• Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€

Morton Subastas: Antiques and Books Auction, 1187, México DF CP 11000

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 25, 2025 - March 25, 2025
Page Size: 94 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
93

ORDENANZAS DE YNTENDENTES PARA EL REYNO DE NUEVA ESPANA

PUEBLA 1820 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 10,000.00
94

ICONOGRAFIA DE GOBERNANTES DE LA NUEVA ESPANA

MEXICO 1921 MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 8,125.00
95 ANTONIO GARCIA CUBAS (MEXICO, 1832-1912)

ATLAS PINTORESCO E HISTORICO DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANO

MEXICO 1885 MXN 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 MXN 50,000.00
96 NICETO DE ZAMACOIS (ESPANA, 1820-MEXICO, 1885)

HISTORIA DE MEJICO. DESDE SUS TIEMPOS MAS REMOTOS HASTA NUESTROS DIAS

BARCELONA - MEJICO 1877-1882 MXN 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 MXN 17,500.00
97 VICENTE RIVA PALACIO - MANUEL PAYNO

EL LIBRO ROJO 1520-1867

MEXICO 1870 MXN 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 MXN 43,750.00
98 JOHN PHILLIPS - ALFRED RIDER

MEXICO ILLUSTRATED IN TWENTY-SIX DRAWINGS

LONDON 1848 MXN 250,000.00 - 300,000.00 Not Sold
99 CASIMIRO CASTRO - J. CAMPILLO

TRAJES MEXICANOS - CAMINO DE TACUBAYA A CHAPULTEPEC

MEXICO CA. 1856 MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 20,000.00
100 CASIMIRO CASTRO - J. CAMPILLO

EL PASEO DE LAS CADENAS - LA VILLA DE GUADALUPE - LA GLORIETA - PLAZA DE SAN AGUSTIN DE LAS CUEVAS

MEXICO CA. 1856 MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 22,500.00
101 CASIMIRO CASTRO - J. CAMPILLO

LA PLAZUELA DE GUARDIOLA - LA FUENTE DE LA TLAXPANA - TRAJES MEXICANOS

MEXICO CA. 1856 MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 22,500.00
102 CASIMIRO CASTRO - J. CAMPILLO

TRAJES MEXICANOS

MEXICO CA. 1856 MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 17,500.00
103

VISTAS DE EUROPA

EUROPA, MEDIADOS DEL SIGLO XIX MXN 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 MXN 15,000.00
104 GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (ITALIA, 1720 - 1778)

ANFITEATRO DI POLA IN ISTRIA VICINO AL MARE

MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 5,000.00
105 JOHN FROISSART

CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN AND THE ADJOINING COUNTRIES FROM THE LATTER PART OF THE REIGN OF EDWARD II TO THE CORONATION OF HENRY IV

LONDON 1868 MXN 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 MXN 3,750.00
213 SOR JUANA INES DE LA CRUZ (SAN MIGUEL NEPANTLA, 1651-CIUDAD DE MEXICO, 1695)

SEGUNDO TOMO DE LAS OBRAS DE SOROR JUANA INES DE LA CRUZ MONJA PROFESSA EN EL MONASTERIO DEL SENOR SAN GERONIMO DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO ANADIDO EN ESTA SEGUNDA IMPRESSION POR SU AUTORA

BARCELONA 1693 MXN 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Not Sold
214

ICONOGRAFIA DE GOBERNANTES DE LA NUEVA ESPANA. TOMADA DE LA COLECCION QUE SE CONSERVA EN EL SALON DE CABILDOS DEL PALACIO MUNICIPAL DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO

MEXICO 1921 MXN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 MXN 3,750.00
215 ANTONIO DE ULLOA (SEVILLA, 1716-ISLA DE LEON, 1795)

NOTICIAS AMERICANAS: ENTRETENIMIENTOS FISICO-HISTORICOS SOBRE LA AMERICA MERIDIONAL, Y LA SEPTENTRIONAL ORIENTAL: COMPARACION GENERAL DE LOS TERRITORIOS, CLIMAS Y PRODUCCIONES EN LAS TRES ESPECIES VEGETAL, ANIMAL Y MINERAL CON UNA RELACION PARTICULAR DE L

MADRID 1772 MXN 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 Not Sold
216 BERNARDO DE ORTA

PORT DE LA VERA CRUZ A LA COTE DU MEXIQUE

FRANCE AN XI (1802-1803) MXN 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
217 JACQUES NICOLAS BILLAUD-VARENNE (FRANCIA, 1756-HAITI, 1819)

MEMOIRES DE..., EX CONVENTIONNEL, ECRITS AU PORT AU PRINCE EN 1818, CONTENANT LA RELATION DE SES VOYAGES ET AVENTURES DANS LE MEXIQUE, DEPUIS 1805 JUSQU'EN 1817; AVEC DES NOTES HISTORIQUES ET UN PRECIS DE L'INSURRECTION AMERICAINE, DEPUIS SON ORIGINE JUSQ

PARIS 1821 MXN 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
218 ALEXANDER DE HUMBOLDT (BERLIN, 1769-1859)

RESEARCHES, CONCERNING THE INSTITUTIONS & MONUMENTS OF THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF AMERICA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS & VIEWS OF SOME OF THE MOST STRIKING SCENES IN THE CORDILLERAS

LONDON 1814 MXN 20,000.00 - 24,000.00 Not Sold
219 ALEXANDER DE HUMBOLDT (BERLIN, 1769-1859)

ENSAYO POLITICO SOBRE EL REINO DE LA NUEVA ESPANA

PARIS 1822 MXN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 12,500.00
220 MARIANO CUEVAS (MEXICO, 1879-1949)

EL LIBERTADOR, DOCUMENTOS SELECTOS DE DON AGUSTIN DE ITURBIDE

MEXICO: 1947 MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 5,000.00
221

MATRIZ DEL SELLO DE LA SECRETARIA DE ESTADO Y DEL DESPACHO DE GOBERNACION DEL PRIMER IMPERIO MEXICANO

MEXICO CA. 1823 MXN 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 MXN 400,000.00
222 BASIL HALL (ESCOCIA, 1788-INGLATERRA, 1844)

EXTRACTS FROM A JOURNAL, WRITTEN ON THE COASTS OF CHILI, PERU, AND MEXICO IN THE YEARS 1820, 1821, 1822

EDINBURGH 1824 MXN 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 MXN 5,000.00
223 NICHOLAS MILL

THE HISTORY OF MEXICO, FROM THE SPANISH CONQUEST TO THE PRESENT ERA CONTAINING A CONDENSED AND CONNECTED GENERAL VIEW OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, RELIGION, COMMERCE, SOIL, AND AGRICULTURE - ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, AND MINERAL PRODUCTIONS - A CONCISE POLITICAL AND

LONDON 1824 MXN 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
224 WILLIAM BULLOCK (GRAN BRETANA, 1773-1849)

SIX MONTHS' RESIDENCE AND TRAVELS IN MEXICO; CONTAINING REMARKS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF NEW SPAIN, ITS NATURAL PRODUCTIONS, STATE OF SOCIETY, MANUFACTURES, TRADES, AGRICULTURE AND ANTIQUITIES

LONDON 1824 MXN 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 15,000.00
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
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