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Lot 39
PRINCE MAXIMILIAN ALEXANDER PHILIP ZU WIED-NEUWID
Reise
in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834
Text, 2 vols. 4to, vellum-backed boards. Atlas portfolio: aquatint
or facsimile plates after Karl Bodmer, engraved by J. Hurlimann,
L. Weber, C. Vogel, Salathe, Himely, and others, many with the blindstamp
"C Bodmer Direct." Comprising 48 tableau plates numbered
1-48; plate 21 numbered in pencil with manuscript legend "Waffen
und Gerathschaften"; number 23 numbered 28 in ink; numbers
2, 13-14, 33-34, 36-37, 41-42, and 44 are facsimiles and 33 vignette
plates (numbers 6, 22, 31 and 33 are facsimiles). Tableau plates
measure approximately 17 1/2 x 24 inches, vignette plates 12 x 18
inches. Laid loose in stiff paper box as issued. New York: The Johnson
Reprint Corp., 1968.
Sold for $50,787
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Lot 120
[U.S. PRESIDENTS]
Book of the Presidents. With Biographical Sketches by Charles H.
Grosvenor
Plates, and extra-illustrated by the addition of 31 letters and
documents signed by the Presidents of the U.S. from George Washington
to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Folio, full red crushed levant morocco,
gilt. Hinges and corners rubbed. Washington: Continental Press,
[1901].
Sold for $33,550
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Lot 103
LEWIS MILLER
Manuscript journal and sketchbook of his travels in Europe. Small
4to, original boards with titlepage reading "First Volume,
II [sic] des Ludwig Miller's Reise Journal in Deutschland . . .
von dem Jahre 1840-41 ... 114 pages of text in English with occasional
quotations in German, illustrated with a folding map and 128 watercolors
(seven folding) or pen-and- ink sketches. Covers worn, a few leaves
loose, two folding sketches parted.
Sold for $14,937
LEWIS
MILLER (1796-1882)
The American folk artist Lewis Miller was born in York, Pennsylvania
and from a very early age drew scenes of life in Pennsylvania, Virginia,
and other parts of the United States. In 1840, he visited Europe
for the only time in his life, landing in Liverpool and later touring
London. Included in the manuscript is an amusing sketch of him and
his traveling companions dining at a London chop house and a drawing
of Queen Victoria and her entourage in St. James's Park. The bulk
of the sketchbook however, is devoted to his travels in Germany;
among other cities he describes and draws Gotha, Ingolstadt, Carlsruhe,
Strasburg, Heidelberg, and Wurzburg. Everywhere he portrays castles,
town streets, bridges, fountains, statues (including both Luther
and Clavin), churches, military reviews, and daily life. As is characteristic
of his work, there are vigorous portrayals of the inhabitants (in
local costume) and their activities. The scenes are carefully identified
and sometimes dated, with descriptions that are lively and amiable.
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Lot 124
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
The Fiddler of Dooney. Autograph manuscript signed ("WB Yeats"),
1 1/2 pages. 12mo. Begins "When I play on my fiddle in Dooney...
"and continues for 20 lines n.p., n.d.
Sold for $8,962
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Lot
89
MOHANDAS K. GANDHI
Typed letter signed ("MK Gandhi") one page, Calcutta,
26 July 1925, to Fred E. Campbell of Kansas City, stating his attitude
toward the British, reading in part "You seem to have taken
it for granted that I hate the British. What makes you think so?
I have hundreds of friends among the British people. I cannot love
the Mussalmans [sic] and for that matter the Hindus if I hate the
British. My love is not an exclusive affair...But what I do detest
is the system of government that the British have set up in my country."
With envelope franked :"Foreign M Gandhi."
Sold for $7,170
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Lot 97
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Document signed as president, one page, folio, vellum, Washington,
4 April 1863. Countersigned by Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War,
commission conferring the rank of Brigadier General of Volunteers
on Lewis C. Hunt. With original paper seal. Framed.
Sold for $6,710
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Lot
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EDWARD DONOVAN
The Natural History of British Insects; Explaining Them in their
Several States ... The Whole Illustrated with Coloured Figures,
Designed and Executed from Living Specimens 576 engraved plates,
each hand-colored, many heightened with gum arabic. 16 vols. Tall
8vo, old speckled calf, gilt. Covers worn, three with covers detached
but present, one lacking spine label, one with small loss at head
of spine. Plate 542 in vol. XVI has slight damage from gum arabic.
London: Printed for the Author, 1792-1813. First Edition, Brunet
II, 816.
Sold for $4,481
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Lot
121
RICHARD WAGNER
Autograph letter signed, two pages, 8vo, Penzing near Vienna, 21
October 1863, to Max Scifuitz, Kapellmeister at the court of the
Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, asking him to inform the Prince
that he is now ready to give a concert at the castle at Lowenberg.
Wagner would like to give the concert in November "so that
I can return to my work as soon as possible and not have it interrupted."
He would prefer November as "I hear that the Court concerts
commence about that time and so venture to hope that I am not committing
a breach of etiquette." (translations).
Sold for $4,481
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Lot
77
CHARLES DARWIN
Autograph letter signed ("Ch. Darwin"), 1 page, 8vo, Down,
Beckenham, Kent, 2 June no year, to an unnamed correspondent, "I
am much obliged to you for sending me the fact about the dog, which
I am glad to hear . . ."
Sold for $4,270
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Lot
82
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein"), one page on personal
stationary, Princeton, 10 June 1939, to Dr. Tobias M. Watson, thanking
him for his work on behalf of Jewish refugees. "We have no
other means of self-defense than our solidarity and our knowledge
that the cause for which we are suffering is a momentous and sacred
cause."
Sold for $4,270
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