Sothebys: CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. COMPRISING, A Selection from the Library of George W. Fitzwilliam, Esq. of Milton Hall, Peterborough, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS ON VELLUM OK THE XIVTH AND XVTH CENTURIES, INCLUDING MSS. OF THE ABBEY OF PETERBOROU, Apr291918,

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 29, 1918 - April 29, 1918
Page Size: 1069 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
601 [Felibien (Andre)] Tapisseries du Roi ou sont representez les Quatre Elemens et les Quatres Saisons Paris

1670

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602 Felibien (A.) Des Principes de l'Arehitecture, de la Sculpture, de la Peinture Paris

1676

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603 [Felibien (A.)] Description de l'Eglise royale des Invalides Paris

1706

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604 Fisher (G. B.) Six Views of North America...

USD - Unknown
605 Fores (J.) A New Book of Iron Work...

USD - Unknown
606 FRASER (J. B.) VIEWS IN THE HIMALA MOUNTAINS

1820

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607 Freart (Roland) Parallele de l'Architecture antique et de la moderne Paris

1650

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608 Gabbiani (A.D.) Raccolta di cento pensieri diversi, fatti intagliare in rame da I. E. Hugford Firenze

1760

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609 GALERIE de Florence et Palais Pitti; Tableaux, Statues, Bas-reliefs et Camees, dessines par Wicar, avec les explications par Mongez Paris

1789-1807

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610 Galerie du Comte de Bruhl, Recueil d'Estampes, I Partie (only) Dresde

1751

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611 Galerie du Musee Napoleon Paris

1804-15

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612 Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg peinte par Rubens Paris

1710

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613 Galerie du Palais Royal, avec une description de chaque Tableau par l'Abbe de Fontenai Paris

1786-1808

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614 Galerie Royale de Dresde. Recueil d'Estampes d'apres les plus celebres Tableaux, avec descriptions en francois et en italien Dresde

1758

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615 Gell (W.) The Topography of Troy and its Vicinity

1804

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616 Gibbs (James) A Book of Architecture

1728

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617 Gordon (Sir Robert) Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland Edinburgh

1813

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618 Gorius (A. F.) Museum Etruscum exhibens insignia Veterum Etruscorum Monumenta Florentiae

1737

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619 Guercino Suite d'Estampes

1803-7

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620 Guercino Prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi, etc.

n. d.

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621 Guercino Prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi, etc.

n.d.

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622 Guizot (F. P. G.) [OEuvres varies] Paris

1849-74

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623 Harvey (W. M.) History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Willey

1872-8

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624 Herculaneum. Catalogo degli Antichi Mouumenti di Ercolano... Napoli

1755-92

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625 Heylyn (Peter) Theologia Veterum, or the Summe of Christian Theologia...

USD - Unknown
626 Hills (Robert) Sketches in Flanders and Holland

1816

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627 Hornor (Thomas) Illustrations of the Vale of Neath, Glamorganshire

1817

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628 Horticultural Society Transactions, vol. I-VII...

1815-35

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629 HUNTER (JAMES) Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore

1805

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630 Hutchinson (Wm) History of the County of Cumberland and some places adjacent Carlisle

1794

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631 Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe...

USD - Unknown
632 Ionian Antiquities published by Older of the Society of Dilettanti

1769-97

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633 Italic illustree en CXXXV Figures en tailles douces dessines et graves par les plus fameux graveurs des Pais-Bas Leide

1757

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634 Jones (Inigo) Designs

1727

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635 JUAN (George) et A. DE ULLOA Voyage historique de l'Amerique meridionale

USD - Unknown
636 Labillardiere ( . ) Atlas pour servir a la Relation du Voyage a la recherche de La Perouse Paris

An VIII

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637 Laborde (Alex. Comte de) Tableaux Topographiques, Pittoresques, etc. Paris

1780

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638 Laborde (Alexandre de) Voyage Pittoresque et Historique de l'Espagne Paris

1806

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639 [La Chau (Abbe de) et Le Blond] Description des Principales Pierres gravees du Cabinet du Duc d'Orleans Paris

1780-4

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640 LAWRANCE (Mary) A COLLECTION OF ROSES FROM NATURE

1799

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641 Le Brun (Charles) La Grande Galerie de Versailles et les deux Salons qui l'acoompagnent Paris

1752

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642 Le Pautre (Jean) OEuvres d'Arehitecture Paris

1751

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643 Le Pautre (A.) Lea OEuvres d'Architecture Paris

n. d.

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644 Leschevin (Isaac) Portraits, Palisades et Hayes pour enricher les Jardins Utrecht

1635

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645 Loudon (J. C.) Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum, or the Trees and Shrubs of Britain

1838

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646 Lysons (D. and S.) Magna Britannia

1806-22

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647 Major (T.) Ruins of Paestum in Magna Grecia...

USD - Unknown
648 Senex (John) MAPS. Atlas...

