Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD

Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD

Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD

Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
Gonnelli:
Auction 55
Antique prints, paintings and maps
November 26st 2024

Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€

Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€

Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€

Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€

Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€

Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€

Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€

Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€

Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€

Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€

Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 37: Archive of the pioneering woman artist Arrah Lee Gaul, most 1911-59. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 66: Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake near Death Valley, long before it was drained, Keeler, CA, 26 July 1904. $3,000 to $4,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 102: To Horse, To Horse! My All for a Horse! The Washington Cavalry, illustrated Civil War broadside, Philadelphia, 1862. $4,000 to $6,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 135: Album of cyanotype views of the Florida panhandle and beyond, 224 photographs, 174 of them cyanotypes, Apalachicola, FL and elsewhere, circa 1895-1896. $1,200 to $1,800

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 154: Catalogue of the Library of the United States, as acquired from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1815. $15,000 to $25,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 173: New Englands First Fruits, featuring the first description of Harvard in print, London, 1643. $40,000 to $60,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 177: John P. Greene, Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith, 1833. $60,000 to $90,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 243: P.E. Larson, photographer, Such is Life in the Far West: Early Morning Call in a Gambling Hall, Goldfield, NV, circa 1906. $2,500 to $3,500

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 261: Fred W. Sladen, Diaries of a WWII colonel commanding troops from Morocco to Italy to France, 1942-44. $3,000 to $4,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 309: Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos, por varios autores, a Mexican plate book. Mexico, 1854-1855. $2,000 to $3,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 8: Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness, 5 manuscript volumes. Alaska, 1917-64. $1,500 to $2,500.
Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo], 1478

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus - Opera, 1465

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - Le terze rime di Dante, 1502

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Boccaccio, Giovanni - Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio, 1516

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Giordano Bruno - Candelaio comedia del Bruno nolano achademico di nulla achademia; detto il fastidito. In tristitia hilaris: in hilaritate tristis, 1582

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Petrarca, Francesco - Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha, 1504

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Legatura - Manoscritto - Medici - Cosimo III de' Medici / Solari, Giuseppe - I Ritratti Medicei overo Glorie e Grandezze della sempre sereniss. Casa Medici..., 1678

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata, 1757

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lot containing 80 printed guides and publications dedicated to travel and itineraries in Italy

Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Rare and Important Items, 99b, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 05, 2024 - November 05, 2024

