• Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Keats, John] Spenser, Edmund: The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. $50,000 - $80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: (Walton, Izaak): The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Thomas, Gabriel: An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. $25,000 - $35,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Carroll, Lewis]: The Game of Alice in Wonderland. $2,000 - $3,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Athias, Joseph, et al.: Biblia Hebraica. $7,000 - $10,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Warhol, Andy, and Jens Quistgaard] Dansk Designs Salesman's Presentation Catalogue. $2,500 - $3,500.
  • Sotheby’s, June 26: Poe, Edgar Allan. Tamerlane — the most poignant rarity in American literature. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: The Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." 2,500,000 - 5,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: William Blake. “Poems with very wild and interesting pictures” 1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Thomas Taylor [artist]. The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
  • Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 4. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map in Full Contemporary Color (1642) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 125. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $15,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 673. Rare Frontispiece in Full Contemporary Color with Gilt Highlights (1662) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 717. Complete Tanner Atlas with Important Maps of Texas & Iowa (1845) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 3. Henricus Hondius' Baroque-Style World Map (1641) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 258. Complete Set of De Bry's Native Virginians & Picts from Part I of Grands Voyages (1608) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 608. Superb Work on 18th Century Russia with over 100 Maps and Plates (1788) Est. $3,500 - $4,250
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 49. One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1556) Est. $5,000 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 706. Superb Image of the Annunciation in Contemporary Hand Color (1518) Est. $900 - $1,100
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 123. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 631. One of the Earliest Printed Maps of Afghanistan & Pakistan (1482) Est. $1,900 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 689. Proof Copy Engraving of the Senate Floor During the Compromise of 1850 (1855) Est. $1,500 - $1,800
  • Bonhams, June 15-25: 18th Century American Sea Captain's Journals of Voyages to Hawaii, China, and South America. $35,000 - $45,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Autograph Diary from Bolling Advance Base, Winter 1934. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Thoreau, Henry David. Walden; Or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Cellarius, Andreas. Harmonia macrocosmica seu atlas universalis et novus, totius universi creati cosmographiam generalem, et novam exhibens. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Nobelist George Stigler's Copy of Ricardo's Classic on the Science of Economics. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour. Paris: F. L. Schmied, 1927. $15,000 - $20,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Fine Copy of Walras's Classic on the Theory of Marginal Utility. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Arion Press Moby Dick. Melville, Herman. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Venegas, Miguel. Noticia de la California, y desu conquista temporal, y espiritual hasta el tiempo presente. $7,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Carelton Watkins, Yosemite and the West. Portfolio of 21 imperial albumen prints. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: An Unpublished Archive of Thornton Wilder Correspondence to F.J. O'Neil. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 15-25: Vesalius, Andreas. 1514-1564. Suorum de humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome. $100,000 - $150,000

Vermot de Pas: Maps and Views, 150298, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 28, 2024 - March 28, 2024
Page Size: 582 items in 24 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
401

SARTHE. View of "CHATEAU DU LUART, Arrondissement de MAMERS (Sarthe.)". Drawing by Baron de Wismes. Lithograph by Eugene Ciceri (1813-1890) and Bachelier

 Paris EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
402

SARTHE. View of "Chateau de COURTENVAUX" (Entrance facade). Partly built in 1510 by Jacques Berzeau, Secretary of Finance. Owned by Count A. de Montesquiou.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
403

SARTHE. View of "Chateau de GALLERANDE (Canton de Pontvallain). Built by the de Clermont-Gallerande family, circa 1490 - Owned by Mr le Comte de Ruille. Victor Petit del et litho. Ch. Boivin editeur.

c.1861 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
404

SARTHE. LE MANS. Palais du Grabatoire, Le Mans. 20th century etching, numbered and signed by the artist (25 x 32.5 cm) Condition A

 20th century EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
405

SAVOIE. Map of 1690. "Partie meridionale des Etats de SAVOYE ou sont les Duches de SAVOYE, les Comtes de TARENTAISE, et MAURIENNE (MORIENNE) et partie du BUGET (Bugey), et c., divises en leurs mandements, ou parties par le Sieur SANSON d'Abbeville, Geogra

 Paris 1690 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.00
406

SAVOIE. MIRIBEL-LES-ECHELLES: "LES ECHELLES" Lithograph on China paper by C. MOTTE, based on a drawing by DEROY.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 128.00
407

SAVOIE. "CHAMBERY, general view taken from Lemenc." 19th c. engraving, "Nice et Savoie" series

c.1864 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
408

SAVOIE. "SAINT-JEAN-DE-MAURIENNE" Engraving 19th c. "Nice et Savoie" series

 c.1864 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
409

HAUTE-SAVOIE. LE NANT D'ARPENAZ: "NANT D'ARPENAS." Drawing by Villeneuve in 1827.

