Swann Galleries: SWANN GALLERIES, INC., AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS OF Books, Autographs, Prints, Literary Properties. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18th, 1965, at 2 P. M., Exhibition From February 15th to Time of Sale. EARLY PRINTINGS, THEOLOGY, AMERICANA &amp, 667,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 18, 1965 - February 18, 1965
Page Size: 332 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 Wetmore, Helen Cody BUFFALO BILL. Last of the Great Scouts: the Life Story of Col. William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") as told by his Sister Duluth

1899

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102 Winch, Frank BUFFALO BILL. Thrilling Lives of Buffalo Bill. . . and Pawnee Bill New York

1911

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103 Morestel, Pierre CALENDAR. Philomusus, sive de Triplici Anno Romanorum, Mensibus, eorumque partibus, deque Die Civili & Diversitate Dierum, Libri Quinque Lugduni

1605

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104 CALIFORNIA. Bryant. What I Saw in California...

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105 Harris, Thomas Lake CALIFORNIA. The New Republic: Prospects, Dangers, Duties and Safeties of the Times Santa Rosa, Calif.

1891

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106 CALIFORNIA MINES. Register of Mines and Minerals; for 10 California counties, as below Sacramento

1900

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107 Wyss, Urban CALLIGRAPHY. Das Schreibbuch Basel

1927

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108 Masson, L. R. CANADA. Les Bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest: Recit de Voyages, Lettres et Rapports Inedites relatifs au Nord-Ouest Canadien New York

1960

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109 CANADIAN NORTHWEST. Annals of the Propagation of the Faith Baltimore

1862

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110 CANAL CERTIFICATE. Printed certificate, signed by Robert Morris, of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation, for one share sold to Willing, Morris & Swanwick Philadelphia

1792

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111 CANON LAW. Corpus Juris Canonici, Emendatum et Notis Illustratum. . . Pauli Lancelotti Lugduni

1614

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112 Bellecour, Abbe CARD GAMES. The Academy of Play, containing a Full Description of. . . Piquet, Quadrill, Ombre. . . London

1775

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113 CARRINGTON, ARCHBISHOP PHILIP The Early Christian Church

1957

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114 CAUSSIN, NICOLAS, S. J. The Holy Court, in Five Tomes. . . London

1650

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115 Fernandez, Leon CENTRAL AMERICA. Coleccion de Documentos para la Historia de Costa-Rica San Jose de Costa-Rica

1882

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116 Chaffers, William CERAMICS. Marks and Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain London

1932

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117 Hurlbutt, Frank CERAMICS. Bow Porcelain London

1909

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118 Eusebius CHRISTIANITY. Ecclesiastical History...

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119 CHRISTIANITY. Lightfoot. Saint Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon...

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120 CHRISTIANITY. M'Neile. The Gospel According to St. Matthew...

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121 CHRISTIANITY. Plummer. Exegetical Commentary on S. Matthew...

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122 CHYTRAEUS, DAVID. Regulae Vitae, sive Methodica Explicatio Decalogi Legis Divinae. . . nunc renovata et. . . Piaej. Juventuti loco Politicae Christianae Commendata, a Philippo Glasero Argentorati

1613

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123 CIVIL WAR. Nott. Sketches in Prison Camps...

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124 Wilhelm Ostwald COLOUR SCIENCE: a Handbook for Advanced Students London

1931

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125 CONFEDERATE. Munson. Reminiscences of a Mosby Guerrilla...

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126 Stephens, Alexander H. CONFEDERATE. Autograph Note Signed, to John S. Reigart, Metropolitan National Bank, New York Crawfordsville, Ga.

1866

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127 Gustavus W. Smith CONFEDERATE WAR PAPERS: Fairfax Court House, New Orleans, Seven Pines, Richmond and North Carolina New York

1884

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128 CONGRESS. Long run, but with gaps as below, of Acts of the 10th-27th Congresses Washington

1807

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129 Nathan Daboll CONNECTICUT. Green's Register, for the State of Connecticut; with an Almanack for 1789 New-London

1788

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130 Paul Leicester Ford, editor CONSTITUTION. Group of 12 items on the adoption of the United States Constitution Brooklyn

1888

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131 Bonanni, Filippo COSTUME. Ordinum Equestrium et Militarium Catalogus in Imaginibus Expositum & cum Brevi Narratione Rome

1711

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132 COSTUME. Lacroix. The XVIIth Century: its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes, France 1700-89...

