• Fonsie Mealy’sChatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale18th June 2025 Fonsie Mealy’sChatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale18th June 2025
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    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: French Bateau Bed, exhibition piece from the Exposition Universelle—The Paris World’s Fair, 1878. Third quarter of the 19th century. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
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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 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 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
  • Forum AuctionsA Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library19th June 2025 Forum AuctionsA Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library19th June 2025
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    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.
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    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.
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Vermot de Pas: History and Regions of France

Auction Reports

Auction Name History and Regions of France Total Sales (EUR) 9,964.80
Auction Date April 24, 2025 - April 24, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 7,140.00
Sale Number #164091 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 9,910.00
Total Lots 600
Sold Lots 58 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 80,230.00
% of Lots Sold 9.67% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 110,250.00
Unsold Lots 542 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 9.04%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
369

INDIA. Charles-Alexandre de LINOIS (Brest 1761 - 1848) Admiral, victorious against the British at the Battle of Algeciras in 1801. 2 pieces signed September 1804, on the victorious battle of VIZAGAPATAM, India

 1804 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 985.60
29

SEAT OF MENERBES (Vaucluse). LANGUEDOC - Commission de Messires les Commissaires des Trois Etats du Pays de LANGUEDOC tenus dans la Ville de BEZIERS ...

 1585 EUR 300.00 - 350.00 EUR 384.00
169

LA REUNION. , 30 letters ... from the FORVETU LECOMTE family. Family and business letters (Coffee trade), signed "Marie AUBRY, Widow FORVETU LECOMTE": "St Denis, l'Isle de la Reunion

 1767 to 1824 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 384.00
28

FRANCHE-COMTE. 1584. DOUBS. JURA. Signed piece, on vellum, from Francois de GRANDMONT, Priest, Grand Dean of the Diocese of BESANCON

1584 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 320.00
33

JURA. 1591. Collegiate church of SAINT MAURICE de SALINS-LES-BAINS. Collation of the Chapel of ST DENIS, belonging to the Chapter of ST MAURICE DE SALINS, Diocese of BESANCON

1591 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 256.00
391

PIAGET SWISS WATCHMAKER. DOUBS. Empire passport issued by the City of Besancon on October 24, 1809.

1809 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 256.00
492 Victor CONSIDERANT

Victor CONSIDERANT, French philosopher. (Salins (Jura) 1808 - Paris 1893) A disciple of Fourier, he defined the concept of the right to work.... Autograph Letter Signed

 1844 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 256.00
512 Maurice de LA CHATRE

NAPOLEON III. Georges SAND. Baron Maurice de LA CHATRE, from his nom de plume Maurice La Chatre, Publisher, Romanist (Issoudun/ Indre 1814 - Paris 1900) Libertarian, Anticlerical, Anarchist - Autograph letter signed

 1852 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 256.00
537

EGYPT. Correspondence addressed to Jules SAIGE Engineer in Paris. 86 letters including 11 from Egypt

 1861 to 1881 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 256.00
97

Chateau de VINCENNES (Val-de-Marne) 1730 - Signed by King LOUIS XV (Secretary), countersigned "LE DUC D'ANTIN" (Antoine Louis de PARDAILLAN DE GONDRIN Duc d'ANTIN (1665-1736) ...

 1730 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 204.80
429

YONNE. BOIS ET FORETS - Set of some thirty papers from wood merchants and owners in BRIENON SUR AMANCON, concerning wood harvesting in the DILO Forest, from 1817 to 1836

1817 to 1836 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 198.40
16

EURE. 1549. Parchment (20 x 35 cm) dated January 19, 1549. Before the Tabellion of ETREPAGNY (27) in the Duchy of LONGUEVILLE...

