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Fonsie Mealy’s
Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
18th June 2025Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: French Bateau Bed, exhibition piece from the Exposition Universelle—The Paris World’s Fair, 1878. Third quarter of the 19th century. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde. -
Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000
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Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints, 40925, Gloucestershire
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 09, 2025 - April 09, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Burton (William) | The Description of Leicester Shire |
London | [1622] | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 610.00 |
| 27 | Camden (William) | Camden's Britannia, |
London | 1695 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,159.00 |
| 28 | Cox (Thomas) | Magna Britannia et Hibernia..., 6 volumes, |
London | 1720 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 366.00 |
| 29 | Depping (G. B.) | L'Angleterre..., |
Paris | 1824 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 146.40 |
| 30 | Dibdin (Thomas Colman) | Scenery of Torquay and Babbicombe |
1839 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 31 | Gilpin (William) | Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, 2 volumes, 2nd edition |
1788 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 732.00 | |
| 32 | Greenwood (C. & J.) | Atlas of the Counties of England... |
1834 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,830.00 | |
| 33 | Hall (Sidney) | A New British Atlas, |
London | 1836 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 34 | Hutchins (John) | History and Antiquities of Dorset, 2 volumes |
1774 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 219.60 | |
| 35 | Japanese Calendar Woodblocks. Calendar for 1953, |
Osaka Japan | 1953 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 488.00 | |
| 36 | Johnson (Thomas) | Johnson's Atlas of England, |
Manchester | 1847 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 37 | Lambarde (William) | A Perambulation of Kent, 3rd ed., |
1656 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 268.40 | |
| 38 | Lysons (Daniel) | The Environs of London, 5 vols |
1792 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 268.40 | |
| 39 | Lysons (Samuel) | A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, |
London | 1804 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 40 | Morant (Philip) | The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, 2 volumes |
1768 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 183.00 | |
| 41 | Plot (Robert) | The Natural History of Oxfordshire |
1677 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 793.00 | |
| 42 | Roscoe (Thomas) | The London and Birmingham Railway, |
[1839] | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 488.00 | |
| 43 | Speed (John) | England Wales Scotland and Ireland Described..., |
1627 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 854.00 | |
| 44 | View Books. Views of Aldborough, London |
1855 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 268.40 | ||
| 45 | Wallis (James) | Second & Superior British Atlas, 2nd edition |
1812 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 146.40 | |
| 46 | Alken (Henry) | The National Sports of Great Britain |
1825 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 488.00 | |
| 47 | Angling. The Whole Art of Fishing... |
1714 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 414.80 | ||
| 48 | Buffon (G. L. L.) | Buffon's Animated Nature..., |
London | 1828 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 793.00 |
| 49 | Couch (Jonathan) | A History of the Fishes of the British Islands, 4 vols |
1864-65 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 536.80 | |
| 50 | Darwin (Charles) | The Descent of Man, 2 vols |
1871 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 561.20 |
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/16cfdea8-0749-44a9-b801-b991dc2eaa21.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. <i>De remediis utriusque fortunæ,</i> [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/46e14fa0-19d2-42b7-9994-312d5ae3df4d.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> GAZA (THÉODORE). <i>[...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum,</i> Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/13d0418d-fffb-4841-9721-851464785bd9.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> LUTHER (MARTIN). <i>Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri,</i> Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.")
