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<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs December 14-15, 2022

Aste Bolaffi, Dec. 14-15: Two first editions by Adrian Spigelius in a Sammelband: De humani corporis fabrica from 1627 and De formato foetu from 1626. €15,000 to €20,000.

Aste Bolaffi, Dec. 14-15: Splendid coloured copy by Frederick De Wit, Atlas maior, Amsterdam, 1705. €20,000 to €30,000.

Aste Bolaffi, Dec. 14-15: First edition by Marco Ricci, Varia Marci Ricci Pictoris prestantissimi Experimenta, Venice, Orsolini, 1723-1730. €20,000 to €25,000.

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs December 14-15, 2022

Aste Bolaffi, Dec. 14-15: First edition by MicheleMarieschi, Magnificentiores selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum prospectus, Venice, 1741. €30,000 to €40,000.

Aste Bolaffi, Dec. 14-15: Magnificent album by Louis-Leopold Boilly, Collection de dessins, calques et acquerelles, 1822. €20,000 to €25,000.

Aste Bolaffi, Dec. 14-15: Rare musical score by Gioachino Rossini from 1858. €6,500 to €7,500.
<center>Maison Bibelot Online Only Auction The Bucciarelli Collection: Ancient Books and Incunabula Dec. 6-14, 2022

Maison Bibelot, Dec. 6-14: Plato. Platonis Opera, Venetiis: a Philippo Pincio Mantuano hoc opus Impressum fuit, Anno d[omi]ni. M.cccccxvii. Die.xxii. Aprilis (22 aprile 1517). €800 to €1,000.

Maison Bibelot, Dec. 6-14: Francesco Robortello. In librum Aristotelis de arte Poetica, explicationes, Basileae: per Ioannem Heruagium iuniorem, 1555. In folio. €500 to €800.

Maison Bibelot, Dec. 6-14: Instrumento della compra del Ducato di Terra Nova. Atto notarile cinquecentesco, manoscritto pergamenaceo, con bella miniatura iniziale, composto da 5 bifolio (300x225 mm) scritti recto e verso. €300 to €400.

<center>Maison Bibelot Online Only Auction The Bucciarelli Collection: Ancient Books and Incunabula Dec. 6-14, 2022

Maison Bibelot, Dec. 6-14: Giovanni Bertachini. Repertorii Bertachini, Venetiis: 1507, 2 voll. (di 3). In folio. Importante post incunabolo. €1,800 to €2,200.

Maison Bibelot, Dec. 6-14: Paulus de Middelburgo. Pavlina De recta Paschae celebratione: et De die passionis Domini nostri Iesu Christi, 1513. €1,500 to €2,000.

Maison Bibelot, Dec. 6-14: Gaius Svetonius. Suetonius Tranquillus cum Philippi Beroaldi, et Marci Antonii Sabellici commentariis, Venetiis, 1500. €1,000 to €1,500.

<center>Maison Bibelot Online Only Auction The Bucciarelli Collection: Ancient Books and Incunabula Dec. 6-14, 2022

Maison Bibelot, Dec. 6-14: Cicero Marco Tullio. Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium libri IV incerto auctore, Venetiis: Aldus, 1569: €250 to €300.

Maison Bibelot, Dec. 6-14: Rupertus Tuitiensis. Ruperti abbatis monasterii Tuitiensis, Apud foelicem Coloniam, 1526. Aeditio prima. In folio. €800 to €1,500.

Maison Bibelot, Dec. 6-14: Agostino Nifo. Destructiones destructionum Auerroys cum Augustini niphi de Suessa expositione, Venetijs: Octauiani Scoti 1497, 1495, 2 pt. in 1 vol. €2,000 to €2,400.

<center>Maison Bibelot Online Only Auction The Bucciarelli Collection: Ancient Books and Incunabula Dec. 6-14, 2022

Maison Bibelot, Dec. 6-14: Giorgio Vasari. Le vite de' piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori... Primo Volume della Terza Parte, Fiorenza: Appresso i Giunti, 1568. €600 to €800.

Maison Bibelot, Dec. 6-14: Hieronymus (santo). Epistole sancti Hieronymi, Lugduni: Per Magistrum Iacobum Saccon, 1518. €1,000 to €1,500.

