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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. -
Sotheby’s
New York Book Week
12-26 JuneSotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD -
Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.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.Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000. -
Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
![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.")
![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.")
Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Bill Evans Anthropology Collection - Australia, Pacific, Asia, 42725, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 27, 2025 - April 27, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Baldwin Spencer and the Late F J Gillen | The Arunta A Study of a Stone Age People in Two Volumes |
London Macmillan | 1927 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 2 | Baldwin Spencer and F.J. Gillen. | The Northern Tribes of Central Australia, |
1904 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 | |
| 3 | Terry Smith, Judith Ryan, Donald and Janet Holt, and Jennifer Isaacs. | Emily Kngwarreye Paintings. |
1999 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 412.75 | |
| 4 | Geoffrey and James Bardon. | Papunya: A Place Made After the Story. The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement |
2004 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 5 | Rex Battarbee | Modern Australian Aboriginal Art |
Sydney | 1951 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 6 | Grahame L. Walsh | Australia's Greatest Rock Art |
1988 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 476.25 | |
| 7 | SMYTH, R. Brough. | The Aborigines of Victoria: with notes relating to the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania. |
Melbourne, | 1878 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 8 | Carl Lumholtz. | Among Cannibals: An Account of Four Years' Travels in Australia and Of Camp Life With the Aborigines of Queensland. |
1889 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 | |
| 9 | , Andrew Tavarelli, Steven G. Alpert, Robyn Maxwell, Harry Beran, Barry Craig, Natalie Wilson, Crispin Howarth, and Kevin Conru. | War Art and Ritual: Shields from the Pacific edited by Bill Evans with essays |
2019 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 285.75 | |
| 10 | Herbert Basedow. | Notes of the Native Tribes of Bathurst Island, North Australia |
AUD 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 11 | edited and co-authored Charles P. Mountford. | Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Volume 1: Art, Myth and Symbolism |
1956 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 203.20 | |
| 12 | Berndt, Elkin, McCarthy, Mountford, Strehlow and Tuckson. | Australian Aboriginal Art. With text |
1968 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 13 | David R. Moore. | The Torres Strait Collections of A.C. Haddon - A Descriptive Catalogue |
1984 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 14 | Anthologia anthropologica: The Native Races of Australasia. |
1939 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 15 | Carl A. Schmitz. | Oceanic Art: Myth, Man and Image in the South Seas |
New York: | 1969 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 16 | Lance Bennett. | Art of the Dreamtime: The Dorothy Bennett Collection of Australia Aboriginal Art |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 508.00 | ||
| 17 | Les Arts Indigenes en Nouvelle-Guinee by Stephen Chavet. Limited edition. |
1995 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 18 | Set of 14 German language art and design books from the series Propylaen-Kunstgeschichte |
Berlin | 1929 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 19 | WALLACE, Alfred Russel. | The Malay Archipelago. The land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A narrative of travel with studies of man and nature. |
London, | 1902 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 20 | CHI-LU, Chen. | Material Culture of the Formosan Aborigines. |
Taipei, | 1968 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 21 | British Museum Handbook to the Ethnographical Collections. |
London, | 1925 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 22 | KELM, Heinz. | Kunst vom Sepik. |
Berlin, Museum fur Volkerkunde, | 1966 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 23 | DAALDER, Truus. | "Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment. Australia, Oceania, Asia, Africa". |
2009 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 24 | ANELL, Bengt. | Contribution to the History of Fishing in the Southern Seas. |
Upsala, | 1955 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 25 | Six books on indigenous Australian history, art and culture: McCarthy, F.D. Australian Aboriginal Stone Implements, |
Sydney | 1976 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 215.90 |
