door A.J. Wendel

Groningen 1876 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 780.00
972 PETIT, Jean Francois

Nouvel essai sur l'oisellerie calque sur les temperatures analogues a celle extraordinaire de 1816 [...] ou Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, ou bien suite de Topographies descriptives des passages periodiques des oiseaux le long des divers fleuves et rivie

Ypres (1816) EUR 360.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
973 PLINIUS Secundus, Caius

Des wijtberoemden natuer-kondigers vier boecken, handelende van de natuere der menschen, der vier-voetighe en kruypende ghedierten der voghelen ende kleyne beestjens der visschen oesters ende kreeften

Amsterdam 1644 EUR 380.00 - 450.00 EUR 715.00
974 [PLUCHE, N.]

Le spectacle de la nature, entretiens sur les particularites de l'histoire naturelle, qui ont paru les plus propres a rendre les Jeunes-Gens curieux & a leur former l'esprit

La Haye 1743 - 53 EUR 280.00 - 360.00 EUR 416.00
975 STERBEECK, Johannes Franciscus van]

Den Nederlandschen verstandigen hovenier, over de XII maanden van het Jaer, beschryvende hoe men op de beste en bekwaemste maniere hoven, thuynen, lusthoven en boomgaerden zal verordineren, bereyden, beplanten en bezaeyen. In dezen Gendschen druk veel ver

Gent z.d EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 156.00
976 TEIRLINCK, Isidoor

Flora diabolica, de plant in de demonologie

Antwerpen 1930 EUR 60.00 - 90.00 EUR 286.00
977 WALLERIUS, Jean Gottschalk

L'agriculture reduite a ses vrais principes

Paris 1774 EUR 180.00 - 240.00 EUR 286.00
978 ALGAROTTI, Francesco

Le Newtonianisme pour les dames, ou entretiens sur la lumiere, sur les couleurs et sur l'attraction

Paris 1739 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
979 BACON, Francis

Francisci Baconi, Baronis de Verulamio, Vice-Comitis Sancti Albani, Operum Moralium et Civilium Tomus... ab ipso honoratissimo auctore, praeterquam in paucis, Latinitate donatus

Londini 1638 EUR 280.00 - 360.00 EUR 585.00
980 BAKER, Henry

Nuttig gebruik v.h. mikroskoop, of handleiding tot nieuwe waarnemingen omtrent de configuratien en krystallen der zouten, (etc.). Hier agter is gevoegd de natuurlyke historie v.d. polypen

Amsteldam 1756 EUR 80.00 - 140.00 EUR 104.00
981 CASSINI, J.D.

Extrait des observations astronomiques et physiques, Faites par ordre de Sa Majeste, A l'Observatoire Royal en l'annee 1790

Paris s.d EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 104.00
982 DE GRAAF, Abraham

De starre-kust. Leerende de hoedanigheden der beweginge van alle zichtbare Hemelsche Lighamen ... verduistering van Zon en Maan

Amsteldam 1659 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,040.00
983 EUCLIDES

Dedomena. Data. Opus ad veterum geometriae autorum Archimedis, Apollonii, Pappi, Eutocii, caeterorumque non modo lectionem, sed ad Geometricae quoque Analyseos instaurationem plane necessarium, & a multis diu desideratum

Lutetiae Parisiorum 1625 EUR 1,600.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
984 MONTUCLA, J.F.

Histoire de Mathematiques, dans laquelle on rend compte de leurs progres depuis leur origine jusqu'a nos jours; ou l'on expose le tableau et le developpement des principales decouvertes ... Nouvelle edition considerablement augmentee

Paris (1799-1802) EUR 320.00 - 450.00 EUR 1,040.00
985 NOLLET, Jean-Antoine

Lecons de physique experimentale

Paris 1767-1765 EUR 140.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
986 SMITH, Robert - PEZENAS, Esprit SJ (trad.)

Traite complet d'optique. Traduit de l'anglois de Smith, par le P. Pezenas

Avignon 1767 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 286.00
987 GALLEUS, Servatius

Dissertationes de Sibyllis, earumque oraculis cum figuris aeneis

Amstelodami 1688 EUR 280.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
988 GORGEU, Michel

Remarques sur les souverains pontifes romains, qui ont tenu le saint siege, depuis Celestin II iusqu'a maintenant, avec leurs armes blasonnees ... au sujet de la prophetie, qui se voit sous le nom de S. Malachie Archevesque d'Armach

Abbeville 1659 EUR 360.00 - 500.00 EUR 468.00
989 OPSOPAEUS, Johannes

Hoc est Sibyllina oracula ex vett. codd. aucta - Oracula magica Zoroastris cum scholiis plethonis - Oracula metrica Iovis, Apollinis, Hecates, Serapidis et aliorum deorum...

Paris 1599 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
990 BIENVILLE, D.T. de

La nymphomanie ou Traite de la fureur uterine [...]. Nouvelle edition

Amsterdam 1784 EUR 120.00 - 200.00 EUR 182.00
  • 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.
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
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    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    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
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