Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana , 31200, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 18, 2025 - December 18, 2025

Page Size: 261 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
226	MILNE, A.A. [ALAN ALEXANDER]. 1882-1956.	Autograph Manuscript Signed integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," comprising title page and a draft of each of the introductions for the songs, published in 1929 as The Hums of Pooh,			USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	Not Sold
227	SHEPARD, ERNEST H. 1879-1976.	Preliminary drawing in pencil, Pooh gathering fir-cones to drop into the river, from The Pooh Story Book		1965	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 35,840.00
228	SHEPARD, ERNEST H. 1879-1976.	Original pencil drawing featuring Christopher Robin and characters from When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six,			USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
229	WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM 1770-1850. COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR 1772-1834.	Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems.	London	1798	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,096.00
230	YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER 1865-1939	A Vision: An Explanation of Life Founded Upon the Writings of Giraldus and Upon Certain Doctrines Attributed to Kusta Ben Luka	London	1925	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 640.00
231	YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER. 1865-1939.	Poems.	London	1949	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,664.00
232	LIBERALE DE VERONA. 1445-1526/29.	Illuminated manuscript on vellum, being David in prayer in an initial S, a historiated initial cut from a large-format choirbook,			USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 23,040.00
233		Illuminated manuscript on vellum, The Annunciation in an initial M, leaf from a large-format antiphonary,			USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 2,816.00
234	POLLUX, JULIUS. fl. 2nd century.	Onomasticon Pollucis vocabularii index in latinum tralatus, ut vel graece nescientibus nota sint Folio.	Venice	April 1502.	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 5,120.00
235	LUCIANO DI SAMOSATA. 120-192 B.C.	De Veris Narrationibus commentarii. Basel: Valentino Curione		1524	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,536.00
236	LUTHER, MARTIN. 1483-1546.	Autograph letter signed ("Martinus Luther") to his friend the theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"),	Wittenberg,		USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	Not Sold
237	LLWYD, HUMPHREY. 1527-1568.	The Breviary of Britayne.	London	1573	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 3,072.00
238	CHARLES I. 1600-1649.	Letter Signed and subscribed ("Vostre tresaffectionne Frere/ Charles R"), possibly to his brother-in-law, Frederick of Bohemia,			USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,632.00
239	CHARLES I. 1600-1649.	Document Signed ("Charles R" at head), coldly dismissing Prince Rupert from his service and revoking all his military commands,			USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 9,600.00
240	CHARLES II. 1630-1685.	Letter Signed and subscribed ("("Your assured frind/ Charles R"), to Gilbert Clerk (or Clerke) of "Pityother",			USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 3,328.00
241	FISCHER VON ERLACH, JOHANN BERNHARD. 1656-1723.	Entwurff einer Historischen Architectur, in Abbilding Unterschiedener Beruhmten Gebaude.	Vienna	1721	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
242	NEWTON, ISAAC 1643-1727.	Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica...Editio tertia aucta & emendata	London	1726	USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 10,240.00
243		Novum Testamentum Graecum.	Amsterdam	1752	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 768.00
244	VAN DER HORST, TILEMAN FL. 1725-1749 AND POLLEY, JACOB.	Theatrum Machinarum Universale; of Keurige Verzameling van verscheide grote en zeer fraaie Waterwerken, Schustsluizen, Waterkeringen, Ophaalen Draaibruggen	Amsterdam	1757-1774.	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
245		Picturae Etruscorum In Vasculis nunc primum in unum collectae.	Rome	1767-1775.	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 4,096.00
246	SMITH, ADAM. 1723-1790	An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.	London	1778	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 17,920.00
247	MALTHUS, THOMAS ROBERT. 1766-1834.	Autograph Letter Signed ("T. Robt Malthus") to William Roscoe on Napoleon and the prospects of peace with France,			USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
248	MALTHUS, THOMAS ROBERT. 1766-1834.	Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to economist Nassau Senior on wealth, labor and Adam Smith,			USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
249	MACKAY, CHARLES. 1814-1889.	Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions.	London	1841	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 3,328.00
250	CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT O. 1841-1918.	Notes on the Natural History of the Strait of Magellan and West Coast of Patagonia Made During the Voyage of the H.M.S. Nassau in the Years 1866, 67, 68, & 69.	Edinburgh	1871	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.