Potter and Potter Auctions: Literature and Legerdemain, 22201, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 28, 2026 - February 28, 2026

Page Size: 424 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	GARENNE, Professor Henri (H. Frank Lind)	The Art of Modern Conjuring	London	[1885]	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 406.25
27	[GOADBY, Robert (1721-1778), presumed author]	Life and Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, Commonly Called the King of the Beggars...	London	1793	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 156.25
28	GOOD, Arthur	Magical Experiments or Science in Play	New York	1892	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 406.25
29	GLANVIL, Joseph (1636-1680)	[WITCHCRAFT]. Saducismus Triumphatus: or, Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions. In Two Parts...	London	1681	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,125.00
30	GODWIN, William (1756 -- 1836)	Lives of the Necromancers	New York	1835	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 281.25
31	TOM TIT (GOOD, Arthur (1853-1928)]	La Science Amusante, Volumes 1-3	Paris	1890-1906	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
32	GRIFFIN, Charles (1859 -- 1914)	Two Works on Circus, Sideshow, and Variety Performers	New York	-1889	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
33	HEATHER, H.E.	Cards and Card Tricks	London	ca. 1876	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 281.25
34	HOOPER, William (1742 -- 90)	Rational Recreations	London	1782 - 83	USD 600.00 - 1,200.00	USD 531.25
35	HOYLE, Edmond (1672 -- 1769)	Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess, and Back-Gammon	London	[1763]	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 312.50
36	HUTCHINSON, Francis	An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft	London	1720	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,000.00
37	KELLAR, Harry [KELLER, Heinrich (1849-1922)]	A Magician's Tour	Chicago	1891	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 187.50
38	[LACOMBE, Jacques (1724-1811), editor]	Dictionnaire Encyclopedique des amusemens des sciences, mathematiques et physiques	Paris	1792	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,375.00
39	[LAMBE, John]	A Briefe Description of the Notorious Life of John Lambe otherwise called Doctor Lambe	Amsterdam	1628	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 5,500.00
40	[LEURECHON, Jean]	Mathematical Recreations, or a Collection of Many Problemes	London	1653	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 750.00
41	LOGAN, Olive (1839-1909)	Before the Footlights and Behind the Scenes	Philadelphia	1870	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 281.25
42	LUPTON, Thomas	A Thousand Notable Things	London	1815	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 375.00
43	MACKAY, Charles (1814-1889)	Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions	London	1852	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 375.00
44	MACLEOD, Malcolm	Macleod's History of Witches & c.	London	1793	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 2,000.00
45	[WILLIAMS, Charles]	Magic, Pretended Miracles, and Remarkable Natural Phenomena	London	[1848]	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,250.00
46	MASKELYNE, John Nevil (1839 -- 1917)	Sharps and Flats	London	1894	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 250.00
47	NAUDE, Gabriel (1600 -- 53)	Apologie Pour Tous Les Grand Hommes Qui Ont Este Accusez de Magie	Paris	1669	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 312.50
48	SCOTT, Sir Walter (1771-1832) [and:] [CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878), illustrator]	[OCCULT]. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft Addressed to J. G. Lockhart, Esq. [bound with:] Twelve Sketches Illustrative of Sir Walter Scott's Demonology and Witchcraft...	London	1830	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 2,000.00
49	AUBREY, John	[OCCULT]. Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects	London	184?	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 406.25
50	WAITE, Arthur Edward (1857-1942)	[OCCULT]. The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts...	London	1898	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,500.00

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 April

Sotheby’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.