Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper, 50926, Franklin

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 09, 2026 - May 09, 2026
Page Size: 147 items in 6 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
10104 Cramer

Cramer - Pair of Butterfly & Moth Engravings

Amsterdam; Utrecht 1775-1784 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 181.90
10105 Cramer

Cramer - Pair of Butterfly & Moth Engravings

Amsterdam; Utrecht 1775-1784 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 321.00
10106 Cramer

Cramer - Pair of Moth Engravings

Amsterdam; Utrecht 1775-1784 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 288.90
10107 Doughty

Doughty - Pair of Lithographs of Squirrel & Chipmunk

Philadelphia 1830-1834 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 235.40
10108 Doughty

Doughty - American Porcupine

Philadelphia 1830-1834 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 64.20
10109 Audubon

Audubon - 6 Lithographs of Rats & Mice

New York 1849-1854 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 80.25
10110 Audubon

Audubon - 6 Squirrel Lithographs

New York 1849-1854 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 214.00
10111 Audubon

Audubon - Pair of Hare Lithographs

New York 1849-1854 USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 139.10
10112 Audubon

Audubon - 5 Lithographs of Mink, Otter, Marmot, Deer

New York 1849-1854 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 214.00
10113 Kiener

Kiener - 9 Shell Engravings

Paris 1834-1880 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 128.40
10114

Guerin -12 Volumes with 719 Hand-colored Natural History Engravings

Paris 1833-1839 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,765.50
10115 Martinet & Buffon

Martinet & Buffon - Pair of Woodpecker Engravings

Paris 1770-1786 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 310.30
10116 Martinet & Buffon

Martinet & Buffon - 4 Hornbill Engravings

Paris 1770-1786 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 224.70
10117 Martinet & Buffon

Martinet & Buffon - Pair of Parrot Engravings

Paris 1770-1786 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 214.00
10118 Martinet & Buffon

Martinet & Buffon - Pair of Parrot Engravings

Paris 1770-1786 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 321.00
10119 Gould

Gould, Great Britain - Roseate Tern [Sterna Paradisea]

London 1862-1873 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 454.75
10120 Elliot & Keulemans

Elliot & Keulemans - 3 Hornbill Lithographs

New York; London 1877-1882 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 374.50
10121 Elliot & Keulemans

Elliot & Keulemans - Mindanao Flat-Casque Hornbill

New York; London 1877-1882 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 588.50
10122 Elliot & Keulemans

Elliot & Keulemans - Trumpeter Hornbill

New York; London 1877-1882 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 288.90
10123 Gould

Gould, Asia - 4 Bird Lithogaphs (Parrotbill, Goldcrest, Honeyeater)

London 1850-1883 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 321.00
10124 Gould

Gould, Asia - Malayan Fair Bluebird [Irena Cyanea]

London 1850-1883 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 321.00
10125 Gould

Gould, Asia - Bornean Fairy Bluebird [Irena Criniger]

London 1850-1883 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 310.30
10126 Gould

Gould, Asia - Grass Owl [Strix Candida]

London 1850-1883 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 615.25
10127 Sharpe & Gould

Sharpe & Gould - Greater Bird of Paradise [Paradisea Apoda]

London 1891-1898 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 668.75
10128 Gould & Lear

Gould & Lear - Red-billed Toucan

London 1852-1854 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,193.50
  • 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