Potter and Potter Auctions: Literature and Legerdemain, 22201, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 28, 2026 - February 28, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACCUM, Frederick (1769 - 1838) | Chemical Amusement |
London | 1819 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 2 | ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74) | The Fashionable Science of Parlor Magic |
[N.p.] | -1843 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 3 | [BACON, Sir Francis (1561-1626)] | Sylva Sylvarum. Or A Natural History, in Ten Centuries |
London | 1670 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 4 | [BADCOCK, John] | Philosophical Recreations, or Winter Amusements |
London | [ca. 1828] | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 5 | BARNUM, P. T. | Struggles and Triumphs or, Sixty Years' Recollections... |
Buffalo | 1889 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 6 | BEAUMONT, John | An Historical, Physiological, and Theological Treatise of Spirits, Apparitions, Witchcrafts and other Magical Practices |
London | 1705 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 7 | BODIN, Jean | De La Demonomanie Des Sorciers |
Anvers | 1592 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 8 | [BROWN, J.H.] | Spectropia; or Surprising Spectral Illusions Showing Ghosts Everywhere and of Any Colour |
New York | 1864 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 9 | BURTON, Robert [pseudonym of CROUCH, Nathaniel (1632-1725)] | Extraordinary Adventures, Revolutions & Events... |
London | 1728 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 10 | [CAGLIOSTRO] Vie de Joseph Balsamo, Connu Sous le Nom Comte de Cagliostro |
Paris | 1791 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 281.25 | |
| 11 | CAULFIELD, James (1764-1826) | Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons, from the Revolution in 1688 to the End of the Reign of George II |
London | 1819 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 12 | LA CHAPELLE, Jean Baptiste de (ca. 1710--92) | Le Ventriloque, Our L'Engastrimythe... |
London and Paris | 1772 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 13 | COLBURN, Zerah (1804 -- 39) | A Memoir of Zerah Colburn |
Springfield | 1833 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 14 | The Conjuror's Magazine; or, Magical and Physiognomical Mirror |
London | 1792-1794 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,750.00 | |
| 15 | Curiosities for the Ingenious: Selected from the Most Authentic Treasures of Nature, Science, and Art |
London | 1822 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 16 | [CURLL, Edmund (ca. 1675-1747)] | The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell |
London | 1720 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 156.25 |
| 17 | DEAN, Henry | The Whole Art of Legerdemain: or Hocus Pocus in Perfection |
London | 1781 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 18 | DECREMPS, Henri (1746-1826) | Six Classic Conjuring Textbooks, including: Testament de Jerome Sharp... |
Paris | 1788 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 19 | [DEFOE, Daniel] | The History of the Devil, As Well Ancient as Modern ... |
London | 1727 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 20 | [DEFOE, Daniel] | A System of Magic in One Volume |
Oxford | 1840 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 21 | [DISRAELI, Isaac (1766-1848), editor] | Curiosities of Literature. Consisting of Anecdotes, Characters, Sketches and Observations... |
London | 1793 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 22 | [ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA]. "Legerdemain, or Sleight of Hand" Entry Excised from the Third Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica |
[London] | [1797] | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 23 | Endless Amusements: or, The Art of Legerdemain Made Easy to Young Persons |
Boston | 1842 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 24 | [FALCONER, John (fl. 1685)] | Cryptomenysis Patefacta: Or the Art of Secret Information Disclosed without a Key |
London | 1685 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 25 | GALE, John | Gale's Cabinet of Knowledge: or, Miscellaneous Recreations |
London; Lackington | 1808 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 375.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.