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Rare Book Hub: 45 Auctions Archived, another 32 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 30 April 2021, 45 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database; 1 denominated in Danish krone, 11 in euros, 7 in British pounds, 2 in Mexican pesos, and 24 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $14,274,738 as 87% of all lots sold.  Eight thousand seven-hundred-sixty-two were posted and 7,395 changed  hands.

 

The world of rare paper is transforming.

 
 
3 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Heritage Auctions. Central States Currency Auction on April 23rd: $5,548,688
Christies. Books, Manuscripts, Photographs: from the Middle Ages to the Moon - bidstart 4/14 on April 28th: $1,592,314
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on April 28th: $1,319,433
 

22 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:

Lang's Auction, Inc.. Fishing Tackle and Related Ephemera on April 25th: 293.81%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 4/9 on April 20th: 172.02%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Antiquarian and Modern Literature and Illustrated Books on April 29th: 159.96%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 4/9 on April 21st: 158.62%
Sothebys. Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript, Part 2 - bidstart 4/15 on April 27th: 158.53%
Chorley's. Collections from The Laskett | Modern Art & Design on April 28th: 157.35%
OSENAT. Books and Manuscripts on April 29th: 147.57%
Lyon and Turnbull. Modern Made | Design on the Move: Posters from the Shell Heritage Art Collection on April 29th: 145.10%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps on April 29th: 144.54%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Fine Art and Antiques on April 24th: 133.42%
Lion Heart Autographs. Hidden Away for Decades, Two Extraordinary Autograph Collections Are Now Back on the Market on April 28th: 124.98%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/20 on April 27th: 123.54%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Spring Magic Auction on April 24th: 121.53%
Litchfield County Auctions. Giant Steps: Fine, Modern and Contemporary Art on April 29th: 114.36%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 4/9 on April 19th: 111.27%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. MARINE & VOYAGE / PETITCOLLOT AND VARIOUS COLLECTION on April 23rd: 110.65%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Discovery in the Backyard on April 29th: 108.01%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 27th: 107.34%
Doyle New York. Stage and Screen on April 28th: 106.99%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 4/20 on April 27th: 105.91%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/9 on April 18th: 102.99%
Eldreds. The April Marine Sale - Session 1 on April 29th: 101.84%


32 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:

Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/20 on April 27th: 100.00%
Lang's Auction, Inc.. Fishing Tackle and Related Ephemera on April 25th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Video Games and Trading Card Games Weekly Online Auction - bidstart 4/20 on April 27th: 100.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Spring Magic Auction on April 24th: 100.00%
Lyon and Turnbull. Modern Made | Design on the Move: Posters from the Shell Heritage Art Collection on April 29th: 100.00%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only: Timed Eclectic Variety on April 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 4/18 on April 25th: 99.82%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 4/20 on April 27th: 99.69%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 4/11 on April 25th: 99.66%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 4/18 on April 26th: 99.06%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Antiquarian and Modern Literature and Illustrated Books on April 29th: 98.68%
Chorley's. Collections from The Laskett | Modern Art & Design on April 28th: 97.09%
Sothebys. Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript, Part 2 - bidstart 4/15 on April 27th: 94.07%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 27th: 94.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 4/9 on April 21st: 93.13%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 24th: 93.00%
OSENAT. Books and Manuscripts on April 29th: 92.98%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Fine Art and Antiques on April 24th: 92.31%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 4/9 on April 20th: 91.67%
Heritage Auctions. Central States Currency Auction on April 23rd: 91.53%
Eldreds. April Marine Sale - Session 2 on April 30th: 90.91%
Litchfield County Auctions. Giant Steps: Fine, Modern and Contemporary Art on April 29th: 90.48%
Revere Auctions. Notable Studio & Art Pottery, Fine & Decorative Art on April 28th: 90.48%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Discovery in the Backyard on April 29th: 90.28%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. MARINE & VOYAGE / PETITCOLLOT AND VARIOUS COLLECTION on April 23rd: 90.00%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps on April 29th: 87.80%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/9 on April 18th: 87.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 4/9 on April 19th: 85.87%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 4/16 on April 23rd: 85.85%
Doyle New York. Stage and Screen on April 28th: 84.85%
ALDE. Travel Books - Maps - Oriental Manuscripts on April 29th: 81.95%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on April 28th: 81.56%

