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
2276 POPELIN (Claudius) "LES CONQUERANTS"

USD - 0.35
2277 PORPORATI (Carlo Antonio, Born 1741 and Died 1816) "A YOUNG WOMAN PREPARING FOR BED," after VANLOO

USD - 1.50
2278 POTTER (Paul, Born 1625 and Died 1654) "Cows AND OXEN"

USD - 1.60
2279 POURVOYEUR "JEAN BAPTISTE P. MOLIERE," after COYPEL

USD - 0.15
2280 PREVOST (Benoit Louis, Born 1740 and Died 1804) "LADY HESTER STANHOPE," after DENON

USD - 0.05
2281 PREVOST (Z.) "THE DEATH OF ST. FRANCOIS," after CORREGGIO

USD - 0.50
2282 RAJON (Paul-Adolphe) "THE YOUNG STUDENT," after MEISSONIER

USD - 1.00
2283 RAJON "KNIGHT IN ARMOUR," after BARBARELLI

USD - 0.40
2284 RAFFAELO SANZIO (Born 1483 and Died 1520) "MADONNA DELLA SEDIA"

USD - 6.00
2285 REMBRANDT (Paul Van Rhyn, Born 1606 and Died 1665) "A NAKED WOMAN SLEEPING"

USD - 3.50
2286 REMBRANDT "THE SUPPER AT EMMAUS"

USD - 5.50
2287 REMBRANDT "CHRIST HEALING THE SICK"

USD - 15.00
2288 REMBRANDT "THE BURGOMASTER SIX"

USD - 7.50
2289 REMBRANDT "PORTRAIT OF HIMSELF LEANING ON A WINDOW SILL"

USD - 1.75
2290 REMBRANDT "HEAD"

USD - 0.60
2291 REGAMEY (F.) "THE COMICAL STORY"

USD - 0.70
2292 REGNAULT "PORTRAIT OF MEISSONIER"

USD - 1.25
2293 RIBOT (T.) "UNE GRANDE DOULEUR"

USD - 0.70
2294 RICHARDS (B.) "A DUTCH BURGOMASTER," after REMBRANDT

USD - 3.75
2295 RICHARDS (F. D. B.) "AN OLD MILL" and "LANDSCAPE"

USD - 0.60
2296 RICHETON (Leon) "RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN," after JOHN RUSSELL, R. A.

USD - 1.75
2297 RICHOMME (Joseph Theodore, Born 1785) "TRIUMPH OF GALATEA," after RAPHAEL, and "THETIS BEARING THE ARMOR OF ACHILLES," after GERARD

USD - 12.00
2298 RICHOMME "ADAM AND EVE," after RAPHAEL

USD - 3.25
2299 RIFFAUT (A.) "NINON," after DARCY

USD - 0.15
2300 ROGER (B.) "MARIE-ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE," after ROSSLIRE DE SUEDOIS

USD - 5.00
2301 ROPS (Felicien) "THE SALUTE"

USD - 0.40
2302 ROPS "LA FILEUSE," after MILLET

USD - 0.40
2303 ROSA (Salvatore, Born 1615 and Died 1673) "SOLDIER WITH SPEAR"

USD - 0.20
2304 ROULLET (Jean Louis, Born 1645 and Died 1698) "JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY, MUSICIAN TO THE KING," after MIGNARD

USD - 2.75
2305 ROWLANDSON (Thomas, Born 1756 and Died 1827) "GOING TO THE COLONIES"

USD - 11.00
2306 RUDAX (E.) "THE LITTLE FISHERMAN"

USD - 0.50
2307 RYLAND (William Wynne, Born 1732 and Died 1783) "JUPITER AND LEDA," after BOUCHER

USD - 5.50
2308 RYLAND "THE TRIUMPH OF VENUS," after ANGELICA KAUFFMANN

USD - 0.80
2309 ST. AUBIN (Augustin, Born 1720) "JACQUES ROETTIERS," after COCHIN

