Bonhams: Fine Books & Manuscripts Including Highlights from Jeremy Norman, History of Science and Technology, 31882, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 24, 2026 - June 24, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 304 | Vetusta monumenta quae ad Rerum Britanicarum |
London | 1747-1842 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 305 | Rabelais Francois 1494-1553; Hippocrates 460-370 B.C.E. | Aphorismorum Hippocratis sectiones septem |
Lyon | 1543 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 306 | Orsini Fulvio 1529-1600; Estaco Aquiles 1524-81 | Imagines et elogia viroum illustrium; Inlustrium viror ut exstant in urbe expressi vultus |
Rome; Venice | 1569-1570 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 307 | Aelianus Tacticus | The tacticks of Aelian or art of embattailing an army after ye Grecian manner |
London | 1616 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 308 | Raveneau Jacques d. ca. 1683 | Traite des inscriptions en faux et reconnoissances d'escritures & signatures par comparaison & autrement |
Paris | 1666 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 309 | Hondius Henricus 1597-1651 | Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula |
Amsterdam | 1666 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,608.00 |
| 310 | 138 Books, including: Collection of 76 official court records relating to the arrests, trials, sentences and executions of Cartouche |
1721-1722 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 311 | Bayer Theophilus Siegfried 1694-1738 | Museum sinicum in quo Sinicae linguae et litteraturae ratio explicatur |
St. Petersburg | 1730 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,376.00 |
| 312 | Bickham George (1684-1758) | The Universal Penman |
London | 1741 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 313 | Tallard Marie-Joseph de | Catalogue raisonne des tableaux, sculptures, tant de marbre que de bronze, desseins et estampes des plus grands maitres, porcelaines anciennes, meubles precieux, bijoux, et autres effets qui composent le cabinet de feu Monsieur le duc de Tallard |
Paris | 1756 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 314 | Lysons Samuel (1763-1819) | An account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the county of Gloucester |
London | 1797 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 315 | Astle Thomas (1735-1803) | The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, Illustrated by Engravings Taken from Marbles, Manuscripts and Charters, Ancient and Modern: Also Some Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing |
London | 1803 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 316 | Carlile Richard (1790-1843) | The Republican |
London | 1819-26 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 317 | Ricardo David (1772-1823) | On the principles of political economy, and taxation |
London | 1821 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 318 | Johnson John (1777-1848) | Typographia, or The Printer's Instructor |
London | 1824 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 319 | Lepsius Karl Richard (1810-84) | Das Todtenbuch der Agypter nach dem hieroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin |
Leipzig | 1842 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 320 | Gavarni Paul (1804-66) | Oeuvres choisis de Gavarni. Etudes de moeurs contemporaines |
Paris | 1845-48 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 321 | Poe Edgar Allan (1809-49) | Mesmerism "in articulo mortis." |
London | 1846 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,328.00 |
| 322 | Jones Owen (1809-1874) | The Preacher |
London | 1849 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 323 | Layard Austen Henry (1817-94) | The Monuments of Nineveh; A Second Series from the Monuments of Nineveh |
London | 1853 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 324 | Claye Jules (1806-86) | Paroissien Romain d'apres les imprimes francais du XVme siecle |
Paris | 1858 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 325 | Eudel Paul (1837-1911) | The Definitive Studio Design and Production Archive for Paul Eudel's Landmark Library Dispersals |
1898 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 326 | Grasset Eugene (1845-1917) | Histoire des quatre fils Aymon |
Paris | 1883 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 327 | Kenyon Frederic G (1863-1952) | Ancient Books and Modern Discoveries |
Chicago | 1927 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 704.00 |
| 328 | Pollard Alfred W (1859-1944);Johnston Edward;Cobden-Sanderson Thomas James | Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Press |
San Francisco | 1929 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
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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.