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
1978 CHAUVEL (T.) "THE HAY-CART," after JULES DUPRE

USD - 0.60
1979 CHENAY (Paul) "THE BRAWL," after MEISSONIER

USD - 2.75
1980 CHEVILLET (Justus, Born 1729 and Died 1790) "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN," after BOUNIEU and HOUDON

USD - 3.50
1981 CHODOWIECKI (Daniel Nicholas, Born 1726 and Died 1801) "A PEDAGOGUE," and "A YOUNG GIRL WITH HER BROTHER"

USD - 6.00
1982 CLAUDE LORRAINE (Born 1600 and Died 1682) "CAMPO VICINO, ROME"

USD - 1.50
1983 CLAUDE LORRAINE "THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT"

USD - 7.50
1984 CLAUDE LORRAINE "THE TEMPEST"

USD - 7.25
1985 CLAUDE LORRAINE "LANDSCAPES," etc.

USD - 2.40
1986 CLEMENTS (L. D.) "LANDSCAPE"

USD - 0.70
1987 COLMAN (Samuel) "AN OLD MILL AT WAINSCOTTE, LONG ISLAND"

USD - 1.00
1988 COLMAN "AN OLD MILL AT WAINSCOTTE, LONG ISLAND"

USD - 1.75
1989 COPIA (Jacques Louis, Born 1764, Died 1799) "THE TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY," after FRAGONARD

USD - 0.25
1990 COROT (Jean-Baptiste-Camille, Born 1796 and Died 1875) "A SOUVENIR OF ITALY"

USD - 6.75
1991 COROT "VIEW IN ITALY"

USD - 4.00
1992 COURTRY (C.) "HEAD OF A LADY OF QUALITY"

USD - 5.50
1993 COURTRY "THE SON OF LOUIS XI"

USD - 0.80
1994 COURTRY "A TURKISH DANCE," after GEROME

USD - 2.25
1995 COURTRY "A MOORISH BATH," after GEROME

USD - 2.75
1996 COURTRY "THE SLAVE MARKET," after GEROME

USD - 3.25
1997 COURTRY MICHAEL MUNKACSY, from a painting by himself

USD - 0.10
1998 COURTRY "ALCIBIADES AT THE HOUSE OF ASPASIA," after GEROME

USD - 2.50
1999 COUSIN "THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION," after MURILLO

USD - 1.60
2000 COUTIL (Leon) "ON THE LAKE"

USD - 4.38
2001 COUTIL (Leon) "THE TEMPTATION OF ST. ANTHONY," after MOROT

USD - 5.25
2002 COUTIL "THE EVENING HOUR," after MILLET

USD - 5.50
2003 CRANACH (Lucas, Born 1472 and Died 1553) "MARTIN LUTHER"

USD - 1.25
2004 DALCO (Antonio) "CHRIST ON THE CROSS," after GUIDO

USD - 0.30
2005 DARLEY (Felix O. C., National Academician, Born 1822) "WASHINGTON IRVING AND HIS FRIENDS AT SUNNYSIDE"

USD - 100.00
2006 DARODES "CHARLES EISEN," after VISPRE

USD - 0.25
2007 DAUBIGNY (Charles Francois, Born 1817 and Died 1878) "PEAR TREES AT ANVERS"

USD - 4.25
2008 DAULLE (Jean, Born 1703 and Died 1763) "LA RIBOTEUSE HOLLANDOISE," after METZU

USD - 1.10
2009 DELACROIX (Eugene) "THE BLACKSMITH"

USD - 2.13
2010 DE LAUNAY (Nicholas, Born 1739 and Died 1792) "THE Too INQUISITIVE WIFE," after BAUDOUIN

USD - 2.75
2011 DE LAUNAY "THE HAPPY FAMILY," after FRAGONARD

USD - 0.80
2012 DE LAUNAY "THE LITTLE PREACHER," after FRAGONARD

USD - 0.90
2013 DE LAUNAY "EDUCATION TEACHES ALL THINGS," after FRAGO NARD

USD - 0.80
2014 DE LAUNAY "LOOK, SEE FATHER!" after VANGORP

USD - 0.70
2015 DE LAUNAY "THE GRIDDLE CAKES," after FRAGONARD

USD - 0.50
2016 DE LAUNAY "LA BONNE MERE," after FRAGONARD

USD - 0.70
2017 DE LAUNAY (Robert, Born 1754 and Died 1814) "J. Y. PASSERAI," after BOREL

USD - 0.70
2018 DELBOS "ON THE CHAMPS ELYSEES"

USD - 1.50
2019 DELIGNON (Jean Louis, Born 1755 and Died 1804) "THE TEMPTING QFFER," after LAVREINCE

USD - 0.90
2020 DEMARTEAU (Giles) "NOON" and " EVENING," after JEAN BAPTISTE HUET

USD - 3.00
2021 DEMARTEAU "BoY ANGELS," after BOUCHER

USD - 2.40
2022 DEMARTEAU "HEAD OF A YOUNG GIRL," after BOUCHER

USD - 2.50
2023 DENNEL (Louis, Born 1741) "WAVERING VIRTUE," after MADAME LE BRUN

USD - 0.30
2024 DENON (Dominique Vivant, Born 1747 and Died 1825) "SWEET DREAMS"

USD - 0.80
2025 DENON "MADAME LE BRUN IN HER STUDIO"

USD - 0.60
2026 DENON "STUDY OF JEWISH HEADS"; "TURKISH HEADS"

USD - 0.80
2027 DENON "THE GRANDFATHER'S BENEDICTION," after REMBRANDT

USD - 1.50
2028 DENON Collection of Etchings after REMBRANDT, VAN OSTADE, TENIERS, CLAUDE LORRAINE, PAR-MEGIANO, RAYMOND, SALVATOR ROSA, etc.

