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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | ENGELSEN, MAY DEN. | A watercolor portrait of Harry Crosby in profile set against a pastoral scene, |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 202 | ENGELSEN, MAY DEN. | A watercolor three-quarter portrait of Harry Crosby looking pensive, |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 203 | DE QUINCEY, THOMAS. 1785-1859. | Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. |
London | 1822 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,408.00 |
| 204 | POUND, EZRA. 1885-1972. | Quia Pauper Amavi. |
London | [1919]. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,304.00 |
| 205 | COCTEAU, JEAN. 1889-1963. | Le Secret Professionnel. |
Paris | 1922 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 358.40 |
| 206 | HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. 1899-1961. | Three Stories & Ten Poems. |
Paris | 1923 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 70,350.00 |
| 207 | MARSDEN, HARTLEY. 1877-1943. | Twenty-Five Poems. |
Paris | 1923 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 208 | O'BRIEN, EDWARD J. 1890-1941. HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. 1899-1961. | The Best Short Stories of 1923. |
Boston | [1924]. | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,048.00 |
| 209 | MCALMON, ROBERT. 1895-1956. | The Portrait of a Generation. |
Paris | [1926]. | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,432.00 |
| 210 | MCALMON, ROBERT. 1895-1956. | Being Geniuses Together. |
London | [1938]. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
| 211 | ABBOTT, BERENICE. 1898-1991. | Robert McAlmon. Photograph |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,024.00 | ||
| 212 | MCALMON, ROBERT. 1895-1956. | A group of 4 first editions: |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,152.00 | ||
| 213 | [BARNES, DJUNA. 1892-1982.] | Ladies Almanack. |
Paris | 1928 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,888.00 |
| 214 | BECKETT, SAMUEL. 1906-1989. | Whoroscope. |
Paris | 1930 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 215 | CUNARD, NANCY. AND HENRY CROWDER. | Henry-Music: Poems by Nancy Cunard, Richard Aldington, Walter Lowenfels, Samuel Beckett, Harold Acton.... |
Paris | 1930 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 216 | AESOP. 620-564 BCE. ALEXANDER CALDER. 1899-1976, Illustrator. | Fables of Aesop, according to Robert L'Estrange. |
Paris | 1931 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,120.00 |
| 217 | HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. 1899-1961. | Winner Take Nothing. |
New York and London | 1933 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 768.00 |
| 218 | ARISTOPHANES. C.546-C.386 B.C.E.; and PABLO PICASSO. 1881-1973. | Lysistrata. |
New York | 1934 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,096.00 |
| 219 | FAULKNER, WILLIAM. 1897-1962. | Pylon. |
New York | 1935 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 307.20 |
| 220 | CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. 1343-1400. | A Chaucer A. B. C. Being a Hymn to the Holy Virgin in an English version by Geoffrey Chaucer from the French of Guillaume de Deguilleville. |
Paris | 1936 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,432.00 |
| 221 | HENRY MILLER. 1891-1980. | Tropic of Capricorn. |
Paris | 1939 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 222 | NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. 1899-1977. | Lolita. |
Paris | 1955 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 223 | A group of 15 titles: |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 224 | A Group of Harrison of Paris publications, including a unique copy of Maurice Barraud's : |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,536.00 | |||
| 225 | A group of 5 titles published by the Hours Press. |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 307.20 |
![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.")
