Vermot de Pas: Ana And James Melikian Collection, Part I: Armenia, Ethiopia, Greece, Russia, 171319, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 21, 2025 - December 21, 2025

Page Size: 147 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
177	Hanna Vardapet (Hovhannes Hanna), History of Jerusalem (Patm		19th century	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
178	Armenian theological treatise and 14 letters between patriar		1824	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
179	Vardapet Andreas of Kutahya (Andreas tsayragoyn vardapet kowt		1831 and later.	EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
180	Asuman and Zeycan, Turkish tale, 1840		1840	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
181	Handwritten certificate in Greek	Athens	1932, + Archbishop G.	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
182	Original letter on the printed letterhead of the newspaper P		1925	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
183	Lot of letters and documents in English and Armenian Concern			EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
184	Dichiaration piu copiosa della Dottrina Christiana (Arhawel p		1630	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
185	Doctrina christiana a Petro Paulo Sacerdote armeno, versa in	Paris	1634	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
186	Ordo Divinae Missae Armenorum (Pataragatetr), 1642	Rome	1642	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
187	Saint Nerses the Gracious (Nerses Shnorhali), Jesus the Son (	Venice	1643	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
188	P. Clement GALANO, Conciliationis ecclesiae			EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
189	Saint Nerses the Gracious (Nerses Shnorhali), Jesus the Son (	Amsterdam	1660-1661.	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
190	Saint Nerses the Gracious (Nerses Shnorhali), Jesus the	Venice	1660	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
191	The Bible (Astowatsashownch`), 1666	Amsterdam	1666	EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	Unknown
192	The Bible (Astowatsashownch`), 1666	Amsterdam	1666	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Unknown
193	New Testament (Awetaran), 1668	Amsterdam	1668	EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
194	Arakel of Tabriz (Arhak`el Davrizhets`i), History Book (Girk` patm	Amsterdam	1669	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
195	Arakel of Tabriz (Arhak`el Davrizhets`i), History Book (Girk` patm	Amsterdam	1669	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
196	P. Thomas KEMPIS, Imitation of Christ (Hamahetewowmn K`ristos	Rome	1674	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
197	Reading manual (girg aybowbenits`), 1675	Marseille	1675	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
198	Lyturgia Armena (Khorhrdatetr pataragi hayots`) & Ministeri	Rome	1677 (1st edition).	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
199	Lyturgia Armena (Khorhrdatetr pataragi hayots`) & Ministeri	Rome	1677 (2nd edition).	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
200	Ministerium Missae (Spasaworowt`iwn pataragi), 1677	Rome	1677 (1st edition).	EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
201	Lyturgia Armena (Khorhrdatetr pataragi hayots`), 1677	Rome	1677 (1st edition).	EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown

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…
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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.