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Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions: Bibliophile

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Auction Name Bibliophile Total Sales (EUR) 449,856.25
Auction Date June 20, 2017 - June 20, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 226,080.00
Sale Number #62017 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 274,900.00
Total Lots 575
Sold Lots 438 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 294,545.00
% of Lots Sold 76.17% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 359,760.00
Unsold Lots 137 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 125.04%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
326 ORTELIUS, Abraham

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.

1575 EUR 40,000.00 - 45,000.00 EUR 72,500.00
348 MERIAN, Maria Sybilla

De Europische insecten, nauwkeurig onderzogt, na 't leven geschildert, en in print gebragt [...].

1730 EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 40,000.00
330 CAULA, Bernard de

Vue et perspective de la ville de Lisbonne prise du fauxbourg d'Alcantara jusques et compris le fauxbourg de la Madre de Deos et le couvent du béat Antonio dedié à [...].

1763 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
150 HOGENBERG, Frans (1535-1590)

Recueil de 333 estampes consacré à la Bataille de Tunis (1535) et à la 1re moitié de la Guerre de 80 ans (1568-1648).

c. 1600 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
395

Hor[a]e divi[n]e v[ir]ginis Marie s[e]c[un]d[u]m usum Romanu[m].

1513-1527 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
530 [ SCHUT, Pieter Hendricksz.]

Theatrum praecipuarum urbium Ducatus Brabantiae nec non Comitatuum Flandriae et Zelandiae [- Speculum Zelandiae dat is een Beschryvinge ofte Afbeelding der Steden, Ambachts-Heerlijckheden, Dorpen, Castelen, Ridderlijcke Hofsteden, Huysen en Gebouwen […] v

 1660 EUR 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
169 KRUSENSTERN, Johann Adam von (dit Ivan Fiodorovitch)

Voyage autour du monde, fait dans les années 1803, 1804, 1805 et 1806, par les ordres de Sa Majesté Impériale Alexandre Ier, empereur de Russie, sur les vaisseaux la Nadiejeda et la Neva [...]

 1821 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 11,250.00
370

Book of Hours, in Latin, for the use of Utrecht (?), illuminated on vellum.

c. 1450 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
120 VAN DYCK, Anton

Iconographie ou Vies des hommes illustres du XVII.

XVII. Siècle EUR 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
369

Book of Hours, in Latin, for the use of Canterbury, illuminated on vellum.

c. 1480-1500 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,500.00
221

Recueil de divers voyages faits en Afrique et en l'Amérique, qui n'ont point esté encore publiez; contenant l'origine, les moeurs, les coûtumes & le commerce des habitans de ces deux parties du monde.

1684 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 5,625.00
345 HOUTTUYN, Martinus

Natuurlyke historie of uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten en mineraalen, volgens het samenstel van den Heer Linnaeus.

1761-1785. EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,625.00
377 EUSEBIUS Caesariensis

De Evangelica praeparatione [...].

1473 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 4,375.00
5

5 ouvrages en charmante reliure dont un livre de prière en néerlandais microscopique.

1752 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 3,375.00
315 EL ABBASSI, Ali Bey

Voyages en Afrique et en Asie pendant les années 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806 et 1807 [- Explication des planches composant l'Atlas des voyages d'Ali Bey]

 1814 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 3,125.00
388 DU BOULLAY, Edmond

Les généalogies des tresillustres et trespuissans princes les Ducs de Lorraine Marchis, avec le discours des allia[n]ces & traictez de mariages en icelle Maison de Lorraine, jusques au duc François dernier décédé [...]

 1549 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 3,125.00
404 VAN KUCK, Gheeraert

Hier beghint een cleyn tractaecken van die epidimia ofte van die pestilentie [...].

1558 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 3,125.00
432 VOLTAIRE

Oeuvres complètes [...].

1785 - 1789 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,125.00
353

Société de Symphonie d'Anvers fondée le 18 mai 1880.

1880-1897 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,750.00
311 LESSON, Pierre Adolphe

Voyage aux îles Mangareva (Océanie).

1844 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 2,500.00
443 JANIN, Jules

Un hiver à Paris [- L'été à Paris]

 1843 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,500.00
423 NEWCASTLE, William Cavendish, duc de

Neu-eröffnete Reit-Bahn welche Erstlich durch Ihme selbsten erfunden und in Englischer Sprache ans Licht gebracht [...].

1700 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,250.00
428 [ HULKENROY, Aaron van]

Het vermaaklyk buitenleven of de zingende en speelende boerenvreugd.

EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,250.00
183 DURAND, Jean-Baptiste Léonard

Voyage au Sénégal, ou Mémoires historiques, philosophiques et politiques sur les découvertes, les établissemens et le commerce des Européens dans les mers de l'Océan atlantique, depuis le Cap-Blanc jusqu'à la rivière de Serre-Lionne [...]

 1802 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,125.00
501 LOUYS, Pierre

La Femme et le pantin.

1928 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 2,125.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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