Bangs: Catalogue of Books and Autographs. Autographs of Napoleon, French Marshals, Generals, Kings; American Presidents and Generals, English Statesmen, and others; American Continental Paper Money, etc.; Art Works, including Text-Books, Biographies, Galleries, , Dec181900,

Auction Details

Auction Date
December 18, 1900 - December 18, 1900
Page Size: 537 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
80 MASSACHUSETTS. Commitment to Jail (for debt) of Samuel Jones

1809

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81 JOHN BRIGHT A. L. S.

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82 GUIZOT, FRANCOIS, P. G. French Historian Three Autograph Letters Signed

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83 AMERICAN Literary and Miscellaneous Letters and Documents

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84 MARYLAND Judges, Revolutionary Officers, etc.

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85 ENGLISH Military, Painters, Authors, etc.

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86 FRENCH REVOLUTION. Official Documents

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87 FRENCH Actors, Statesmen, Writers, etc.

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88 CONTINENTAL PAPER MONEY. A sheet containing eight notes, $5, 7, 8, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60, dated Phila., Sept. 26, 1778

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89 MARYLAND PAPER MONEY. $I, 3, 5, 8 and 20, endorsed by Continental Congress

1780

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90 RHODE ISLAND PAPER MONEY. $2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8. Endorsed by Continental Congress; dated July 2, 1780

1780

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91 CONNECTICUT PAPER MONEY. 20s., Jany. 2, 1775; 40s., May 10, 1775; 20s. and 40s., July 1, 1775

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92 CONNECTICUT PAPER MONEY. is., June 7, 1776; is. 3d. and 40s., June 19, 1776

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93 NEW YORK. Deed of Joseph Prior of the Township of Brooklyn on Nassau Island, for certain land "near the publick road leading to the ferry house"

1779

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94 NEW YORK. Deed of Benjamin Davis of Brookhaven, on Nassau Island, for land

1716

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95 NEW YORK. Minutes of the Council held at Fort George, Feb. 10, 1773

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96 Abbott, J. S. C. The Civil War in America

1863

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97 ADAMS, H. G. Beautiful Shells Lond.

1871

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98 ADAMS, W. H. D. England at War: the Story of the Great Campaigns of the British Army Lond.

1886

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99 ADSHEAD, JOS Prisons and Prisoners, with Criticisms of Passages in Dickens' Works Lond.

1845

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100 AESCHYLUS Tragedies Paris

1795

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101 AITKEN, GEORGE A. Life of Richard Steele Lond.

1889

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102 ALBUT, R. London Rambles with Charles Dickens Lond.

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103 ALLEN, CHARLES DEXTER Ex-Libris Essays of a Collector Bost. and Lond.

1896

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104 ALPS. Itinera per Helvetiae Alpinas Regiones factu annis 1702-11 Lug-Bat.

1723

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105 ALLIBONE, S. A. Critical Dictionary of English Literature Phil.

1871-91

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106 AMERICAN ALMANAC for 1843 Bost.

1843

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107 ANSTEY, F. Lyre and Lancet: a Story of Scenes

1896

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108 APPLETON'S NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA, 1867

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109 ARISTOPHANES Scholia Aristophanica, being such comments adscript to the text of Aristophanes as have been preserved in the Codex Ravennas Lond. and N. Y.

1896

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110 ARISTOTLE The Poetics of Aristotle Lond. and N. Y.

1898

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111 ARIOSTO Furioso

1858

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112 ASHTON, JOHN Social Life in the Reign of Queen N. Y.

1883

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113 ATLAS. Spruner's Historic Geography of Middle and Modern Ages...

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114 ATLAS. Maps to Thiers' Histories

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115 ATLAS. Italia, da Carlo Cerri, 1886; and Provinces of Italy

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116 AUBREY, JOHN. Miscellanies upon various subjects, with Urn Burial Lond.

1890

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117 AUSTEN, JANE. Emma Introduction by Jos. Jacobs, and illustrations by Chris. Hammond N. Y. and Lond.

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118 W. H. Beard ACTION IN ART

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119 FIELD'S Chromatography. Colours and Pigments Lond.

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120 CLEMENT, C. E. Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art, and of Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and their Works N. Y.

1877

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121 FRITH, W. P. My Autobiography and Reminiscences Lond.

1888

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122 TUCKERMAN, H. T. Book of the Artists N. Y.

1867

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123 GUIDES AND HINTS Lond.

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124 MILLER, L. W. Essentials of Perspective N. Y.

