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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302 | SPAIN | 1500-1899 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 303 | GERMAINE DE STAEL-HOLSTEIN | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Necker Stael de holstein") | Coppet | 2 November 1804 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 304 | CHARLES MAURICE TALLEYRAND | RECEIPT SIGNED | London | 7 May 1793 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 305 | CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("ch mau talleyrand") | Warsaw | 12 April 1807 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 330.00 |
| 306 | CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("pce de talleyrand") | London | 29 May 1833 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 307 | ADOLPHE THIERS | FOUR AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED AND TWO LETTERS SIGNED | 1835 to 1864 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 308 | TIECK LUDWIG | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS POEM 'EINSAMKEIT' | 1802 |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 309 | IVAN TURGENEV | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("I. Tourgueneff") | Baden-Baden | 18 June 1869 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 990.00 |
| 310 | PAUL VALERY | TWELVE AUTOGRAPH POSTCARDS SIGNED ("Ed. Teste", "De la Borne", "P.V.") | 1925 to 1935 |
USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 311 | PAUL VALERY | NINE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND POSTCARDS SIGNED ("P V", "Gaston le malfoutu") | 1924 to 1943 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 312 | VENICE | RECORD BOOK OF THE VENETIAN GALLEON 'FOSCARINI' | 1574 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,540.00 | |
| 313 | EMILE VERHAEREN | TEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("E Verhaeren") | London | 1915 to 1919 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 495.00 |
| 314 | EMILE ZOLA | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Emile Zola") | Paris | 30 March 1878 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 315 | AIRS AND SONGS | GOOD COLLECTION OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SONG-SHEETS etc | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 385.00 | ||
| 316 | ALBUM CONTAINING AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATIONS AND SIGNATURES OF JOACHIM (the opening themes of each movement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto) | 1890s |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 638.00 | ||
| 317 | ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS AND ALBUM LEAVES SIGNED by Anna Pavlova (seated on the grass, clutching a swan) | 1927-1929 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 825.00 | ||
| 318 | PIETRO ARON | THOSCANELLO DE LA MUSICA di messer Pietro Aaron florentino | Venice | jul.1523 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 946.00 |
| 319 | BALLAD OPERA | GOOD COLLECTION of first and early editions of ballad operas etc. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 320 | BALLET AND MUSIC | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 330.00 | |||
| 321 | GIOVANNI BATTISTA BASSANI | LA MORALITA ARMONICA Cantate a 2 | Bologna | 1690 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 495.00 |
| 322 | LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN | FINE AUTOGRAPH SKETCH-LEAF FOR THE PIANO TRIO IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP.97 | 1810 or early 1811 |
GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | 33,000.00 | |
| 323 | LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Beethoven") | Vienna | September 1826 |
GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 13,750.00 |
| 324 | LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN | IMPORTANT LETTER SIGNED BY THE COMPOSER ("Beethoven") | Gneixendorf | 13 October 1826 |
GBP 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 19,800.00 |
| 325 | LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED WITH PARAPH | 26 February 1809 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 5,720.00 | |
| 326 | VINCENZO BELLINI | REMARKABLE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Bellini") | Puteaux | 1 July [18]35 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,860.00 |
| 327 | VINCENZO BELLINI | FINE AUTOGRAPH SKETCH-LEAF | 1820s |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,310.00 | |
| 328 | BENDA (GEORG) DER HOLZHAUER | oder die Drey Wunsche | 1876 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 385.00 | |
| 329 | ALBAN BERG | AUTOGRAPH SKETCHES | USD 550.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 330 | ALBAN FINE BERG | INTIMATE AUTOGRAPH LETTER | Vienna | 30 July 1916 |
GBP 450.00 - 500.00 | 440.00 |
| 331 | BERNIER NICOLAS | CANTATES FRANCOISES ou MUSIQUE DE CHAMBRE A VOIX SEULE | Paris | 1703 |
USD 450.00 - 650.00 | Not Sold |
| 332 | NICOLAS BERNIER | CANTATES FRANcOISES OU Musique de Chambre a Voix Seule et a deux Avec Simphonie et sans Simphonie avec la Basse Continue . . . Second Livre | Paris | [1703] |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 333 | LUIGI BORGHI | TWELVE DIVERTIMENTO'S | London | 1790 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 330.00 |
| 334 | RUTLAND BOUGHTON | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "THE IMMORTAL HOUR" | Nov-Dec. 1913 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 3,300.00 | |
| 335 | JOHANNES BRAHMS | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("J.B.") | Vienna | 1879 |
GBP 550.00 - 750.00 | 825.00 |
| 336 | JOHANNES BRAHMS | FINE CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COMPOSER | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 3,080.00 | ||
| 337 | BENJAMIN BRITTEN | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("BenjaminBritten") | 28 May 1862 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 338 | BENJAMIN BRITTEN | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("BenjaminBritten") | 18 Sept[ember] 1942 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 396.00 | |
| 339 | BENJAMIN BRITTEN | FINE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE 'SIX METAMORPHOSES' (AFTER OVID) | 1951 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 9,350.00 | |
| 340 | BENJAMIN BRITTEN | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE CANTICLE NO.III | Aldeburgh | 27 November 1954 |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 5,500.00 |
| 341 | CHARLES BURNEY | A GENERAL HISTORY OF MUSIC from the earliest ages to the present period | Colchester | 1784 |
GBP 450.00 - 500.00 | 990.00 |
| 342 | CATCHES AND GLEES | A COLLECTION OF VOCAL HARMONY consisting of Catches Canons and Glees never before Publish'd . . . selected by Thos. Warren | London | [c.1770] |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 385.00 |
| 343 | FRYDERYK CHOPIN | REMARKABLE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("FCh") to the piano manufacturer Camille Pleyel | Nohant | 21 June 1838 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 11,000.00 |
| 344 | DOMENICO CIMAROSA | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF PART OF AN OPERATIC SCENA | GBP 600.00 - 700.00 | 880.00 | ||
| 345 | GOOD COLLECTION OF LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ETC | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 935.00 | |||
| 346 | LOUIS-NICOLAS CLERAMBAULT | CANTATES FRANcOISES A I. ET II. Voix. Avec Simphonie | 1710-1720 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,100.00 | |
| 347 | ACHILLE-CLAUDE DEBUSSY | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("ClaudeDebussy") | Paris | 23 December 1902 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 880.00 |
| 348 | CLAUDE DEBUSSY | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Claude Debussy") | 10 February 1909 |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 349 | HENRI AND LULLY LOUIS de DESMARETS | MANUSCRIPT OF THE BASS (VOCAL) PART of Circe and Orphee | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 350 | ARNOLD DOLMETSCH | FINE COLLECTION OF ELEVEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND ONE TYPED LETTER SIGNED ("Arnold Dolmetsch") | 1925 and 1938 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 880.00 | |
| 351 | GAETANO DONIZETTI | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED ("Donizetti") of the "Studio 2do" for clarinet and bass (piano) | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,300.00 | ||
| 352 | GAETANO DONIZETTI | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE QUARTET "RATAPLAN" | [c.1841] |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,420.00 | |
| 353 | GAETANO DONIZETTI | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF PART OF THE OPERA "BETLY" | [c.1836] |
USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 354 | GAETANO DONIZETTI | FINE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of part of an operatic scena | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 355 | GAETANO DONIZETTI | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Donizetti") | [Paris] | 30 August 1845 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 770.00 |
| 356 | Sir EDWARD ELGAR | COLLECTION OF FIFTEEN AUTOGRAPH AND TYPED LETTERS SIGNED ("Edward Elgar" and "E.E.") to Sir Edward German | London and elsewhere | c.1920 to 1933 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,320.00 |
| 357 | Sir EDWARD ELGAR | PROOF COPY OF THE SECOND MOVEMENT OF THE SECOND SYMPHONY | 1911 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 396.00 | |
| 358 | Sir EDWARD ELGAR | PROOF COPY OF THE MOTET "GIVE UNTO THE LORD" | 1914 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 440.00 | |
| 359 | Sir EDWARD ELGAR | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Edward Elgar") | 20 September [19]02 |
USD 350.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 360 | Sir EDWARD ELGAR | THREE PROOF SCORES OF ELGAR'S VIOLIN CONCERTO IN B MINOR OP.61 | GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 8,800.00 | ||
| 361 | Sir EDWARD ELGAR | PROOF COPY OF THE FIRST SYMPHONY IN A FLAT MAJOR OP.55 | London | 1908 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 362 | Sir EDWARD ELGAR | GOOD COLLECTION OF EIGHT EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Edward Elgar" and "Ed. Elgar") | 1931 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 935.00 | |
| 363 | NIELS GADE | TWO AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS | 1847 |
GBP 450.00 - 500.00 | 660.00 | |
| 364 | UMBERTO GIORDANO | FINE, LARGE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE "INNO DEL DECENNALE" | 1933 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,650.00 | |
| 365 | CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK | EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PORTRAIT IN OILS OF GLUCK AT THE KEYBOARD | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 2,640.00 | ||
| 366 | CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD von GLUCK | Beethoven and Vienna | Vienna | c.1770 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 3,520.00 |
| 367 | CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD von GLUCK | Musikalisch-kritische Bibliothek | Gotha | 1778-1789 |
