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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Carl Joseph Begas (1794–1854); Reinhold Begas (1831–1911); Adalbert Begas (1836–1888); Eduard Schleich the Elder (1812–1874); Franz von Lenbach (1836–1904); Hermann Prell (1854–1922) | Artists' Letters |
1837–1905 | EUR 180.00 - 280.00 | EUR 239.40 | |
| 53 | Bunsen Ch. K. J. von (1791-1860) | Letter to the British Association for the Advancement of Science |
1842 | EUR 160.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 54 | Ludwig I (1786-1868) | Document regarding the extraordinary convocation of the Imperial Estates |
1847 | EUR 240.00 - 350.00 | EUR 372.40 | |
| 55 | Heinrich Wolfflin (1864–1945); Hermann Hettner (1821–1882); Wilhelm Waetzoldt (1880–1945) | Four letters from art historians |
1848–1938 | EUR 140.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 56 | Thun Album |
1856–60 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,263.50 | ||
| 57 | Johann Jung | Klinische Bemerkungen |
1857–ca. 1880 | EUR 330.00 - 500.00 | EUR 438.90 | |
| 58 | Maximilian II (1811–1864); Ludwig III (1845–1921); Luitpold (1821–1812) | Convocations of the State Parliament |
1863; 1888; 1889; 1915 | EUR 160.00 - 250.00 | EUR 319.20 | |
| 59 | Ludwig August Ritter von Benedek (1804–1881); Helmuth Graf von Moltke (1800–1891) | Moltke and Benedek letters |
ca. 1840–1850; 1873 | EUR 140.00 - 200.00 | EUR 186.20 | |
| 60 | Marija Nikolajewna Romanowa (1819-1876) | Letter from Grand Duchess Maria |
ca. 1870 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 61 | Eugenie (1826-1920) | Letter from Empress Eugenie |
1872 | EUR 140.00 - 200.00 | EUR 186.20 | |
| 62 | Ludwig II (1845-1886) | Document convening the State Parliament |
1878 | EUR 260.00 - 400.00 | EUR 638.40 | |
| 63 | Wilhelm Hermann Adolf Lauter (1847–1917); Hans Otto von Faber du Faur (1863–1940); Carl Saltzmann (1847–1923); Gustav Schonleber (1851–1917); Paula Kleinecke (1862–1946); Victor von Scheffel (1826–1886) | Estate of Manfred Lindemann-Frommel |
1880–1939 | EUR 140.00 - 200.00 | EUR 186.20 | |
| 64 | Ludwig II (1845-1886) | Letter to Carl von Effner |
1881 | EUR 550.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,128.00 | |
| 65 | Blandine (1863–1941); Daniela (1860–1940) | Letters from Wagner's daughters |
1882; 1900; 1910 | EUR 160.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 66 | Karl (1823–1891); Friedrich I of Baden (1826–1907); Carl Johann Leopold Baron von Freystedt (1840–1917); Hugo Johann Georg Baron von Babo (1857–1924); August Baron von Ungern-Sternberg (1817–1895); Adolf Seyb (1864–1922); von Furstenstein; Viktoria of Bad | Collection of 16 letters from the House of Baden |
1877–1914 | EUR 160.00 - 250.00 | EUR 319.20 | |
| 67 | Hindenburg P. von (1847-1934) | Written order from Hindenburg |
1894 | EUR 120.00 - 180.00 | EUR 172.90 | |
| 68 | Landberg C. von (1848-1924) | Letter from C. von Landberg |
ca. 1895 | EUR 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |
| 69 | Zeppelin F. von (1838-1917) | For the Lecture on March 17, 1897 |
1897 | EUR 550.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,394.00 | |
| 70 | Zeppelin F. von (1838-1917) | Draft for a form letter to subscribers |
1900 | EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 71 | Ebermayer G. von (1839–1911) | Appointment of Johann Buchberger |
1904 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 72 | Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach G. (1870-1950) | Letter from Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach |
1908 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 133.00 | |
| 73 | Erzberger M. (1875-1921) | Letter from Matthias Erzberger |
1912 | EUR 160.00 - 250.00 | EUR 266.00 | |
| 74 | Fischer I. | Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Arzte of the Last Fifty Years |
Berlin; Vienna | 1932–1933 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 75 | Heuss Th. (1884-1963) | Speech at the 53rd German Medical Congress |
1950 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 76 | Collection of 4 autographs by Field Marshals |
ca. 1937–1960 | EUR 160.00 - 250.00 | EUR 558.60 |
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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. -
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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 -
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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