Fonsie Mealy’s
Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
18th June 2025

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 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 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.

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Sothebys: Arts of the Islamic World and India

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Arts of the Islamic World and India	Total Sales (GBP)	6,702,933.00
Auction Date	April 30, 2025 - April 30, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	2,532,300.00
Sale Number	#L25220	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	3,795,200.00
Total Lots	110
Sold Lots	95	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	3,322,300.00
% of Lots Sold	86.36%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	4,878,200.00
Unsold Lots	15	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	137.41%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
607		A prince visiting an ascetic,	early 17th century	GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	GBP 571,500.00
566		A Sufi Spiritual Concert, attributed to Hunhar,	circa 1650-60	GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	GBP 406,400.00
520		A line from the 'Baysunghur Qur'an', attributed to 'Umar al-Aqta,	circa 1400	GBP 300,000.00 - 500,000.00	GBP 381,000.00
546		A large illuminated Mamluk Qur'an, copied by Muhammad Abu al-Fadl ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab al-A'raj,	882 AH/1477-78 AD	GBP 300,000.00 - 500,000.00	GBP 381,000.00
616		Raghunath Pathania, a holy man, attributed to Nainsukh,	circa 1760	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 355,600.00
532		An early bound Qur'an section in Kufic script, North Africa or Near East,	circa 700-750 AD	GBP 250,000.00 - 300,000.00	GBP 317,500.00
544		Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa ('Epistles of the Brethren of Purity'),	14th century	GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	GBP 279,400.00
605	Abu'l Fazl ibn Mubarak	Abu'l Fazl ibn Mubarak (d.1602 AD), Ain-i Akbari ('The Administration of Akbar'),	late 17th/early 18th century	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 254,000.00
627		A scroll painting depicting the Battle of Pollilur,	circa 1850	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 241,300.00
632		A white stork (coconia ciconia) in a flat river landscape,	circa 1780	GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00	GBP 241,300.00
633		A sarus crane (grus antigone) standing in a flat river landscape	circa 1780	GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00	GBP 228,600.00
603		An illuminated firman of Dara Shikoh (r.1616-59),	1068 AH/1657 AD	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 177,800.00
579		An illustration to a ragamala series: Bangal Ragini,	circa 1765	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 165,100.00
623		A portrait of a Sikh shawl trader, by Bishan Singh,	circa 1867	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 139,700.00
635		A domestic male fowl,	circa 1780	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 127,000.00
597		An illustration from a Shivapurana series: Sati casts herself into the fire to avenge the insult to her husband Shiva,	circa 1820	GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	GBP 114,300.00
634		A domestic female fowl,	circa 1780	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 107,950.00
636		A grey heron (Ardea Cinerea),	circa 1780	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 107,950.00
637		An oriental darter (anhinga melanogaster),	circa 1780	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 107,950.00
503		A small illuminated Qur'an, Near East, Abbasid,	late 12th/early 13th century	GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	GBP 101,600.00
576		A Princess Rewards Musical Performers, attributed to Muhammad Afzal,	circa 1735	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	GBP 101,600.00
631		A Eurasian Goshawk (Astur gentilis),	circa 1780	GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00	GBP 101,600.00
565		Afzal Khan 'Allami, attributed to Balchand,	circa 1638	GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	GBP 95,250.00
502	Abu Nasr Isma'il ibn Hammad al-Jawhari	Taj al-lugha wa sihah al-arabiyya, ('The Crown of Language and the Correct Arabic'), volume 8, copied by Mansur ibn Jama',	577 AH/ 1181 AD	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 88,900.00
530	Sa'id ibn Hibat Allah ibn al-Husayn	Sa'id ibn Hibat Allah ibn al-Husayn (d.1101 AD), Kitab al-Mughni fi'l-Tibb, copied by Muhammad ibn Radwan ibn Radi ibn Layth, Near East,	707 AH/1308 AD	GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	GBP 88,900.00

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

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
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.
Rose City Book & Paper Fair
June 14-15, 2025
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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.
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 Auctions
The Øiesvold Collection
June 14, 2025

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.