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
1787		NEW YORK.--The Old Stadt Huys of New Amsterdam	N. Y.	1875	USD -	0.10
1788	NODIER (Charles)	Contes--Trilby, le Songe d'Or, Baptiste Montauban, la Fee aux Miettes, la Combe de l'Homme Mort, Ines de las Sierras, Smarra, la Neuvaine de la Chandeleur, la Legende de la Soeur Beatrix	Paris	[1843]	USD -	2.75
1789		NODIER. CEuvres Completes	Paris	1832-37	USD -	7.70
1790		NODIER. Le Seine et ses Bords	Paris	1836	USD -	0.05
1791	NORMAN (B. M.)	New Orleans and Environs	New Orleans	1845	USD -	0.10
1792	NORTH (Roger)	The Lives of RIGHT HON	London	1820-26	USD -	9.00
1792a	NORTHCOTE (James, R.A.)	Fables Original and Selected --Second Series	London	1833	USD -	0.15
1792b		NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW	Boston	1832-62	USD -	6.75
1793		NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA: Being Results of Recent Ethnological Researches from the Collections of the Royal Museum at Berlin	N. Y.	n. d.	USD -	6.00
1794		NOTES AND QUERIES, a Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men and General Readers	London	1884-86	USD -	1.75
1795		NUREMBERG.--Mandat uber Etliche Puncten der Gemeinen Zahl Hochzeiten Halben...	Nuremberg	1617-36	USD -	0.10
1796	OLIPHANT (Margaret)	Sir Tom	London	1884	USD -	0.25
1797	OWEN (David Dale)	Report of a Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, and incidentally of a portion of Nebraska	Phila.	1852	USD -	0.10
1797a	OWEN (David Dale)	Report of a Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, and incidentally of a portion of Nebraska			USD -	1.20
1798	PAINE (Martyn)	Soul and Instinct as Distinguished from Materialism	N. Y.	1872	USD -	1.15
1799	PAPSTWAHL (Die)	Curious plates	Augsburg	1846	USD -	0.06
1800		[PASCAL (BLAISE).]-- \| LES PROVINCIALES \| ov LES LETTRES ECRITES PAR LOVIS DE MONTALTE...	A Cologne	M.DC.LVII., i. e., 1657	USD -	30.00
1801		PASCAL. Lettres Ecrites a un Provincial Precedees d'une Notice sur PASCAL, Consideree comme Ecrivain et Comme Moraliste par M. VILLEMAIN	Paris	1829	USD -	0.10
1802		PASCAL.-- \| PENSEES \| DE \| M. PASCAL \| SUR LA RELIGION \| ET SUR QUELQUES AUTRES SUJETS, Qui ONT ESTE TROUVEES APRES SA MORT \| PARMY SES PAPIERS	Paris	1670	USD -	42.00
1803	PAYN (James)	Thicker than Water	N. Y.	1883	USD -	0.35
1804	PEPYS (Samuel)	PEPYS (Samuel). Diary and Correspondence of	N. Y.	1884	USD -	25.00
1805		PETIT ALMANACK de la Cour de France	Paris	1813	USD -	0.40
1806		PHARMACOPCEIA of the United States	N. Y.	1883	USD -	1.75
1807	PISANUS-FRAXI	PISANUS-FRAXI.--INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBI- TORUM, BEING NOTES BIO--BIBLIO--ICONO--GRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ON CURIOUS AND UNCOMMON BOOKS	London	1877	USD -	32.50
1808		PISANUS-FRAXI.--CENTURIA LIBRORUM ABS- CONDITORUM, BEING NOTES BIO--BIBLIO--ICONO-- GRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL on Curious and Uncommon Books by PISANUS-FRAXI	London	1879	USD -	33.50
1809	PLASSE (Louis De)	Etude de l'Arsenic	N. Y.	1883	USD -	0.05
1810	POUCHET (F. A.)	L'Univers	Paris	1872	USD -	1.40
1811	PRESCOTT (William H.)	PRESCOTT (William H.). Complete Works	Phila	n. d.	USD -	33.75
1812		PRINCETON REVIEW, January, 1878, to June, 1884, inclusive	N. Y.	1878-84	USD -	17.50
1813		RAISONS DES SCRIPTUAIRES. Minimo	Hamburg	1706	USD -	0.55
1814	RICHARDSON (Sir John), DALLAS (W. S.), CORBOULD (T. S.), BAIRD (W.) and WHITE (Adam)	Museum of Natural History of the Animal Kingdom, Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Shells and Insects	N. Y. (London)	n. d.	USD -	14.25
1815	RICHARDSON (Charles)	A New Dictionary of the English Language	Phila.	1851	USD -	Not Sold
