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Christie’s London June 5: Le Neptune François, ou Atlas Nouveau des Cartes Marines. Levées et Gravées par ordre exprès du Roy... Paris: Hubert Jaillot, 1693 [but Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1693-1700].

Christie’s London June 5: BLAEU, Willem Janszoon. Le Flambeau de la Navigation monstrant la description & delineation de toutes les Costes & Havres… Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1620.

Christie’s London June 5: [WALDSEEMÜLLER, Martin.] Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem. [Strasbourg: 1513].

Christie’s London June 5: KEULEN, Johannes van. De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Werelt. Amsterdam: Johannes van Keulen, 1688.

Christie’s London June 5: DONCKER, Hendrick. De Zee-Atlas of Water-Waerelt. Amsterdam: Hendrick Doncker, 1666.

Christie’s London June 5: GARNIER, Francis and Ernest DOUDART DE LAGRÉE. Voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine effectué pendant les années 1866, 1867 et 1868 par une Commission Française. Paris: Hachette, 1873 [-1875].
Bonhams, Jun 13: Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. Presentation Copy. Very Fine. $200,000 to $300,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Darwin, Charles. Autograph Letter Signed, 3 pp, negotiating the 2nd American edition with Appleton $20,000 to $30,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Hemingway, Ernest. Autograph Letter Signed, 8 pp, Paris, 1924, to his father discussing Bullfighting, Stories, and his new baby. $20,000 to $30,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Shakespeare, William. Corialanus. London, 1623. 1st printing [Extracted from the First Folio]. $40,000 to $60,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. London, 1726. 1st edition, Teerink's A edition, fine, large copy. $15,000 to $25,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Neill, John R. Pen-and-ink drawing from Oz, "He raised his gun, took aim and fired," $6,000 to $8,000

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Bonhams, Jun 13: Shakespeare, William. Sonnets. 1901. 2 volumes. Printed on vellum and illuminated by Ross Turner, bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet. $8,000 to $12,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Thompson, Kay. Eloise at Christmastime. New York: Random House, [1958]. First edition. In custom binding by Asprey. $3,000 to $5,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Beardsley, Aubrey. The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur. 1893-94. 2 volumes. Contemporary painted vellum gilt by Chivers. $2,000 to $3,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Assisi, St. Francis. The Canticle of Brother Sun. Illuminated on vellum, for the Grolier Society. $7,000 to $9,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Taylor, Deems. Walt Disney’s Fantasia. New York: 1940. In custom binding by Asprey. $3,000 to $5,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Proust, Marcel. Du coté de chez Swann. 1st edition, 1st issue. Inscribed by Proust. $5,000 to $7,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Rackham, Arthur. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. 1/500 copies signed by Rackham. $1,500 to $2,500
<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Breviarium Romanum, before 1478. Est: € 15,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: C. Ptolemaeus, Geographie, 1513. Est: € 140,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: M. Chagall, Daphnis & Chloé, 1961. Est: € 130,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: F. Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, 1499. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: J. H. van Linschoten, Itinerarium, 1644. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: M. Chagall, Cirque, 1967. Est: € 120,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: G. L. L. Buffon, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, 1765-83. Est: € 30,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: € 30,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: P. J. Redouté, Les liliacées, 1802-16. Est: € 120,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: M. E. Bloch, Naturgeschichte der Fische, 1782-95. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: H. A. Châtelain, Atlas historique, 1718-20. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Bauhausbücher, complete series, 1925-30. Est: € 28,000
Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. May 30, 2019

Forum Auctions May 30: Bouchette (Lt.-Col.Joseph, Canadian Surveyor-General of British North America). A Plan of the Province of Upper Canada, manuscript map, [c.1790-1795]. £20,000 to £30,000

Forum Auctions May 30: Browne (W.H.). Ten Coloured Views taken during the Arctic Expedition of Her Majesty's Ships "Enterprise" and "Investigator", first edition, presentation copy, 1850. £4,000 to £6,000

Forum Auctions May 30: Lovelace (Ada).- Lacroix (Silvestre Francois). An Elementary Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus, first edition in English, Lovelace's copy, Cambridge, 1816. £3,000 to £4,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. May 30, 2019

Forum Auctions May 30: Rackham (Arthur). Grimm's Fairy Tales, one of 750 copies signed by the artist, 1909. One of several signed limited editions by Rackham in the sale. £1,000 to £1,500

Forum Auctions May 30: Schedel (Hartmann). Liber chronicarum [German] Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten, Augsburg, Johann Schonsperger, 1500. £10,000 to £15,000

Forum Auctions May 30: Gandhi, Mohandas.- Eichenberg (Fritz, German-American illustrator). Autograph inscription by Ghandi with celebrated bust-length wood-engraved portrait by Eichenberg, c.1942. £10,000 to £15,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. May 30, 2019

Forum Auctions May 30: Shakespeare (William). A Collection of Poems, 2 vol. in 1, for Bernard Lintott, [1710-11]. £8,000 to £12,000

Forum Auctions May 30: Churchill (SirWinston Spencer). Midland Conservative Club. Presidential Address Delivered by Winston Spencer Churchill, Esq., June 1st, 1899, first edition, [1899]. £10,000 to £15,000

Forum Auctions May 30: [Walpole (Horace)]. The Castle of Otranto, a Story, first Dublin edition, Dublin, 1765. £800 to £1,200

