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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 -
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. -
Rose City Book & Paper Fair
June 14-15, 2025
1000 NE Multnomah, Portland
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Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
Rare Book Monthly
Book Catalogue Reviews - March - 2009 Issue
20 Antique Books from Libreria de Antano
By Michael Stillman
Libreria de Antano has issued its E-List #8, 20 Antique Books. This is a reversal of the expected, where a catalogue is converted from ink and paper into electronic bits. While this calls itself an "e-list," what I see before me is a catalogue in a form even Gutenberg would recognize. This is a paper catalogue, with illustrations along with descriptions in both Spanish and English. The works are primarily Spanish or Latin American in origin, the exceptions being a couple of works published in London, but written in the Spanish language. These are some of the items within these very real and tangible pages.
Item 11 is one of those Spanish works published in London, in the year 1828. Author Pablo Mendibil was residing in England for the very good reason that he had been exiled from Spain. He was a reformist and liberal, and such did not sit well in Spain at the time. Mendibil published a literary journal from his exile in London, but also put out this work: Resumen historico de la Revolucion des los Estados Unidos Mejicanos. This book was based on an earlier work by Carlos Bustamante. It describes events leading up to the revolution which eventually gained Mexico its independence. Priced at $2,650.
Item 17 is a most unusual and fascinating work: El mundo cientifico. Inventos modernos. Published in Barcelona, this is an 11-volume set on modern, scientific inventions from the turn of the century. It is filled with pop-up diagrams and descriptions of automobiles, trains, airplanes, motors, and all types of machines. All diagrams are in color. This set was evidently not aimed at the general public, but those with a higher degree of technical understanding. $9,500.
Item 12 is the first printed edition of the autobiography of Palafox: Vida interior del Ilustrissimo, Excelentissimo y Venerable Senor D. Juan de Palafox y Mendoza. Published in 1691, it printed the autobiography Palafox had written under a more modest title years earlier. Palafox was sent to Mexico to serve as a bishop in 1640. For the next 15 years, he tried to serve the natives humanely, and reform the economic and political system he encountered. The result was conflict with the Jesuits. He was officially supported by the Church, but called back home in 1655, essentially a rebuke of his reformist activities. Libreria de Antano describes his book as "fundamental for the study of the Jesuits in Mexico." This edition contains Orozco's rare full page engraving of Palafox. $2,350.
Item 5 is a description of the "pearl" of the Americas, Santa Maria province of Colombia. Located on the coast, it is one of Colombia's oldest regions, settled by early Spanish visitors. It is a source for gold, silver, and, naturally, pearls, and today is also a favored tourist location. However, this book describes a much earlier Santa Maria: La perla de la America, provincia de Santa Maria... It was written by the Jesuit settler Antonio Julian, and published in 1787. The book describes the local culture, natives, mines, and language. Julian also offers the opinion that cocaine would be beneficial to the poor as it makes people more energetic while suppressing their appetite. $4,800.
Liberia de Antano may be contacted at (5411) 4822-7178 or info@antano.com.ar.