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Bubb Kuyper: Books and Manuscripts - Part 4

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Auction Name	Books and Manuscripts - Part 4	Total Sales (EUR)	257,885.77
Auction Date	November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	128,880.00
Sale Number	#83d	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	183,480.00
Total Lots	785
Sold Lots	535.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	259,050.00
% of Lots Sold	68.15%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	366,900.00
Unsold Lots	250	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	70.29%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2872	Blaeu, W. and J.	[Atlases]. Grooten Atlas, Oft Werelt Beschrijving (...)	1664	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 19,845.00
2870	Valentyn, F.	[Asia]. Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien	1724-1726	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 13,230.00
2951	Rugendas, M.	[Brazil]. Voyage Pittoresque dans le Bresil	1835	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 10,584.00
2928	Rhynenburgh, C.	[Bindings. Dos-a-dos binding]. Vreugden-berg: Bestaande in Ziel-Suchten, Bruylofts-Gesangen, en Stichtelijke Vermakelijkheden	1711	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 9,922.50
2754		[Genealogy and heraldry]. Large collection of +-300 genealogies of Flemish, Brabant, Hainaut and Northern French families	16th-17th cent.	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 6,615.00
2615	Es, N.J.A.P.H. van. De Valkerij	[Hunting and falconry]. (IN: De Hippische Sport en het Korps Rijdende Artillerie 1793-1908)	n.d. (1908)	EUR 2,400.00 - 2,600.00	EUR 6,284.25
2719	Wilhelm, G.T.	Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte	1795-1821	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 5,953.50
2740		[Autograph album). "Livre d'Or de Jacques Dirksz. Journaliste, Componiste, Silhouettiste. 1925 Livre d'introducion"	1925	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 4,961.25
2761		[Medieval manuscripts]. (Book of Isaiah). Manuscript in Latin on vellum	+-1500	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,961.25
2602	Curtis, J.	[Entomology]. British Entomology; being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing Coloured Figures from Nature of the most rare and beautiful species and in many instances of the plants upon whi	1862	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 4,299.75
2830	Pontanus, J.I.	[Amsterdam and surroundings]. Rerum et urbis Amstelodamensium historia	1611	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,969.00
2898		[Biblia neerlandica]. Biblia, Dat is De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments	1686	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 3,969.00
2752	Muller, P.J. (18th cent.)	[Genealogy and heraldry]. (Armorial/ genealogical manuscript)	18th cent.	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,638.25
2956		[Buccaneers]. 't Begin, Midden en Eynde der Zee-Rooveryen, van den Alder-fameusten Zee-Roover, Claes G. Compaen, van Oostzanen in Kennemerlandt	1675	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 3,307.50
2575	Huygens, Chr	[Astronomy]. De Wereld-Beschouwer, of Gissingen over de Hemelsche Aardklooten, en derzelver cieraad. Dutch transl. P. Rabus	1699	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 2,249.10
2564	Bidloo, G.	[Anatomy]. Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams	1728	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,116.80
2281	Frank, A.	[World War II]. Het achterhuis	-1947	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,984.50
2590	Nees von Esenbeck, T.F.L. and Sinning, W.	[Botany]. Sammlung schonbluhender Gewachse fur Blumen- u. Garten-Freunde	1831	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,984.50
2603	Donovan, E.	[Entomology]. The Natural History of British Insects; explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c.	1793-1813	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,984.50
2817	Commelin, C.	[Amsterdam and surroundings]. Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, Desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant	1693	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,984.50
2282	Frank, A.	[World War II]. Het achterhuis	-1947	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,852.20
2738	Toorop, Jan Th. (1858-1928)	[Art]. AUTOGRAPH PICTURE POSTCARD SIGNED to "Mevrouw de Haas/ letterkundige/ correspondent v/d N. Rotterdamsche Courant (...)"	12 Aug. 1911	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,852.20
2779	Kikkert, P.J. (1775-1855)	[Netherlands]. "Verhandelingen en redevoeringen"	+-1836	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,852.20
2971	Cats, J.	Cats, J. (Works)	1618-1656	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,852.20
2918		[Bindings]	Late 18th cent.	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,719.90

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.
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.
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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