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Sale Name
Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. Magnificent Books and Bindings
Auction Date
10/12/2023 - 10/12/2023
Year of Sale
2023
Sale Number
#N11294
Total Lots
327
Sold Lots
257
Lots Sold
78.6%
Unsold Lots
70
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
4,715,000.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
3,487,600.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
4,933,100.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
4,434,500.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
6,268,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
75.22%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
4,634,560.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
412 Crinito, Pietro. Petri Criniti Libri de poetis Latinis.

1 February 1505/6

 USD 250,000.00 - 300,000.00 533,400.00
381 Colonna, Francesco. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili : ubi humana omnia non nisisomnium esse docet atque obiter plurima scitu sane quam digna commemorat [Latin and Italian]

December 1499

 USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 381,000.00
258 Castiglione, Baldassarre. Il libro del cortegiano del conte Baldessar Castiglione. Nuovamente ristampato

1545

 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 279,400.00
163 Athenaeus Naucratita. Athenaeus Naucratita.

August 1514

 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 241,300.00
250 Castiglione, Baldassarre. Il libro del cortegiano del conte Baldesar Castiglione.

April 1528

 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 203,200.00
296 Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M.T.C. Epistolae familiares.

April 1502

 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 203,200.00
279 Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius,

1515

 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 203,200.00
176 Bembo, Pietro. Petri Bembi de Aetna ad Angelum Chabrielem liber

February 1495/1496

 USD 140,000.00 - 200,000.00 190,500.00
242 Capella, Galeazzo Flavio L'anthropologia di Galeazzo Capella secretario dell'illustrissimo signor duca di Milano

January 1533

 USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 152,400.00
123 Anthologia Graeca. Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum in septem libros. [Device]

October 1503

 USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 127,000.00
382 Colonna, Francesco. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, ubi humana omnia non nisisomnium esse docet atque obiter plurima scitu sane quam digna commemorat

December 1499

 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 114,300.00
331 Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem, multorum locorum correctione illustratae, …

November 1544

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 82,550.00
190 Bible. Greek. Sacrae Scripturae veteris, novaeque omnia.

February 1518

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 76,200.00
144 Aristotle. Eorum quae in hoc libro continentur, nomina & ordo. Theophrasti de historia plantarum, libri decem. Eiusdem de causis plantarum, libri sex. …

1 June 1497

 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 76,200.00
192 Bible. Greek. Sacrae Scripturae veteris, novaeque omnia.

February 1518

 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 76,200.00
392 Council of Trent. Canones et Decreta Sacrosancti ocumenici et generalis concilii tridentini sub Paulo III, Pio, Pontificibus Max.

1564

 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 63,500.00
383 Colonna, Francesco. La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, cioè pugna d'amore in sogno. Dov'egli mostra, che tutte le cose humane non sono altro che sogno: et dove narra molt'altre cose degne di cognitione. Ristampato di novo, et ricorretto con somma diligentia, a maggior commodo

1545

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 53,340.00
349 Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationum pars I [-III]. Corrigente Paulo Manutio

1550

 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 50,800.00
225 Caesar, Gaius Julius. Hoc volumine continentur haec. Commentariorum de bello Gallico libri VIII. De bello civili Pompeiano libri IIII. De bello Alexandrino liber I

November 1519 [kk8v January 1518]

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 48,260.00
204 Boccaccio, Giovanni. Il Decamerone di m. Giovanni Boccaccio nuovamente corretto et con diligentia stampato.

14 April 1527

 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 48,260.00
194 Bible. Latin. Biblia sacra vulgatae editionis.

1592]

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 48,260.00
105 Aetius Amidenus. ?????? ???????? ??????? ???????? ????? ?, ???????? ?????? ???? ??? ?????. Aetii Amideni librorum medicinalium tomus primus, primi scilicet libri octo nunc primum in lucem editi.

September 1534

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 44,450.00
326 Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem summa diligentia castigate, ut in iis menda quae plurima erant paucissima iam supersint. Pauli Manutii in easdem epistolas scholia…

August 1540

 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 40,640.00
328 Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationum volumen primum in quo multa, quae in aliarum editionum libris corrupte legebantur, ex diligenti vetustorum exemplarium collatione sunt emendata

October 1540

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 40,640.00
340 Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationum pars I [-III]. Corrigente Paulo Manutio, Aldi filio

June 1546

 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 40,640.00
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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.