• Bonhams, June 14-23: Palm-reading, astrology, and more. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Benjamin Franklin. Sammelband of 45 papers on electricity. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The basis for the whole modern electric-power industry. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edgar Allen Poe. Poe on Mesmerism. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Reformation - The Architect of Lutheranism on Church Unity and Dissent. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Rare 3-Paper Offprint Identifying the Double Helix Structure of DNA, Signed by Crick, Wilkins, Wilson, Stokes and Gosling. Estimate: $40,000 - 60,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph book and Report from the Thirtieth Indian National Congress, featuring the signatures of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Dadabhai Naoroji. Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph Working Draft of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Death Voyage. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published." Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A rare product of the Jaquard loom. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
  • Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Books & Manuscripts
    June 24-25
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Keats, John. The most significant collection of Keats’s love letters to come to market since 1885. $1,500,000 to $2,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Chassériau, Benoît. The “Expedicion secreta” of the Free State of Cartagena de Indias against the forts of Portobelo (Panama). $50,000 to $70,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: (Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay). "One of the new nation's most important contributions to the theory of government”. $150,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated". $80,000 to $120,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: (Johann Conrad Beissel). A Sammelband of two of Benjamin Franklin's rarest imprints. $70,000 to $100,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: [Pernambuco]. First printed work in favor of Brazilian Independence. $150,000 to $200,000.
  • Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    Bøker & Manuskripter
    Fine Books & Manuscripts
    June 24, 2026
    SD Auctions, June 24: [HENRIK IBSEN] BRYNJOLF BJARME: «Catilina», 1850. Originalt hvitt omslag.
    SD Auctions, June 24: PAULUS OROSIUS + Pseudo SENACA: «Historiae adversus paganos...», 1491. CIRCULAR WORLD MAP, SHIRLEY NUMBER 15.
    SD Auctions, June 24: OLAUS MAGNUS: «Historia Delle Genti Et Della Natura [...].», 1565.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    Bøker & Manuskripter
    Fine Books & Manuscripts
    June 24, 2026
    SD Auctions, June 24: AXEL HEIBERG: Pengekiste, 17-1800-tall.
    SD Auctions, June 24: HENRIK IBSEN: Teaterplakater 2 stk. «FRU INGER TIL ØSTRÅT» 1895-1896.
    SD Auctions, June 24: HENRIK WERGELAND: Stort manuskript, signert + dedikasjonseksemplar, 1845.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000

Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS., 05Nov1934,

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 05, 1934 - November 05, 1934
Page Size: 904 items in 10 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
501 Natalibus, P. de Catalogus sanctorum Venice

1516

GBP - 0.14
502 Cappel, L.; Coccius, M. A. Arcanum punctationis revelatum.; Exemplorum libri decern Venice

1507; 1624

GBP - 1.60
503 Albin, E. A Natural History of English Insects

1724

GBP - 1.00
504 BOOK-PLATES, upwards of 3,300 plates

GBP - 9.10
505 Drapiez Herbier de l'Amateur de Fleurs Brussels

1828-35

GBP - 2.10
506 Daudet, Alphonse; Saint Pierre, J. B. H. de Sapho; Paul et Virginie Paris

1888

GBP - 1.00
507 Daudet, A. Les Contes du Lundi Paris

1928

GBP - 1.50
508 Pascal, Blaise Lettres Escrites à un Provincial par un de ses Amis

1656-7

GBP - 4.50
509 Bernstein, I. Jüdische Sprüchworter und Redensarten Warsaw

1908

GBP - 1.50
510 Hebrew and German Bible

1906

GBP - 0.18
511 Bythner, V.; Kayserling, M. Lyra Prophetica; Sephardim Leipzig

1859; 1865

GBP - 1.00
512 Israel Lewy Festschriffen

GBP - 0.18
513 Füerst, Julius; Solomon Ibn Verga; Geiger, A.; Giidemann, M. Geschichte des Karâerthums; Shêbhet Yëhudhah; Was hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume aufgenommen ?, Quellenschriften zur Geschichte des Unterrichts Leipzig

1865; 1924; 1902; 1891

GBP - 1.20
514 Geiger, Abraham; Jost, M.; Phillippson, L. Nachgelassene Schriften; Geschichte des Judenthums; Gesammelte Abhandlungen

GBP - 0.15
515 Grunwald, M. Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für jüdische Volkskunde Hamburg

1898

GBP - 0.10
516 Harïzï, Judah ben Solomon; Abraham Ibn Da'üd's Ha Tahkëmonï; Èmunah hâ-ramah Berlin

