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Source : Britwell Court 1916

Source Title	Americana from the Renowned Britwell Court Library...
Description	In the summer of 1916, the then owner of the Britwell Court Library, Mr. S. R. Christie-Miller, sent a small portion of his material to Messrs Sotheby in London to be catalogued for sale. It was a period of high competition and enthusiasm in the rare book business and both Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach and George D. Smith expressed interest in buying the collection privately. Mr. Smith, then acting on behalf of Henry E. Huntington, bought the entire catalogue contents for what is said to have been 40,000 pounds. Mr. Huntington soon after selected material from this group and sent the balance to auction At Anderson Galleries, in New York, as Sale No. 1269, "Selections and Duplicates, Part III From Mr. H. E. Huntington's Library - Extraordinary Collection of Americana - comprising the principal part of the famous Christie-Miller Collection.
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Total Records in AED	493

<center>Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts Online Only 25 June to 8 July 2020

Bonhams, Jun. 25 – Jul. 8: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Macbeth: A Tragedy. Acted at the Dukes-Theatre. London: printed for William Cademan, 1673. $60,000 to $90,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 25 – Jul. 8: MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD. Panorama of San Francisco, from California-St. Hill. [San Francisco:] Morse's Gallery, 1877. $15,000 to $25,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 25 – Jul. 8: BRUNUS ARETINUS, LEONARDUS. De bello Italico adversus Gothos gesto. Venice: Nicolas Jenson, 1471. $12,000 to $18,000.

<center>Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts Online Only 25 June to 8 July 2020

Bonhams, Jun. 25 – Jul. 8: HILL, JOHN. Compleat Body of Gardening. London: printed for T. Osborne; T. Trye; S. Crowder and Co.; and H. Woodgate, 1757. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 25 – Jul. 8: GASPAR DE PORTOLA. Document Signed Twice ("Gaspar de Portola," & "M. Portola"), 29 pp, Puebla, Mexico, December 10, 1780. $8,000 to $12,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 25 – Jul. 8: VINGTIEME SIECLE. A complete set of the second series of Vingtieme Siecle (XXe Siecle), together with all fourteen special numbers. $8,000 to $12,000.

<center>Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts Online Only 25 June to 8 July 2020

Bonhams, Jun. 25 – Jul. 8: ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO. Autograph Letter Signed ("F.D.R.") as President, Washington, [1941], to Norman Davis, on White House stationery. $6,000 to $8,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 25 – Jul. 8: HAYEK, FRIEDRICH AUGUST. Autograph Manuscript, "Discipline of Civilisation." $4,000 to $6,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 25 – Jul. 8: ADAMS, HANNAH; ADAMS, THOMAS "BOOK". Daubuz, Charles. A Perpetual Commentary On The Revelation Of St. John. London: Printed for Benj. Tooke, 1720. $4,000 to $6,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 25 – Jul. 8: EMPEROR NORTON. Photograph signed ("Norton I"), albumen print carte-de-visite. $4,000 to $6,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 25 – Jul. 8: ROBERTS, DAVID. Egypt and Nubia from Drawings Made on the Spot ... with Historical Descriptions by William Brockendon. London: F.G. Moon, 1846-9. $4,000 to $6,000.
<center>Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Including the Eric C. Caren Collection Part 8 Online July 6 - 21, 2020

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Albert Einstein, typed letter signed, explaining the nature of his personal atheism and belief in God. $70,000 to $100,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: George Washington. Autograph letter signed to Bryan Fairfax, looking forward to the Treaty of Paris, 5 February 1783. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Alfred Swaine Taylor. Early “photogenic drawing,” photograph of a fern, dated 2 December 1839. $10,000 to $15,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Including the Eric C. Caren Collection Part 8 Online July 6 - 21, 2020

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: "Departure of Mr. Lincoln—Parting Address" in the Weekly Illinois State Journal, Vol. XXX, No. 1541, Springfield, February 13, 1861. $4,000 to $6,000

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Benjamin Harrison document signed certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a black Revolutionary soldier. $10,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Front page printing of the Articles of Confederation in the New-Jersey Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 22. Trenton, April 29, 1778. $4,000 to $6,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Including the Eric C. Caren Collection Part 8 Online July 6 - 21, 2020

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: George Washington Funeral Procession Broadside. Boston, January 6, 1800. $5,000 to $7,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Philippe Laroque, printed score for “The Heroe of New Orleans Battle.” Philadelphia, 1815. $3,000 to $5,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Report of the Battle of Queenston Heights, the first major battle in the War of 1812, in Supplement to the Quebec Gazette, 24th October 1812. $2,000 to $3,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Including the Eric C. Caren Collection Part 8 Online July 6 - 21, 2020

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament, On Tuesday the Eighteenth Day of November, 1760. London, 1760. $2,000 to $3,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Elegy on the Death of James Lawrence, Esq. late Commander of the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake. [Boston]: A. Bowen, 1813. $2,000 to $3,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Benjamin Lincoln's Commission as Major General, signed by John Hancock, 19 February 1777. $30,000 to $50,000.
<center> Ketterer Rare Books Auction on July 6th

Ketterer Rare Books, July 6: Latin Book of Hours, around 1480. Est: € 30,000

Ketterer Rare Books, July 6: Northern journeys - Collection of around 120 works, 17th-19th century.

Ketterer Rare Books, July 6: J. Joyce, Ulysses, 1922. Est: € 8,000

<center> Ketterer Rare Books Auction on July 6th

Ketterer Rare Books, July 6: Florilegium, Fleurs du Printemps et de l‘Este, around 1630. Est: € 35,000

Ketterer Rare Books, July 6: T. R. Malthus, An essay on the principle of population, 1798. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, July 6: E. Cerillo, Dipinti murali di Pompei, 1886. Est: € 2,000

<center> Ketterer Rare Books Auction on July 6th

Ketterer Rare Books, July 6: Bulla aurea, 1485. Est: € 40,000

Ketterer Rare Books, July 6: A. Verschaffelt, Iconographie des Camellias, 1848-60. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, July 6: M. Duchamp & A. Breton, Le surréalisme en 1947, 1947. Est: € 16,000

<center> Ketterer Rare Books Auction on July 6th

Ketterer Rare Books, July 6: H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, July 6: M. E. Chevreul, De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs, 1839. Est: € 5,000

Ketterer Rare Books, July 6: F. Léger & P. Éluard, Liberté j‘écris ton nom, 1953. Est: € 15,000
Swann Auction Galleries July 9: John James Audubon, Great Blue Heron, hand-colored aquatint and engraved plate, 1834. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 9: Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson, A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia, Dalrymple edition, 1755. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 9: John James Audubon, The Birds of America, sign & inscribed to Brantz Mayer, 1840-44. $18,000 to $22,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 9: Vincenzo Maria Coronelli & Jean Baptiste Nolin, Paris, 1688. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 9: Henri Abraham Chatelain, Atlas Historique, 7 volumes, Amsterdam, 1705-1720. $15,000 to $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 9: Johann Baptist Homann, Atlas Mapparum Geographicarum..., Nuremberg, circa 1750s. $12,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 9: Lowell Mason, Musical Exercises for Singing Schools, Boston, 1838. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann Auction Galleries July 9: Alexander Wilson, American Ornithology, 9 volumes, Philadelphia, 1808-14. $6,000 to $9,000.

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