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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | BEAUMARCHAIS (PIERRE AUGUSTE CARON DE) | LE BARBIER DE SEVILLE | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 102 | BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI) | IL DECAMERONE | [Paris] | 1757 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 880.00 |
| 103 | BOOK OF HOURS | Venice | 1777 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,210.00 | |
| 104 | CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (MIGUEL DE) | EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA | Madrid | 1780 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,200.00 |
| 105 | CHAMPAGNE | 1734 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 106 | CONTATORE (DOMINICO ANTONIO) | DE HISTORIA TERRACINENSI libri cinque | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,375.00 | ||
| 107 | Cookery | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 605.00 | |||
| 108 | DORAT (CLAUDE JOSEPH) | LETTRES EN VERS | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 109 | EQUESTRIANISM | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 770.00 | |||
| 110 | FLORIAN (JEAN PIERRE CLARIS DE) | GALATEE | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 111 | FRANCE | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,045.00 | |||
| 112 | FREDERICK II (King of Prussia, "Frederick the Great") | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Federic") TO VOLTAIRE | 16 May 1739 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 113 | FREDERICK II ("Frederick the Great '') | AUTOGRAPH 'REPONSE A VOLTAIRE' | [13 August 1766] |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 114 | FREDERICK II ("Frederick the Great") | THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS PREFACE TO VOLTAIRE'S 'HENRIADE' | Potsdam | August or September 1739 |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 115 | FREDERICK II (King of Prussia, ' 'Frederick the Great ' ') | MELANCHOLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Fr") | [actually September 1757] |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 116 | FREDERICK II (King of Prussia, "Frederick the Great") | Six LETTERS AND AN AUTOGRAPH MEMORANDUM | Berlin, Potsdam and Breslau | 31 December 1740 to 4 November 1749 |
USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 117 | FREDERICK II (King of Prussia, "Frederick the Great") | DIPLOMATIC AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Federic") | Magdeburg | 12 September 1742 |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 118 | FREDERICK II (King of Prussia, "Frederick the Great") | LETTER SIGNED ("Federic") | Potsdam | 22 June 1782 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 119 | GEOGRAPHY | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 120 | GIORGI (FELICE) | DESCRIZIONE ISTORICA DEL TEATRO DI TOR DI NONA | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 935.00 | ||
| 121 | History | GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,650.00 | |||
| 122 | MEZZABARBA (CARLO AMBROSIO, Patriarch of Alexandria and Papal Legate) | JESUITS IN CHINA | Macao | 8 December 1721 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 123 | LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE) | CONTES ET NOUVELLES EN VERS | Amsterdam [Paris] | 1762 |
USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 124 | LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE) | FABLES CHOISIES mises en vers | Paris | 1755-1759 |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 6,600.00 |
| 125 | LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE) | LES AMOURS DE PSYCHE ET DE CUPIDON | Paris | 1791 |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 126 | LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE) | FABLES CHOISIES mises en vers | Paris | 1755-1759 |
USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 127 | LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 128 | LE CLERC (---) PORTRAIT DE HENRI IV | contemporary French red morocco gilt | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,540.00 | ||
| 129 | Legal | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 130 | LEOPOLD II | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO HIS SISTER MARIE ANTOINETTE | [1791] |
GBP 700.00 - 800.00 | 1,540.00 | |
| 131 | LINNAEUS (CARL) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Carolus Linnaeus") | Uppsala | 14 December 1759 |
GBP 700.00 - 800.00 | 1,210.00 |
| 132 | LITURGY | Rome | 1725 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,760.00 | |
