ALDE, Apr. 18: CASAS (BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS). La Découverte des Indes occidentales par les Espagnols, Paris, 1697. €1,500 to €2,000.

ALDE, Apr. 18: GARCILASO DE LA VEGA. Primera parte de los commentarios reales, que tratan del orígen de los Yncas…, Lisbonne, 1609 [1608 au colophon]. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 18: GARCILASO DE LA VEGA. Histoire des Yncas rois du Pérou. On a joint à cette édition l'Histoire de la conquête de la Floride, Amsterdam, 1737. €800 to €1,000.

ALDE, Apr. 18: LAET (JOHANNES DE). L'Histoire du nouveau monde, ou description des Indes occidentales, Leyde, 1640. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 18: LAFITAU (JOSEPH-FRANÇOIS). Mœurs des sauvages amériquains, comparées aux mœurs des premiers temps, Paris, 1724. €1,200 to €1,500.

ALDE, Apr. 18: ORRIO (FRANCISCO XAVIER ALEXO DE). Solución del gran problema acerca de la población de las Americas, Mexico, 1763. €1,500 to €2,000.

ALDE, Apr. 18: [ROCHEFORT (CHARLES DE)]. Histoire naturelle et morale des Îles Antilles de l'Amérique, Amsterdam, 1716. €800 to €1,000.

ALDE, Apr. 18: TURGOT (ANNE-ROBERT-JACQUES). Mémoire sur les colonies américaines, sur leurs relations politiques avec leurs métropoles…, Paris, 1791. €1,000 to €1,200.
<center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film March 28, 2023

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Autograph album leaf signed, 1826. €9,000 to €12,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Franz Kafka: Autograph letter unsigned, 1924. €15,000 to €20,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Torquato Tasso: Autograph poem signed, no date. €12,000 to €16,000.

<center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film March 28, 2023

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Charles Darwin: Autograph letter signed, 1866. €4,500 to €6,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Albert Einstein: Autograph letter signed, 1933. €6,000 to €8,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Heinrich Hertz: Autograph manuscript signed, 1889. €18,000 to €24,000.

<center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film March 28, 2023

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Giambattista Bodoni: Autograph letter signed, 1787. €900 to €1,200.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Francisco de Goya: Autograph letter signed, 1789. €18,750 to €25,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Martin Luther: Notes from his desk, no date. €30,000 to €40,000.

<center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film March 28, 2023

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Ludwig van Beethoven: Autograph letter signed, 1816. €22,500 to €30,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Gustav Mahler: Foto portrait signed and annotated, 1907(?). €7,500 to €10,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Bed?ich Smetana: Autograph letter signed, 1883. €4,500 to €6,000.
<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 30th March 2023

Forum, Mar. 30: Roman binding.- Pindar. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia, translated by Johannes Lonicer, contemporary Roman binding by Niccolo Franzese, Basel, 1535. £40,000 to £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Raverat (Gwen). Comprehensive album of 530 wood engravings, circa 1909-1950. £40,000 to £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Hemingway (Ernest). Fiesta, first English edition, first impression dust-jacket, 1927. £15,000 to £20,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 30th March 2023

Forum, Mar. 30: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, first impression, 1953. £12,000 to £18,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Dickens (Charles). Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, first impression, Chapman and Hall, 1861. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Campbell (Colen) & others. Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect..., 5 vol., vol.1-3 later editions, vol.4 & 5 first editions, [?1731]-31-67-71. £10,000 to £15,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 30th March 2023

Forum, Mar. 30: Geography.- Mela (Pomponius). Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis, Venice, Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn, 1478. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: America.- [?Espinosa y Tello (José)]. Relacion del Viage hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el Año de 1792, 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, Madrid, 1802. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet. Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £8,000 to £12,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 30th March 2023

Forum, Mar. 30: Botany.- Curtis (William). The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed, 83 vol. in 62, 1794-1956. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Darwin (Charles).- Lecky (W.E.H.) The Rise and Influence of Rationalism in Europe, 2 vol., Darwin's copy with inscription "Charles Darwin 1865", pencil marginalia and pencil notes, 1865. £7,000 to £10,000.

Rare Book Monthly

Book Catalogue Reviews - January - 2007 Issue

Recent Acquisitions from John Michael Lang Fine Books

Actress/author Eva Le Gallienne.

Item 17 is a very scarce Oregon history, Brown's Political History of Oregon, by Henry J. Brown. It is so scarce because apparently almost the entire issue was lost, some saying it were lost at sea, others in a fire (John Howell says possibly the San Francisco earthquake and fire, but that occurred 14 years after the publication date). Only those copies shipped to the author, estimated by some as around 20, survived. Howes rates it as a "b." Though published in 1892, it only runs through 1848. It is labeled "volume 1," as evidently more were planned. However, there were no more, perhaps the seagoing disaster discouraging further volumes. Brown did extensive research in compiling his history, digging through official records, newspapers, correspondence and private records, some not available anywhere else. $1,500.

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<center>Koller Auctions Books & Autographs 29 March 2023

Koller, Mar. 29: DADA - Cabaret Voltaire. A collection of artistic and literary contributions. Edited by Hugo Ball. CHF 5,000 to 8,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: EXPRESSIONISM - Der Sturm. Weekly magazine for culture and the arts. Almost complete suite from the years 1910 to 1932. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: LISBON EARTHQUAKE - Augsburg collection of copper engravings of Lisbon. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: Hamilton, William. Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the Volcanos of the Two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London. Naples, 1776-1779. CHF 50,000 to 70,000.

<center>Koller Auctions Books & Autographs 29 March 2023

Koller, Mar. 29: Leonardi, Domenico Felice. Le Delizie della villa di Castellazzo descritte in verso dall'abbate Domenico Felice Leonardi lucchese fra gli Arcadi Ildosio Foloetico. Milan, 1743. CHF 12,000 to 18,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: Zwingli, Huldrych. Von erkiesen und freyhait der speisen. Von ergernusz und Verbößerung. Ob man gewalt hab die speyß zu etlichen zeyten verbieten [...]. CHF 2,500 to 4,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: HENDRIK VAN VULLENHOE, UMKREIS. Benedictional and other texts for Johannes von Venningen, Bishop of Basel. Latin manuscript on parchment. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: Gujer, Hans Rudolf. Master typist's book by Hans Rudolf Gujer from Wermetschweil (Wermatswil). German manuscript on paper. CHF 3,000 to 5,000.
<center>Swann Auction Galleries Printed & Manuscript African Americana: March 30, 2023

Swann March 30: Victor H. Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book, New York, 1949. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann March 30: Papers of pianist-composer Lawrence Brown relating to Paul Robeson & more, various places, 1925-54. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann March 30: Freedom Summer archive of civil rights activist Karen Haberman Trusty, Atlanta & elsewhere, 1963-64. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann March 30: E. Simms Campbell, A Night-Club Map of Harlem, New York, 1933. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann March 30: Archive of letters from the sculptor Richmond Barthé to a close Jamaican friend, various places, 1966-85. $25,000 to $35,000.

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