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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.
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SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Øiesvold Collection
June 14, 2025SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: HIERONYMUS MÜNTZER (1437 – 1508): (Northern and Central Europe) No title recto. Nuremberg, 1493.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SIGISMUND VON HERBERSTEIN (1486 – 1566): «Commentari della Moscovia et partmente della Russia.» Venice, 1550.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.
![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.")
![SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a6aadc9-e8db-4fb2-aa16-7f58eb74076a.jpg "<b>SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14:</b> SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.")
![SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/bd397a02-a6b4-462a-b4de-cb43acf2f5aa.jpg "<b>SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14:</b> SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.")
![SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1b950440-d6d6-4570-be13-7859d69353e9.jpg "<b>SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14:</b> WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.")
Bonhams: Father of the Modern Fairy Tale, Hans Christian Andersen from the Collection of Justin G. Schiller, 31573, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 29, 2025 - April 29, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. | Nye Eventyr - Andet Bind Forste Samling. |
Copenhagen | 1847 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
| 27 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. | Nye Eventyr. BOUND WITH: Lykkens Blomst. Eventyr-Comedie.... |
Copenhagen | 1845-1848; 1845. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
| 28 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. | Neue Marchen von H.C. Andersen. |
Berlin | 1844 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 140.80 |
| 29 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. | Autograph Quotation Signed ("Hans Christian Andersen") from the Ugly Duckling, |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,880.00 | ||
| 30 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. | Autograph Quotation Signed ("Hans Christian Andersen") in Danish, written in roman script, from The Ugly Duckling, |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,376.00 | ||
| 31 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. HOYTEMA, THEO VAN, illustrator. | Preliminary study for the cover of Het Leelijke jonge eendje (The Ugly Duckling, 1893), pen and pencil and watercolor wash in shades of blue, green, brown, yellow, red, and black, titled and annotated in ink, |
1893 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 537.60 | |
| 32 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. HOYTEMA, THEO VAN, illustrator. | Original pen and ink drawing for illustration number 2 in Het Leelijke jonge eendje (The Ugly Duckling, 1893), "Castle with bridge surrounded by water," |
1893 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 588.80 | |
| 33 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. HOYTEMA, THEO VAN, illustrator. | But winter passed away at last.... Original illustration art, ink and watercolors on paper, |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,176.00 | ||
| 34 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. HOYTEMA, THEO VAN, illustrator. | A collection of original artwork for Hoytema's 1893 illustrations for Het leelijke jonge eendje (The Ugly Duckling), including: |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,048.00 | ||
| 35 | LEFLER, HEINRICH. 1863-1919. | The Nightingale. Original illustration art, watercolor over pencil on paper, |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,816.00 | ||
| 36 | [ANON.] | The Emperor's Nightingale. Original illustration art, watercolor over pencil on paper, |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 38.40 | ||
| 37 | MONTRESOR, BENI (BENITO). 1926-2001. | Two finished watercolors for Montresor's illustrations for The Nightingale, |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 486.40 | ||
| 38 | LEFLER, HEINRICH. 1863-1919. | Original watercolor for "The Snow Queen" ["Die Schneekonigin"] for the 1911 Andersen-Kalender Zwolf Marchen, |
1911 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 39 | STEINLEN, THEOPHILE-ALEXANDRE. 1859-1923. | Charcoal drawing for Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 | ||
| 40 | JAQUES, FAITH. 1923-1997. | The Snow Queen Original illustration art, mixed media on board, |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 281.60 | ||
| 41 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. HOWITT, MARY, translator. | Wonderful Stories for Children. |
London | 1846 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,376.00 |
| 42 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. HOWITT, MARY, translator. | Wonderful Stories for Children. |
London | [1846]. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,432.00 |
| 43 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. MARY HOWITT, translator. | Wonderful Stories for Children. |
New York | 1846 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
| 44 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. | The Shoes of Fortune and Other Tales. |
London | 1847 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 45 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. | 1 A Danish Story-Book. Translated by Charles Boner. |
London | 1846 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,176.00 |
| 46 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. | The Two Baronesses, a romance. |
London | 1848 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 47 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. | Danish Fairy Legends and Tales. |
London | 1852 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,152.00 |
| 48 | HOWITT, ANNA. AND MARY HOWITT. | Autograph Letter Signed ("A Howitt") mentioning Hans Christian Andersen, "the Danish poet and Romance writer, whose works Mamma has translated," to a Miss Woolley, |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 140.80 | ||
| 49 | BONER, CHARLES. 1815-1870. | Autograph Letter Signed ("Charles Boner") to Hans Christian Andersen arranging a meeting to obtain for Andersen an autograph of Sir Walter Scott, |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 281.60 | ||
| 50 | ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. | Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") to William Jerdan of The Literary Gazette on meeting Charles Dickens and thanking him for a glowing review, |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
![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.")
