Sotheby’s
Fine Books & Manuscripts
June 24-25

Sotheby’s, June 25: Keats, John. The most significant collection of Keats’s love letters to come to market since 1885. $1,500,000 to $2,500,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Chassériau, Benoît. The “Expedicion secreta” of the Free State of Cartagena de Indias against the forts of Portobelo (Panama). $50,000 to $70,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: (Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay). "One of the new nation's most important contributions to the theory of government”. $150,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated". $80,000 to $120,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: (Johann Conrad Beissel). A Sammelband of two of Benjamin Franklin's rarest imprints. $70,000 to $100,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: [Pernambuco]. First printed work in favor of Brazilian Independence. $150,000 to $200,000.
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works.
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.

Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.

Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.

June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.

Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.

Hauswedell and Nolte: Old Master Prints, 453, Hamburg

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 14, 2014 - June 14, 2014

Page Size: 80 items in 4 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
574	Adriaen van Ostade, 1610 - Haarlem - 1684	Der Quacksalber	1648	EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
575	Adriaen van Ostade, 1610 - Haarlem - 1684	Das Fruhstuck	1664	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
576	Georg Pencz, Nurnberg um 1500 - 1550 Leipzig oder Breslau	Kranke pflegen	N/A	EUR 100.00 - 100.00	Unknown
577	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam	Selbstbildnis mit Scharpe um den Hals	1633	EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
578	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam	Die Anbetung der Hirten bei Lampenschein	Um 1652-54.	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
579	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam	Christus und die Samariterin zwischen Ruinen	1634	EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
580	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam	Bartiger Mann, an einen Felshugel gelehnt	Um 1630.	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
581	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam	Studienblatt mit Saskia und anderen Frauenkopfen	1636	EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00	Unknown
582	Cornelis Schut I, 1597 - Antwerpen - 1655	Maria mit dem Kind	N/A	EUR 100.00 - 100.00	Unknown
583	Jakob Schwender (zugeschrieben), Nachgewiesen in Regensburg 1592	Diana und ihre Nymphen nach der Jagd	N/A	EUR 5,500.00 - 5,500.00	Unknown
584	Suddeutsch, Ende 16. Jahrhundert	Christus vor Pilatus	Um 1600.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
585	Esaias van de Velde, Amsterdam 1587 - 1630 Den Haag	Die Wiederherstellung des gebrochenen Deiches an der Lek bei Vianen	N/A	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Unknown
586	Jan van de Velde II, Delft (?) 1593 - 1641 Enkhuizen	Ignis	N/A	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Unknown
587	Jan van de Velde II, Delft (?) 1593 - 1641 Enkhuizen	Aqua	N/A	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Unknown
589	Thomas Wyck (zugeschrieben), Beverwijk um 1616 - 1677 Haarlem	Ansicht eines Dorfes auf einem Hugel	N/A	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
590	Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1736 - Lyon - 1810	Entree de la Foret de Fontainebleu sur la Route de Lyon	1764	EUR 100.00 - 100.00	Unknown
591	Antonio Canal, gen. Canaletto, 1697 - Venedig - 1768	Pra della Valle	Vor 1741.	EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
602	Honore Fragonard, Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris	Nymphe und zwei Satyrn	N/A	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	Unknown
606	Salomon Gessner, 1730 - Zurich - 1788	Felsige Baumlandschaft mit zwei Mannern am Weidenbaum beim Bache	1764/65.	EUR 100.00 - 100.00	Unknown
608	Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn, Hamburg 1712 - 1780 Dresden	Landschaften	1743/44.	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Unknown
609	Johann Evangelist Holzer, Burgeis/Tirol 1709 - 1740 Schloss Clemenswerth/Hannover	Die Anbetung der Hirten	N/A	EUR 150.00 - 150.00	Unknown
613	Ferdinand Kobell, Mannheim 1740 - 1799 Munchen	Radirungen.	1769 - 1796.	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
621	Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Mogliano b. Mestre 1720 - 1778 Rom	Veduta dell' Anfiteatro Flavio, detto il Colosseo	1757	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	Unknown
624	Johann Christian Reinhart, Hof 1761 - 1847 Rom	Die durch den Fluss ziehende Vieherde	1795	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Unknown
627	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venedig 1696 - 1770 Madrid	La morte da udienza	1739-43.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown

Bonhams, June 14-23: Palm-reading, astrology, and more. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Benjamin Franklin. Sammelband of 45 papers on electricity. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The basis for the whole modern electric-power industry. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Edgar Allen Poe. Poe on Mesmerism. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500

Bonhams, June 14-23: Reformation - The Architect of Lutheranism on Church Unity and Dissent. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The Rare 3-Paper Offprint Identifying the Double Helix Structure of DNA, Signed by Crick, Wilkins, Wilson, Stokes and Gosling. Estimate: $40,000 - 60,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph book and Report from the Thirtieth Indian National Congress, featuring the signatures of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Dadabhai Naoroji. Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph Working Draft of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Death Voyage. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published." Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A rare product of the Jaquard loom. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.