Leavitt & Co.: The Library and Art Collection of Henry de pene du Bois, of New york, Author of--"An Historical Essay on the Art of Bookbinding," American Correspondent of "Le Livre" (Octave Uzanne, Editor), etc., etc. NEW YORK: GEORGE A. LEAVITT AND , 18870613,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 13, 1887 - June 13, 1887

Page Size: 2524 items in 26 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1689	GREELEY	The New Yorker	N. Y.	1837	USD -	0.50
1690	GREGOIRE (Henri, Abbe)	Essai Historique et Patriotique sur les Arbres de la Liberty			USD -	1.13
1691		GRUNDLICHE NACHRICHT vom Conclave oder Neueste Historie des Romischen Hofes	Frankfort	1721	USD -	0.40
1692	GUIZOT (F. P. G.)	The History of France from the Earliest Times to the Year 1879	Boston	n. d.	USD -	17.25
1693	GUIZOT (Madame)	Lettres de Famille sur l'Education	Paris	1860	USD -	1.00
1694	HAMERTON (P. G.)	THE GRAPHIC ARTS. A TREATISE ON THE VARIETIES OF DRAWING, PAINTING, and ENGRAVING, in comparison with each other and with Nature	N. Y., Macmillan [London]	1882	USD -	37.00
1695	HAMERTON	Etching and Etchers	Boston	1886	USD -	4.50
1696	HARRIS (William)	Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of JAMES I	London	1753	USD -	0.05
1697	HAWTHORNE (Nathaniel)	HAWTHORNE (Nathaniel). Works	Cambridge	1883	USD -	91.00
1698	HAWTHORNE	Our Old Home, and English Note-Books	Boston	1883	USD -	1.30
1699	HAYWARD (A.)	Biographical and Critical Essays Reprinted from Reviews	London	1858-73	USD -	31.25
1700	HAYWARD	HAYWARD. Selected Essays	N. Y.	1879	USD -	0.10
1701	HENNEPIN.	Description \| de la \| Louisiane	Paris	1683	USD -	26.05
1702	HEYL uncd BERLEPSCH	Reisehandbuch fur die Rheinlande	Hildburghausen	1860	USD -	0.10
1703	HITCHCOCK (Edward)	Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts	Amherst	1841	USD -	0.50
1704	HOWE (Henry)	Historical Collections of Virginia	Charleston	1852	USD -	3.75
1705	HOWELLS (W. D.)	Three Villages	Boston	1884	USD -	0.10
1706	HUE (Fernand)	La France et l'Angleterre a Madagascar	Pans	1885	USD -	0.05
1707	HUGUENOTS	PLEINTE de l'Assemblee Generale du Clerge de France, contre les Calomnies			USD -	1.05
1708	HULME (F. Edward, F.L.S., F.S.A.)	Familiar Wild Flowers	London	n. d.	USD -	16.00
1709	HUTCHINSON [Thomas]	History of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay	London	1760	USD -	1.50
1710		IMPERIAL DICTIONARY of Universal Biography, a Series of Original Memoirs of Distinguished Men, of all Ages and all Nations	London	n.d.	USD -	4.80
1711		INTERMEDIATE	Paris	1885-86	USD -	0.68
1712	IRVING (Washington)	Sketch Book of GEOFFREY CRAYON, Gent.	Phila.	1882	USD -	12.50
1713	IRVING	IRVING. Works	N. Y. and Chicago	n. d.	USD -	6.50
1714	JACKSON (Andrew)	Reflexions sur la Campagne en Louisiane en 1814 et 1815 par BERNARD MARIGNY	New Orleans	1848	USD -	0.35
1715	JACKSON (Catherine C., Lady)	Old Paris, Its Court and Literary Salons	London	1878	USD -	3.75
1716	JACKSON (Helen)	The Hunter Cats of Connorloa	Boston	1884	USD -	0.10
1717	JAMES (Henry)	The Bostonians	London	1886	USD -	0.60
1718	JAMESON (Anna M.)	Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of CHARLES II	London	1838	USD -	0.75
1719		JANZE (La Vicomtesse Alix de), Les Financiers Autrefois--Fermiers Generaux...			USD -	0.20
1720	JOHNSON (A. B.)	Guide to the Right Understanding of our American Union	N. Y.		USD -	0.05
1721	JOHNSTON (Alexander Keith)	National Atlas of Historical, Commercial and Political Geography	Edinburgh	n. d.	USD -	0.50
1722	A. S. MACKENZIE	JONES (Paul). Life of	N. Y.	1845	USD -	0.50
1723	KEATS (John)	KEATS (John). Letters and Poems	N. Y.	1883	USD -	7.13
1724	KING (Moses)	Harvard and its Surroundings	Cambridge	1882	USD -	1.38
1724a	KING	Harvard and its Surroundings	Cambridge	1878	USD -	0.45