1919; 1924

GBP - 0.10
517 Herzfeld, L.; Blau, L. Handelsgeschichte der Juden des Alterthums; Das altjüdische Zauberwesen Berlin

1914

GBP - 0.12
518 Jahrbuch für jüdische Geschichte und Literatur

1898-1922

GBP - 1.15
519 Juster, Jean Les Juifs dans l'Empire Romain Paris

1914

GBP - 0.14
520 Krauss, S. Griechische und lateinische Lehnwörter Berlin

1898-99

GBP - 1.80
521 Levi ben Gershon Milhãmõth Adhõnãi

GBP - 0.12
522 Mandlekern, S. Hëkhal hak-kõdhêsh. Leipzig

1896

GBP - 2.12
523 Mendelssohn, Moses Gesammelte Schriften Leipzig

1863

GBP - 0.06
524 Midhrãsh Kleine Midraschim Leipzig

1909

GBP - 1.40
525 Mishnãh; Rosenthal, L. A.; Mekhiltã Nëzïkïn.; Uber den Zusammenhang ... der Mischna; übersetzt von J. Winter und Aug Berlin

1909; 1918; 1924

GBP - 0.14
526 Moses ben Maimün, Maimonides Mõreh Nëbhukhïm Berlin

1920

GBP - 0.14
527 Schudt, J. J. Jüdische Merkwürdigkeiten Berlin

1922

GBP - 0.10
528 Steinschneider, M. Catalogues of the Leyden and Hamburg Libraries Leyden; Hamburg

1858; 1878

GBP - 1.14
529 Talmüdh Yërûshalmï Berlin

1920

GBP - 1.14
530 Thimus, Albert Freiherr von Die harmonikale Symbolik des Alterthums, etc. Kõln

1868-1876

GBP - 0.10
531 Ulrich, Johann Raspar Sammlung jüdischer Geschichten Berlin

1922

GBP - 0.12
532 Vogelstein, H. and P. Rieger Geschichte der Juden in Rom Berlin

1896

GBP - 0.14
533 Ziegler, Ignaz; Landau, L. Die Kõnigsgleichnisse des Midrasch ; Arthurian Legends; and 5 others Breslau

1903

GBP - 0.14
534 Zunz, Leopold Modern reprints of his liturgical works Berlin

1918

GBP - 0.16
535 Zunz, Leopold Gesammelte Schriften Berlin

1876; 1919

GBP - 0.14
539 Plutarch

1603

GBP - 7.50
540 Ashton, John Real Sailor-Songs

1891

GBP - 0.12
541 Album

1865

GBP - 1.50
542 Byam, Lydia A Collection of Fruits from the West Indies

1800

GBP - 0.18
543 Scrap-book.

GBP - 2.50
544 British Hunts and Huntsmen

1908

GBP - 0.12
545 Clavius, Christopher Opera Mathematica Maintz

1612

GBP - 1.00
546 Balbus, Joh. de Janua Summa que vocatur Catholicon Venice

1490

GBP - 3.00
547 Penther, J. F.; Sind, Frh. von Anleitung zur Burgerlichen Bau Kunst enthaltend ein Lexicon Architectonicum; Vollstandiger Unterricht in den Wissenschaften eines Stallmeisters Augsburg

1744-48; 1770

GBP - 0.05
548 Maffeius, J. P.; Agrícola, G. A.; Bonaventura, F. Historiamm Indicarum Libri XVI; Versuch der Universal Vermehrung aller Bäume; De Natura Partus ... Opus Philosophis Cologne; Frank furt

1589; 1600; 1752

GBP - 2.15
549 Bell, Malcolm Edward Burne-Jones

1892

GBP - 0.15
550 CRONICA, DIE van der hilliger Stat van Coellen Cologne

1499

GBP - 5.10
551 Chaucer, Geoffrey Works (edited by T. Speght)

1598

GBP - 1.20
552 Hamilton, Sir W. Campi Phlegraei. Naples

1776-9

GBP - 1.00
553 DANTE DIVINA COMMEDIA [with commentary and life of Dante by C. Landino] Venice

11 Oct., 1497

GBP - 5.10
554 Camden, W. Britain, or a chorographicall description of England

1637

GBP - 4.40
555 Hieronymus Epistolae Rome

circa 1468

GBP - 2.15
556 Heywood, Thomas The Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells.

