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Morton Subastas: Ancient and Contemporary Books of Literature, Religion and CDMX

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Auction Name Ancient and Contemporary Books of Literature, Religion and CDMX Total Sales (MXN) 1,105,560.00
Auction Date October 31, 2017 - October 31, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 886,000.00
Sale Number #844 High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 1,143,000.00
Total Lots 336
Sold Lots 107 Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 2,260,000.00
% of Lots Sold 31.85% High Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 2,911,000.00
Unsold Lots 229 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 37.98%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
282 Hugo, Brehme.

Vistas de México.

[1920]. MXN 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 MXN 90,000.00
146 Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de.

Theatro de Virtudes Políticas, que Constituyen a un Príncipe: Advertidas en los Monarchas Antiguos del Mexicano Imperio, con Cuyas Efigies se Hermoseó el Arco Triumphal, que la muy Leal, Imperial Ciudad de México Erifió para el Digno Recivimiento en ella

1680 MXN 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 MXN 72,000.00
295 Crónica General de España, Ósea Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias, sus Poblaciones más Importantes de la Península y de Ultramar.

Madrid: Aquiles Ronchi - Ronch y Compañía - Rubio y Compañía - Rubio, Grillo y Vitturi, 1865 - 1871.

MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 45,600.00
268

Sanctum Provinciale Concilium Mexici Celebratum.

1622 MXN 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 MXN 42,000.00
277 Vistas Americanas.

Ciudades, Paisajes y Escenas Costumbristas.

Principalmente del Siglo XIX. MXN 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 MXN 42,000.00
279 Gaius Iulius Caesar.

C. Iulii Caesaris Rerum ab se Gestarum Commentarii.

1543 MXN 32,000.00 - 40,000.00 MXN 33,600.00
81 List Arzubide, Germán.

El Movimiento Estridentista.

1926 MXN 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 MXN 25,200.00
249 Glanvill, Joseph.

A Blow at Modern Sadducism In Some Considerations about Witchcraft and the Relation of the Famed Disturbance at the House of M. Mompesson with Reflections on Drollery, and Atheisme.

1668 MXN 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 22,800.00
36 Cumplido, Ignacio.

Presente Amistoso Dedicado a las Señoritas Mexicanas.

1852 MXN 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 MXN 21,600.00
61 García Márquez, Gabriel.

La Mala Hora.

1966 MXN 20,000.00 - 24,000.00 MXN 21,600.00
147 Tablada, José Juan.

Un Día… Poemas Sintéticos.

1919 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 21,600.00
173 Banco Nacional de México.

Quincuagesimo Aniversario de su Fundación.

1934 MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 16,800.00
181 Departamento del Distrito Federal.

Informe Gráfico de Trabajos de Construcción, Reparación de Avenidas, Escuelas, Alumbrado Público, Homenajes y Ceremonias.

1953 y 1959. MXN 10,000.00 - 14,000.00 MXN 16,800.00
301 Dr. Atl. (Gerardo Murillo).

El Paisaje (Un Ensayo).

1933 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 16,800.00
101 Novo, Salvador.

Sátira.

MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 16,200.00
108 Paz, Octavio. El Laberinto de la Soledad.

El Laberinto de la Soledad.

1950 MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 13,200.00
3 Agüeros, Victoriano (Director).

El Tiempo.

1892-1897. MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
9 Primera novela del autor. Obra precursora de la narrativa mexicana moderna, es considerada por algunos críticos la mejor novela decimonónica escrita en México. Altamirano, Ignacio.

Obra precursora de la narrativa mexicana moderna, es considerada por algunos críticos la mejor novela decimonónica escrita en México.

MXN 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
202

México Dividida en Quarteles Mayores y Menores: Nombres de sus Calles: Los de sus Jueces y Alcaldes, y el de los Sugetos Nombrados por el Superior Gobierno para Plantear su Nueva Policía en el Año de 1811.

sin año. MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
207 Obras de Drenaje y Aguas Públicas en la Ciudad de México / Iglesia de Loreto.

Obras de Drenaje y Aguas Públicas en la Ciudad de México / Iglesia de Loreto.

ca. 1910 MXN 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
203 Montanus, Arnoldus / Ogilby, John.

Vetus Mexico.

MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 11,400.00
211 Peña, Ángel G. - Rivera y Tello, G. - Álvarez, Cristóbal T.

Plano de la Ciudad de México y sus Alrededores.

1907 MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 11,400.00
164 Adorno, Juan Nepomuceno.

Resumen Ordenado de los Discursos Pronunciados por el Ciudadano Juan Nepomuceno Adorno… Con el objeto de buscar solución plausible y útil a los problemas que los originaron.

1873 MXN 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 10,800.00
273 Torre, Francisco de la.

El Peregrino Atlante S. Francisco Xavier, Apóstol del Oriente. Epitome Histórico, y Panegyrico de su Vida, y Prodigios.

1728 MXN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 10,800.00
97 Novo, Salvador.

Diálogos / 18 Sonetos / Nueva Grandeza Mexicana / Historia y Leyenda de Coyoacán.

MXN 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 MXN 10,200.00
  • 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
  • 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.
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