Nye & Company Auctioneers: The Gentleman Collector: The Art of the Grand Tour., 31126, Bloomfield

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Auction Report
Auction Date
March 11, 2026 - March 11, 2026
Page Size: 22 items in 1 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
93 Abraham Munting Dutch, 1626-1683

Four Botanical Hand Colored Engravings 18th C. Titled "Salvaia Angustifolia Cretica", "Myrtus Tenuifolia Fructu Albo", "Eupatorium Spicatum", and " Absinthium Longifolium Pentaphylleum"

18th C. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,600.00
95 After Johann Wilhelm Weinmann 1683-1741

Three Botanical Coloring Engraving Titled "Palma coccifera triangula, Calappa, Coccus", "Palma Tactilifera, Palmier, Palm oder Daffelbar" and "Imperatoria seu ostrution, Imperatoire, Meiffernoirk"

N/A USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,105.00
114

Five Botanical Hand-Colored Engravings Each a diptych.

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 975.00
121 Jean Duplessis-Bertaux French, 1747-1819

Five French Revolution Portraits Engravings Depicting, J.S. Bailly, Maximilien Robespierre, Neker Ministre D'Etat, and Dumouriez, Ministre des Affaires Etrangeres, and Jean Paul Marat.

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
122 Jean Duplessis-Bertaux French, 1747-1819

Four French Revolution Portraits Engravings Depicting, Chalier Procureur de la Commune a Lyon, Aimee-Cecile-Renaud, Honore Gabriel Riquetti Mirabeau, Marie Anne Charlotte Corday D'Armans.

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
164

Six Moth Prints 20th C. Some foxing.

20th C. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 455.00
167

Il Famoso Satyro colla Capra Two Etchings Depicting, the satyr and the goat, after the antique bronze from Herculaneum in the museum at Naples.

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 520.00
168 Inscribed "Willemin del. et sculp",

Four Classical Engravings: one after Giovanni Morghen from the "Antiquities of Herculaneum" collection, one after Tommaso Piroli, titled "Two satyrs butting heads with goats", one of a satyr playing a double flute, and one of Chariot of Jupiter.

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,235.00
171 Jan "de" Bisschop 1628-1671

Five Classical Prints One titled "Dionysus with a Crouching Satyr", "Pan", "Dionysus", "Bacchus", and "Hermes".

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
172 Jan "de" Bisschop 1628-1671

Five Classical Prints One titled "Dionysus with a Satyr", "Cain", "Hermes", "Marsyas", and "Hermes".

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 260.00
176 Alfred Bareis 1899-1969

Geraniums Watercolor Signed and dated l.r. "Alfred Bareis 1947". Together with two colored copperplate engraving botanical prints, one of raspberries and one of pine cones. 3 pieces

1947 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 357.50
178 Pablo Picasso Spanish, 1881-1973

Apollinaire Les onze mille verges 3 Gravure Signed in the print, numbered in pencil l.l. 43/50. Together with a mixed media of abstract figures and a charcoal drawing of a crouching nude man, signed "Gg Schwarzburger" l.r.

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 292.50
223 Marco Dente 1486-1527

Fortitude Engraving After a design by Raphael, reprint.

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 357.50
229

Three Revolutionary War Prints One of "The Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, on June 28, 1778", one of "The surrender of Burgoyne", and "The Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775".

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 325.00
230 After Giulio Bonasone 1510-1576

Two Satyrs Lead Silenus to King Midas Engraving Inscribed "Petri de Nobilibus Formis" Stains.

N/A USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
237

Seven American Landscape Prints Comprising, "Albany in New York", "Harper's Ferry", "Boston Lighthouse", "Fort Snelling", "Yale College & State House, New Haven, Connecticut", "Albany", and "Honolulu".

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 325.00
250

Religious Scene Print Depicting the Madonna and Child with Saint Anthony of Padua, in elaborate gilt frame.

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 520.00
251

Two Portraits of Jupiter Engravings One of Jupiter seated with an eagle, the other of Jupiter defeating the Titans. Foxing and stains.

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 195.00
252 Melchior Meier 1572

Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas Engraving Some foxing.

1572 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 487.50
253 Alphonse de Lamartine French, 1790-1869

Le Consilabule Engraving Depicting a scene from John Milton's "Paradise Lost". Together with a drawing of the Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione, painted by Raphael.

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 357.50
254 Nicholas Cochin

Two Anatomy Studies Etching Each man seated with one arm raised.

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 487.50
255 Master of the Die

The Triumph of Scipio Engraving Together with an engraving titled "Bacco e Sileno", Giulio Pippi Romano, dipinse and Angelo Gulimi, incise.

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 487.50
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th century
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
  • Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
    Collection Georgette J. Salles
    Open for bidding 8-29 April
    Apr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000.
  • Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.
    Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.
    Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
  • Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500