Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books & Artwork from the George D. Lacy & Louis A. Irmo Collections, 1243, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 564 items in 23 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
576 OVIDE [NASO, Publius Ovidius (b. 43 B.C.)]

Manuel (1860) Orazi [ORAZI, Manuel (1860-1934), illustrator]. Lettres d'Amoureuses Les Heroides. Traduction de G. Miroux

Paris 1919 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
577 [WEST, Michael, translator]

[PAUL, Evelyn (1883-1963), decorations by]. [BOCHER, Main R., illustrator]. Aucassin and Nicolete

London [ca. 1910] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
578 COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)

Willy Pogany [POGANY, Willy (1882-1955), illustrator]. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts...

London [1910] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
579 ROLLESTON, T. W. (1857-1920)

Willy Pogany [POGANY, Willy (1882-1955), illustrator]. Parsifal or the Legend of the Holy Grail retold from Antient Sources...

London [1912] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,000.00
580 WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883)

Willy Pogany [POGANY, Willy (1882-1955), illustrator]. Tannhauser. A Dramatic Poem...

London [1911] USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 531.25
581 Willy Pogany [POGANY, Willy (1882-1955), illustrator]

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

London [1930] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
582 GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932)

Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator]. The Wind in the Willows

New York 1940 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
583 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)

Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator]. A Midsummer-Night's Dream

London 1908 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 343.75
584 FOUQUE, Friedrich de la Motte (1777-1843)

Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator]. Undine

London 1909 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
585 HEROLD, A. Ferdinand

[REGNARD, Paul, illustrator, pseudonym of KUPKA, Frantisek (1871-1957)]. La Guirlande d'Aphrodite

Paris 1919 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 218.75
586 [BEDIER, Joseph (1864-1938), translator]

[REGNARD, Paul, illustrator, pseudonym of KUPKA, Frantisek (1871-1957)]. La Chanson de Roland...

Paris 1923 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
587 FRANCE, Anatole (1844-1924)

[ROBINSON, Charles (1870-1937), illustrator]. Bee. The Princess of the Dwarfs

London; New York 1912 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 343.75
588 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)

[ROBINSON, W. Heath (1872-1944), illustrator]. A Midsummer-Night's Dream

London 1914 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
589 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)

[ROBINSON, W. Heath (1872-1944), illustrator]. Shakepeare's Comedy of a Twelfth Night or What You Will

London [1908] USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 937.50
590 MAUCLAIR, C[amille] (1872-1945)

Georges Rochegrosse [ROCHEGROSSE, Georges (1859-1938), illustrator]. Le Poison des Pierreries...

Paris 1903 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
591 [ROMAGNOL EDITEUR, publisher]

Pair of Illustrated Classical Art Titles, including: Les Erinnyes...

1908 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 281.25
592 D'AGEN, Boyer and DE ROIG, Jean

Felicien Rops [ROPS, Felicien (1833-1898, subject]. Rops...iana

Paris 1924 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 112.50
593 [SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828), contributor]

Erich Schutz [SCHUTZ, Erich (1854-1933), illustrator]. Songs of Schubert

Chicago [1921] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 156.25
594 [SEGRELLES, Jose Albert (1885-1969), subject]

Jose Segrelles Jose Segrelles Albert 1885-1969 su Vida y su Obra

Valencia [1986] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
595 [SEGRELLES, Jose Albert (1885-1969), illustrator]

Jose Segrelles [ARABIAN NIGHTS]. Las Mil y Una Noches

Barcelona [1956] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
596 CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616)

Jose Segrelles [SEGRELLES, Jose Albert (1885-1969), illustrator]. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha...

Madrid 1979 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
597 SPARE, Austin Osman (1886-1956)

Austin Osman Spare Earth Inferno

London 1905 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,750.00
598 [SPARE, Austin Osman (1886-1956), illustrator and subject]

Austin Osman Spare 4 Folded Proof Sheets for "The Book of Ugly Ecstasy," a 1996 Fulgur Publication, and a Signed, Limited Edition About Spare

[London] [2005] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
599 [SPARE, Austin Osman (1886-1956), illustrator and subject]

Austin Osman Spare The Book of Ugly Ecstasy and Two Other Titles About Spare

[London] 1996 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
600 WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883)

Franz Stassen [STASSEN, Franz (1869-1949), illustrator]. Parsifal

Berlin 1914 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
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