Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper, 50926, Franklin

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 09, 2026 - May 09, 2026
Page Size: 147 items in 6 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
10027 Schenck

Schenck - View of Cochin (Kochi), India (Kochin). 73

Holland & West Frisia 1702 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 235.40
10028 Schenck

Schenck - View of Kutch, India (Kutchin). 74

Holland & West Frisia 1702 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 128.40
10029 Schenck

Schenck - View of Batavia (Jakarta), Indonesia (Batavia). 68

Holland & West Frisia 1702 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 149.80
10030 Schedel

Schedel, pub. 1493 - Herodias with the head of John the Baptist, Biblical Scenes, Family Lineage / Verso: Biblical Scenes, Religious & Historic People

Nuremberg 1493 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 181.90
10031 Schedel

Schedel, pub. 1493 - Lineage Chart of Alexander the Greta, Sun & Moon / Verso: Religious & Historic People

Nuremberg 1493 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 181.90
10032 Schedel

Schedel, pub. 1493 - View of Ratisbona (Regensberg), Germany / Verso: Partial View of Vienna & Religious & Historic People

Nuremberg 1493 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 246.10
10033 Schedel

Schedel, pub. 1493 - View of Salzburg, Austria / Verso: Religious & Historic People

Nuremberg 1493 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 278.20
10034 Schedel

Schedel, pub. 1493 - View of Basel, Switzerland / Verso: Religious or Historic People

Nuremberg 1493 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 561.75
10035 Schedel

Schedel, pub. 1493 - View of Budapest (Buja), Hungary / Verso: Partial View of Arcentina & Religious & Historic People

Nuremberg 1493 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 909.50
10036 Magini's Ptolemy

Magini's Ptolemy, pub. 1596 - 3 Maps of Spain, Portugal, & Greece

Venice 1596 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 96.30
10037 Magini's Ptolemy

Magini's Ptolemy, pub. 1596 - 4 Maps of Crete, Naples, Rome, Tuscany (Italy)

Venice 1596 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 149.80
10038 Magini's Ptolemy

Magini's Ptolemy, pub. 1596 - 5 Maps of Europe, British Isles (England, Ireland, Scotland), Spain & Portugal, Albion, France

Venice 1596 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 224.70
10039 Van Keulen

Van Keulen, Rare - Map of the White Sea

Amsterdam 1708; 1709 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 374.50
10040 Van Keulen

Van Keulen, Rare - Map of the Canary Islands

Amsterdam 1708; 1709 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 668.75
10041 Van Keulen

Van Keulen, Rare - Coastal Map of Brazil

Amsterdam 1708; 1709 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
10042 Ortelius

Ortelius - 3 Engravings: Frontispieces & Maps of Netherlands & Poland

Antwerp 1579 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 267.50
10043 Ortelius

Ortelius - 6 Maps of Spain, Portugal, & Greece

Antwerp 1579; 1598; 1613 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 454.75
10044 Ortelius

Ortelius - 4 Maps of France

Antwerp 1579; 1598; 1613 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
10045 Ortelius

Ortelius - 9 Maps of Germany, Austria, & Switzerland

Antwerp 1579 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 347.75
10046 Ortelius

Ortelius - 5 Maps of Italy

Antwerp 1579 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 401.25
10047 Ortelius

Ortelius - 5 Maps of Africa

Antwerp 1579; 1598; 1613 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 481.50
10048 Visscher

Visscher - Map of Brazil

Amsterdam 1649-1700 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 401.25
10049 Visscher

Visscher - Map of Holland (The Netherlands)

Amsterdam 1649-1700 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 321.00
10050 Visscher

Visscher - Map of Italy

Amsterdam 1649-1700 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 615.25
10051 Visscher

Visscher - Map of the Turkish Empire (with Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Holy Land, Middle East)

Amsterdam 1649-1700 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 802.50
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.