Bloomsbury Auctions: Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures | Total Sales (GBP) | 215,489.00 |
| Auction Date | December 06, 2017 - December 06, 2017 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 146,650.00 |
| Sale Number | #36268 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 220,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 148 | ||
| Sold Lots | 49 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 488,750.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 33.11% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 726,100.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 99 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 29.68% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Seneca the younger, Epistulae ad Lucilium, and Pseudo-Seneca |
second half of the thirteenth century | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 34,720.00 | |
| 2 | Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae , in Anglo-Saxon minuscule, in Latin |
late eighth century or c. 800 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 31,000.00 | |
| 103 | Francesco Petrarch, Sonetti, as well as further verses by Burchiello and... |
late fifteenth century to 1520s | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 24,800.00 | |
| 115 | Book of Hours, Use of Rome , in Dutch, illuminated manuscript on parchment... |
fifteenth century | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 21,080.00 | |
| 123 | Ibrahim Haqqi, Ma'riftnama , in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic |
dated 27th Rajab al-Sharif 1219 AH (31 October | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 13,640.00 | |
| 98 | Bilingual Psalter in Coptic and Arabic , decorated manuscript on paper... |
dated 1564 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 9,300.00 | |
| 108 | Two tracts on Chiromancy and Neomancy : a general manual of the subject and... |
dated 1574 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,060.00 | |
| 10 | The Bischoff teaching collection, 116 leaves and fragments |
twelfth to sixteenth century | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 6,448.00 | |
| 57 | Large collection of leaves from medieval manuscripts and printed books |
twelfth to twentieth century | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 5,580.00 | |
| 124 | A large Ottoman Anam-i Sharif , in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper |
dated 1249 AH (1833 AD) | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 4,712.00 | |
| 44 | Genealogical scroll showing the descent of the Watkins family from Bennet... |
late sixteenth century or opening years of seventeenth century | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,464.00 | |
| 37 | Leaf from a mathematical text on the properties of circles |
thirteenth century | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,720.00 | |
| 125 | An Illuminated Ottoman Anam-i Sharif , in Arabic |
dated 1260 AH (1844 AD) | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,720.00 | |
| 27 | Ritual, Use of Sarum , in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [England |
last decades of fourteenth century | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,100.00 | |
| 14 | Bifolium from an early choirbook , in Latin |
early eleventh century | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 2,976.00 | |
| 69 | St. Genèvieve before Attila the Hun and his armies |
c. 1520 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,976.00 | |
| 67 | Three leaves from a Book of Hours, with a miniature of the Visitation of the... |
c. 1475 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,728.00 | |
| 6 | Bifolium from a treatise on virtues and vices |
mid-fourteenth century | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,480.00 | |
| 38 | Prudentius, Psychomachia , in Latin verse, manuscript on parchment [Italy |
fourteenth century | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,108.00 | |
| 110 | Geographical treatise, with sections on North America as well as many other... |
mid-eighteenth century | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,860.00 | |
| 29 | Bifolium from Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea , in Latin |
second half of the thirteenth century | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,736.00 | |
| 90 | List of slaves suitable for shipwork, to be sent to Pisa for sale , in Italian |
or just perhaps North Africa | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,736.00 | |
| 18 | Single leaf from a colossal Atlantic Bible , in Latin |
mid twelfth century (probably pre-1180) | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,488.00 | |
| 42 | Adam de Montaldo, Tertia pars passionis , Latin verse on the Passion of Christ |
c. 1450 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,488.00 | |
| 70 | Corpus Iuris Civilis , in Latin, leaf from a decorated manuscript on... |
last decades of the thirteenth century | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,488.00 |
