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Giquello: Ancient and Modern Books

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Auction Name Ancient and Modern Books Total Sales (EUR) 246,602.00
Auction Date October 19, 2016 - October 19, 2016 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 128,590.00
Sale Number #77434 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 165,520.00
Total Lots 246
Sold Lots 168 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 171,770.00
% of Lots Sold 68.29% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 222,820.00
Unsold Lots 78 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 110.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
48 FOURNIER (Pierre-Simon)

Manuel typographique, utile aux gens de lettres, & à ceux qui exercent les différentes parties de l'Art de l'Imprimerie.

 1764-1766 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,875.00
77 [LE ROY (François)]

Le Livre de la femme forte et vertueuse declaratif du c??tique de Salomon es proverbes [...]

1501 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 10,541.00
24 CHINE

LEXICON LATINO SINICUM.

 [fin du XVIIIe siècle?]. EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 9,906.00
221 NERVAL (Gérard de) écrivain et poète français (1808-1855)

Lettre autographe signée à Busquet (sans date 1845-1849?)

 1845-1849 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 7,747.00
107 RABAULT (Jean-Paul)

Précis historique de la Révolution françoise, Suivi de l'Acte constitutionnel des François, d'une Table des Décrets et Événements remarquables qui ont eu lieu pendant l'Assemblée constituante, et de Réflexions politiques.

 1792 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 7,112.00
135 [TRAVENOL (Louis)]

Discours anti-philosophique, sur les funestes effets de la pauvreté.

 1772 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 5,715.00
50 GRAVELOT et COCHIN

Iconologie par Figures ou Traité complet des Allégories, Emblêmes &c.

 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 5,334.00
64 JUVENCUS

Sacra poësis. Summa cura & diligentia recognita & collata.

1553 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,080.00
111 RÉAUMUR (René Antoine Ferchault de)

Art de faire éclorre [sic] et d'élever en toute saison des oiseaux domestiques de toutes espèces,

1749 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,826.00
103 [PARADIN (Claude)]

Quadrins historiques de la Bible. — Quadrins historiques d'exode.

1553 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,699.00
60 HOMERE

L'Iliade [- L'Odyssée], avec des remarques; précédées de réflexions sur Homère et sur la traduction des poëtes. Par M. Bitaubé.

 1787-1788 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,445.00
47 [FORTIN (François, de Grandmont)]

Les Ruses innocentes, dans lesquelles se voit comment on prend les Oïseaux passagers, & les non passagers: & de plusieurs sortes de Bêtes à quatre pieds.

 1695 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,191.00
97 MONTESQUIEU

Oeuvres complètes. Nouvelle édition, avec des notes d'Helvétius sur L'Esprit des lois.

 1795 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,064.00
66 LA FONTAINE (Jean de)

Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon, avec le poème d'Adonis.

 1797 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,556.00
95 MONTAIGNE (Michel de)

Les Essais. Nouvelle édition exactement purgée des défauts des précédentes, selon le vray original.

 1659 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,556.00
190 DRIEU LA ROCHELLE (Pierre)Écrivain français né en 1893, se suicide en 1945

Les derniers jours.

 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,556.00
219 NAPOLÉON Ier empereur des français (1769-1821)

Lettre signée «Napoléon» à Caulaincourt, Valladolid 14 janvier 1809,

 1809 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 3,429.00
142 VIVÈS (Juan Luis)

L'Institution de la femme chrestienne, tant en son Enfance, que Mariage, & Viduité. Avec loffice [sic] du Mary.

 1547 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,175.00
1 ANACREON

Odes, inscriptions, épitaphes, épithalames et fragments, traduits en français, avec des Notes critiques et un Discours préliminaire, par le Cen Gail.

 1794 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,048.00
118 ROYAUMONT (Sieur de)

L'Histoire du vieux et du nouveau Testament, avec des explications édifiantes, tirées des Saints Pères pour régler les mœurs dans toutes sortes de conditions.

1727 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,048.00
54 HAMILTON (Antoine, comte)

Mémoires du comte de Grammont.

 1760 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,794.00
102 NOËL (le père)

Les Livres classiques de l'empire de la Chine.

1784-1786 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,794.00
130 SWIFT (Jonathan)

Voyages de Gulliver.

 1797 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,794.00
59 HOMERE

L'Iliade. - L'Odyssée.

 1682 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,667.00
35 ERASME

[En grec: Éloge de la folie] Stultitiae laudatio. Editio castigatissima.

 1765 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,540.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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