Sothebys: Continental Printed Books, Manuscripts and Music comprising Printed Books, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts, ASCENSION,

Auction Details

Auction Date
May 28, 1992 - May 28, 1992
Page Size: 702 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 BEAUMARCHAIS (PIERRE AUGUSTE CARON DE) LE BARBIER DE SEVILLE

USD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
102 BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI) IL DECAMERONE [Paris]

1757

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 880.00
103 BOOK OF HOURS Venice

1777

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 1,210.00
104 CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (MIGUEL DE) EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA Madrid

1780

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,200.00
105 CHAMPAGNE

1734

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
106 CONTATORE (DOMINICO ANTONIO) DE HISTORIA TERRACINENSI libri cinque

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,375.00
107 Cookery

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 605.00
108 DORAT (CLAUDE JOSEPH) LETTRES EN VERS

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
109 EQUESTRIANISM

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 770.00
110 FLORIAN (JEAN PIERRE CLARIS DE) GALATEE

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
111 FRANCE

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 1,045.00
112 FREDERICK II (King of Prussia, "Frederick the Great") AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Federic") TO VOLTAIRE

16 May 1739

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
113 FREDERICK II ("Frederick the Great '') AUTOGRAPH 'REPONSE A VOLTAIRE'

[13 August 1766]

 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
114 FREDERICK II ("Frederick the Great") THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS PREFACE TO VOLTAIRE'S 'HENRIADE' Potsdam

August or September 1739

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
115 FREDERICK II (King of Prussia, ' 'Frederick the Great ' ') MELANCHOLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Fr")

[actually September 1757]

 USD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
116 FREDERICK II (King of Prussia, "Frederick the Great") Six LETTERS AND AN AUTOGRAPH MEMORANDUM Berlin, Potsdam and Breslau

31 December 1740 to 4 November 1749

 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
117 FREDERICK II (King of Prussia, "Frederick the Great") DIPLOMATIC AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Federic") Magdeburg

12 September 1742

 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
118 FREDERICK II (King of Prussia, "Frederick the Great") LETTER SIGNED ("Federic") Potsdam

22 June 1782

 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
119 GEOGRAPHY

USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
120 GIORGI (FELICE) DESCRIZIONE ISTORICA DEL TEATRO DI TOR DI NONA

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 935.00
121 History

GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 1,650.00
122 MEZZABARBA (CARLO AMBROSIO, Patriarch of Alexandria and Papal Legate) JESUITS IN CHINA Macao

8 December 1721

 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
123 LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE) CONTES ET NOUVELLES EN VERS Amsterdam [Paris]

1762

 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
124 LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE) FABLES CHOISIES mises en vers Paris

1755-1759

 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 6,600.00
125 LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE) LES AMOURS DE PSYCHE ET DE CUPIDON Paris

1791

 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
126 LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE) FABLES CHOISIES mises en vers Paris

1755-1759

 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
127 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
128 LE CLERC (---) PORTRAIT DE HENRI IV contemporary French red morocco gilt

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,540.00
129 Legal

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
130 LEOPOLD II AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO HIS SISTER MARIE ANTOINETTE

[1791]

 GBP 700.00 - 800.00 1,540.00
131 LINNAEUS (CARL) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Carolus Linnaeus") Uppsala

14 December 1759

 GBP 700.00 - 800.00 1,210.00
132 LITURGY Rome

1725

 GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 1,760.00
133 LITURGY

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
134 LITURGY

r.1777-1799

 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
135 LITURGY Rome

1725

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
136 LITURGY

GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 1,100.00
137 Louis XVI AND MARIE ANTOINETTE VOLUME CONTAINING LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS PERTAINING to THE FRENCH ROYAL FAMILY

18 September 1792

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
138 OFFICE DE LA SEMAINE SAINTE a l'usage de Rome et de Paris Paris

1732

 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,045.00
139 MARSELLA (DOMENICO ANTONIO) IL PONTIFICATO MASSIMO NON MAI ASSUNTO DAGL'IMPERATORI CRISTIANI

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
140 MAZZINELLI (ALESSANDRO) UFFIZIO DELLA SETTIMANA SANTA

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 935.00
141 MEDICINE

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,430.00
142 OFFICE DE L'EGLISE en latin et en francois Rouen

1787

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,430.00
143 SOCIETY OF JESUS

1749

 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
144 PALLADIO (ANDREA) I QUATTRO LIBRI DELL'ARCHITETTURA

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,045.00
145 PORTUGAL Lisbon

1766

 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
146 ROTGANS (LUKAS) POEZY, VAN VERSCHEIDE MENGELSTOFFEN Leeuwarden

1715

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
147 SAINT-PIERRE (JACQUES-HENRI BERNARDIN DE) PAUL ET VIRGINIE FIRST SEPARATE EDITION Paris

1789

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
148 PHILOSOPHY

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 495.00
149 TASSO (TORQUATO) LA GERUSALEMME LIBERATA Paris

1784-1786

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,540.00
150 THEOLOGY

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 1,210.00
151 VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE) LA PUCELLE

1789

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
152 WEIS (JOHANN MARTIN) REPRESENTATION DES FETES DONNEES PAR LA VILLE DE STRASBOURG pour la convalescence du roi Paris

[1744]

 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
153 BAURENFEIND (MICHAEL) VOLLKOMMENE WIEDER-HERSTELLUNG DER. . .SCHREIB- KUNST Nuremberg

1716

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 550.00
154 BAURENFEIND (MICHAEL) DER ZIERLICHEN SCHREIB-KUNST VOLLKOMMENER WIEDERHERSTELLUNG ANDERER THEIL Nuremberg

