• 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: 500 Autographs, Photographs and Drawings, 151328, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 03, 2024 - April 03, 2024
Page Size: 500 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
376 BERT-MALET (Bertrand Saint-Ogan dit,

BERT-MALET (Bertrand Saint-Ogan dit, illustrator, brother of Alain Saint-Ogan) / Important set of more than 40 original drawings executed in his hand in black Indian

 1930s EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
377 Pierre DMITRIENKO

BEAUX-ART - Pierre DMITRIENKO (1925-1974, painter, engraver and sculptor of Greek-Russian origin) / Autograph letter signed "Pierre", 3 p in-4, addressed to actorAndre

 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
378 Victor HUGO

Victor HUGO (1802-1885) - Curious note received by Victor Hugo, 2 p small in-8, it is anonymous, but must have been appended to an identified letter, since Victor Hug

 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
379 Raphael BISCHOFFSHEIM

Raphael BISCHOFFSHEIM (1823-1906, banker, deputy of Nice and patron of the Nice Observatory) / Correspondence of 4 autograph letters signed, each 1 p in-8, Years 1890

 1890 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
380

FRANC-MACONNERIE / Set of 9 miscellaneous manuscripts by Brother Horiot (schoolteacher) of the Etoile de la Haute Marne Lodge in Chaumont, 1900s: exhortation not to p

 1900s EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 76.80
381

FRANC-MACONNERIE / Blank certificate of admission to the "L'Union parfaite de la Perseverance" Lodge at the Paris Orient, XIXdeg (29.5 x 42 cm) / Joint: blank internal

 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
382

PIOUS PICTURES / Set of 15 pious pictures (canivets) from the 19th century and 165 pious pictures from the 1st half of the 20th century

 19th century EUR 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
383 Miltiades CANELLOPOULO

GREECE - Miltiades CANELLOPOULO (Greek journalist and patriot, editor-in-chief of the weekly "L'Independance Hellenique") / Autograph letter signed, 3 p in-8 (chipping

 1868 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
384 Antoine BRIENT

NANTE (Loire Atlantique) - Antoine BRIENT (Reze1905 -Nantes1936, engraver and aquafortist, died very young) / Set of4autograph letters signed, from Nantesin1931, to th

 1931 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
385 Jean AJALBERT

GONCOURT - Jean AJALBERT (1863-1847, Academie Goncourt writer) / Set of 19 autograph letters signed to the same friend between 1934 and 1936, totaling 27 p in-4 and 1

 1934 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
386 Pierre Antoine GALLIEN

Pierre Antoine GALLIEN (1896-1963, wood engraver and illustrator, figure of Montparnasse in the '20s, precursor of black line art) / Nice set consisting of correspond

 1926-1929 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
387 text by Aline Lecomte and illustrations by Pierre Jodon

Journal de PLOUF (monthly illustrated magazine for young people, text by Aline Lecomte and illustrations by Pierre Jodon, recounting the adventures of the duckling Pl

 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
388 HOZIER FAMILY

NOBLESSE - HOZIER FAMILY / Suite of 2 autograph letters signed, concerning the proofs of nobility of the Arcamont Family: 1deg) Ambroise Marie d'HOZIER de Serigny (1721

 1767 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
389 Jules CREPIEUX-JAMIN (

GRAPHOLOGY - Jules CREPIEUX-JAMIN (1858-1940, creator of modern graphology) / Autograph manuscript signed, 4 p in-8 (cracks at folds and chipping without harming the

 1855 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 102.40
390

DESAIX de VEYGOUX family - PUYS de DOME (Charbonnieres-la-Varenne) / Important archives of the General DESAIX family: 48 documents from 1623 to 1830 concerning the fa

 1623-1830 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 768.00
391 SUTAINE family

REIMS (Marne) SUTAINE family / Part of the archives of this old Reims family of wine merchants (Jean-Baptiste Sutaine, a bourgeois merchant, was an alderman of Reims

 1790-1820 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
392

CRISENOY (Seine et Marne) - Fermes des BORDES d'Andy / Notarial deed of 70 p large in-4 (expedition) from 1851, concerning the family division between Louis and Jean-

 1851 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 128.00
393 Abbe Emile Fromont

FRANCHE-COMTE - Abbe Emile Fromont (1871-1920, parish priest of Cissey in the Jura and local scholar) / Signed autograph manuscript, 9 p large in-8, notice on an unpu

 17th-century, 1909 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 76.80
394 Paul BELMONDO

Paul BELMONDO / Set of 26 original press photographs, all with the stamp "Agence Angeli - Bertrand Rindoff Petroff" on the back (27.5 x 18 cm) of Premiere evenings at

 1991-2004, EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
395 MONACO FAMILY

MONACO FAMILY - MARCHAIS (Aisne) / Set of 11 receipts from owners of Marchais or Liesse acknowledging receipt of funds from notary Lucien Baudrez de Liesse on behalf

 1920s EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
396 Paul RENOUARD

BEAUX-ARTS - Paul RENOUARD (1845-1924, painter and illustrator) / Set of 3 autograph letters signed (totalling 5 p in-8), 1 envelope preserved, circa 1900, to Abraham

 1900 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
397

ALGERIAN WAR / Set of 12 "Unes de journaux" (placards posted in front of newsagents to arouse interest in current events, 6 size 36 x 50 cm and 6 size 43 x 60 cm, the

 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 128.00
398

ART - PUBLIC SALES Years 20 / Set of 5 manuscript articles (23 p, 4 p, 12 p, 10 p, 5 p in-8) appearing in the "Gaulois Artistique" art auction announcements, autograp

 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
399 Cathinka de DIETZ

MUSIC - Cathinka de DIETZ (1813-1901, pianist and composer) / Autograph letter signed from Brighton, 3 p in-_ / Attached: period engraving published in "l'Artiste".

 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
400

VICHY REGIME / Anti-English propaganda poster (79 x 120 cm, was folded at the time): "Francais! Don't forget that if England has created an Empire over the world for

 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 51.20
  • 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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