Maison Bibelot, Dec. 6-14: Tommaso d'Aquino. Incipiunt preclarissima opuscula diui Thome aquinatis, Venetijs: ingenio ac impensa Hermanni Lichtenstein Coloniensis, 1497. €300 to €500.
<center>Swann Auction Galleries Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books December 8, 2022

Swann December 8: Friedrich Justin Bertuch, Bilderbuch für Kinder, Weimar, 1792, 1798, 1802, 1805, 1822. $1,200 to $1,800.

Swann December 8: Sebastian Münster, Novae Insulae XXVI Nova Tabula, Basel, 1552. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann December 8: Sebastian Münster & Hans Holbein, Typus Cosmographicus Universales, Basel, 1532. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann December 8: Franz Unger, Die Urwelt in Ihren Verschiedenen Bildungsperioden, 16 tinted lithographed plates, Weigel, 1858. $1,000 to $1,500.

Swann December 8: Charles Varle, Wiliam Warner & Andrew Hanna, Plan of the City of Environs of Baltimore, Baltimore, 1801. $8,000 to $12,000.
<center>19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop Catalogue 195 Magnificent Books & Manuscripts Free on request

19th Century Shop, Catalogue 195: Benjamin Franklin on Electricity. Inscribed presentation copy.

19th Century Shop, Catalogue 195: Frederick Douglass. Letter on civil war and the end of slavery.

19th Century Shop, Catalogue 195: Carleton Watkins. A major American West photo album.

19th Century Shop, Catalogue 195: Einstein. General Theory of Relativity inscribed by Einstein.

19th Century Shop, Catalogue 195: The Federalist. Rare deluxe thick-paper copy.

19th Century Shop, Catalogue 195: Emma Johnston. Archive of 350 salt prints by a Victorian female photographer.

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Auction Info

Auction Name: Printed Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photographs
Auction Date: 06/10/2008 - 06/10/2008
Sale Number: #16201
Total Lots: 312
Sold Lots: 92
Lots Sold: 29.49%
Unsold Lots: 220

Total Sales (GBP): 130,332.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 110,900.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 199,850.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 351,800.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 620,750.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 21.00%

Top twenty by sale price

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<center>Fonsie Mealy’s Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 6th and 7th December

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 6-7: The Corner-stone Document of Irish Freedom. 1916 PROCLAMATION OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC. £140,000 to £180,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 6-7: Joyce's Modern Masterpiece, in its one-and-hundredth Year. Joyce (James). Ulysses. Paris, Shakespeare & Co. 1922. £15,000 to £25,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 6-7:A Request from Mr. Joyce. Joyce (James). Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Mr [Thomas] Pugh,' dated 6.8.1934. £6,000 to £8,000.

<center>Fonsie Mealy’s Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 6th and 7th December

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 6-7: Dun Emer Press: Yeats (Wm. Butler). Stories of Red Hanrahan, 8vo Dundrum 1904. Signed by Author. £1,000 to £1,500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 6-7: Binding: Specimens of Early English Poets, 8vo Lond. (For Edwards, Pall Mall) 1790. £500 to £700.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 6-7: Harry Clarke: Walter (L. D'O.) The Years at the Spring, An Anthology of Recent Poetry. 4to New York (Brentano's) 1920. Special signed limited edition. £1,500 to £2,000.

<center>Fonsie Mealy’s Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 6th and 7th December

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 6-7: Kipling (Rudyard). Works, including Writings, Novels, Poems etc. Bombay Edition, 31 vols. roy 8vo Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1913-1938. Signed by Author. £1,500 to £2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 6-7: Dunraven (Edwin, Third Earl of). Notes on Irish Architecture, Ed. by Margaret Stokes, 2 vols. lg. folio Lond. 1875-1877. Castle Hackett copy. £1,500 to £2,400.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 6-7: Kirby (Wm.) & Spence (Wm.) An Introduction to Entomology, 4 vols. 8vo Lond. 1822. With hand-coloured plates. £200 to £300.

<center>Fonsie Mealy’s Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 6th and 7th December

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 6-7: Heaney (Seamus). Death of a Naturalist, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1966 First Edition - Third Impression. Signed, & inscribed on title page 'Seamus Heaney’. £800 to £1,200.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 6-7: Glasgow Printing: Homer - Iliad and Odyssey, 4 vols. in 2, Glasgow (Robert & Andrew Foulis) 1756-1758. £1,0000 to £1,500.
<center>University Archives Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books December 14, 2022

University Archives, Dec. 14: Thomas Jefferson, Long ALS to Ronaldson "I consider Bonaparte as fighting our battles, and there I wish him success...” $35,000 to $45,000.

