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    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
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    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
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    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€
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    Antique prints, paintings and maps
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    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€
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    Antique prints, paintings and maps
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    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€
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    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€
  • 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
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    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
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    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
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    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.

Vermot de Pas: History and Regions of France, 164091, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 24, 2025 - April 24, 2025
Page Size: 600 items in 24 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

MARNE. Charter of 1411: "Before us Colinet Choque and Jehan Butenay clercs Jures en la Prevote de CHANTEMERLE, de par Monseigneur le Duc d'ORLEANS.

1411 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
2

POITOU. CHARENTE. 1462. SAINT-ESTEPHE (16). Parchment (10 x 34 cm) dated September 18, 1462

1462 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
3

LOIRET. 1465. Deed from Jacques Gaillart, guard of the Orleans provostry, concerning Jehan de MONTESPEDON Seigneur de Beaupreau et de la Brosse

1465 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
4

HAUTE-GARONNE. TOULOUSE. 8 Parchments (1504 - 1723), most of them extracts from the Parliament of Toulouse: Ordonnance signee Nicolas de SAINT PIERRE, Conseiller du Roy

1504 - 1723 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
5

CALVADOS. CAMBREMER. 5 Parchment documents 1524-1725, Texts in French: Parchment of 1524 (22 x 30 cm) from the Vicomte and Siege of Cambremer.

1524-1725 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
6

LOIRET. 1525. GIEN. Deed in the name of Estienne Bazelade, bailiff of Gien, signed De Longueville, March 5, 1525, parchmen

1525 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
7

NORMANDIE. May 5, 1528. State of the Decree of the heritages of Colin MALLES, required by Messire Henry de SARTILLY, Ecuyer, Seigneur d'ERNES (Calvados)

1528 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
8

NORMANDIE. 1530. Supplique de Jean IX LE VENEUR (died 1550), Baron de THILLIERES-SUR-AVRE (Eure) et Seigneur de GUERVILLE (Seine Maritime), a MM.

1530 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
9

HAUTE GARONNE. 1532. Piece signee sur velin par Jehan De BAYAUT, Capitaine pour le Roi de L'ILE EN DODON, 15 Fevrier 1532

1532 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
10

(GIRONDE) 1534. GUYENNE. Receipt issued by Francois d'AVRICAULT Seigneur du Lieu, to Guy de la MALADIERE, Treasurer of the Wars.

1534 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
11

MAINE ET LOIRE. 1535. Sentence condemning to pay a rent to Frere Rene CELIER Prieur Claustral du Moustier et Abbaye de SAINT-AUBIN D'ANGERS, for a House located rue St Aubin

1535 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
12

MAINE-ET-LOIRE. 1538. Priory of SAINT-AUBIN DE LUIGNE (49). Parchment (69 x 49). In the Court of the Senechaussee d'ANJOU, Sentence of January 28, 1538

1538 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
13 FRANCOIS 1er a ABBEVILLE (Somme)

FRANCOIS 1er a ABBEVILLE (Somme). Parchment, in the name of Francois 1er, King of France. Requete d'un proces passe en la Cour de Toulouse et Compulsoire pour Jehan SEGUY

1539 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
14

House of Charles II d'ORLEANS, Duke of Angouleme and Bourbon, 3rd son of FRANCOIS 1er (1522-1545) - Signed on vellum. Receipt from Yvon BERGIER Tapissier

1540 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
15

LANGUEDOC. 1541. Piece on parchment (27 x 50cm) written in Latin. AVIGNON (Vaucluse), July 27, 1541. Ratification by Guillaume Belloni, Rector of the College de Gigou

1541 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
16

EURE. 1549. Parchment (20 x 35 cm) dated January 19, 1549. Before the Tabellion of ETREPAGNY (27) in the Duchy of LONGUEVILLE...

1549 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.00
17

CALVADOS. Viscounty of AUGE. LISIEUX. 19 Manuscripts on papers 1555 to 1790, and 14 Billets on the Vicomte d'AUGE and the City of LISIEUX

1555 to 1790 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
18

GERS. MARSAN, ARMAGNAC. Purchase of a vineyard. Parchment (43 x 32 cm). 24. Novembre 1556

1556 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
19

PICARDIE. 1558. Quittance signed Anthoine DUCROS one of the twenty Captains appointed and maintained by the King in PICARDY

1558 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
20

TOULOUSE (Tholose, Haute-Garonne) February 14, 1559 - Parchment (26 x 10) signed "Jehan de BORDERIA Avocat et Maitre des Requetes de la REINE MERE

1559 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
21

LANGUEDOC. 1570. signed receipt from Dominique RIOLAS, Captain of a company of two hundred foot soldiers in the service of the King in the government of Languedoc xt.

1570 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
22

HERAULT. Signed letter from Jacques de CASTELNAU, bishop of SAINT-PONS, for the purchase of his wine supply (September 25, 1577)

1577 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
23 FRANCOIS DE FRANCE

FRANCOIS DE FRANCE (1555-1584), Duc d'Alencon, d'Anjou, de Touraine, de Branban et de Chateau-Thierry...only brother of Henri III - Quittance signed "Claude de LUGOLLY

1578 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
24

"EDICT DU ROY (HENRY III), de la suppression des Offices des Greffes civils, criminels, des Presentations, Clercs d'iceux, en toutes les Juridictions Royales

1580 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
25

FRENCH GUARDS. FRANCOIS DE FRANCE (1555-1584), Duc d'Alencon, d'Anjou, de Touraine, de Branban et de Chateau-Thierry, last son of Henri II and Catherine de Medicis, only brother of Henri III

1581 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
  • Ketterer Rare Books
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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.
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