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Auction Name: A Select Collection of a Bookdealer- dilettante: Christophe d'Astier
Auction Date: 04/08/2009 - 04/08/2009
Sale Number: #PF9021
Total Lots: 385
Sold Lots: 249
Lots Sold: 64.68%
Unsold Lots: 136

Total Sales (EUR): 380,653.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 255,860.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 332,690.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 515,190.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 671,780.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 56.66%

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<center>Koller Auctions Books & Autographs 29 March 2023

Koller, Mar. 29: DADA - Cabaret Voltaire. A collection of artistic and literary contributions. Edited by Hugo Ball. CHF 5,000 to 8,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: EXPRESSIONISM - Der Sturm. Weekly magazine for culture and the arts. Almost complete suite from the years 1910 to 1932. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: LISBON EARTHQUAKE - Augsburg collection of copper engravings of Lisbon. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: Hamilton, William. Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the Volcanos of the Two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London. Naples, 1776-1779. CHF 50,000 to 70,000.

<center>Koller Auctions Books & Autographs 29 March 2023

Koller, Mar. 29: Leonardi, Domenico Felice. Le Delizie della villa di Castellazzo descritte in verso dall'abbate Domenico Felice Leonardi lucchese fra gli Arcadi Ildosio Foloetico. Milan, 1743. CHF 12,000 to 18,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: Zwingli, Huldrych. Von erkiesen und freyhait der speisen. Von ergernusz und Verbößerung. Ob man gewalt hab die speyß zu etlichen zeyten verbieten [...]. CHF 2,500 to 4,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: HENDRIK VAN VULLENHOE, UMKREIS. Benedictional and other texts for Johannes von Venningen, Bishop of Basel. Latin manuscript on parchment. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: Gujer, Hans Rudolf. Master typist's book by Hans Rudolf Gujer from Wermetschweil (Wermatswil). German manuscript on paper. CHF 3,000 to 5,000.
<center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film March 28, 2023

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Autograph album leaf signed, 1826. €9,000 to €12,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Franz Kafka: Autograph letter unsigned, 1924. €15,000 to €20,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Torquato Tasso: Autograph poem signed, no date. €12,000 to €16,000.

<center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film March 28, 2023

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Charles Darwin: Autograph letter signed, 1866. €4,500 to €6,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Albert Einstein: Autograph letter signed, 1933. €6,000 to €8,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Heinrich Hertz: Autograph manuscript signed, 1889. €18,000 to €24,000.

<center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film March 28, 2023

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Giambattista Bodoni: Autograph letter signed, 1787. €900 to €1,200.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Francisco de Goya: Autograph letter signed, 1789. €18,750 to €25,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Martin Luther: Notes from his desk, no date. €30,000 to €40,000.

<center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film March 28, 2023

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Ludwig van Beethoven: Autograph letter signed, 1816. €22,500 to €30,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Gustav Mahler: Foto portrait signed and annotated, 1907(?). €7,500 to €10,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Bed?ich Smetana: Autograph letter signed, 1883. €4,500 to €6,000.
<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 30th March 2023

Forum, Mar. 30: Roman binding.- Pindar. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia, translated by Johannes Lonicer, contemporary Roman binding by Niccolo Franzese, Basel, 1535. £40,000 to £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Raverat (Gwen). Comprehensive album of 530 wood engravings, circa 1909-1950. £40,000 to £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Hemingway (Ernest). Fiesta, first English edition, first impression dust-jacket, 1927. £15,000 to £20,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 30th March 2023

Forum, Mar. 30: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, first impression, 1953. £12,000 to £18,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Dickens (Charles). Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, first impression, Chapman and Hall, 1861. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Campbell (Colen) & others. Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect..., 5 vol., vol.1-3 later editions, vol.4 & 5 first editions, [?1731]-31-67-71. £10,000 to £15,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 30th March 2023

Forum, Mar. 30: Geography.- Mela (Pomponius). Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis, Venice, Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn, 1478. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: America.- [?Espinosa y Tello (José)]. Relacion del Viage hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el Año de 1792, 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, Madrid, 1802. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet. Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £8,000 to £12,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 30th March 2023

Forum, Mar. 30: Botany.- Curtis (William). The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed, 83 vol. in 62, 1794-1956. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Darwin (Charles).- Lecky (W.E.H.) The Rise and Influence of Rationalism in Europe, 2 vol., Darwin's copy with inscription "Charles Darwin 1865", pencil marginalia and pencil notes, 1865. £7,000 to £10,000.
<center>Swann Auction Galleries Printed & Manuscript African Americana: March 30, 2023

Swann March 30: Victor H. Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book, New York, 1949. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann March 30: Papers of pianist-composer Lawrence Brown relating to Paul Robeson & more, various places, 1925-54. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann March 30: Freedom Summer archive of civil rights activist Karen Haberman Trusty, Atlanta & elsewhere, 1963-64. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann March 30: E. Simms Campbell, A Night-Club Map of Harlem, New York, 1933. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann March 30: Archive of letters from the sculptor Richmond Barthé to a close Jamaican friend, various places, 1966-85. $25,000 to $35,000.

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