Hindman Auctions Offers Two Book and Paper Sales on 9-10 November
- by Bruce E. McKinney
Hindman Auctions of Chicago has two auctions soon coming into the rooms: 165 lots from The Dorros Family Collection on the 9th, and 411 more of Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana on the 10th. Temptation awaits!
Book collections often reflect their collector’s spirit and The Dorros Family Collection on the 9th, is an exceptional mélange of words, maps and plates through which you can feel the collector’s energy. Here is the introduction to their catalogue.
The Dorros Family Collection has been the passion of Dr. Gerald Dorros, a pioneering internationally renowned interventional cardiologist, who has also been a rodeo Cutting Horse World Champion. Dr. Dorros was among the first doctors to perform a coronary angioplasty, and subsequently taught interventional cardiology, expanding the field to include peripheral vascular interventions while operating across the globe. And, while he never had rode a horse until he was 60 years of age, he diligently trained and learned how, and in 2021 won the yearlong worldwide competition for the National Cutting Horse Association’s (NCHA) Senior World Tour’s $25,000 Novice Non-Pro Class.
We mention this to suggest he takes his passions seriously. Book collecting has also been a keen focus.
The Dorros Family Collection reflects Dr. Dorros’ diverse interests, with strengths in the history of the American West, travel and exploration, ornithology, medicine, music and literature.
Time and again, book collections, at their best, tell us who and what the collector has been.
As well, the Fine Books & Manuscripts sale on the 10th reflects diverse subjects and interests. The first 40 lots relate to fencing. After these old, and rare volumes, there is a significant run of books by and relating to Richard Francis Burton, the British explorer and writer, lots 41 to 86.
Beyond these two subjects there is a wide range of broader subjects, everything from Americana to Travel & Exploration, that will provide something for those on the hunt.
As well, there is a collection of Charles Dickens’ material that was acquired more than 30 years ago by a new collector and now, in the fullness of advanced age, he has become hopeful to do well by doing good. He and I have spoken many times about it and he ultimately decided to have Hindman auctions handle the disposition of his collection. His lots start at 201 and run to 235. He loved the material and his greatest hope that others will feel the same way. To make that possible he’s agreed to offer the material at very low start bids. If Dickens is to your taste, this is your opportunity.
ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections Open for Bidding 2-17 April
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.
