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Auction Info

Sale Name
Printed Books and Manuscripts
Auction Date
07/12/2017 - 07/12/2017
Year of Sale
2017
Sale Number
#14299
Total Lots
260
Sold Lots
215
Lots Sold
82.7%
Unsold Lots
45
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (GBP)
4,605,380.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
2,196,800.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
3,275,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
3,833,400.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
5,789,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
79.55%
Currency
GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
6,428,800.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
237 IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, Saint (1491-1556). Exercitia Spiritualia.

11 September 1548.

GBP 120,000.00 - 160,000.00 299,000.00
87 EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ('Albert') to Michele Besso, n.p., n.d.

December 1916.

GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 293,000.00
173 DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

1859

 GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 269,000.00
163 BIBLE, IN LOW GERMAN. With glosses according to Nicolaus de Lyra's postils.

about 1478.

GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 239,000.00
199 AFTER DEMONGENET, François (d. before 1592). GILT BRASS TERRESTRIAL GLOBE --

circa 1560-1580.

GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 185,000.00
212 The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by His Maiesties Speciall Commandment.

1611

 GBP 140,000.00 - 180,000.00 167,000.00
192 RICCI, Mateo (1552-1610). Kunyu Wanquo Quantu ‘A Map of the Myriad Countries of the World’ or ‘Complete Geographical Map of all the Kingdoms of the World’.

c. first half 17th century.

GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 155,000.00
202 TUSSAC, François Richard de (1751-1837). Flore des Antilles, ou histoire générale botanique, rurale et economique des végétaux indigènes des Antilles.

1808-1827-1828.

GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 137,000.00
92 COLUMNA, Guido de (c. 1210 - after 1280). Historia destructionis Troiae, in German: Hystori wie Troya erstört ward.

GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 137,000.00
86 EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ('Albert') to Michele Besso, [Berlin], 31 October 1916.

GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 106,250.00
89 EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ('Albert') to Michele Besso, [Princeton], 29 July [1953].

GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 100,000.00
248 SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

1776-1784.

GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 87,500.00
70 GRAN, Tryggve (1888-1980). Medals and awards, comprising:

GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 81,250.00
12 DAVID IN PRAYER, initial ‘B’ cut from a Giant Psalter on vellum illuminated by Liberale da Verona (1441-1526)

1490s

 GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 75,000.00
222 DESCARTES, René (1596-1650). Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison, & chercher la verité dans les sciences.

1637

 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 75,000.00
242 MILTON, John (1608-1674). Areopagitica; a speech […] for the liberty of unlicenc’d printing, to the parliament of England.

1644

 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 68,750.00
85 [EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)]. A billiard briar pipe [?c.1945]

GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 52,500.00
240 MARX, Karl (1818-1883). Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie.

1867

 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 52,500.00
73 Albert Edward Peter Griessen (1875–1935) Archive of Albert Edward Peter Griessen (1875–1935) – New Delhi, 1913-1922.

GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 52,500.00
71 GRAN, Tryggve (1888-1980). Two autograph manuscript journals of the 1910-1913 British Antarctic Expedition, Terra Nova, Simon’s Town and Cape Evans, 1 June 1910 – 23 December 1913.

GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 50,000.00
13 GRAND COUTUMIER DE NORMANDIE, in French, decorated manuscript on vellum

late 14th century

 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 50,000.00
91 EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Michele Besso's son, Vero, and sister, Bice Rusconi ('Lieber Vero und liebe Frau Bice'), Princeton, 21 March 1955.

GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 50,000.00
88 EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph correspondence card signed ('Albert') to Michele Besso, [postmarked Berlin, 28 August 1918].

GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 47,500.00
25 DOGE AGOSTINO BARBARIGO (1420-1501). Commissione for Gabriele Barbarigo, in Latin and Italian, illuminated manuscript on vellum,

1498

 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 47,500.00
190 POITEAU, Pierre Antoine (1766-1854). Pomologie française; recueil des plus beaux fruits cultivés en France.

1846

 GBP 25,000.00 - 40,000.00 47,500.00
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    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
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