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<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>Rare Books & Literature Sale<br>December 10, 2019</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Archive of almost 500 Quaker letters written between leading members of the Society of Friends in Ireland between about 1770 and 1830. €10,000 to €15,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Heraldic Grants to the Delaval Family of Northumberland Manuscripts: 9 May 1761. Patent of Stephen Martin Leake. €2,000 to €3,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Unique Manuscript – Miniature Book by Seamus Heaney. Holograph manuscript copy by Heaney of his poem <i>Mad Sweeney’s Praise of Trees</i>. €2,000 to €3,000.<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>Rare Books & Literature Sale<br>December 10, 2019</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Yeats, Mangan and John McCall, with an ALS Yeats [W.B.]. <i>The Wanderings of Ossian and other Poems.</i> London, 1889. €2,000 to €3,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Toome</i>, illustrated by Jane Proctor. National College of Art and Design 1980. Extremely rare Heaney title limited to 15 copies. €1,500 to €2,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Young (Ella). <i>Celtic Wonder Tales,</i> illustrated by Maud Gonne (four colour plates and other decorations). 1910. Signed by Gonne with an original sketch. €1,000 to €1,500.<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>Rare Books & Literature Sale<br>December 10, 2019</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> The Yeats Brothers “Jack & William” Yeats (Jack B.) RHA (1839-1922). An attractive small pencil portrait of his son Jack Yeats, aged perhaps 10-12, drawing of a bearded man on rear [with] a second drawing. €1,000 to €1500.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> 18th c. Manuscript Volumes on French Peerage Manuscript: “Recueil de tous les actes concernant les Ducs & Pairs de France… Depuis l’an 900 jusqu’en 1660.” €1,500 to €2,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Churchill (Winston Spencer). <i>The River War, An Historical Account of The Reconquest of the Soudan.</i> 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1899. First Edn. €800 to €1200.<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>Rare Books & Literature Sale<br>December 10, 2019</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Important Scientific Association Presentation Copy - Tyndall (John). <i>Heat considered as A Mode of Motion…</i> 1863. €600 to €800.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Receipt Signed by Chippewa Chiefs Document dated 24 May 1845 signed by five “Chippewa chiefs on the River Thames.” €400 to €600.<b>Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10:</b> Bury (Lady Charlotte). <i>The Three Great Sanctuaries of Tuscany, Valombrosa, Camaldoli, Laverna.</i> Lg. oblong folio L. (J. Murray) 1833. First Edn. €250 to €350.
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<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Currier & Ives, <i>The Mississippi in Time of Peace,</i> hand-colored lithograph, 1865. $6,000 to $9,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Hartmann Schedel, <i>Liber Cronicarum...,</i> Nuremberg, 1493. $40,000 to $60,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Claudius Ptolemaeus, <i>Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo,</i> Lyons, 1535. $20,000 to $25,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Thomas Jefferys, <i>The American Atlas,</i> London, 1776-77. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> John Speed, <i>A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World,</i> 20 miniature maps, London, 1665. $2,000 to $3,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> <i>Biblia Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Durch D. Martin Luther Verteutscht,</i> illustrated cartographic Bible, Basel, 1665. $1,500 to $2,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Early Hawaiian-language school geography, Lahainaluna Seminary, 1840. $2,500 to $3,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Cornelis de Jode, <i>Africae Vera Forma, et Situs,</i> Antwerp, 1593. $4,000 to $6,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Maria Vincenzo Coronelli, <i>America Settentrionale Colle Nuove Scoperte Sin All Anno,</i> Venice, 1688. $7,000 to $10,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Johann Christoph Volkamer, <i>Nürnbergische Hesperides,</i> Nuremberg, 1708-1714. $12,000 to $18,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Johann Bayer, <i>Uranometria, Omnium Asterismorum Continens Schemata...,</i> 51 celestial charts, c. 1603. $5,000 to $7,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Manuscript map of Commodore Perry’s Black Ship squadron at Edo Bay, with manuscript sketchbook, ink & watercolor, Japan, c. 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
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<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> ALBUM AMICORUM OF SCHELOMITH FLAUM. Autograph album containing drawings, autograph quotations and signatures from over 47 contributors, India, Europe, America, Israel and elsewhere, 1923–50. £40,000 to £60,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> FLEMING, Ian (1908–1964). <i>Live and Let Die.</i> London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. £15,000 to £20,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> HISTORY OF CINEMA. Animal Farm (1954), an animation archive from the Halas and Batchelor studios, [c.1954]. £20,000 to £30,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> LE HAY, Jacques – [Charles de FERRIOL]. <i>Recueil de Cent Estampes representant differentes Nations du Levant...</i> Paris, 1714. [With:] <i>Explication des cents Estampes.</i> Paris, 1715. £25,000 to £35,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> THE LAST JUDGEMENT, historiated initial 'A' on a leaf from an Antiphonal on vellum illuminated by Nikolaus Bertschi [Augsburg, first quarter 16th century]. £7,000 to £10,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> VALTURIUS, Robertus (1413–1484). <i>De re militari.</i> [Verona:] Johannes Nicolai de Verona, 1472. £170,000 to £250,000.
