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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.")
Addison and Sarova: Rare Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera, 1057, Social Circle
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 26, 2025 - April 26, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | [Boureau-Deslandes, Andre Francois] | L'APOTHEOSE DU BEAU-SEXE |
London [likely Amsterdam] | 1712 | USD 70.00 - 700.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 252 | Goldsmith, Oliver; Rowlandson, Thomas | THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD; A TALE |
London | 1817 | USD 25.00 - 250.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 253 | The highway man |
ca. 1800 | USD 80.00 - 800.00 | USD 360.00 | ||
| 254 | Racine, Jean | OEUVRES DE RACINE |
Paris | 1687 | USD 150.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 255 | Waller, Edmond | POEMS, &C. WRITTEN UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND TO SEVERAL PERSONS...WITH SEVERAL ADDITIONS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED |
London | 1694 | USD 30.00 - 300.00 | USD 48.00 |
| 256 | Defoe, Daniel | THE LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRIZING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER |
London | 1790 | USD 60.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
| 257 | Cleveland, John | THE WORKS... CONTAINING HIS POEMS, ORATIONS, EPISTLES, COLLECTED INTO ONE VOLUME, WITH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR |
London | 1687 | USD 30.00 - 300.00 | USD 168.00 |
| 258 | Milton, John | Milton, John. THE WORKS... |
[London] | 1697 | USD 80.00 - 800.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 259 | Swift, Jonathan | VIAGES DEL CAPITAN LEMUEL GULLIVER A DIVERSOS PAISES REMOTOS |
Mexico City | 1849 | USD 50.00 - 500.00 | USD 84.00 |
| 260 | Cunningham, Allan | THE POEMS, LETTERS, AND LAND OF ROBERT BURNS |
London | n.d. (ca. 1838-1840) | USD 80.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,140.00 |
| 261 | Jonson, Benjamin | [THE WORKES OF BENJAMIN JONSON] |
London | 1640 | USD 200.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 262 | English manuscript, likely 16th century, for use in "attaining the perfection of the most easie of all the languages," as stated in a prefatory paragraph on the rear. An unusual manuscript which appears to be a table for the use of studying languages |
USD 80.00 - 800.00 | USD 330.00 | |||
| 263 | Typed letter signed by Helen Keller |
New York | 1948 | USD 100.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 264 | An archive of mostly manuscript material, apparently from a women's literary group |
Second half of 19th century | USD 80.00 - 800.00 | USD 300.00 | ||
| 265 | An important fragment from the first edition of Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene |
(London) | -1590 | USD 60.00 - 600.00 | USD 180.00 | |
| 266 | Balde, Jacob | URANIA VICTRIX |
Munich | 1663 | USD 25.00 - 250.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 267 | Goldsmith, Oliver | Goldsmith, Oliver. THE POETICAL WORKS |
Chiswick | 1829 | USD 20.00 - 200.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 268 | JUDAS MACCHABAEUS AN ORATORIO SET TO MUSICK BY MR. HANDEL |
London | [1747] | USD 60.00 - 600.00 | USD 360.00 | |
| 269 | Bracciolini, Francesco | LA CROCE RACQUISTATA POEMA HEROICO |
Venice | 1614 | USD 30.00 - 300.00 | USD 132.00 |
| 270 | Suckling, John | FRAGMENTA AUREA. A COLLECTION OF ALL THE INCOMPARABLE PEECES |
London | 1646 | USD 60.00 - 600.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 271 | SOUVENIRS HISTORIQUES; OU GALERIE DE PORTRAITS ET DE SCENES MEMORABLES |
Paris | 1815 | USD 20.00 - 200.00 | USD 84.00 | |
| 272 | Albee, Edward | WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? A PLAY |
New York | 1962 | USD 80.00 - 800.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 273 | Hemingway, Ernest | THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA |
New York | 1952 | USD 70.00 - 700.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 274 | Hemingway, Ernest | FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS |
New York | 1940 | USD 25.00 - 250.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 275 | Flavin, Martin | JOURNEY IN THE DARK |
New York and London | 1943 | USD 100.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 240.00 |
![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.")
