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Auction Info

Sale Name
Early Printed, Medical, Scientific and Travel Books
Auction Date
10/18/2016 - 10/18/2016
Year of Sale
2016
Sale Number
#2425
Total Lots
335
Sold Lots
328
Lots Sold
97.9%
Unsold Lots
7
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
785,672.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
389,900.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
588,600.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
398,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
601,050.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
130.72%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
840,745.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
157 [NEWTON, ISAAC, Sir.] Opticks. 19 folding engraved plates.

1704

 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 87,500.00
147 EUCLID. Elementa geometriae.

1482

 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 62,500.00
263 [LODEWYCKSZ, WILLEM.] Prima pars descriptionis itineris navalis in Indiam Orientalem. Engraved map of Europe, Africa, and Asia on title; 48 half-page engraved illustrations; woodcut charts and coastline views in text; lacks the infrequently found folding plate of the bazaar at Bantam.

1598; 1598

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 25,000.00
96 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. A Winters Tale.

1623

 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 25,000.00
334 ZAMORANO, RODRIGO. Compendio del Arte de Navegar.

1588

 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 17,500.00
207 COLEMAN, EDMUND THOMAS. Scenes from the Snow-Fields; being, Illustrations of the Upper Ice World of Mont Blanc from Sketches made on the Spot in the Years 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858.

1859

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 16,250.00
11 The Byble.

1551

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 15,600.00
15 The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New.

1617

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 13,000.00
219 DU HALDE, JEAN-BAPTISTE, S.J. Description Géographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique, et Physique de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie Chinoise.

1735

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 12,500.00
234 FRESHFIELD, DOUGLAS. Across Country from Thonon to Trent. Rambles and Scrambles in Switzerland and the Tyrol.

1865

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 12,350.00
332 WINDHAM, WILLIAM; and MARTEL, PIERRE. An Account of the Glacieres or Ice Alps in Savoy, in Two Letters, One from an English Gentleman to his Friend at Geneva; the Other from Peter Martel, Engineer, to the said English Gentleman.

1744

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 10,000.00
128 LEEUWENHOEK, ANTONY VAN. [Works, in Dutch.] 3 etched or engraved additional titles, portrait of Leeuwenhoek, and 101 plates.

1684-1718

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 10,000.00
59 [Biblia cum Postillis Nicolai de Lyra.] With commentary by Guillelmus Brito, Paulus Burgensis, and Matthias Doering.

1487

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 9,375.00
84 Illuminated vellum leaf from the Llangattock Breviary with 5 4-line initials in colors and gold depicting the prophets Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah, and with 2 vertical bars with floral extensions in colors and gold on each side.

1440s

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 9,375.00
57 [Biblia.] [453] (of [456]) leaves; lacks a10 (Genesis 20:9-24:9) and initial and final blanks.

1478

 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 8,750.00
83 [Psalter with calendar, litany, and miscellaneous texts.] manuscript in latin on vellum, written in small gothic hand in black ink with headings, rubrics, and portions of calendar in red, 34 lines, double columns apart from calendar in single columns, wit

14th century

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 8,450.00
2 HESYCHIUS. Dictionarium.

1514

 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 8,125.00
272 MEDINA, PEDRO DE. L'Arte del Navegar.

1554

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 8,125.00
102 [SWIFT, JONATHAN.] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

1726

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 7,500.00
12 The . holie . Bible.

1572

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 7,280.00
119 DARWIN, CHARLES. The Descent of Man.

1871

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 7,280.00
21 BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. The Decameron.

1620

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 6,500.00
159 PEUCER, CASPAR. Elementa doctrinae de circulis coelestibus, et primo motu.

1551

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 6,500.00
249 HEDIN, SVEN; et al. Southern Tibet. Discoveries in Former Times compared with My Own Researches in 1906-1908.

1916-22

 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 6,500.00
224 FELLOWS, CHARLES, Sir. Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc.

1827

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 6,250.00
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.