Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper, 22826, Franklin

Auction Details

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

Page Size: 150 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
8001	Merian	Merian - Pair of Dance of Death Engravings	Basel	in 1756 (though title dated 1744).	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 117.70
8002	Merian	Merian - Pair of Dance of Death Engravings	Basel	in 1756 (though title dated 1744).	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 107.00
8003	Pare	Pare, pub. 1664 - Elephant	Lyon	1664	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 85.60
8004	Pare	Pare, pub. 1664 - Rhinoceros after Albrecht Durer	Lyon	1664	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 203.30
8005	Munster	Munster - Pair of Engravings of Seige & Soldier's Uniforms	Basel	1544-1628 (no title dating available).	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 53.50
8006	Munster	Munster - Human Deformities, Storks, Geese Formation over Ship	Basel	1544-1628 (no title dating available).	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 85.60
8007	Munster	Munster - Leopard	Basel	1544-1628 (no title dating available).	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 90.95
8008	Munster	Munster - Sea Monster / Verso: Battle on Ships	Basel	1544-1628 (no title dating available).	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 85.60
8009	Munster	Munster - Horizon Calculation or Diagram, Sunrise and Sunset Measurements	Basel	1544-1628 (no title dating available).	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 96.30
8010	Schedel	Schedel, pub. 1493 - View of Nice, France	Nuremberg	1493	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 107.00
8011	Schedel	Schedel, pub. 1493 - View of Treviso, Italy / Verso: View of Aquileia, Italy	Nuremberg	1493	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 107.00
8012	Schedel	Schedel, pub. 1493 - View of Romania (Walachia)	Nuremberg	1493	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 117.70
8013	Schedel	Schedel, pub. 1493 - Mary Magdalene Ascending to Heaven, Lucas the Evangelist / Verso: Pope Lineage - Clemens, Anacletus, & Evaristus and the Martyr of Saint John	Nuremberg	1493	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 160.50
8014	Schedel	Schedel, pub. 1493 - Persecution of the Apostles including Jacob, Upside Down Crucifixion of Peter, and Beheading of Paul (Images to both sides)	Nuremberg	1493	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 128.40
8015	Schedel	Schedel, pub. 1493 - Christ and the Twelve Apostles	Nuremberg	1493	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 214.00
8016	Sinclair	Sinclair, Hawaii - Puakauhi (Canavalia ensiformis). 6	London	1885	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 171.20
8017	Sinclair	Sinclair, Hawaii - Ohia-lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha). 2	London	1885	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 224.70
8018	Sinclair	Sinclair, Hawaii - Kokio-ula (Hibiscus Arnottianus). 9	London	1885	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 256.80
8019	Sinclair	Sinclair, Hawaii - Ieie (Freycinetia arborea). 3	London	1885	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 107.00
8020	Gould	Gould, Australia - Pair of Flycatcher Lithographs	London	1840-1869	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 299.60
8021	Gould	Gould, Australia - Pair of Bird Lithographs: Minas & Honey-Eater	London	1840-1869	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 401.25
8022	Gould	Gould, Australia - Pair of Bronzewing Lithographs	London	1840-1869	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 321.00
8023	Gould	Gould, Australia - Moustached Honey-Eater with Banksia [Meliphaga Mystacalis]	London	1840-1869	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 235.40
8024	Gould	Gould, Australia - Blue Reef Heron [Herodias Jugularis]	London	1840-1869	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 310.30
8025	Gould	Gould, Australia - Straw-necked Ibis [Geronticus Spinicollis]	London	1840-1869	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 321.00

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.