 1549 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.00
27

AUDE. CARCASSONNE 1583. Before the Senechaussee of CARCASSONNE and BEZIERS, to the first sergeant required. Demoyselle Ysabeau d'ASTORG widow of the late noble Pierre...,

1583 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.00
175

GARD. DE VALFONS family, Marquis de LA CALMETTE. 3 letters: Letter of friendship signed BAGNON written from ALAIS (Ales, Gard) on July 19, 1775, ...

 1775 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.00
194 Charles Rene de MAILLE Duc de Maille La Tour Landry

Charles Rene de MAILLE Duc de Maille La Tour Landry (1732-1791), Lieutenant General of the Armies of the King, First Gentleman of the Chamber of Mgr le Comte d'ARTOIS (Header) - Signed

 1784 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.00
281

JURA. Piece Signee de la Societe Populaire de ST CLAUDE (39) 3 octobre 1793 (An 2) - Certificat pour Basile BRASIER Negociant de GRANDVAUX qui a un Magasin pour la vente de Marchandises...

 1793 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.00
310 Joseph Marie NIELLY

Joseph Marie NIELLY, Baron, Rear-Admiral, Maritime Prefect, took part in the American War of Independence. Bill signed "NIELLY Contre-Amiral" dated 7 Frimaire An 3

 1794 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.00
317

MANCHE. SAINT-COME-DU-MONT (50). 25 DOCUMENTS: Proces-verbal du 3 ventose An 3 (21 Fev. 1795). Sale of national property belonging to Emigre DOZEVILLE

1795 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.00
420

Map of CORSICA from 1815 (Empire). "Departement du GOLO decreed July 1, 1793 (Bastia, Calvi, Corte) and Departement du LIAMONE, decreed July 1, 1793 (Vico, Ajaccio, Sartene).

 1815 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.00
481 Alphonse de LAMARTINE

Alphonse de LAMARTINE, Poet, Novelist and Politician (Macon/ Saone-et-Loire 1790 - Paris 1869). Three letters from 1840 and a printed circular letter

 1840 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.00
352

CHOUANS. EURE - 4 Expeditions timbbes, Documents certifies conformes par les Notaires de Paris, concernant Philippe Francois ODOART DUHAZE, natif de ST MARGUERITE

1800 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 160.00
458

DUPONT de l'EURE.1 Autograph letter signed and 1 Engraving.

1829 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 153.60
42 Baroness de ROCHECHOUART (Jeanne de SAULX-TAVANNES)

Baroness de ROCHECHOUART (Jeanne de SAULX-TAVANNES), Daughter of Gaspard Marechal de France. Receipt on vellum (17 x 12) signed DE ROCHECHOUART on his handwritten letterhead, dated 1625.

 1625 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 134.40
58

LOUIS XIV NEWSPAPERS. "GAZETTE" 2 Journals of 25 May and 29 June 1683. Printed in REIMS (Marne) by Protais Lerorain Imprimeur Libraire, Rue Saint Etienne, with permission of the King:

1683 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 134.40
39 Anne De GRAVE

AUDE. VILLEGLY. Private signed will of Anne De GRAVE, Seigneur de VILLEGLY, made in Villegly (Aude) in 1621, found in his trunk when he died on September 6, 1621

1621 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 128.00
  • Sotheby'sBibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet 5-19 June Sotheby'sBibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet 5-19 June
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    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
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    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
  • FinarteBooks, Autographs & PrintsJune 24 & 25, 2025 FinarteBooks, Autographs & PrintsJune 24 & 25, 2025
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    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
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    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.
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  • Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900. Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
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    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.
  • SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book AuctionsThe Øiesvold CollectionJune 14, 2025 SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book AuctionsThe Øiesvold CollectionJune 14, 2025
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    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: HIERONYMUS MÜNTZER (1437 – 1508): (Northern and Central Europe) No title recto. Nuremberg, 1493.
    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SIGISMUND VON HERBERSTEIN (1486 – 1566): «Commentari della Moscovia et partmente della Russia.» Venice, 1550.
    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.
    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.
    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.