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  • <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> The Corner-stone Document of Irish Freedom: 1916 PROCLAMATION OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC. €100,000 to €150,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> Important 18th Century Gaelic Scribal Manuscript. Ceating (Dochtuir) [Keating, Dr. Geoffrey]. <i>Forus Feasa ar Éirinn.</i> €15,000 to €20,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> Rare Irish Provincial Printed 18th Century Herbal. K'eogh (John). <i>Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica, or, A General Irish Herbal, Calculated for this Kingdom…</i> €1,500 to €2,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> Somerville (E.OE.) <i>The Discontented Little Elephant.</i> Inscribed presentation copy. €700 to €1,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> Broadside: “Great News from Dublin, Giving a True Account of the Seizing of a Ship coming from Ireland, with Fifty Commissions from the late King James…” €800 to €1,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> Welch (Rbt.) Photographer: Six photographic prints of the Titanic. €800 to €1,200. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> Rare Modern Irish Masterpiece. O’Brien (Flann). <i>At Swim-Two-Birds.</i> €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> Newton (Sir Isaac). <i>Opticks : or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light.</i> €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> [Natural History] Donovan (Edward). <i>The Natural History of British Birds; or a Selection of the Most Rare, Beautiful and Interesting Birds which Inhabit this Country.</i> €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> The Authors First Publication. Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems.</i> €1,000 to €1,500. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> Heaney (Seamus). Remembering Malibu. €3,500 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: The Corner-stone Document of Irish Freedom: 1916 PROCLAMATION OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC. €100,000 to €150,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Important 18th Century Gaelic Scribal Manuscript. Ceating (Dochtuir) [Keating, Dr. Geoffrey]. Forus Feasa ar Éirinn. €15,000 to €20,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Rare Irish Provincial Printed 18th Century Herbal. K'eogh (John). Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica, or, A General Irish Herbal, Calculated for this Kingdom… €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Somerville (E.OE.) The Discontented Little Elephant. Inscribed presentation copy. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Broadside: “Great News from Dublin, Giving a True Account of the Seizing of a Ship coming from Ireland, with Fifty Commissions from the late King James…” €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Welch (Rbt.) Photographer: Six photographic prints of the Titanic. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Rare Modern Irish Masterpiece. O’Brien (Flann). At Swim-Two-Birds. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Newton (Sir Isaac). Opticks : or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: [Natural History] Donovan (Edward). The Natural History of British Birds; or a Selection of the Most Rare, Beautiful and Interesting Birds which Inhabit this Country. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: The Authors First Publication. Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems. €1,000 to €1,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Heaney (Seamus). Remembering Malibu. €3,500 to €5,000.
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>By a Lady<br>1-15 October 2025</b> <b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.
    Sotheby’s
    By a Lady
    1-15 October 2025
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.
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Weekly Reports

Rare Book Hub: 90 Auctions Archived, another 88 Upcoming this Week
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Rare Book Hub: 79 Auctions Archived, another 77 Upcoming this Week
Rare Book Hub: 79 Auctions Archived, another 77 Upcoming this Week

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Rare Book Hub: 60 Auctions Archived, another 80 Upcoming this Week
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  • <center><b>Gonnelli:<br>Auction 63<br>Books, Autographs & Manuscripts<br>October 7th-9th 2025</b></center> <b>Gonnelli:</b> The Arabian Nights - Alf Laylah wa-Laylah. 1862. Starting price € 25.000 <b>Gonnelli:</b> Depero futurista. 1927. Starting price € 9.000 <b>Gonnelli:</b> Dalì, Alchimia dei Filosofi. 1976. Starting price € 3.800 <center><b>Gonnelli:<br>Auction 63<br>Books, Autographs & Manuscripts<br>October 7th-9th 2025</b></center> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes. 1480. Starting price € 4.800 <b>Gonnelli:</b> Cassini, De cometa. 1653. Starting price € 10.000 <b>Gonnelli:</b> Cataldi, Trattato della quadratura del cerchio etc. 1612. Starting price € 8.000 <center><b>Gonnelli:<br>Auction 63<br>Books, Autographs & Manuscripts<br>October 7th-9th 2025</b></center> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Cavalieri, Geometria indivisibilibus. 1635. Starting price € 15.000 <b>Gonnelli:</b> Diophantus, Arithmeticorum libri sex. 1670. Starting price € 15.000 <b>Gonnelli:</b> Fontana, Novae coelestium observationes. 1646. Starting price € 10.000 <center><b>Gonnelli:<br>Auction 63<br>Books, Autographs & Manuscripts<br>October 7th-9th 2025</b></center> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Galileo, Sidereus nuncius. 1610. Starting price € 100.000 <b>Gonnelli:</b> Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones nonagentae. 1532. Starting price € 7.000 <b>Gonnelli:</b> Jansson's Waterworld. 1657. Starting price € 20.000
    Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: The Arabian Nights - Alf Laylah wa-Laylah. 1862. Starting price € 25.000
    Gonnelli: Depero futurista. 1927. Starting price € 9.000
    Gonnelli: Dalì, Alchimia dei Filosofi. 1976. Starting price € 3.800
    Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes. 1480. Starting price € 4.800
    Gonnelli: Cassini, De cometa. 1653. Starting price € 10.000
    Gonnelli: Cataldi, Trattato della quadratura del cerchio etc. 1612. Starting price € 8.000
    Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: Cavalieri, Geometria indivisibilibus. 1635. Starting price € 15.000
    Gonnelli: Diophantus, Arithmeticorum libri sex. 1670. Starting price € 15.000
    Gonnelli: Fontana, Novae coelestium observationes. 1646. Starting price € 10.000
    Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: Galileo, Sidereus nuncius. 1610. Starting price € 100.000
    Gonnelli: Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones nonagentae. 1532. Starting price € 7.000
    Gonnelli: Jansson's Waterworld. 1657. Starting price € 20.000
  • <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
  • <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>2 October<br>Beatrix Potter:<br>The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster</center></b> <b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix). <i>The Tale of Peter Rabbit,</i> 1st privately printed edition, 1901. £40,000-£60,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). <i>Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea.</i> £7,000-£10,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from <i>The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.</i> £8,000-£12,000. <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>2 October<br>Beatrix Potter:<br>The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster</center></b> <b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). <i>A Happy Pair,</i> 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920. £3,000-£5,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix). <i>The Fairy Caravan,</i> 1st (autographed limited) edition, 1929. £2,000-£3,000. <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>2 October<br>Beatrix Potter:<br>The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster</center></b> <b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix). <i>The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin,</i> 1st edition, 1903, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £1,500-£2,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix). <i>The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher,</i> 1st deluxe edition, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £3,000-£5,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix). <i>The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin,</i> 1st deluxe edition, 1903, rare trial binding. £2,000-£3,000. <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>2 October<br>Beatrix Potter:<br>The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster</center></b> <b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix). <i>The Tailor of Gloucester,</i> 1st privately printed edition, December 1902. £2,000-£3,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936. £2,000-£3,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938. £1,500-£2,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st privately printed edition, 1901. £40,000-£60,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea. £7,000-£10,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. £8,000-£12,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). A Happy Pair, 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Fairy Caravan, 1st (autographed limited) edition, 1929. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st edition, 1903, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £1,500-£2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, 1st deluxe edition, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st deluxe edition, 1903, rare trial binding. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st privately printed edition, December 1902. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938. £1,500-£2,000.