 Paris EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
410

HAUTE-SAVOIE. "FAVERGES." Engraving 19th c. "Nice et Savoie" series (c. 1864). Lithograph by Eugene Ciceri, based on a drawing by Felix Benoist.

Nantes EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
411

HAUTE-SAVOIE. "FOND DE LA COMBE ET MONT RUANT, Vallee de Sixt." 19th c. engraving, "Nice et Savoie" series (c. 1864). Lithograph by Sabatier, based on a drawing by Felix Benoist.

 Nantes EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
412

PARIS. "Porte de la Ville du cote de Saint Antoine", decorated for the arrival of the Infanta of Spain. Louis XIV was to marry the Spanish Infanta Maria Theresa in 1660. Engraving (40 x 27 cm) Condition B-. Short margins, some loss.

 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
413

PARIS and THE PARIS REGION. Map of 1686: "La Prevote et l'Election de PARIS, Dedie au Roy, par son tres humble... serviteur Hubert JAILLOT, 1686." (Departments 28, 60, 75, 77, 78 ,91,92,93,94,95.) (54 x 67 cm) Condition B+. Short right margin.

 1686 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
414

LA REGION PARISIENNE, Very large map (150 x 110 cm) in 4 plates (77 x 55 cm each): "LA GENERALITE DE PARIS, divise en ses 22 Elections savoir Paris, Beauvais, Compiegne, Senlis, Meaux, Rozoy, Coulommiers, Montereau, Provins, Nogent, Sens, Joigny, S. Flore

 1725 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
415

PARIS. "Vue perspective de LA PLACE DAUPHINE a Paris, du cote de la rue de Harlay."

Paris 18th century EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
416

Eglise Saint-Etienne-du-Mont in PARIS. "Prosp. De l'Eglise St Etienne et Sainte Genevieve."

Eighteenth-century EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
417

PARIS. DEATH OF THE DAUPHIN, 1766. "Mandement de Monseigneur l'Archeveque de PARIS, qui ordonne des Prieres publiques pour le repos e l'Ame de feu Monseigneur le DAUPHIN." Versailles December 24, 1765.

Paris 1765, 1766. EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
418

PARIS "Vue du Palais de BOURBON et du cours de la Reine, prise de la terrasse des Tuileries.

 Drawn in 1778., c.1780 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
419

CARTE DE LA PREVOTE DE LA VICOMTE DE PARIS dressee sur un grand nombre de memoires particuliers assujettis aux observations de l'Academie royale des Sciences par G. DELISLE Premier Geographe du Roy

 Paris 1782 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
420

PARIS. THE GROS-CAILLOU FIRE PUMP. 2 Engravings (18 x 13.5 cm) by A. Le Campion, drawing by Testard.

Paris c.1788 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
421

PRISE DE LA BASTILLE, July 14, 1789.

Paris EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
422

FETE DE LA FEDERATION July 14, 1790: "Federation generale des Francais au Champ de Mars le 14 Juillet 1790"

 Paris EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
423

TAKING OF THE BASTILLE. "Service funebre des Citoyens morts au Siege de la BASTILLE. Speech delivered by Abbe FAUCHET on August 5, 1789." Tableaux historiques de la Revolution Francaise series. Ndeg22.

 1791-1798 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
424

LA FONTAINE DE LA REGENERATION, sur les debris de LA BASTILLE, le 10 Aout 1793., on the occasion of a celebration commemorating the first anniversary of the Day of August 10, 1792.

 Paris 1792 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
425

INSTITUT DE FRANCE. "Premiere seance de L'Institut Nationale, le 15 Germinal An 4 (4 Avril 1796) de la Republique." Serie des Tableaux historiques de la Revolution Francaise. Ndeg125.

