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Sothebys: Selections from the Fox Pointe Manor Library

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Auction Name Selections from the Fox Pointe Manor Library Total Sales (USD) 1,870,625.00
Auction Date October 26, 2016 - October 26, 2016 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,039,200.00
Sale Number #n09753 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,473,700.00
Total Lots 319
Sold Lots 216 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,572,400.00
% of Lots Sold 67.71% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,214,900.00
Unsold Lots 103 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 84.46%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
244 Purchas, Samuel

PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES ... [WITH] PURCHASE HIS PILGRIMAGE. 

 1624-26 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 81,250.00
96 Drake, Francis

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE REVIVED.

1652– 1653 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 43,750.00
136 Gorges, Sir Ferdinando

AMERICA PAINTED TO THE LIFE. THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE SPANIARDS PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONQUESTS OF THE INDIANS...

1658-59 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 43,750.00
316 Winslow, Edward

THE GLORIOUS PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL, AMONGST THE INDIANS IN NEW ENGLAND.

1649 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 43,750.00
62 Castell, William

A SHORT DISCOVERIE OF THE COASTS AND CONTINENT OF AMERICA, FROM THE EQUINOCTIALL NORTHWARD, AND OF THE ADJACENT ISLES.

1644 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 37,500.00
290 Thorowgood, Thomas

JEWES IN AMERICA, OR, PROBABILITIES THAT THE AMERICANS ARE OF THAT RACE.

1650 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 35,000.00
261 Scot, Reginald

THE DISCOVERIE OF WITCHCRAFT, WHEREIN THE LEWDE DEALING OF WITCHES AND WITCHMONGERS IS NOTABLIE DETECTED, THE KNAVERIE OF CONJURORS, THE IMPIETIE OF INCHANTORS, THE FOLLIE OF SOOTHSAIERS, THE IMPUDENT FALSHOOD OF COUSENORS, THE INFIDELITIE OF ATHEISTS, TH

 1584 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 32,500.00
279 Spenser, Edmund

THE FAERIE QUEENE. DISPOSED INTO TWELVE BOOKS, FASHIONING XII MORALL VERTUES. — THE SECOND PART OF THE FAERIE QUEENE.

1590, 1596 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 32,500.00
301 Venables, Robert

THE EXPREIENC'D ANGLER; OR ANGLING IMPROV'D.

1662 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 30,000.00
303 Voragine, Jacobus de

LEGENDA AUREA; THAT IS TO SAY IN ENGLISH, THE GOLDEN LEGEND.

1527 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 30,000.00
272 Smith, John

THE TRUE TRAVELS, ADVENTURES, AND OBSERVATIONS OF CAPTAINE JOHN SMITH, IN EUROPE, ASIA, AFFRICA, AND AMERICA, FROM ANNO DOMINI 1593. TO 1629.

1630 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 27,500.00
4 Allott, Robert

ENGLANDS PARNASSUS: OR, THE CHOYSEST FLOWERS OF OUR MODERNE POETS, WITH THEIR POETICALL COMPARISONS.

1600 USD 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 25,000.00
6 Askham, Anthony

A LYTEL TREATYSE OF ASTRONOMY, DECLARYNG THE LEAPE YERE, AND WHAT IS THE CAUSE THEROF, AND HOWE TO KNOWE SAYNTE MATHIES DAY FOR EVER, WITH THE MARVELOUS MOCION OF THE SONNE ... AND ALSO THE DYVERSITIES THAT MAY COME BY DYVERS AND SUNDRY INHABITACIONS UPON

 1552 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
225 Newhouse, Captain Daniel

THE WHOLE ART OF NAVIGATION; IN FIVE BOOKS.

1685 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
245 Puttenham, George

THE ARTE OF ENGLISH POESIE. CONTRIVED INTO THREE BOOKES: THE FIRST OF POETS AND POESIE, THE SECOND OF PROPORTION, THE THIRD OF ORNAMENT.

1589 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
276 Spenser, Edmund

COMPLAINTS. CONTAINING SUNDRIE SMALL POEMES OF THE WORLDS VANITIE. WHEREOF THE NEXT PAGE MAKETH MENTION.

1591 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 22,500.00
91 Donne, John

POEMS, BY J.D. WITH ELEGIES ON THE AUTHORS DEATH.

1633 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 21,250.00
187 Locke, John

AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMANE UNDERSTANDING.

1690 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 21,250.00
117 Florio, John

FLORIO. HIS FIRSTE FRUITES: WHICH YEELDE FAMILIAR SPEECH, MERIE PROVERBES, WITTIE SENTENCES, AND GOLDEN SAYINGS.

1578 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 20,000.00
218 More, Thomas

THE DEBELLACYON OF SALEM AND BIZANCE.

1533 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 20,000.00
7 Ascham, Roger

THE SCHOLEMASTER OR PLAINE AND PERFITE WAY OF TEACHYNG CHILDREN, TO UNDERSTAND, WRITE, AND SPEAKE, THE LATIN TONG, …

 1570 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,750.00
19 Bentley, Thomas (comp.)

THE MONUMENT OF MATRONES: CONTEINING SEVEN SEVERALL LAMPS OF VIRGINITIE, OR DISTINCT TREATISES; WHEREOF THE FIRST FIVE CONCERNE PRAIER AND MEDITATION: THE OTHER TWO LAST, PRECEPTS AND EXAMPLES … COMPILED … OUT OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES, AND OTHER APPROOVED

 1582 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,750.00
170 Josselyn, John

AN ACCOUNT OF TWO VOYAGES TO NEW-ENGLAND· WHEREIN YOU HAVE THE SETTING OUT OF A SHIP, WITH THE CHARGES; THE PRICES OF ALL NECESSARIES FOR FURNISHING A PLANTER AND HIS FAMILY AT HIS FIRST COMING; A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTREY, NATIVES AND CREATURES, WITH T

 1674 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 18,750.00
248 Raleigh, Sir Walter

THE DISCOVERIE OF THE LARGE, RICH AND BEWTIFUL EMPIRE OF GUIANA, WITH A RELATION OF THE GREAT AND GOLDEN CITIE OF MANOA (WHICH THE SPANYARDS CALL EL DORADO) AND OF THE PROVINCES OF EMERIA, ARROMAIA, AMAPAIA, AND OTHER COUNTRIES, WITH THEIR RIVERS, ADJOYNI

 1596 USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 18,750.00
25 Boccaccio, Giovanni

THE DECAMERON CONTAINING AN HUNDRED PLEASANT NOVELS.

1620 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 17,500.00
  • 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.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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