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
201 Coronelli (V.M.) CYPRUS Venice

[1691]

 GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 920.00
202 Coronelli (V.M.) CYPRUS Venice

1690

 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 805.00
203 Seutter (M.) Cyprus AUGBURGH

[1730]

 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 483.00
204 [Ortelius (A.)] CYPRUS Antwerp

[c. 1590]

 GBP 400.00 - 450.00 483.00
205 [Ortelius (A.)] CYPRUS ANTWERP

[C1595]

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 483.00
206 [Ortelius (A.)] CYPRUS Antwerp

1574

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 437.00
207 [Ortelius (A.)] CYPRUS

[c.1580]

 GBP 400.00 - 450.00 632.00
208 LAURORE D'UN BEAU JOUR [CHYPRE] CYPRUS

[c. 1840]

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
209 EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN---Depot des Cartes et plans de la Marine. Port de Smyrne

USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
210 ENGRAVING of 2 seated young women in eastern dress weaving

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
211 [Ortelius (A.)] EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Antwerp

[1598](3)

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
212 [Coronelli (V.M.)] EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Venice

[c. 1696]

 USD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
213 [Coronelli (V.M.)] EWOIA Venice

[1690]

 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 322.00
214 Lear (Edward) FRASCATI

[1841]

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
215 [Braun (G.) & F. Hogenberg] GALLIPOLI, SOUTHERN ITALY COLOGNE

[1618]

 USD 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
216 GREECE---A collection of engraved views

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 575.00
217 GREECE---A collection of small and miniature maps and views

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 299.00
218 de l'Isle (G.) GREECE AMSTERDAM

[C.1700]

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
219 Laurenberg (J.) GREECE Amsterdam

[c.1633]

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
220 ENENCKEL (GEORG ACHAZ) GREECE TUBINGEN

[1596]

 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
221 Hullmandel (C., printer) GREECE

GBP 280.00 - 320.00 483.00
222 Senex (J.) GREECE

[1721]

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
223 Lotter (T.C.) GREECE

GBP 350.00 - 400.00 345.00
224 Mercator (G.) GREECE

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 299.00
225 [Munster (S.)] GREECE Basle

[c.1545]

 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 115.00
226 [Ortelius (A.)] GREECE Antwerp

[1598]

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 253.00
227 GREECE---[Anon] Grecia et Arcipelago descrizzione Topografica di P.Pier Ant° Pacifico di S.Toma consecreta All'Altezze serenissime di Cario Filippo Venice

[1690?]

 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 1,265.00
228 [Ortelius (Abraham)] GREECE Antwerp

1589] (4)

 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 368.00
229 [Ptolemy (Cl.)] GREECE STRASSBURG

[1513-1520]

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 632.00
230 [Savanarola (I.R.)] GREEK ISLANDS PADUA

[1713 OR LATER]

 USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
231 [Porcacchi (T.)] GREEK ISLANDS Venice

[1622]

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
232 [Waldseemuller (M.)] GREECE STRASSBURG

[1513-20]

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 632.00
233 LEAR (EDWARD) A collection of 16 tinted lithographed plates by and after Lear

[1863]

 GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 920.00
234 Boisseau (Jean) MALTA Paris

[1645]

 GBP 450.00 - 500.00 517.00
235 de Fer (N.) MALTA Paris

[1722]

 GBP 450.00 - 550.00 782.00
236 de Fer (N.) MALTA Amsterdam

[1680]

 GBP 450.00 - 550.00 782.00
237 de Fer (N.) MALTA Amsetrdam

[180]

 GBP 400.00 - 450.00 460.00
238 MALTA---Plan Geometral de la ville & du port de Malte PARIS

[C.1780]

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 207.00
239 LAFRERI (ANTONIO) VALLETTA

USD 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
240 [Belieferest (F. de) Malta] MALTA ANCONA

[1580]

 USD 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
241 [Camocio (G.F.)] MALTA

USD 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
242 Bertelli (D.)] METELIN VENICE

[1574]

 USD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
243 [Ortelius (A.)] MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS ANTWERP

[1598] (3)

 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 368.00
244 [De Jode (Gerard)] MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS ANTWERP

[1578]

 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 2,990.00
245 [Braun (G.) & F. Hogenberg] MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Cologne

[C.1590]

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 414.00
246 MEDITERRANEAN---A collection of large engraved charts covering the eastern Mediterranean from the Ionian islands to Turkey and Egypt PARIS

[1855] (7)

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 517.00
247 NAVARINO

[C.1850]

 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
248 [Reinagle (G.P.) NAVARINO

1828

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 276.00
249 NAVARINO VENICE

[C.1686]

 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
250 [Chatelain (H.A.)] OTTOMAN EMPIRE Amsterdam

[c.1721]

 GBP 150.00 - 180.00 149.00
251 CAssas (L.F.) PALMYRA Paris

[1802]

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 414.00
252 Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria) PELOPONISSOS Venice