University Archives, Dec. 14: G.A. Custer. PSA Mint 9 Brady CDV Signed with Rank, Best Signature/Pose We Have Ever Seen. $20,000 to $30,000.

University Archives, Dec. 14: B. Franklin. 1733 Signed Philadelphia Partial Land Grant Dated Less Than 6 Months After Launch of "Poor Richard's Almanack". $12,000 to $15,000.

<center>University Archives Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books December 14, 2022

University Archives, Dec. 14: Abraham Lincoln On Executive Mansion Stationery Replies to An Autograph Request! Fantastic Example. $10,000 to $15,000.

University Archives, Dec. 14: G. Washington. Free Frank to Maj. Tallmadge Re: Culper Courier. $12,000 to $14,000.

University Archives, Dec. 14: Albert Einstein ALS, “I am happy to see that a Jew is always 'en famille' wherever his steps lead him on this earth.” $5,000 to $6,000.

<center>University Archives Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books December 14, 2022

University Archives, Dec. 14: Incredible Utah 1857 Mormon War Period Ft. Bridger Ledger: Afr. American Content, Mention of Armstead, Bernard Bee, RE Lee’s Son, 120pp! $10,000 to $12,000.

University Archives, Dec. 14: Apollo XI. PSA Mint +9.5 Insurance Cover Signed by Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins, From Buzz Aldrin Family Space Collection. $8,000 to $10,000.

University Archives, Dec. 14: Booker T. Washington, 17 Pages "Proud of Race...In & out of slavery...It is said that the strongest chain is no stronger than its weakest link." Handwritten Speech Notes. $8,000 to $9,000.

<center>University Archives Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books December 14, 2022

University Archives, Dec. 14: R. Wallenberg. Signed Schutz-Pass Doc, With Rare Full Signature. $7,000 to $8,000.

University Archives, Dec. 14: Freud & Jung Together, Most Famous Photo in Psychology History! September 1911, Weimar, Germany. $6,000 to $7,000.

University Archives, Dec. 14: JFK Oversized Photo with Jackie & Caroline, Signed and Inscribed, Stunning! $3,500 to $4,500.
<center>Doyle The Collection of a New York Surveyor December 16, 2022

Doyle, The Collection of a New York Surveyor: Lot 3. Francis M. Maerschalk. Manuscript plan of Philip Minthorne's land in Bowery 3. $2,000-3,000

Doyle, The Collection of a New York Surveyor: Lot 30. William Bridges. A Map of a Block of Ground situate in Water Street between Walnut and Fir Streets. $3,000-5,000

Doyle, The Collection of a New York Surveyor: Lot 4. Francis M. Maerschalk. M. Barrack Street/Road from Spring Garden to Fresh Water. $5,000-8,000

Doyle, The Collection of a New York Surveyor: Lot 46. Love Lane. Map of Land and Buildings the property of Samuel I Tobias Esqr. $2,000-3,000

<center>Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps December 16, 2022

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 157. Stephen King. Christine. New York: Viking Press, 1983. First trade edition, inscribed by the author. $1,500-2,500

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 163. Charles Lindbergh. “We.” New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1927. First edition, Author’s Autograph Edition. $1,000-1,500

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 177. A.A. Milne. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen, 1926. First English trade edition, first impression. $1,000-1,500

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 196. William Shakespeare. Othello, the Moor of Venice. London: printed for W. Weak, 1681. $4,000-6,000

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 203. John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking, 1939. First edition. $1,000-1,500
ALDE, Dec. 20: VOLTAIRE. Œuvres complètes. [Kehl], Société littéraire et typographique, 1784-1789. 70 vol. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Dec. 20: ENCYCLOPÉDIE MÉTHODIQUE… Paris, Panckoucke ; Liège, Plompteux, 1782-1832. 254 volumes in-4. €10,000 to €12,000.

ALDE, Dec. 20: RUYSCH (FREDERIK). Thesaurus anatomicus primus [–decimus]. Het eerste [–tiende] anatomisch cabinet. Amsterdam, 1701-1716. €10,000 to €12,000.

