Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026

Esposizione: giovedì 19 novembre 2026 – domenica 22 novembre 2026, 10:00 – 16:00 · Ordine dell'asta

6.512 lotti

Lotti

Lotto 1866FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

Toussaint, F. Le jardin des caresses.

Paris, H. Piazza, 1921, 144,(1)p., 10 col. plates by L. CARRÉ, printed in black and blue in 700 numb. copies (550), contemp. richly gilt darkblue crushed hmor. w. raised bands and gilt lozenge-shaped ornaments w. red onlay mor. sections, t.e.g., orig. wr. pres.

Stima 80 € – 100 €

Lotto 1868FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[Union Latine d'Éditions]. Lucretius Carus, T. De natura rerum. De la nature. Introd. and transl. M. Meunier.

Paris, Union Latine d'Édtions, 1958, 303,(2)p., French and Latin text, woodengr. frontisp. and 18 plates by JEAN CHIÈZE, printed in 5000 numb. copies (4000), orig. mor., t.e.g., w. matching slipcase, 4to. - AND 2 others in 3 vols. by P. VERGILIUS MARO, translated and publ. by the same, unif. bound w. the preceding: Les Bucoliques, Les Géorgiques (1958, ills. by BERTHOLD MAHN) and L'Énéide (1959, 2 vols., ills. by EDY LEGRAND).

Stima 80 € – 100 €

Lotto 1869FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[Urban, J.]. Andersen Kalender 1914.

Zwölf Märchen. Adapt. H. Salus. Vienna, M. Munk, 1913, (52)p., 12 plates, bookdecoration and orig. wr. printed in colours and gold by H. LEFLER and J. URBAN, large 4to.

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 1870FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

Verbogt, T. and Hinterding, T. Tussen stem en stilte.

Vorden, Killa Kossa, 1998, 10 lvs. w. 8 etchings by T. HINTERDING, printed in 19 numb. and signed (by the author and artist) copies, loose as issued, orig. cloth box, large folio. WITH the same publication in book form.

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 1871FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

Verhaeren, E. Les Villes à Pignons.

Le Vésinet, Victor Dancette, 1946, 124,(3)p., 34 col. aquatint etchings by J. CELOS, printed in 250 numb. copies (140), orig. boards in slipcase, 4to.

Stima 80 € – 100 €

Lotto 1872FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[Vestzakbibliotheek]. Lot

of 33 vols. Brummen, Broeksbureau voor luxe werkjes, 1979-1987, 1st/ 2nd ed., num. ills., orig. cl./ boards/ wr., sm. 12mo.

Stima 150 € – 250 €

Lotto 1873FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[Vette Venus Pers]. Lot

of ±60 small (occasional) publications, Haarlem, Vette Venus Pers, ±2001-2015, various shapes and sizes.

Stima 50 € – 70 €

Lotto 1875FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

Vries, T. de. Het hert.

Amst., Phoenix Editions, 1987, 24p., orig. etching by H. VAN KRUININGEN signed in pencil, printed in 80 numb. copies (20). Mallarmé, S. Trois lettres inédites à François Erens. Ed. H.G.M. Prick. Ibid., De Lange Afstand, 1991, 16,(3)p., woodcut frontisp. portrait of Mallarmé by PETER YVON DE VRIES, printed in 60 numb. copies (10).

Stima 80 € – 100 €

Lotto 1877FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[Wacik, F.]. Hofmannsthal, H. von. Prinz Eugen der edle Ritter.

Vienna, L.W. Seidel & Sohn, n.d. (1915), (50)p., 12 col. lithogr. plates and orig. clothbacked boards by F. WACIK, obl. large 4to. Slevogt, M. Ali Baba und die vierzig Räuber. Berlin, B. Cassier, 1921, 44,(4)p., (full-p.) (col.) ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by M. SLEVOGT, 4to. Ferdinand, C. Graf Allotria. Leipsic, A. Hahn, n.d. (±1910), 2nd ed., 31,(1)p., full-p. col. ills. by E. REHM VIETOR, orig. col. pict. clothbacked boards. - AND 10 others, all similar German illustrated books, i.a. H. ZILLE, Mein Milljöh (Berlin, 1916, 27th-32nd thous., num. ills., later boards w. mounted col. lithogr. ill.).