1816	RICHARDSON (Samuel, author of Clarissa Harlowe")	RICHARDSON (Samuel, author of Clarissa Harlowe"). WORKS	London and Manchester	1883-84	USD -	11.40
1817		RICHARDSON. Clarisse Harlowe	Geneva	1785-86	USD -	5.00
1818	ROBERTSON (William)	Histoire de I'Amerique	Rotterdam	1779	USD -	0.12
1819	ROGET (Peter M.)	Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases	N. Y.	1883	USD -	0.45
1820	ROSCOE (William)	Life and Pontificate of LEO THE TENTH	London	1827	USD -	0.80
1821	ROSSETTI (Dante Gabriel)	The Blessed Damozel	N. Y.	1886	USD -	2.00
1822	ROTHSCHILD (Arthur de)	Histoire de la Poste aux Lettres depuis ses Origines les Plus Anciennes jusqu'a nos Jours	Paris	1873	USD -	0.25
1823	ROTTECK (Carl von)	Spanien und Portugal	Carlsruhe	1839	USD -	0.10
1824	ROY (Jules)	TURENNE; Sa Vie et les Institutions Militaires de son Temps	Paris	1884	USD -	4.75
1825	SAINCTYON (Le Sieur de)	Histoire du GRAND TAMERLAN tiree d'un Excellent Manuscrit	Amsterdam	1678	USD -	3.25
1826		SAINT LOUIS et Son Siecle par le VTE. WALSH	Tours	1847	USD -	0.20
1827	ST. PIERRE (Bernardin de)	PAUL AND VIRGINIA	London	1839	USD -	7.00
1828	[SAINT REAL (Cesar Vichard de)]	Conjuration des Espagnols contre la Republique de Venise en l'Annee M.DC.XVIII	Paris	1674	USD -	11.00
1829	[SAINT REAL]	OEuvres Posthumes de M. D. S. R. Minimo	Paris	1694	USD -	0.20
1830	SAINT VICTOR (Paul de)	Barbares et Bandits--la Prusse et la Commune	Paris	1872	USD -	0.25
1831	SALA (George Augustus)	America Revisited from the Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Lake Michigan to the Pacific	London	1883	USD -	4.00
1832		SANDFORD ET MERTON, suivi de le Petit Grandisson, etc.	Paris	n. d.	USD -	0.50
1833	SARCEY (Francisque)	Souvenirs de Jeunesse	Paris	1885	USD -	0.10
1834		SCEPTRE AND SWORD. Stories of Great Heroes and Gallant Fights	London	n. d.	USD -	0.25
1835	SCHEITER (J. B.)	Examen Fortificatorium darin so wohl eine Gantz Neuve Art oder Manier vom Vestungs Bau, etc.	Strasburg	1677	USD -	2.25
1836	SCHMIDT (Johann Jacob)	Biblischer Geographus	Zullichau	1740	USD -	0.95
1837	SCHOOLCRAFT (H. R.)	[Historical and Statistical] Information respecting the History [Antiquities, Language, Ethnology, Pictography, Rites, Superstitions and Mythology] of the INDIAN TRIBES OF THE UNITED STATES	Phila.	1851-53	USD -	9.00
1838	SCHOTTIUS (Andrea)	Itinerarium Italiae	Amsterdam	1655	USD -	0.30
1839	SCOTT (Sir Walter)	SCOTT (Sir Walter). Waverley Novels	N. Y.	n. d.	USD -	3.15
1840		SEVIGNE.--Lettres de MADAME DE SEVEIGNE, de sa Famille et de ses Amis	Paris	1818	USD -	5.50
1841	SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley)	SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley). Life and Dramatic Works	N. Y.	1883	USD -	4.88
1842	SHORTHOUSE (J. H.)	Sir Percival, a Story of the Past and Present	London	1886	USD -	15.00
1843	SIMON (Edouard)	L'EMPEREUR GUILLAUME et son Regne	Paris	1886	USD -	1.00
1844	SIMPSON (W. Sparrow)	Chapters in the History of Old St. Paul's, London	London	1881	USD -	0.35
1845	SMUCKER (S. M.)	Arctic Explorations and Discoveries	N. Y.	1857	USD -	0.05
1846	SOLIS (Anton von)	Geschichte von der Eroberung Mexico aus dem Spanischen	Copenhagen	1750-51	USD -	25.00
1847	STEVENSON (R. L.)	The Silverado Squatters	Boston	1884	USD -	10.00
1848		STEVENSON'S Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; CLARETIE'S French Celebrities; etc.			USD -	14.00
1849	STIELER (Adolf)	Hand Atlas uber alle Theile der Erde und uber das Weltgebande	Gotha	1878	USD -	5.50
1850	SULLY (Duke of)	SULLY (Duke of). MEMOIRS	London	1856	USD -	2.80
1851	TALLEYRAND (Prince de)	Correspondance Inedite, et du Roi Louis XVIII., pendant le Congres de Vienne publice sur les Manuscrits Conserves au Depot des Affaires Etrangeres avec Preface, Eclaircissements et Notes par M. G. PALLAIN	Paris	1881	USD -	3.25
