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Auction Name Ancient and Rare Books Total Sales (EUR) 2,697.00
Auction Date October 19, 2017 - October 19, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 7,265.00
Sale Number #4511 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 14,080.00
Total Lots 77
Sold Lots 54 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 8,105.00
% of Lots Sold 70.13% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 16,250.00
Unsold Lots 23 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 16.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7 Bianchi-Giovini Aurelio Angelo.

Storia dei papi da San Pietro a Pio IX...

1864-1877. EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 297.60
43 Malagodi Luigi.

Guida per i bagni marini...

1856 EUR 70.00 - 120.00 EUR 198.40
50 Mourlot Fernand.

Chagall lithographe. II. 1957-1962.

1963 EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 173.60
54

Nuovo dizionario istorico, ovvero Istoria in compendio di tutti gli uomini, che si sono renduti celebri per talenti, virtù, sceleratezze, errori &c.

1791-1798. EUR 350.00 - 700.00 EUR 124.00
45 Manfredi Girolamo.

Libro intitolato il perche.

1629 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 117.80
28 Garimberti Girolamo.

La prima parte delle vite, overo fatti memorabili d'alcuni papi, et di tutti i cardinali passati.

 1568 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 105.40
39

[Manoscritti] Lotto di 21 opere in 26 volumi.

EUR 250.00 - 500.00 EUR 105.40
5 Arata Giulio Ulisse.

L'architettura arabo-normanna e il Rinascimento in Sicilia.

1925 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 99.20
4 Antonini Annibale.

Dictionnaire italien, latin, & francois;

1752 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 93.00
22 Eudes De L'Arche Noël.

L'uomo di un libro, ovvero Libreria intiera.

1718 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 86.80
33

Italia. Ministero dell'istruzione, dell'università e della ricerca.

1894-1902. EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 86.80
13 Commissione speciale deputata alla riedificazione della Basilica di S. Paolo.

Dubbj che si propongono nella quinta Congregazione Generale della Commissione deputata alla riedificazione della Basilica di S.

1831 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 74.40
69

[Storia e biografie] Lotto di 6 opere in 7 volumi.

 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 74.40
61 Pluquet Francois Andre Adrien.

Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des égaremens de l'esprit humain par rapport à la religion chrétienne: ou dictionnaire des hérésies, des erreurs et des schismes; précédé d'un discours dans lequel on recherche quelle a été la religion primitive des homme

 1788 EUR 250.00 - 500.00 EUR 68.20
3 Amiani Pietro Maria.

Dissertazione critico-lapidaria sopra l'antico arco di Fano inalzato all'imperadore Cesare Augusto.

1772 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 62.00
14 Costantini Giuseppe Antonio.

Lettere critiche giocose, morali, scientifiche, ed erudite, alla moda, ed al gusto del secolo presente...

[1749]. EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 62.00
65

[Religione - Biografie] Lotto di 7 opere in 7 volumi.

 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 55.80
56 Orsieres Jean-Martin-Felix.

Historique du pays d'Aoste.

1839 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 49.60
60 Pinamonti Giovanni Pietro.

La causa dei ricchi ovvero il debito, ed il frutto della limosina trattata ai medesimi ricchi.

1801 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 49.60
10 Calepino Ambrogio.

Septem linguarum, hoc est lexicon Latinum, variarum linguarum interpretatione adjecta, ad usum Seminarii Patavini...

1778 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 43.40
24

P.N.F. Mostra della Rivoluzione Fascista.

 1933 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 43.40
6 Bacci Pietro Giacomo.

Vita di S. Filippo Neri fiorentino fondatore della Congregazione dell'Oratorio...

1745 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 37.20
11 Castellani Giovanni Battista.

Dell'allevamento dei bachi da seta in China fatto ed osservato sui luoghi...

1860 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 37.20
12 Castellani Giovanni Battista.

Dell'allevamento dei bachi da seta.

1850 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 37.20
23

[Fascismo]. Lotto di 3 opere: P.N.F., Le Origini e lo Sviluppo del Fascismo, Roma: Libreria del Littorio, 1928; I "Protocolli dei "Savi Anziani" di Sion.

1947 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 37.20
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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