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Auction Info

Sale Name
Books of Mexican and Universal History of the Collection of the Engineer Don Lorenzo Zambrano
Auction Date
06/22/2021 - 06/22/2021
Year of Sale
2021
Sale Number
#7058
Total Lots
250
Sold Lots
150
Lots Sold
60.0%
Unsold Lots
100
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (MXN)
1,070,640.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN)
772,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN)
1,048,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN)
1,643,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (MXN)
2,217,500.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
48.28%
Currency
MXN
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
48,335.90

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
13 Il Manoscritto Messicano Vaticano 3773.

1896

 MXN 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 72,000.00
232 Palau y Dulcet, Antonio / Palau Claveras, Agustín. Manual del Librero Hispano - Americano / Índice Alfabético.

MXN 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 66,000.00
142 Don Evaristo Madero / Cartas a Sarita / Obras Completas de Francisco Ignacio Madero / Los Madero. La Saga Liberal.

MXN 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 50,400.00
246 Cinco Libros de la Ley Divina Nuevamente Corregidos y Reimprimidos.

1733

 MXN 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 48,000.00
16 Le Duc de Loubat (Loubat, Joseph Florimond). Codex Féjérvary Mayer.

1901

 MXN 18,000.00 - 30,000.00 43,200.00
18 Librería Anticuaria Echaniz. Mapa Jeroglífico del Siglo XVI, Relativo al Establecimiento de la Autoridad Española en un Pueblo del hoy Estado de Morelos.

1914

 MXN 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 36,000.00
145 Madero, Francisco I. La Sucesión Presidencial en 1910: El Partido Nacional Democrático.

1908

 MXN 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 31,200.00
23 Nuttall, Zelia (Introducción). Codex Nuttall. Facsimile of an Ancient Mexican Codex.

1902

 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 24,000.00
27 Sahagún, Fray Bernardino de. Códice Florentino.

1979

 MXN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 22,800.00
52 The Ancient Maya / Silver Cities of Yucatán / Yucatán / Yucatan. A World Apart / Eating Landscape. Aztec and European Occupation of Tlalocan / Yucatán.

MXN 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 19,200.00
155 Dr. Atl (Gerardo Murillo) - Kahlo, Guillermo - Toussaint, Manuel - Benítez, J. R. Iglesias de México.

1924, 1925, 1927

 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 18,000.00
198 Ptolomeo, Claudio. Cosmografía. Códice Latino (1895) - Biblioteca Universitaria de Valencia (Siglo XV).

1983

 MXN 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 16,800.00
17 Le Duc de Loubat (Loubat, Joseph Florimond). Codex Magliabecchiano XIII. 3. Manuscrit Mexicain Post - Colombien.

1904

 MXN 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 14,400.00
74 Libros Ilustrados por Diego Rivera y Miguel Covarrubias.

MXN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 13,200.00
37 Villacorta C., J. Antonio - Villacorta, Carlos A. Códices Mayas.

1930

 MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 13,200.00
57 Batres, Leopoldo. Teotihuacan.

1906

 MXN 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 11,400.00
50 Search for the Maya. The Story of Stephens and Catherwood / Palenque. The Walker - Caddy Expedition to the Ancient Maya City, 1839 - 1840 / Fieldwork, among the Maya / Alfred Maudslay and the Maya / Romancing the Maya / In Search of the Maya.

MXN 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 11,400.00
5 Caso, Alfonso - Smith, Mary Elizabeth. Interpretación del Códice Colombino - Las Glosas del Códice Colombino / Interpretación del Códice Selden 3135 (A.2) / Codex Bodley 2858.

MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 11,400.00
45 Historia y Crónica de Chac-Xulub-Chen / Los Lacandones de Bonampak / Historia Maya / Yucatán sus Ciudades Arqueológicas / Los Mayas / Las Ruinas de Palenque / Jaina / Toniná / Costumbres Funerarias de los Antiguos Mayas / Excavaciones en el Área Urbana de

MXN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 10,800.00
75 Libros Ilustrados por Jean Charlot.

MXN 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 10,200.00
12 Gates, William. The Dresden Codex.

1932

 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 9,600.00
59 Gamio, Manuel. La Población del Valle de Teotihuacan.

1922

 MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 9,600.00
20 Mengin, Ernest. Codex Mexicanus. Nos 23-24 de la Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris.

1952

 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 9,600.00
93 Sahagún, Fray Bernardino de. Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España.

1982

 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 9,600.00
6 Cooper Clark, James. The Story of "Eight Deer" in Codex Colombino.

1912

 MXN 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 9,600.00
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.