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
1884 ANDERLONI (Pietro, Born 1784 and Died 1849) "THE HOLY FAMILY," after RAPHAEL

USD - 4.50
1885 APPIAN (A.) "FISHING BOATS"

USD - 1.00
1886 APPIAN "SAN REMO, ITALY"

USD - 2.25
1887 APPIAN "UN SOIR BORD DU RHONE A RIX"

USD - 1.25
1888 APPIAN "ROCKS BY THE RIVER"

USD - 0.75
1889 APPIAN "DRAWING THE NET"

USD - 2.50
1890 APPIAN "A PATH BY THE RIVER"

USD - 0.75
1891 APPIAN "THE WATER MILL"

USD - 1.25
1892 APPIAN "THE ANGLERS"

USD - 1.10
1893 APPIAN "Au VALROMEY"

USD - 0.60
1894 APPIAN "GORGE DE LOUPE"

USD - 0.50
1895 APPIAN "A ROCKY ROAD--ENVIRONS OF CREYS"

USD - 0.80
1896 AUDOUIN (Pierre, Born 1768 and Died 1822) "LA MUSICIENNE HOLLANDOISE," after METZU"

USD - 0.30
1897 AUDRAN (Benoit, "the elder," Born 1661 and Died 1721) "JEAN BAPTISTE COLBERT," after LEFEBVRE

USD - 1.25
1898 BAKER (W. C.) "Landscape"

USD - 0.50
1899 BALLIN (A.) "A STREET SCENE AT ROUEN"

USD - 0.60
1900 Jean Charles, Born 1721 and Died 1777 "THE DEATH OF ADONIS," after POUSSIN"

USD - 0.30
1900a BARRY (AUGUSTE, Born 1836 and Died 1886) "DOMINIE SAMPSON"

USD - 0.50
1901 BARRY "ONLY FOR FRIENDS," after Lossow"

USD - 0.60
1901a BARRY "CUPID AND VENUS," after Lossow

USD - 0.60
1902 BARRY "ROGER PAYNE, THE FAMOUS LONDON BOOKBINDER"

USD - 0.10
1903 BARTOLONII "THE LOVE LETTER," after BUNBURY

USD - 1.25
1904 BARTOLOZZI (Francesco, Born 1727 and Died 1815) "CUPID CROWNING A YOUNG GIRL WITH FLOWERS," after GUERCINO

USD - 2.00
1905 BARTOLOZZI "MOTHER AND CHILD," after PEREGRINE BARTOLOZZI

USD - 75.00
1906 BARTOLOZZI "CHILDREN AT PLAY," after GUERCINO

USD - 2.75
1907 BARTOLOZZI "THE HOLY FAMILY," after GUERCINO

USD - 0.88
1908 BARTOLOZZI "BANDITS," after GUERCINO

USD - 1.50
1909 BARTOLOZZI "A SACRIFICE," after GUERCINO

USD - 0.75
1910 BARTOLOZZI "A WARRIOR," after GUERCINO

USD - 1.20
1911 BASTIEN-LEPAGE (Jules) "REAPERS AT DAMVILLERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE MEUSE"

USD - 2.50
1912 BASTIEN-LEPAGE "THE RETURN FROM THE FIELDS"

USD - 4.25
1913 BAUDET (Etienne, Born 1636 and Died 1711) "THE TRIBUTE MONEY," after VALENTINE

USD - 0.80
1914 BAUDOUIN (Pierre Antoine, Born 1723 and Died 1769) "THE TOILET"

USD - 3.25
1915 BAUDRAN "THE GATE OF HEAVEN"...

USD - 1.00
1916 BEAUVARLET (Jacques Firmin, Born 1731 and Died 1797) "EDME BOUCHARDON, SCULPTOR TO THE KING," after DROUAIS

USD - 1.20
1917 BEAUVARLET "THE FOX DISTURBED," after OUDRAY...

USD - 1.00
1918 BEGA (Cornelis Pietersz, Born 1620 and Died 1664) "PEASANT WOMAN GOING TO MARKET"

USD - 0.55
1919 BEHAM (Hans Sebald, Born 1500 and Died 1549) "PACIENTIA"

USD - 3.50
1920 BEHAM "A MARCH OF SOLDIERS"

USD - 1.75
1921 BEHAM "THE BATH, MANY WOMEN AND CHILDREN BATHING

USD - 0.40
1921a BEHAM "SIx WOMEN BATHING, A MAN OBSERVING THEM THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW"

USD - 1.00
1922 BEISSON (Francis Joseph Etienne, Died 1820) "VENUS" after TITIAN

USD - 0.50
1923 BELLOWS (Albert F.) "GOING TO CHURCH--SUNDAY MORNING"

USD - 8.50
1924 BERGHEM (Nicholas, Born 1620, Died 1683) "SHEEP AND LAMBS"

USD - 0.70
1925 BERNE-BELLECOUR (E.) "WILL SHE COME ?"