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 1879FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

Werkman, H.N. Manifest: 'proclamatie' 1.

N.pl., n.publ. (Gron., the author), 1932, broadside, 58,5x49 cm., printed in black and red, folded (as published).

Stima 300 € – 500 €

Lotto 1880FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[Werkman, H.N.]. (Nijhoff, M.). Het jaar 1572.

N.pl. (Gron.), De Blauwe Schuit, 1941, 2nd ed., woodcut ill. and vignette by J. WIEGERS, printed in 100 copies, broadsheet, 51x32,5 cm.

Stima 50 € – 70 €

Lotto 1882FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[Wetselaar, P.]. Charles d'Orleans. Douze Rondeaux.

Baarn, Arethusa Pers, 1981, 16p., woodengr. portr. by P.G. RUETER, calligraphy by P. WETSELAAR, printed in 150 numb. copies (50). Hölderlin, F. Hyperions lied van het lot. Dutch transl. K. Freriks. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (±1990), (16)p., engr. portrait by P. WETSELAAR, printed in 75 numb. copies (60), orig. wr., obl. 12mo.

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 1885FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[Willcox Smith, J.]. Stewart, M. The Way to Wonderland.

London, Hodder and Stoughton, n.d., VI,146,(1)p., 6 tipped-in col. plates by J. WILLCOX SMITH, 14 full-p. ills. and book decoration by H.M. BARTON, orig. gilt and col. pict. cl., 4to.

Stima 150 € – 250 €

Lotto 1886FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[Wyeth, N.C.]. Malory, T. The Boy's King Arthur. Ed. S. Lanier.

New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1917, (10),321p., col. title, 14 plates and orig. cl. w. mounted ill. on frontcover by N.C. WYETH, 4to. Kingsley, C. Westward Ho! Ibid., idem, 1920, (8),413p., col. title, 14 plates and orig. cl. w. mounted ill. on frontcover by N.C. WYETH, 4to. ADDED: 6 vols. publ. by the same, illustrated by i.a. PETER HURD, WILL JAMES and MAXFIELD PARRISH.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 1887FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[Zilverdistel]. Andrian, L. Gedichte.

The Hague, De Zilverdistel, 1913, 1st ed., 28,(1)p., printed in 150 numb. copies by J. ENSCHEDÉ EN ZONEN, orig. wr. w. printed letterpiece on frontwr.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 1888FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[Zilverdistel]. Kloos, W. Verzen uit de jaren 1880-1890.

(The Hague), De Zilverdistel, 1919, 107,(3)p., printed in 120 numb. copies in black and red by J.F. VAN ROYEN (50), orig. giltlettered limp vellum, gilt Zilverdistel vignette on frontcover, large 8vo.

Stima 200 € – 300 €

Lotto 1889FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[Zilverdistel]. Verwey, A.

Het eigen rijk. The Hague, De Zilverdistel, 1912, 1st ed., 144p., printed in 100 numb. copies by JOH. ENSCHEDÉ EN ZONEN, Haarlem, orig. vellum paper wr. Gossaert, G. Experimenten. Ibid., idem, 1911, 1st ed., 51,(1)p., printed in 60 copies, signed and "3/60" in pen by the author, orig. marbled wr. w. printed letterpiece on frontwr., 4to.

Stima 50 € – 70 €

Lotto 1891FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[Zilverdistel]. Pissarro, Lucien (1863-1944). "De zilverdistel".

Woodcut, 8x10,5 cm., monogrammed and titled in the block, on Japanese (foxed). - AND a woodcut proof design by Jac JONGERT (10x10 cm., on Chinese), also printed for J. van Royen/ De Zilverdistel).

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 1892FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

[De Zingende Zaag]. (Bilderdijkkist).