USD - 0.40
2310 ST. AUBIN "FENELON," after VIVIEN

USD - 1.10
2311 SALVADOR-CARMONA (Emanuel, Born 1740) "FRANCOIS BOUCHER, PAINTER TO THE KING," after SUEDOIS

USD - 1.25
2312 SCHLEIGH (Adrian) "THE SONG OF THE BELL," after CHRISTOPHER NILSON

USD - 0.50
2313 SCHMIDT (George Frederick, Born 1712 and Died 1775) "PIERRE MIGNARD, PAINTER TO THE KING," after RIGAUD

USD - 0.50
2314 SCHMUTZER (Jacob Mathias, Born 1733 and Died 1811) "THE FAMILY OF RUBENS," after RUBENS

USD - 1.75
2315 SCHREYER (Adolphe, Born 1828) "AN AMBUSCADE"

USD - 2.63
2316 SCHUPPEN (Peter van, the Elder, Born 1628 and Died 1710) "Louis THE DAUPHIN, SON OF LOUIS THE GREAT," after FRANCIS DE TROY

USD - 17.00
2317 SCHUPPEN "FRANCOIS VAN DER MEULEN, PAINTER TO THE KING," after LARGILLIERRE

USD - 2.00
2318 SCRIVEN (Edward, Born 1775 and Died 1841) "NELL GWYN," after SIR PETER LELY

USD - 1.75
2319 SERZ (J.) "THE TRIBUTE MONEY," after TITIAN

USD - 1.00
2320 SLOCOMB (Frederick) "A MIDDLESEX LANE"

USD - 2.00
2321 SMILLIE (James D., Born 1833) "SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE"

USD - 1.25
2322 SMIRKE (Robert, Born 1752 and Died 1845) Set of Illustrations to the "ARABIAN NIGHTS"

USD - 1.80
2323 SOMM (M.) "A JAPANESE STUDY"

USD - 2.00
2324 SOTOMAYER (Esquirel de) "KARL DU JARDIN," after HIMSELF

USD - 0.30
2325 STAAL (G.) "JULES JANIN"

USD - 0.15
2326 STAAL "MADAME LAMARTINE"

USD - 0.10
2327 STAAL "JEAN PIERRE BERANGER"

USD - 0.25
2328 STAAL "ALFRED DE VIGNY"

USD - 0.05
2329 STAAL "MADAME DE GIRARDIN"

USD - 0.10
2330 STAAL "MADAME DE POMPADOUR" AND "MADAME DU BARRY"

USD - 0.50
2331 [STOTHARD (Thomas, Born 1755 and Died 1834)?] "TASSO RECITING TO THE PRINCESS AT THE COURT OF FERRARA"

USD - 7.00
2332 STRANGE (Sir Robert, Born 1721 and Died 1792) "VENUS ATTIRED BY THE GRACES," after GUIDO

USD - 5.00
2333 STRANGE "VENUS AND ADONIS," after TITIAN

USD - 4.75
2334 TAIEE (A.) "MILLET'S HOUSE AT BARBISON," from an original drawing by J. F. MILLET

USD - 0.50
2335 TAYLOR (T.) "THE DUTCH DENTIST" and " THE COTTAGE DOOR," after G. Dow

USD - 1.00
2336 TENIERS (David, Born 1610 and Died 1694) "JOLLY COMPANIONS EVERYONE"

USD - 2.75
2337 THEROND (E.) "THEOPHILE GAUTIER"

USD - 0.50
2338 THEVENIN (J. C.) "MADONNA," after RAPHAEL

USD - 0.25
2339 THORNLEY (G. W.) "VENUS AFTER THE BATH," after BOUCHER

USD - 2.50
2340 THORNLEY "A YOUNG GIRL READING," after BOUCHER

USD - 1.50
2341 TRIERE (P., Died 1780) "HERCULES HESITATING BETWEEN VENUS AND MINERVA, after CRAYER

USD - 3.25
2342 TURNER (Charles, Born 1773 and Died 1857) "A FAMOUS NEWFOUNDLAND DOG," after H. B. CHALON