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133 Coe, Charles H. COWBOYS. Juggling a Rope: Lariat Roping and Spinning Knots and Splices; also, The Truth about Tom Horn, "King of the Cowboys" Pendleton, Oregon

1927

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134 Houx-Marc, E. CRIES OF PARIS. Les Cris de Paris, avec leurs Intonations et leur Musique Paris

1850

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135 CRUIKSHANK ILLUSTRATIONS. The Comic Almanac and Diary, for 1850, 1851, and 1852 London

1850

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136 Hiller, Ludwig Heinrich CRYPTOGRAPHY. Mysterium Artis Steganographicae Novissimum. . . Modum Omnes Epistolas, aliaque Scripta Incognita, Characteribus Furtivis exarata in Omnibus Linguis. . . Ulmae

1682

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137 Chorier, Nicolas CURIOSA. Joannis Meursii Elegantiae Latini Sermonis, seu Aloisia Sigaea Toletano De Arcanis Amoris & Veneris Lugd. Batavorum

1757

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138 Frederic A. Conningham CURRIER & IVES PRINTS: an Illustrated Check List New York

1949

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139 DANISH PERIODICAL. Ugentlige Blade, Numbers 1-65 [all published] Kjobenhavn

1859

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140 DICKINSON, EMILY DICKINSON, EMILY. Letters Boston

1894

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141 Allen Johnson, editor DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY New York

1946

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142 Mitford M. Mathews, editor DICTIONARY OF AMERICANISMS on Historical Principles Chicago

1956

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143 DISTILLING. The Toilet of Flora: a Collection of the Most Simple and Approved Methods of Preparing Baths, Essences, Pomatums, Powders, Perfumes, and Sweet-Scented Waters...

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144 DORRINGTON, THEOPHILUS Observations concerning the Present State of Religion in the Romish Church. . . made in a Journey through some Provinces of Germany in 1698 London

1699

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145 DOUGLAS, NORMAN South Wind Chicago

1929

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146 DUTCH HISTORY. Valkenier, Petrus, 't Verwerd Europa, ofte Politijke en Historische Beschryvinge der Waare Fundamenten en Oorsaken van de Oorlogen en Revolution en Europa, voornamentlijk in en omtrent de Nederland zedertden jaare 1664. . . Amsterdam

1675

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147 ELIOT, T. S. The Cocktail Party London

1950

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148 Livy ELZEVIR PRESS. Historiarum quod Extat, cum Perpetuis C. Sigonii et J. F. Gronovii Notis Amsterlodami

1679

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149 ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT. Bound volume containing 7 double-page and folding maps of the Lakes, as below

1809

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150 ERASMUS Apophthegmatum, ex Optimis Utriusque Linguae Scriptoribus Collectorum Amstelodami

1671

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151 D'Arcussio. Charles FALCONRY. La Conference des Fauconniers Paris

1883

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152 Daggett, Carita. Dr. FLORIDA. Andrew Turnbull and the New Smyrna Colony of Florida

1919

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153 Lomax, John A. FOLKSONGS. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads...

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154 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Works, including the Private as well as the Official and Scientific Correspondence New York

1904

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155 FUNCK-BRENTANO, FRANTZ La Regence, 1715-1723 Paris

1909

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156 FURNITURE. Gloag. Time, Taste and Furniture...

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157 GALAXY, The: an Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading New York

1870

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158 GALE, THEOPHILUS The Court of the Gentiles, or a Discourse touching the Original of Human Literature, both Philologie and Philosophie

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159 GALE, THEOPHILUS The Court of the Gentiles, or a Discourse touching the Original of Human Literature, both Philologie and Philosophie

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160 GEOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE de Malte-Brun... Paris

1860

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161 Goldast ab Haiminsfeld, Melchior, editor GERMAN HISTORY. Svevicarum Rerum... Francofurti

1605

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162 McKearin, Helen and George S. GLASS. Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass Garden City

1950

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163 Georgia W. Read and Ruth Gaines, editors GOLD RUSH: the Journals, Drawings, and Other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff, 1849-51 New York

1944

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164 GRAFFIGNY, MADAME de Lettres d'une Peruvienne Paris

1797

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165 GRAHAM'S AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE, for 1848, 1850, and 1851 Philadelphia

1848

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166 Estienne, Henri, Editor GREEK ANTHOLOGY. Anthologia Diaphoron. . . Florilegium Diversorum Epigrammatum Veterum, in Septem Libros Divisum Excudebat Henricus Stephanus

1566

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167 Genin, J. N. HATS. An Illustrated History of the Hat, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time New York

1848

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168 HAWAII. Bryan. Key to the Birds of the Hawaiian Group...