Haarlem, De Zingende Zaag, 2006, fold. introd. leaflet and 19 "Bilderdijkiana", together in orig. wooden box (31x18x7 cm.), revolving lid w. facs. plate of the tomb of Willem Bilderdijk and Catharina Wilhelmina Schweickhardt. AND 2 other publications by the the same: G. MOORMANN, Het luide graf (1995) and IDEM (ed.), De verloren talisman (n.d.).

Stima 30 € – 50 €

Lotto 1893FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

Zweig, S.

Triomf en tragiek van Erasmus van Rotterdam. Dutch transl. R.P. Sterkenburg. Maastr./ Brussels, A.A.M. Stols, (1934), 250,(5)p., woodcut portrait of Erasmus by W.J. ROZENDAAL, 8 plates, ills., orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr.

Stima 200 € – 300 €

Lotto 1894FOREIGN LITERATURE

Amis, K. I Like It Here.

London, V. Gollancz, 1958, 1st ed., 208p., orig. boards w. dustwr. Idem. I Want it Now. Ibid., J. Cape, 1968, 1st ed., 255p., orig. boards w. dustwr. Idem. The Green Man. Ibid., idem, 1969, 1st ed., 252,(1)p., orig. boards w. dustwr. (fine). Idem. Girl, 20. Ibid., idem, 1971, 1st ed., 253p., orig. boards w. dustwr. AND 13 others by the same, all first editions in orig. hardcover w. dustwr., all fine: On Drink (ibid., 1972); The Riverside Villas Murder (ibid., 1973); Ending Up (ibid., 1974); The Alteration (ibid., 1976); Jake's Thing (ibid.,1978); Russian Hide-and-Seek (ibid., 1980); Stanley and the Women (ibid., 1984); The Old Devils (ibid., 1986); The Russian Girl (ibid., 1992); You Can't Do Both (ibid., 1994); The Biographer's Moustache (ibid., 1995) and The Letters of Kingsley Amis. Ed. Z. Leader (ibid., 2000, plates).

Stima 80 € – 100 €

Lotto 1895FOREIGN LITERATURE

Boileau-Despréaux, N. Oeuvres. Avec des Eclaircissemens Historiques donnés par lui-même (...). Ed. M. de Saint-Marc.

Amst., D.J. Changuion, 1772, new ed., 5 vols., engr. frontisp. by Reinier VINKELES, 5 diff. title-vignettes, 8 divis. titles after i.a. Bernard PICART, contemp. unif. hcalf w. gilt spine w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, large 12mo. AND 1 other: J. DE LA FONTAINE, Fables (Paris, 1803, 2 parts in 1 vol., engr. frontisp., plates, contemp. hmor, sm. 8vo).

Stima 50 € – 70 €

Lotto 1897FOREIGN LITERATURE

[Brodsky, J.]. Willink-Quiël, Sylvia (b.1944). "Brodsky".

Bronze portrait bust, 38x22x24 cm., signed "Sylvia [w. monogr. "W" in a heart)" and titled on verso, on wooden plinth (total height 47 cm.), w. engr. metal title shield reading "Joseph Brodsky 1940-1996/ Sylvia Willink-Quiël fecit".

Stima 800 € – 1.000 €

Lotto 1898FOREIGN LITERATURE

Bukowski, C. Bone palace ballet. New poems.

Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1997, 1st ed., 363,(5)p., orig. clothbacked boards in orig. acetate dustwr., sm. 4to. Char, R. Onbeheerde hamer. Le marteau sans maître./ Woede en mysterie. Fureur et mystère. Transl. Anno Lampe. Utr., IJzer, 2016/ 2017, 2 vols., 315,(5); 461,(3)p., printed in 351 (311) and 451 (40) numb. copies, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., sm. 4to. AND 7 others on poetry (publ.) by i.a. Heinrich HEINE, Czeslaw MILOSZ and Emmett WILLIAMS.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 1900FOREIGN LITERATURE

[Clarke, H.]. Andersen, H.C. Fairy Tales.