[1696]

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 207.00
253 Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria) PELOPONISSOS Venice

[1696]

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
254 van Keulen (J.) PELOPONISSOS

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 230.00
255 REY (ETIENNE) Portique septentrional de l'erechteion entree du temple de Pandrose a Athenes

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 253.00
256 [Bertelli (Donato)] RHODES Venice

c.1574

 USD 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
257 [Bertelli (Donato)] SCARPANTO VENICE

[C.1574]

 USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
258 de Wit (F.) SICILY Amsterdam

[1680]

 USD 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
259 Dundas (D.) TENEDOS, AEGEAN SEA

[1816]

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
260 TURKEY---A collection of engraved maps

USD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
261 TURKEY---A collection of mostly engraved views and costume plates

USD 500.00 - 550.00 Not Sold
262 de l'Isle (G.) TURKEY

USD 450.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
263 Moll (H.) TURKISH EMPIRE

[1720]

 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 414.00
264 Visscher (N.) TURKISH EMPIRE AMSTERDAM

[1680]

 GBP 400.00 - 450.00 483.00
265 Moll (Herman) TURKISH EMPIRE

[1720]

 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 460.00
266 Elwe (J.B.) TURKISH EMPIRE

USD 220.00 - 260.00 Not Sold
267 TURKISH EMPIRE---A small collection of engraved maps and views

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
268 [Ortelius (A.)] TURKISH EMPIRE ANTWERP

[1598]

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 195.00
269 Beaufort (F.) KARMANIA, TURKEY

1811-1872

 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 1,495.00
270 [Bertelli (Donata)] ZANTE Venice

1574

 USD 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
271 [Bertelli (Donata)] ZANTE Venice

[1574]

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
272 ADAM (ROBERT) Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia

1764

 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 805.00
273 ANACREON

USD 200.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
274 ANDREWS (Lieut.-Col. MOTTRAM) A Series of Views in Turkey and the Crimea

1856

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 184.00
275 ARGENTI (PHILIP P.) The Costumes of Chios

1953

 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 414.00
276 ANTENOR

USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
277 AULDJO (JOHN) AULDJO (JOHN) JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO CONSTANTINOPLE

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
278 ARISTOTLE MADRID

1626

 USD 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
279 ARIF PARIS

[1864]

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
280 Curtius (Ernst) and Johann August Kaupert ATHENS BERLIN

1878

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 218.00
281 Rozan tal (A.) ART AND ARCHITECTURE

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 92.00
282 ASSARINO (LUCA) Raguagli di Cipro Bologna

[1642]

 GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 920.00
283 Bos (LAMBERT) Antiquites de la Grece en general et d'Athenes en particulier Paris

1769

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 172.00
284 [BARTHELEMY (JEAN-JACQUES)] Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grece Paris

1788

 GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 977.00
285 BIAGI (CLEMENTE) Tractatus de decretis atheniensium in quo illustratur singulare decretum atheniense ex museo equitis ac senatoris Iacobi Nanii veneti

USD 200.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
286 BIEMMI (GIOVANNI MARIA) Istoria di Giorgio Castrioto detto Scander-Begh Brescia

1742

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 138.00
287 [BISACCIONI (MAIOLINO)] Vite Venice

[1680]

 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 264.00
288 BOISGELIN (LOUIS DE) Ancient and Modern Malta

1804

 GBP 400.00 - 450.00 460.00
289 BOTERO (GIOVANNI) Detti memorabili di personaggi illustri

USD 220.00 - 260.00 Not Sold
290 [BOUHOURS (DOMINIQUE, SJ)] Histoire de Pierre d'Aubusson grand maistre de Rhodes Paris

1691

 USD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
291 BOUQUET (MICHEL) Album valaque. Vues et costumes pittoresques de la Valachie

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 299.00
292 BUSBECQ (OGIER GHISELIN, sieur de) A. Gislenii Busbequii omnia quae extant

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
293 BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL, Lord) The Poetical Works

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 345.00
294 BYZANTIUM Venice

1729

 GBP 4,000.00 - 4,500.00 4,025.00
295 Stratos (N.A.) BYZANTIUM

GBP 60.00 - 90.00 138.00
296 NIEBUHR (BARTHOLD GEORG, editor) BYZANTINE HISTORY

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
297 BYZANTINISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT

USD 350.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
298 CAPODISTRIAS (IOANNIS, first President of the Greek Republic, 1827-1831) Two DOCUMENTS

USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 Not Sold
299 [CAYLUS (ANNE CLAUDE PHILIPPE DE TUBIERES, comte de)] RECUEIL D'ANTIQUITES EGYPTIENNES

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,380.00
300 CASSAS (LOUIS FRANCOIS) AND JOSEPH DE LAVALLEE VOYAGE PITTORESQUE ET HISTORIQUE DE L'ISTRIE ET DE LA DALMATIE Paris

[1802]

 GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 2,070.00
  • <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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    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.
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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.
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    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.