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  • Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
  • Forum Auctions
    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.
    Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000.
  • ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.

Rare Book Monthly

Articles - September - 2013 Issue

Auctions in September

A snapshot of a busy month

A snapshot of a busy month

As the fall calendar takes shape there are 53 events scheduled and invariably many more that will be announced soon.  Here is an overview but also check the auction calendar for more events and the full contents of sales as they are posted.

 

Sun. Sept. 1st       

Heritage Auctions {HA.com].  Weekly Comics sale ending today.

Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Weekly Posters Sale ending today.

 

Tues. Sept. 3rd       

Bruun Rasmussen.  Books and Manuscripts [1336].  215 lots

 

Wed. Sept. 4th       

Lyon and Turnbull.  Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts [391].  485 lots

Old World Auctions.  Antique Maps, Globes, Atlases & Vintage Graphics [146].  852 lots

 

Thurs. Sept. 5th     

Heritage Auctions.  Rare Books internet bidding ending today [201336].

AntiquarianAuctions.com.  Rare Books internet bidding ending today. [29].

 

Sat. Sept 7th         

Bonhams.  The Beaulieu Sale., Collector’s Motor Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia [20930].  73 lots

Clars Auction Gallery.  Prints, Photographs [90813].  56 lots

 

Tues. Sept. 10th     

Bonhams.  Books [20706].  40 lots

Freeman’s.  Photographs and Photobooks [1467].

Clars Auction Gallery. 

 

Wed. Sept. 11th     

Rupert Toovey and Co.  Prints [1153].

 

Thurs. Sept. 12th     

PBA Galleries.  California and the American West [515]

Swann Galleries.  19th and 20th Century Prints [2322]

Heritage Auctions.  Rare Books – internet bidding ending today [201337].

 

Fri. Sept. 13th         

Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society.  Rare and Used Books [91313].

 

Sat. Sept. 14th         

Neal Auction Company.  Books [91413].

ERA Encheres.  Ancient Books and Manuscripts [22885].   317 lots

 

Sun. Sept. 15th         

Neal Auction Company.  Books [91413].

National Book Auctions.  Books, Art, Ephemera, and Collectible [91513]

 

Mon. Sept. 16th         Dorotheum.  Posters, Advertising Art, Comics, Film and Photohistory

 

Tues. Sept. 17th         Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints [L1316].

 

Wed. Sept. 18th          Bonhams.  Prints, featuring works of John Piper [20739].  341 lots

                                    RR Auctions.  Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph [414]

                                    Christies.  Modern and Contemporary Prints [1144].

                                    Morton Casa de Subastas.  Documents, Prints and Books [682].

                                    Tajan.  Manuscripts and Autographs [9844].

 

Thurs. Sept. 19th        Christies.  Prints and Multiples [9401].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Rare Books internet bidding ending today [201338].

                                    Waverly Auctions.  Rare Books [257].

 

Fri. Sept 20th              Koller Auctions.  Old Master Drawings and Prints [A166a].  93

 lots

                                    Koller Auctions.  Old Master Prints [W238]

                                    Skinner.  Fine Prints and Photographs [2673B].

 

Sat. Sept. 21st             Koller Auctions.  Books and Autographs [A166b].  670 lots

                                    Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Americana, Political [6104].

                                    Eldred’s.  Prints, Books [786].

 

Mon. Sept. 23rd          Cowans Auctions.  American History [372].

 

Wed. Sept. 25th          Christies.  Kate Moss – The Collection – Curated by Gert Elfering [1192].

                                    Kapandji Morhange.  Comic Strips [17010].

                                    Dominic Winter Book Auctions.  Printed Books, Maps and Documents [92513].

 

Thurs. Sept. 26th        Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers.  Books [92613].

                                    Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.  Prints [283].

                                    Freemans.  Books amnd Manuscripts [1470].

                                    Christies.  Prints [9939].

                                    Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Rare Books Internet bidding ending today [201339]

                                    RR Auction.  Marvels of Modern Music Auction [415].

                                    PBA Auctions.  Fine and Rare Books [516].

 

Fri. Sept. 27th             Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers.  Books [92613].

                                    Freemans.  Maps, Posters and other Graphics [1471].

                                    Venator and Hanstein.  Books – Prints and Drawings – Autographs [128].

 

Sat. Sept. 28th             Venator and Hanstein.  Modern and Contemporary Prints and Drawings – Modern Literature on Art [129].

 

Sun. Sept. 29th           Bonhams.  Prints, Books [21005].

 

Here is a link to the auction search.

 

Rare Book Monthly

  • Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
  • Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000.

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