London, G.G. Harrap, n.d. (1916), 1st ed., 16 tipped-in col. and 24 monochr. plates by H. CLARKE, modern plain cl. w. letterpiece, t.e.g., 4to.

Stima 80 € – 100 €

Lotto 1901FOREIGN LITERATURE

[Classical antiquity]. Claudianus, C. Verzamelde gedichten. Transl. M. d'Hane-Scheltema.

Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 2008, 339p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (Baskerville Serie). Cicero. Drie gesprekken over redenaarskunst, weten-denken-spreken. Transl. J.W.A. van Rooijen-Dijkman and A.D. Leeman. Ibid., idem, 1989, 325p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (Baskerville Serie). - AND 8 others similar in 10 vols., i.a. PLATO, Verzameld werk. Transl. X. de Win (Haarlem, 1962-1965, 3 vols., India-paper, orig. unif. cl. - ADDED: Ariosto, L. Orlando furioso. De Razende Roeland. Introd. I. Calvino. Dutch transl. I. Cialona. Amst., Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1998, 1st ed., 2 vols., 834; (4),839-1783p., (full-p.) ills. by G. DORÉ, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, large 8vo.

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 1903FOREIGN LITERATURE

[Crime fiction]. Fleming, I.

Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London, J. Cape, 1966, 1st ed., 94,(1)p., orig. giltlettered dark brown boards w. dustwr. by RICHARD CHOPPING.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 1905FOREIGN LITERATURE

Dickens, C. Dombey and Son.

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1848, 1st ed. in bookform, XVI,(2),624p., etched frontisp. and title-p. w. vignette, 38 plates by PHIZ (= H.K. Browne), sl. later hleather w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece. AND 4 others by the same, i.a. 2 vols. of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (ibid., 1874, etched frontisp. and title-p w. vignette, 40 plates by PHIZ (= H.K. Browne). Foxed as usual).

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 1906FOREIGN LITERATURE

Dickens, C. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1839, 1st ed. in bookform, XVI,624p., engr. frontisp. portrait by FINDEN after D. MACLISE, 39 engr. plates by PHIZ (= H.K. Browne), sl. later half leather w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece. AND 4 others by the same, i.a. Little Dorrit (ibid., 1857, engr. title-p. and 39 plates by PHIZ (= H.K. Browne) (incl. frontisp.). Plates foxed as usual; bookplate on upper pastedown. Sl. worn along extremities) and The Personal History of David Copperfield (ibid., 1859, engr. title-p., and 39 plates by PHIZ (= H.K. Browne) (incl. frontisp.). Plates foxed as usual. Spine rubbed).

Stima 60 € – 80 €

Lotto 1908FOREIGN LITERATURE

Dickens, C. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1837, 1st ed. in bookform, XIV,(2),609,(5)p., engr. frontisp., engr. title w. vignette and 41 plates by R. SEYMOUR and PHIZ (= H.K. Browne), contemp. mor. rebacked w. matching calf w. gilt spine and letterpiece, a.e.g. AND 4 others by the same, i.a. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (ibid., 1844, engr. frontisp. and 38 plates by PHIZ (= H.K. Browne), contemp. hcalf. Plates heavily foxed) and Edwin Drood (ibid., 1870, engr. frontips. and 12 plates by S.L. FILDES, contemp. hmor. Sl. foxed as usual).

Stima 60 € – 80 €

Lotto 1910FOREIGN LITERATURE

[English literature and criticism]. Lot

of 23 vols., all fine and all in orig. hardcover w. dustwr., i.a. M. AMIS, Inside Story (London, 2020); I. McEWAN, The Children Act (ibid., 2014); D.M. BETHEA, Joseph Brodsky and the Creation of Exile (Princeton, 1994); J. OSBORNE, Larkin, Ideology, and Critical Violence. A case of Wrongful Conviction (Basingstoke, 2008); D. BECK, Hatchet Job. Writings on Contemporary Fiction (New York/ London, 2004); P. ACKROYD, Albion. The Origins of the English Imagination (London, 2002) and F. KERMODE, Pieces of My Mind. Writings 1958-2002 (ibid., 2003)/ The Art of Telling. Essays on Fiction (Cambridge, 1983)/ Not Entitled. A Memoir (London, 1996).

