• Forum Auctions
    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    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.
    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 2025
    Forum, 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.
  • Sotheby’s
    New York Book Week
    12-26 June
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    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
  • Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    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.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    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.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    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.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    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

Galerie Bassenge: Special catalogue Mille Annos Manu-Skriptum III, 125SKMA, Berlin-Grunewald

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 08, 2025 - April 08, 2025
Page Size: 99 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1076 Nostradamus, Michel de

Les vrayes centuries et propheties de maistre Michel Nostradamus imprimees pour la premiere foix

Frankreich Ende 18. Jahrhundert EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 320.00
1077

Varios papeles curiosos und Tabak. Spanische Handschrift auf Papier.

Spanien 18. Jahrhundert EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 832.00
1078

Quaist Cudasch Musical Appertain. Engadiner Musikhandschrift als Monument der ratoromanischen Sprache mit spatbarockem Sgraffito-Schmuck.

Bever 1799 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 4,608.00
1079 Meister Albrant

Albrechts Rossarzneibuch, Rosenberger Pelzbuch

Nordbohmen (Ploschkowitz, Leitmeritz) um 1800 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
1080

Anatomia. seu cognitio omnium partium corporis humani MDCCC

1835 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
1081 Dal Lago, Bartolomeo

Privilegium Medic-Chirurgicum Bartholomei dal Lago [und:] Privilegium Chirurgie Bartholomei dal Lago. Zwei Stipendien zur Bescheinigung des Abschlusses in Medizin und Chirurgie

Padua bzw.Venedig 1797 bzw. 1804 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
1082 Wilhelm V. von Oranien

Gedicht. Niederlanden (Delft?)

Um 1806 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1083 Maiani, Antonio

Formule pirotecniche adoperate nel suo mestiere da Antonio Miani

Norditalien ca. 1850 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1084

Alemannisches Hausbuch. Deutsche Handschrift auf Papier. um 1860-1893. -

Sudwestdeutschland, alemannischer Raum um 1860-1893 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
1085

Vita Sanctorum. 2 Doppelblatter mit breiten Godlborduren und 4 Miniaturen.

England um 1870 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 384.00
1086

Spottlied von der Joppe. Von einer Jubpen. Deutsche Handschrift auf Papier.

Suddeutschland zweite Halfte des 18. Jahrhunderts EUR 700.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
1087 Avicenna

Avicenna. Arabische Handschrift im Nastaliq-Duktus mit schwarzer Tinte auf gelatiniertem Buttenpapier

Kairo (?) 1160 AH (d. i. 1747 EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
1088

Indopersische Miniaturen. 4 Blatter Miniaturen in Gold und Farben vom Hof der Mogulkaiser.

Indopersischer Raum Um 19. Jahrhundert EUR 350.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
1089

Koran - Al Qur'an. Arabische Handschrift auf Papier.

Ende 18. Jahrhundert EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 460.80
1090

Krishna Legende. Devanagari-Handschrift. Fragment einer indischen Miniaturen-Handschrift.

Wohl Nordindien 19. Jahrhundert EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 486.40
1091

Devanagari-Leporello. Illuminierte indische Handschrift.

Wohl Nordindien 19. Jahrhundert EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1092

Arabisches Taschengebetbuch. Arabisches Manuskript auf Papier.

Istanbul um 1860 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1093

Athiopische Handschrift. Ge'ez Handschrift auf Pergament.

Athiopien 19. Jahrhundert EUR 260.00 - 260.00 EUR 358.40
1094 Nizami, Ganjavi

Khamsa Panj Ganj Farsi-Handschrift im Nastaliq-Duktus mit schwarzer und roter Tinte auf leicht gelatiniertes Buttenpapier

Persien AH 1271 (d. i. AD 1854) EUR 2,200.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
1095

Indopersische Miniaturen. Arabische Handschrift auf Papier mit 10 figurlichen Miniaturen in Deckfarben und Silberhohung. Indopersischer Raum Ende 19. Jahrhundert

Indopersischer Raum Ende 19. Jahrhundert EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 332.80
1096 Firdousi, Abu l-Qasim

Schahnameh. Persische Miniaturenhandschrift. Farsi im Nasta'liq-Duktus auf festem Schopfpapier

Indopersischer Raum 13. Jahrhundert AH (19. Jahrhundert) EUR 850.00 - 850.00 Not Sold
1097 Firdousi, Abu l-Qasim

Schahname. Indo-Persische Miniatur.

Indopersischer Raum wohl Mitte 19. Jahrhundert EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1098

Hindu-Manuskript. Sanskrit-Verse in Devanagari-Schrift. Mit doppelblattgrossem Ziertitel in Gold und Farben sowie 3 einmontierten Miniaturen.

Nordwestindien um 1880 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,152.00
1099

Hindu-Manuskript. Mit 5 doppelblattgrossen Ziertiteln in Gold und Farben sowie 5 Miniaturen.

Nordwestindien um 1900. EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,920.00
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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 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    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
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, 1860. £1,500-2,000.
    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.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    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
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    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