• 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
426 Georges BORIAS

UZES (Gard) - Georges BORIAS (1908-1988, drawing teacher, painter and engraver, patron and volunteer director of the Musee d'Uzes that bears his name) / Set of 11 ori

 1944 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
427

PACIFIC OCEAN / Suite of 2 original engravings from the 1830s: "Un Toupapau" (Polynesia, drawn by Julien-Leopold Boilly and engraved by Alphonse Boilly, 19 x 13 cm, p

 1830s EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 51.20
428

WAR 39-45 - Works by a prisoner / Suite of 5 original woodcuts executed during his detention in Oflag by A. Craquelin, French officer: scenes of daily life (each 19.5

 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 102.40
429

REINE MARIE-ANTOINETTE / "Marie-Antoinette devant le cercueil du Roi Louis XVI", original unsigned ink wash late 18th / early 19th century, 7 x 11 cm pasted on laid p

 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
430 Henry DUMOUTET

BOURGES (Cher) - Henry DUMOUTET (died 1924, painter and photographer, son of statuary Jules Dumoutet, both of Bourges) / 1deg) Certificate of definitive admission to th

 1900 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 102.40
431 Nicolas Adrien Delafosse

BOURGES (Cher) / Superb large map of the city of Bourges "included in the octroi perimeter", drawn by Nicolas Adrien Delafosse in 1886, printed on canvas by Marchet-D

 1886 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 134.40
432 Lauren BACALL

Lauren BACALL (1924-2014, legendary American actress and model) / Photograph signed by her in black felt pen (13 x 9 cm)

 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
433 [Alfred GREVIN,

[Alfred GREVIN, 1827-1892, draughtsman, founder in 1882 of the museum that bears his name] / Nice set of 20 documents: 4 prints depicting his bird-women; album "Petit

 circa1890 EUR 150.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
434 Fred LIP (Frederic Lipmann dit,

(Envois) HORLOGERIE - Fred LIP (Frederic Lipmann dit, 1905-1996, horloger) / "Contre mes heures", Editions Parnasse, 1973, 167 p plus table (13.5 x 21 cm, used condit

 1973, EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
435 Reynaldo HAHN

MUSIC - Reynaldo HAHN (1874-1947, composer) / "Nausicaa", piano and vocal score of this opera in 2 acts, poem by Rene Fauchois and music by Reynaldo Hahn, Paris, Au M

 EUR 150.00 - 180.00 EUR 249.60
436

ART-DECO - Faiencerie d'Art de SAINTE-RADEGONDE-EN-TOURAINE (Indre et Loire) / Earthenware production catalog, 1930's, 15 p in-4 oblong (27 x 21 cm) on glossy paper,

 1930's EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
437 Jean MEUNIER

LYON - PHOTOGRAPHY - Jean MEUNIER (Lyon 1890-1974, teacher, passionate about photography, mainly on a technical level, he researched printing methods, founded a photo

 1900 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
438

18th CENTURY AUCTION / "Catalogue des livres de feu M. Logerot dont la vente se fera au plus offre & dernier encherisseur, rue de Saintonge, pres le boulevard, vendre

 1757 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 70.40
439 Jules MELINE

VOSGES - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / 1deg) Bronze medal commemorating "Jules Melines", from 1892 by Hubert Ponscarme (dia 69 mm, weight 142 g), ke

 1892 EUR 180.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
440 Jules MELINE

VOSGES - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / Set of 2 drawings of him: 1deg) original humoristic drawing of him executed in pen on paper headed "Chambre d

 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
441 Jules MELINE

VOSGES - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / Set of 8 original photographs: 3 in carte de visite format (portraits by Legros in Paris, Franck in Paris a

 EUR 180.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
442 Jules MELINE

VOSGES - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / Photographic fonds: 1deg) 18 original period photographs of his funeral (15 18 x 13 cm and 2 8.5 x 11.5 cm) w

 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
443 Jules MELINE

VOSGES - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) - MENUS / 1deg) Menu for the December 19, 1918 dinner at the Presidence de la Republique, 4 p cardboard insert

 1918 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
444 Jules MELINE

AFFAIRE DREYFUS - VOSGES - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / Curious anonymous letter (1 p in-8) received by Jules Meline and kept by him: it's a miss

 1898 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 76.80
445 Jules MELINE

VOSGES - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / File concerning the 1901 inauguration in Plombieres-les-Bains of the Monument Louis Francais (1814-1897, Vo

 1901 EUR 180.00 - 200.00 EUR 294.40
446 Jules MELINE

VOSGES - Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / Important autograph testamentary file and his last will and testament: approx. 20 p in-8 and 10 p in-4, sig

 1900 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
447 Raymond POINCARE

LORRAINE - Raymond POINCARE (Bar-le-Duc 1860-1934, President of the Republic from 1913 to 1920) / Suite of 4 original cabinet-size photographs (10.5 x 16 cm): officia

 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
448 Charles MANDET

ALGERIA - Charles MANDET (Fourietist lawyer, director of the Pepiniere d'Aumale in Algeria then colonist of the Nassef Khodja farm, at Kadous in Algeria) / Set of 8 a

 1863 EUR 150.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
449 Gaston PRINET

FRANCHE-COMTE - Haute-Saone - Gaston PRINET (1858-1933, diplomat, from an old Franc-Comtoise family of royal notaries and magistrates, owner of Chateau de Suaucourt i

 1814 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
450 Maurice WEIL

Maurice WEIL (1845-1924, military man and historian, his name is inseparable from that of his friend Commandant Esterhazy, he was involved in the Dreyfus Affair) / 1deg

 EUR 180.00 - 200.00 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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