1852	R. D. HITCHCOCK and F. BROWN, editor	TEACHINGS OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES recently discovered and published by PHILOTHEOS BRYENNIOS, Metropolitan of Nicomedia	N. Y.	1884	USD -	0.50
1853	TESTUT (Ch.)	Les Veillees Louisianaises Serie de Romans Historiques sur la Louisiane	New Orleans	1849	USD -	15.00
1854	THACKERAY (William Makepeace)	Vanity Fair, a Novel Without a Hero	London	1848	USD -	5.75
1855	[TONNA (" Charlotte Elizabeth ")]	Chapters on Flowers	London	1886	USD -	0.25
1856	TOWNSEND (George Alfred, "Gath")	PRESIDENT CROMWELL, a Drama in Four Acts	N. Y.	1884	USD -	0.10
1857		TOWNSEND. Tales of the Chesapeake	N. Y.	1880	USD -	0.25
1858	TRENCH (R. C.)	Glossary of English Words...	N. Y.	1855-59	USD -	0.30
1859	TUJAGUE (F.)	Le Premier Pas--Prose et Poesie	New Orleans	1863	USD -	0.05
1860		TWO STORIES OF THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN	Edinburgh	1885	USD -	0.05
1861		UNITED STATES.--JOURNALS OF CONGRESS, containing their Proceedings from Sept., 1774, to Jan., 1780	Phila.	1780	USD -	6.75
1862		U. S. NAVAL ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION to the Southern Hemisphere, during the years 1849-52	Washington	1855	USD -	0.50
1863	VALLEE (Leon)	BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES BIBLIOGRAPHIES	Paris	1883	USD -	1.88
1864	VALLEE (Leon)	BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES BIBLIOGRAPHIES	Paris	1883	USD -	1.75
1865	VAPEREAU (G.)	Dictionnaire Universel des Contemporains contenant toutes les Personnes Notables de la France et des Pays Etrangers	Paris	1880	USD -	2.25
1866	VERMONT (E. de Valcour, Count)	AMERICA HERAL-DICA	N. Y.	n. d.	USD -	6.00
1867	VIELLOT (L. P.) et OUDART (M. P)	La Galerie des Oiseaux	Paris	1834	USD -	3.25
1868	VILLEMAIN (A. F.)	Etudes d'Histoire Moderne	Paris	1857	USD -	0.10
1869		VIOLET (The)	N. Y.	n. d.	USD -	0.05
1870	WARD (Elijah)	Speeches on Commercial, Financial and other Subjects	N. Y.	1877	USD -	0.05
1871	WASHINGTON (George)	A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO CONGRESS RELATIVE TO FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN, delivered December 5th, 1793	Phila.	1793	USD -	0.30
1872		WASHINGTON. A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO CONGRESS RELATIVE TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, delivered January 19th, 1797	Phila.	1797	USD -	0.60
1873	DAVID RAMSAY	WASHINGTON. Vie de	Paris	1809	USD -	1.60
1874		WASHINGTON and FRANKLIN. Boyhood and Manhood of	N. Y.	1876	USD -	1.25
1875		WASHINGTON.--Soldier and Patriot, the Story of GEORGE WASHINGTON by F. M. OWEN	London	n. d.	USD -	1.25
1876	WEBSTER (Noah, LL.D.)	American Dictionary of the English Language, thoroughly Revised and Enlarged by C. A. GOODRICH and N. PORTER	Springfield	1884	USD -	6.75
1877	WEBSTER	\| Dissertations \| on the \| English Language: \| with Notes, \| Historical and Critical	Boston	1789	USD -	8.00
1878	WHITE (Richard Grant)	"Words and their Uses"; also " Every-Day English"	Boston	1880-83	USD -	2.25
1879	WHITNEY (J. D.)	The Metallic Wealth of the United States, described and compared with that of Other Countries	Phila.	1854	USD -	0.45
1880	YATES (Edmund)	His Recollections and Experiences	London	1885	USD -	0.60
1881	YRIARTE (Charles)	Les PRINCES D'ORLEANS, preface par EDOUARD HERVE	Paris	1872	USD -	0.25
1882	YULE (George)	Memory Manual	N. Y.	1883	USD -	0.05
1883	ABBEMA (Louise)	"PARISIENNE (1886)"			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.

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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.

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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.