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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | MATTHEW RADER | Bavariae Sanctae Volumen Alterum |
Monaco | 1615 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 202 | FLORENTIUS SCHOONHOVIUS | Emblemata Florentii Schoonhovii I.C. Goudani, Partim Moralia partim etiam Civilia |
Gouda | 1618 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 203 | JEAN PAPIRE MASSON | Elogia Serenissimorum ducum Sabaufi |
Paris | 1619 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 204 | HENRY HOLLAND | Heroologia Anglica hoc est clarissimorum et doctissimorum |
Arnhem | [1620] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 205 | GIULIO STROZZI | La Venetia edificata. Poema eroico |
Venice | 1624 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
| 206 | HERMANN HUGO | Obsidio Bredana armis Philippi IIII. Auspiciis Isabellae, ductu Ambr. Spinolae perfecta. -- De Militia Equestri antiqua et nova ad regem Philippum Iv. |
Antwerp | 1626, 1630 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 896.00 |
| 207 | BENEDETTO BUONMATTEI | Descrizione delle feste in Firenza per la canonizzazione di S. to Andrea Corsini |
Florence | 1632 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,408.00 |
| 208 | JACOB CATS | Spiegel van den Ouden ende Nieuwen tijdt, Bestandes uyt Spreeck-woor-den ende sin-spreucken |
The Hague | 1632 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,864.00 |
| 209 | PIERRE BIVERO | Sacrum Sanctuarium Crucis et Patientiae |
Antwerp | 1634 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 210 | PIETER POST | Begraeffenisse van Syne Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick |
Amsterdam | 1651 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 896.00 |
| 211 | MICHEL DE MAROLLES | Tableaux du temple des Muses |
Paris | 1655 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
| 212 | JEAN DESMARESTS DE SAINT SORLIN | Les Delices de l'esprit |
Paris | 1661 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 213 | Martin EIER, Georg GREEN | Sursum deorsum. Oder Die alleredelste Sorgfalt Des...Herrn Johann Georgen des Andern Hertzogens zu Sachsen...Als Dero am 22 Augusti, Anno 1680...verblichener Leichnam...Am 29. Ejusdem...In der Kirche Auf dem Schloss Freudenstein zu Freyberg gesetzet worde |
Dresden | [1680?] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 214 | JEREMIAH MARLOW | A Book of Cyphers, or letters reverst |
London | 1683 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,608.00 |
| 215 | ROBERT PLOT | The natural history of Stafford-shire |
Oxford | 1686 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 216 | Louis Senault | Heures nouvelles tirees de la Sainte ecriture |
Paris | c. 1690 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 217 | Ludolph Smids | Pictura Loquens |
Amsterdam | 1695 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
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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.