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Auction Name Rare Books, Autographs and Maps Total Sales (USD) 932,482.95
Auction Date April 11, 2025 - April 11, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 448,100.00
Sale Number #9046 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 689,700.00
Total Lots 362
Sold Lots 326 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 525,250.00
% of Lots Sold 90.06% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 809,150.00
Unsold Lots 36 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 115.24%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
305 TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE; GEOFFROY, J.

Nouveau Dictionnaire Elementaire. Latin-Francais.

1873 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 73,150.00
265 BAUM, L. FRANK and DENSLOW, W.W., illustrator

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago &

1900 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 49,875.00
351

Report of The President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

1964 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 33,250.00
144 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST

Autograph letter signed to Dr. Don Carlos Guffey, with related letters.

1932 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 26,600.00
182 DICKENS, CHARLES

The Works of Charles Dickens.

Circa 1900 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 23,940.00
119

The Spanish Civil War archive of Jan Winter (1907-1991), a Polish-born Jewish journalist who worked as a war correspondent for the Spanish Republic's press agency...

 Circa 1936-1939 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 21,280.00
307 RICHARDSON, ISRAEL BUSH "FIGHTING DICK"

The important career spanning archive of letters, documents, and memoir of the notable Union General Israel "Fighting Dick" Richardson

 1834-1862 and later, USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 21,280.00
63 SAYER, ROBERT; and JOHN BENNETT.

A Plan of the Battle of Bunkers Hill fought on the 17th of June 1775, by an Officer on the Spot.

1775 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 17,290.00
341 BRADY, MATHEW

Vignette portrait of Ulysses S. Grant.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 14,630.00
135 DURANT, WILL & ARIEL

The Will & Ariel Durant Collection: An important archive of manuscripts, galleys, photographs, personal and professional correspondence.

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 13,300.00
185

Uniformly bound set of thirty volumes on Napoleon Bonaparte. Comprises WILLIAM HAZLITT. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. ...

 1902 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,970.00
49 THOMSON, JOHN

Illustrations of China and its People. A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, with Letterpress Descriptions of the Places and People Represented.

1873-74 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,305.00
199 DICKENS, CHARLES

A Christmas Carol

 1843 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,305.00
67 CARY FAMILY

A pair of celestial and terrestrial library globes, comprising Cary's New Terrestrial Globe, Drawn from the most recent Geographical works, ...

 1833 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 10,640.00
95

Illuminated manuscript in Devanagari script, possibly a portion of the Ramayana.

Circa 1800 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 10,640.00
62 SAYER, ROBERT; and JOHN BENNETT.

A Plan of the Attack on Fort Sullivan, the key of Charlestown, in South Carolina, on the 28th. of June 1776. ...

1776 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,975.00
166 BANKS, JOSEPH, Sir

Banks' Florilegium ... seven hundred and thirty-eight copperplate engravings of plants collected on Captain James Cook's first voyage round the world in H.M.S. Endeavour 1768-1771.

1980-1990 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,310.00
179 BRINKLEY, FRANK (Captain)

Oriental Series. China and Japan.

1901-1902 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,310.00
184 MORLEY, JOHN.

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone

 1903 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,310.00
6 FAY, CHARLES, ERNEST

The Archives of the alpinist Charles Ernest Fay (1846-1931)

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,645.00
286 DANTE ALIGHIERI and SALVADOR DALI, illustrator

La Divine Comedie. L'Enfer. Le Purgatoire. Le Paradis.

1959-1963 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,645.00
328 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM

Judicial appointment signed.

1863 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,645.00
367 HARRISON, GEORGE

Two inscribed relating to Eastern philosophy. Comprising: The Bhagavad Gita or Song of the Lord.

1974 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,980.00
299 MARDRUS, J.C. and FRANCOIS-LOUIS SCHMIED, illustrator.

Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour, grande Conte oriental inedit.

1927 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,315.00
65 TURGOT, MICHEL ETIENNE and BRETEZ, LOUIS.

Plan de Paris commence l'Annee 1734 ... sous les ordres de Messire Michel Etienne Turgot ... Acheve de Graver en 1739.

1739 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,650.00
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  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet<br> 5-19 June</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, June 5-19:</b> Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR <b>Sotheby’s, June 5-19:</b> 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 <b>Sotheby’s, June 5-19:</b> Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet<br> 5-19 June</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, June 5-19:</b> Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR <b>Sotheby’s, June 5-19:</b> Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR <b>Sotheby’s, June 5-19:</b> 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
    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
  • <b><center>Finarte<br>Books, Autographs & Prints<br>June 24 & 25, 2025</center></b> <b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. <i>Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino,</i> 1481. €40,000 to €50,000. <b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000. <b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>Il Convivio,</i> 1490. €20,000 to €25,000. <b><center>Finarte<br>Books, Autographs & Prints<br>June 24 & 25, 2025</center></b> <b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000. <b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. <i>Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates,</i> 1567. €10,000 to €12,000. <b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. <i>Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…,</i> 1548. €4,000 to €6,000. <b><center>Finarte<br>Books, Autographs & Prints<br>June 24 & 25, 2025</center></b> <b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000. <b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> SPINOZA, BARUCH. <i>Opera posthuma,</i> 1677. €8,000 to €12,000. <b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. <i>Borus Godunov,</i> 1831. €30,000 to €50,000. <b><center>Finarte<br>Books, Autographs & Prints<br>June 24 & 25, 2025</center></b> <b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. <i>Ballets-minute,</i> 1954. €35,000 to €40,000. <b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. <i>Dlia Golosa,</i> 1923. €7,000 to €10,000. <b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. <i>Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos.,</i> 1944. €22,000 to €24,000.
    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.