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169 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Works Boston

1880

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170 Steinegger, Meinrad HERALDRY. Curiosa, Scholastica, Stemmatographica Idea Vitae, ac Mortis S. Meinradi, Martyris Gloriosissimi. . . Typis Monasterii Einsidlensis

1681

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171 Aengelen, P. V. HERBAL. Herbarius Kruyt en Bloem-Hof, of de Natuerlijcke Secreten en Vorborgenthedan van besondere uptgelesene Kruyden, Boomen, Bloemen, Vruchten, Wortelen, Zaden, Gommen, Sappen ende Mineralien der Aerden Amsterdam

1663

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172 Clusius, Carolus [Charles de L'Ecluse] HERBAL. Curae Posteriores, seu Plurimarum non ante Cognitarum, aut Descriptarum Stirpium, Peregrinorumque Aliquot Animalium Novae Descriptiones In Officina Plantiniana Raphelengii

1611

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173 Borjon, C. E. HERESY. Abrege des Actes, Titres, et Memoires concernant les Affaires du Clerge de France, et Tout ce qui s'est fait contre les Heretiques depuis le Regne de S. Louis jusques a Present Paris

1680

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174 HERITAGE PRESS. Darwin. On the Origin of Species...

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175 HEWITT, RANDALL H. Across the Plains and Over the Divide: a Mule Train Journey from East to West in 1862 New York

1906

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176 Harper, Charles G. HIGHWAYMEN. Half-Hours with the Highwaymen London

1908

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177 HOPKINSON, FRANCIS (Signer) Document Signed, as secretary of the Library Company of Philadelphia, admitting Paul Isaac Voto to membership Philadelphia

1769

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178 HORSES. Hayes. Points of the Horse...

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179 Garsault, F. A. de HORSEMANSHIP. Le Nouveau Parfait Marechal, ou la Connoissance Generale et Universelle du Cheval, divise en Sept Traites; avec un Dictionnaire des Termes de Cavalerie Paris

1770

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180 HUNT, LEIGH Leigh Hunt's London Journal London

1834

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181 Browne, Irving ILLUSTRATED BOOK. In the Track of the Bookworm East Aurora

1897

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182 ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. Pyle. Pepper & Salt...

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183 INDIANS. Meacham. Wi-ne-ma and her People. Signed...

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184 INDIANS' BOOK, The: an Offering by the American Indians of Indian Lore, Musical and Narrative New York

1923

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185 IRISH IN AMERICA. Emmet. Memoir of Thomas Addis and Robert Emmet, with their Ancestors and Immediate Family...

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186 IRVING, WASHINGTON IRVING, WASHINGTON. Works New York, Putnam

1881

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187 JAEGER, WERNER Paideia: the Ideals of Greek Culture New York

1960

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188 Long, Edward JAMAICA. The History of Jamaica, or General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island London

1774

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189 JOURNAL of Comparative Literature New York

1903

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190 JUDAICA The Israelite Indeed: a Periodical devoted to the Illustration and Defence of the Hebrew Christianity New York

1862

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191 Schindler, Valentine JUDAICA. Compendium Grammatices Hebraeae Witebergae

1603

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192 Taylor, Henry JUDAICA. The Apology of Benjamin Ben Mordecai to his Friends, for Embracing Christianity, in Seven Letters to Elisha Levi London

1771

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193 George Foot Moore JUDAISM in the First Centuries of the Christian Era: the Age of the Tannaim Cambridge

1958

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194 Goethe, J. W. von KAULBACH ILLUSTRATIONS. Reineke Fuchs Stuttgart

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195 Knight, Thomas A.; and Greene, Nancy L. KENTUCKY. Country Estates of the Blue Grass Lexington

1904

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196 Thompson, Lt. J. J. KENTUCKY. A History of the Feud between the Hill and Evans Parties of Garrard County, Kt., the Most Exciting Tragedy ever enacted on the Bloody Grounds of Kentucky Cincinnati

1854

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197 LABOURER, The: a Monthly Magazine of Politics, Literature, Poetry, &c. London & Manchester

1847

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198 Zoes, Henry LAW. Augmentatus, id est Commentarium ad Quinquaginta Libros Digestorum seu Pandectarum. . . per Martinum Naurath Coloniae Agrippinae

1654

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199 LEXICON GRAECO-LATINUM NOVUM, in quo ex Primitiyorum & Simplicium Fontibus Derivata atque Composita Basileae

1579

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200 LIMITED EDITIONS. Hergesheimer. From an Old House...

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  • 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.