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Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions: Books and Prints, Part II

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Auction Name Books and Prints, Part II Total Sales (EUR) 513,062.50
Auction Date November 25, 2017 - November 25, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 229,535.00
Sale Number #112517 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 333,555.00
Total Lots 712
Sold Lots 458 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 379,505.00
% of Lots Sold 64.33% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 543,545.00
Unsold Lots 254 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 94.39%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
850

ca. 350 catalogues de ventes publiques de la Galerie Giroux à Bruxelles, 1916-1959

 1916-1959 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 45,000.00
1067 SEGUR, Amélie de

Fleurs et insectes, 1850-1880

 1850-1880 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
1125 RUGHER, Guillaume

Généalogie Lalaing. Lille, 1 October 1581

 1 October 1581 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
1161 ANTONINUS FLORENTINUS O.P.

Chronicon. Partes I-III

 1484 EUR 10,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
1029 BUC'HOZ, Pierre-Joseph

Les dons merveilleux et diversement coloriés de la nature dans le règne végétal,

1779-1783 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 11,250.00
999 BUC'HOZ, Pierre-Joseph

Les dons merveilleux et diversement coloriés de la nature dans le règne minéral,

1782 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
769

Leo Belgicus. 

1617 EUR 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
1073 VAN GEEL, Pierre Corneille, DRAPIEZ, Pierre-Auguste Joseph

Sertum botanicum. Collection de plantes remarquables par leur utilité, leur élégance, leur éclat ou leur nouveauté,

1828-32 EUR 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,125.00
1165 ARISTOTELES

De natura animalium. De partibus animalium and THEOPHRASTUS - De historia plantarum ....

1513 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
1235 PLINIUS Secundus, Caius

Historiae naturalis libri xxxvij. aptissimis figuris exculti ab Alexandro Benedicto ... emendatiores redditi

 1513 EUR 450.00 - 650.00 EUR 7,500.00
1056 MUNTING, Abraham

Phytographia curiosa, exhibens arborum, fructicum, herbarum & florum icones,

 1702 EUR 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,875.00
815 KAEMPFER, Engelbert

De beschryving van Japan,

 1729 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 6,250.00
1204 RUF, Jakob

T’boeck vande vroet-wijfs. Int welcke men mach leeren alle heymelicheden vande vrouwen/

 1591 EUR 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
786 ORTELIUS, Abraham

Theatri orbis terrarum Parergon, sive Veteris geographiae tabulae, commentarijs geographicis et historicis illustratae. Edition novissima ...

 1624 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 5,625.00
822 PEETERS, Jan, BOUTTATS, Gerard

Thooneel der Steden ende Sterckten van t'Vereenight Nederlandt

1674 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
1031 BULLIARD, Pierre

Herbier de la France ou Collection complette des plantes indigènes de ce royaume;

1780 - 1793 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
1183 AUGUSTINUS

Omnium operum. Primus - decimus tomus summa uigilantia repurgatorum à mendis innumeris,

1529 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 4,750.00
1026

Album de botanique. Sacré-Coeur de Jette, 2e moitié du XIXe s.

2e moitié du XIXe s. EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,500.00
1057 MOORE, Thomas

The ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. Edited by John Lindley. Nature-printed by Henri Bradbury

 1855-56 EUR 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,375.00
1203 BERENGARIO, Jacopo

Isagogae breves et exactissimae in anatomiam humani corporis.

c. 1530 EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 4,375.00
993 CURTIS, John

British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland:

1824-1839 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,250.00
1037 DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, HENRI-LOUIS

Traité des arbres fruitiers; contenant leur figure, leur description, leur culture, &c,

 1768 EUR 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,250.00
1128

Armorial Lotins and related families. Bruges, 17th c..

 17th c.. EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,250.00
791 SANDERUS, Antonius

Chorographia sacra Brabantiae,

 1726-1727 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,000.00
1175 DEL MAINO, Giasone

Jason de actionibus. Lectura praeclarissima … super nodoso titulo de actionibus …

 1526 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,000.00
  • 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.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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  • 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.
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