Zisska and Lacher: Books and Graphics, 87, Munich
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 20, 2026 - May 21, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | H. T. Ashby | 5 Books, including: My Diary to the Adriatic 1902 |
1902–07 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 27 | Brau Tagebuch |
Frankfurt | 1919–1924 | EUR 240.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | |
| 28 | Declaration of Renunciation by Johannes Blinot, Canon of Braunschweig Cathedral regarding feudal rights in Vallstedt near Braunschweig |
Braunschweig | 1343 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 29 | Kaufbrief |
Brixen | 1511 | EUR 160.00 - 250.00 | EUR 292.60 | |
| 30 | Leopold V., Erzherzog von Osterreich-Tirol (1586-1632) | Mandate |
Innsbruck | 1631 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 31 | Register of the Linen Weavers’ Guild in Wasserburg am Inn |
Wasserburg | 1642–91 | EUR 240.00 - 350.00 | EUR 611.80 | |
| 32 | Maximilian Philipp, Herzog von Bayern-Leuchtenberg (1638-1705) | Peutl-Lehen-Brief |
1679 | EUR 120.00 - 180.00 | EUR 159.60 | |
| 33 | Johann Georg III., Kurfurst von Sachsen (1647-1691) | Pass |
Bautzen | 1680 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 34 | Collection of ca. 100 documents on the history of the Dietrichstein noble family |
1660–1923 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 35 | Ferdinand Wilhelm, Metzger von Meggenburg, Pfalzgraf zu Salzburg (wohl um 1615/20 nach 1682) | Dispensation for Johann Tobias Paumgartner |
Passau | 1682 | EUR 120.00 - 180.00 | EUR 159.60 |
| 36 | Johann Georg III., Kurfurst von Sachsen (1647-1691) | Letter |
Lausnitz | 1687 | EUR 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold |
| 37 | Ludwig XIV., Konig von Frankreich (1638-1715) | Letter of appointment for De Cuvey |
Versailles | 1689 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 146.30 |
| 38 | Rechnung uber die sambtliche Einkunfften undt Aussgaben of the Imperial and Royal Free Mining Town of Schlakenwaldt |
Schlaggenwald | 1706–1814 | EUR 160.00 - 250.00 | EUR 558.60 | |
| 39 | Doctorate certificate from the University of Padua |
Padua | 1742 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 798.00 | |
| 40 | Ludwig XV., Konig von Frankreich (1710-1774) | Dispense d'age et de parentes for Marie Jean-Baptiste Claude Henin de Cherel |
Versailles | 1773 | EUR 140.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 41 | Gustav Braun | XII. Briefe uber die Kronbegleitung von Nurnberg nach Frankfurt am Main |
Nuremberg | c. 1790 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,394.00 |
| 42 | Johannes Vogel | Wald-Rechnung uber samtliches aus denen Gemeinen Waldungen between the town of Wachenheim and the villages of Gonnund and Friedelsheim |
Wachenheim | 1794; 1795; 1797; 1798 | EUR 160.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 43 | Collection of 2 album amicorum and 6 album cases |
ca. 1800–1860 | EUR 160.00 - 250.00 | EUR 518.70 | ||
| 44 | A. Neithardt von Gneisenau (1760-1831) | Autograph letter, December 20, 1816; Autograph letter, January 27, 1826 |
Erdmannsdorf; Berlin | 1816; 1826 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 585.20 |
| 46 | Jean Paul F. Richter (1763-1825) | Autograph page with the inscription |
Dresden | 1822 | EUR 1,400.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 47 | 3 certificates of admission to New York Masonic lodges |
New York | 1824 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 7,315.00 | |
| 48 | Maximilian I. Joseph, Konig von Bayern (1756-1825) | Decree regarding claim of Franz Seraph Widnmann |
Munich | 1824 | EUR 180.00 - 280.00 | EUR 399.00 |
| 49 | Lease agreement for mill and lands in favor of John Rees |
Monmouth | 1824 | EUR 160.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 50 | Collection of approximately 45 notarised copies of deeds |
Burvenich | 1826–44 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 133.00 | |
| 51 | Jerome Bonaparte (1784–1860); Hortense de Beauharnais (1783–1837); Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1778–1846); Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte (1822–1891) | Collection of four letters from the Bonaparte family |
1831–52 | EUR 240.00 - 350.00 | EUR 319.20 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000