Sothebys: Continental Printed Books, Manuscripts and Music comprising Printed Books, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts, ASCENSION,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 28, 1992 - May 28, 1992
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BARTOLI (COSIMO) | DEL MODO DI MISURARE LE DISTANTIE | VENICE | 1564 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 880.00 |
| 2 | BUTEO (JOANNES) | OPERA GEOMETRIC A | Lyons | 1554 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 770.00 |
| 3 | CANTONE (OBERTO) | L'USO PRATTICO DELL'ARTIMETICA. . .nel quale. . . s'insegna in materia di conti | NAPLES | 1599 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 825.00 |
| 4 | DANFRIE (PHILIPPE) | DECLARATION DE L'USAGE DU GRAPHOMETRE | PARIS | 1597 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,200.00 |
| 5 | DURER (ALBRECHT) | DE SYMMETRIA PARTIUM IN RECTIS FORMIS HUMANORUM CORPORUM | NUREMBERG | 1532 |
GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | 5,720.00 |
| 6 | MAGAZIN ALLER NEUEN ERFINDUNGEN | LEIPZIG | [1797]-1837 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 7 | STRUVE (FRIEDRICH GEORG WILHELM) | STELLARUM DUPLICIUM ET MULTIPLICIUM MENSURAE MICROMETRICAE | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 8 | MERCADO (TOMAS DE) | DE NEGOTII ET CONTRATTI DE MERCANTI ET DE NEGOTIANTI. . .nel quale. . .si tratta di vendite | BRESCIA | 1591 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 1,100.00 |
| 9 | NAUSEA (FRIDERICUS) | LIBRI MIRABILIUM SEPTEM | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,100.00 | ||
| 10 | [NEWTON (Sir ISAAC)] | OPTICKS | 1704 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 4,950.00 | |
| 11 | PAULUS AEGINETA | LA CHIRURGIE. . .Qui est le sixiesme livre de ses oeuvres | LYONS | 1540 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 1,265.00 |
| 12 | [PERRAULT (CLAUDE)] | MEMOIRS FOR A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,320.00 | ||
| 13 | RODLER (HIERONYMUS) | PERSPECTIVA | FRANKFURT | 1546 |
GBP 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,310.00 |
| 14 | AUGUSTINUS (AURELIUS, Saint) | DE CIVITATE DEI | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,870.00 | ||
| 15 | BIRGITTA (Saint) | REVELATIONES SANCTAE BRIGITTAE | Lubeck | 25 November 1492 |
USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 16 | BIBLE | BASLE | 27 JUNE 1491 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,300.00 | |
| 17 | BOOK-BOX | Lombardy | GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 9,900.00 | ||
| 18 | CEPOLLA (BARTHOLOMAEUS) | [DE SERVITUTIBUS PRAEDIORUM] | ROME | 1475 |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS) | ORATIONES | VENICE | [not after 9 November] 1471 |
USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 20 | DIOGENES LAERTIUS | VITAE ET SENTENTIAE PHILOSOPHORUM | Brescia | 23 November 1485 |
GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,430.00 |
| 21 | GUARINUS VERONENSIS | REGULAE GRAMMATICES | PARMA | C. 1492 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,300.00 |
| 22 | Diomedes | DE ARTE GRAMMATICA OPUS UTILISSIMUM | Venice | 12 June 1495 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 715.00 |
| 23 | DUNS SCOTUS (JOHANNES) | QUESTIONES QUO[D]LIBETALES | VENICE | 3 FEBRUARY 1497/8 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | GREGORY IX, Pope | DECRETALES | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,925.00 | ||
| 25 | ISABELLA I OF CASTILE (the Catholic) | LETTER SIGNED ("yo la reyna") | 2 SEPTEMBER 1483 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,320.00 | |
| 26 | JUVENALIS (DECIMUS JUNIUS) | SATYRAE | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 660.00 | ||
| 27 | LACTANTIUS (LUCIUS COELIUS FIRMIANUS) | OPERA | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 28 | PSALTER | USD 4,000.00 - 4,500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 29 | SCHEDEL (HARTMANN) | LIBER CHRONICARUM | Nuremberg | 12 July 1493 |
GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 17,600.00 |
| 30 | NICOLAUS DE AUSMO | [SUPPLEMENTUM PISANELLAE ET CANONES POENITENTIALES FRATRIS ASTENSIS] | [Venice] | [not after 28 July 1473] |
USD 4,500.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 31 | Vivianus | Freiburg im Breisgau | 1494? |
USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 32 | URBANUS | GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | 6,600.00 | |||
