Arader Galleries: February 2026 Auction, 20726, New York City

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 07, 2026 - February 07, 2026

Page Size: 159 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
27		Eliot's Carte du Theatre de la Guerre - The Map Convincing the French to Support the American Cause of Liberty	Paris	1778	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	Not Sold
28		Scull's Map of Pennsylvania - Hung in Independence Hall at the behest of Ben Franklin	London	June 1775 (1776).	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
29		Blaskowitz's Plan of the Progress of the [British] Royal Army - The Most Important Manuscript Map of the Revolutionary War	[Philadelphia	1778].	USD 1,200,000.00 - 1,800,000.00	Not Sold
30		SARTINE'S AMERICAN COASTAL ATLAS AT THE DAWN OF INDEPENDENCE EX-COLL. DEPOT DE LA MARINE, DESCOTES, RABUT & DE LAVIS-TRAFFORD	[Paris	17781780.	USD 50,000.00 - 60,000.00	Not Sold
31		Melish's Military and Topographical Atlas of the United States - FROM THE COLLECTION OF MAJOR WASHINGTON LEE	Philadelphia	1813	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
32		Scenes of the American Revolution made for a French Audience, sowing the seeds of Revolution...	Paris	ca. 1784	USD 1,600.00 - 2,200.00	Not Sold
33		Smith's Sermon On the Present Situation of American affairs - 1775 First Edition	Philadelphia	junior; 1775.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 360.00
34		Charles Stedman's The History...of the American War - The Best Book for the mapping of the American Revolution with 14 important maps	London	1794	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 18,000.00
35		Thomas Anburey's Travels Through the Interior Parts of America in a Series of Letters - 1789 First Edition	London	1789	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
36		Ramsay's The history of the revolution of South-Carolina - THE FIRST BOOK COPYRIGHTED IN THE UNITED STATES	Trenton (NJ)	1785	USD 16,000.00 - 22,000.00	Not Sold
37		William Faden's Rare Dublin Edition of this Revolutionary War Charleston View	Dublin	1776	USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00	USD 48,000.00
38		Faden's Plan of Attack of Fort Sullivan Near Charles Town depicting a critical altercation of the Revolutionary War	London	1776	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 16,800.00
39		William Faden's Plan of Part of the Provinces of Pennsylvania, and East & West New Jersey	London	1784	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 19,200.00
40		William Faden's Plan of the Surprise of Stoney Point	London	1784	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
41		William Faden's Plan of the City and Environs of Quebec and Its Siege and Blockade by the Americas	London	1776	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
42		Malby & Son's Monumental Terrestrial globe, called the "Colossus Globe" was manufactured by James Wyld in 1867	London	1885	USD 35,000.00 - 55,000.00	USD 40,800.00
76	Thomas Kitchin	Kitchin / Jefferys Map of Italy	London	1777	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 1,320.00
77	Thomas Kitchin	Kitchin / Jefferys Map ofthe Kingdom of Poland and Duchy of Lithuania	London	1777	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 900.00
78	Thomas Kitchin	Kitchin / Jefferys Map of the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal	London	1777	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 120.00
79	Thomas Kitchin	Kitchin / Jefferys Map of the Catholic Netherlands	London	1777	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
80	Thomas Kitchin	Kitchin / Jefferys Map of the Kingdoms of Sweden, Denmark and Norway	London	1777	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
81	Thomas Kitchin	Kitchin / Jefferys Map of the Seven United Provinces [Netherlands]	London	1777	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 1,020.00
82	Thomas Kitchin	Kitchin / Jefferys Map of the Post Roads of France	London	1777	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 150.00
83	Thomas Kitchin	Kitchin / Jefferys Map of An Exact Chart of the River St. Laurence	London	1777	USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00	USD 720.00
84	Thomas Kitchin	Kitchin / Jefferys Map of the Kingdom of Ireland	London	1777	USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00	USD 720.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.