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. May 30, 2019

Forum Auctions May 30: Dickens (Charles). Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People, [First Series] - Second Series, together 3 vol., first editions, first issues , 1836-7. £10,000 to £15,000

Forum Auctions May 30: Wilde (Oscar). [Works], 14 vol., first collected edition, one of 80 sets on Japanese vellum, Methuen & Co., 1908. £8,000 to £12,000

Forum Auctions May 30: Rowling (J.K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first printing, 1997. £20,000 to £30,000

Auction House Details

Sothebys

Auction House Name	Sothebys
Site URL	http://www.sothebys.com/
About Us	Art, antiques, rare and fine books in Americana, prints, ephemera, maps. On March 11, 1744, Samuel Baker, founder of Sotheby's, held the first-ever sale under his own name. It has only been in the last century, after all, that the original London company has expanded from book auctions to cover all areas of the fine and decorative arts. Sotheby's holds auctions practically every other day. In New York alone, there are more than 150 auctions in any given year.
Who do I contact if I have questions?
City	London
Country	United Kingdom
Zipcode	W1A 2AA
Contact Number	(212) 606-7000
Buyer's Fee	20% premium and an additional 12% after 100,000 USD or 70,000 GBP.
Consigner's Fee

AUCTION LIST

03/20/2019 - 03/20/2019, Made in Britain - Prints, Photographs, #L19144

03/21/2019 - 02/21/2019, Original Film Posters - Online bidstart 3/11, #L19900

03/26/2019 - 03/26/2019, Prints and Multiples, #L19160

03/27/2019 - 03/27/2019, Prints from the Collection of Marina Picasso - Online, bidstart 3/20, #L19354

05/14/2019 - 05/14/2019, Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History, #L19401

05/16/2019 - 05/16/2019, Photographs, #L19780

06/11/2019 - 06/11/2019, Music, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, #L19403

07/09/2019 - 07/09/2019, English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations, #70919

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: John Carte, The Frontispiece of the Cosmographical Clock, hand-colored broadside, London, circa 1699. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: John Fisk Allen & William Sharp, Victoria Regia, Boston, 1854. $15,000 to $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: George Catlin, North American Indian Portfolio, London, 1844. $30,000 to $50,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Abraham Ortelius, Islandia, Antwerp, 1598. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Plancius Petrus, map of Southern Africa, Amsterdam, 1592-94. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Pieter Verbiest, Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica, Antwerp, 1636. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Emil B. Fischer, Map of Southwestern Colorado, lithograph, 1893. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: A.P. Folie, Plan of the Town of Baltimore, Philadelphia, 1792. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Lewis Evans, A General Map of the Middle British Colonies, proof copy, annotated, signed & dated by Evans, Philadelphia, 1755. $30,000 to $50,000.

Swann Auction Galleries May 23: Lester Beall, Rural Electrification Administration, 1939. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Jacob Robyn, after Arent Roggeveen, The First Part of the Burning Fen, with English text, Amsterdam, circa 1680. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Large bird’s-eye view of New York City, hand-painted photo, circa 1933. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Arundel Society, group of approx. 185 chromolithographed Renaissance paintings, late-19th century. $6,000 to $9,000.
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Chiswick Auctions, May 29: Rumphius (Georgius Everhardus). D’Ambionsche Rariteitkamer, FIRST EDITION, 61 handcoloured engraved plates, 1705. £10,000 to £15,000

Chiswick Auctions, May 29: Collodi (Carlo) Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and 61 illustrations by Enrico Mazzanti, 1883. £8,000 to £12,000

Chiswick Auctions, May 29: De Bry (T, J T & J I). [Great Voyages, part IV] Americae sive Insignis & Admiranda Historia de Reperta primum Occidentali India, FIRST EDITION, 23 engraved plates, 1594. £4,000 to £6,000

Chiswick Auctions, May 29: Wine & Beer.-Kellermaysterey. Gründtlicher bericht wie man alle wein Teütscher und Welscher landen vor allen zufallen bewaren..., 16 leaves of manuscript notes, 1548. £2,000 to £3,000

Chiswick Auctions, May 29: Table Globe'- Doppelmayr (J G) & Puschner (J G, engraver). An 8-inch German terrestrial table Globe, diameter c.200 mm, height c.300 mm, 1730. £6,000 to £8,000

<center>Chiswick AuctionsChiswick Auctions, May 30: An album with 107 original watercolours featuring landscapes and views of various places in England, Scotland and Ireland, late 1840s. £600 to £800

Chiswick Auctions, May 30: Hemingway (Ernest). Black and white, landscape photograph of man on horseback, signed and inscribed by Hemingway. £1,000 to £1,500

Chiswick Auctions, May 30: Unrecorded autograph letter by Charles William Stewart to his father the Marquess of Londonerry, describing the ceremony of the presentation to Consul Bonaparte in January 1803. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick Auctions, May 30: Davis (William Heath). Seventy-five Years in California, Author's Section of the Argonaut Edition, no. 142 [of 250 copies] signed by the editor and publisher on limitation leaf. £1,500 to £2,000

Chiswick Auctions, May 30: Prussian Royal Family. Six signed photographs of members of Prussian Royal Family, in a contemporary folding triptych, ebonised wood display case. £1,500 to £2,000