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Christies: Shakespeare and Goethe: Masterpieces of European Literature from the Schøyen Collection, 17705, London - King Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- 12/11/2019 - 12/11/2019
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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101 | [SHAKESPEARE, William]. | Manuscript part for a contemporary analogue to Henry IV, part I, | Oxford or London, | n.d. c.1580s-before c.1620. | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | Unknown |
102 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) | The Late, and much admired play, called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. | London | 1619 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
103 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) | The Comedie of Errors extracted from: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. | London | 1623 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Unknown |
104 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) | Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. | London: | 1632 | GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | Unknown |
105 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) & John FLETCHER (1579-1625) | The Two Noble Kinsmen: presented at the Blackfriers by the Kings Maiesties servants, with great applause. | London | 1634 | GBP 22,000.00 - 28,000.00 | Unknown |
106 | [SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)] – DAVENANT, Sir William (1606-1668) and John DRYDEN (1631-1700) | The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island. A comedy as it is now acted at His Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. | London | 1676 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Unknown |
107 | [SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)] – SEDLEY, Charles (1639-1701) | Antony and Cleopatra: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Dukes Theatre. | London | 1677 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown |
108 | [SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)] – DRYDEN, John (1631-1700) | Troilus and Cressida, or, Truth Found too Late. A Tragedy as it is Acted at the Dukes Theatre. | London | 1679 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
109 | [SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)] – CROWN[E], John (1641-1712) | Henry the Sixth, The First Part. With the Murder of Humphrey Duke of Glocester. As it was Acted at the Dukes Theatre. – Henry the Sixth, The Second Part. Or the Misery of Civil War. | London | 1681 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown |
110 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) | The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. | London | 1683 | GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | Unknown |
111 | [SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)] – TATE, Nahum (1652-1715) | The History of King Lear. Acted at the Duke's Theatre. Reviv'd with alterations. By N. Tate. | London | 1681 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
112 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) | Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, never before Printed in Folio. | London: | 1685 | GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | Unknown |
113 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) | The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. As it is now Acted at the Theatre Royal, by their Majesties Servants. | London | 1695 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
114 | [SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)] – SHADWELL, Thomas (1642-1692) | The History of Timon of Athens, the Man-Hater. As it is acted at the Duke’s Theatre. | London | 1688 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
115 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) | The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. As it is now acted by Her Majesties Servants. | London | 1703 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
116 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) [and John FLETCHER (1579-1625)] – THEOBALD, Lewis (1688-1744) | Double Falshood; or, The Distrest Lovers. A Play, As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. | London | 1728 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
117 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) | Six plays in one volume. | London | 1777-1780. | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
118 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) | The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare. | Philadelphia | 1795-1796. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown |
119 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) | The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare revised by George Steevens. | London | 1802 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Unknown |
120 | [SHAKESPEARE, William] – William Henry IRELAND (1775-1835) | Autograph manuscripts, in his own hand and that of 'William Shakespeare', | 1797 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown | |
121 | [SHAKESPEARE, William – Sir Thomas PHILLIPPS (1792-1872)]. | A collection of manuscript notes and printed pedigree documents for the families of Shakespeare and Phillipps, c.1854-c.1864. | c.1854-c.1864. | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown | |
122 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) | Original Leaves from the First Four Folios of the Plays of William Shakespeare, 1623, 1632, 1663, 1685. | San Francisco | 1935 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown |
123 | [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)]. | Von Deutscher Baukunst. | Frankfurt | 1773 but 1772. | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Unknown |
124 | GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) | Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand. Ein Schauspiel. | Darmstadt | 1773 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown |
125 | [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)]. | Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand. Ein Schauspiel. | No place | 1773 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |