Sothebys: Music, Continental Manuscripts and Printed Books, Science and Medicine including The Autograph Manuscript of Kafka's 'The Trial', FRANZ,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 17, 1988 - November 17, 1988
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | FRIEDRICH DE LA MOTTE FOUQUE | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Fouque") | Nennhausen | 1 June 1811 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 550.00 |
| 202 | FRANCE-FIRST EMPIRE AND RESTORATION | c.1802 to 1836 |
USD 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 203 | FRANCE-SECOND REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 770.00 | |||
| 204 | FRANCE-SECOND REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE | GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 220.00 | |||
| 205 | FRANCE-THIRD REPUBLIC | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 206 | FRANCISCO FRANCO | LETTER SIGNED | El Pardo | 5 July 1940 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 935.00 |
| 207 | FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR | Versailles | 17 February 1871 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 208 | FREDERICK II (King of Prussia | Potsdam | 30 May 1733 to 5 August 1780 |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 8,800.00 | |
| 209 | FREDERICK WILLIAM I | Potsdam | 10 October 1722 to 28 August 1739 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,300.00 | |
| 210 | FREDERICK WILLIAM I AND FREDERICK THE GREAT | 1713 to 1740 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,100.00 | ||
| 211 | FRENCH ART | c.1886-1895 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 550.00 | ||
| 212 | FRENCH LITERATURE | c.1889 to 1911 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 660.00 | ||
| 213 | FRENCH REPUBLIC | 1789 to 1800 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 214 | FRENCH THEATRE | GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 286.00 | |||
| 215 | GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI | FINE DEFIANT LETTER SIGNED | Germignago | 16 August 1848 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 1,045.00 |
| 216 | JEAN GENET | UNRECORDED COMPLETE SCRIPT FOR A FILM ENTITLED 'LE BAGNE' | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 217 | JEAN GENET | ILLUSTRATED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT ENTITLED 'ESQUISSES DU BAGNE" | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 218 | JEAN GENET | HEAVILY REVISED AND CORRECTED PROOFS OF AN EARLY VERSION OF 'LES PARAVENTS' | 1958-1959 |
USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 219 | JEAN GENET | TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Jean" and "Jean Genet") | Paris | 1952 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 220 | GERMAN LITERATURE AND SCHOLARSHIP | 1790 to 1849 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,430.00 | ||
| 221 | JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE | AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION TO JANE CARLYLE | 1830 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 6,600.00 | |
| 222 | JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Goethe") | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,870.00 | ||
| 223 | FRANCISCO JOSE DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, ABOUT PORTRAITS OF THE KING AND QUEEN | Madrid | 29 July 1801 |
GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 13,750.00 |
| 224 | FRANCISCO JOSE DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Madrid | 30 July 1801 |
GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 12,100.00 |
| 225 | FRANCISCO JOSE DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Madrid | 10 August 1801 |
GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 12,100.00 |
| 226 | FRANZ GRILLPARZER | AUTOGRAPH POETICAL MANUSCRIPT entitled 'Stabat Mater' | 1842 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 227 | JAKOB GRIMM | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jac. Grimm") | Gottingen | 7 December 1832 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 825.00 |
| 228 | WILHELM GRIMM | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Wilh. Grimm") | Cassel | 16 March 1825 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,870.00 |
| 229 | GUNPOWDER | Romersthal | 1617 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 5,500.00 | |
| 230 | GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Prof. Hegel") | Berlin | 1 August 1827 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,080.00 |
| 231 | HEINRICH HEINE | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("H. Heine") | London | 10 May 1827 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 4,400.00 |
| 232 | HERMANN HESSE | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Hermann Hesse") | Bern | 1 April 1918 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 330.00 |
| 233 | HIROHITO (Emperor of Japan) LETTER SIGNED | 24 November 1940 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 2,860.00 | ||
| 234 | ADOLF HITLER | Two POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPHS | Munich | 23 June 1934 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 990.00 |
| 235 | ADOLF HITLER | LETTER SIGNED | Munich | 18 June 1940 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 2,090.00 |
