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New England Book Auctions: 15th-18th Century Printing, Americana and Fine Books, Part 1

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Auction Name	15th-18th Century Printing, Americana and Fine Books, Part 1	Total Sales (USD)	41,070.00
Auction Date	August 20, 2024 - August 20, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#82024	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	198
Sold Lots	173	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	87.37%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	25	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
5	Aeschylus.	Tragoediae VII...scholiae in easdem...Petri Victorii (with observations by Henri Estienne).	1557	Not Available	USD 2,160.00
89	Grosius, Hugo.	[De jure belli et pacis.] The Most Excellent Hugo Grotius his Three Books Treating of the Rights of War & Peace.	1682	Not Available	USD 1,920.00
169	Sophocles.	Tragoediae septum.	1603	Not Available	USD 1,800.00
1		A New General Atlas.		Not Available	USD 1,560.00
55	Claudianus, Claudius.	Opera.	March	Not Available	USD 1,560.00
73	Estienne, Henri .	Thesaurus Graecae linguae.	1572	Not Available	USD 1,320.00
80	[Franklin, Benjamin].	La Science de Bonhomme Rochard ou Moyen Facile de Payer les Impots [bound with:] Guidi, Louis. Dialogue entre un Eveque et un Cure.	1777	Not Available	USD 1,080.00
86		Gold & Currency. Sammelband of 5 pamphlets, bound in 1 volume.	vd	Not Available	USD 1,080.00
132	Medici Antiqui Omnes.	qui Latinis literis diversorum morborum genera & remedia persecute sunt.	1547	Not Available	USD 1,020.00
168	Sophocles.	Tragoediae septum.	1568	Not Available	USD 1,020.00
21	Bale, John.	The Pageant of Popes, contayninge the Lyves of All the Bishops of Rome, from the Beginninge of them to the Yeare of Grace 1555.	1574	Not Available	USD 960.00
50	Cicero, Marcus Tullius.	Orationes. Ex recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii.	1698-99	Not Available	USD 840.00
16	Apuleius, Lucius.	The XI. Bookes of the Golden Asse...Translated out of the Latine into English, by William Adlington.	for Thomas Alchorn	Not Available	USD 720.00
32		The Book of Common Prayer. ...Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David.	1669; 1672	Not Available	USD 570.00
29	Boccaccio, Giovanni.	Il Corbaccio.	1569	Not Available	USD 510.00
62	Dionysius Halicarnassus.	Antiquitatum Romanrum Libri Quotquot Supersunt.	1704	Not Available	USD 510.00
141		(Numismatics). Le Pois, Antoine. Discours sur les Medallees et Graveures Antiques, principalement Romaines.	1579	Not Available	USD 510.00
157		Royal Binding. Missel de Paris, Latin-Francois...Sixieme Partie (only).	1752	Not Available	USD 480.00
58	[Collins, Anthony].	A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Human Liberty.	1717	Not Available	USD 450.00
8	(Alexander The Great).	Curtius Rufus, Quintus. De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni, regis Macedonum, libri superstites.	1724	Not Available	USD 420.00
17	Aristophanes.	Comoediae Undecim, Graece et Latine.	1710	Not Available	USD 420.00
18	Aristophanes.	Comoediae Undecim, Graece et Latine.	1670	Not Available	USD 390.00
14	Appian.	of Alexandria. Rom[anorum] Historiarum.	1592	Not Available	USD 360.00
90	Haller, Albrecht von.	Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae.	1776-88	Not Available	USD 360.00
15	Apuleius, Lucius.	Opera Omnia Quae Exstant.	1594	Not Available	USD 330.00

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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, July 17: Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New, Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli Elementi, Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
Sotheby’s
Geek Week
2-17 July | New York

Sotheby’s, July 15: Buzz Aldrin's FLOWN Apollo 11 Crew-Signed NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Cover. $15,000 to $20,000.

Sotheby’s, July 15: Lunar Surface Flown Mission Emblem Presented to Tom Stafford by John Young. $8,000 to $12,000.

Sotheby’s, July 17: Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952. $10,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s
Geek Week
2-17 July | New York

Sotheby’s, July 17: Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation. Philadelphia, 1949. $30,000 to $50,000.

Sotheby’s, July 17: Steve Jobs Apple Computer Business Card, c. 1977. $5,000 to $8,000.

Sotheby’s, July 15: Extensive Chronology of Spacecraft From Apollo to Skylab, Signed by a Member of Every Crewed Apollo Flight and the Commanders of Each Skylab Mission. $5,000 to $8,000.