What: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the Dodge Family Autograph Collection, Natural History, Travel and AmericanaWhere: Bonhams, 580 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022When: October 23, 1:00 pm EDTPublic Viewing: October 19, 2019 | 12:00 - 17:00 EDT, October 20, 2019 | 12:00 - 17:00 EDT, October 21, 2019 | 10:00 - 17:00 EDT, October 22, 2019 | 10:00 - 17:00 EDT, October 23, 2019 | 10:00 - 12:00 EDTTop Lots at the Sale:— Autograph Letter Signed (“Jesse W. James”), to Mr. Flood demanding Flood retract spurious accusations of James being a horse thief, specifically “go to my Mother & explain why you sed what you did,” — James, Jesse (1847-1882); with additional autograph note from James to Dr. Yates (whose horse was stolen) asking him to deliver the letter to Mr. Flood, 3 pp, with: in pencil, 202x126 mm, June 5, 1875. Featured in lot 82. Estimate: 200,000 USD - 300,000 USD— Autograph Letter Signed (“J. Austen”), to her sister Cassandra, discussing their brother Edward’s china from Wedgwood’s, music lessons, the children’s dentistry, and Mrs. Tilson’s child-bearing among other intimate affairs — Austen, Jane (1775-1817). 4 pp, 4to (229x134 mm). Featured in lot 5. Estimate: 80,000 USD - 120,000 USD— “Indian Ornithology” [Patna, India]: dated 1828 — Smith, Christopher Webb (1793-1871). Manuscript ornithological manuscript on paper, 4 volumes. Small folio (282x222 mm). 301 original watercolor drawings by Smith with manuscript explanatory text and introduction. Featured in lot 211. Estimate: 50,000 USD - 80,000 USD— “History of the Indian Tribes of North America,” Philadelphia: Frederick W. Greenough; Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, 1838-42-44 — Mckenney, Thomas L. 1785-1859; and James Hall (1793-1868). 3 volumes. Folio (500x363 mm). 120 hand-colored lithographed plates, 1 page of lithographed maps and 17 pp of facsimile subscribers’ signatures. Featured in lot 88. Estimate: 40,000 USD - 60,000 USD— “Voyage a Athenes et a Constantinople, ou Collection de portraits, vues et costumes grecs et ottomans? (Journey to Athens and Constantinople, or Collection of Greek and Ottoman Portraits, Views and Costumes),” Paris: Dondey-Dupre, 1825 — Dupre, Louis (1789-1837). Folio (612x463 mm). Featured in lot 246. Estimate: 40,000 USD - 60,000 USD— “Map of the City of Houston and Environs... according to the latest Survey’s compiled and drawn by Th. Kosse,” Houston: 1867 — Kosse, Theodore, and T. Scott. Lithographed plan of Houston, on two sheets, partially colored. Overall 1290x940 mm, framed. Featured in lot 160. Estimate: 30,000 USD - 50,000 USD— Autograph Letter Signed (“Ethan Allen”) to Hector St. John de Crevecoeur — Allen, Ethan (1738-1789), offering astute analysis of the present state of the United States at the moment of the Constitutional Convention, 2 pp, folio, conjoining leaves, Bennington, August 29, 1787, minor foxing. Featured in lot 58. Estimate: 30,000 USD - 50,000 USD— Autograph Letter Signed (“J Adams”), [to Dr. Perkins?] written while in the hospital recovering from his 1764 small pox inoculation — Adams, John (1735-1826); describing his sickness, his recovery, and singing the praises of the new science, 2 pp, 196x255 mm, [late-April, 1764,] wear to the edges, with minor staining. Featured in lot 1. Estimate: 30,000 USD - 50,000 USDFor details, visit: https://www.bonhams.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.https://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin Read more