| 236 | HOFER (ANDREAS | HOFER (ANDREAS, Tyrolean patriot) DOCUMENT SIGNED WITH THREE-LINE AUTOGRAPH POSTSCRIPT | Innsbruck | 11 September 1809 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 1,980.00 |
| 237 | ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("AvHumboldt") | Dienstag" | [1813] |
USD 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 238 | HENRIK IBSEN | CABINET-SIZED PHOTOGRAPH OF IBSEN | Munich | 15 December 1890 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 495.00 |
| 239 | HENRIK IBSEN | WATERCOLOUR BY IBSEN depicting a fjord with mountains in the background | Oslo | 26 May 1941 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | 2,530.00 |
| 240 | ITALIAN RISORGIMENTO | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 2,970.00 | |||
| 241 | INES DE LA CRUZ (Sor JUANA, 1651-1695, Mexican poet and nun) DOCUMENT SIGNED | 1684-1688 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,650.00 | ||
| 242 | Empress JOSEPHINE | LETTER SIGNED ("Lapagerie Bonaparte") | Paris | 7 January 1801 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 440.00 |
| 243 | Empress JOSEPHINE | PERSUASIVE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Lapagerie Bonaparte") | Valence | 1799 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 825.00 |
| 245 | IMMANUEL KANT | IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("I. Kant") | Konigsberg | 25 June 1787 |
GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 7,700.00 |
| 246 | GUSTAV KLIMT | CALLIGRAPHIC AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Gustav Klimt") | Vienna | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 935.00 | |
| 247 | MIKHAIL ILARIONOVICH KUTUZOV | KUTUZOV (MIKHAIL ILARIONOVICH, Field Marshal) LETTER SIGNED | 16 June 1789 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 385.00 | |
| 248 | FRIEDRICH GOTTLOB KLOPSTOCK | IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Klopstock") | Hamburg | 23 January 1799 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 2,750.00 |
| 249 | GILBERT DU MOTIER LAFAYETTE, Marquis de | LAFAYETTE (GILBERT DU MOTIER, Marquis de) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Lafayette") | La Grange | 2 November 1825 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 440.00 |
| 250 | PIERRE-SIMON LAPLACE | LAPLACE (PIERRE-SIMON, astronomer) IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Laplace") | Paris | 19 April 1799 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 715.00 |
| 251 | JEAN LANNES | LANNES (JEAN, Marshal of the Empire) AUTOGRAPH ORDER OF THE DAY FROM THE POLISH CAMPAIGN | 27 December 1806 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 880.00 | |
| 252 | LATIN AMERICA | 1844-1845 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 253 | JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER | LAVATER AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Lavater") | Zurich | 26 August 1777 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 254 | LEDRU-ROLLIN (ALEXANDRE, French Republican politician) EIGHTEEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Ledru-Rollin" or with initials) | 1850 to 1859 |
USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 255 | ALPHONSE LEGROS | LEDGER OF A FIRM OF ART DEALERS whose clients included Legros | 1875 to 1877 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 1,540.00 | |
| 256 | NIKOLAUS LENAU | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Niembsch") | Linz | 22 August 1839 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 257 | JUSTUS VON LIEBIG | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Liebig") | Giessen | 10 June 1842 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 258 | LITERATURE AND SCHOLARSHIP | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 660.00 | |||
| 259 | FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA | ROMANCERO GITANO (1924-1927) | Buenos Aires, SUR | 1933 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,750.00 |
| 260 | Louis XVI AND MARIE ANTOINETTE | Versailles | 9 August 1789 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,840.00 | |
| 261 | Louis XVIII | Gosfield (Essex) | 24 February 1808 |
USD 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 262 | LOUIS XVIII | La Muette | 8 September 1781 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 263 | EDOUARD MANET | MANET (EDOUARD) DOCUMENT SIGNED ("Ed. Manet") | Paris | 1881 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 605.00 |
| 264 | ALESSANDRO MANZONI | MANZONI (ALESSANDRO) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Milan | 29 April 1859 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 770.00 |
| 265 | MAXIMILIAN (Emperor of Mexico) DOCUMENT SIGNED AS EMPEROR ("Maximiliano") | Queretaro | 20 March 1867 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,430.00 | |
| 266 | MAXIMILIAN (Emperor of Mexico) DOCUMENT SIGNED AS EMPEROR ("Maximiliano") | 1865 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 267 | GIUSEPPE MAZZINI | MAZZINI (GIUSEPPE) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Rome | 23 May 1849 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 880.00 |
