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Auction Name Rare Books Total Sales (EUR) 2,250,889.00
Auction Date November 24, 2025 - November 24, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 1,355,550.00
Sale Number #599 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 1,355,550.00
Total Lots 493
Sold Lots 353.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,624,400.00
% of Lots Sold 71.60% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,624,400.00
Unsold Lots 140 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 138.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
20 Isaac Newton

Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.

EUR 100,000.00 - 100,000.00 EUR 327,200.00
12 Martin Waldseemuller

Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus. 2 Teile in 1 Band.

1520 EUR 250,000.00 - 250,000.00 EUR 203,200.00
17 Karl Bodmer (1809-1893)

Eigenhandiges Skizzenbuch. Mit zusammen ca. 80 teils farbigen Bleistiftzeichnungen,

um 1832-1834 (eine 1857) EUR 25,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 83,820.00
51

Bauhaus-Postkarten . Bauhaus-Ausstellung Weimar 1923. Sammlung von 18 Orig.-Postkarten verschiedener Bauhaus-Kunstler.

1923 EUR 40,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 71,120.00
560 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Eigenhandiger Brief mit Unterschrift "JWvGoethe". Weimar, "Mittwoch", 26. Januar 1831. 1/2 S. (auf Doppelblatt).

1831 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 63,500.00
44 Lyonel Feininger

Sammlung von 33 Comicstrips aus den Serien Kin-der-Kids und Wee Willie Winkie's World . Zusammen 33 Einzelblatter aus der Chicago Tribune .

1906-1907. EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 44,450.00
1 Hartmann Schedel

Liber chronicarum.

EUR 30,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 40,640.00
564 Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)

Eigenhandiger Brief mit Unterschrift "Sch."

 1795 EUR 16,000.00 - 16,000.00 EUR 38,100.00
559 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Brief von Schreiberhand (J. A. F. John) mit eigh. A. F. John) mit eigh. Schlussformel "und so fortan", eigh. Ort und Datum.

1830 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 35,560.00
6 Ibn Butlan (Abu'l-Hasan al-Muchtar)

Schachtafelen der Gesuntheyt .. verteutscht durch D. Michael Hero.

1533 EUR 7,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 33,020.00
503 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Eigenhandiger Brief mit Unterschrift "J. W. v. Goethe".

1787 EUR 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 30,480.00
506 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Eigenhandiger Brief mit Unterschrift "G".

1790 EUR 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 30,480.00
5 Ibn Butlan (Abu'l-Hasan al-Muchtar)

Tacuini sanitatis .. Albengnefit De virtutibus medicinarum & ciborum. Iac. Aldindus De rerum gradibus. 3 Teile in 1 Band.

1531 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 25,400.00
59 Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Little Prince. Translated from the French by Katherine Woods.

1943 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 20,320.00
505 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Eigenhandiger Brief mit Unterschrift "Goethe".

1790 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 19,050.00
25 George Shaw und Frederick Polydore Nodder

Vivarium naturae .. The naturalist's miscellany: or, colored figures of natural objects, drawn and described immediately from nature.

(1789-1813). EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 17,780.00
26 Johann Andreas Naumann

Naturgeschichte der Vogel Deutschlands.

1820-1860. EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 17,780.00
500 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Eigenhandiger Brief mit Unterschrift "Goethe".

1780 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 17,780.00
513 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Eigenhandiger Brief mit Unterschrift "Goethe".

1801 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 17,780.00
36 Friedrich Engels

Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England. Nach eigener Anschauung und authentischen Quellen.

1845 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 16,510.00
55 Hermann Hesse

Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola. Orig.-Aquarell uber Bleistiftzeichnung.

1927 EUR 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 16,510.00
508 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Eigenhandige Exzerpte aus Zeitungen.

1793 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 16,510.00
526 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Brief von Schreiberhand (F. W. Riemer), eigenhandig signiert "G".

1806 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 16,510.00
562 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Eigenhandiger Brief mit Unterschrift "G". Weimar, 6. Januar 1832. 1 S. (auf Doppelblatt).

1832 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
146 Witelo

Peri optikes (graecae), id est de natura, ratione, & proiectione radiorum visus, luminum, colorum atque formarum, quam vulog perspectivam vocant, libri X. Nunc primum opera mathematicorum Georgii Tanstetter & P. Apiani in lucem aedita.

1535 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 13,970.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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