| 33 | VERSE | ITALY | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 6,380.00 | ||
| 34 | BIBLE | PARIS | 1544-1546 |
USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 35 | BIBLE | BASLE | 1569 |
GBP 900.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,320.00 | |
| 36 | BOISSARD (JEAN JACQUES) | ICONES. . .VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM doctrina & eruditione praestantium ad vivum effictae | FRANKFURT | 1597-1599 |
USD 4,000.00 - 4,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 37 | BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI) | DE CLARIS MULIERIBUS | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,650.00 | ||
| 38 | CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS) | ORATIONUM volumen secundum | Paris | 1543 |
USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 39 | CONSEIL (LE) | DES SEPT SAGES DE GRECE | PARIS | 1548 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 550.00 |
| 40 | DRUSIUS (JOHANNES) | QUESTIONUM AC RESPONSIUM LIBER | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 41 | EMBROIDERED BINDING | MAGDEBURG | 1595 |
GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,980.00 | |
| 42 | DOLCE (LODOVICO) | DIALOGO NEL QUALE SI RAGIONA DEL MODO DI ACCRESCERE E CONSERVAR LA MEMORIA | VENICE | 1562 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 715.00 |
| 43 | FLORENCE | FLORENCE | 1563-1583 |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 44 | EQUESTRIANISM | [C.1580-1600] |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,300.00 | ||
| 45 | GALATINO (PIETRO) | OPUS TOTI CHRISTIANAE REIPUBLICAE. . .De arcanis catholicae veritatis contra obstantissimam ludaeorum nostrae tempestatis perfidiam | ORTONA | 1518 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 46 | GEILER VON KAISERSBERG (JOHANNES) | DAS IRRIG SCHAF [and six other works] | STRASSBURG | [c.1510] |
GBP 4,500.00 - 5,000.00 | 7,480.00 |
| 47 | GRISONE (FEDERICO) | ORDINI DI CAVALCARE | PESARO | 1557 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 990.00 |
| 48 | HUTTEN (ULRICH VON) | NEMO, large woodcut on title-page by Hans Weiditz | AUGSBURG | [1518] |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 935.00 |
| 49 | JACOBUS DE VORAGINE | LA LEGENDE DOREE en francoys nouvellement imprimee | Lyons | 1518 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,860.00 |
| 50 | KANTZ (CASPAR) | DIE HISTORIA DES LEYDENS UNSERS HERRN JESU CHRISTI | NUREMBERG | 1555 (dated 1558) |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 770.00 |
| 51 | MAXIMUS | BASLE | 1519 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 52 | LlTURGIA SUECANAE ECCLESIAE CATHOLICAE & ORTHODOXAE CONFORMIS | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 53 | MEURSIUS (JOANNES) | EXERCITATIONUM CRITICARUM PARTES II | Leiden | 1599 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 550.00 |
| 54 | MORE (Sir THOMAS) | DE OPTIMO REIP | BASLE | March 1518 |
GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 8,800.00 |
| 55 | PETRARCA (FRANCESCO) | [OPERA] | VENICE | 1503 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,320.00 |
| 56 | OROSIUS (PAULUS) | ADVERSUS PAGANOS HISTORIARUM LIBRI SEPTEM | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 57 | PETRARCA (FRANCESCO) | DE REBUS MEMORANDI. . .inns Teutsch gebracht durch M. Stephanum Vigilium Pacimontanum und mit schonen Figuren gezieret | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 880.00 | ||
| 58 | PHILIP II | LETTER SIGNED ("Yo el Rey") | MADRID | 15 JANUARY 1580 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 2,420.00 |
| 59 | PETRI (LAURENTIUS) | THEN SWENSKA KYRKEORDNINGEN | Stockholm | 1571 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 60 | Pius V, Pope | BULLA LECTA IN DIE CŒN/E DOMINI | Rome | 1566 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,200.00 |
| 61 | RUDOLF II (Holy Roman Emperor) | Two LETTERS SIGNED ("Rudolff") | Prague | 11 February 1581 and 21 November 1595 |
USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 62 | SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS) FLORES | traduizadas de latin en romance castellano por Iuan Martin Cordero | ANTWERP | 1555 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 770.00 |
| 63 | SPAIN AND PORTUGAL | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 64 | SPAIN---MORISCOS | 1572-1575 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,760.00 | ||
| 65 | Philip II | SPAIN | GBP 4,500.00 - 5,000.00 | 4,950.00 | ||
