Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana, 23758, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | Galileo, 1638 | Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche |
Leiden | 1638 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 103 | Marcus Aurelius,1634 | His Meditations |
London | 1634 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 44,450.00 |
| 104 | William Bruton, 1638 | A Voyage to Bengalla |
London | 1638 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 22,860.00 |
| 105 | FONTANA, FRANCESCO, 1646 | Novae coelestium terrestriumq rerum observationes, Et fortasse hactenus non vulgatae |
Naples | 1646 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 106 | Rene Descartes, 1649 | A Discourse |
London | 1649 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 107 | Thomas Hobbes, 1651 | Leviathan, or The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill |
London | 1651 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 22,860.00 |
| 108 | Christiaan Huygens, 1659 | Systema Saturnium |
The Hague | 1659 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 |
| 109 | Thomas Salusbury, 1661 | Galileus Galileus, His System of the World |
London | 1661 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 44,450.00 |
| 110 | Robert Hooke, 1665 | Micrographia |
London | 1665 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 88,900.00 |
| 111 | John Milton, 1669 | Paradise Lost |
London | 1669 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 22,860.00 |
| 112 | John Locke, 1690 | An Essay concerning Humane Understanding. |
London | 1690 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 113 | Francesco Carletti, [c. late 17th century] | Early manuscript account of his voyages |
[Italy, | late 17th century]. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 30,480.00 |
| 114 | Isaac Newton, 1704 | Opticks |
London | 1704 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 57,150.00 |
| 115 | NEWTON, ISAAC, 1729 | The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy |
London | 1729 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 82,550.00 |
| 116 | Benjamin Franklin, 1769 | Experiments and Observations on Electricity |
London | 1769 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 117 | [East India Company], 1773 | Account of a journey to India, with reference to the Siege of Tanjore |
1773 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 | |
| 118 | Adam Smith, 1776 | The Wealth of Nations |
London | 1776 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 279,400.00 |
| 119 | Edgar Allan Poe, 1845 | Tales and The Raven, the Kaye copy |
New York | 1845 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 120 | R. Bowdler Sharpe, 1891-1898 | Birds of Paradise, and Bower-Birds |
London | 1891-1898. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 121 | A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard, 1924--1928 | Complete Set of First Edition Pooh Books |
London | 1924 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 40,640.00 |
| 122 | James Iredell, c. June 1788 | An eloquent justification of the American Revolution and the preservation of the rule of law |
[Edenton, North Carolina, | c. June 1778]. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 22,860.00 |
| 123 | Henry Francis Greville, 29 May 1782 | On the Asgill Affair |
Lancaster, | 29 May 1782. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,334.00 |
| 124 | James Iredell, 30 July 1795 | Autograph letter signed on his Supreme Court duties and Jay's Treaty |
Philadelphia, | 30 July 1795. | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 125 | Judah P. Benjamin, David Farragut, et al. | Notable military figures from the Civil War |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,286.00 | ||
| 126 | Abraham Lincoln, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, et al. | Autographs from Abraham Lincoln's cabinet |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cbc8d1a4-d991-48c7-b788-7554a6774b0e.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/21ad2e05-5544-44aa-887d-76df423e17af.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/855dc2c0-17e3-4562-a1cc-2e7265c3769c.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
![Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000")
