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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€ -
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000 -
Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
Chorley's: The March Auctions 2025: Asian Art, Ceramics, Books & Manuscripts, 32525, Gloucestershire
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 25, 2025 - March 25, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 239 | Comte Calix | Les Travestissements Elegants |
Paris | n.d., [circa 1870] | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 240 | Boswell (James) | The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell |
London | 1951-1960 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 375.00 |
| 241 | Froude (James Anthony) | The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century |
London | 1872-1874 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 250.00 |
| 242 | Rackham (Arthur) | The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie by Richard Wagner |
London | 1910 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 525.00 |
| 243 | Wheatley (Henry B.) | The Diary of Samuel Pepys |
London | 1923 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 187.50 |
| 244 | Carroll (Lewis) | Zaehnsdorf: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There |
London | 1919 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 475.00 |
| 245 | Richard Wagner | Rackham (Arthur) Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods |
London | 1911 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 525.00 |
| 246 | [Zaehnsdorf for Asprey] Webb (Aston) et al. | Sir Christopher Wren A.D. 1632-1723: Bicentenary Memorial Volume published under the auspices of the Royal Institute of British Architects |
London | 1923 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 400.00 |
| 247 | Cervantes (Miguel de) | Fine Modern Bindings to include: The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha |
London | 1922 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 687.50 |
| 248 | Peynet [(Raymond)] | Le Tour du Monde des Amoureux de Peynet |
1954 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 249 | Young (Edward) | Night Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality |
London | [1793?] | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 137.50 |
| 250 | Yorke (Philip) | The Royal Tribes of Wales |
Wrexham | 1799 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 150.00 |
| 251 | Browne (Captain TH) | Equestrian Sports & Horse-Racing to include: History of the English Turf 1904-1930 |
London | 1931 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 56.25 |
| 252 | Art Reference books to include: Zhiyan (Li) ed., Chinese Ceramics from the Palaeolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty |
New Haven | 2010 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 43.75 | |
| 253 | Tormes (Lazarillo de) | Aventures et Espieglieries de Lazarille de Tormes |
Paris | 1801 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 254 | Tasso (Torquato) | Jerusalem Delivered... |
London | 1787 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 255 | Ariosto (Lodovico) | L'Orlando Furioso |
London | 1781 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 256 | Tasso (Torquato) | L'Aminta e L'Amor Fuggitivo ... Il Pastor Fido ... |
Florence | 1824 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 257 | Burton (Robert) | The Anatomy of Melancholy |
London | 1821 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 75.00 |
| 258 | Dryden (John) | The Dramatick Works of John Dryden in six Volumes |
London | 1735 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 237.50 |
| 259 | Miller (Philip) | The Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary... |
London | 1797-1807 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 250.00 |
| 260 | West (Robert) | Perspective Views of all the Ancient Churches and other Buildings in the cities of London, and Westminster ... |
London | 1736-9 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 375.00 |
| 261 | Bowen (Emmanuel) and Kitchin (Thomas) | The large English Atlas: or a new set of Maps of all the counties in England and Wales |
London | n.d. [circa 1755] | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 262 | Britton (John) | Cathedral Antiquities |
London | 1836 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 87.50 |
| 263 | Harral (Thomas) | Picturesque Views of the Severn |
London | 1824 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
