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
601		OPERA SINGERS		1905-1960s	GBP 550.00 - 650.00	605.00
602		OPERA			USD 800.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
603	PALESTRINA (GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da)	MISSARUM LIBER PRIMUS	Rome	1554	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	22,000.00
604	PALESTRINA (GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da)	MISSARUM LIBER TERTIUS	Rome	1570	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	5,280.00
605	PONCHIELLI (AMILCARE)	AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT NOTES ENTITLED "MISURA PER MISURA---SKASPEARE [sic]"			USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
606	POULENC (FRANCIS)	TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Francis")	Noizay and Paris		USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
607	POULENC (FRANCIS)	AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS STUDY "EMMANUEL CHABRIER'' SIGNED TWICE ("Francis Poulenc. . .1959")		1959	USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
608	POULENC (FRANCIS)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Fr")		1 January [1941]	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	55.00
609	PROKOFIEV (SERGE)	FOUR EARLY AUTOGRAPH POSTCARDS SIGNED ("Prokof yev"		15 October to 9 November 1909	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,200.00
610	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	DISCONSOLATE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("GP")	Torre de Lago	12 April [19]09	USD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
611	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF PART OF "MADAMA BUTTERFLY		[1902 or 1903]	GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	2,860.00
612	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	FINE PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT SIGNED	Milan	1923	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
613	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED AND INSCRIBED to Nellie Heath ("Ega Signora Tanti ringraziamenti per la sua gentile lettera Saluti distinti Giaccini Milano 3.11.05")	Milan	1905	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	550.00
614	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("GPuccini")	London	19 Oct[ober 1]904	USD 500.00 - 550.00	Not Sold
615	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	MANON LESCAUT. . .version francaise de M. Maurice Vaucaire	Paris		GBP 700.00 - 900.00	660.00
616	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	MADAMA BUTTERFLY. . .tragedia giapponese [vocal score]			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	1,430.00
617	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION FROM "LA BOHEME"		[1905]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	880.00
618	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	LE VILLI [vocal score]	Milan		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	550.00
619	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	EDGAR. . .nuova edizione [vocal score]	Milan		GBP 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	1,100.00
620	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST, [vocal score]	Milan Ricordi		GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	1,100.00
621	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	LA RONDINE [vocal score]	Milan	Nov: 1922	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	825.00
622	PUCCINI (GIACOMO)	IL TABARRO. SUOR ANGELICA	Milan	1919	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	880.00
623	RAKHMANINOV (SERGEI)	FINE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED ("S. Rachmaninoff)	New York	c.1925	USD 1,400.00 - 1,600.00	Not Sold
624	RAKHMANINOV (SERGEI)	PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ("to Mr. Harold Brocklebank Sergei Rachmaninoff 1922.")		1922	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
625	RAMEAU (JEAN-PHILIPPE)	TRAITE DE L'HARMONIE Reduite a ses Principes naturels	Paris	1722	USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
626	RAVEL (MAURICE)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Maurice Ravel")	[Paris]	19 November [19}12	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
627	RAVEL (MAURICE)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Maurice Ravel")		4 March 1910	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
628	RAVEL (MAURICE)	TWO FINE PROOF COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE STRING QUARTET IN F MAJOR	Paris	"28 Janvier. . ,14 Fevrier 1905	GBP 2,200.00 - 2,500.00	2,420.00
629	RAVEL (MAURICE)	BOLERO, [miniature full score]	Paris	(1931)	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
630	RAVEL (MAURICE)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (Maurice Ravel")		22 October 1925	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	770.00
631	RAVEL (MAURICE)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("MAURICE RAVEL")	Paris	8 May 1909	USD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
632	RAVEL (MAURICE)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Maurice Ravel")		18 April 1926	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	770.00
633	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (NIKOLAY)	FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("N.R.Korsakov")	St Petersburg	18 January [18]98	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	3,300.00
634	ROSSINI (GIOACHINO)	AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF PART THE OPERA "MOISE ET PHARAON"	Probably Paris	c. 1827	USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
635	ROSSINI (GIOAGHINO)	IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH SKETCH-LEAF FOR "MAOMETTO II"	Naples	c.1820	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
