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    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.
    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.
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    Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.
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    Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.
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    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000.
  • Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
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    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: World. Van Geelkercken (N.), Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Duobis..., circa 1618. £4,000-6,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Moll (Herman). A New Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain..., circa 1715. £2,000-3,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Churchill (Winston S.). The World Crisis, 5 volumes bound in 6, 1st edition, 1923-31. £1,000-1,500
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    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, 6 volumes in 3, 1st quarto ed, 1855-56. £1,500-2,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de, 1900-1944). Pilote de guerre (Flight to Arras), 1942. £10,000-15,000.
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    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Austen (Jane, 1775-1817). Signature, cut from a letter, no date. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, 1st edition, with wraparound band, 1932. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Hobbit, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1937. £3,000-5,000
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    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Rackham (Arthur, 1867-1939). Princess by the Sea (from Irish Fairy Tales), circa 1920. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Kelmscott Press. The Story of the Glittering Plain, Walter Crane's copy, 1894. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: King (Jessie Marion, 1875-1949). The Summer House, watercolour. £4,000-6,000
  • Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500
    Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, 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 - $150,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000

Tennants Auctioneers: Books, Maps and Manuscripts, 40925, Leyburn

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Auction Report
Auction Date
April 09, 2025 - April 09, 2025
Page Size: 143 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Rosetti (Christina).

Poems.

London, Glasgow & Bombay 1910 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 480.00
27 Tolkien (J. R. R.).

[The Lord of the Rings Trilogy]. The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King.

London 1977 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 228.00
28 Tolkien (J. R. R.).

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other verses from The Red Book.

London 1962 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 264.00
29

Botanical Specimens. Copies from Nature and Designed as simple illustrations of the Twenty-Four Classes.

Liverpool 1827 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 420.00
30 Boyle (Robert).

Tracts: Containing I. Suspicions about Some Hidden Qualities of the Air; with an Appendix touching Celestial Magnets, and some other Particulars. II. Animadversions upon Mr. Hobbes's Problemata De Vacuo. III. A Discourse of the Cause of Attractions by Suc

London 1674 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,680.00
31 Budge (E.A. Wallis, editor and translator).

Lady Meux Manuscripts Nos. 2-5: The Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Life of Hanna (Saint Anne), and the Magical Prayers of Aneta Mikael.

London 1900 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 180.00
32 Gauss (Carl Friedrich).

Disquisitiones Arithmeticae.

Leipzig 1801 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 19,200.00
33

Lyell (Charles), Elements of Geology,

London 1841 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 84.00
34 Harris (Joseph).

The Description and Use of the Globes, and the Orrery. To which is prefixed, By way of Introduction, a Brief Account of the Solar System.

London 1731 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 192.00
35 Heywood (Thomas).

The Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells. Their Names, Orders and Offices, the Fall of Lucifer with his Angells.

London 1635 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 900.00
36 Mandey (Ven[terus]).

Mechanic Powers; or, the Mystery of Nature and Art Unvail'd... Together, With a Treatise of Circular Motion artificially fitted to Mechanic use, and the making of Clock-work, and other Engines...

London 1709 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 720.00
37 Melanchthon (Philip and Michael Maius, editor).

Orationes Postremae Scriptae a Reverendo Viro Philippo Melanthone, proximis annis ante obitum. His adiunctae sunt aliae orationes ab illius obitu recitatae publice in academia Witebergensi.

Wittenberg 1565 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 384.00
38 [Le Marchant (John Gaspard)].

By His Majesty's Command. Rules and Regulations for the Sword Exercise of the Cavalry.

London, Whitehall 1796 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 360.00
39 Atkinson (George Francklin).

The Campaign in India, 1857-58. From drawings made during the eventful period of the Great Mutiny... Illustrating the Military Operations before Delhi and its Neighbourhood.

London 1859 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,360.00
40

[Angelo (Domenico). L'Ecole Des Armes.

London 1763 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 300.00
41

Naval Intelligence Division, 1941-1946, thirty-five volumes, including Iraq, Western Arabia, Persia, Denmark, Italy, Indo-China, etc.,

1941-1946 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 264.00
42

[Booth (John)]. The Battle of Waterloo... By a Near Observer.

London 1815 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 132.00
43 Nelson (Horatio, Viscount).

The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton; with a Supplement of Interesting Letters by Distinguished Characters.

London 1814 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 360.00
44 Sale (Robert Henry).

The Defence of Jellalabad...Drawn on Stone by W. L. Walton.

London [c. 1845] GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 900.00
45 Sutherland (William).

Britain's Glory: Or, Ship-Building Unvail'd. Being a General Director, for Building and Compleating the Said Machines.

London 1717 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 456.00
46 Plot (Robert).

The Natural History of Oxford-shire, Being an Essay Toward the Natural History of England.

Oxford, London 1705 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 120.00
47 Skelton (Joseph).

Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata, Containing Upwards of One Hundred and Seventy Engravings...

Oxford 1823 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 600.00
48 Surtees (Robert).

The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham; compiled from original records, preserved in public repositories and private collections: and illustrated by engravings of architectural and monumental antiquities, portraits of eminent persons

London 1816-40 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 336.00
49 Surtees Society.

The Publications of the Surtees Society, 190 volumes, numbers 1-153, 155-192,

Durham 1835-1980 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 540.00
50 [Jefferys (Thomas).]

[A Description of the Maritime Parts of France.]

[London 1761 or 1774.] GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 720.00
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    Sotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD
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    Forum, 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.
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    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.