Stima 60 € – 80 €

Lotto 1913FOREIGN LITERATURE

Graves, R. Poems (1926-1930).

London, Heinemann, 1931, 1st ed., (12),89p., orig. cl. Idem. New Poems. Ibid., Cassell, 1962, 1st ed., (8),42p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Idem. Poems 1968-1970. Ibid., idem, (1970), 1st ed., IX,(1),90p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (fine). Idem. Man Does, Woman Is. Ibid., idem, 1964, 1st ed., (10),74p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (fine). Idem. Lars Porsena or the Future of Swearing and Improper Language. Ibid., Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., n.d. (1927), 1st ed., 94,(15 publ. cat.)p., orig. boards w. dustwr. AND 5 others by the same, i.a. They Hanged My Saintly Billy (ibid., 1957, 1st ed., orig. boards w. dustwr. Dustwr. price-clipped and strengthened at spine-ends) and Whipperginny (ibid., 1923, 1st ed., orig. cl. Top of spine sl. dam; lower joint closed). - ADDED: D.H. LAWRENCE, Lady Chatterley's Lover (London, 1932, 1st authorized British ed., orig. giltlettered cl. Partly foxed).

Stima 60 € – 80 €

Lotto 1914FOREIGN LITERATURE

Greene, G. The End of the Affair.

London, W. Heinemann, 1951, 1st ed., (6),237,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Idem. A Sense of Reality. Ibid., The Bodley Head, 1963, 1st ed., 140p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 1915FOREIGN LITERATURE

Greene, G. The Human Factor.

London etc., The Bodley Head, 1978, 1st Engl. ed., 338,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Idem. The Honorary Consul. Ibid., idem, 1973, 1st Engl. ed., 334,(1)p., orig. cl. w. (trifle worn) dustwr. Idem. A Burnt-Out Case. Ibid., Heinemann, 1961, 1st ed., (8),256p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 3 others by the same, incl. one duplicate, i.a. Monsignor Quixote (1982, 1st Engl. ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr.). - ADDED: 2 first editions (1x UK) by PENELOPE LIVELY.

Stima 80 € – 100 €

Lotto 1917FOREIGN LITERATURE

Hemingway, E. Across the River and Into the Trees.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1950, 1st Engl. ed., 254p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Greene, G. May We Borrow Your Husband? (...). Ibid., Bodley Head, 1967, 1st ed., 188p., orig. cl. w. (price-clipped) dustwr. - AND 7 others, incl. 3 first editions by the same: A Sort of Life (ibid., 1971, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Dustwr. trifle worn at corners); A Sense of Reality (ibid., 1963, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); The Quiet American (ibid., 1955, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Wr. sl. yellowed and backwr. 2 sm. holes).

Stima 80 € – 100 €

Lotto 1918FOREIGN LITERATURE

Hemingway, E. The Old Man and the Sea.

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952, 1st ed., (1),140p., orig. blindst. ("Ernest Hemingway") cl. w. dustwr.

Stima 500 € – 700 €

Lotto 1920FOREIGN LITERATURE

Keats, J. Poems.

London, George Bell & Sons, 1897, XXIII,(1),337,(3)p., num. (full-p.) ills., dec. endpapers, orig. dec. cl. by R. ANNING BELL, t.e.g.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 1921FOREIGN LITERATURE

Keats, J. The Poetical Works.

London, James Finch and Co., 1902, XL,632,(2)p., steelengr. frontisp. portrait, sl. later green mor., raised bands, a.e.g. Scott, W. The Lady of the Lake. London, John Sharpe, 1811, (8),433,(4)p., w. 6 engr. plates after R. WESTALL, sl. later gilt red longgrained mor. w. black mor. piece laid down on frontcover, a.e.g.

Stima 50 € – 70 €