Rare Book Monthly
Articles - August - 2007 Issue
An Auction in Indiana August 9th
Jeffrey's The Natural and Civil History. 1760
1145 & 1146. There are two copies of John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage signed "Best wishes Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy." Mrs. Kennedy is of course JFK's mother and an ardent Catholic.
No. 1117: The History and Topography of the United States of North America edited by John Howard Hinton, A.M. 1834 $$$
1119. Heriot's Travels through the Canadas. 1807 $$$$
1123. Moeurs Des Sauvages Ameriquains: $$$$ if it has all 42 maps.
1131. Jeffrey's The Natural and Civil History of the French Dominions [1760] is now commanding in the neighborhood of $10,000 if complete and in very good condition $$$$
1132. MacKenzie's Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence; London 1801 $$$$. The AED value estimate is $2,925
1133. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean by Samuel Hearne; London 1795 $$$$
1149. James Fenimore Cooper's "The History of the Navy of the United States" 1839 $$$
Robert J. Brown of Indianapolis is conducting the sale, taking place on the grounds of the college indoors. On Thursday and Friday the books and various miscellanea are up. On Saturday paintings will be sold and on Sunday an interesting group of dolls. There is of course much more.
Here are links both to our listings of their items and to the auctioneer's site. From August 1st until the sale is complete the person to contact is Shelly Dubick and her number 317.460.3701. The firm's email address is rjbappraisals@hotmail.com.
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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 AprilSotheby’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.