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Bubb Kuyper: Books and Manuscripts - Part 5

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Auction Name	Books and Manuscripts - Part 5	Total Sales (EUR)	128,880.04
Auction Date	November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	64,660.00
Sale Number	#83e	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	94,210.00
Total Lots	498
Sold Lots	332.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	125,100.00
% of Lots Sold	66.67%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	183,380.00
Unsold Lots	166	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	70.28%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3450	Spinoza, B. de	De Nagelate Schriften van B.d.S. Als Zedekunst, Staatkunde, Verbetering van 't Verstant, Brieven en Antwoorden. Uit verscheide Talen in de Nederlandsche gebragt	1677	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 13,230.00
3436		(Servetus, M.V.). Christianismi restitutio	n.d., (1790)	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,961.25
3174	Boutillier, J.	[Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. Jan Bottelgier heeft dit boeck gemaect geheeten Somme ruyrael	1500 (=1520)	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 3,307.50
3255		[Medallions]. "Liberotti impronte"	+-1850	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 3,307.50
3056	Visscher, R.	[Emblemata]. Zinne-poppen; Alle verciert met Rijmen, en sommighe met Proze: Door zijn Dochter Anna Roemers	n.d. (+-1620)	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,042.90
3228	Bruyn, C. de	[Levant]. Reizen door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia, De Eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus, Metelino, Stanchio, &c.	1698	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 2,249.10
3446		[South Africa]. Howen-Uitenhage de Mist, A. Relation d'un voyage en Afrique et en Amerique	1821	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,984.50
3470		[Theology]	17th-18th cent.	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,984.50
3230	Hout, J. van	[Leyden]. Der stadt Leyden dienst-bouc, Innehoudende verclaringe van twezen ende ghelegentheyt vande zelve Stadt, gelijck die van outs gheweest, ende verdeelt is: vande vermeerderinghen ende vergrootinghen van dien: Mitsgaders vande gestiften tot geesteli	1602	EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00	EUR 1,852.20
3409	(Prevost d'Exiles, A.F.)	Histoire generale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, Qui ont ete publiees jusqu'a present dans les differentes Langues de toutes les Nations connues (...)	1747-1770	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,719.90
3447	Roberts, D.	[Spain]. Picturesque Sketches in Spain during the Years 1832 & 1833	1837	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,719.90
3482	Vico, G.	Principi di scienza nuova d' intorno alla comune natura delle nazioni	1744	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,719.90
3426	Roth, E.R.	Dostopamyatnoe v Evrope	1761	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,455.30
3058	Vondel, J. van den	[Emblemata]. Vorstelijcke warande der dieren	1617	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,323.00
3107	Slichtenhorst, A. van	[Gelderland]. XIV. Boeken van de Geldersse geschiedenissen	1654	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,323.00
3433	Scaliger, J.J.	Opuscula varia antehac non edita	1610	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,190.70
3492	Vondel, J. van den	Vondel, J. van den. (Works)	1643-1723	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,190.70
3042	Coornhert, D.V.	[Emblemata]. Recht Ghebruyck ende Misbruyck van tydlicke Have	1620	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,124.55
3153		[Homosexuality]. "De Geregtigheid Verheerelykt door het Ondekken en Straffen der Hoog-gaande Zonde"	n.d. (1730)	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,124.55
3179	Regusantius, A.	[Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. Tractatus perutilis de pignoribus et hipotecis	"anno salutis M.D.XXXV. Maij XXIX"	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,124.55
3310	Guicciardini, L.	[Netherlands]. Niderlands Beschreibung In welcher aller darinn begriffnen Landtschafften, Furstenthumben, Graveschafften, Herzschafften, Bisthumben (...) Ursprung und Auffgang eigentlich erklart wirt (...)	-1580	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,124.55
3394	Hondius, P.	[Popular literature]. Dapes inemptae, Of de Moufe-Schans/ dat is, De soeticheydt des buiten-levens, Vergheselschapt met de Boucken	1621	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,124.55
3291		[Netherlands]. Beschrijving of reisboek door het koningrijk der Nederlanden	1830	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,058.40
3457	Sazerac, M.M.H. and Engelmann, G.	[Switzerland]. Lettres sur la Suisse	1823-1827	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,058.40
3361	Glanvill, J.	[Occultism, heresy etc.]. Sadducismus Triumphatus: Or, A full and plain Evidence, concerning Witches and Apparitions	1726	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 992.25

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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