| 133 | LITURGY | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 134 | LITURGY | r.1777-1799 |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 135 | LITURGY | Rome | 1725 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 136 | LITURGY | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | 1,100.00 | |||
| 137 | Louis XVI AND MARIE ANTOINETTE | VOLUME CONTAINING LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS PERTAINING to THE FRENCH ROYAL FAMILY | 18 September 1792 |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 138 | OFFICE DE LA SEMAINE SAINTE a l'usage de Rome et de Paris | Paris | 1732 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,045.00 | |
| 139 | MARSELLA (DOMENICO ANTONIO) | IL PONTIFICATO MASSIMO NON MAI ASSUNTO DAGL'IMPERATORI CRISTIANI | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 140 | MAZZINELLI (ALESSANDRO) | UFFIZIO DELLA SETTIMANA SANTA | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 935.00 | ||
| 141 | MEDICINE | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,430.00 | |||
| 142 | OFFICE DE L'EGLISE en latin et en francois | Rouen | 1787 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,430.00 | |
| 143 | SOCIETY OF JESUS | 1749 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 144 | PALLADIO (ANDREA) | I QUATTRO LIBRI DELL'ARCHITETTURA | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,045.00 | ||
| 145 | PORTUGAL | Lisbon | 1766 |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 146 | ROTGANS (LUKAS) | POEZY, VAN VERSCHEIDE MENGELSTOFFEN | Leeuwarden | 1715 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 147 | SAINT-PIERRE (JACQUES-HENRI BERNARDIN DE) PAUL ET VIRGINIE | FIRST SEPARATE EDITION | Paris | 1789 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 148 | PHILOSOPHY | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 495.00 | |||
| 149 | TASSO (TORQUATO) | LA GERUSALEMME LIBERATA | Paris | 1784-1786 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,540.00 |
| 150 | THEOLOGY | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,210.00 | |||
| 151 | VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE) | LA PUCELLE | 1789 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 152 | WEIS (JOHANN MARTIN) | REPRESENTATION DES FETES DONNEES PAR LA VILLE DE STRASBOURG pour la convalescence du roi | Paris | [1744] |
USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 153 | BAURENFEIND (MICHAEL) | VOLLKOMMENE WIEDER-HERSTELLUNG DER. . .SCHREIB- KUNST | Nuremberg | 1716 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 550.00 |
| 154 | BAURENFEIND (MICHAEL) | DER ZIERLICHEN SCHREIB-KUNST VOLLKOMMENER WIEDERHERSTELLUNG ANDERER THEIL | Nuremberg | 1736 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 550.00 |
| 155 | GILBERT (LOUIS) | COLLECTION DE DIFFERENTES PIECES D'ECRITURE | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 156 | GLACHANT (FRANCOIS-MICHEL) | NOUVEAU TRAITE D'ECRITURE | Paris | 1742 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 157 | MERKEN (JOHANN) | DES LIBRI ALPHABETI MAIORIS | Hamburg | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 158 | MIDOLLE (JEAN) | ALBUM DU MOYEN-AGE | Strassburg | 1836-[1840] |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 159 | ROLAND | Paris | 1758 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 160 | STAPS (JOHANN) | SCHUL VORSCHRIFFTEN | Paris | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 161 | AUSTRIA AND GERMANY | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 3,300.00 | |||
| 162 | BERTHIER (Louis ALEXANDRE) | RELATION DE LA BATAILLE DE MARENGO | Paris | 1805 |
USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 163 | BOLIVAR (SIMON) | DOCUMENT SIGNED as President of Venezuela (' ' Simon Bolivar' ' with flourish) | Sante Fe | 7 September 1819 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 660.00 |
| 164 | CANOVA (ANTONIO) | IMPORTANT GROUP OF ELEVEN LETTERS | Rome | 12 September 1801 to 27 September 1812 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 4,620.00 |
| 165 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA | 1814 to 1842 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 166 | DAVID (JACQUES-LOUIS) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Paris | 5 August 1805 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,760.00 |
| 167 | DELACROIX (EUGENE) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ABOUT THE DEATH OF CHOPIN | Champrosay | 8 November [1849] |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 2,310.00 |
| 168 | EUROPE | USD 4,000.00 - 4,500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 169 | FLAUBERT (GUSTAVE) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF READING NOTES | [before 1862] |
