OSENAT: Asian Art, 169117, VERSAILLES

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 21, 2025 - September 21, 2025

Page Size: 14 items in 1 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		Two vellum engravings from the series of twenty plates depicting views of the European-style buildings of Yuanmingyuan		1783-1786, 20th CENTURY	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 189.00
2	HOKUSAI (1760-1849)	Four double-page spreads from a sumi-e work			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
3	HOKUSAI (1760-1849)	Beautiful Views of the Eastern Capital at a Glance		1800	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
4	AFTER MAI THU (1906-1980)	"The Classroom"			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 101.00
5		Set of four prints from the same series, depicting various birds among flowers	JAPAN,	END OF THE 19th CENTURY	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
6	AFTER XI BEIHONG (1895-1953)	Print in ink and light colors on paper, depicting an eagle facing front, wings spread, head turned to the right	Beijing		EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 76.00
7	KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915)	Triptych of prints depicting Akechi Mitsuharu - a famous 16th-century warrior - crossing Lake Biwa on horseback.			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 101.00
8	AOYAMA (OR SEIZAN), 20th CENTURY	Sumi-e print on paper depicting a Zen-style horse, shown three-quarter-backed, grazing		20th CENTURY	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 151.00
9	UTAGAWA YOSHIUME (1819-1879)	Suite of eleven chuban tate-e prints from the Utai hyakuban shiki no nagame series, "One Hundred Songs of the No for the Four Seasons",		Circa 1848-1852.	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
10	HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)	Lot of five oban yoko-e prints, from the "Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido" series			EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
11	KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)	Oban yoko-e print entitled Tokaido gojusan eki rokushuku meisho, "Famous views of the fifty-three Tokaido stations, six stations at a time"			EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
12	TOYOHARA CHIKANOBU (1838-1912)	Oban tate-e print from the Shin Bijin series, "True Beauties", depicting a young woman in front of her mirror.		1897	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
13		Print in kokonotsugiri yoko-e format, from an untitled series of "Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido", by Hokusai (1760-1849)	JAPAN,	19th CENTURY	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
14	HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)	Oban yoko-e print from the Toto meisho series, "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital", evening view of Takanawa (Takanawa no yukei)			EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 164.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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