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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.
![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.")
Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 30806, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 08, 2025 - April 08, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | BARKER, MATTHEW HENRY. 1790-1846. CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE. 1792-1878. Illustrator. | Greenwich Hospital |
London | 1826 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 332.80 |
| 127 | HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, SR. 1809-1894. | Songs of the Class of 1829. |
Boston | 1854 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 128 | INTERURBAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE COUNCIL. | Woman Suffrage Mass Meeting, Carnegie Hall, Friday, December the Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Eight. |
New York | 1908 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 704.00 |
| 129 | GRAHAME-WHITE, CLAUDE. 1879-1959. | Photograph Signed ("C. Grahame-White") of his Farman bi-plane flight at the Harvard-Boston Aero Show, |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 614.40 | ||
| 130 | WHARTON, EDITH. 1862-1937. | Autograph Letter Signed ("Edith Wharton") to "Mrs. [Julia Porter] Thayer" on tending the grave of Walter Berry, who she called "the great love of all my life," |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,280.00 | ||
| 131 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Finnegans Wake. |
London; New York | 1939 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,960.00 |
| 132 | [GANDHI MOHANDAS K. 1869-1948.] | Gandhiji: His Life and Work. |
Bombay, Keshav, Bhikaji, Dhawale | 1944 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 24,320.00 |
| 133 | Comprising 7 presentation copies, 14 autograph letters 10 of which are signed, 3 autograph postcards signed, 2 typed postcards (one signed with his holograph initials, one signed in type), 5 typed letters signed, and 2 signed in type: |
USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 | |||
| 134 | National List of Persons Known to be or Suspected of Being Engaged in the Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs. (As amended 10/1/50, 8/15/51, 9/25/53, and completely revised 1/1/58.) |
Washington, D.C. | [1958]. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,176.00 | |
| 135 | REDDICK, LAWRENCE D. 1910-1995. | Crusader Without Violence. A Biography of Martin Luther King Jr. |
New York | 1959 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 136 | L'ENGLE, MADELEINE. 1918-2007. | A Wrinkle in Time. |
New York | 1962 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 137 | ONASSIS, JACQUELINE KENNEDY. 1929-1994. | Original gouache of Jackie and Lee Radziwill waving farewell from the shore to Aristotle Onassis aboard his Yacht , |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 17,920.00 | ||
| 138 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. And F.J.C. SKEFFINGTON. | Two Essays. A Forgotten Aspect of the University Question by F.J.C. Skeffington and "The Day of the Rabblement" by James A. Joyce. |
Dublin | 1901 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 139 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | The Holy Office. |
[Trieste | 1905 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 24,320.00 |
| 140 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Chamber Music. |
London | [1907]. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,760.00 |
| 141 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Chamber Music. |
London | [1907]. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 142 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Gas From a Burner. |
Flushing, [Holland, but printed in Trieste] | 1912 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
| 143 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Dubliners. |
London | [1914]. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 144 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Dubliners. 1 |
New York | 1916 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 145 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. |
New York | 1916 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 146 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. |
London | 1917 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,152.00 |
| 147 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Exiles. A Play in Three Acts. |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,024.00 | ||
| 148 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Ulysses. |
New York | 1918-1920. | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 149 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Ulysses. |
Paris | 1922 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
| 150 | [JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941.] | Extracts from Press Notices of Ulysses. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 896.00 |
![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.")
