Books, Manuscripts, and Ephemera
Revere Auctions’ Books, Manuscripts, and Ephemera department offers sales of a variety of books, manuscripts, maps, and ephemera ranging from medieval illuminated pages and incunabula to rare maps to classic and modern first editions. Our sales have included important historical books such as first editions of works by René Descartes and Sir Isaac Newton, a 1591 edition of Albrecht Dürer’s Della Simmetria De I Corpi Humani, and a rare Safavid manuscript Shahnameh with Qajar illuminations; more modern volumes sold have included a complete set of groundbreaking French arts magazine La Revue Blanche, the first American edition of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, and first editions of important books including Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Henry Ford’s My Life and Work. Sales have also included rare early maps by important mapmakers including Jodocus Hondius and Abraham Ortelius. Our sales are widely marketed, and we consistently sell works to collectors worldwide at competitive prices. Please contact us if you are interested in buying or selling books, maps, manuscripts, or ephemera, and check out our schedule of upcoming sales here.
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Exceptional Results
1930s Photo Albums of China
Sold For $2,400
“Biblia Sacra” Antwerp 1583
Sold For $3,800
Piranesi Large Map Campus Martius 1762
Sold For $5,000
Isaac Newton Letter Philosophical Transactions 1st Ed.
Sold For $10,000
