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Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Red-Shouldered Hawk. London: R. Havell, Jr., 1829. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: STEWART, WILLIAM DRUMMOND, SIR. Altowan; or, Incidents of Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountain... New York, 1846. PRESENTATION COPY. $800 - $1,200Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: WILLUGHBY & RAY, JOHN. The Ornithology of Francis Willughby in three books... London, Martyn, 1678. $800 - $1,200Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: SUSAN B. ANTHONY. Autograph Quotation Signed, on equal rights "for men and women," Rochester, 1898. $1,000 - $1,500Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Autograph Letter Signed integrally to Le Comte de Milly arranging a meeting with M. Broignard, Passy, 1778. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: FRANKLIN, JEFFERSON, & ADAMS. Mansucript Signed by all three architects of the American ideal, requesting a Treaty of Amity and Commerce. $750,000 - $1,000,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Endorsement Signed, a pardon for a Confederate soldier, February 6, 1865. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: NAPOLEON FORMALLY RATIFIES THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE. Document Signed ("James Monroe," "Robt. R. Livingston" and "Barbé-Marbois"). $100,000 - $200,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: JAMES MONROE ON THE DIFFICULTIES OF JAY'S TREATY. Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Pinckney, Paris, January 17, 1795. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: GIDEON WELLES FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF FORT PICKENS AND FORT SUMTER ON THE EVE OF CIVIL WAR. Autograph Manuscript, 44 pp, c.1870. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: SIGNED BY BORGES. Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings. 1962. First book publication in English. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: LORENZO DOW TURNER'S COPY. LOCKE, ALAIN. The New Negro: an Interpretation. 1925. $1,000 - $1,500 -
![<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Mayr (Heinrich von). <i>Malerische Ansichten aus dem Orient. Vues Pittoresques de l'Orient,</i> first edition in the original 10 parts, Munich, Paris & Leipzig, [1839-40]. £10,000 to £15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d55bdd84-749f-463d-8dbb-b699758ef469.jpg "<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Mayr (Heinrich von). <i>Malerische Ansichten aus dem Orient. Vues Pittoresques de l'Orient,</i> first edition in the original 10 parts, Munich, Paris & Leipzig, [1839-40]. £10,000 to £15,000.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Lewis (John Frederick). <i>Illustrations of Constantinople, made during a Residence in that City &c. in the Years 1835-6,</i> first edition, [1838]. £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/543a84e0-0b4b-4ad5-87d2-5a608e848ef0.jpg "<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Lewis (John Frederick). <i>Illustrations of Constantinople, made during a Residence in that City &c. in the Years 1835-6,</i> first edition, [1838]. £6,000 to £8,000.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Cassas (Louis François). <i>[Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palæstube et de la Basse-Égypte],</i> 3 vol., first edition, [Paris], [1799]. £8,000 to £12,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4dff8ca9-d113-4251-ae8e-ae25228f7956.jpg "<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Cassas (Louis François). <i>[Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palæstube et de la Basse-Égypte],</i> 3 vol., first edition, [Paris], [1799]. £8,000 to £12,000.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Brindesi (Jean). <i>Souvenirs de Constantinople,</i> first edition, [Paris], [1855-60]. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0ddc823f-dd6d-4282-8aba-978d6ee7abbe.jpg "<b>Forum, Nov. 14:</b> Brindesi (Jean). <i>Souvenirs de Constantinople,</i> first edition, [Paris], [1855-60]. £4,000 to £6,000.")
