This month we review two new bookseller catalogues. Librairie Clavreuil of Paris and Stéphane Clavreuil Rare Books of London offer a selection of books from the 15th through the 19th century. David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has a new collection of rare and antiquarian Americana.
Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 41. Rare First State of the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1595) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 8. Mariette's Rare and Decorative Map of the World Based on the Work of Hondius (1642) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950
Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700
Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500
Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000
Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 716. Bible Leaf with Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Magi (1490) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.
Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."
Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.
Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.
Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan.
Sotheby’s Nelson, His Life and His Navy: The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts November 18, 2026
Sotheby’s Nelson, His Life and His Navy: The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts November 18, 2026
Sotheby’s Nelson, His Life and His Navy: The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts November 18, 2026
ALDE Livres anciens Alchimie & Sciences occultes November 4, 2026
ALDE, Nov. 4: DU BELLAY (JOACHIM). Les Œuvres françoises. Reveuës, & de nouveau augmentées de plusieurs poësies non encores auparavant imprimées. Paris, 1569. €3,000 to €4,000.
ALDE, Nov. 4: PIRANESI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA). Carceri d'invenzione. [Paris, Firmin Didot, vers 1807-1835]. €25,000 to €35,000.
ALDE, Nov. 4: PIRANESI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA). Vedute di Roma. Rome, chez l'auteur, s.d. [vers 1760-1778]. €50,000 to €60,000.
ALDE, Nov. 4: RACINE (JEAN). Bérénice. Tragédie. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1671. €5,000 to €6,000.
ALDE, Nov. 4: MAIER (MICHAEL). Arcana arcanissima, hoc est Hieroglyphica ægyptio-græca. S.l.n.d. [Londres, Thomas Creede, 1614]. €3,000 to €4,000.
ALDE Livres anciens Alchimie & Sciences occultes November 4, 2026
ALDE, Nov. 4: MAIER (MICHAEL). Atalanta fugiens, hoc est, emblemata nova de secretis naturæ chymica. Oppenheim, 1618. €20,000 to €30,000.
ALDE, Nov. 4: [MANUSCRIT ALCHIMIQUE]. La Science divine. [Traité d’alchimie]. Manuscrit signé et date à Paris par Pierre de la Borde le douze décembre 1749. €3,000 to €4,000.
ALDE, Nov. 4: [MANUSCRIT ALCHIMIQUE]. Italie, XVIIe ou XVIIIe siècle. €1,500 to €2,000.
ALDE, Nov. 4: PIGNORIA (LORENZO). Mensa Isiaca, qua sacrorum apud Ægyptios ratio et simulacra subjectis tabulis æneis simul exhibentur et explicantur. Amsterdam, Andreas Frisius, 1669. €1,000 to €1,200.
ALDE, Nov. 4: TAISNIER (JEAN). Opus mathematicum octo libros complectens. Cologne, Johann Birckmann et Werner Richwin, 1562. €1,500 to €2,000.