Page Size: 95 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
156		Passover Haggadah and Seder Sefirat HaOmer -- Miniature Illuminated Manuscript on Parchment, 20th Century / Magnificent Silver Binding with the Fiorentini Family Crest -- Rome, 19th Century	Rome	19th Century	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 13,750.00
157		Parchment Manuscript -- Tikun Lailah -- Bedtime Reading of Shema and Other Prayers -- Frankfurt, Ca. First Half of 19th Century	Frankfurt,	Ca. First Half of 19th Century	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 10,000.00
158		Illuminated Manuscript -- Machzor for High Holidays, Apam Rite -- Asti, 1776 -- Written for a Woman	Asti	1776	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 3,750.00
159		Decorated Manuscript, Hoshanot and Piyyutim for Simchat Torah -- Apam Rite -- Asti, 1801	Asti	1801	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,375.00
160		Illustrated Manuscript -- Reshit Chochmah -- Balkans Region, 18th Century	Balkans Region	18th Century	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 3,250.00
161		Roman-Rite Machzor -- Special Copy Printed on Blue Paper, Unique Exemplar -- Mantua, 1556-1560	Mantua	1556-1560	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 16,250.00
162		Seder Meah Berachot -- Amsterdam, 1687 -- Illustrated Title Page	Amsterdam	1687	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 5,250.00
163		Shaar HaShamayim Siddur -- Siddur of the Shlah -- First Edition -- Amsterdam, 1717 -- Segulah Book -- Tehillim Volume Belonging to Rabbi Shmuel Salant	Amsterdam	1717	USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 22,500.00
164		Ashkenazic-Rite Machzor with Kavanat HaPaytan -- Amsterdam, 1750 -- Elaborate Set in Original Decorated Leather Bindings-- Illustrated Title Pages	Amsterdam	1750	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
165		Siddur for Women -- Year-Round, Polish Rite -- Amsterdam, 1760 -- Fine Copy in Leather Binding with Elaborate Silver Decorations	Amsterdam	1760	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,750.00
166		Year-Round Polish-Rite Siddur for Women, With Tehillim and Techinot -- Amsterdam, 1791 -- Elaborate Copy in Colorful Parchment Binding, Decorated with Impressive Silver Clasps	Amsterdam	1791	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,750.00
167		Siddur Kavanot HaAri -- Chesed LeAvraham -- Mantua, 1783	Mantua	1783	USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,500.00
168		Korban Aharon High Holiday Machzor -- Zhitomir, 1860	Zhitomir	1860	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	USD 3,250.00
169		Siddur Shaarei Shamayim -- Jerusalem, 1884 -- Copy of Moses Montefiore, With Dedication to Him by Rabbi Chaim Michel Michlin -- Miniature Bound in Fine Decorated Leather and Olive Wood Binding	Jerusalem	1884	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,500.00
170		Seder HaKunteres -- Siddur Following the Rite of Southern France, With Passover Haggadah -- Avignon, 1765 -- First Hebrew Book Printed in Avignon	Avignon	1765	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,625.00
171		Passover Haggadah, With English Translation, Maps and Illustrations -- London, 1806	London	1806	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,500.00
172		Passover Haggadah, With English Translation -- London, 1808 -- Portrait of Rabbi Solomon Hirschell Rabbi of London -- Original Leather Binding	London	1808	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,500.00
173		Passover Haggadah with Marathi Translation -- Pune, 1874	Pune	1874	USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,500.00
174		Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim -- Venice, 1544-1545 -- Especially Rare Edition	Venice	1544-1545	USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 12,500.00
175		Mikraot Gedolot -- Venice, 1546-1548 -- Printed by Daniel Bomberg -- Fine Two-Volume Set	Venice	1546-1548	USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	USD 25,000.00
176		Terumat HaDeshen -- First Edition -- Venice, 1519 -- Printed by Daniel Bomberg	Venice	1519	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 3,500.00
177		Ben HaMelech VehaNazir -- Constantinople, 1518 -- First Edition	Constantinople	1518	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 27,500.00
178	Rabbi Yehoshua ibn Shuaib	Sermons of Rabbi Yehoshua ibn Shuaib on the Torah -- First Edition -- Constantinople, 1523	Constantinople	1523	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 20,000.00
179		Abudarham -- Venice, 1546-1547	Venice	1546-1547	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
180	Rabbi Avraham Klausner	Sefer HaMinhagim of Rabbi Avraham Klausner -- Riva di Trento, 1558 -- First Edition of an Early Ashkenazic Book of Customs	Riva di Trento	1558	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 8,750.00

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 51. Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World - Second Plate in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $5,500 - $6,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 165. Reduced-Size Edition of Jefferys/Mead Map with Revolutionary War Updates (1776) Est. $4,750 - $6,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 688. Blaeu's Superb Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 105. Striking Map of French Colonial Possessions (1720) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 98. Rare First Edition of the First Published Plan of a Settlement in North America (1556) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 181. Important Map of the Georgia Colony (1748) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 547. Ortelius' Map of Russia with a Vignette of Ivan the Terrible in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 85. Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America (1720) Est. $1,600 - $1,900

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 642. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 748. The Martyrdom of St. John in Contemporary Hand Color with Gilt Highlights (1520) Est. $1,000 - $1,300

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 298. Scarce Early Map of Chester County (1822) Est. $2,750 - $3,500