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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.")
Arader Galleries: April 2025 Auction, 40525, New York City
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 05, 2025 - April 05, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | THORNTON, Dr. Robert John (English, 1768-1837).<br> <br>The Oblique-leaved Begonia. | Aquatint, mezzotint, stipple and line engraving, printed in color and finished by hand. |
London | 1799-1807. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 27 | THORNTON, Dr. Robert John (English, 1768-1837). <br> <br>The Snowdrop. | Aquatint, mezzotint, stipple and line engraving, printed in color and finished by hand. |
London | 1799-1807. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 28 | THORNTON, Dr. Robert John (English, 1768-1837). <br> <br>The Quadrangular Passion-flower. | Aquatint, mezzotint, stipple and line engraving, printed in color and finished by hand. |
London | 1799-1807. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 29 | BROOKSHAW, George (1751-1823). | (White Flesh Melon) White Candia, Plate LXXI. from Pomona Britannica. |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 30 | BROOKSHAW, George (1751-1823). | Silver Rock Melon, Plate LXVII. from Pomona Britannica. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 | ||
| 31 | WOLF, Joseph (German, 1820-1899). | "Merlin; Falco aesalon; Falco columbarius Linnaeus". |
USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 32 | WOLF, Joseph (German, 1820-1899). | "Saker Falcon; Falco sacer; Falco cherrug Gray" |
USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 79 | PTOLEMY, Sebastian Munster (comm.), Giacopo Gastaldi (cartog.) and Pietro Andrea Mattioli (trans.). | Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti & aggiunte fattevi da Sebastiano munstero Alamann, Con le tavole non solamente antiche & moderna solite di staparsi, ma altre nuove aggiuntevi di Messer Iacopo Gastaldo Piamotese c |
Venice | 1662 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 132,000.00 |
| 80 | SPEER, Joseph Smith, Captain (d. 1837). | The West-India Pilot... |
London | 1771 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 81 | COOK, Capt. James (1728-1779). | [The Three Voyages of Discovery]. |
London | 1773, 1777, 1785 | USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 45,600.00 |
| 82 | DE BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine, Comte (1729--1811). | Voyage autour du monde, par la fregate du roi la Boudeuse, et la flute l'Etoile; En 1766, 17676, 1768 & 1769. |
Paris | 1771 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 83 | DARWIN, Charles (1809--1882). | Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. |
New York | 1846 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 84 | SMITH, William (1727--1793). | The History of the Province of New-York, from the First Discovery to the Year M.DCC.XXXII. To which is annexed, A Description of the Country, with a short Account of the Inhabitants, their Trade, Religious and Political State, and the Constitution of the |
London | 1757 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 85 | DRAYTON, John (1766-1822). | John Drayton's Gouverneurs und Oberkommandanten von Sud-Carolina, Beschreibung von Sud-Carolina. Aus dem Englischen, und mit Anmerkungen und Zufatzen des Uebersetzers begleitet. Mit einer Charte. |
Weimar | 1808 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 86 | MILLER, Philip(1691-1771). | Figures of the most Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in The Gardeners' Dictionary. To which are added, Their Descriptions, and an Account of the Classes to which they belong. |
London | [1755-] 1760. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 87 | COXE, Daniel (1673-1739). | A Description of the English Province of Carolana, by the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French La Louisiane. As also of the Great and Famous River Meschacebe or Mississippi, the five vast navigable Lakes of Fresh Water, and the parts Adjacent. Toge |
London | 1727 | USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 98 | CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). | Terrestrial Globe. |
London and Venice | USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 | USD 50,400.00 | |
| 99 | MALBY and Son. Reissued by James WYLD (1812--1887). | Malby's terrestrial compiled from the latest & most authentic studies. |
London | 1885 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 33,600.00 |
| 100 | NEWTON, John and William (Fl. 1818-1830). | Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton's New and Improved Celestial Globe. |
London | 1828 | USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 | USD 84,000.00 |
| 101 | CARY, John (1754-1835) and William Cary (1759-1825). | Cary's New and Improved Celestial Globe; Cary's New Terrestrial Globe. |
London | 1799; 1815 to 1833. | USD 75,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 102,000.00 |
| 102 | BLAEU, Willem Jansz (1573-1638). | Terrestrial Table Globe. |
Amsterdam | 1602 [but after 1621] | USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 | USD 71,000.00 |
| 103 | SCOLARI, Stefano (1612-1691), after ARNOLDI, Arnoldo di (d. 1602). | Descrittione Universale Della Terra Con L'Uso Del Navigare, Novame Accresciuta. |
Venice | 1662 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 104 | ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). | [World Map]. Typus Orbis Terrarum. |
Antwerp | 1588 | USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 105 | MERCATOR, Gerard (1512-1594) and Rumold MERCATOR (1545--1599). | Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio... |
USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 106 | MERIAN, Mathaus (1593-1650). | Basilea / Basel [Switzerland]. |
Frankfurt | c. 1640. | USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 360.00 |
![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.")
