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Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 257,652.00
Auction Date December 05, 2017 - December 06, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 126,870.00
Sale Number #1742 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 179,600.00
Total Lots 605
Sold Lots 291 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 259,500.00
% of Lots Sold 48.10% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 365,920.00
Unsold Lots 314 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 70.41%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
576 ƒ HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)

MASQUE, 1948

1948 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 19,124.00
586 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973), D’APRÈS

DEUX ARLEQUINS

EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 11,700.00
428 ƒ JEAN-ÉTIENNE LIOTARD (1702-1789)

AUTOPORTRAIT (petit format) I.E. LIOTARD GRAVÉ PAR LUI-MÊME, N° I

EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 10,928.00
583 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

FEMMES SE REPOSANT, planche 10 de la Suite Vollard, 1931

1931 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 10,400.00
272

[AFFICHE]. MARX (Roger). Les Maîtres de l’affiche. Publication mensuelle […] contenant la reproduction en héliogravure des plus beaux dessins de toutes les écoles

1899-1902 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 7,330.00
389 [OUDRY].— LA FONTAINE (Jean de)

Fables choisies, mises en vers

1755 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,572.00
429 ƒ JEAN-ÉTIENNE LIOTARD (1702-1789)

PORTRAIT DE JOSEPH SECOND EMPEREUR, N° II

EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 4,781.00
328 ƒGIDE (André), DENIS (Maurice)

Le Voyage d’Urien

1893 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,494.00
237 AYROUARD (Jacques)

AYROUARD (Jacques). Recueil de plusieurs plans des ports et rades et de quelques cartes particulières de la mer Méditerranée, avec les figures des terres remarquables pour les reconnoissances des atterrages

1746 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,423.00
523 ƒ HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)

MADEMOISELLE MARCELLE LENDER EN BUSTE

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,160.00
585 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

SUENO Y MENTIRA DE FRANCO, 1937

1937 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,160.00
390 PARÉ (Ambroise)

Les Œuvres. Divisées en vingt neuf livres, avec les figures & portraicts, tant de l'anatomie que des instruments de chirurgie, & de plusieurs monstres

1598 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,539.00
230 Richard WAGNER. 1813-1883

Compositeur. L.A.S. (au directeur du Théâtre des Italiens)

1860 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,120.00
229 Richard WAGNER. 1813-1883

Compositeur. L.A.S. (à une cantatrice).

1874 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,730.00
131 Alfred JARRY. 1873-1907

Écrivain. L.A.S. & Manuscrit aut. signé «Fantaisies parisiennes, architecture protocolaire»

EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 2,600.00
170 Claude MONET. 1840-1926

Peintre impressionniste. L.A.S. à Clémenceau.

1904 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,600.00
360

[MANUSCRIT.— HEURES]. Fragment manuscrit pour des Heures.

EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,528.00
417 ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

ECCE HOMO - LE CHRIST PORTANT LA CROIX, deux planches issues de la série La Passion

EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,470.00
419 ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

LA PROMENADE

EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,470.00
430 ƒ JEAN-ÉTIENNE LIOTARD (1702-1789)

LA VÉNUS AUX BELLES FESSES, N° VI

EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 2,459.00
40

[CANOT IMPERIAL].
Dessin – Plan. Projet d’un canot impérial

1868 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,080.00
363

[MARINE]. [Recueil de cartes et plans de ports et de rades britanniques].

XVIIIesiècle EUR 250.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,022.00
501 LOUIS MARCOUSSIS (1883-1941)

VIAREGGIO ou LA DÉPÊCHE DE TOULOUSE

EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,950.00
517 ODILON REDON (1840-1916)

LE BUDDHA, 1895

1895 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,950.00
261 PRÉVOST (Antoine François)

PRÉVOST (Antoine François). Histoire générale des voyages, ou Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages.– Suite de l’histoire générale des voyages […] contenant les restitutions & les additions de l’édition de Hollande, pour servir de Supplém

1746-1761, 1766-1770 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,896.00
  • 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.
  • 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
    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
  • 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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