ALDE, Dec. 20: [MARCELLO (CRISTOFORO)]. Sacrarum cæremoniarum sive rituum ecclesiasticorum S. Rom. Ecclesiæ libri tres. Venise, Giunta, 1582. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Dec. 20: [RABEL (DANIEL)]. Theatrum Floræ, in quo ex toto orbe selecti mirabiles, venustiores, ac præcipui flores, tanquam ab ipsius deæ sinu proferuntur. Paris, Pierre Firens, 1627. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Dec. 20: VALERIANO (PIEIRIO). [Hieroglyphica, sive de sacris Ægyptiorum aliarumque gentium literis, commentariorum libri LVIII]… Francfort, 1613-[1614]. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Dec. 20: BRUN (CLAUDE). [Cours manuscrit de Jérôme Dandini sur la Physique d'Aristote et disputes philosophiques des étudiants du collège jésuite de Bourges]. Conclusiones physic… 1579-1580. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Dec. 20: CLERISSEAU (CHARLES-LOUIS). Antiquités de la France. Première partie. [Monuments de Nismes]. Paris, 1778. €1,000 to €1,200.

ALDE, Dec. 20: LE FÈVRE (L.-C.). Grand escalier du château de Versailles, dit escalier des ambassadeurs, ordonné et peint par Charles Le Brun. Paris, s.d. €800 to €1,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 13: KEPLER INVESTIGATES PLANETARY MOTION. KEPLER, JOHANNES. 1571-1630. $400,000 to $600,000

Bonhams, Dec. 13: THE FINAL ILLUSTRATION OF POOH AND PIGLET IN THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD. $250,000 to $350,000

Bonhams, Dec. 13: GUTENBERG BIBLE LEAF. $60,000 to $90,000

Bonhams, Dec. 13: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. 1527-1598. $20,000 to $30,000

Bonhams, Dec. 13: KNIGHT, HILARY. "Christmas Dinner at Maxime de la Falaise's" $4,000 to $6,000

Bonhams, Dec. 13: GERSHWIN WORKING MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT PAGE FROM OF THEE I SING. $3,000 to $5,000

Bonhams, Dec. 13: GILBERT, W.S. Original typed manuscript for The Story of the Mikado. $20,000 to $30,000

Bonhams, Dec. 13: FINAL TYPED MANUSCRIPT FOR V.C. ANDREWS CLASSIC FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC. $4,000 to $6,000

Bonhams, Dec. 13: ANNOTATED TYPESCRIPT DRAFT FOR KIPLING'S FINAL MOWGLI STORY. $20,000 to $30,000

Bonhams, Dec. 13: PRESENTATION COPY OF GUYS AND DOLLS. $12,000 to $18,000

Bonhams, Dec. 13: CHARLES DICKENS' CHINA INKWELL FEATURING A BEE READING, FROM GAD'S HILL. $6,000 to $8,000

Bonhams, Dec. 13: NELSON'S BATTLE PLAN FOR TRAFALGAR. $200,000 to $300,000
<center>Sotheby’s Age of Wonder Nov. 25 – Dec. 9, 2022

Sotheby’s, Nov. 25-Dec. 9: Darwin, Charles. His definitive statement on natural selection, and his legacy. $600,000 to $800,000.

Sotheby’s, Nov. 25-Dec. 9: Darwin, Charles and Alfred Russel Wallace. Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. $250,000 to $350,000.

Sotheby’s, Nov. 25-Dec. 9: Jenner, Edward. Autograph letter, addressed to Dr. Wollaston, dated 21 November 1800, discussing the possible ill-effects of vaccination. $12,000 to $18,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Age of Wonder Nov. 25 – Dec. 9, 2022

Sotheby’s, Nov. 25-Dec. 9: De Quincey, Thomas. Autograph letter signed (Thos. De Quincey). "A conclusive experiment on the profit of leaving of leaving off opium.” $6,000 to $8,000.

Sotheby’s, Nov. 25-Dec. 9: Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. “And God created great whales.” $20,000 to $30,000.

Sotheby’s, Nov. 25-Dec. 9: Foote, Eunice Newton. "Circumstances affecting the heat of the sun's rays," [In:] The American Journal of Science and Arts… New York, 1856. $8,000 to $12,000.

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