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Barry Moser illustration of Jonah and the Whale from ‘The Holy Bible. Containing All the Books of the Old and New Testaments,’ est. $8,000-$12,000

Illustrator Barry Moser’s personal collection featured at Hindman Nov. 9-10

Sheila Gibson Stoodley
Sheila Gibson Stoodley
Barry Moser illustration of Jonah and the Whale from ‘The Holy Bible. Containing All the Books of the Old and New Testaments,’ est. $8,000-$12,000
Barry Moser illustration of Jonah and the Whale from ‘The Holy Bible. Containing All the Books of the Old and New Testaments,’ est. $8,000-$12,000

CHICAGO – Hindman Auctions’ November 9-10 Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana auction will feature 687 lots. The sale will be led by strong sessions featuring printed and manuscript Americana, natural history, science and microscopy, and fine bindings including fore-edge paintings and publisher’s trade bindings and children’s literature. A dedicated session of selections from the studio and personal archive of Barry Moser will also be offered. Moser, a renowned artist and illustrator, is the owner, operator and proprietor of the Pennyroyal Press. This selection, the most comprehensive group of Moser material ever offered at auction, represents the full range of Moser’s creative process – from his own annotated source material and preliminary drawings to his trial designs and proof impressions to the final productions of many of his most celebrated works. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

Other notable collections in the auction include the selections from the collection of Dr. Eugene Vigil and the remaining stock of the Antiquariat Botanicum, Part I, microscopy and children’s books from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch, the Americana and Texiana Collection of Brant Mittler and the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Jesse “Cary” Caraway.

Science and Natural History

Leading the auction will be sessions of science and natural history books and manuscripts, including a first edition, second issue printing of Robert Hooke’s Micrographia: Or Some Psychological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. It carries an estimate of $12,000-$18,000.

Robert Hooke, ‘Micrographia: Or Some Psychological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses, est. $12,000-$18,000
Robert Hooke, ‘Micrographia: Or Some Psychological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses, est. $12,000-$18,000

Also on offer is Jean Baptiste Audebert’s Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis, a first edition of the first monograph devoted to the description of primates, estimated at $10,000-$15,000.

Jean Baptiste Audebert, ‘Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis,’ est. $10,000-$15,000
Jean Baptiste Audebert, ‘Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis,’ est. $10,000-$15,000

Printed and Manuscript Americana
Leading the session of printed and manuscript Americana is the Dr. Brant Mittler Collection of Americana and Texiana. This collection includes a complete set of the Journals of the United States Continental Congress and Congress, which documents the activities of the Continental Congress from the American Revolution to the signing of the Constitution. The set is estimated at $25,000-$35,000. Other significant Americana includes a first edition of the Federalist Papers, estimated at $40,000-$60,000.

First edition of the ‘Federalist Papers,’ est. $40,000-$60,000
First edition of the ‘Federalist Papers,’ est. $40,000-$60,000

Bindings
Day two of the auction features fine bindings, including Cosway-style bindings by Sangorski and Sutcliffe and Bayntun (lots 476, 478, and 479). Also included are a fine collection of fore-edge paintings. The session concludes with a collection of superlative examples of American publisher’s decorated cloth bindings, including iconic designs by Sarah Wyman Whitman, Margaret Armstrong and the Decorative Designers.

Selections from the Studio and Personal Archive of Barry Moser

The auction will conclude with selections from the studio and personal archive of Barry Moser, with highlights representing his major works, including Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz and Mark Shelley’s Frankenstein. The session includes a copy of Moser’s exceptional Pennyroyal Caxton Bible, containing more than 235 resingrave engravings. It is estimated at $8,000- $12,000.

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