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
1000 NE Multnomah, Portland
ROSECITYBOOKFAIR.COM
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.
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.

Rare Book Monthly

Articles - June - 2014 Issue

108 Auctions on the June Calendar

- by Bruce E. McKinney

With about a week to go 108 auctions are scheduled in June. Others will be added over the next 2 weeks. It has been a busy spring. It will be a busy summer.

Sun. Jun. 1st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 5/25. 487 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/25. 474 lots

Mon. Jun. 2nd
Dorotheum . Vienna. Autographs. 289 lots
Autographes Encheres. Meinier. Autographs, Photographs and Historical Souvenirs - Internet bidstart 5/14. 225 lots

Tue. Jun. 3rd
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Books and Manuscripts. 39 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Historical Prints, Ephemera. 388 lots
Sothebys. New York. Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including American. 176 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Art Photography. 228 lots
Rossini. Paris. Prints.

Wed. Jun. 4th
Bonhams. London. Prints. 398 lots
Woolley and Wallis. Salisbury. Prints. 41 lots
Bonhams. New York. the Story of the 20th Century. 180 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . China - Photography 1890s to 1950s. 70 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Prints and Illustrated Books. 304 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 249 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Antiquarian and Modern Books. 224 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . 19th - 21st Century Photography. 315 lots

Thu. Jun. 5th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Bibliophile. 464 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Autographs, Manuscripts and Documents. 265 lots
Bonhams. New York. WWII. 16 lots
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Laguna Beach. Antiquarian Books (Preview) - Internet bidstart 5/29. 202 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine & Rare Books with Asian & Graphic Art. 486 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/29.
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Comic Strips. 518 lots
Rossini. Paris. Letters, Postcards.

Fri. Jun. 6th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Photographs and Photobooks. 242 lots
ALDE. Paris. Modern Illustrated Books.
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Antiques and Collectible - Prints, Books, Maps.
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . Estate Sale - Books and Prints. 15 lots
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Modern Classics - Prints. 91 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Denver, . Denver Summer Auction - Prints.

Sat. Jun. 7th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. War and Militaria.
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Post War and Contemporary - Prints. 110 lots
Mid Hudson Auction Galleries. Cornwall-on-Hudson, . AUDUBONS, MAPS, NATURAL HISTORY, FINE ART & ANTIQUES.

Sun. Jun. 8th
Grogan and Company. Dedham. Prints, Books.
Bonhams. San Francisco. Period Art and Design - Photographs, Prints.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 6/1.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 6/1.
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books, Art, Ephemera, and Collectibles.

Tue. Jun. 10th
Swann Galleries. New York. The Shape of Things to Come: African-American Fine Art - Prints.

Wed. Jun. 11th
Bonhams. Edinburgh. The Sporting Sale.
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Antiquarian Books.
Christies. London - King Street. Printed Books and Manuscripts.
Tajan. Paris. Books.

Thu. Jun. 12th
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Ancient and Modern Books.
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Railwayana.
Swann Galleries. New York. American Art - Prints.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 6/5.

Fri. Jun. 13th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Rare and Used Books.
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American History.
Beaussant Lefevre. Paris. Antiquarian and Modern Books.
James D Julia Auctioneers. Fairfield. Advertising.

Sat. Jun. 14th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints and Photographs.
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Comic Strips, Original Prints, Albums By-Products.
Hauswedell and Nolte. Hamburg. Prints.
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Works on Paper and Books.
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Berlin. Books, Autographs and Manuscripts, Antique Maps and Prints. 890 lots

Sun. Jun. 15th
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. The Empire at Fontainebleau.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 6/8.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 6/8.

Tue. Jun. 17th
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Bruxelles . Books, Prints, Maps.
Christies. London -South Kensington. THE BOEDER LIBRARY: FINE BOOKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE PROFESSOR HERIBERT BOEDER.
Bloomsbury Philobiblon. Rome. Rare Books. 587 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints and Photographs.

Wed. Jun. 18th
Bonhams. London. Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Animation Art.
Rupert Toovey and Co. West Sussex. Prints.
RR Auction. Amherst. Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph - bidstart 5/23. 889 lots
Christies. London -South Kensington. Vintage Posters.
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. Books and Manuscripts.
Morton Casa de Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Antiquarian Books and Documents.
Dorotheum . Vienna. Books and Decorative Prints.
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents.

Thu. Jun. 19th
Christies. New York. Books and Manuscripts. 304 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. 19th & 20th Century Literature.
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Prints.
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Americana - Californiana - Travel: The Library of Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. & Collection of James Rolph, J.
Sothebys. Paris. Books and Manuscripts.
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Children's and Illustrated Books.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 6/12.
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Old Master Prints.
Koller Auctions. Geneve. Prints.

Fri. Jun. 20th
PIASA. Paris. Ancient and Modern Prints.
PIASA. Paris. On Mao Zedong's Time - Posters and Propaganda.
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Books and Autographs.

Sat. Jun. 21st
Guillaumot Richard . Villefranche sur Saône. The Art of the Book in 19th C. Lyon.

Sun. Jun. 22nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 6/15.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 6/15.

Wed. Jun. 25th
Bonhams. Oxford . Printed Books, Maps and Photographs.
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Sporting Sale.
Minerva Auctions Roma. Roma. Photography.
Bonhams. London. Entertainment Memorabilia.
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Prints.

Thu. Jun. 26th
ALDE. Paris. Autographs.
Minerva Auctions Roma. Roma. Books, Autographs and Prints.
RR Auction. Amherst. Hollywood- Internet bidstart 6/19.
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc..
Audap and Mirabaud. PARIS. Antiquarian Books.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 6/19.

Fri. Jun. 27th
ALDE. Paris. Antiquarian Books from the XIX Century.
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Books and Prints. 4699 lots

Sat. Jun. 28th
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Modern Prints.
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. The Spirit of the 20th Century.
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Books, Prints.
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Comic Strips.

Sun. Jun. 29th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 6/22.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 6/22.

For those bidding at auction best of luck. There is strong competition.

Rare Book Monthly

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.
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.
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
Gros & Delettrez
Livres & Manuscrits Arméniens
Jeudi 12 juin 2025
Paris, Francis

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: BIBLE, Venise 1733, reliure arménienne

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, manuscrit XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, manuscrit daté 1606, reliure arménienne

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, manuscrit début XVIIIe siècle, reliure arménienne

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, Amsterdam 1664

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, Amsterdam 1702, reliure arménienne

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: DICTIONNAIRE arménien, manuscrit XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle.

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: EVANGILE, manuscrit 1735-1737, reliure arménienne

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: LIVRE DE PRIERES, Grégoire de Narek, manuscrit

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: GEOGRAPHIE, Ghoukas INDJIDJIAN, Venise 1802-1806

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: MANUSCRIT THEOLOGIQUE, XVIe-XVIIe siècle

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: MASHTOTS, manuscrit XVIIIe-XIXe siècle, reliure arménienne

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: LETTRE ENCYCLIQUE, manuscrit XIXe siècle

Gros & Delettrez, June 12: NOUVEAU TESTAMENT, Amsterdam 1668, reliure arménienne
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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

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