Bonhams: Printing and Process The David Godine Collection Part II, 32162, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 06, 2026 - May 06, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Marcus Tullius Cicero | Epistolae familiares. Pauli Manutii scholia |
Venice | 1546 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 152 | Marcus Tullius Cicero | Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium libri IIII incerto auctore. Ciceronis De inventione libri II. De oratore, ad Q. fratrem libri III. Brutus, sive, De claris oratoribus, liber I |
Venice | 1546 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 153 | Johannes Martinus Poblacion | De usu astrolabi compendium, schematibus commodissimis illustratum |
Paris | 1546 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,176.00 |
| 154 | Caius Suetonius Tranquillus | Vitae Caesarum |
Basel | 1546 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 896.00 |
| 155 | Polydore Vergil | Anglicae historiae libri vigintisex |
Basel | 1546 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 156 | DIONYSIUS PERIEGETES | Tes oikoumenes periegesis ypomnematistheisa. De situ orbis libellus |
Paris | 1547 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 157 | ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS | Apophthegmatum opus cum primis frugiferum |
Paris | 1547 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,408.00 |
| 158 | GAIGNY, JEAN DE | Psalmi Davidici septuaginta quinque, in lyricos versus, servata ecclesiasticae versionis veritate et Hebraeorum varietate; Dispute qu'il est necessaire a un grand prince scavoir les lettres |
Paris | 1547; 1548 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 159 | GIOVIO, PAOLO | Vitae duodecim vicecomitum Mediolani principum |
Paris | 1549 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 160 | QUINTILIANUS, MARCUS FABIUS | De Institutione Oratoria libri XII |
Paris | 1549 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 161 | ANTHOLOGIA GRAECA | Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum in septem libros distinctum, diligenti castigatione emendatum |
Venice | 1550 (1551) | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,304.00 |
| 162 | JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS | Le premier livre de la guerre et capitivite des Juifz |
Paris | 1550 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
| 163 | APPIANUS; THUCYDIDE; HERODOT | Romanarum historiarum. In Greek; Thucydidis Olori filii de bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo; Historiarum lib. IX |
Paris; Geneva | 1551; 1564; 1570 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,176.00 |
| 164 | VITELLI, VITELLO; MANUTIUS, PAOLO | Lettere di diversi signori & republiche; Tre libri di lettere volgari |
Florence; Venice | 1551; 1556 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 165 | DONI, ANTONIO FRANCESCO | I Marmi |
Venice | 1552-53 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 166 | PARADIN, GUILLAUME | Chronique de Savoye |
Lyons | 1552 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 167 | CASTIGLIONE, BALDASSARRE; GONZAGA, CESARE; CORSO, ANTON GIACOMO | Stanze pastorali, del conte Baldesar Castiglione, et del signor Cesare Gonzaga, con le rime di M. Anton Giacomo Corso |
Venice | 1553 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 168 | AEMYLIUS, PAULUS [PAOLO EMILIO]; ARNOLDUS FERRONIUS | De rebus gestis Francorum libri X. -- De rebus gestis Gallorum libri IX |
Paris | 1576 / 1554 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
| 169 | ARETAEUS CAPPADOCIS | De Acutorum , ac Diutunorum morbosum causis & signis, Lib. IIII. De acutorum, ac diutunorum morborum curatione Lib.IIII |
Paris | 1554 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,328.00 |
| 170 | CATULLUS, GAIUS VALERIUS | Catullus, et in eum commentarius m. Antonii Mureti |
Venice | 1554 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 171 | DIODORUS SICULUS | Sept livres des histoires |
Paris | 1554 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 172 | MARAFFI, DAMIANO | Figure del Vecchio Testamento con versi toscani |
Lyons | 1554 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 173 | BOUCHET, JEAN | Les triumphes de la noble Amoureuse Dame, Et l'Art d'honnestement aymer, contenant trois parties |
Paris | 1555 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,048.00 |
| 174 | CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS | Opera |
Paris | 1555 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 175 | DU CHOUL, GUILLAUME | Discours de la religion des anciens Romains... Discours sur la castrametation |
Lyons | 1556/7 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’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, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, 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.