Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts, 22693, London - King Street

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 11, 2024 - December 11, 2024
Page Size: 170 items in 7 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 [Otto F. Ege (1888-1951)]

Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts. Western Europe: XII-XVI Century

Cleveland c.1950-52 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 8,190.00
2 The Beauvais Missal

A leaf from the Beauvais Missal, illuminated manuscript on vellum

Northern France, perhaps Beauvais or Amiens late 13th or early 14th century GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 5,292.00
3 John of Freiburg (c.1250-1314)

Summa confessorum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum

Bologna first quarter 14th century GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 50,400.00
4 Michele de Massa (1298-1337)

De quattuor virtutibus cardinalibus, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum

Italy 14th century GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
5

The Book of the Augustinian Priory of Heilig Kreuz, Augsburg. Calendar, Martyrology, the Rule of St Augustine, in Latin with some words in German, decorated manuscript on vellum, Augsburg

15th century GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 32,760.00
6 Morigenes the Astrologer, Pseudo-Aristotle, Geber and others

A compendium of alchemical texts, in Latin, manuscript on vellum

Italy c.1400 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 75,600.00
7 The Psalter of Count Ludwig the Younger of Oettingen

Psalter, in German with Latin incipits, illuminated manuscript on vellum, Swabia, 1418

Swabia 1418 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 151,200.00
8 Ovid (43BC - 17 or 18 AD)

The Gladstone Metamorphoses, in Latin, manuscript on paper

Italy first half 15th century GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 119,700.00
9 Virgil (70-19 BC)

The Gladstone Aeneid, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper

Italy first half 15th century GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 GBP 113,400.00
10

Book of Hours, use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum

Bruges c.1440s GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 88,200.00
11 Walter of Chatillon (1135-1180)

Walter of Chatillon (active 1170-1180), Alexandreis, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum

Florence c.1450s GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
12 Peter of Herenthal (1322-1391)

Collectarius super Librum Psalmorum, Commentary on the Psalms, in Latin, manuscript on vellum

Germany 1462 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 21,420.00
13

Bilingual Psalter, in Middle High German and Latin, decorated manuscript on paper

Germany 1468 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 27,720.00
14 Godefridus of Erlach

Sermons on the Lord's Prayer, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum and paper

Cologne second half 15th century GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 12,600.00
15

Rule of St Augustine, Constitutions for Dominican Sisters, Martyrology, etc., in Latin with some German, manuscript on paper

Switzerland Basel? final quarter 15th century GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 20,160.00
16

A sammelband, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper

Austria or Germany final quarter 15th century GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 35,280.00
17 Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374)

Trionfi, in Italian, illuminated manuscript on paper

Italy ?Urbino final quarter 15th century GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 30,240.00
18 Manuel Chrysoloras (c.1350-1415)

Erotemata, in Greek, decorated manuscript on paper

Italy ?Milan final quarter 15th century GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 60,480.00
19 Pope Callixtus III (1378-1458)

Regule Cancellarie of Pope Callixtus III, in Latin, manuscript on paper

Spain, Barcelona end of the 15th century GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
20

Book of Hours, use of Nevers, in French and Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum

Nevers or Bourges c.1495-1500 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 40,320.00
21 Antonius Grassus (d.1491) and others

Ars Notariatus, and other excerpts from practical texts on notarial matters, in Latin, manuscript on paper

Italy c.1500 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
22

Birgittine Processional, for use at Maihingen, in German and Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum

Birgittine Abbey of Maihingen 1522 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 35,280.00
23 Petrus Kerzenmacher

Alchimia, in German, illustrated manuscript on paper,

Frankfurt 1550 GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 16,380.00
24 After Gilles Corrozet

Les Sentences, Conseil, & Bons Enseignemens des Sept Sages de Grece, in French, illuminated calligraphic manuscript on vellum

France, Paris 1573 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 13,860.00
25

Four manuscripts of pharmaceutical content, in German, Latin and Italian, manuscripts on paper

Germany and Italy c.1600-18th century GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 5,670.00
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: ALDROVANDI, Ulisse (1522-1605) - [Opera omnia]. Bologna: Bellagamba, Benacci, Bonomi, Tebaldini, Ferroni, 1599-1668. €22.000-€28.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [CANALETTO] - VISENTINI, Antonio (1688-1782) da Giovanni Antonio CANAL (1697-1768, detto 'Il Canaletto') - Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores. Venezia: Giovanni Battista Pasquale, 1742-51. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) - Fables Choisies. Parigi: Claude Barbin, 1668. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599) - [I continenti] - Europa; Africa; America Sive India Nova; Asia. Amsterdam: S.d. [ca. 1633]. €2.000-€3.000
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