Sothebys: Printed Books and Maps including sections on Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, and the Middle East and Children's Books, Related Drawings and Comics, FLASH,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 28, 1993 - June 28, 1993

Page Size: 1733 items in 18 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1002	[NISARD (D.)]	Promenades d'un artiste. Bords du Rhin	Paris	[c.1836]	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
1003	PIRANESI (GIOVANNI), F. MORELLI, D. PRONTI AND OTHERS	Raccolta di 50 vedute antiche e moderne della citta di Roma e sue vicinanze	ROME		GBP 300.00 - 350.00	575.00
1004	PORTER (ROBERT KER)	Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden during the Years 1805			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	276.00
1005	[PORTER (Sir ROBERT KER)]	Letters from Portugal and Spain			GBP 250.00 - 300.00	529.00
1006	RECUPITO (JULIO CAESAR, S.J.)	De Vesuviano incendio	ROME	1644	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	115.00
1007		ROMANY---Embeo e Majaro Lucas	Madrid	1837	USD 350.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
1008	[RUCHAT (ABRAHAM), ABRAHAM STANYAN, and others]	Les delices de la Suisse	Leiden	1714	USD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
1009	SCHOYYUS (FRANCISCO) AND G. GIOVANNINI DA CAPUGNANO	Idnerarium nobiliorum Italiae regionum, urbium, oppidorum, et locorum	Vincenza	1601	USD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
1010	SMITH (JOHN)	Select Views in Italy			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	1,265.00
1011	. SMYTH (WILLIAM HENRY)	Memoir descriptive of... Sicily and its Islands		1824	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	322.00
1012		SWITZERLAND---Promenade pittoresque par les lieux les plus interessants de la Suisse et des pays limitrophes	Zurich	1829	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	1,265.00
1013		SWITZERLAND---Souvenirs de la Suisse		[c. 1890]	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
1014	Toma (M.R., publisher)	SWITZERLAND		[c.1850?]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	218.00
1015	TURNER (J.M.W.)	The Rivers of France			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	149.00
1016	CARTER (GEORGE)	A Narrative of the Loss of the Grosvenor East Indiaman			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	115.00
1017	DAMPIER (WILLIAM)	Nouveau voyage autour du monde	Amsterdam	1701-1705	GBP 350.00 - 450.00	414.00
1018	ELLIS (WILLIAM)	An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage performed by Captain Cooke and Captain Clerke			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	517.00
1019	DUGUAY-TROUIN (RENE)	Memoires de Monsieur Du Guay			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	184.00
1020	GRYNAEUS (SIMON)	NOVUS			USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
1020A	HAKLUYR (RICHARD)	The Principal Navgiations			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	2,990.00
1021	MARTIN (R. MONTGOMERY)	The British Colonies	morocco	[1855]	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	747.00
1022		PRINTS---A collection of prints			USD 300.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
1023	ROBERTSON (WILLIAM)	Histoire de l'Amerique			GBP 250.00 - 350.00	322.00
1024	THEVET (ANDRE)	Historia dell'India America detta altramente Francia Antartica			USD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
1025	ALLMAN (T.J.)	Allman's Illustrated Modern School Atlas			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	126.00
1026	CASSINI (G.M.)	Emisfero Terrestre Meridionale; Settentrionale			GBP 400.00 - 450.00	402.00
1027		MAP STAND---A mahogany		1850	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,200.00	2,990.00
1028		CAMPAIGN MAP CHEST			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	287.00
1029	Ortelius (A.)	CLASSICAL WORLD	Antwerp	[1590]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	276.00
1030	van der Aa (P.) Cairus	FRAMED MAPS			USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
1031	HAPPEL (EBERHARD WERNER)	Mundi Mirabilis		1708	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	920.00
1032		MAPS---A collection of maps, from all parts of the World, including 23 counties			GBP 200.00 - 250.00	322.00
1033		MAPS---A collection of engraved maps			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	345.00
1034		MAPS---A collection of engraved and lithographed maps			GBP 400.00 - 500.00	667.00
1035		S.D.U.K.---Collection of 37 maps and plans		[c.1844-1860]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	172.00
1036	[Ortelius (A.)]	WORLD	Antwerp	1588 or later	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	747.00
1037	[Menin (Ludovico)]	.AMERICA	Padua	1833-43 (4)	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	575.00
1038		AMERICAN VIEWS		c.l850	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
1039	Des Barres (J.F.W.)	BAY OF CHALEURS		August 1, 1781	GBP 120.00 - 140.00	115.00
1040	Des Barres (J.F.W.)	BAY OF GASPEY		Aug 1, 1781	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	172.00
1041	Des Barres (J.F.W.)	BAY OF SEVEN ISLANDS		August 1. 1781	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
1042		CURRIER AND IVES	New York	1878-1881 (6)	USD 300.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
1043	Lopez (T.)	.CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO	Madrid	1801	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	483.00
1044	Lopez (T.)	.FLORIDA	Madrid	1810	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	253.00
1045	Des Barres (J.F.W.)	MAGDALEN ISLANDS		Jan 20th , 1778	GBP 120.00 - 140.00	115.00
1046	Des Barres (J.F.W.)	MIRAMICHI BAY		Sept. Ist, 1777	GBP 120.00 - 140.00	126.00
1047	Des Barres (J.F.W.)	MONTREAL AND VICINITY		Sep'. 1st, 1777	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	1,495.00
1048	VISSCHER (NICOLAS)	NEW ENGLAND	Amsterdam	1680	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
