Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025

Finarte, 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, 2025

Finarte, 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, 2025

Finarte, 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, 2025

Finarte, 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 - $30,000

Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000

Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000

Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000

Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000

Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000

Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000

Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000

Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000

Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
June 18 & 19
Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions

Dominic Winter, June 18-19: World. Van Geelkercken (N.), Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Duobis..., circa 1618. £4,000-6,000.

Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Moll (Herman). A New Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain..., circa 1715. £2,000-3,000.

Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Churchill (Winston S.). The World Crisis, 5 volumes bound in 6, 1st edition, 1923-31. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
June 18 & 19
Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions

Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, 1860. £1,500-2,000.

Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, 6 volumes in 3, 1st quarto ed, 1855-56. £1,500-2,000.

Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de, 1900-1944). Pilote de guerre (Flight to Arras), 1942. £10,000-15,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
June 18 & 19
Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions

Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Austen (Jane, 1775-1817). Signature, cut from a letter, no date. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, 1st edition, with wraparound band, 1932. £4,000-6,000

Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Hobbit, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1937. £3,000-5,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
June 18 & 19
Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions

Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Rackham (Arthur, 1867-1939). Princess by the Sea (from Irish Fairy Tales), circa 1920. £4,000-6,000

Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Kelmscott Press. The Story of the Glittering Plain, Walter Crane's copy, 1894. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter, June 18-19: King (Jessie Marion, 1875-1949). The Summer House, watercolour. £4,000-6,000
Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500

Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000

Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000

Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000

Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000

Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000

Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000

Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000

Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000

Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000

Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000

Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000

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Tennants Auctioneers: Books, Maps and Manuscripts

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Books, Maps and Manuscripts	Total Sales (GBP)	95,904.00
Auction Date	April 09, 2025 - April 09, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	35,040.00
Sale Number	#40925	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	56,200.00
Total Lots	143
Sold Lots	133	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	37,620.00
% of Lots Sold	93.01%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	60,420.00
Unsold Lots	10	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	158.73%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
32	Gauss (Carl Friedrich).	Disquisitiones Arithmeticae.	1801	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 19,200.00
109		[Mounsey (George W.)]. Three manuscript journal accounts of a trip through Egypt and the Middle East in 1858/1859	1858/1859	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 4,800.00
9	Gillray (James).	Twenty-one caricatures, including 'Taking Physick' [BM 9584], 'Breathing a Vein' [BM 10306], 'Gentle Emetic' [BM 10304], 'Charming well again' [BM 10307]	ex Fonmon Castle.	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 4,560.00
140		Three works in one, comprising: The Art and Mystery of Vintners and Wine-Coopers. Containing Approved Directions for the Preserving and Curing all Manner and Sorts of Wines, by E. T. a Wine-Cooper of long Experience.	1734	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 3,840.00
39	Atkinson (George Francklin).	The Campaign in India, 1857-58. From drawings made during the eventful period of the Great Mutiny... Illustrating the Military Operations before Delhi and its Neighbourhood.	1859	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 3,360.00
69	Raffles (Thomas Stamford).	The History of Java.	1817	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,760.00
14	Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher).	A History of The University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings,	1815	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,160.00
126	Hughes (Ted) and Lloyd (R.J., illustrator).	The Cat and the Cuckoo.	no date [1987]	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,160.00
51		The Edinburgh Geographical and Historical Atlas, comprehending a sketch of the History of Geography ... and History of each Continent, State, and Kingdom, delineated.	no date [c. 1831]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,040.00
30	Boyle (Robert).	Tracts: Containing I. Suspicions about Some Hidden Qualities of the Air; with an Appendix touching Celestial Magnets, and some other Particulars. II. Animadversions upon Mr. Hobbes's Problemata De Vacuo. III. A Discourse of the Cause of Attractions by Suc	1674	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,680.00
56	Ogilby (John).	Britannia: or the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales Actually Survey'd: with a Geographical and Historical Description of the Principal Roads; Explain'd by One Hundred Maps on Copper-Plates...	1698	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 1,680.00
12	Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher).	A History of the University of Oxford, Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings.	1814	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,440.00
94	Crowne [(John)].	Darius, King of Persia. A Tragedy.	[1688]	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 1,200.00
134	The Gregynog Press.	The Life of Saint David.	1927	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,140.00
16	Adam (Robert).	Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia.	1764	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,080.00
67	Dampier (William).	A New Voyage Around The World.	1699	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 1,080.00
91	Austen (Jane).	Pride and Prejudice.	1894	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,020.00
90	[Street (Cecil)], Burton (Miles).	To Catch a Thief.	1934	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 960.00
131	Private Press.	Jones (Glyn & T. J. Morgan). The Story of Heledd.	1994	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 960.00
10	[Hogarth (William)].	[The Works...from the Original Plates Restored by James Heath...and Explanations...by John Nichols. Baldwin and Cradock].		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 900.00
35	Heywood (Thomas).	The Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells. Their Names, Orders and Offices, the Fall of Lucifer with his Angells.	1635	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 900.00
44	Sale (Robert Henry).	The Defence of Jellalabad...Drawn on Stone by W. L. Walton.	[c. 1845]	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 900.00
7	Langley (Batty).	New Principles of Gardening: Or, The Laying out and Planting Parterres, Groves, Wildernesses, Labyrinths, Avenues, Parks, &c...	1728	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 840.00
2	Folio Society.	A collection of works published by The Folio Society, including Bronte (Charlotte, Emily and Anne), The Complete Novels with wood engravings, 1991	1991	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 720.00
19	Ware (Isaac and William Kent).	The Plans, Elevations, and Sections; Chimney-Pieces, and Cielings of Houghton in Norfolk.	1760	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 720.00

Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025

Forum, 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 2025

Forum, 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 June

Sotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USD

Sotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USD

Sotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USD

Sotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USD

Sotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD
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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 - $65,000

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000