Forum Auctions
A Visual and Historical Voyage into the Ottoman World:
The Library of a Gentleman
14th NovemberForum, Nov. 14: Preziosi (Amedeo). Stamboul: Recollections of Eastern Life, first edition, Paris, Lemercier, 1858. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Mayr (Heinrich von). Malerische Ansichten aus dem Orient. Vues Pittoresques de l'Orient, first edition in the original 10 parts, Munich, Paris & Leipzig, [1839-40]. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Lewis (John Frederick). Illustrations of Constantinople, made during a Residence in that City &c. in the Years 1835-6, first edition, [1838]. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Dodwell (Edward). Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, Rodwell and Martin, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Cassas (Louis François). [Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palæstube et de la Basse-Égypte], 3 vol., first edition, [Paris], [1799]. £8,000 to £12,000.Forum Auctions
A Visual and Historical Voyage into the Ottoman World:
The Library of a Gentleman
14th NovemberForum, Nov. 14: La Chappelle (Georges). Recueil de Divers Portraits des Principales Dames de la Porte du Grand Turc, first edition, Paris, 1648. £8,000 to £12,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Fossati (Gaspard). Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, 1852. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Pertusier (Charles). Promenades Pittoresques dans Constantinople et sur les Rives du Bosphore, 4 vol., inc Atlas, first edition, Paris, H. Nicolle, 1815-17. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Brindesi (Jean). Souvenirs de Constantinople, first edition, [Paris], [1855-60]. £4,000 to £6,000.Forum, Nov. 14: Le Bruyn (Cornelius). Voyage au Levant, first French edition, Delft, Henri de Kroonevelt, 1700. £3,000 to £4,000. -
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b3755d4d-1805-4e33-969b-59cca97eb26e.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], \"Carter Dickson\" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b1a17968-ead3-471f-b6b2-ccd4e31c0e2c.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] \"Nicholas Blake\". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.")
Forum Auctions
Online Sale:
The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
Ending 7th November, 2024Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.Forum Auctions
Online Sale:
The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
Ending 7th November, 2024Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000. -
Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Chronograph Wristwatches. Precious memories of the 20th Century / Cronografi da Polso. Preziose Memorie del XX Secolo, 2013. €3,000 to €5,000. Starting Bid: €10.Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Lanthemann, Joseph. Modigliani 1884-1920. A Catalogue Raisonné, Barcelona, 1970. €320 to €380. Starting Bid: €10.Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Warhol, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (from A to B and back again), New York, 1975. Signed by the author. €500 to €600. Starting Bid: €10.Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Vitali, Lamberto. Morandi: Catalogo Generale. I & II, Mediolan, 1983. €1,100 to €1,300. Starting Bid: €10.Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Goldstein, Ann. Christopher Wool, Los Angeles, 1998. €320 to €380. Starting Bid: €10.Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Celant, Germano. Piero Manzoni, 1989. €320 to €360. Starting Bid: €10.Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Ernst, Max. Oeuvre-Katalog. Das Graphische Werk, Cologne, 1975. €420 to €480. Starting Bid: €10.
Christies: Rare Books and Manuscripts - online 10/16, 23003, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 29, 2024 - October 29, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | [MAINTENON, Francoise d'Aubigne, dite Madame de (1635-1719)] | Vie de Francoise d'Aubigne, veuve Scaron, marquise de Maintenon. |
[Vers 1765]. | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 27 | MATIS, Hippolyte (16..-17..) | Recueil des vues et plans. Carte generale et particuliere du duche d'Epernon. |
1718 | EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | EUR 44,100.00 | |
| 28 | MERIAN, Maria Sibylla (1647-1717) | Dissertation sur la generation et les transformations des insectes de Surinam... |
La Haye | 1726 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 44,100.00 |
| 29 | MONTAIGNE, Michel de (1533-1592), trad., et Raymond SEBON (1385-1436) | La Theologie naturelle de Raymond Sebon, docteur exellent entre les modernes... |
Paris | 1569 | EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | EUR 37,800.00 |
| 30 | MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, Anne-Pierre de (1739-1798) | Lettre autographe signee, datee "Paris, 3 nivose an 4" [24 decembre 1795] |
