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    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
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    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
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Burgersdijk and Niermans: Rare Books - Session 2

Auction Reports

Auction Name Rare Books - Session 2 Total Sales (EUR) 228,633.57
Auction Date November 15, 2017 - November 15, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 132,320.00
Sale Number #346b High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 132,320.00
Total Lots 610
Sold Lots 534 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 163,415.00
% of Lots Sold 87.54% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 163,415.00
Unsold Lots 76 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 139.91%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1214

COLLECTION of 43 filing folders containing Western manuscript fragments from the collection of Prof. dr. J.P. Gumbert.

12th-17th c. EUR 700.00 - 700.00 EUR 16,146.00
881 TEMMINCK, C.-J. & J.C. WERNER.

Manuel d'ornithologie, ou tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe. 2e éd.

1820-48 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,831.00
1039

BIBLIA ARABICA -- SACROSANCTA quatuor Iesu Christi D.N. Evangelia. Arabicè scripta, Lat. reddita, figurusq. ornata.

1619 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 6,831.00
930 WERKMAN, H.N.

'Premie Boekenvrienden uitgevoerd naar ontwerp 4: vogel voor boom.' 1943

1943 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,589.00
1187 CAUSE, H.

De koninglycke hovenier aanwyzende de middelen om boomen, bloemen en kruyden te zaayen, planten, aen queeken en voort teelen.

1676 EUR 2,200.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 5,589.00
1168 HENTZI, R., ed..

Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse.

1785 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,968.00
851 ES, N.J.A.P.H. van.

De hippische sport en het Korps Rijdende Artillerie 1793-1908.

1908 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 4,719.60
1165 FONTANA, C.

Templum Vaticanum et ipsius origo.

1694 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,471.20
1212 SPRENGER, J. & H. INSTITORIS.

Malleus maleficarum, in tres divisus partes, in quibus concurrentia ad maleficia, maleficiorum effectus, ….

1574 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 4,222.80
1144 GUICCIARDINI, L.

La description de tous les Païs-Bas, autrement appellés la Germanie inférieure, ou Basse Allemagne.

1582 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 3,229.20
867 CURTIS, W.

Flora Londinensis;

1817-21. EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,105.00
804 SMITSKAMP, R.

Arabic printing atlas.

c.1980 - c. 2017 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 2,980.80
1189 LUBIENIECKI, S.

Theatrum Cometicum, duabus partibus constans, I. Quarum prior continet epistolas & communicationes variorum per Europam clarissimorum virorum,

1681 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 2,732.40
1141 COMMELIN COMMELYN, I..

Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw Prince v. Orangien zyn Leven en Bedryf.

1652 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,484.00
1040

BIBLIA GALLICA -- BIBLE, La, Qui est toute la Saincte Escriture: contenant Le viel & le nouveau Testament, autrement, La vielle & la nouvelle Alliance.

1565 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,235.60
1083 CELSIUS, O.

Qi a al al-lu a wa- ilm al- Arab, sive Historia linguae & eruditionis Arabum.

1694 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 EUR 2,235.60
1159 DAPPER, O.

Beschryving der eilanden in de archipel der Middelantsche Zee, en ontrent dezelve, gelegen:

1688 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,235.60
1092

ARABICA -- THARAPHA Tarafah. Moallakah cum scholiis Nahas e MSS. Leidensibus. Arabice ed.

1742 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,987.20
1199 DENE, E. de.

De warachtighe fabulen der dieren.

1567 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,987.20
1215

DRAWING BOOK BY YOUNG APPRENTICE IN THE SILVER & GOLD TRADE AT EMDEN -- 'ANNO 1755 den 14 November Ben ik Willem Abrahams Visser …

1755-59. EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,987.20
957 HERON ALEXANDRINUS.

Belopoeeca hoc est telifactiva Bernardino Baldo … illustratore et interprete. Item Heronis vita eodem auctore.

1616 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,738.80
1084

ARABICA -- COLLECTION of 11 Swedish theses on Arabic/Oriental studies:

1740 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,738.80
1174

FORMULARE ADVOCATORUM et procuratorum Romane curie et regii perlamenti: practicam secundum iura comunia clarissime ostendens.

1503 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,738.80
1211 BURGERSDIJCK, F.

Idea philosophiae naturalis. Dat is: ont-werp der natuurlyke wys-gheerte oft be-leedt van de uit-beeldingen en ghe-schillen der natuur-weet. - Bound with: …

1648 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 1,614.60
1085 ERPENIUS, Th.

Amthâl Luqmân al-hakîm. Locmani sapientis fabulae et selecta quaedam Arabum adagia. Cum interpret. - Bound with: Locmani Arabis Fabulae et selecta quaedam Arabum adagia.

1615 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 1,490.40
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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