1791-1798 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Auctions on June 19
    and June 20
    Dominic Winter, June 19: Lot 70 - Warner (Robert). The Orchid Album, 11 volumes, 1882-1897. £5,000 to £8,000
    Dominic Winter, June 19: Lot 151 - United States. Melish (John), Map of the United States with..., British & Spanish Possessions, 1816. £40,000 to £60,000
    Dominic Winter, June 19: Lot 159 - World. Speed (John), A New and Accurat Map of the World, 1676. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Auctions on June 19
    and June 20
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 503 - American Civil War playing cards. Union Cards, New York: American Card Co., 1862. £500 to £800
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 573 - Shepard (Ernest Howard), 'The Hour is Come’, original watercolour, [1959]. £10,000 to £15,000
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 922 - Wilde (Oscar). An Ideal Husband, large paper limited issue, 1899. £4,000 to £6,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Auctions on June 19
    and June 20
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 744 - Disney (Walt). “Sketch Book” [of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs], 1938. £700 to £1,000
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 771 - Auden (Wystan Hugh). Portrait of the head of W. H. Auden, 1970. £1,000 to £1,500
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 822 - Fleming (Ian). Goldfinger, 1st edition, signed by the author, 1959. £6,000 to £8,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Auctions on June 19
    and June 20
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 895 - Rowling (J. K.). A complete inscribed set of Harry Potter books plus ephemera. £8,000 to £12,0000
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 883 - Orwell (George). Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1st edition, London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. £3,000 to £5,000
    Dominic Winter, June 20: Lot 700 - Ashendene Press. T. Lucreti Cari De Rerium Natura Libri Sex, Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1913. £4,000 to £6,000
  • Heritage Auctions, June 27
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The Great Gatsby
    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Mary Shelley
    Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus
    London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    J. R. R. Tolkien
    The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again
    London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1937
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Jane Austen
    Emma: A Novel. In Three Volumes. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice," &c. &c.
    London: Printed for John Murray, 1816
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    An Inland Voyage
    London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1878
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Ernest Hemingway
    Three Stories & Ten Poems
    Paris: Contact Publishing Co., 1923
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
    History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark
    Philadelphia, 1814
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Emily Dickinson
    Autograph letter signed ("Emily and Vinnie"), to Mary Adelaide Hills
    Amherst, MA, Late April, 1880
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    John Keats
    Autograph letter signed ("John Keats"), to Mrs. Jeffrey
    Honiton 4 or 5 May 1818
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Samuel Johnson
    A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are deduced from their Originals…
    London, 1765
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    H. P. Lovecraft
    Small archive of nine lengthy autograph letters signed variously over a period of six years to J. Vernon Shea.
    Various places, 1931-1937
    Heritage Auctions, June 27
    Izaak Walton
    The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation…
    London: T. homas Maxey for Rich. ard Marriot, 1653
  • Bonhams, June 25: Vesalius, Andreas. 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. $200,000 - $300,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Gersdorff, Hans Von. 1455-1529. Feldtbuch der wundartzney. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Pare, Ambroise. C.1509-1590. La Methode Curative des Playes, et Fractures de la Teste humaine. Avec les pourtraits des Instruments necessaires pour la curation d'icelles. $25,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Reisch, Gregor. 1470-1525. Margarita Philosophica. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bright, Richard. 1789-1858. Reports of Medical Cases, Selected with a View of Illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a Reference to Morbid Anatomy. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Berengario da Carpi, Giacomo. C. 1460-1530. Tractatus de fractura calve sive cranei. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Vicq D'Azyr, Felix. 1748-1794. Traite d'antomie et de physiologie. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Croce, Giovanni Andrea Della. 1509?-1775. Chirurgia libri septem... $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bruno Da Longburgo. 1200-1286. La cyrogia di Maistro Bruno: Expertissimo in quella. Tradutta in vulgare. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Schwann, Theodor. 1810-1882. Mikroskopische Untersuchungen uber die Ubereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Cowper, William. 1666-1709. The Anatomy of Humane Bodies, with Figures Drawn after the Life… $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bidloo, Govard. 1649-1713. Anatomia humani corporis, centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiossis. G. de Lairesse ad vivum delineatis. $6,000 - $9,000
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