Paris | 1795 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 31 | NEWTON, Isaac (1642-1727) | Lectiones opticae, annis MDCLXIX, MDCLXX & MDCLXXI. In scholis publicis habitae: et nunc primum ex MSS. in lucem editae. |
London | 1729 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,780.00 |
| 32 | [PHYSIOCRATES - LE TROSNE, Guillaume-Francois (1728-1780)] | Copie manuscrite de l'inventaire des biens et de la biblitoheque de Guillaume-Francois Le Trosne. |
[Orleans | 1780 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 33 | PINE, John (1690-1756) | The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords: representing the several engagements between the English and Spanish fleets in the memorable year 1588. |
London | 1739 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 34 | PISO, Willem (1611--1678), Georg MARKGRAF (1610--1644) et Thedor MATHAM (1606-1676). | Historia naturalis Brasiliae, Leyde |
Franciscum Hackium, Amsterdam | 1648 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 6,930.00 |
| 35 | PLATON (c. 427-347 av. J.-C.) | Omnia divini Platonis opera tralatione Marsilii Ficini, emendatione et ad Graecum codicem collatione Simonis Grynaei, summa diligentia repurgata, quibus subjectus est index quam copiosissimus. |
Bale | 1551 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,638.00 |
| 36 | PRIDEAUX, Humphrey (1648-1724) | La vie de Mahomet. Amsterdam |
1698 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 37 | REBOUL, Guillaume (1560-1611) | La Cabale des Reformez, tiree nouvellement du puits de Democrite. |
"Mompeiller chez le Libertin" [Montpellier | 1597 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 38 | [REVOLUTION FRANCAISE] | La Constitution francaise Presentee au Roi le 3 septembre 1791, et acceptee par Sa Majeste le 14 du meme mois. |
Paris | 1791 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 39 | [REVOLUTION FRANCAISE] | Fragment de papier peint a motifs revolutionnaires et guirlandes de feuilles de chene, |
Paris | v.1792-1799. | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,512.00 |
| 40 | [REVOLUTION FRANCAISE] | Fragment de papier peint a motifs revolutionnaires, "Unite de la Republique - Droits de l'Homme - Liberte - Egalite", |
Paris | v.1792 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,016.00 |
| 41 | [REVOLUTION FRANCAISE] | Fragment de papier peint a motifs revolutionnaires, "Republique Francaise - Liberte, Egalite - Soyons unis et nous serons invincibles". |
Paris | 1792-1793. | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,520.00 |
| 42 | [REVOLUTION FRANCAISE] | Tables de l'Acte constitutionel agreees par la Convention nationale. |
Paris | 1793 - 1794 (Nivose An II). | EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 43 | RIDINGER, Johann Elias (1698-1767) | Vollkommene und grundliche Vorstellungen der vortrefflichen Fursten-Lust, oder der Edlen Jagtbarkeit... Parfaite & exacte representation des divertissemens de Grands Seigneurs ou parfaite description des chasses de toutes sortes de betes... |
Augsbourg | 1729 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 44 | RIDINGER, Johann Elias (1696-1767) | Abbildung der Jagtbaren Thiere mit derselben angefugten Fahrten und Spuhren... |
Augsbourg | 1740 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 45 | ROBESPIERRE, Maximilien de (1758-1794) | Lettre autographe signee a un ami, datee << Paris, 8 (?) juin 1790 >>. |
Paris | 1790 | EUR 26,000.00 - 34,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 46 | ROBESPIERRE, Maximilien de (1758-1794) | Lettre autographe signee a un ami, [fin septembre 1790] |
1790 | EUR 26,000.00 - 34,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 47 | ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778) | Recueil de deux discours. Discours sur l'origine et les fondemens de l'inegalite parmi les hommes. |
Amsterdam | 1755 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 48 | ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778) | Du Contract social; ou, Principes du Droit politique. Par J.J. Rousseau, citoyen de Geneve |
Amsterdam | 1762 | EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | EUR 56,700.00 |
| 49 | ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778) | Lettres ecrites de la montagne. |
Amsterdam | 1764 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,780.00 |
| 50 | ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778) | Lettre autographe signee a Philibert Cramer, datee "a Motiers le 13 octobre 1764" |
Motiers | 1764 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 9,450.00 |
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a5a37a4-bc84-4fa8-b8b8-bad6106a9297.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00aa5647-98fa-42e5-aa1f-e306d308a753.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/529a982d-de64-41cf-b68c-93f0df023bfc.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5c121f9c-5368-40ac-a487-76508b5ac622.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.")
