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
2376 WILLE "DAGOBERT II., KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
2377 WILLE "HENRY I., KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
2378 WILLE "HUGH CAPET, KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
2379 WILLE "LOTHAIRE, KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
2380 WILLE "Louis I., KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
2381 WILLE "LOUIS II., KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
2382 WILLE "Louis VI., KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
2383 WILLE "CHARLES III, KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
2384 WILLE "CHARLES IV., KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
2385 WILLE "CHILDERIC II, KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
2386 WILLE "CHILDERIC III, KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
2387 WILLE "CHILPERIC II., KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 0.10
2388 WILLE "CLOVIS III., KING OF FRANCE"

USD - 1.50
2389 WORMS (Jules) "EVERY AGE HAS ITS PLEASURES"

USD - 1.00
2390 WOLGEMUTH (Michael, Born 1434 and Died 1519) "KNIGHT IN ARMOR"

USD - 2.25
2391 YON (E.) "A SMALL BRANCH OF THE MARNE"

USD - 0.60
2392 "NAPOLEON AT THE BATTLE OF BORODINO, SEPTEMBER 7th, 1812"

USD - 4.00
2393 "THE HAPPY FIDDLER"

USD - 3.50
2394 "THE BATHER AT THE SPRING"

USD - 7.50
2395 "A VOTARY OF BACCHUS"

USD - 1.00
2395a "ON THE BANKS OF THE SEINE, PARIS"

USD - 0.70
2396 BACCHANTE. " NUDE FEMALE FIGURE ASLEEP"

USD - 0.75
2397 VAN MARCKE. "LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE" after

USD - 2.50
2397a "WHERE'S THE FIELD"

USD - 5.75
2398 "THE KISSES"

USD - 3.50
2399 "ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST"

USD - 1.50
2400 "THE BAPTISM OF JESUS CHRIST"

USD - 10.00
2401 "THE PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD"

USD - 0.50
2402 "CITY OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, 1570"

USD - 1.50
2403 "THE TOWN OF PRESSBUBG ASSAULTED BY THE TURKS"

USD - 0.50
2404 "LOT FLEEING FROM SODOM"

USD - 0.80
2405 "DANCE AT THE FETE OF THE VILLAGE OF MEGELDORF"

USD - 1.80
2406 "THE MEN CAGED BY THE WOMEN"

USD - 0.90
2407 "THE THREE AGES"

USD - 0.40
2408 GROLIER (Jean) Fac-similes of bindings belonging to JEAN GROLIER

USD - 0.60
2409 "ROGER PAYNE," THE CELEBRATED BOOKBINDER

USD - 0.60
2409a "T. F. DIBDIN"; "W. C. BRYANT," etc.

USD - 0.60
2410 ASCHAM, ASHMOLE, GRANGER, and LOWNDES

USD - 1.00
2411 BYRON, HUME, MILTON, DRYDEN, SHAKESPEARE, JOHNSON, SCOTT, DEFOE, GIBBON, POPE, CHAUCER, SPENSER, BEN JONSON, etc.

USD - 1.40
2412 "MARGUERITE OF NAVARRE"

USD - 0.20
2413 "FRANCIS RABELAIS"

USD - 0.15
2414 ROUSSEAU, LE SAGE, FENELON, MONTESQUIEU, PHILIDOR, RONSARD, etc.

USD - 1.36
2415 FENELON, LA FONTAINE, MOLIERE, LE SAGE, DESCARTES, RACINE, VOLTAIRE, etc.

USD - 0.66
2416 VOLTAIRE, MONNIER, FLORIAC, etc.

USD - 0.20
2417 "THE NUDE IN ART"

USD - 9.38
2418 OLD MASTERS, " HANNIBAL," after REMBRANDT

USD - 0.50
2419 "A MONK," after GUIDO; " The Flaying of MARSYAS," RIVERA; "Jewish Heads," DENON; "Lydia"; "Landscape with Cows " (original pencil drawing), Vignettes, etc.

USD - 1.00
2420 CORTONE. "Four Muses--Clio, Polymnia, Calliope and Euterpe"

USD - 0.40
2421 "MARKET DAY"...

USD - 1.95
2422 FRENCH LITHOGRAPHS. Subjects after FROMENTIN, HEBERT, COGNIET, FRERE, BARON, etc.

USD - 0.40
2423 FRENCH LITHOGRAPHIC CARICATURES after BELLANGE, etc.

USD - 2.25
2424 SCARRON. SET OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO SCARRON'S "COMIC ROMANCE"

USD - 3.30
2425 MARILLIER. Set of Four Illustrations to " GUZMAN DE ALFARACHE, THE SPANISH ROGUE," after MARILLIER, etc.

USD - 0.20
2426 MOLIERE. Illustrations to MOLIERE, mostly Original Etchings by LALAUZE

USD - 1.00
2427 CHATEAUBRIAND. Set of Thirteen Illustrations to CHATEAUBRIAND, after TONY and ALFRED JOHANNOT, etc.