1736

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 550.00
155 GILBERT (LOUIS) COLLECTION DE DIFFERENTES PIECES D'ECRITURE

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
156 GLACHANT (FRANCOIS-MICHEL) NOUVEAU TRAITE D'ECRITURE Paris

1742

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
157 MERKEN (JOHANN) DES LIBRI ALPHABETI MAIORIS Hamburg

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
158 MIDOLLE (JEAN) ALBUM DU MOYEN-AGE Strassburg

1836-[1840]

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
159 ROLAND Paris

1758

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
160 STAPS (JOHANN) SCHUL VORSCHRIFFTEN Paris

USD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
161 AUSTRIA AND GERMANY

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 3,300.00
162 BERTHIER (Louis ALEXANDRE) RELATION DE LA BATAILLE DE MARENGO Paris

1805

 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
163 BOLIVAR (SIMON) DOCUMENT SIGNED as President of Venezuela (' ' Simon Bolivar' ' with flourish) Sante Fe

7 September 1819

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 660.00
164 CANOVA (ANTONIO) IMPORTANT GROUP OF ELEVEN LETTERS Rome

12 September 1801 to 27 September 1812

 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 4,620.00
165 CZECHOSLOVAKIA

1814 to 1842

 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
166 DAVID (JACQUES-LOUIS) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED Paris

5 August 1805

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 1,760.00
167 DELACROIX (EUGENE) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ABOUT THE DEATH OF CHOPIN Champrosay

8 November [1849]

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 2,310.00
168 EUROPE

USD 4,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
169 FLAUBERT (GUSTAVE) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF READING NOTES

[before 1862]

 USD 3,500.00 - 3,800.00 Not Sold
170 FRANCE

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
171 FRANZ JOSEPH AND ELISABETH PLAINTIVE AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED WITH INITIALS BY FRANZ JOSEPH

7 September 1853

 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
172 FUGER (F.H., painter) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED to Baron von Ritzer Vienna

10 April 1808

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 550.00
173 FREDERICK WILLIAM III (King of Prussia) SELF-ABASING LETTER SIGNED Konigsberg

29 September 1808

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
174 FREEMASONRY Netherlands

USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
175 GOETHE (J.W.VON) AUTOGRAPH COUPLET Weimer

8 April 1824

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 3,300.00
176 GOETHE (JOHANN WOLFGANG VON) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ('G") Jena

2 May 1817

 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 1,320.00
177 HEGEL (G. W. F. ) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ( " Dr Hegel " ) Jena

3 December 1802

 GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 2,200.00
178 HUMBOLDT (ALEXANDER VON) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("humboldt") Paris

[1837]

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
179 HEINE (HEINRICH) AUTOGRAPH DRAFT

GBP 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 8,800.00
180 HOFER (ANDREAS, Swiss patriot) LETTER SIGNED ("andreas hofer ober comandant in tirolt") WITH TWO-LINE AUTOGRAPH SUBSCRIPTION Innsbruck

11 September 1809

 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
181 ITALIAN ARTISTS AND WRITERS

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 1,430.00
182 JOSEPHINE (Empress) THE INVENTORY OF JOSEPHINE'S JEWELS

4 December 1812

 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
183 NETTO (J.F.) AND F.L. LEHMANN KNITTING Leipzig

1802

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
184 NAPOLEON I SIEGE OF ACRE

(19 April 1799)

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
185 NAPOLEON I DOCUMENT SIGNED Elysee Palace

3 April 1813

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
186 NAPOLEON I DOCUMENT SIGNED ("Np" with flourish) St Cloud

10 April 1813

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
187 NAPOLEON I SAINT HELENA Longwood

30 July 1817

 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
188 [NAPOLEON I] COLLECTION OF ECCLESIASTICAL LETTERS AND PAPERS relating to Napoleon's second marriage to the Archduchess Marie Louise Vienna and Paris

26 February to 17 March 1810

 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 1,980.00
189 ORLOV (Prince ALEXEI, diplomat) SERIES OF SOME TWENTY-FIVE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED Paris, St Petersburg and elsewhere

1856 to 1859

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
190 PUSHKIN (ALEKSANDR SERGEEVICH) THE GYPSIES

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
191 SCHOPENHAUER (ARTHUR) DIE WELT ALS WILLE UND VORSTELLUNG, FIRST EDITION Leipzig

1819

 GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 2,200.00
192 SCHILLER (JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON) IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Schiller") Weimer

16 July 1801

 USD 6,000.00 - 6,500.00 Not Sold
193 THEATRE

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
194 ZOLA (EMILE) THREE EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED Batignolles

7 October 1869 to 17 October 1871

 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
195 BEAUVOIR (SIMONE DE) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE INITIAL SECTION OF A LONG ESSAY ON LEIBNIZ for the diplome d'audes superieures en philosophie Paris

c. 1928-1929

 GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 825.00
196 CHAR (RENE) SIX AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED

16 March 1960 to 30 December 1969

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
197 CELINE (L.F. DESTOUCHES) PART OF THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF 'D'UN CHATEAU L'AUTRE' Meudon

c. 1955-56

 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 2,200.00
198 COCTEAU (JEAN) AUTOGRAPH VERSES ENTITLED 'ROME

[1917]

 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
199 DESNOS (ROBERT) THREE AUTOGRAPH POETICAL MANUSCRIPTS

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
200 EINSTEIN (ALBERT) THREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS OF EINSTEIN

1933

 GBP 500.00 - 600.00 1,760.00
  • <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.
  • <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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