1725	KELLY (Christopher)	Full and Circumstantial Account of the Memorable Battle of Waterloo and Deportation of NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE to St. Helena	London	1820	USD -	3.87
1726	KOEHLER (S. R.)	ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY AMERICAN ARTISTS	N. Y.	n. d.	USD -	21.00
1727	LA CONDAMINE (C. M. de)	Extracto del Diario de Observaciones hechas en el Viage de la Provincia de Quito al Para por el Rio de la Amazonas y del Para a Cayana, Surinam y Amsterdam	Amsterdam	1745	USD -	2.50
1728	LA CONDAMINE	Relation Abregee d'un Voyage Fait dans l'Interieur de PAmerique Meridionale depuis la Cote de la Mer du Sud jusqu'aux Cotes de Bresil et de la Guyane au descendant la Riviere des Amazones	Maestricht	1778	USD -	1.13
1729	LAMB (Martha J.)	History of the City of New York	N. Y.	1877-80	USD -	9.00
1730	LATOUCHE (H. de)	Grangeneuve	Paris	1835	USD -	1.30
1731	LATOUR (Major A. L.)	Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15	Phila.	1816	USD -	1.38
1732	LA TOVR D'AVVERGNE (Henry de, Sovverain Dvi Bovillon)	LA TOVR D'AVVERGNE (Henry de, Sovverain Dvi Bovillon). Les Memoires de	Paris	1666	USD -	2.75
1733	LEFEBVRE (Rend)	Paris en Amerique	Paris	1872	USD -	0.30
1734	LE MAOUT (Emm.) and DECAISNE (J.)	Traite General c Botanique Descriptive et Analytique	Paris	1868	USD -	2.88
1735	LE ROUX DE LINCY	Le Livre des Proverbes Francai precede de Recherches Historiques sur les Proverbe Francais et leur Emploi dans la Litterature du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance	Paris	1859	USD -	1.10
1736	[L'ESTOILE (Pierre de)]	Memoires pour Servir a l'Histoire de France--depuis 1515 jusqu'en 1611	Cologne	1719	USD -	1.00
1737	ISAAC N. ARNOLD	LINCOLN (Abraham). History of, and of the Overthrow of Slavery	Chicago	1866	USD -	1.25
1738	LINCOLN	The Obsequies of ABRAHAM LINCOLN	N. Y.	1865	USD -	0.10
1739	LINDA (Lvca di). and BISACCIORI (Maiolini, Marchese)	Le Relationi et Descrittioni Vniversali et Particolari del Mondo	Bologna	1674	USD -	0.25
1740	LINGARD (John, D.D.)	The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of WILLIAM and MARY in 1688	(Edinburgh) Boston	1883	USD -	14.50
1741		LISTE GENERALE des Postes de France dressee par Ordre de son Eminence Monseigneur le CARDINAL DE FLEURY, Ministre d'Etat	Paris	1729	USD -	0.10
1742	ROSSITER JOHNSON, editor	LITTLE CLASSICS	Boston	1875	USD -	2.75
1743		LITTLE PILGRIM (A), reprinted from "MACMILLAN'S Magazine." The Open Door...	Boston	1883-85	USD -	0.10
1744		LITTRE.--Dictionnaire de la Langue Francaise ????	Paris	1878	USD -	23.75
1745	LOSSING (Benson J.)	Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812, or Illustrations by Pen and Pencil of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics and Traditions of the last War of American Independence	N. Y.	1868	USD -	4.25
1746		LOUISIANA Biographies. Part I, containing History of the Governors	New Orleans	1882	USD -	0.05
1747	MACAULAY (Thomas Babington, Lord)	MACAULAY (Thomas Babington, Lord). Life and Letters of	London	1876	USD -	5.20
1748	MAC-GEOGHEGAN (Abbe) and MITCHELL (John)	History of Ireland, Ancient and Modern, Taken from the Most Authentic Records	N. Y.	1868	USD -	1.60
1749	M'CLINTOCK (F. L.)	Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of SIR JOHN FRANKLIN	Boston	1860	USD -	0.10
1750	MAISTRE (Xavier de)	OEuvres Completes	Paris	1828	USD -	1.40
1751	MANGIN (Arthur)	Nos Ennemis et Nos Allies Etudes Zoologiques	Tours	1870	USD -	1.25
1752	MARBOIS (Barbe)	History of Louisiana, particularly of the Cession of that Colony to the U. S. of America	Phila.	1830	USD -	1.75
1753	MARMONTEL (J. F.)	Belisaire	A Londres	1780	USD -	0.30
1754		MASSACHUSSETT PSALTER: Asuh Ukkuttoohomaongash David weche wunnaunchemookaonk ne ansukhogup...	Boston, N. E.	1709	USD -	4.00