| 66 | ARBUES (PEDRO DE) | SPANISH INQUISITION | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,210.00 | ||
| 67 | Swiss CONFEDERATION | ILANZ | 16 MARCH 1563 |
USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 68 | VERONESE (PAOLO CALIARI, known as) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Paolo Caliari pitore") | VENICE | 8 JUNE 1578 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | 1,650.00 |
| 69 | ARISTOPHANES | Greek text, contemporary French red morocco gilt, three-line border | [LEIDEN] | 1600 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 770.00 |
| 70 | BIBLE | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 825.00 | |||
| 71 | BIBLE | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 72 | BIBLE | AMSTERDAM | 1646 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 73 | BIBLE | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 74 | BIBLE | AMSTERDAM | 1602 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 770.00 | |
| 75 | Charles II---[WICQUEFORT (ABRAHAM DE)] | RELATION EN FORME DE JOURNAL DU VOYAGE ET SEJOUR QUE. . .Charles II. . .a fait en Hollande depuis le 25 May jusques au 2 juin 1660 | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 770.00 | ||
| 76 | CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS) | OPERA | Leiden | 1642 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 880.00 |
| 77 | Du FOUILLOUX (JACQUES) | LA CACCIA. . .Tradotta di lingua francese da Cesare Parona | MILAN | 1615 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 935.00 |
| 78 | CORTONA (PIETRO BERRETTINI, known as Pietro da Cortona) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("pietro Berrettini") to Don Giovanni, master of the household to his patron Cardinal Sacchetti | ROME | 5 SEPTEMBER 1656 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 79 | COMMONPLACE BOOK | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 80 | EMBROIDERED BINDING | STOCKHOLM | 1685 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,650.00 | |
| 81 | GUARINI (BATTISTA) | IL PASTOR FIDO | LEIDEN | 1659 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 82 | ELZEVIR PRESS | Amsterdam & Leiden | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 83 | HERVARAR SAGA OK HEIDREKS | UPPSALA | 1672 |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 84 | HERO, of Alexandria | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,320.00 | |||
| 85 | KRUL (JAN HERMANSZOON) | MINNE-SPIEGEL TER DEUGHDEN | Amsterdam | 1639 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 86 | PLINIUS SEGUNDUS (CAIUS) | HISTORIA NATURALIS | LEIDEN | 1635 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 660.00 |
| 87 | SENAULT (ELISABETH) | HEURES NOUVELLES dediees a Monseigneur Dauphin | Paris | [c. 1685] |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 88 | SENAULT (LOUIS) | HEURES NOUVELLES dediees a Madame La Dauphine | Paris | [c. 1683-1690] |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 89 | SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS) | OPERA OMNIA [Joh. Fred. Gronovii ad L. & M. Annaeos Senecas notae] | LEIDEN | 1649 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 550.00 |
| 90 | SPINOZA (BARUCH) | OPERA POSTHUMA | USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 91 | [SPINOZA (BARUCH)] | DE RECHTZINNIGE THEOLOGANT | Hamburg, [but Amsterdam] | 1693 |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 92 | SYNESIUS | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 93 | THULDEN (THEODOR VAN) | REVELATIO ORDINIS SSMAE TRINITATIS REDEMPTIONIS CAPTIVORUM SUB INNOCENTIO TERTIO ANNO 1198 | PARIS | 1633 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 94 | TRAVELLING LIBRARY | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 6,380.00 | |||
| 95 | TRIOD TSEVETNAYA [Service Book] | Moscow | 1604 |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 96 | XAVIER (HIERONYMUS) | HISTORIA CHRISTI PERSICE. . .reddita & animadversiones notata a Ludovico de Dieu | Leiden | 1639 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 660.00 |
| 97 | ALCHEMY | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 2,200.00 | |||
| 98 | ALMANACH ROYAL | annee commune MDCCLXXXIX | PARIS | [1789] |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 99 | BIBLE | NUREMBERG | 1720 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 5,280.00 | |
| 100 | ARCHIMBAUD (THEODORE) | LES SOLILOQUES DU PECHEUR PENITENT avec Jesus souffrant | Lyons | 1766 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 550.00 |