Sothebys: Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana Property of Mr. Charles E. Feinberg Mrs. Adele Wertheimer Various Owners, 5530,

Auction Details

Auction Date
December 15, 1986 - December 15, 1986
Page Size: 237 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
200 HARRIS, MOSES The Aurelian London

1840

 USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 3,575.00
201 HEINSIUS, NICOLAUS Bibliotheca heinsiana Madrid

1781-86

 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 880.00
202 HERCULANENSIUM voluminum quae supersunt Naples

1793-1827

 USD 500.00 - 800.00 550.00
203 HORAE B.M.V. use of Rome Paris

[1513]

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 4,125.00
204 HOWARD, HENRY Songes and Sonnets London

1585

 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 5,500.00
205 JOHNSON, SAMUEL A Dictionary of the English Language London

1755

 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 2,970.00
206 JOYCE, JAMES A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man London

[1917]

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
207 LA FONTAINE, JEAN Fables choisies Paris

1755-1759

 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
208 LOCKE, JOHN An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding Holt

1690

 USD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 2,200.00
209 MAILLOL, ARISTIDE VIRGIL Paris

1937-43

 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
210 MONSTRELET, ENGUERRAND DE Le premier[-tiers] volume de Enguerran de Monstrellet Paris

1503

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 990.00
211 MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE The Essayes or Morall London

1603

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,800.00 2,090.00
212 O'NEILL, EUGENE Beyond the Horizon

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 440.00
213 PICASSO, PABLO ARISTOPHANES New York

1934

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,100.00
214 POE, EDGAR ALLAN, JAMES, JOHN ANGELL The Marriage Ring

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 660.00
215 REDOUTE, PIERRE JOSEPH Group of 50 color-printed engraved plates finished in colors by hand Paris

1802-16

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 9,625.00
216 REDOUTE, PIERRE JOSEPH Group of 50 color-printed engraved plates finished in colors by hand Paris

1802-16

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 7,150.00
217 REDOUTE, PIERRE JOSEPH Group of 50 color-printed engraved plates finished in colors by hand Paris

1802-16

 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 6,600.00
218 REDOUTE, PIERRE JOSEPH Group of 50 color-printed engraved plates finished in colors by hand Paris

1802-16

 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 5,500.00
219 REDOUTE, PIERRE JOSEPH Group of 41 color-printed engraved plates finished in colors by hand Paris

1802-16

 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 4,400.00
220 ROBERTS, DAVID The Holy Land London

1846-49

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 11,550.00
221 ROBERTS, DAVID Twelve handcolored lithographic plates London

1843-49

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
224 SARAYNA, TORELLUS De origine et amplitudine civitatis Veronae Verona

1540

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
225 SARMIENTO, DOMINGO FAUSTINO Facundo Buenos Aires

1933

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 825.00
226 SCARRON, PAUL Recueil des Oeuvres Burlesques

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
227 SCUDDER, SAMUEL HUBBARD The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada

USD 700.00 - 900.00 550.00
228 SMITH, ADAM An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Philadelphia

1789

 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 2,860.00
229 SMITH, JOHN The Generali Historie of Virginia London

1624

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 1,540.00
230 STOEFFLER, JOHANN Calendarium romanum Oppenheim

24 March 1518

 USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
231 TASSO, TORQUATO La Gerusalemme liberata Venice

1745

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 4,950.00
232 THUCYDIDES Works Venice

May 1502

 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 3,575.00
233 VASI, GIUSEPPE AGOSTINO Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderne Rome

1747-61

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 6,050.00
234 VELLUM PRINTING Paris

1822

 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 1,870.00
235 VESALIUS, ANDREAS Epistola rationem modumque propinandi radicis Chynae decocti Basel

1546

 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 9,350.00
236 VINCIOLO, FEDERICO DI Les singuliers et nouveaux pourtraicts . . . pour toutes sortes d'ouvrages de lingerie

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 3,300.00
237 VOLLARD, AMBROISE La vie & l'oeuvre de Pierre-Auguste Renoir Paris

1919

 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 2,090.00
238 WILSON, ALEXANDER and CHARLES LUCIEN BONAPARTE American Ornithology Umdon

[ca. 1870]

 USD 250.00 - 350.00 220.00
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