1755	MATTHEWS (Brander) and BUNNER (H. C.)	In Partnership	N. Y.	1884	USD -	0.10
1756	MAURY (M. F., Lieut.)	The Physical Geography of the Sea	N. Y.	1855	USD -	0.10
1757	MERCATOR (Gerardus)	Atlas Minor, a I Hondio plurimis aeneis Tabulis auctus et illustratus	Amsterdam	1628	USD -	3.75
1758	MERCIER (Alfred)	L'Habitation Saint-Ybars ou Maitres et Esclaves en Louisiane	New Orleans	1881	USD -	0.10
1759	MERIMEE (Prosper)	Colomba suivi de la Mosaique et Autres Contes et Nouvelles	Paris	1871	USD -	0.35
1760	MERMET (Emile)	La Presse Francaise	Paris	1884	USD -	0.25
1761	MICHELET (Jules)	The Bird	London	1869	USD -	3.25
1762	MICHELET	L'lnsecte	Paris	1876	USD -	1.75
1763	MIDDLETON (J. Henry)	Ancient Rome in 1885	Edinburgh	1885	USD -	2.50
1764	MIGNE (J. P.)	Dictionnaire Universel de Mythologie Ancienne et Moderne	Paris	1855	USD -	1.75
1765		MILMAN (Henry Hart, Dean of St. Pauls). HISTORICAL WORKS			USD -	51.00
1766		MILMAN. HISTORICAL WORKS			USD -	8.00
1767	[MITCHELL (Donald G)]	Out-of-Town Places	N. Y.	1884	USD -	0.30
1768	MOLIERE (J. B. P. de)	Complete Dramatic Works of	Edinburgh	1875-76	USD -	11.25
1769	MONROE (James)	View of the Conduct of the Executive in the Foreign Affairs of the United States, connected with the Mission to the French Republic, during the years 1794-96	Phila.	1797	USD -	4.50
1770	MONTAIGNE (Michel de)	MONTAIGNE (Michel de). Essais	Paris	1783	USD -	5.25
1771	MONTECUCOLI (Raymund)	Arte Universal de la Guerra	Madrid	1808	USD -	2.13
1772	D'ALEMBERT	MONTESQUIEU (Carl de Secondat, Baron de). OEuvres Completes de MONTESQUIEU, precedees de son Eloge	Paris	1827	USD -	13.00
1773		MONTH (The), an Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Science and Art	London	1864-65	USD -	0.20
1774		MORGAN. Priced Catalogue of the Art Collection formed by the late MRS. MARY J. MORGAN	N. Y.	1886	USD -	1.00
1775	MURGER (Henry)	Le Pays Latin	Paris	1853	USD -	0.10
1776	NAPIER (Henry Edward)	Florentine History from the Earliest Authentic Records to the Accession of FERDINAND THE THIRD, Grand Duke of Tuscany	London	1846-47	USD -	9.00
1777		NAPOLEON III.--RECUEIL DES ADHESIONS ADRESSEES AU PRINCE-PRESIDENT A L'OCCASION DE L'ACTE DU 2 DECEMBRE	Paris	1852	USD -	31.50
1778		NAPOLEON.--Politique de NAPOLEON par un Ancien Officier de la Grande Armee...			USD -	5.00
1778a		NAPOLEONIDE (La), di STEFANO EGIDIO PETRONJ dedicata a sua Maesta l'Imperatrice Regina e Reggente	Paris	1813	USD -	11.50
1779	NEWELL (R. H., Orpheus C. Kerr)	There Was Once a Man	N. Y.	1884	USD -	0.15
1780		NEW YORK. LAWS OF NEW-YORK from nth Nov., 1752, to 22d May, 1762	N. Y.	1762	USD -	1.13
1781		NEW YORK. Laws of the State of New York...	N. Y.	1782, 1775	USD -	3.75
1782		NEW YORK. LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, comprising the Constitution and the Acts of Legislature since the Revolution from the First to the Twelfth Session inclusive	N. Y.	1789	USD -	2.20
1783		NEW YORK.--Journal of the Legislative Council of the Colony of New York. Began the 9th day of April, 1691, and ended the 3d day of April, 1775	Albany	1861	USD -	0.60
1784	J. R. BRODHEAD	NEW YORK.--DOCUMENTS Relative to Colonial History of N. Y. State procured in Holland, England and France	Albany	1856-61	USD -	4.40
1785		NEW YORK.--NATURAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF YORK	N. Y.	1842-52	USD -	27.00
1786	DAVID T. VALENTINE	NEW YORK.--HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK	N. Y.	1853	USD -	1.25

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.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. 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…
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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.
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.