USD - 0.65
2428 VOLTAIRE. Set of Thirteen Illustrations to VOLTAIRE'S Dramas

USD - 1.26
2429 "PAUL AND VIRGINIA"

USD - 0.50
2430 SHAKESPEARE.--BOYDELL'S LARGE PLATES ILLUSTRATING "TROILUS AND CRESSIDA"...

USD - 0.90
2431 ROUSSEAU. SET OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO J. J. ROUSSEAU'S LIFE AND NOVELS

USD - 1.05
2432 "SATYRE MENIPPEE"

USD - 0.15
2433 WOODCUTS, MOSTLY FRENCH, HAND PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER, SOME BEFORE THE BLOCKS WERE FINISHED, etc.

USD - 2.00
2434 "PAINTING AND SCULPTURE"

USD - 0.80
2435 "THE BURGOMASTER"

USD - 1.00
2436 "FREDERICK THE GREAT"

USD - 0.60
2437 "AMABLE JULIEN DU BOIS"

USD - 0.10
2438 "MISS SYDNEY, of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden"

USD - 0.35
2439 SHAKESPEARE, SARAH BERNHARDT, MOZART, and JULIA GRISI

USD - 0.30
2440 MURGER, MERY, and DELVAN

USD - 0.18
2441 LORD CLIVE, NELSON, RODNEY, DRAKE, BLAKE, COOK, etc.

USD - 0.35
2442 BOLINGBROKE, MARLBOROUGH, WALPOLE, BURKE, PITT, STRAFFORD, HAMPDEN, CHATHAM, Fox, etc.

USD - 0.80
2443 ERSKINE, BACON, MANSFIELD, COKE, CLARENDON, HALE, CAMDEN, MORE, etc.

USD - 1.00
2444 SIR H. DAVY, JENNER, HARVEY, RAY, HUNTER, HERSCHELL, SYDENHAM, etc.

USD - 1.60
2445 PRIESTLEY, WESLEY, BARROW, KNOX, WICLIF, WOLSEY, CALVIN, CRANMER, LUTHER, JEREMY TAYLOR, etc.

USD - 0.88
2446 WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, FRANKLIN and PENN

USD - 0.32
2447 REYNOLDS, HOGARTH, FLAXMAN, RUBENS and WREN

USD - 0.30
2448 NAPOLEON, CROMWELL, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, etc.

USD - 0.48
2449 FRENCH KINGS, engraved by DUPUIS, DUCHANGE, AVELINE, FESSARD, etc.

USD - 1.26
2450 PORTRAITS. FRENCH ROYAL PERSONAGES

USD - 0.57
2451 NAPOLEON'S GENERALS--SOULT, BERTHIER, MURAT, NEY, LASALLE, SUCHET, etc.

USD - 1.44
2452 PORTRAITS; ILLUSTRATING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

USD - 0.78
2453 DUNOIS, TALLEYRAND, COLBERT, RICHELIEU, DUC DE BOURGOGNE, etc.

USD - 0.42
2454 MIRABEAU, FOY, BARROT, LAFITTE, BERRYER, DANTON, CONSTANT

USD - 1.33
2455 BEAUHARNAIS, LAMETH, ROBESPIERRE, LAFAYETTE, SIEVES, etc.

USD - 0.72
2456 MIRABEAU, CARNOT, DANTON, ROBESPIERRE, SIEVES, etc.

USD - 0.42
2457 PORTRAITS, illustrating French History and Literature

USD - 1.86
2458 ROYAL DRESDEN PAINTED PORCELAIN PLAQUE, AFTER PHILIP WOUVERMANN

USD - 8.50
2459 SEVRES CHINA SALAD DISH FORMERLY BELONGING TO NAPOLEON THE THIRD

USD - 6.50
2460 SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE TUILERIES AND THE PROPERTY OF NAPOLEON THE THIRD

USD - 7.00
2461 "NAPOLEON THE FIRST." BRONZE STATUETTE ON MARBLE BASE

USD - 2.50
2462 "NAPOLEON THE FIRST." WHITE MARBLE CAMEO PORTRAIT WITH LAUREL CROWN

USD - 9.00
2463 "FREDERICK THE GREAT"

USD - 1.00
2464 "JOHN GUTTENBERG, PATER TYPOGRAPHIC"

USD - 10.00
2465 "BOAR." JAPANESE BRONZE

USD - Not Sold
2466 CLOCK AND PENDANTS, METAL BRONZE

USD - 16.00
2467 "SIR WALTER SCOTT"

USD - 5.00
2468 "FREDERICK THE GREAT"

USD - 5.00
2469 "AIGUIERE" OR EWER OF COPPER WITH BRASS HANDLE

USD - 5.00
2470 "THE RACQUET PLAYERS"

USD - 17.00
2471 "ANTIQUE GREEK VASE"

USD - 4.50
2472 "SATYRS WITH NYMPH"

USD - 6.50
  • <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>
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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.
    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.