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Source Title	Catalogue of the Magnificant Library of the Late Hon. Henry C. Murphy.....
Description	Mr. Murphy was born in Brooklyn in 1810 and departed this mortal coil in 1882. His books, that brought him comfort in life, returned cash to his family two years later. In life, he was a politician who became mayor of Brooklyn and later a congressman twice with a defeat in between. In 1852 he was a serious candidate for president until people remembered he was Irish. He then served as United States Minister to Holland continuously until Abraham Lincoln recalled him. He then went to Albany as a State Senator. As a book collector he was exceptional. His library was complex and complete to the point of obsession but it was the age to obsess and he did so very effectively. It is no longer possible to do what he did. In his time he saw the opportunity and made the most of it. That chance will not come again.
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Total Records in AED	3307

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. March 28, 2019

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Greco (Gioachino). Primo modo del gioco de Partito… Manuscript, France, 1624 or 1625. A collection of partiti, or 'chess problems' by one of the most important figures in the history of chess. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Herodotus. Historiae, translated into Latin by Lorenzo Valla and edited by Antonio Mancinelli. Venice, 1494. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Darwin (Charles). Autograph Letter signed to his cousin Reginald Darwin, Down, Beckenham, Kent, 27th March 1879. £12,000 to £18,000.

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. March 28, 2019

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, Imprinted at London by Thomas Dawson, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de). The Little Prince, number 66 of 525 copies signed by the author, 1943. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Catlin (George, 1796-1872). Tuch-ee, A Celebrated War Chief of the Cherokees, watercolour, [circa 1834]. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. March 28, 2019

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Genetics.- A collection of c.300 pamphlets on genetics comprising many of the major contributions from the first half of the 20th century. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: India.- Rajasthan.- Kota School (probably late 18th c.). Elephant in a landscape with chains around his feet, brush and black ink with opaque pigments. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Commelin (Caspar). Horti medici Amstelaedamensis plantae rariores et exoticae, first edition, 48 finely hand-coloured engraved plates, Leiden, F.Haringh, 1706. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. March 28, 2019

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Plague-water and cookery & medical recipes.- Jackson (Mrs Sarah). Medical and cookery recipes, manuscript in several hands, title and 134pp., 1688-1755. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Vernet (After Joseph, 1714-1789). [Vues des ports de France], sixteen plates (of 18), etchings and engravings by Charles Nicolas Cochin fils and Jacques Philippe Le Bas, [c.1760-1780]. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Detmold (Edward Julius, 1883-1957). Parrots and Butterflies, watercolour. £2,500 to £3,500.
Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 7: John Blackbridge. The Complete Poker Player. New York, 1875. First Edition. $1,500 to $2,500.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 14: Garrett Brown. How to Beat the Game. New York, 1903. $100 to $200.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 22: Anthony Comstock. Frauds Exposed. New York, 1880. $300 to $500.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 35: S.W. Erdnase. The Expert at the Card Table. Chicago: Author, 1902. First edition. $6,000 to $9,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 41: [Gerritt Evans] “A Retired Professional,” pseudo. How Gamblers Win. New York, ca. 1870s. $250 to $350.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 54: Jonathan Harrington Green. An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling. Cincinnati, 1843. First edition. $2,000 to $3,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 277: Phil Farley. Criminals Of America Illustrated. New York, 1876. $50 to $100.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 228: The English Rogue: Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, a Witty Extravagant: Comprising the Most Eminent Cheats of Both Sexes. London, 1666; 1671; 1680. $3,000 to $5,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 219: Abraham De Moivre. The Doctrine of Chances: or, a Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play. London, 1718. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 95: Barabbas Whitefeather, pseudo. The Handbook of Swindling. London, 1839. Presentation copy, inscribed. $900 to $1,300.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 134: Poker Chips: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Stories of the Great American Game. New York, 1896. Five issues. $1,500 to $2,500.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 87: Harry Houdini. The Right Way to Do Wrong. Boston, 1906. $150 to $250.
Bonhams, Mar 12: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. First edition, first issue, SIGNED in block letters by Whitman. 1855. $200,000 to $300,000

Bonhams, Mar 12: Isaac Newton's copy of John Greave's Pyramidographia, London, 1646. $50,000 to $70,000

Bonhams, Mar 12: Colonel John Mosby. Robert E. Lee's autograph letter to Samuel Cooper reporting on Mosby's exploits, with Cooper's autograph note ordering his appointment to Major.

