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	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
822	ZOLA (EMILE)	La Curee.	Paris	1894	USD -	Unknown
823		AQUEDUCT BRIDGE (GEORGETOWN, D. C.) Camp of the 6th N. Y. Artillery at Brandy Station, 8th U. S. Infantry, Provost Guard, etc.			USD -	Unknown
824		ALEXANDRIA (VA.) Views, Ruins, etc.			USD -	Unknown
825		ALEXANDRIA (VA.) Marshall House, Christ Church, Slave Pen, Various views.			USD -	Unknown
826		ALEXANDRIA (VA.) Battery, Slave Pen, Hospital Ward, etc.			USD -	Unknown
827		ANDERSONVILLE PRISON (GA.) Bird's Eye View, etc.			USD -	Unknown
828		ANTIETAM (MD.) Battlefield, Bodies of Dead, Burnside Bridge, Graves of Federal Soldiers, Beal's Barn, etc.			USD -	Unknown
829		APPOMATTOX RIVER. Pontoon Bridge, Army Gunboat Foster, Ordnance Landing, etc.			USD -	Unknown
830		APPOMATTOX RIVER (VA.) High Bridge, Johnson's Mill, Redoubt Zabriskie.			USD -	Unknown
831		APPOMATTOX RIVER (VA.) High Bridge, Johnson's Mill, Redoubt Zabriskie.			USD -	Unknown
832		ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Headquarters and Officers Winter Quarters at Brandy Station, etc.			USD -	Unknown
833		ARMY PARADES. Not identified (some duplicates).			USD -	Unknown
834		ARMY CAMPS. Not identified (some duplications).			USD -	Unknown
835		ARMY REVIEW. Grand Army Review, Washington, D. C., 1865, showing various Regiments, Reviewing Stands ...			USD -	Unknown
836		ARMY REVIEW. Grand Army Review, Washington, D. C., 1865, showing various Regiments, Reviewing Stands ...			USD -	Unknown
837		ARSENAL. Chain Bridge and other Views in or near Washington, D. C.			USD -	Unknown
838		ARTILLERY, BATTERIES, ETC. Not identified (some duplicates).			USD -	Unknown
839		ARTILLERY. Fort Fisher, Washington Arsenal, Parrot Gun (Fort Totten), Wiard Guns, etc.			USD -	Unknown
840		ATLANTA (GA.) Federal Line of Defence, etc.			USD -	Unknown
841		ATLANTA (GA.) Views of, including Ruins, Battlefields, Confederate Fortifications, etc.			USD -	Unknown
842		BATON ROUGE (LA.) Camp Banks, Waterfront, Headquarters.			USD -	Unknown
843		BATON ROUGE (LA.) Confederate Troops Mustering In, River Bank below the Capitol in War Time, etc.			USD -	Unknown
844		BATTLEFIELD with Monuments, Remains of Dead, etc.			USD -	Unknown
845		BATTLEFIELDS. Various views, not identified.			USD -	Unknown
846		BATTLEFIELD AT ANTIETAM; Burnside Bridge, Beal's Barn, Federal Graves, Bodies of Confederate Dead ...			USD -	Unknown
847		BATTLEFIELD OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN, Bomb-Proof at Petersburg, Battlefield at Strawberry Plains, etc.			USD -	Unknown
848		BATTLEFIELDS. Crest of Missionary Ridge, Ringold (Va.), Big Black River (Miss.), Altoona Pass, etc.			USD -	Unknown
849		BATTLE GROUNDS AT SAVANNAH, GA., ETC. Fort McAllister, Views in Bonaventure Cemetery, Monuments, etc ...			USD -	Unknown
850		BATTLEFIELD AT GETTYSBURG. Various Views.			USD -	Unknown
851		BATTLEGROUND AT PETERSBURG (VA.). Confederate Fortification, Fort Sedgwick, Officers of the 50th N ...			USD -	Unknown
852		BATTERIES. Two Sections of Henry Battery, Birchmeyer's Battery, Abbot Battery, James River, etc.			USD -	Unknown
853		BATTERIES. Fort Totten, Gibson's Battery near Fair Oaks, etc.			USD -	Unknown
854		BATTERY A, 4th U. S. Artillery, Black Horse Artillery, Army Mule Team, etc.			USD -	Unknown
855		BATTERY M, 2d U. S. Artillery, Culpepper, Sept., 1863.			USD -	Unknown
857		BOMB-PROOFS, FORTIFICATIONS, ETC. At Dutch Gap, Manassas, Fair Oaks Station, etc.			USD -	Unknown