636	ROSSINI (GIOACHINO)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Rossini")	Bologna	21 November 1850	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
637	ROSSINI (GIOACHINO)	FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G. Rossini")	Bologna	12 February 1844	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	3,080.00
638	ROSSINI (GIOACHINO)	CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED ("A Madm Richards. G. Rossini")	Paris	I860	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	1,320.00
639	ROSSINI (GIOACHINO)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G. Rossini")	Paris	[possibly September 1831]	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
640	ROSSINI (GIOACHINO)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Gioachino Rossini")	Bologna	2 November 1841	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,200.00	4,180.00
641	SAINT-SAENS (CAMILLE)	SEVEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("C. Saint-Saens")	Paris	1913-c. 1922	GBP 500.00 - 550.00	495.00
642	SCHOENBERG (ARNOLD)	TYPED LETTER SIGNED ("ArnoldSchoenberg")	Los Angeles	6 January 1950	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	1,045.00
643	SCHUBERT (FRANZ)	THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THREE SONGS FROM ' 'DIE SCHONE MULLERIN" D 795	VIENNA	possibly 1824	GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	121,000.00
644	SCHUBERT (FRANZ)	REMARKABLE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED OF THREE OF SCHUBERT'S GREATEST AND MOST POPULAR SONGS: "AN DIE MUSIK"		March 1817	GBP 50,000.00 - 60,000.00	55,000.00
645	SCHUBERT (FRANZ)	AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF TWO SONGS SIGNED TWICE ("Frz Schubert" and "Frz Schubert [manu propr]ia")	[Vienna]	7 July 1815	GBP 23,000.00 - 25,000.00	24,200.00
646	SCHUBERT (FRANZ)	AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF TWO SONGS SIGNED TWICE ("Frz Schubert[paraph]ia")	[Vienna]	8 April 1815	USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
647	SCHUBERT (FRANZ)	AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED OF THE "ADAGIO E RONDO CONCERTANTE"		October 1816	USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00	Not Sold
648	SCHUBERT (FRANZ)	SCHWANENGESANG. . .letztes Werk [D.957]	Vienna	[c.1829]	GBP 500.00 - 550.00	550.00
649	SCHUMANN (ROBERT)	FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Robert Schumann")	Paris, Leipzig	8 September 1840	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	4,400.00
650	SCHUMANN (ROBERT)	COLLECTION OF FIRST AND EARLY EDITIONS, including Waldscenen			GBP 600.00 - 700.00	495.00
651	SCHUMANN (ROBERT)	FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED with initials ("R.Sch.")	Dusseldorf	20 April [18]53	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,760.00
652	SCHUMANN (ROBERT)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("R.Schumann")	Dusseldorf	16 January 1851	GBP 1,300.00 - 1,500.00	1,430.00
653	SIBELIUS (JEAN)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius")		23 October 1905	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	1,320.00
654	SIBELIUS (JEAN)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius")		10 July 1907	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	605.00
655		SINGERS AND COMPOSERS			USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
656	STRAUS (OSCAR)	COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH SKETCH-LEAVES FOR "EIN WALZERTRAUM" AND "DER TAPFERE SOLDAT"			USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
657	STRAUSS (JOHANN II)	AUTOGRAPH SKETCH-LEAF FOR THE OPERETTA "SIMPLICIUS"	probably Vienna	c. 1886-1887	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
658	STRAUSS (RICHARD)	AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION FROM "TILL EULENSPIEGEL''		1896-1897	GBP 800.00 - 900.00	825.00
659	STRAUSS (RICHARD)	LARGE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED ("DrRichardStrauss")		1934-1940	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	1,210.00
660	STRAUSS (RICHARD)	TYPESCRIPT OF THE ESSAY "ERFAHRUNGEN MIT KLASSISCHEN EISTERWERKEN"		[1934]	GBP 2,500.00 - 2,800.00	2,420.00
661	STRAUSS (RICHARD)	FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("DrRichard Strauss")		16 July [19]06	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
662	STRAUSS (RICHARD)	FINE, LONG AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT SERIES OF OVER NINETY AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED	Lugano, Pontresina, Montreux, Zurich, Baden and Lausanne	January 1946-31 December 1948	USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
663	STRAUSS (RICHARD)	FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("DrRichardStrauss") to a friend	Garmisch	24 March [19] 32	GBP 500.00 - 550.00	605.00
664	STRAUSS (RICHARD)	COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND TYPED DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY RICHARD STRAUSS			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	495.00
665	STRAVINSKY (IGOR)	SET OF CORRECTED PROOFS FOR "EPITAPHIUM FUR DAS GRABMAL DES PRINZEN MAX EGON ZU FURSTENBERG"		June to August 1959	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,420.00
666	[STRAVINSKY (IGOR)]	COLLECTION OF TWELVE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS WRITTEN BY BRITISH COMPOSERS TO CELEBRATE STRAVINSKY'S EIGHTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY		1967	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	880.00
667	TCHAIKOVSKY (PYOTR IL'YICH)	FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("P.Tchaikovskiy")		22 July 1892	GBP 4,000.00 - 4,500.00	4,180.00