USD - 20.00
2343 ULM "PETRUS BOREL"

USD - 0.15
2344 UNGER (W.) "A WINTER SCENE IN HOLLAND," after REMBRANDT

USD - 0.25
2345 UNGER "DUTCH PEASANTS," after OSTADE

USD - 0.10
2346 VALPERGA (L.) "CONJUGAL CORRECTION," after GERARDON

USD - 2.10
2347 VANDEVELDE (E., Born 1597 and Died 1648) "THE QUACK DOCTOR--' POPULUS VULT DECIPI,'" after WILLIAM BUYTENWEG

USD - 1.75
2348 VANDERHOOF (Charles H.) "THE OLD PIER"

USD - 0.30
2349 VANDYCK (Anthony, Born 1599 and Died 1641) "LUCAS VOSTERMANS, ENGRAVER OF ANTWERP"

USD - 2.75
2350 VANDYCK "ERASMUS"

USD - 5.50
2351 VANDYCK "JUSTUS SUSTERMANS, PAINTER TO THE GRAND DUKE, FLORENCE"

USD - 4.00
2352 VANDYCK "DANIEL MYTENS, PAINTER OF HOLLAND"

USD - 1.25
2353 VANDYCK "PHILLIP HERBERT, EARL OF PEMBROKE"

USD - 0.70
2354 VARIN (A.) "MADAME RACHEL"

USD - 1.25
2355 VERNET (Horace, Born 1789 and Died 1863) "NAPOLEON THE THIRD AT THE BATTLE OF SOLFERINO"

USD - 7.00
2356 VEYRASSAT (Jules Jacques) "SUNSET," after DAUBIGNY

USD - 0.50
2357 VIDAL (Gerald, Born 1742) "THE CONFIDENTIAL SOUBRETTE," and "THE TOILETTE MERCHANT," after LAURINS

USD - 8.00
2358 VILLERY (Antoine Claude Francois, Born 1768) "INNOCENCE AND LOVE," after PRUDHON

USD - 4.00
2359 WALLACE (Henry W.) "FOOT OF BROAD STREET, OLD NEW YORK"

USD - 1.75
2360 WALTNER (C.) "THE CHINA VASE," after FORTUNY

USD - 4.00
2361 WALTNER "DANS LA ROSEE," after CAROLUS DURAN

USD - 3.00
2362 WALTNER "HEAD OF A YOUNG GIRL," after DUBOIS

USD - 3.00
2363 WATERLOO (Anthony, Born 1618 and Died 1679) "HERMAPHRODITUS AND THE NYMPH"; AND "PAN PURSUING THE NYMPHSYRINX"

USD - 3.50
2364 WATERLOO "THE LITTLE COTTAGE"

USD - 0.50
2365 WATERLOO "SMALL LANDSCAPE WITH TREES"

USD - 0.30
2366 WHISTLER (James Abbott M'Neill, Born 1834) "CHELSEA"

USD - 10.00
2367 WHISTLER "STREET SCENE IN PARIS"

USD - 7.00
2368 WHISTLER "BOATS AT MOORING"

USD - 6.50
2369 WILLE (John George, Born 1717 and Died 1807) "THE LITTLE PHYSICIAN," after GASPAR NETSCHER

USD - 15.00
2370 WILLE "ABRAHAM RECEIVING HAGAR," after DIETRICH

USD - 1.00
2371 WILLE "JEAN BAPTISTE MASSE," after TOCQUE

USD - 2.10
2372 WILLE "THE GOOD WOMAN OF NORMANDY," after P. A. WILLE

USD - 0.80
2373 WILLE "PHILIPPE I., KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.20
2374 WILLE "THIERRY I., KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
2375 WILLE "THIERRY II., KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
  • <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.