858		BRANDY STATION. Headquarters and Winter Quarters of Officers of the Army of the Potomac, Group ...			USD -	Unknown
859		BRANDY STATION (VA.) View, Merchant's Cotton Mill (Petersburg, Va.), View from Georgetown Heights, etc.			USD -	Unknown
860		BRIDGES. Not identified (some duplicates).			USD -	Unknown
861		BRIDGES, ETC. Not identified (some duplicates).			USD -	Unknown
862	BROWN (CAPT. JOHN)	Harper's Ferry. 3 different views.			USD -	Unknown
863		BRYAN HOUSE (Gettysburg), McLeads House (Appomattox), Court House (City Point), Views at Petersburg ...			USD -	Unknown
864		BURNSIDE HEADQUARTERS, Bethel Church; General Butler's Head Quarters in New Orleans, and other ...			USD -	Unknown
865	CALDWELL (BRIG. GEN. J. C.) and Staff, at Antietam, 1862	Each portrait identified.			USD -	Unknown
866		CAMPS. Acqua Creek Landing, Camp Lincoln, 71st N. Y. Vols., Battle of Shiloih, First Landing at ...			USD -	Unknown
867		CAMPS at Fort Burnham, Atlanta, Zabriskie, Belle Plain (Va.), Manassas, etc.			USD -	Unknown
868		CAMP LINCOLN (Fair Oaks, Va.), Camp in Front of Fort Petersburg (Va.), Camp of the U. S. Engineers ...			USD -	Unknown
869		CAMP of the 13th N. Y. Cavalry, Prospect Hill, Ga.; Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Fairfax ...			USD -	Unknown
870		CAMPAIGN AT YORKTOWN (Civil War). Fort and Landing, Confederate Water Battery, Headquarters of Gen ...			USD -	Unknown
871		CASTLE THUNDER, Libby and other Prisons.			USD -	Unknown
872		CAPTAIN PAGE AND WAR HORSE (2); Col. Sharp's, Horses, Lieut. Col. Colburn on Horseback, etc.			USD -	Unknown
873		CAPTURED CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY, Views of Fort Darling, Ruins of Richmond, etc.			USD -	Unknown
874		CAPTURED CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY, Views of Fort Darling, Ruins of Richmond, etc.			USD -	Unknown
875		CHARLESTON (S. C.) Morris Island. Views of Forts Wagner, Johnson and Putnam, Ordnance Depot, etc.			USD -	Unknown
876		CHARLESTON (S. C.) Ruins of Fort Sumter, Destruction of the Outer Wall, Parapet, Bomb-Proofs, Casements, etc.			USD -	Unknown
877		CHARLESTON (S. C.) Views of Private Residences, Public Buildings, Street Scenes, etc.			USD -	Unknown
878		CHARLESTON (S. C.) Ruins of, showing Street Scenes, Houses, Cathedrals, etc.			USD -	Unknown
879		CITY POINT (VA). Views of Railroad, Officers' Quarters, Barracks, Hospital, etc.			USD -	Unknown
880		CITY POINT (VA). Views of the Harbor, Docks, Landing of Stores, Ordnance Wharf, etc.			USD -	Unknown
881		CLERKS AT HEADQUARTERS of the Army of the Potomac Commissary Clerks at Acquia Creek Landing ...			USD -	Unknown
882		CONFEDERATE AND FEDERAL LINE of Defence at Atlanta, Ga. Various views, including interiors of forts.			USD -	Unknown
883		CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY Captured by the Federals. Various Views.			USD -	Unknown
884		CONFEDERATE FORTIFICATIONS at Centerville, Petersburg, James River, etc.			USD -	Unknown
885		Charleston (S. C.) CONFEDERATE. Ruins, Interiors of Forts, Battery, Views of Residences, etc.			USD -	Unknown
886		CONFEDERATE BATTERIES. James River, Dutch Gap Canal, etc.			USD -	Unknown
887		CONFEDERATE. Fortifications at Manassas; Rebel Fire Line, Chattanooga R. R.; Confederate Lines ...			USD -	Unknown
888		CONFEDERATE PRISON AT RICHMOND. Castle Thunder. Different Views.			USD -	Unknown
889		CONFEDERATE QUARTERS AT MANASSAS, Fortifications at Petersburg, etc.			USD -	Unknown
890		CONFEDERATE. Ruins of Richmond (Va.), the Burnt District, R. R. Depot, Panorama Views, etc.			USD -	Unknown
