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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.
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.

Freeman's | Hindman: Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln, 6441, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025

Page Size: 136 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2	LINCOLN, Abraham	Lincoln's Autograph Sum Book Leaf, signed twice, Pigeon Creek, Spencer County, Indiana, ca. 1824	ca. 1824	USD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00	USD 521,200.00
3	LINCOLN, Sarah Bush	Autograph receipt signed ("X") by Lincoln's stepmother to John Hall, 18 June 1857.	1857	USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 6,400.00
4	LINCOLN, Abraham	Autograph Document by Lincoln, then Captain in the Illinois State Militia, 30 April 1832.	1832	USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	Not Sold
5	[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865) and William F. BERRY (1811-1835)]. MATHENY, Charles R.	Partially printed document, signed ("C.R. Matheny"). Lincoln's property is seized. 7 May 1834.	1834	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 38,400.00
6	LINCOLN, Abraham	Lincoln's "National Debt", One of his Earliest Extant Documents, 19 October 1833.	1833	USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00	USD 51,200.00
7	LINCOLN, Abraham	Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") as Postmaster, to Blair and Rives, 3 November 1835.	1835	USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	USD 95,750.00
8	LINCOLN, Abraham	The Adams Handbill, The Only Known Surviving Copy Of Lincoln's First Printed Work, 5 August 1837.	1837	USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	USD 178,300.00
9	LINCOLN, Abraham	Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to John Bennett. Springfield, Illinois, 5 August 1837.	1837	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 25,600.00
10	LINCOLN, Abraham	"Stuart & Lincoln, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law" Advertisement, Sangamo Journal, 4 November 1837.	1837	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 5,120.00
11	LINCOLN, Abraham	Lincoln's wallet-style leather bill-book,		USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 17,920.00
12	LINCOLN, Abraham	Autograph copy of a legal document entirely in the hand of Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, 9 July 1838.	1838	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 10,880.00
13	LINCOLN, Abraham	First Imprint to Mention Abraham Lincoln as Author, 1839.	1839	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,880.00
14	LINCOLN, Abraham	"Stuart & Lincoln" signed document, Springfield, 30 March 1839.	1839	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 6,080.00
15	LINCOLN, Abraham	Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas Signed Document, 17 August 1839.	1839	USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00	Not Sold
16	LINCOLN, Abraham	Speech of Mr. Lincoln, at a Political Discussion, in the Hall of the House of Representatives, December, 1839.	1839	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 6,080.00
17	LINCOLN, Abraham	Reports from the Joint Select Committee to Enquire into the Condition of the State Bank of Illinois... January 21, 1840.	1840	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,432.00
18	LINCOLN, Abraham	Autograph letter, signed ("A. Lincoln"), to John Bennett. Springfield, Illinois, 7 March 1843.	1843	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	USD 35,200.00
19	WILLIAM H. HERNDON	Book from the Lincoln-Herndon Law Office, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois...		USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 20,480.00
20		Book from the Herndon Law Office. The Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois.		USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 6,080.00
21	LINCOLN, Abraham	The "Bass-Ackwards" Manuscript, Lincoln's Frontier Ribaldry		USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	USD 178,300.00
22	LINCOLN, Abraham	Lincoln Provides Legal Services to His Close Friend and Best Man, 3 October 1845.	1845	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 15,360.00
23	LINCOLN, Abraham	Proceedings of the Harbor and River Convention, Held at Chicago, July Fifth, 1847...	1847	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 4,480.00
24	LINCOLN, Abraham	Speech of Mr. Lincoln, of Illinois, on the Reference of the President's Message, in the House of Representatives... January 14, 1848.	1848	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 12,160.00
25	LINCOLN, Abraham	Thirtieth Congress--- Mr. Lincoln, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill... 9 March 1848.	1848	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,304.00
26	LINCOLN, Abraham	The Congressional Globe. 16 May 1848.	1848	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 3,520.00

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.
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.