1049	Des Barres (J.F.W.)	PLYMOUTH BAY		Dec 1. 1781	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	414.00
1050	Des Barres (J.F.W.)	ST LAWRENCE RIVER		Aug Ist, 1781	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	299.00
1051	Des Barres (J.F.W.)	ST LAWRENCE		Aug 1st, 1781	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	184.00
1052		Des Barres (J.F.W.)		Jan.26 1 778	GBP 120.00 - 140.00	115.00
1053	Des Barres (J.F.W.)	ST LAWRENCE		[1781]	GBP 350.00 - 400.00	402.00
1054	Dixie (Lady Florence)	AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC			GBP 200.00 - 250.00	172.00
1055		AMERICANA			GBP 200.00 - 250.00	506.00
1056	CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN)	A Voyage to California to observe the Transit of Venus		1778	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	529.00
1057	CHAPPELL (EDWARD)	Narrative of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay in His Majesty's ship Rosamond		1817	GBP 350.00 - 400.00	287.00
1058	DAY (T.)	A Letter from *** in London to his Friend in America on the Subject of the Slave- Trade			GBP 400.00 - 500.00	575.00
1059	HEARNE (SAMUEL)	A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort	Dublin	1796	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	172.00
1060	IVES (JOSEPH C.)	Report upon the Colorado River of the West	Washington	1861	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
1061	LYON (G.F.)	The Private Journal of Captain G.F. Lyon of H.M.S. Hecla		1824	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	103.00
1062	MALTE-BRUN (CONRAD)	Malte-Brun's neuestes Gemalde von Amerika und seinen Bewohnern			GBP 250.00 - 350.00	207.00
1063	NEAL (DANIEL)	The History of New-England		1720	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	483.00
1064	PAZ SOLDAN (M.F.)	Examen de las penitenciarias de los estados unidos	New York	1853	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
1065	SEYD (ERNEST)	California and its Resources			GBP 200.00 - 250.00	172.00
1066		TREATY OF PARIS			GBP 500.00 - 600.00	575.00
1067	TURNER (CHARLES)	A Sermon preached before His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson	Boston, New England	1773	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
1068	VENEGAS (MIGUEL)	A Natural and Civil History of California		1759	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
1069	[Ortelius (A.)]	CENTRAL AMERICA	Antwerp	1598	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	276.00
1070	Lopez (T.)	CENTRAL AMERICA	Madrid	1801	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	402.00
1071	COLERIDGE (H.N.)	Six Months in the West Indies			USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
1072	Des Barres (J.F.W.)	JAMAICA		August 20th, 1780	USD 300.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
1073	Des Barres (J.F.W.)	JAMAICA		[1781]	GBP 400.00 - 450.00	402.00
1074	Ortelius (A.)	MEXICO	Antwerp	1598	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
1075	Lopez (T.)	ECUADOR, CENTRAL AMERICA	Madrid	[1801]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	483.00
1076	Lopez (T.)	PUERTO-RICO	Madrid	[1801]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	299.00
1077	Lopez (T.)	SOUTH AMERICA			GBP 400.00 - 500.00	414.00
1078	Schenk (Pieter)	SOUTH AMERICA	Amsterdam	1702	USD 800.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
1079	Jefferys (Thomas)	TOBAGO		[1775]	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
1080	Lopez (T.)	YUCATAN, CENTRAL AMERICA	Madrid	1801	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	402.00
1081	ARENAS (PEDRO DE)	Vocabulario manual de las Lenguas Castellana	Mexico	1611?	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
1082	FIGUEROA (FRANCISCO DE)	Tratado breve del dulcissimo nombre de Maria	Lima	1642	USD 300.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
1083	GAGE (THOMAS)	A New Survey of the West- Indies		1677	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
1084	LERY (JEAN DE)	Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil		1600	USD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
1085	MOLINA (JUAN IGNACIO	Compendio della storia geografica, naturale e civile del regno del Chile	Bologna	1776	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
1086		NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE SPANISH MAIN...		1819	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	414.00
1087		ODERAY			USD 180.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
1088	PERNETY (ANTOINE JOSEPH)	Histoire d'un voyage aux Isles Malouines	Paris	1770	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
1089	SAN MARTIN (JOSE DE	Two brief notes written in a secretarial hand			USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
1090	SOLIS Y RIBADENEYRA (ANTONIO DE)	Istoria della conquista del Messico	Venice	1704	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
1091	STEPHENS (JOHN L.)	Incidents of Travel in Yucatan		1843	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	299.00
1092	ULLOA (ANTONIO DE) and JORGE JUAN Y SANTACILLA	A Voyage to South America		1760	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	230.00
1093	VETANCURT (AUGUSTIN DE)	Arte de Lengua Mexicana			USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
1094	d'Anville (J.B.B.)	AFRICA	Paris	1745	USD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
1095	Danet (G.)	AFRICA	Paris	1732	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	207.00
1096	Ortelius (A.)	AFRICA	Antwerp	1574	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	345.00
1097	Norie (J.W.)	ATLANTIC OCEAN			GBP 250.00 - 300.00	230.00
1098	Lopez (T.)	CANARY ISLANDS	Madrid	1810 (8)	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	862.00
1099	Schenk (P.)	CAPE OF GOOD HOPE	Amsterdam	1702	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	690.00
1100		SOMALIA	France	c. 1740	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

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.