1635

GBP - 2.10
557 Ovid Metamorphoses Venice

20 April, 1517

GBP - 0.18
558 Marlianus, Bart; Apianus, Petrus Vrbis Romae topographia; Inscriptiones sacrosanctae vetustatis non illae quidem Romanae

1534; 1550

GBP - 1.60
559 Postillae super Johannem

14TH CENTURY

GBP - 1.00
560 Postillae super Matheum

14TH CENTURY

GBP - 0.15
561 Penington, Isaac Works; Matthew of Westminster Frankfurt

1601; 1681

GBP - 0.05
562 Missale Cracoviense Nuremberg

1494

GBP - 1.00
563 Real Life in London

1821-2

GBP - 4.50
564 Carlyle, T.; Shaw, G. B.; Lamb, Charles and D. Jerrold Shooting Niagara: and after ?; Press Cuttings; Bon-mots

1867; 1893; 1909

GBP - Not Sold
565 Hey, Richard; Roscoe, W. A dissertation on gaming; The Butterfly's Ball Cambridge

1783; 1883

GBP - 0.08
566 Choderlos de Laclos Les liaisons dangereuses Paris

1908

GBP - 0.05
567 Macquoid, P. History of English Furniture

1925-28

GBP - 4.00
568 Nicephorus Callistus Ecclesiasticae historiae libri XVIII Basle

1555

GBP - Not Sold
569 WEINMANN, J. W. Duidelyke Vertoning Eeniger Duizend in alle Vier Waerelds Deelen waffende Bomen Amsterdam

1736-48

GBP - 11.00
570 Matthioli, P. A. Les Commentaires sur les six livres des Simples de Pedacius Dioscoride Anazarbeen Lyons

1561

GBP - Not Sold
571 Herbier Artificiel

1783

GBP - 0.06
572 BONAPARTE, PRINCE CHARLES LUCIEN Inconographia délia Fauna Italica per le quattro classi degli Animali Vertebrad Rome

1832-41

GBP - 4.15
573 Lovel, Matthias de Kruydtboeck oft Beschryvinghe van allerleye Ghewassen Leyden

1581

GBP - 2.15
574 Louis XIV Book Cover Francofurti

1708

GBP - 0.15
575 Byron, Lord Works

1819

GBP - 1.00
576 Dibdin, T. F. Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany

1821

GBP - 1.18
577 Hodges, William Travels in India

1793

GBP - 0.05
578 Addison, Joseph Baskerville Press. Birmingham

1761

GBP - 6.00
579 Horace Baskerville Press. Birmingham

1770

GBP - 7.00
580 Bible.

1700

GBP - 9.10
581 Hamilton, Count A. Memoirs of Count Grammont

1811

GBP - 2.20
582 Ramsay, Allan; Goldsmith, O. and T. Parnell The Gentle Shepherd; Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

1788; 1795

GBP - 1.20
583 Schoberl, Frederic Picturesque Tour from Geneva to Milan by way of the Simplon R. Ackermann

1820

GBP - 3.10
584 SMITH, ADAM An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

1776

GBP - 22.00
585 Stoddart, John Remarks on Local Scenery and Manners in Scotland

1801

GBP - 4.40
586 Tomkins, Charles A Tour to the Isle of Wight

1796

GBP - 2.50
587 Walton, I. and C. Cotton The Complete Angler

1808

GBP - 4.40
588 Worsley, Richard History of the Isle of Wight

1781

GBP - 1.50
589 Swiss Costume.

circa 1830

GBP - 13.00
590 Bible Oxford

1717

GBP - 1.10
591 Bega; Claude; Hollar; Rembrandt, Collection of Original Etchings

1816

GBP - 4.40
592 LOGGAN, DAVID Cantabrigia et Oxonia Illustrata Cambridge; Oxford

n. d.; 1675

GBP - 7.00
593 Spenser, Edmund The Faerie Queen : The Shepheards Calendar : Together with the other Works of England's Arch-Poët

1617

GBP - 2.80
594 ALTDORFER Rise and Fall of Man

GBP - 6.00
595 BLAKE, W. The Pastorals of Virgil

1821

GBP - 18.00
596 Dibdin, T. F. Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or a descriptive catalogue of books printed in the XV century and of many valuable first editions in the library of George John Earl Spencer (with Supplement)

1814-22

GBP - 3.10
597 Hayley, W. Ballads

1796-1800

GBP - 1.20
598 Leyden, Lucas van The Passion of Our Lord

GBP - 1.10
599 Pater, Walter Imaginary Portraits

1892

GBP - 2.50
600 Sarbiewski, M. C.; Horace Carmina; Carmina Paris

1759; 1775

GBP - 2.50
601 Shoberl, F. The World in Miniature.

n. d.

GBP - 6.00
602 Suckling, Sir John Fragmenta Aurea.

1648

GBP - 5.10
603 Symonds, J. A. Life of Benvenuto Cellini

1888

GBP - 1.12
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works.
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000