USD 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 368 | PERCY GRAINGER | AUTOGAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "IN DAHOMEY" boldly signed: "Percy Grainger" | 1909 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,760.00 | |
| 369 | EDVARD GRIEG | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Edvard Grieg") | Leipzig | 22 February 1875 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 792.00 |
| 370 | EDVARD GRIEG | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Edvard Grieg") | Paris | 19 January 1890 |
GBP 450.00 - 500.00 | 825.00 |
| 371 | SIR JOHN HAWKINS | FINE LETTER SIGNED ("John Hawkins") | 16 February 1782 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 385.00 | |
| 372 | Sir JOHN HAWKINS | FINE LETTER SIGNED ("John Hawkins") | London | 26 February 1778 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 373 | JOSEPH HAYDN | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Joseph Haydn") | GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 11,000.00 | ||
| 374 | PAUL HINDEMITH | COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS etc by Hindemith | c.1946-1951 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 418.00 | |
| 375 | JOSEPH JOACHIM | THE "FREMDENBUCH" of Joachim's daughter | 1894 to c.1917 |
USD 350.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 376 | JOSEPH JOACHIM | REMARKABLE EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("J.Joachim") | London | May 1844 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 990.00 |
| 377 | ZOLTAN KODALY | FOUR AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (Zoltan Kodaly) | 1928 and 1929 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 715.00 | |
| 378 | ZOLTAN KODALY | SIX AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Zoltan Kodaly") | 1948 to 1950 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,155.00 | |
| 379 | HENRY LAWES | THE SECOND BOOK OF AYRES AND DIALOGUES | Playford | 1652 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,320.00 |
| 380 | DINU LIPATTI | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS "VALSE CAPRICE" for two pianos | 1937-1941 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,100.00 | |
| 381 | DINU LIPATTI | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of sketches and drafts for his Organ Concerto | Juillet | 1939 |
GBP 600.00 - 650.00 | 825.00 |
| 382 | FRANZ LISZT | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF PART OF AN ARRANGEMENT OF A SONG "LE MATIN" BY KORBAY | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,540.00 | ||
| 383 | FRANZ LISZT | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("F.Liszt") | Paris | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 550.00 | |
| 384 | FRANZ LISZT | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("F.Liszt"), to a composer | Weimar | 19 May [18]72 |
GBP 300.00 - 350.00 | 440.00 |
| 385 | FRANZ LISZT | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("F.Liszt") | 1 May 1857 |
USD 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 386 | FRANZ LISZT | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER BOLDLY SIGNED ("F.Liszt") | Weimar | 27 October 1853 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 387 | FRANZ LISZT | MANUSCRIPT OF LISZT'S CELEBRATED SONG: 'OH! QUAND JE DORS!" | [c.1859] |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 388 | FRANZ LISZT | MANUSCRIPT OF THE SONG "ENFANT | [c.1859] |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 389 | FRANZ FINE LISZT | IMPORTANT DOCUMENT | Rome | 13 January 1875 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 1,100.00 |
| 390 | FRANZ LISZT | FINE DOCUMENT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LISZT ("F.Liszt") | Weimar | 1 September 1875 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 990.00 |
| 391 | FRANZ LISZT | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("F.Liszt") | Rome | 6 Sept[ember 18]68 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 495.00 |
| 392 | FRANZ LISZT | PROOF COPY OF THE "UNGARISCHER STURMMARSCH" | Berlin | c.1876 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 393 | FRANZ LISZT | FINE PORTRAIT IN OILS OF LISZT AT THE KEYBOARD | Rome | 1886 |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 394 | JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY AND COLLASSE PASCAL LULLY | ACHILLE ET POLIXENE | Paris | 1687 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,155.00 |
| 395 | LOUIS de ORPHEE LULLY | Tragedie Mise En Musique Par Monsieur De Lully l'aisne . . . full score | Paris | 1690 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,100.00 |
| 396 | JEAN-BAPTISTE PROSERPINE LULLY | Tragedie Mise en Musique . . . Seconde Edition | Paris | 1707 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 770.00 |
| 397 | JEAN-BAPTISTE ATYS LULLY | Tragedie Mise En Musique Par Monsieur De Lully . . . Seconde Edition | Paris | 1715 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 550.00 |
| 398 | MADRIGALS | SIXTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT OF MADRIGALS | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 3,080.00 | ||
| 399 | MICHELE MASCITTI | SONATE A VIOLINO SOLO Col Violone o Cimbalo e Sonate A due Violini | Paris | 1706 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 400 | EDWARD MILLER | EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITIONS of music by Miller | USD 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 401 | GLEN MILLER | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of "I can't get started" | London | 1940s |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
