Merwin Clayton Sales Company: CATALOGUE OF A CHOICE COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS TOGETHER WITH AN INTERESTING LOT OF CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ORIGINAL NEGATIVES MADE DURING THE WAR. TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS FEBRUARY 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH, 1913. B, 494,

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 05, 1913 - February 05, 1913

Page Size: 1078 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
1023	PETERSBURG (VA.) Forts and Fortifications. Bombproofs, Federal Lines, Earthworks, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1024	PETERSBURG (VA.) Forts and Fortifications. Bombproofs, Federal Lines, Earthworks, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1025	PETERSBURG (VA.) View from Signal Tower; Merchant's Cotton Mill; Female Seminary.	USD -	Unknown
1026	PETERSBURG (VA.) Views of Residences, Mills, Ruins, Effect of Bombardment, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1027	PINKERTON (MAJOR ALLEN) Group Portrait, at the Secret Service Dept., Oct., 1862.	USD -	Unknown
1028	PINKERTON (MAJOR ALLEN) Group Portrait, at the Secret Service Dept., Oct., 1862.	USD -	Unknown
1029	PINKERTON (MAJOR ALLEN) Group Portrait, at the Secret Service Dept., Oct., 1862.	USD -	Unknown
1030	PLEASONTON (GEN. ALFRED) AND STAFF, at Warrenton (Va.) With identification of each officer. Portrait of Pleasonton on War-Horse.	USD -	Unknown
1031	PONTOONS AND BRIDGES. Dutch Gap Canal; Mr. Nelson's Crossing; James River Bridges, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1032	PORTER (MAJ.-GEN. FITZ-JOHN) AND STAFF, at James' Mill.	USD -	Unknown
1033	PORTRAITS. Officers. All identified.	USD -	Unknown
1034	PORTRAITS. Officers. All identified.	USD -	Unknown
1035	POWDER MAGAZINE; RUINS OF FORTS; BATTERIES, ETC.	USD -	Unknown
1036	PRISONS. Libby, Andersonville, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1037	PRIVATE RESIDENCES OF THE SOUTH, ETC.	USD -	Unknown
1038	QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. Sutler's Tent (Army of the Potomac); Warehouse (Washington); Building of ...	USD -	Unknown
1039	QUARTERMASTERS. Group Portraits. Provost Marshall Dep't in Front of Petersburg, 1864; Group at the ...	USD -	Unknown
1040	REGIMENTAL AND OFFICERS' CAMPS, ETC. Not identified (some duplicates).	USD -	Unknown
1041	RESIDENCE OF JOHN M. BOTTS; Miller House (Antietam, Md.); McClellan's Headquarters at Fairfax Court ...	USD -	Unknown
1042	RESIDENCES OF THE SOUTH Used by Union and Confederate Officers as Headquarters, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1043	RICHMOND (VA.) Homes and Public Places; Residence of Gen. Lee; Residence of Jefferson Davis, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1044	RICHMOND (VA.) Ruins of, showing Burnt District, Petersburg Bridge, Railroad, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1045	RICHMOND (VA.) Ruins of, showing Burnt District, Petersburg Bridge, Railroad, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1046	RICHMOND (VA.) Ruins of. State Arsenal; Richmond and Danville R. R. Bridge; Burnt District; Gallego Mills, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1047	RICHMOND (VA.) Views of Residences, Public Places, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1048	RICHMOND (VA.) Views of Residences, Public Places, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1049	RUINS OF BRIDGE AT GOOSE CREEK; Antietam Bridge; Ruins of Storm Bridge at Bull Run, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1050	RUINS OF COLUMBIA (S. C.)	USD -	Unknown
1051	RUINS OF HAMPTON (VA.). Various Views.	USD -	Unknown
1052	RUINS OF HOTEL (Fanquire, White Sulpher Springs, Va.); Confederate Fortifications at Manassas; Fort ...	USD -	Unknown
1053	RUINS OF RICHMOND. State Arsenal; Richmond and Danville R. R. Bridge; Gallego Mills; Residence of ...	USD -	Unknown
1054	RUINS, VIEWS OF BATTLEFIELDS, ETC. Not identitled (some duplicates).	USD -	Unknown
1055	ST. AUGUSTINE (FLA). Ruins, Street Scenes, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1056	SANITARY COMMISSION. Home of; Commission Office (Washington); Storehouse (Washington); Headquarters ...	USD -	Unknown
1057	SANITARY COMMISSION. Home of, Washington, D. C.	USD -	Unknown
1058	SAVANNAH (GA.) Interior of Fort McAllister; Monuments, Buildings, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1059	SCHOOL SHIP SABINE; Iron-Clad Carondolet; U. S. S. Mendota; Transports, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1060	SECTION OF BIRCHMEYER'S BATTERY; Lookout Mountain; Ringold (Ga.), etc.	USD -	Unknown
