Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper, 82325, Franklin

Auction Details

Auction Date: August 23, 2025 - August 23, 2025

Page Size: 131 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2602	Captain Cook	A Man of Mangea. 11	London		USD 400.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
2603	Captain Cook	A Man of the Sandwich Islands, Dancing. 62	London		USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 203.30
2607	Angas	Yattagolinga (Wild Dogs or Dingoes)	London		USD 800.00 - 1,600.00	USD 256.80
2608	Angas	Scene on the Coorung, near Lake Albert, with the Halmaturus Greyii, a new species of Kangaroo	London		USD 800.00 - 1,600.00	USD 267.50
2609	Angas	Interior of Mount Gambier	London		USD 800.00 - 1,600.00	USD 192.60
2610	Angas	Coast Scene near Rapid Bay, Sunset, Natives Fishing with Nets	London		USD 800.00 - 1,600.00	USD 246.10
2611	Curtis	Entire-leaved Banksia (Native to Australia). 2770		1787	USD 200.00 - 500.00	USD 58.85
2612	Curtis	Marcescent Banksia (Native to Australia).. 2803		1787	USD 200.00 - 500.00	USD 53.50
2613	Curtis	West-coast Banksia (Native to Australia). 3535		1787	USD 200.00 - 500.00	USD 64.20
2614	Aldrovandi	5 Pages with Snake Engravings	Bologna, Italy	1640	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 90.95
2615	Seba	6 Snake Engravings	Amsterdam	1734-1765	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 535.00
2616	Mattioli	5 Pages of Natural History Engravings (Porcupine, Hedgehog, Elephant, Birds, Horse, Mule, Dog, Goat, Hippopotamus, Squid, Fish, Beaver)	Venice	1634	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 139.10
2617	Mattioli	6 Pages of Sea Life & Natural History Engravings (Ray, Squid, Lobster, Shrimp, Crab, Hermitcrab, Scorpion, Shells, Torpedo Ray, Eel, Centipede)	Venice	1634	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 181.90
2618	Mattioli	Pair of Pages of Botanical Engravings (Palm Tree, Date, Banana, Coconut)	Venice	1634	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
2619		4 Original Chinese Paintings of Chinese Emperors, Thief, and King			USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 347.75
2620	Merian	Dance of Death. 117	Frankfurt	1649	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 117.70
2621	Merian	Dance of Death. 119	Frankfurt	1649	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 117.70
2622	Merian	Dance of Death. 121	Frankfurt	1649	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 149.80
2623	Merian	Dance of Death. 123	Frankfurt	1649	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 347.75
2624	Merian	Adam and Eve in the Garden with Apple, Unicorn, Parrot, Lion. 125	Frankfurt	1649	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 256.80
2625	Piranesi	View of the Large Trevi Fountain formerly called the Acqua Vergine	Rome	1760-1790s.<br><br>The etchings are on laid paper. We were able to note two watermarks present in the work. One wasthe characteristic fleur-de-lis in a circle, commonly used for his	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 1,016.50
2626	Piranesi	The Hadrianeum (once used as a custom house) in the Piazza di Pietra	Rome	1760-1790s.<br><br>The etchings are on laid paper. We were able to note two watermarks present in the work. One wasthe characteristic fleur-de-lis in a circle, commonly used for his	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 1,070.00
2630	Munster	Map of Vienna, Austria	Basel		USD 800.00 - 1,600.00	USD 107.00
2631	Munster	Map of the Holy Land (Syria, Palestine, Babylon, Arabia...)	Basel		USD 800.00 - 1,600.00	USD 139.10
2632	Ziletti's Ptolemy	Map of Poland	Venice	1574	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 90.95

Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.

Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.

Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.

Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.

Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.

Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.

Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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