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2230-J $10,000 1928 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Very Fine 30. on April 23rd Actual price: USD $456,000.
  2. Bonhams Girl with Balloon on April 28th Actual price: USD $196,253.
  3. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-H $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. on April 23rd Actual price: USD $168,000.
  4. Doyle New York Plan of the City of New York in North America, surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767. on April 29th Actual price: USD $151,200.
  5. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-K $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice About Unc 58. on April 23rd Actual price: USD $144,000.
  6. Bonhams Love Is In The Air on April 28th Actual price: USD $122,245.
  7. Lion Heart Autographs Unique 1790 Hamilton ALS to Madison Mentioning Jefferson: Only Letter Between the Two Ever to Appear at Auction, and Likely the Only One in Private Hands on April 28th Actual price: USD $108,900.
  8. Heritage Auctions D(aniel) N. Morgan Courtesy Autographed Fr. 224 $1 1896 Silver Certificates Uncut Sheet of Four Serial Numbers 5-8 PCGS Choice About New 55. on April 23rd Actual price: USD $108,000.
  9. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1255a 10¢ Third Issue Hand Signed Green Back PMG Extremely Fine 40. on April 23rd Actual price: USD $108,000.
  10. Sothebys Napoleon I | letter signed to Admiral Ganteaume, ordering the invasion of England, 22 August 1805 on April 27th Actual price: USD $105,228.
  11. Sothebys Sir Winston Churchill | autograph letter signed, to Pamela, Lady Lytton, 1942 on April 27th Actual price: USD $105,228.
  12. Sothebys Winston Churchill | autograph letter signed, to T.E. Lawrence, praising Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 16 May 1927 on April 27th Actual price: USD $96,459.
  13. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1352 50¢ Third Issue Justice PCGS Banknote Choice Unc 64 PPQ. on April 23rd Actual price: USD $96,000.
  14. Christies Liber chronicarum. on April 28th Actual price: USD $95,776.
  15. Christies Liber chronicarum German:] Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten. Translated by Georg Alt (c.1450-1510). on April 28th Actual price: USD $83,586.
  16. Christies Four Gospels, in Armenian, illuminated manuscript on vellum, Marunan, Sos (New Julfa, Isfahan) on April 28th Actual price: USD $83,586.
  17. Christies Lives of Saints and devotional readings, in Coptic, decorated manuscript on paper on April 28th Actual price: USD $83,586.
  18. Christies Dissolve The Ego, So Your Soul Can Emerge...., 2019 on April 27th Actual price: USD $78,294.
  19. Heritage Auctions Fr. 329 $50 1880 Silver Certificate PCGS About New 53PPQ. on April 23rd Actual price: USD $72,000.
  20. Christies Portrait of John Keats at Wentworth Place on the day of his composing 'Ode to a Nightingale' on April 28th Actual price: USD $69,655.
  21. Sothebys Peter I, Emperor of Russia | Important letter signed about Charles XII of Sweden, 30 November 1711 on April 27th Actual price: USD $66,644.
  22. Bonhams Barcode on April 28th Actual price: USD $66,521.
  23. Heritage Auctions Four Consecutive Fr. 236 $1 1899 Mule Silver Certificates PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ, Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ, and (2) Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ. on April 23rd Actual price: USD $66,000.
  24. Sothebys Napoleon I | letter signed, to Admiral Villeneuve, ordering the invasion of England, 22 August 1805 on April 27th Actual price: USD $61,383.
  25. Christies De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem. on April 28th Actual price: USD $60,948.




45 total sales reported this week:

Soler Y Llach. Vintage Posters, Advertising and Cinema on April 28th: 38.20%
Eldreds. April Marine Sale - Session 2 on April 30th: 90.91%
Second Story Books. Robert Lee Hunter III Comic Book Auction: Part I on April 24th: 7.19%
Chorley's. Collections from The Laskett | Modern Art & Design on April 28th: 97.09%
Rossini. Classic Interiors on April 29th: 45.83%
PBA Galleries. California & the West. With Americana - Travel - Maps on April 29th: 68.28%
OSENAT. Books and Manuscripts on April 29th: 92.98%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Discovery in the Backyard on April 29th: 90.28%
Lyon and Turnbull. Modern Made | Design on the Move: Posters from the Shell Heritage Art Collection on April 29th: 100.00%
Litchfield County Auctions. Giant Steps: Fine, Modern and Contemporary Art on April 29th: 90.48%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Antiquarian and Modern Literature and Illustrated Books on April 29th: 98.68%
ALDE. Travel Books - Maps - Oriental Manuscripts on April 29th: 81.95%
Eldreds. The April Marine Sale - Session 1 on April 29th: 75.00%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps on April 29th: 87.80%
Revere Auctions. Notable Studio & Art Pottery, Fine & Decorative Art on April 28th: 90.48%
Morton Subastas. Weekly Auction - including Prints and Books - bidstart 4/14 on April 28th: 30.38%
Lion Heart Autographs. Hidden Away for Decades, Two Extraordinary Autograph Collections Are Now Back on the Market on April 28th: 76.97%
Christies. Books, Manuscripts, Photographs: from the Middle Ages to the Moon - bidstart 4/14 on April 28th: 78.77%
Doyle New York. Stage and Screen on April 28th: 84.85%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on April 28th: 81.56%
Lang's Auction, Inc.. Fishing Tackle and Related Ephemera on April 25th: 100.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Spring Magic Auction on April 24th: 100.00%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only: Timed Eclectic Variety on April 27th: 100.00%
Sothebys. Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript, Part 2 - bidstart 4/15 on April 27th: 94.07%
Morton Subastas. Antiquarian and Contemporary Books on April 27th: 33.60%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. A Gentleman's Pursuits on April 27th: 79.07%
Freemans. American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Art on April 27th: 72.73%
Christies. Wisdom and Natures on April 27th: 66.67%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 27th: 94.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 4/20 on April 27th: 99.69%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/20 on April 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Video Games and Trading Card Games Weekly Online Auction - bidstart 4/20 on April 27th: 100.00%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. MARINE & VOYAGE / PETITCOLLOT AND VARIOUS COLLECTION on April 23rd: 90.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 4/18 on April 25th: 99.82%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 4/18 on April 26th: 99.06%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 4/11 on April 25th: 99.66%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Fine Art and Antiques on April 24th: 92.31%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 4/16 on April 23rd: 85.85%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 4/9 on April 21st: 93.13%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 4/9 on April 20th: 91.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 4/9 on April 19th: 85.87%
Catawiki B. V.. Books on April 18th: 55.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/9 on April 18th: 87.50%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 24th: 93.00%
Heritage Auctions. Central States Currency Auction on April 23rd: 91.53%


For the week ahead 32 sales are scheduled:

Mon. May. 3rd
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 4/23. 65 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 134 lots

Tue. May. 4th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 4/27. 523 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/27. 199 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Online Sale - Books (Starting Price 1 Euro). 550 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety - bidstart 4/30. 43 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 4/23. 46 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Video Games and Trading Card Games Weekly Online Auction - bidstart 4/27. 51 lots

Wed. May. 5th
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Prints and Multiples. 182 lots
Finarte. Milan. Photographs: Under 1K. 432 lots
Bonhams. London. Entertainment Memorabilia. 317 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 4/23. 106 lots
Rossini. Paris. PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, LITHOGRAPHS, 19TH CENTURY, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY. 122 lots

Thu. May. 6th
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 308 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Old Master and Modern Prints. 458 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Books, Engravings and Old Papers. 345 lots
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Books and Art. 3616 lots
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Sports Memorabilia - Internet live. 36 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. The May Estate Auction. 44 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. Brooklyn. K2 JUDAICA SALE: RARE PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, GRAPHIC & CEREMONIAL ARTS. 210 lots

Fri. May. 7th
Chiswick Auctions. London. Photographica. 143 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 256 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 4/30. 70 lots

Sat. May. 8th
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Discovery Auction - Fine and Decorative Arts. 28 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Spring Sports Catalogue Auction. 2416 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots

Sun. May. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 5/2.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 5/2.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 4/25. 235 lots
Mirabaud-Mercier Auctioneers. PARIS . VINTAGE POSTERS FROM COLLECTORS FROM POSTER COLLECTIONS 1880 UPTO CONTEMPORY. 2479 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/30. 35 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Books - bidstart 4/30. 25 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.