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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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.