1887

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125 Ed. Fielding WATER-COLOUR. Foreground Drawing

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126 Macarthur and Moore WATER-COLOUR. Figures

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127 PENLEY'S Sketching from Nature in Water Colours

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128 N. E. Green FOLIAGE EXERCISES FOR THE BRUSH

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129 WILLSON'S Map of Drawings N. Y.

1839

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130 Dr. J. Fau ANATOMY FOR ARTISTS Lond.

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131 Eug. Ciceri COURS D'AQUARELLE

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132 AUDSLEY La Peinture Murale Decorative dans le style du Moyen Age Paris

1881

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133 LES CHEFS-D'OEUVRE D'ART AU LUXEMBOURG, SOUS la direction de M. Eug. Montrosier Paris

1881

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134 L'EAU-FORTE EN 1874-1881. Eaux-Fortes originales et inedites Paris

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135 EXPOSITION DES BEAUX ARTS. Salon de 1880

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136 EXPOSITION DES BEAUX ARTS Salon

1881

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137 LES ARTISTES MODERNES. Les Peintres de Genre; les Peintres Militaires et les Peintres de Nu

1880-81

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138 THE ART JOURNAL. New Series, from the first volume, 1849, to 1874, inclusive, including two Illustrated Catalogues of Exhibitions, 1853-56-62 and 1871-72, etc. Lond.

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139 P. G. Hamerton, editor THE PORTFOLIO: an Artistic Periodical Lond.

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140 G. W. Yapp, editor ART INDUSTRY. Furniture, Upholstery and House Decoration Lond.

n. d.

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141 BICKNELL'S Cottage and Villa Architecture...

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142 MODERN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNSAND DETAILS

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143 A. W. Fuller ARTISTIC HOMES Bost.

1886

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144 ANATOMIE DES PFERDES, von Brunot

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145 SCRAP-BOOK OF WOOD ENGRAVINGS

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146 WATER-COLOR DRAWING--Eve in the Garden

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147 ENGRAVINGS OF DUTCH SCENES--Teniers, etc.

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148 ART JOURNAL PLATES, ETC.

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149 COLORED PICTURES. The Wave, figure...

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150 COLORED FIGURES AND GROUPS

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151 A LARGE LOT. Hundreds of pictures of various kinds and styles

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152 A SMALLER LOT of similar pieces

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153 Rosa and J. P. Bonheur LITHOGRAPHED STUDIES of Barnyard Fowl.

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154 PICTURES AND STUDIES of Dogs, some colored

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155 PHOTOGRAPHS. Portrait of a Setter Dog in three attitudes

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156 PHOTOGRAPHS. Portrait of a Setter Dog in three attitudes

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157 PHOTOGRAPHS. Dogs--good

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158 PHOTOGRAPHS. Cologne Cathedral

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159 PHOTOGRAPHS. Milan Cathedral and other Church and Gallery Pictures

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160 PHOTOGRAPHS. Switzerland, and a few others

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161 PHOTOGRAPHS. Miscellaneous Scenes, etc.

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162 PHOTOGRAPHS. of Clouds

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163 PHOTOGRAPHS. Chickens, etc.

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164 PHOTOGRAPHS. Landscapes

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165 Achille Guinel PHOTOGRAPHS. Studies from Nature

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166 PHOTOGRAPHS. Studies from Nature

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167 PHOTOGRAPHS. Landscapes. New York, New England, etc.; also Animals

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168 PHOTOGRAPHS. Dogs, Cattle, Views

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169 PHOTOGRAPHS. Fish--Angler's Traps

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170 PHOTOGRAPHS. Female Figures (three unmounted)

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171 PHOTOGRAPHS. Stereoscopic Views--Florida

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172 PHOTOGRAPHS. Views in West Virginia

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173 PHOTOGRAPHS. Lot of miscellaneous unmounted Photographs

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174 THE BOWDOIN COLLEGE COLLECTION

1881

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175 ENGLISH ART IN 1884 N. Y.

1885

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176 Gleeson White, editor THE MASTER PAINTERS OF BRITAIN Edinburgh

1897

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177 H. Knackfuss, Holbein and Rembrandt, editor MONOGRAPHS ON ARTISTS Bielefeld and Leipzig

1899

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178 KUNSTLER MONOGRAPHIEN. Chodowiecki... Bielefeld and Leipzig

1897

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179 ABBILDUNGEN ZU Johann Winckelmanns Samtlichen Werken

1835

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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.
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    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.
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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.
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    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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