Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper, 31426, Franklin

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 14, 2026 - March 14, 2026
Page Size: 150 items in 6 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8426 Gould

Gould, Australia - Pair of Cuckoo Lithographs (Banksia)

London 1840-1869. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 224.70
8427 Gould

Gould, Australia - White Reef Heron [Herodias Greyi]

London 1840-1869. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 235.40
8428 Gould

Gould, Australia - Adelaide Rosella or Parrakeet [Platycercus Adelaidiae]

London 1840-1869. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,103.00
8429 Harris

Harris - An Accurate Map of the East Indies

London 1744-1748. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 267.50
8430 Harris

Harris - A New & Accurate Map of the World

London 1744-1748. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 374.50
8431 Harris

Harris - Map of the Southern Continent (Australia, New Holland)

London 1744-1748. USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 2,140.00
8432 Bayer

Bayer - Constellation or Star Chart of Apis Indica; Hydra; Pavo; Indus; Grus; Phoenix; Toucan; Piscis Volans; Chameleon; etc.

Ulm 1639 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 481.50
8433 Bayer

Bayer - Constellation or Star Chart of Ophiuchus (Serpent Bearer)

Ulm 1639 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
8434 Bode

Bode, Elephant Folio - Constellation or Star Chart of Draco, Ursa Minor, Cepheus

Berlin 1801 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 535.00
8435 Bode

Bode, Elephant Folio - Constellation or Star Chart of Ophiuchus (Serepent Bearer), Serpens, Aquila (Eagle)

Berlin 1801 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
8436 Bevis

Bevis, Rare - Constellation or Star Chart of Aquarius

London 1747-1786 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 909.50
8437 Bevis

Bevis, Rare - Constellation or Star Chart of Pisces (Fish)

London 1747-1786 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,070.00
8438 Merian

Merian - Dance of Death

Basel 1756 ( 1744). USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 181.90
8439 Merian

Merian - Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden

Basel 1756 ( 1744). USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 107.00
8440 Merian

Merian - Dance of Death (Image is man in one direction, Skeleton when flipped)

Basel 1756 ( 1744). USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 321.00
8441 Munster

Munster - 4 Pages of Engravings of Sea Horse, Sea Monsters, Horse, Bear

Basel 1544-1628 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 117.70
8442 Munster

Munster - 8 Pages of Engravings of People, Cultural Scenes

Basel 1544-1628 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 149.80
8443 Schedel

Schedel, pub. 1493 - Pair of Engravings of the Plans for the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem

Nuremberg 1493 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 171.20
8444 Schedel

Schedel, pub. 1493 - View of Lithuania / Verso: Text Only

Nuremberg 1493 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 128.40
8445 Schedel

Schedel, pub. 1493 - View of Byzantium (Constantinople or Istanbul), Turkey / Verso: View of Bologna, Italy

Nuremberg 1493 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 181.90
8446 Schedel

Schedel, pub. 1493 - View of Naples, Italy / Verso: Lineage or Family Chart

Nuremberg 1493 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 128.40
8447 Schedel

Schedel, pub. 1493 - Depictions of Saints & Apostles including Petronilla, Lazarus, & Matthias / Verso: Depictions of Saints & Apostles including Matthew, Proccessus, Martinian, James the Less, Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Thaddeus

Nuremberg 1493 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 192.60
8448 Schedel

Schedel, pub. 1493 - The Last Judgement (Ultima etas mundi)

Nuremberg 1493 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 428.00
8449 Hamilton & Fabris

Hamilton & Fabris -View of the hot spring called the Pisciarelli issuing from a part of teh Cone of the Solfaterra

N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 401.25
8450 Hamilton & Fabris

Hamilton & Fabris - A Bird's eye view from the Convent of the Camaldoli

N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 321.00
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
  • June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works.
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950