1061	SHARPE (GEN. G. H.) AND OFFICERS OF THE SECRET SERVICE, at Bealton, Va.	USD -	Unknown
1062	SIEGE OF RICHMOND. Views of the Ruins; Residence of Gen. Lee; Libby Prison, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1063	SIGNAL CORPS. Camp near Georgetown, D. C., Aug., 1863, and Aug., 1865; Headquarters (Washington, D ...	USD -	Unknown
1064	SIGNAL CORPS. Signal Tower at Cobb's Hill (Appomattox); Butler's Signal Tower, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1065	SLABTOWN (Hampton, Va.); Georgetown (D. C.); Dutch Gap; Long Bridge (Washington, D. C.), and other ...	USD -	Unknown
1066	SOLDIERS' REST AT ALEXANDRIA, VA.	USD -	Unknown
1067	SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston. Ruins, showing Cathedral, Street Scenes, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1068	SOUTH CAROLINA FORTS. Interior Views, Batteries, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1069	SOUTHERN CHURCHES, RUINS, ETC. Not identified.	USD -	Unknown
1070	SOUTHERN FORTS. Corcoran (Va.); Beauregard (Bay Point, Va.); Darling (James River); Monroe, Saunders ...	USD -	Unknown
1071	SOUTHERN HOMES Used as Headquarters, etc., for, Union and Confederate Generals.	USD -	Unknown
1072	STERN WHEEL BOATS, IRON-CLADS, ETC.	USD -	Unknown
1073	SUMNER (MAJ.-GEN. E. V.) AND STAFF.	USD -	Unknown
1074	TENNESSEE. Lookout Mountains; Views of Lulu Lake; Umbrella Rock, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1075	TENNESSEE. Nashville. Ruins of R. R. Depot; Military College; Views from the State House, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1076	TINCLADS, ETC. Tinclads Nos. 8, 53 and 54, Gen. Price Captured from the Confederates, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1077	TRANSPORTS AND OLD LINE SHIPS. The Albatross, The Hartford; Artillery Transport; School Ship Sabina ...	USD -	Unknown
1078	UNITED STATES ENGINEERS. Cos. A, B, C and D, before Petersburg.	USD -	Unknown
1079	UNITED STATES HOSPITAL SHIP; Armory Square Hospital (Washington, D. C.); Yellow Hospital (Manassas ...	USD -	Unknown
1080	U. S. MILITARY TELEGRAPH BATTERY; Mule Team Crossing the Tributary of the Shenandoah; Aqueduct ...	USD -	Unknown
1081	UNITED STATES QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. Quartermaster's Warehouse (Nashville, Tenn ...	USD -	Unknown
1082	UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION. Storehouses in Washington; Commission Office; Commission Lodge ( ...	USD -	Unknown
1083	VICKSBURG (MISS.) Confederate Line of Defence, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1084	VIEWS. Cities, Streets, Battlefields, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1085	VIEW FROM SIGNAL TOWER AT PETERSBURG; Quartermaster's Office at Fort Monroe (Va.); Fuller's House at ...	USD -	Unknown
1086	VIEWS, MOSTLY BATTLEFIELDS AND RUINS. Not identified (some duplicates).	USD -	Unknown
1087	VIEWS OF CAMP LIFE IN THE ARMY, ETC. Not identified.	USD -	Unknown
1088	VIEWS OF CHARLESTON, S. C. Ruins of Secession Hall, Central Church, etc.; Residences of Gov. Aikins ...	USD -	Unknown
1089	VIRGINIA. Appomattox River; Pontoon Bridge; Army Gunboat; various views, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1090	VIRGINIA. Brant House at Petersburg; Quarters of Captain Clinton at Brandy Station, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1091	VIRGINIA. City Point. Gen. Grant's Headquarters; Barracks of Construction Camp; Landing of Stores ...	USD -	Unknown
1092	VIRGINIA. Rich mond. Views of Residences, etc.; Customs House; Gen. Lee's Residence; Panorama Views ...	USD -	Unknown
1093	VIRGINIA. Views Around Petersburg; Ruins of Houses, Mills; Dunlop's House; Effect of Bombardment ...	USD -	Unknown
1094	VIRGINIA. Yorktown Views. Battery No. 4; Water Battery; Landing opposite Gloucester; Residences, etc ...	USD -	Unknown
1095	WAR HORSES of Lieut. King, Gen. Geo. G. Mead, Capt E. A. Flint, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1096	WASHINGTON (D. C.) Government Repair Shops, ineluding view of the Blacksmith, Wheelwright, Plumbers', Paint and ...	USD -	Unknown
1097	WASHINGTON (D. C.) Quartermaster Department. Group Portraits of Employees, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1098	WASHINGTON (D. C.) Views of Arsenal, Chain Bridge, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1099	WHITE OAK CHURCH (VA.); Hanover Junction (Pa.) Views on the James River, etc.	USD -	Unknown
1100	YORKTOWN (VA.) Views of Court House, Hospital and Church, Cornwallis Grave, Headquarters of Gen. Grant, etc.	USD -	Unknown

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.