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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.")
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Ader: Ancient and Modern Books - Kilian Fritsch Collection, Part 2
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Ancient and Modern Books - Kilian Fritsch Collection, Part 2 | Total Sales (EUR) | 113,357.00 |
| Auction Date | April 09, 2025 - April 09, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 91,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #162383 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 130,350.00 |
| Total Lots | 174 | ||
| Sold Lots | 75 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 300,850.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 43.10% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 417,050.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 99 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 27.18% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | PICART (Bernard) - BERNARD (Jean-Frederic) | Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde |
1723-1743 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 25,275.00 |
| 159 | [MEN'S MAGAZINE]. Monsieur |
1920-1925 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 7,835.00 | |
| 154 | FASHIONS AND MANNERS OF TODAY |
1912-1922 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 5,686.00 | |
| 165 | QUESNEL (Joseph) | Le Chien de Pique |
1928-1931 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 5,055.00 |
| 103 | GLADKY (Serge) - SALMON (Andre) | Synthese du costume theatral |
[1927] | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,802.00 |
| 145 | KLIMT (Gustav) - KURZWEIL (Max) | Ver sacrum |
1898 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,044.00 |
| 19 | FERRIOL (Charles) - LE HAY (Jacques) | Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes Nations du Levant tirees sur les Tableaux peints d'apres Nature en 1707 et 1708 |
1714 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,538.00 |
| 85 | BARBIER (George) | La Guirlande des mois |
1917-1921 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,285.00 |
| 156 | SCHMIED (Francois-Louis) | Les Cent frontispices |
[1918] | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,906.00 |
| 157 | BRUNELLESCHI (Umberto) | La Guirlande |
1919-1920 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,780.00 |
| 143 | L'IMAGE |
1896 - 1897 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 2,527.00 | |
| 100 | [MAX FURS]. La Derniere Lettre Persane |
[1920] | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,274.00 | |
| 70 | [MARRONI (Salvatore)] | [Costumes of the environs of Rome & Costumes of the papal court] |
[circa 1840] | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,080.00 |
| 91 | BRUNELLESCHI (Umberto) | The Masks and Characters of the Italian Comedy |
1914 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,022.00 |
| 153 | [HARRISON]. L'Homme elegant |
1912-1922 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,022.00 | |
| 123 | SACCHETTI (Enrico) | Robes et femmes |
1913 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,895.00 |
| 112 | LEPAPE (Georges) | Costumes de Theatre, Ballets & Divertissements |
[1920] | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,516.00 |
| 168 | [MEN'S MAGAZINE]. Gentlemen |
1949-1952 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,390.00 | |
| 93 | CHANEL. Collection catalogs |
1984-2015 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,263.00 | |
| 146 | KLIMT (Gustav) - KURZWEIL (Max) | Ver sacrum |
1899 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,263.00 |
| 61 | [JEU DE L'OIE] | Nouveau jeu brulant des cris de Paris de ses faubourgs et environs |
[circa 1800] | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,170.00 |
| 162 | [BARCLAY]. Barclay's Gazette |
1924-1930 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,137.00 | |
| 164 | [WOMEN'S MAGAZINE]. La Revue de la Femme |
1926-1930 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,137.00 | |
| 45 | [PLAYING CARDS] | La Rosiere. Amusement de societe |
[ca. 1820] | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,040.00 |
| 105 | HEMARD (Joseph) | La Veridique histoire de Yau-de-Poele, Chapeau haut de forme |
[ca. 1921-1922] | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,040.00 |
