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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
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Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.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.Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000. -
ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [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.ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.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.ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
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SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Øiesvold Collection
June 14, 2025SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: HIERONYMUS MÜNTZER (1437 – 1508): (Northern and Central Europe) No title recto. Nuremberg, 1493.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SIGISMUND VON HERBERSTEIN (1486 – 1566): «Commentari della Moscovia et partmente della Russia.» Venice, 1550.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.
![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.")
![SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a6aadc9-e8db-4fb2-aa16-7f58eb74076a.jpg "<b>SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14:</b> SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.")
![SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/bd397a02-a6b4-462a-b4de-cb43acf2f5aa.jpg "<b>SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14:</b> SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.")
![SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1b950440-d6d6-4570-be13-7859d69353e9.jpg "<b>SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14:</b> WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.")
Pierre Berge and Associes: Books, Manuscripts & Autographs #1, 160931, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 17, 2025 - April 17, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Philippe de NAVARRE. 1334-1364. Brother of Charles le Mauvais. | Charter in his name |
Vernon | 1362 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 127 | [Louis d'ORLEANS]. 1372-1407. | Charter in the name of Jehan de Folleville |
Paris | 1396 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 260.00 |
| 128 | [Louis d'ORLEANS]. 1372-1407. Count of Valois, brother of King Charles VI, grandfather of Louis XII. | Letter signed in his name, "par Mons. le Duc", to his treasurers |
Paris | 1397 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 780.00 |
| 129 | [Louis d'ORLEANS]. 1372-1407. Count of Valois, brother of King Charles VI, grandfather of Louis XII, assassinated by his rival, the Duke of Burgundy, John the Fearless; married Valentine Visconti, daughter of the Duke of Milan. | Charter in his name |
Paris | 1398 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,170.00 |
| 130 | Jean RABATEAU. 1370-1441. President of the Parliament of Paris, member of the Council of Charles VII, ambassador to England, host to Joan of Arc in Poitiers. | L.A.S. "Le (president) Rabateau" to Mons. de La Claretiere, conseiller et maistre d'ostel de Monseigneur le duc de Bretagne |
-1426 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,990.00 | |
| 131 | Jean RABATEAU. 1370-1441. President of the Parliament of Paris, member of the Council of Charles VII, ambassador to England, host to Joan of Arc at Poitiers. | L.A.S. "Jeahan Rabateau president" to the Duke of Brittany |
EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,600.00 | ||
| 132 | Philippe II duc de SAVOIE. 1438-1497. Known as "Landless", raised at the French Court, locked up by Louis XI (his brother-in-law) for rebelling against his father, he fought in the Burgundian Army before becoming attached to Charles VIII, who made him Gra | L.S. to the Duke of Milan |
Geneva | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 845.00 | |
| 133 | Etienne de VESC. 1445-1501. Confidant and advisor to Louis XI, who attached him to his son as cupbearer and first valet de chambre to the Dauphin; played a leading role with Charles VIII at the start of the Italian wars; died of the plague in Naples in 15 | P.S. |
Caromb (Vaucluse) | 1494 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 130.00 |
| 134 | Philippe de VILLIERS de l'ISLE-ADAM. 1464-1534. Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, he defended the island of Rhodes, but had to capitulate to Suleiman the Magnificent after heroic resistance; first Grand Master to settle in Malta. | L.S. to the ambassador for the King before our Holy Father the Pope |
Malta | 1532 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 5,850.00 |
| 135 | Alain d'ALBRET. 1471-1522. also known as Alain le Grand, powerful feudalist, commanded the Spanish army under Louis XI in 1475, surrendered Nantes to the French in 1489. | P.S. |
S.l. | 1498 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 585.00 |
| 136 | Henri d'ALBRET. 1503-1555. King of Navarre, brother-in-law of Francois 1er through his marriage to Marguerite de Valois-Angouleme, father of Jeanne d'Albret (mother of Henri IV). | L.S. with aut. subscription to my cousin Monsieur de Jarnac |
Paris | -1543 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 845.00 |
| 137 | Charles duc d'ALENcON. 1489-1525. Brother-in-law of Francois I, disgraced at the battle of Pavia. | P.S. |
Paris | 1514 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 585.00 |
| 138 | Francois duc d'ALENcON. 1555-1584. Duke of Anjou, youngest son of Henri II and Catherine de Medicis, brother of three French kings (Francois II, Charles IX and Henri III), coveted the hand of Elizabeth of England. | P.S. |
Au camp devant Issoire | 1577 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 139 | Francois duc d'ALENcON. 1554-1584. Son of Henri II and Catherine de Medicis, only brother of Henri III, duke of Anjou, leader of the "dissatisfied" party against the king. | P.S. |
1577 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 390.00 | |
| 140 | Francois duc d'ALENcON. 1554-1584. Son of Henri II and Catherine de Medicis, only brother of Henri III, duke of Anjou, leader of the "mecontents" party against the king. | P.S. |
Au camp de Chatellerault | 1575 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 141 | Jacques AMYOT. 1513-1593. Preceptor then chaplain to Charles IX and Henri III, writer, translator of Plutarch, bishop of Auxerre. | 2 P.S. |
s.l. | 1560 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 2,210.00 |
| 142 | ELISABETH of AUSTRIA. 1554-1592. Queen of France; daughter of Emperor Maximilian II and Marie of Spain, wife (1570) of Charles IX (1550-1574), she retired to Vienna after her husband's death. | L.S. "Ysabel" to M. de l'Aubespine |
Paris | 1575 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,105.00 |
| 143 | Francois de BALZAC. 1541-1616. Seigneur d'Entragues, captain of the king's hundred men-at-arms, bailiff-governor of Orleans, which he surrendered to the Catholic leaguers. | P.S. |
Chateau de Marcoussis | 1594 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 130.00 |
| 144 | Charles de Gontaut duc de BIRON. 1562-1602. Marshal of France, comrade-in-arms of Henri IV, beheaded at the Bastille for high treason. | L.A.S. |
S.l. | -1598 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 145 | Charles de Gontaut duc de BIRON. 1562-1602. Marshal of France, comrade-in-arms of Henri IV, beheaded at the Bastille for high treason. | L.A.S. to M. de Nerestang |
Paris | 1601 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 146 | Antoine de BOURBON. 1518-1562. King of Navarre by marriage to Jeanne d'Albret, father of Henri IV. | P.S. |
1562 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 910.00 | |
| 147 | Charles de BOURBON-VENDOMME. 1489-1537. Grandfather of Henri IV. & his wife Francoise d'ALENcON. 1490-1550. Widow of Francois d'Orleans duc de Longueville | P.S. |
La Fere | 1518 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 130.00 |
| 148 | Catherine de BOURBON. 1559-1604. Sister of Henri IV, Princess of Navarre. | L.S. |
1589 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 351.00 | |
| 149 | CHARLES IX. 1550/1574. King of France. | P.S. to Baron de Castelnau |
In Gaillon | 1566 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 975.00 |
| 150 | CHARLES IX. 1550-1574. King of France. | L.S. to M. de Fourquevault "mon conseiller et ambassadeur en Espaigne" |
Angers | 1570 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,210.00 |
![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.")
