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SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Øiesvold Collection
June 14, 2025SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: HIERONYMUS MÜNTZER (1437 – 1508): (Northern and Central Europe) No title recto. Nuremberg, 1493.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SIGISMUND VON HERBERSTEIN (1486 – 1566): «Commentari della Moscovia et partmente della Russia.» Venice, 1550.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598. -
Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 JuneSotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EURSotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EURSotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EURSotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 JuneSotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EURSotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EURSotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR -
Gros & Delettrez
Livres & Manuscrits Arméniens
Jeudi 12 juin 2025
Paris, FrancisGros & Delettrez, June 12: BIBLE, Venise 1733, reliure arménienneGros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, manuscrit XVIIe-XVIIIe siècleGros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, manuscrit daté 1606, reliure arménienneGros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, manuscrit début XVIIIe siècle, reliure arménienneGros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, Amsterdam 1664Gros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, Amsterdam 1702, reliure arménienneGros & Delettrez, June 12: DICTIONNAIRE arménien, manuscrit XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle.Gros & Delettrez, June 12: EVANGILE, manuscrit 1735-1737, reliure arménienneGros & Delettrez, June 12: LIVRE DE PRIERES, Grégoire de Narek, manuscritGros & Delettrez, June 12: GEOGRAPHIE, Ghoukas INDJIDJIAN, Venise 1802-1806Gros & Delettrez, June 12: MANUSCRIT THEOLOGIQUE, XVIe-XVIIe siècleGros & Delettrez, June 12: MASHTOTS, manuscrit XVIIIe-XIXe siècle, reliure arménienneGros & Delettrez, June 12: LETTRE ENCYCLIQUE, manuscrit XIXe siècleGros & Delettrez, June 12: NOUVEAU TESTAMENT, Amsterdam 1668, reliure arménienne -
Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000.
Rare Book Monthly
Book Catalogue Reviews - September - 2005 Issue
Bibliography and Reference from Forest Books of the U.K.
By Michael Stillman
This month we review our first catalogue from the British bookseller Forest Books. This is their catalogue number 104, Bibliography, Bookbinding, and Reference. It is an excellent assortment of titles pertaining to the book arts, and includes an unusually large number of early book auction catalogues, many from the early 19th century. Most of the major collections that went on the block in those days are virtually impossible to duplicate today, so much of the material is now firmly ensconced in institutional collections. The material in this catalogue cannot help but interest the serious book collector. Here are a few samples.
There has probably never been a book collector more fascinating or eccentric than Sir Thomas Phillipps. Phillipps lived in mid-19th century England, and he set out, quite literally, to collect a copy of everything that had ever been printed. He undoubtedly came as close as anyone, at least among private collectors, to accomplishing this goal. Phillipps amassed some 100,000 books and 60,000 manuscripts. He filled every room in his house, having to maneuver through narrow passageways to get around. The obsession put Phillipps in debt, almost bankruptcy, and yet somehow he managed to raise a family in this mess. Amazingly enough, they stood by him. The most thorough work on this strange man and his astounding collection was produced by A.N.L. Munby from 1951-1960, the five-volume Phillipps Studies. It covers the collection, Phillipps personal life, and, finally, the dispersal of his collection. Item 322. Priced at L295 (British pounds, or U.S. equivalent of $513).
Phillipps also had some works privately printed under the name of his Middle Hill Press. Here is one: The Cambridgeshire Visitation, by Henry St. George. This was a 200-year-old genealogy when Phillipps reprinted it in 1840. A rare book, it includes a preface from Phillipps complaining of the high cost of printing and the inconsistent taste of the public. Item 310. L345 (US $600).
After Phillipps died, his massive collection would be put up for auction. It would take almost a century from the first auction in 1886 until the last in 1981, to finally track down and sell all that Phillipps owned. Here is the catalogue from the first auction, Catalogue of the First Portion of the Famous Library of Sir Thomas Phillipps...Including a Complete Set of the Publications Privately Printed by Him at Middle-Hill... There were 3,346 lots offered by the forerunner of Sotheby's, and prices have been written in. Item 366. L95 (US $165).
A most interesting catalogue is the Catalogue of Books in the Library of the House of Commons. In 1830, the legislative body ordered that a catalogue of its collection, begun in 1818, be printed. What makes this catalogue notable is that just four years later, a fire swept through this library and much of what it contained was lost. Item 269. L165 (US $287).