Bonhams, Mar 12: Gyula Halasz Brassai. Large archive of autograph and typed letters, over 260, to his family including his wife Gilberte, 1947-1978. $40,000 to $60,000

Bonhams, Mar 12: Archive of drawings and letters from Harper Lee to Charles Carruth, including an inscribed first edition of To Kill a Mockingbird. $20,000 to $30,000

Bonhams, Mar 11: VESALIUS, ANDREAS. 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel: Johannes Oporinus, June 1543. $300,000 to $500,000

Bonhams, Mar 11: HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657. De motu cordis & sanguinis in animalibus Anatomica Exercitatio. Leiden: Joannis Maire, 1639. $25,000 to $35,000

Bonhams, Mar 11: BERENGARIO DA CARPI, GIACOMO. 1460-1530. Isagogae breves perlucide ac uberrimae in Anatomiam humani corporis. Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris, 15 July 1523. $15,000 to $25,000

Bonhams NY, Mar 11: FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. 1706-1790. Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America… London, 1769. $10,000 to $15,000

Bonhams NY, Mar 11: BENIVIENI, ANTONIO. 1443-1502. De abditis nonnullis ac mirandis morborum et sanationum causis.Florence: Filippo Giunta, 1507. $8,000 to $12,000
Chiswick Auctions: Books & Illustrated Art including Cartoons. March 28, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Silver Binding.- [Torah], German 13 Loth silver binding, hinged clasp, 12mo, Sulzbach, 1805. £2,500 to £3,500.

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Picasso (Pablo). Minotaure vaincu, plate 89 from La Suite Vollard, etching, dated 29 May 1933, pencil, plate 190 x 265 mm, Paris, A. Vollard, 1939. £5,000 to £6,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Dali (Salvador) & Alighieri (Dante). La Divina Commedia, 6 vols, NUMBER 478 of 2,900 copies, 100 numbered colour lithograph plates by Salvador Dalì, folio, Verona, 1963-1964. £3,000 to £4,000.

Chiswick Auctions: Books & Illustrated Art including Cartoons. March 28, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Miniature Sepher Torah Nevi'im U'Kethuvim, prepared by Menachem M. Scholz, original cloth, housed within original gilt tooled metal case, with magnifying glass inset, 33x25 mm, Warsaw, c. 1880. £1,200 to £1,800.

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Scarfe (Gerald). ‘Men of Snow’ [Tony Blair, William Hague & 'Robin' Cook], original ink, watercolour & gouache drawing, signed, 600 x 435 mm, n.d. with 2 others (3). £800 to £1,200

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Francklyn (Gilbert), Paine (Thomas). Rights of Man…, FIRST EDITION [and] Rights of Man. Part the Second…, Printed for J. S. Jordan, 1791-92, [and 1 other]. £700 to £1,000

Chiswick Auctions: Books & Illustrated Art including Cartoons. March 28, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Chagall (Marc). Le Jeu des Acrobates (Acrobats at Play), HORS COMMERCE PROOF, lithograph, from The Lithographs of Chagall, 320 x 240 mm, André Sauret, 1963. £1,800 to £2,200

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: [Harris (John)]. The History of The Old Woman who had Three Sons Jerry, James, and John…, 12mo, J. Harris, 1815. £200 to £300

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Royal Binding.- Staël-Holstein (Germaine de). De la littèrature considerée dans ses rapports avec les institutions sociales…, 2 vols, second edition, Crapelet, Paris, [1801]. £400 to £600

Chiswick Auctions: Books & Illustrated Art including Cartoons. March 28, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Ancient History.- La Baune (Jacques de). Panegyrici Veteres, Paris, 1676. [with] Wesseling (Petrus, ed.). Vetera Romanorum itineraria… £800 to £1,200

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Edward (Gibbon). History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire… Multiple editions and languages [English and French]. £300 to £400

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis, FIRST EDITION, 2 vols in 3. 119 hand-coloured plates of 454. £500 to £700
Koller Auctions: Books & Autographs. March 26, 2019

Koller Auctions, Mar 26: Jacques Gamelin. Nouveau recueil d'osteologie et de myologie, dessine d'apres nature... 2 parts in 1 vol., large folio, 82 copper plates. CHF 12,000 to 18,000

Koller Auctions, Mar 26: Melchior Pfintzing. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils geschichten des loblichen streytparen... 118 woodcut engravings, first edition. CHF 30,000 to 50,000

Koller Auctions, Mar 26: Book of hours. Handwritten Latin text on vellum. With 17 large miniatures, Flanders, c.1460. CHF 70,000 to 90,000

Koller Auctions, Mar 26: Maria Sibylla Merian. Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium, 72 copper plates, Den Haag, 1726. CHF 60,000 to 90,000

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