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Addison and Sarova: Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Ephemera

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Auction Name	Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Ephemera	Total Sales (USD)	187,980.00
Auction Date	April 27, 2024 - April 27, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	35,490.00
Sale Number	#1051	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	355,700.00
Total Lots	282
Sold Lots	277	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	36,870.00
% of Lots Sold	98.23%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	361,500.00
Unsold Lots	5	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	52.00%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
16	Raymond de Penyafort.	[Manuscript].	ca. 3rd quarter of the 13th century.	USD 6,000.00 - 60,000.00	USD 33,000.00
23		Book of Hours, Use of Rome.	ca. late 15th century.	USD 5,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 19,200.00
37	Kleiner, Salomon.	REPRESENTATION NATURELLE ET EXACTE DE LA FAVORITE DE SON ALTESSE ELECTORALE DE MAYENCE. [bound with:] REPRESENTATION AU NATUREL DES CHATEAUX DE WEISSENSTEIN AU DESSUS DE POMMERSFELD, ET DE CELUI DE GEUBACH.	1726 and 1728.	USD 1,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 6,000.00
24	Speed, John.	AN EPITOME OF MR. JOHN SPEED'S THEATRE OF THE EMPIRE OF GREAT BRITAIN, AND OF HIS PROSPECT OF THE MOST FAMOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD.	1676	USD 1,400.00 - 14,000.00	USD 5,100.00
163		A bound volume of The London Chronicle covering the first 6 months of 1789.	1789	USD 200.00 - 2,000.00	USD 4,200.00
140	Adrichom, Christian van.	THEATRUM TERRAE SANCTAE ET BIBLICARUM HISTORIARUM.	1628	USD 200.00 - 2,000.00	USD 3,900.00
11	Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (aka Mark Twain.)	THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY.	1867	USD 600.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,400.00
121		Shelf lot consisting of 2 shelves or 54 volumes in total. All related to theology or Christianity.	Mostly 19th century works though a few are 18th c.	USD 100.00 - 1,000.00	USD 2,400.00
149		Manuscript study of Kikamba language, ca. 2nd half 18th century.	2nd half 18th century	USD 150.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,280.00
6	Cervantes de Saavedra, Miguel.	THE LIFE AND EXPLOITS OF THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL SPANISH... BY CHARLES JARVIS.	1742	USD 150.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,040.00
5	Bligh, William.	A NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP BOUNTY....	1790	USD 700.00 - 7,000.00	USD 1,920.00
21	Oliver Edwards.	Civil War archive, Brigadier General Oliver Edwards.		USD 400.00 - 4,000.00	USD 1,680.00
50	Princess Margaret of Brunswick	Princess Margaret of Brunswick (1573-1643), her commonplace book.	1580s and 1590s.	USD 300.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,680.00
120		Shelf-lot consisting of 2 shelves, 61 volumes. A nice group overall; primarily reprints but attractive on the shelf.	Mostly 19th century, some 20th century	USD 100.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,680.00
243	Homer; Ogilby, John.	HOMER HIS ILIADS TRANSLATED, ADORNED WITH SCULPTURE AND ILLUSTRATED WITH ANNOTATIONS.	1660	USD 300.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,680.00
4		BIBLIA, DAS IST....	1776	USD 300.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,560.00
8	Ovid.	OVIDII METAMORPHOSEON LIBRI QUINDECIM.	1502	USD 200.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,560.00
17	Charlevoix, Pierre Francis-Xavier de.	JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO NORTH-AMERICA. UNDERTAKEN BY ORDER OF THE FRENCH KING.	1761	USD 250.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,560.00
231		Metallurgie Generale. An extensive manuscript course on metallurgy and mining, in French, ca. 1868-1869.	ca. 1868-1869.	USD 80.00 - 800.00	USD 1,560.00
13	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. July, 1553. Milan. Letter, signed.	1553	USD 200.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,440.00
75	Pitkin, Timothy.	A SERMON, DELIVERED AT LITCHFIELD, ON THE 2D DAY OF NOVEMBER , A. D. 1768, ON THE DAY OF THE EXECUTION OF JOHN JACOBS, AN INDIAN NATIVE... FOR THE MURDER OF JAMES CROCKER.	1768	USD 100.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,440.00
174	Lopez de Gomara, Francisco.	HISTORIA DI DON FERDINANDO CORTES, MARCHESE DELLA VALLE, CAPITANO VALOROSISSIMO....	1560	USD 500.00 - 5,000.00	USD 1,440.00
189	Corral, Gabriel de.	LA CINTIA DE ARANIVEZ, PROSAS Y VERSOS.	1629	USD 120.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,440.00
2		Medical Sammelband, 8vo, collected and bound in period calf.		USD 40.00 - 400.00	USD 1,320.00
115	Vallette, Elie.	THE DEPUTY COMMISSARY'S GUIDE WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND.	1774	USD 80.00 - 800.00	USD 1,320.00

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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000

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