668	TCHAIKOVSKY (PYOTR IL'YICH)	EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATIONS		c. 1890-1930	USD 2,800.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
669	TCHAIKOVSKY (PYOTR IL'YICH)	AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION FROM THE OPERA "OPRICHNIK"	St Petersburg	5 November 1889	USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
670	TCHAIKOVSKY (PYOTR IL'YICH)	FINE CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED ("P.Tchaikovsky 2 October")		[?1891]	GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	5,720.00
671	TCHAIKOVSKY (PYOTR IL'YICH)	FINE LONG AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("P. Tchaikovskiy")		1 August [1893]	GBP 4,500.00 - 5,000.00	5,500.00
672	VERACINI (FRANCESCO MARIA)	SONATE A ViOLiNO SOLO E BASSO			USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
673	VERDI (GIUSEPPE)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (''GVerdi'')		28 August 1897	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	2,860.00
674	VIARDOT (PAULINE)	AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "LA CALESERA" SIGNED AND INSCRIBED to THE SINGER CAROLINE UNGER (". . .A ce soir	Paris	8 January 1836	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	495.00
675	VIARDOT (PAULINE)	SEVEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Pauline Viardot" or "P Viardot"	Paris	1853-1884 where dated	GBP 600.00 - 700.00	605.00
676	WAGNER (COSIMA)	EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Cosima Liszt")	[Weimar]	19 August 1855	GBP 600.00 - 700.00	550.00
677	WAGNER (COSIMA)	EIGHT AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("C. de Bulow-Liszt"	Bayreuth		USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
678	WAGNER (ROSALIE, elder sister of Richard Wagner, 1804-1837)	MANUSCRIPT DIARY	Leipzig	1829-1836	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
679	WAGNER (RICHARD)	FINE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE CHORUS "AN WEBERS GRABE" WWV 72		[1844]	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
680	WAGNER (RICHARD)	EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Richard Wagner")	Dresden	18 July 1843	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
681	WAGNER (RICHARD)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RichardWagner")	Dresden	25 Aug[ust] [18}45	USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
682	WAGNER (RICHARD)	FINE		"12 august [18}50"	GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00	4,180.00
683	WAGNER (RICHARD)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RichardWagner")	Zurich	27 April [18}53	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	1,320.00
684	WAGNER (RICHARD)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RichardWagner")	Zurich	2 Dec[ember] [18]53	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	1,210.00
685	WAGNER (RICHARD)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RichardWagner")	Zurich	13 Nov[ember] 1853	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	825.00
686	WAGNER (RICHARD)	FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RichardWagner")	Paris	19 October 1859	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
687	WAGNER (RICHARD)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ' 'RichardWagner' ')		13 June, no year [c. 1860]	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
688	WAGNER (RICHARD)	FINE LONG AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RichardWagner")	Zurich	23 Sept[ember] 1853	USD 3,500.00 - 5,500.00	Not Sold
689	WAGNER (RICHARD)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RichardWagner")	Vienna	14 Nov[ember] [18]61	USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
690	WAGNER (RICHARD)	FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RichardWagner")	Biebrich am Rhein	3 March 1862	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
691	WAGNER (RICHARD)	FINE LONG AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION FROM "RIENZI"		1869	GBP 5,500.00 - 6,000.00	6,050.00
692	WAGNER (RICHARD)	RECEIPT SIGNED ("RichardWagner")	Bayreuth	1877	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	550.00
693	WAGNER (RICHARD)	AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED OF THE "WAHLSPRUCH FUR DIE DEUTSCHE FEUERWEHR", WWV 101	Lucerne	8 November 1869	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
694	WAGNER (RICHARD)	FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RW")	Lucerne	23 January [18]67	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
695	WAGNER (RICHARD)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RichardWagner' ')	Lucerne	28 October [18] 70	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
696	[WAGNER (RICHARD)]---DOEPLER (CARL EMIL) DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN	Figurinen erfunden und gezeichnet. . .mit text von Clara Stamitz		[c. 1880]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	990.00
697	WAGNER (RICHARD)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Richard Wagner")	Lucerne	26 December 1871	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	880.00
698	WALTER (BRUNO)	GOOD COLLECTION OF EIGHT EARLY AUTOGRAPH AND TYPED LETTERS SIGNED ("BrunoWalter")	Vienna and elsewhere		GBP 500.00 - 600.00	605.00
699	WEBER (CARL MARIA von)	FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("CMvon Weber")	Dresden	24 February 1825	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	1,100.00
700	WEBER (CARL MARIA von)	FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("CM. vonWeber")	Dresden	25 March 1821	GBP 2,800.00 - 3,000.00	3,520.00

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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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.
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.