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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.")
Freeman's | Hindman: Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana, 6330, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 08, 2025 - May 08, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | SALINGER, Jerome David. | The Catcher in the Rye |
Boston | 1951 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 102 | ALEMBERT, Jean le Rond d'. | Traite de dynamique, ...Nouvelle Edition, revue & fort augmentee par l'Auteur. |
Paris | 1758 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 448.00 |
| 103 | BRUNSCHWIG, Hieronymus. | The Vertuose Boke of Distyllacyon of the Waters of all Maner of Herbes, with the fygures of the Styllatoryes.. |
London | 1527 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 104 | EINSTEIN, Albert. | "Ist die Tragheit eines Korpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhangig?" In: Annalen der Physik, 4. Folge, Bd. 18, 1905. |
Leipzig | 1905 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,080.00 |
| 105 | GALILEI, Galileo. | Difesa di Galileo Galilei, noble Fiorentino... contro alle Calunie & imposture di Baldessar Capra, Milanese... |
Bologna | 1655 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 106 | PAULLI, Simon. | Commentarius de Abusu Tabaci Americanorum Veteri, et Herbae thee Asiaticorum in Europa Novo |
Strassburg | 1665 | USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 107 | WALTER, Caspar and Lucas VOCH. | Architectura Hydraulica ober: Anleitunng zu denen Brunnenkunsten |
Augsburg | 1765 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 384.00 |
| 108 | SENDAK, Maurice. | Good Shabbos, Everybody |
New York | 1951 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 109 | SENDAK, Maurice, illustrator. -- CHANOVER, Hyman and Alice. | Happy Hanukah Everybody |
New York | 1955 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,048.00 |
| 110 | SENDAK, Maurice. | Where the Wild Things Are |
New York | 1963 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,120.00 |
| 111 | SENDAK, Maurice. | Poems from William Blake's Songs of Innocence |
London | 1967 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,880.00 |
| 112 | SENDAK, Maurice, illustrator. -- HOFFMAN, E.T.A. | Nutcracker. Ralph Manheim, illustrator |
New York | 1984 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 640.00 |
| 113 | SENDAK, Maurice. | A group of 12 titles and related ephemera, SEVERAL SIGNED, including: Fantasy Sketches |
Philadelphia | 1970 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 832.00 |
| 114 | SMITH, Adam. | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations |
London | 1793, 1789,1793 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 115 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R.. | The Lord of the Rings trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring. The Two Towers. The Return of the King. |
All London | 1954, 1955 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 116 | VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr.. | Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade |
New York | 1969 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 117 | VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr.. | Happy Birthday, Wanda June. |
New York, | 1970 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 896.00 |
| 118 | VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr.. | A group of 5 books, 2 inscribed, comprising: Player Piano. |
New York | 1966 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 896.00 |
| 119 | VONNEGUT, Kurt. | An archive of typed letters signed ("Kurt") to David Hayman, |
ca 1960s-1990s | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,840.00 | |
| 120 | VONNEGUT, Kurt. | Untitled original portrait. |
1971 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 896.00 | |
| 121 | WALTON, Izaak and Charles COTTON. | The Complete Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation. John Major, editor |
London | 1844 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 122 | WARHOL, Andy. | The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). |
New York and London | 1975 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,408.00 |
| 123 | ABEL, Clarke. | Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of a Voyage to and from the Country, in the Years 1816 and 1817.. |
London | 1818 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 576.00 |
| 124 | ALLOM, Thomas, illustrator, and George Newenham WRIGHT. | China, in a series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of that Ancient Empire |
London | no date 1843 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 576.00 |
| 125 | ARLINGTON, Lewis Charles. | The Chinese Drama from the Earliest Times until To-Day |
Shanghai | 1930 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,408.00 |
![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.")
