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Sothebys: The Library of a European Gentleman

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Auction Name The Library of a European Gentleman Total Sales (GBP) 2,204,349.00
Auction Date November 02, 2017 - November 02, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 866,200.00
Sale Number #L17418 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,242,200.00
Total Lots 283
Sold Lots 223 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,139,350.00
% of Lots Sold 78.80% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,621,650.00
Unsold Lots 60 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 135.93%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
93 Fuchs, Leonhard

DE HISTORIA STIRPIUM COMMENTARII INSIGNES.

1542 GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 GBP 309,000.00
176 Ortelius, Abraham

THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM.

1603 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 193,750.00
47 Cellarius, Andreas

HARMONIA MACROCOSMICA SEU ATLAS UNIVERSALIS ET NOVUS, TOTIUS UNIVERSI CREATI COSMOGRAPHIAM GENERALEM, ET NOVAM EXHIBENS.

1661  GBP 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 GBP 187,500.00
55 Crescentiis, Petrus de

OPUS RURALIUM COMMODORUM.

1471 GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 GBP 187,500.00
238 Schedel, Hartmann

LIBER CHRONICARUM.

1493 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 112,500.00
141 Johann Georg II, Herzog von Sachsen

MANUSCRIPT JAGDBUCH [HUNT BOOK]

GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 81,250.00
94 Gabler, Ambrosius and J.M. Hergenröder

THIRTEEN WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS AND TWO HAND-COLOURED PLATES, ALL SHOWING GERMAN BIRDS.

EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 68,750.00
172 Nodder, Richard Polydore

A COLLECTION OF ORNITHOLOGICAL WATERCOLOURS.

EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 62,500.00
253 Speculum humanae salvationis

SPECULUM HUMANAE SALVATIONIS CUM SPECULO S.

1473 GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 60,000.00
170 Neudörffer, Johann, the elder

A VOLUME CONTAINING 4 WRITING BOOKS BY NEUDÖRFFER, THREE PRINTED AND ONE MANUSCRIPT

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 42,500.00
239 Schedel, Hartmann

LIBER CHRONICARUM.

1497 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 32,500.00
30 Bloch, Marcus

[ALLGEMEINE NATURGESCHICHTE DER FISCHE].

GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
18 Audebert, Jean Baptiste and Louis Jean Pierre Viellot

OISEAUX DORES OU A REFLETS METALLIQUES.

1800-1802 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 27,500.00
71 Du Fouilloux, Jacques

LA VENERIE.

1754 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 27,500.00
221 Ridinger, Johann Elias

[VORSTELLUNG DER PFERDE, NACH IHREN HAUPTFARBEN].

1770 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 21,250.00
245 Seligmann, Johann Michael

SAMMLUNG VERSCHIEDENER AUSLÄNDISCHER UND SELTENER VÖGEL.

1749-1776 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 21,250.00
29 Blaeu, Willem and Johannes

THEATRE DU MONDE OU NOUVEL ATLAS.

1647 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 18,750.00
80

FIVE WATERCOLOURS OF FALCONS. NINETEENTH CENTURY (WATERMARKS 1794-1796)

GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 18,750.00
41 Buffon, George Marie Leclerc Comte de

HISTOIRE NATURELLE, GENERALE ET PARTICULIE?RE, AVEC LA DESCRIPTION DU CABINET DU ROY.

1766–1799 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 16,250.00
183 Richental, Ulrich von

DAS CONCILIUM.

1536 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 16,250.00
24 Berners, Dame Juliana

A TREATYSE OF FYSSHYNGE WYTH AN ANGLE.

GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
156 Maximilian I--Burgkmair, Hans

KAISER MAXIMILIANS I TRIUMPH.

1796 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
159 Merian, Matthaeus and Matthew Zeiller

TOPOGRAPHIA GALLIAE; DAT IST EEN ALGEMEENE EN NAEUKEURIGE LANT EN PLAETS-BESCHRIJVINGHE VAN HET MACHTIGE KONINCKRIJK VRANCKRYCK.

1660-1663 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
247

The Stag Hunt'.

circa 1800 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 12,750.00
23 Belon, Pierre

L’HISTOIRE DE LA NATURE DES OYSEAUX, AVEC LEURS DESCRIPTIONS, & NAIFS PORTRAICTS.

1555 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 12,500.00
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