Galerie Bassenge: Literature and book illustration 17th–19th centuries, 126LIT, Berlin-Grunewald

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025
Page Size: 150 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2001 Arndt, Ernst Moritz

LITERATUR UND BUCHILLUSTRATION. Reisen durch einen Theil Teutschlands, Italiens und Frankreichs in den Jahren 1798 und 1799

Leipzig 1801-1803 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
2002 Arnim, Ludwig Achim von

Sechs Erzahlungen

Neumark 1835 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
2003 Barthelemy, Jean-Jacques

Reise durch Italien nach den Originalbriefen des Grafen von Caylus abgedruckt

Paris und Mainz 1802 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
2004 (Bauberger, Wilhelm)

Die Beatushohle

Stafa 1836 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 204.80
2005 (Beauharnais, Fanny de)

Launen des Schicksals oder die bezauberten Knoten

(d. i. Berlin) -1799 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
2006 Berger, Julia

Sophia oder die Folgen des Leichtsinns und der Unwirthlichkeit eine wahre Geschichte Muttern, Jungfrauen und Gattinnen geweiht

Bremen 1807 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
2007

Bewundernswurdige Geschichte eines adelichen Findelkindes, nebst sonderbaren Begebenheiten, welche mit diesem Wundermadgen bis zu ihrer Vermahlung mit eines hohen Prinzen sich zugetragen

Frankfurt und Leipzig (d. i. Regensburg 1772 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 256.00
2008 Brentano, Clemens

Der Goldfaden eine schone alte Geschichte, wieder herausgegeben

Heidelberg 1809 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
2009 (Burger, Gottfried August)

Des Freih. v. Munchhausen wunderbare Reisen und Abentheuer zu Wasser und zu Lande

Gottingen und Berlin 1840 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 409.60
2010 Burger, Gottfried August

Gedichte

Gottingen 1778 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 281.60
2011 Burger, Gottfried August

Gedichte

Gottingen 1789 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 192.00
2012 Butler, Samuel

Hudibras

London 1764 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
2013 (Caraccioli, Louis-Antoine)

Briefe uber die Sitten der Franzosen, und uber die Thorheiten und Ausschweifungen jetziger Zeiten

Lubeck 1791 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
2014 (Dahnert, Johann Carl)

Beytrage zum Nutzen und Vergnugen aus der Sittenlehre, den schonen Wissenschaften und der Haushaltungskunst

Greifswald 1753-1754 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
2015 (Dalberg, Carl Theodor von)

Von dem Bewustseyn als allgemeinem Grunde der Weltweisheit

Erfurt 1793 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 281.60
2016 (Dalberg, Wolfgang Heribert von)

Der Monch vom Carmel

Berlin und Leipzig 1787 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 204.80
2017 Dickens, Charles

The mystery of Edwin Drood

London 1870 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
2018 (Dulaurens, Henri-Joseph)

Der Gevatter Matthies

Berlin 1779 EUR 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
2019 Eichendorff, Joseph von

Erste illustrierte Ausgabe. Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

Berlin 1842 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 704.00
2020 Eichhorst, Florentin

Romantische Miszellen

Dresden 1796 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 179.20
2021

Einbande. - Fore-edge Painting. Hafenszene

England um 1788 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 256.00
2022

Einbande. - Weisser Moireseidenband mit goldgepragtem Deckeltitel, gelbem Seidenlesezeichenbandchen und dreiseitigem Goldschnitt sowie reliefgepragten hell-turkisblauen Feinseidenspiegeln

England um 1900 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
2023 Evers, Franz

Hohe Lieder

Berlin 1896 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 102.40
2024 Falsch und Aecht

Nicht im KVK. Roman in zwei Banden

Stuttgart 1860 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 EUR 358.40
2025

Favole scelte - Ausserlesene Fabeln

Augsburg 1718 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
  • Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!