USD 3,500.00 - 3,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 170 | FRANCE | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 171 | FRANZ JOSEPH AND ELISABETH | PLAINTIVE AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED WITH INITIALS BY FRANZ JOSEPH | 7 September 1853 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 172 | FUGER (F.H., painter) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED to Baron von Ritzer | Vienna | 10 April 1808 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 550.00 |
| 173 | FREDERICK WILLIAM III (King of Prussia) | SELF-ABASING LETTER SIGNED | Konigsberg | 29 September 1808 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 174 | FREEMASONRY | Netherlands | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 175 | GOETHE (J.W.VON) | AUTOGRAPH COUPLET | Weimer | 8 April 1824 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 3,300.00 |
| 176 | GOETHE (JOHANN WOLFGANG VON) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ('G") | Jena | 2 May 1817 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,320.00 |
| 177 | HEGEL (G. W. F. ) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ( " Dr Hegel " ) | Jena | 3 December 1802 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | 2,200.00 |
| 178 | HUMBOLDT (ALEXANDER VON) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("humboldt") | Paris | [1837] |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 179 | HEINE (HEINRICH) | AUTOGRAPH DRAFT | GBP 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 8,800.00 | ||
| 180 | HOFER (ANDREAS, Swiss patriot) | LETTER SIGNED ("andreas hofer ober comandant in tirolt") WITH TWO-LINE AUTOGRAPH SUBSCRIPTION | Innsbruck | 11 September 1809 |
USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 181 | ITALIAN ARTISTS AND WRITERS | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,430.00 | |||
| 182 | JOSEPHINE (Empress) | THE INVENTORY OF JOSEPHINE'S JEWELS | 4 December 1812 |
USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 183 | NETTO (J.F.) AND F.L. LEHMANN | KNITTING | Leipzig | 1802 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 184 | NAPOLEON I | SIEGE OF ACRE | (19 April 1799) |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 185 | NAPOLEON I | DOCUMENT SIGNED | Elysee Palace | 3 April 1813 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 186 | NAPOLEON I | DOCUMENT SIGNED ("Np" with flourish) | St Cloud | 10 April 1813 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 187 | NAPOLEON I | SAINT HELENA | Longwood | 30 July 1817 |
USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 188 | [NAPOLEON I] | COLLECTION OF ECCLESIASTICAL LETTERS AND PAPERS relating to Napoleon's second marriage to the Archduchess Marie Louise | Vienna and Paris | 26 February to 17 March 1810 |
GBP 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,980.00 |
| 189 | ORLOV (Prince ALEXEI, diplomat) | SERIES OF SOME TWENTY-FIVE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED | Paris, St Petersburg and elsewhere | 1856 to 1859 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 190 | PUSHKIN (ALEKSANDR SERGEEVICH) | THE GYPSIES | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 191 | SCHOPENHAUER (ARTHUR) | DIE WELT ALS WILLE UND VORSTELLUNG, FIRST EDITION | Leipzig | 1819 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,200.00 |
| 192 | SCHILLER (JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON) | IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Schiller") | Weimer | 16 July 1801 |
USD 6,000.00 - 6,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 193 | THEATRE | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 194 | ZOLA (EMILE) | THREE EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED | Batignolles | 7 October 1869 to 17 October 1871 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 195 | BEAUVOIR (SIMONE DE) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE INITIAL SECTION OF A LONG ESSAY ON LEIBNIZ for the diplome d'audes superieures en philosophie | Paris | c. 1928-1929 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 825.00 |
| 196 | CHAR (RENE) | SIX AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED | 16 March 1960 to 30 December 1969 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 197 | CELINE (L.F. DESTOUCHES) | PART OF THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF 'D'UN CHATEAU L'AUTRE' | Meudon | c. 1955-56 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,200.00 |
| 198 | COCTEAU (JEAN) | AUTOGRAPH VERSES ENTITLED 'ROME | [1917] |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 199 | DESNOS (ROBERT) | THREE AUTOGRAPH POETICAL MANUSCRIPTS | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 200 | EINSTEIN (ALBERT) | THREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS OF EINSTEIN | 1933 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 1,760.00 |