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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. -
<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. -
<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. -
Bonhams: Prints and Multiples, 25439, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- 12/11/2019 - 12/11/2019
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) | Hercules killing Cacus (conquering the Molionide Twins) | circa 1496 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 2 | Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) | The Penance of St John Chrysostom | circa 1496 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 3 | After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) by Philip Galle (1537-1612) | The Parable of the Good Shepherd | 1565 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 4 | After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) by Pieter van der Heyden (1530-1572) | Superbia (Pride) and Gula (Gluttony), from The Seven Deadly Sins | 1558 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 5 | After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) by Philip Galle (1537-1612) | Justice, from The Seven Virtues | circa 1559-60 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 6 | After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) by Pieter van der Heyden (1530-1572) | The Festival of Fools | circa 1570 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 7 | After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) | The Parable of the Blind leading the Blind | 1643 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 8 | After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) by Johannes and Lucas Doetecum (active 1551-1569) | Nundinae Rusticorum (Rustic Market), from The Set of Large Landscapes | circa 1555 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 9 | After Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1450-1516) | Various Fantastic Figures: Beggars on Crutches or wooden legs | circa 1570 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Unknown | |
| 10 | Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) | Self-Portrait with Saskia | 1636 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 11 | Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) | Self-Portrait in a velvet cap with plume | 1638 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 12 | Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) | Clement De Jonghe, Printseller | 1651 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 13 | Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) | Bust of an Old Man with a flowing beard, the head bowed forward, left shoulder unshaded | 1630 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 14 | Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) | Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael | 1637 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 15 | Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) | Abraham and Isaac | 1645 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 16 | Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) | Joseph telling his dreams | 1638 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Unknown | |
| 17 | Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) | The Flight into Egypt | 1633 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 18 | Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) | The Circumcision: Small Plate | circa 1630 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 19 | Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) | The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate | 1633 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 20 | Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) | Canal with an Angler and Two Swans | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown | ||
| 21 | Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) | Qual la Descañonan!, from Los Caprichos | 1797-98 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 22 | Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) | Que se la llevaron; El amor y la muerte, from Los Caprichos | 1799 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 23 | Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) | A caza de dientes; Bellos Consejos, from Los Caprichos | 1799 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 24 | Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) | De quel mal morira?; Hasta la muerte, from Los Caprichos | 1799 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 25 | Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) | Los Caprichos | 1799 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
