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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 - $65,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
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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. -
ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
![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.")
![ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/16cfdea8-0749-44a9-b801-b991dc2eaa21.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. <i>De remediis utriusque fortunæ,</i> [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/46e14fa0-19d2-42b7-9994-312d5ae3df4d.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> GAZA (THÉODORE). <i>[...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum,</i> Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/13d0418d-fffb-4841-9721-851464785bd9.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> LUTHER (MARTIN). <i>Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri,</i> Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.")
Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 1,440,307.60 |
| Auction Date | April 08, 2025 - April 08, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 798,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #30806 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,233,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 228 | ||
| Sold Lots | 196 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,116,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 85.96% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,719,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 32 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 83.75% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | ARISTOTLE. 384-322 B.C.E. | Politica. Oeconomica. |
1469 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 127,500.00 |
| 206 | HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. 1899-1961. | Three Stories & Ten Poems. |
1923 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 70,350.00 |
| 152 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Ulysses. |
1922 [1923]. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 58,880.00 |
| 161 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Typed Manuscript Annotated with Joyce's autograph corrections and additions, being portions of Book I, Chapters 3 & 4 |
USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 48,640.00 | |
| 124 | BUNYAN, JOHN. 1628-1688. | The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which is to Come.... |
1744 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 |
| 133 | Comprising 7 presentation copies, 14 autograph letters 10 of which are signed, 3 autograph postcards signed, 2 typed postcards (one signed with his holograph initials, one signed in type), 5 typed letters signed, and 2 signed in type: |
USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 | ||
| 123 | SCHULZ, CHARLES. 1922-2000. | Original 8-panel Sunday comic strip, pen and ink and pencil on artist board, |
USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,840.00 | |
| 162 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Work in Progress. Volume I. |
1927 [1928]. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,840.00 |
| 88 | [INTOLERABLE ACTS.] | An Act for the better regulating the Government of the Province of the Massachusett's Bay, in New-England. |
1774 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 33,280.00 |
| 180 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Autograph Letter Signed ("James Joyce"), to Niall Sheridan regarding O'Brien's and Beckett's , |
USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 33,280.00 | |
| 54 | JEFFERYS, THOMAS. | The West-India Atlas: or, A Compendious Description of the West-Indies. |
1780-[1782]. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 30,720.00 |
| 87 | TOWNSEND ACTS. | Manuscript Document signed by more than 60 townspeople including both men and women of Newburyport, Massachusetts, agreeing to refuse to sell, buy or consume Bohea or Indian Tea "," |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 30,720.00 | |
| 27 | GRAUNT, JOHN. 1620-1674. | Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index and made upon the bills of mortality.... |
1662 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 28,160.00 |
| 122 | SCHULZ, CHARLES. 1922-2000. | Original 8-panel Sunday comic strip, pen and ink and pencil on artist board, |
USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 28,160.00 | |
| 89 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION. | Printed broadsheet, , From Monday, May 29, to Tuesday, May 30, 1775, No. |
[1775] | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,600.00 |
| 108 | [KLIMT, GUSTAV. 1862-1918.] | Gustav Klimt, Eine Nachlese. |
[1946]. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 24,320.00 |
| 132 | [GANDHI MOHANDAS K. 1869-1948.] | Gandhiji: His Life and Work. |
1944 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 24,320.00 |
| 139 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | The Holy Office. |
1905 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 24,320.00 |
| 140 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Chamber Music. |
[1907]. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,760.00 |
| 155 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Ulysses. |
1936 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,760.00 |
| 170 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Storiella as She is Syung. |
1937 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 137 | ONASSIS, JACQUELINE KENNEDY. 1929-1994. | Original gouache of Jackie and Lee Radziwill waving farewell from the shore to Aristotle Onassis aboard his Yacht , |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 17,920.00 | |
| 168 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies: A Fragment From Work in Progress. |
1934 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 17,920.00 |
| 34 | PLAYFAIR, WILLIAM. 1759-1823. | The Commercial and Political Atlas: Representing, by Means of Stained Copper-Plate Charts, the Progress of the Commerce, Revenues, Expenditure and Debts of England during the Whole of the Eighteenth Century. |
1786 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
| 142 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Gas From a Burner. |
1912 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
![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.")