USD - Unknown
649 Mariette (P. J.) Traite des Pierres gravees Paris

1750

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650 Maximilian (Prince, of Wied-Neuwied) Travels in Brazil

1820

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651 MAYER (Luigi) VIEWS IN EGYPT

1801

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652 MAYER (L.) VIEWS IN PALESTINE

1804

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653 Mayer (L.) Views in Turkey in Europe and Asia

(1806)

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654 MEDAILLES sur les Principaux Evenements du Regne de Louis le Grand Paris

1702

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655 MEDAILLES sur les Principaux Evenements du Regne entier de Louis le Grand

1723

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656 Menestrier (G. F.) Histoire du Roy Louis le Grand par les Medailies, etc....

USD - Unknown
657 Metz (C.M.) Schediasmata selecta ex archetypis Polidori Caravan giensis in Musaeo A. Hume Bar. imitata

1711

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658 Millin (A. L.) Description des Tombeaux de Canosa Paris

1816

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659 Milton (John) Poetical Works

1794-7

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660 Montfaucon (Bernard de) L'Antiquite expliquee et representee en figures (avec Supplement) Paris

1719-24

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661 MOORE (JOSEPH) Views taken at and near Rangoon

(1825-6)

 USD - Unknown
662 Murphy (J. C.) The Arabian Antiquities of Spain

1813-28

 USD - Unknown
663 Museo Pio-Clementino descritto da Giambattista Visconti...

USD - Unknown
664 Musee Francais: Recueil complet des Tableaux, Statues et Bas-Reliefs qui composent la Collection nationale Paris

1803

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665 Musee Royal, publie par H. Laurent on Recueil de Gravures d'apris les plus beaux Tableaux Paris

1816-18

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666 Museum Florentinum Florentiae

1731-52

 USD - Unknown
667 NASH (John) THIS ROYAL PAVILION AT BRIGHTON

n. d.

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668 Neale (J. P.) Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen

1819-29

 USD - Unknown
669 NOUVEAU TRSTAMENT en Latin et en Francais, traduit par Nacy Paris

1793-8

 USD - Unknown
670 Ovorbeke (Bonaventure d') Les Restes de l'Ancienne Rome Amsterdam

1709

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671 Palladio (A.) Architecture

1715

 USD - Unknown
672 Palladio (A.) L'Architettura

1715

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673 Parker (J. H.) Glossary of Terms used in Architecture...

USD - Unknown
674 Patrick (Simon) The Glorious Epiphany

1678

 USD - Unknown
675 Pennant (Thomas) British Zoology Warrington

1776-77

 USD - Unknown
676 Pennant (T.) Arctic Zoology (with Supplement)...

USD - Unknown
677 Perau (Abbe) Description historique de l'Hotel Royal des Invalides Paris

1756

 USD - Unknown
678 Picart (Bernard) Impostures innocentcs on Rccueil d'Estampes d'apres Rafael, Le Guide, Rembrandt, etc. Amsterdam

1734

 USD - Unknown
679 Pompei. Gli ornati delle Pareti ed Pavimenti delle Stanze dell' antica Pompei incisi in rame

1796

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680 Punt (Jan) Afbeeldung van do Zaal en't Praalbed waar op het lyk van den Heere Willem Karel Hendrik Friso...

USD - Unknown
681 Raphael Picturae ex Aula et Conclavibus Palatii Vaticani Romae

1722

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682 Raphael Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano without place

without date

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683 RAPHAEL Volti di Rafaele nel Vaticano without place

without date

 USD - Unknown
684 Raphael Essays after the Cartoons at Windsor

1800-1

 USD - Unknown
685 Raphael Heads from the Fresco Pictures at the Vatican

1802

 USD - Unknown
686 Raphael. An Analysis of the Picture of the Transfiguration...

USD - Unknown
687 Recueil d'Estampes d'apres les plus beaux Tableaux etc. qui sont en France dans le Cabinet du Roy, dans celuyde Due d'Orleans, etc. Paris

1729

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688 Recueil de divers morceaux graves d'apres plusieurs Tableaux de David Teniers, de Boott, de Berghem, de Paulus Potter, do M. Chardin, de Salvator Rosa, de Noel Coypel, etc. Paris

1746

 USD - Unknown
689 Repton (H.) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening

1803

 USD - Unknown
690 Repton (H.) Sketeches and Hints on Landscape Gardening

n. d.

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691 Reynolds (Sir Joshua) The West Window of the Chapel

1785

 USD - Unknown
692 Reynst (Gerard) Signorum Veterum Icones Amstelodami

n. d.

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693 Reynst (G.) Variarum Imaginum a celeberrimis arfilicibus Pictarum celaturae tabulis repraesentae Amstelodami

n. d.

 USD - Unknown
694 RICHARDSON (William) MONASTIC RUINS OF YORKSHIRE York

1843

 USD - Unknown
695 Roberts (David) The Holy Land

1842-3

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696 Rosapina (Francesco) La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna Bologna

1830

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697 Rossi (Domenico di) Studio d'Architettura Civile...

USD - Unknown
698 Rossi (D. de) Gemme antiche figurate Roma

1707-9

 USD - Unknown
699 Rouillon-Petit (F.) Campagnes memorables des Francais Paris

1817

 USD - Unknown
700 Rubenius (P. P.) Pompa Introitus Principis Ferdinandi Austriaci Hispaniarum Infantis Antverpiae

n. d.

 USD - Unknown
  • <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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    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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  • <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.