USD - 7.88
2029 DESBOUTINS (M.) "BABY GOING OUT"

USD - 0.25
2030 DESCHANELLI "BACCHANALIAN SUBJECTS"

USD - 0.60
2031 DESMOULIN (I.) "SPERRATA," after HENNER

USD - 3.75
2032 DETAILLE (Jean Baptiste Edouard, Born 1848; Pupil of MEISSONIER) "THE CUIRASSIER"

USD - 37.00
2033 DETAILLE Another copy of the preceding

USD - 18.00
2034 DETAILLE "THE UHLAN"

USD - 15.00
2035 DETAILLE "THE TRUMPETER"

USD - 22.00
2036 DHOULT (L. E.) "FEMALE SATYR SLEEPING DISCOVERED BY YOUNG GIRLS"

USD - 4.00
2037 DHOULT "THE AWAKENING OF BACCHUS"

USD - 4.00
2038 DIETRICH (Christian W. E., Born 1712 and Died 1774) "HUNGARIAN QUACK DOCTOR," arid " ITINERANT VENDOR," after REMBRANDT

USD - 0.30
2039 DIETRICH "THE RATCATCHER"

USD - 1.13
2040 DIETRICH "LANDSCAPES," " GOATS," etc.

USD - 0.55
2041 DIETRICH (M., the younger, Born 1799) "A CAVALRY ENGAGEMENT"

USD - 13.00
2042 DREVET (Pierre, the elder, Born 1663 and Died 1738) "LOUIS XIV." after RIGAUD

USD - 40.00
2043 DREVET "ROBERT DE COTTE, Architect to the King," after RIGAUD

USD - 1.00
2044 DREVET "NICHOLAS BOILEAU," after RIGAUD

USD - 3.50
2045 DUBUCOURT "EVERY ONE IN HIS TURN," and "AN USELESS CAUTION," after C. VERNET

USD - 0.60
2046 DUJARDIN (Karel, Born 1625, Died 1678) "HORSES"

USD - 0.60
2047 DUJARDIN "HOGS"

USD - 0.35
2048 DUJARDIN "GOATS"

USD - 0.35
2049 DUJARDIN "LANDSCAPE AND COWS"

USD - 0.60
2050 DUJARDIN "LANDSCAPE AND COWS"

USD - 0.35
2051 DUMONT "A YOUNG GIRL AT THE FOUNTAIN," after GREUZE

USD - 5.00
2052 DURER (Albert, Born 1471 and Died 1528) "THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH THE MONKEY"

USD - 6.00
2053 DURER "OUR LORD ON THE CROSS (1511)"

USD - 7.50
2054 DURER "CHRIST BEFORE CAIAPHAS (1512)"

USD - 6.50
2055 DURER "ECCE HOMO.--The VIRGIN and ST. JOHN looking sadly at the suffering CHRIST (1509)"

USD - 8.50
2056 DURER "LE PAYSAN DU MARCHE"

USD - 1.50
2057 DURER "CHRIST WASHING THE FEET OF HIS DISCIPLES"

USD - 1.50
2058 DURER "THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. CATHERINE"

USD - 1.50
2059 DURER "SAMSON SLAYING THE PHILISTINES"

USD - 1.50
2060 DURER "ADAM AND EVE"

USD - 0.50
2061 DURER "LIFE OF THE VIRGIN," "THE LARGE PASSION," etc.

USD - 7.50
2062 EARLOM (Richard, Born 1743 and Died 1822) "LANDSCAPES," after CLAUDE LORRAINE

USD - 5.40
2063 EDELINCK (Gerard, Born 1627 and Died 1707) "PHILIP DE CHAMPAGNE," after a painting by himself

USD - 50.00
2064 EDELINCK "CHARLES, Duc DE BERRY," after DE TROVE

USD - 26.00
2065 EDELINCK "CHARLES LE BRUN, PAINTER TO THE KING," after LARGILLIERE

USD - 23.00
2066 EDELINCK "MARTEN VAN DEN BOGAERT, SCULPTOR TO THE KING," after RIGAUD

USD - 4.50
2067 EDELINCK "PHILIPPE, Duc D'ANJOU," after TROYE

USD - 13.00
2068 EDELINCK "BARTHOLOMEW D'HERBLOT"

USD - 1.00
2069 EDWARDS (Edwin, Born 1823) "THE WRECK"

USD - 0.90
2070 EHRMAN (E.) "THE LAST LOVE OF CHARLEMAGNE"

USD - 0.80
2071 FERRIS (L. J.) "THE GUARD OF THE HAREM," after GEROME

USD - 2.50
2072 FERRIS "THE GUARD OF THE HAREM," after GEROME

USD - 0.90
2073 FERRIS "THE FLORENTINE POET," after CABANEL

USD - 3.00
2074 FERRIS "A STABLE DOOR--GRENADA." ORIGINAL ETCHING

USD - 1.00
2075 FEYEN-PERRIN (Francois Nicholas Augustin) "THE BEAN PICKER"

USD - 5.00
2076 FICQUET (Etienne, Born 1719 and Died 1794) "JEAN DE LA FONTAINE," after RTGAULT

USD - 0.15
2077 FICQUET "LOUIS V., THE SLUGGISH, KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.05
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    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.
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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.
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    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.