Zisska and Lacher: Books and Graphics, 87, Munich

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 20, 2026 - May 21, 2026
Page Size: 567 items in 23 pages
Auction Lot Books
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
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’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, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, 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, 2026
    Forum, 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. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, 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]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, 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