891		CONFEDERATE. Ruins of Richmond (Va.), the Burnt District, R. R. Depot, Panorama Views, etc.			USD -	Unknown
892		CONNECTICUT. First Artillery. Gen. Abbott's Quarters at Fort Darling, etc.			USD -	Unknown
893	DAVIS (JEFFERSON)	Ambulance Conveying Jefferson Davis after his Capture, passing through Macon, Ga.			USD -	Unknown
894		DUTCH GAP CANAL, Cox's Landing (James River), Port Royal, Hanover Junction (Pa.), etc.			USD -	Unknown
895		ENCAMPMENTS of the Army of the Potomac, Batteries, Ruins, etc.			USD -	Unknown
896		EXECUTIONS. Troops Drawn Up to Witness Execution in Front of Petersburg; Execution of Johnson, etc.			USD -	Unknown
897		FEDERAL TROOPS Destroying Railroad at Atlanta; Battery No. I, Yorktown; Camp of Capt. Huff ...			USD -	Unknown
898		FIRST CONNECTICUT ARTILLERY. Winter quarters in Fort Brady, etc.			USD -	Unknown
899		FLORIDA. Views in Fernandina, Jacksonville and St. Augustine.			USD -	Unknown
900		FORT BRADY (JAMES RIVER, Va.) Interior View, Block House and Company Street, Distant Views, etc.			USD -	Unknown
901		FORT DARLING (JAMES RIVER, VA.) Interior View, Battery, Chapel, etc.			USD -	Unknown
902		FORT FISHER (N. C.) Site of Magazine, Sea Face.			USD -	Unknown
903		FORT FISHER (N. C.) Mound Battery. Sight of Main Magazine, Destruction of Gun, Sea Face, etc.			USD -	Unknown
904		FORT MONROE (VA.) Wharf, Officers' Quarters, Lighthouse, etc.			USD -	Unknown
905		FORT MOULTRIE (CHARLESTON, S. C.) Interior Views, showing ruins, sallyport, etc.			USD -	Unknown
906		FORT SANDERS (KNOXVILLE, TENN.) View from Parapet, View showing Bastion Assaulted by Confederates, with Gen.'s Poe and Babcock in ...			USD -	Unknown
907		FORTS SEDGWICK, SUMTER, FISHER, ETC. Interior Views, Earthworks, etc.			USD -	Unknown
908		FORT SUMTER. Various Views of the Ruins, etc.			USD -	Unknown
909		FORT SUMTER (CHARLESTON, S. C.) Ruins of, showing the Destruction of the Outer Wall, Parapet, Bomb-Proof, Interior Views, etc.			USD -	Unknown
910		FORTS AND BOMB-PROOF AROUND PETERSBURG (Virginia). Forts Sedgwick, Rice, and Steadman; Federal Lines ...			USD -	Unknown
911		FORTS AND FORTIFICATIONS. Batteries, Ruins of Earthworks, etc., at Sumter, Morris Island, etc.			USD -	Unknown
912		FORTS. Interiors and Exteriors. Not identified.			USD -	Unknown
913		FORGE SCENE at Headquarters Army of the Potomac. Group of Engineers and Draughtsmen; U. S. Military ...			USD -	Unknown
914		FORTIFICATIONS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. Headquarters, etc., Manassas, Petersburg, etc.			USD -	Unknown
915		FORTS AND VIEWS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Forts Putnam and Johnson; Residences at Beaufort, Port Royal, etc ...			USD -	Unknown
916		FREDERICKSBURG, VA. Rifle-Pits, Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission; Residences showing effect ...			USD -	Unknown
917		FREDERICKSBURG, VA. Sanitary Commission Quarters; Private Residences, etc.			USD -	Unknown
918		GENERAL LEE'S HEADQUARTERS (Gettysburg); Robinson House (Bull Run); Mechanicsville (Va.), etc.			USD -	Unknown
919		GENERAL SHARPE AND OFFICERS; Capt. Sellers and Wife at Fort Totten; Gen. Ingalls and Group, and ...			USD -	Unknown
920		GENERAL WARD'S HEADQUARTERS; Officers' Quarters, 50th N. Y. Engineers, Petersburg; Army of the ...			USD -	Unknown
921		GEORGIA. Atlanta. Camp of 2d Mass. Infantry; Confederate Works North of R. R.; Confederate Lines ...			USD -	Unknown
922		GEORGIA. Atlanta. Views of Battle-Fields, Confederate Defences and Fortifications, Headquarters of ...			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.