| 268 | MARIE METTERNICH | METTERNICH (MARIE, 1797-1820, daughter of the statesman) Two AUTOGRAPH VOLUMES ENTITLED 'MEINE GEDANKEN UND EMPFINDUNGEN' | 1816 to 1820 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 269 | OCTAVE MIRBEAU | MIRBEAU (OCTAVE) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENT of five sheets | USD 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 270 | EDVARD MUNCH | MUNCH (EDVARD) NINE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND POSTCARDS SIGNED | 1898 to 1924 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 271 | NAPOLEON I | 10 January 1796 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 715.00 | ||
| 272 | NAPOLEON I | Paris | 30 November 1801 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 1,100.00 | |
| 273 | NAPOLEON I | Saint Cloud | 4 September 1810 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 660.00 | |
| 274 | NAPOLEONIC GENERALS | c.1799 to 1825 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 440.00 | ||
| 275 | NAPOLEONIC MARSHALS | c.1799 to 1815 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 495.00 | ||
| 276 | NAPOLEONIC WARS | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 277 | NAPOLEON I'S EXCOMMUNICATION | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 7,700.00 | |||
| 278 | NAPOLEON II | AUTOGRAPH DRAFTS OF TWO LETTERS to an unnamed gentleman | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 330.00 | ||
| 279 | FRIEDRICH OVERBECK | OVERBECK (FRIEDRICH) FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Rome | 11 August 1838 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 385.00 |
| 280 | PASQUALE PAOLI | FINE LETTER SIGNED | 6 May 1792 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 825.00 | |
| 281 | JOHANN HEINRICH PESTALOZZI | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Pestalozzi") | Neuhof | 22 April 1826 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 1,760.00 |
| 282 | PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 990.00 | |||
| 283 | JOSEPH PONIATOWSKI | PONIATOWSKI (JOSEPH, Prince) LETTER SIGNED ("Joseph Prince Poniatowski") | Warsaw | 5 January 1810 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 495.00 |
| 284 | MARCEL PROUST | PROUST (MARCEL) FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("MARCEL PROUST") TO JACQUES RIVIERE | Paris | 23 or 24 September 1922 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,540.00 |
| 285 | ALEXANDER PUSHKIN | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, IN FRENCH ("A. Pouchkine") | St Petersburg | 20 July 1834 |
GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 33,000.00 |
| 286 | ARMAND DU PLESSIS RICHELIEU | DOCUMENT SIGNED as Bishop of Lucon ("Armand Eveq. de Lucon") | 1 February 1614 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 605.00 | |
| 287 | JOHANN PAUL FRIEDRICH RICHTER, "Jean Paul" | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Paul Fr. Richter") | Bayreuth | 17 January 1820 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,320.00 |
| 288 | ROMAIN ROLLAND | IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF OVER FORTY AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS BY ROLLAND | Paris and Switzerland | 1906 to 1936 |
GBP 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 9,680.00 |
| 289 | RUSSIA, POLAND AND PRUSSIA | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 1,045.00 | |||
| 290 | DONATIEN ALPHONSE SADE, Marquis de | CHARACTERISTICALLY IRATE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Sade") | 3 November 1799 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,265.00 | |
| 291 | HENRI SAINT-SIMON | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("StSimon") | Paris | September 1818 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 292 | JOSE DE SAN MARTIN | SERIES OF EIGHTEEN LETTERS SIGNED | 11 February to 21 December 1820 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 1,650.00 | |
| 293 | GEORGE SAND | THREE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G. Sand" and "George Sand") | Nohant | 1853 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 294 | JEAN-PAUL SARTRE | AUTOGRAPH WORKING MANUSCRIPT DRAFT of the Preface and Conclusion to his Question de methode | 1960 |
USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 295 | JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER | IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Schiller") | Weimar | 16 July 1801 |
USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 296 | F.W.J. VON SCHELLING | AUTOGAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Schelling") | Berlin | 17 November 1842 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 297 | AUGUST WILHELM SCHLEGEL | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("AWV Schlegel") | Bonn | 11 October 1820 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 298 | FRIEDRICH VON SCHLEGEL | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Schlegel") | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 299 | FRIEDRICH SCHREYVOGL | THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS NOVEL 'DAS DRITTE REICH' | 1926 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 300 | JULES SIMON | SIXTEEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED AND ONE LETTER SIGNED | 1881 to 1897 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 301 | SPAIN AND PORTUGAL | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 330.00 |