USD - 3.00
1926 BERVIC (Charles Clement, Born 1756 and Died 1822) "THE EDUCATION OF ACHILLES," after REGNAULT

USD - 10.50
1927 BERVIC "Louis XVI.," after CALLET

USD - 35.50
1928 BETTELINI (Pietro, Born 1763 and Died 1828) "DAVID," after ZAMPIERI

USD - 0.25
1929 BETTELINI "ST. JOHN," after DOMENICHINO

USD - 1.70
1930 BETTELINI "ST. SOPHIA," after DOMENICHINO

USD - 1.30
1931 BICHARD (Gery) "THE AMATEUR ARTIST," after MEISSONIER

USD - 4.25
1932 BLANC (Charles) "THE CHEVALIER," after MEISSONIER

USD - 2.75
1933 BOCOURT (E.) "MIRABEAU REPLYING TO THE MARQUIS DE BREZE"

USD - 9.25
1934 BOCOURT "JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET"

USD - 3.50
1935 BOILIRN (E.) "THE MORNING SALUTATION"

USD - 2.25
1936 BONNET (Louis Marin, Born 1743 and Died 1793) "HEAD OF A YOUNG GIRL," after BOUCHER

USD - 4.25
1937 BOSTWICK (John H.) "A BRILLIANT SUNSET"

USD - 1.00
1938 BOUCHER (Francois, Born 1703 and Died 1770) "VENUS AND CUPID"

USD - 0.60
1939 BOUCHER "A YOUNG GIRL BATHING"

USD - 0.70
1940 BOUILLIARD (Jacques, Born 1744 and Died 1806) "DAPHNE AND APOLLO," after VANLOO

USD - 1.25
1941 BOUILLIARD "LOVE MENDING HIS BOW," after MAZZOLA

USD - 0.10
1942 BRACQUEMOND (Felix, Born 1833) "WILD DUCKS"

USD - 1.00
1943 BRACQUEMOND "THE MIRROR," after CHAPLIN

USD - 1.15
1943a BRACQUEMOND "CHARLES MERYON"

USD - 1.40
1944 BRACQUEMOND "A VASE WITH FLOWERS"

USD - 0.90
1945 BRACQUEMOND "A YOKE OF OXEN," after DU BUISSON

USD - 0.90
1945a BRACQUEMOND "JULES FLEURY-HUSSON--CALLED CHAMPFLEURY"

USD - 0.40
1946 BRIDGMAN (C. J.) "PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL"

USD - 4.75
1947 BROMLEY (William, Born 1769 and Died 1842) "BOY AND TABLET," after LEONARDO DA VINCI

USD - 0.60
1948 BROWN (John Lewis) "A MILITARY RECONNAISSANCE"

USD - 0.80
1949 BRUNET-DEBAINES (A.) "The FUNERAL OF WILKIE," after J. M. W. TURNER

USD - 1.00
1950 BRUNET-DEBAINES "THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY IN THE STRAND, LONDON"

USD - 3.25
1951 BUHOT (Felix) "BOULEVARD DE CLICHY, PARIS--NATIONAL FETE, JUNE 30TH"

USD - 0.50
1952 BURGKMAIR (Hans, Born 1473 and Died 1559) "MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN"

USD - 1.50
1953 BURGKMAIR "CORONATION OF THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN"

USD - 2.13
1954 BURGKMAIR "THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS IN THE GARDEN"

USD - 1.25
1955 BURNAND (EUGENE) "A DROVE OF OXEN AT CAMARGUE"

USD - 1.10
1956 CAFFI (Cavaliere Ippolito, Born 1814 and Died 1866) "THE SOLDIER'S PROMENADE" and " THE DEVOTEES"

USD - 12.00
1957 CALAMATTI (Luigi, Born 1802 and Died 1869) "DANTE"

USD - 2.50
1958 CALAME (Alexandre, Born 1810 and Died 1864) "THE BIRD OF NIGHT--OWLS"

USD - 0.60
1959 CAREY (CHARLES) "AWAITING AN AUDIENCE," after MEISSONIER

USD - 2.50
1960 CARS (Laurent, Born 1699 and Died 1771) "MLLE. CLAIRON AS MEDEA," after VANLOO

USD - 1.50
1960a CARS "SEBASTIAN BOURDON, PAINTER TO THE KING," after RIGAUD

USD - 1.00
1961 CASANOVA (A.) "THE GOURMET"

USD - 4.25
1962 CASANOVA "A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION"

USD - 2.00
1963 CASANOVA "TEACHING THE CANARY TO SING"

USD - 4.13
1964 CASTIGLIONE (Giovanni Benedetto, Born 1616 and Died 1670) "HEAD OF A JEW"

USD - 0.70
1965 CECCHINI (Francesco) "FRESCO IN THE SALA DEL CAMBRIO AT PERUGIA," after PERUGINO

USD - 1.20
1966 CERICA "ITALIAN BEGGAR"

USD - 5.25
1967 CHAMPOLLION (E.) "THE CHOICE OF A MODEL," after FORTUNY

USD - 6.00
1968 CHAMPOLLION "LES DAMES GALANTES"

USD - 2.75
1969 CHAMPOLLION "FISHERMEN GOING OUT," after BUTIN

USD - 2.50
1970 CHAMPOLLION "MOORS TAMING A VULTURE," after FORTUNY

USD - 1.10
1971 CHAMPOLLON (E. A.) "A BUTTERFLY," after FORTUNY

USD - 3.50
1972 CHARLET (Born 1792 and Died 1845) "THE OLD GUARD DIES, BUT NEVER SURRENDERS"

USD - 1.40
1973 CHARLET "THE RECRUIT'S FIRST TIME UNDER FIRE" and "His SECOND TIME UNDER FIRE"

USD - 1.00
1974 CHARLET "THE STREET BOYS AND THE NATIONAL GUARD"...

USD - 3.60
1975 CHASTEAU (Nicholas, Born 1680 and Died 1750) "MARTYRDOM OF ST. STEPHEN," after CARRACCI

USD - 0.60
1976 CHASTEAU "CHRIST HEALING THE BLIND," after POUSSIN

USD - 0.30
1977 CHATTILLON (Auguste de) "LA LEVRETTE EN PAL'TOT. (The Greyhound in a Paletot)"

USD - 0.20
  • <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.
    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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  • <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.