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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
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Catawiki B. V.: Literature and Illustrated Books
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Literature and Illustrated Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 8,217.51 |
Auction Date | March 30, 2025 - March 30, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 10,250.00 |
Sale Number | #33025 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 12,800.00 |
Total Lots | 23 | ||
Sold Lots | 12 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 20,400.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 52.17% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 25,100.00 |
Unsold Lots | 11 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 32.74% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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92279257 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
1902 | EUR 2,700.00 - 3,300.00 | EUR 1,635.00 |
94235105 | Omar Khayyam/Edward Fitzgerald/Gilbert James | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in fine binding |
1908 | Not Available | EUR 1,109.62 |
94149819 | Eugenio Montale | Ossi di Seppia [359/450] |
1928 | EUR 1,300.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 981.00 |
94312107 | Josep Pla | Un senor de Barcelona (firmado por el autor y encuadernado por Brugalla) |
1945 | EUR 700.00 - 850.00 | EUR 763.00 |
94034466 | Signed, Gottfried Benn | Provoziertes Leben. Eine Auswahl aus den Prosaschriften |
1955 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 654.00 |
94059248 | Ludovico Ariosto | Orlando furioso |
1795 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 654.00 |
94051118 | William Morris | Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society |
1893 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 599.50 |
94209628 | Jean e Jacquelin de Montlucon | Libro De Horas del Delfin de Francia |
2017 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 535.19 |
94259381 | Schiller, Friedrich | Kabale und Liebe. Ein burgerliches Trauerspiel in funf Aufzugen. (Erste Ausgabe) |
1784 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 501.40 |
94056413 | Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de | Novelas exemplares de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Nueva impresion corregida y adornada con |
1797 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 436.00 |
94281003 | Anne Harriet Fish / Omar Khayyam / Edward Fitzgerald | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered into English verse... With decorations by Fish. ( Art Deco ) |
1922 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 253.97 |
94277684 | Signe ; Clara Tice / Pierre Louys | The Twilight of the Nymphs [avec envoi et dessin original] |
1927 | Not Available | EUR 94.83 |