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Giquello

Auction Info

Sale Name
Old Books
Auction Date
03/22/2024 - 03/22/2024
Year of Sale
2024
Sale Number
#148055
Total Lots
212
Sold Lots
202
Lots Sold
95.3%
Unsold Lots
10
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (EUR)
1,028,140.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
355,850.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
547,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
396,750.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
606,800.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
169.44%
Currency
EUR
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
1,120,880.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
137 [SOANE, John] Description of the House and Museum on the North side of Lincoln's-inn-fields, the Residence of John Soane, Professor of Architecture in the Royal Academy

1830

 EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 83,408.00
42 MALVASIA, Carlo Cesare Felsina Pittrice Vite de Pittori bolognesi alla Maesta Christianissima di Luigi XIIII

1678

 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 82,144.00
11 VASARI, Giorgio Le vite de piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori

1568

 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 63,188.00
61 ZANETTI, Antonio Maria Le Gemme antiche. Aemmae antiquae

1750

 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 44,231.00
90 [MARIETTE, Pierre-Jean]. BASAN, Pierre-Francois Catalog raisonne des differents objets de curiosites dans les sciences et les arts qui composaient le Cabinet de feu Mr Mariette, Controleur general de la Grande Chancellerie de France, honoraire Amateur de l'Academie R[oya]le de Peinture, et de celle de

1775

 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 37,913.00
94 CARBURI DE CEFFALONIE, Marin Monument eleve a la gloire de Pierre-Le-Grand, ou Relation des travaux et des moyens mechaniques qui ont ete employes...

1777

 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 31,594.00
13 SERMARTELLI, Michelangelo Alcune composizioni di diversi autori in lode del ritratto della Sabina, Scolpito in Marmo dall'Eccellentissimo M. Giovanni Bologna, posto nella piazza del Serenissimo Grand Duca di Toscana

1583

 EUR 8,000.00 - 14,000.00 25,275.00
109 [MALON de BERCY, Marie-Francoise, marquise de, nee Taschereau de Baudry] Inventory after the death of Melle Taschereau de Baudry, widow of Nicolas Charles Malon Bercy [June 30, 1786].

1786

 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 24,700.00
75 LA LIVE de JULY, Ange-Laurent Catalog historique du cabinet de peinture et sculpture francoise de M. de La Live,

1764

 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 21,484.00
66 GORI, Anton Francesco Museum florentinum exhibens insigniora vetustatis monumenta quae Florentiae sunt in thesauro mediceo

1731-1766

 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 20,220.00
49 MONTFAUCON, dom Bernard de Antiquity explained and represented in figures. Supplement to L'Antiquite expliquee

1722-1757

 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 18,956.00
76 PETITOT, Ennemond Alexandre Suite of Vases

1764

 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 18,324.00
57 [QUENTIN DE LORANGERE, Louis]. GERSAINT, Edme-Francois Catalog raisonne de diverses curiosites du cabinet de feu M. Quentin de Lorangere

1744

 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 16,429.00
10 [MICHEL-ANGE]. VARCHI, Benedetto Orazione funerale di M. Benedetto Varchi Fatta, e recitata da Lui pubblicamente nell'essequie di Michelagnolo Buonarroti in Firenze, nella Chiesa di San Lorenzo

1564

 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 15,165.00
80 QUATREMERE DE QUINCY, Antoine-Chrysostome Le Jupiter Olympien, or the Art of Ancient Sculpture

1815

 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 15,165.00
56 ZANETTI, Antonio Maria Delle antiche statue greche e romane, che nell'antisala della Libreria di San Marco, e in altri luoghi pubblici di Venezia si trovano, parte prima [-seconda]

1740-1743

 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 13,901.00
22 [GIUSTINIANI, Vincenzo]. Joachim von SANDRART Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani

1631

 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 12,638.00
60 BOFFRAND, Germain De architectura liber... Livre d'architecture contenant les principes generaux de cet art... ouvrage francais et latin [followed by:] Description de ce qui a ete pratique pour fondre en bronze d'un seul jet la figure equestre de Louis XIV

1745

 EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 11,374.00
14 CHACON, Alfonso Historia utriusque belli Dacici a Traiano Caesare gesti... ex simulachris quae in columna eiusdem Romae visuntur collecta... ad catholicum Hispaniarum regem Philippum II

1576

 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 10,742.00
87 [BARRY, comte Jean-Baptiste du] Catalog de tableaux originaux des bons maitres des trois ecoles Figures & Bustes de Marbre & de Bronze ; Porcelaine & autres objets curieux qui composent le Cabinet de M. L[e] C[omte] D[u Barry]

1774

 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 10,742.00
69 NOLLET, Jean-Antoine, dit l'abbe Lecons de physique experimentale

1759

 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 10,363.00
31 PERRAULT, Charles The Labyrinth of Versailles

1679

 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 10,110.00
33 MISSON, Maximilien Nouveau Voyage d'Italie. Avec un Memoire contenant des avis utiles a ceux qui voudront faire le mesme voyage.

1698

 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 10,110.00
6 VICO, Enea, et Antonio ZANTANI Omnium Caesarum verissimae imagines ex antiquis numismatis desumptae

1553

 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 9,478.00
2 VIRGILE Publii Virgilii maronis opera

1502

 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 9,478.00
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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.
  • <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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