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Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 100,187.50
Auction Date May 23, 2018 - May 23, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 57,330.00
Sale Number #423 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 86,170.00
Total Lots 239
Sold Lots 78 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 203,960.00
% of Lots Sold 32.64% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 306,370.00
Unsold Lots 161 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 32.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
441 BRETON, André (1896-1966) - René CHAR (1907-1988) - Paul ELUARD (1895-1952)

Ralentir Travaux.

1930 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 23,750.00
549 CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham (1684-1743) - Nicolas GUEUDEVILLE (c. 1652-1721)

Atlas historique ou nouvelle introduction à l'Histoire, à la Chronologie & à la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne.

-1713 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,875.00
507 DALI, Salvador (1904-1989)

Biblia Sacra : vulgatae editionis.

1967 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,625.00
589 [LEGATURA IN ARGENTO]

Missale Romanum.

1704 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
443 LYDIS, Mariette (1887-1970) - OVIDIO (43 a.C.-17? d.C.)

L'Art d'aimer.

1931 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,500.00
557 D'ANNUNZIO, Gabriele (1863-1938)

Lettera autografa indirizzata a Matilde Festa Piacentini 1890-1957.

1936 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 3,250.00
573 FILOSTRATO di Lemno (c. 172-247 d.C.)

De vita Apollonii Tyanei libri octo. Ibidem libri latini interprete Alemanno Rinuccino florentino.

1501 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,500.00
576 [GABRIELLO, Bruno inc. (1480-1514)]

Biblia cum tabula nuper impressa & cum summariis nouiter editis.

1498 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,250.00
560 DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321) - Cristoforo LANDINO (1424-1504)

Danthe alighieri fiorentino historiado.

1507 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 1,875.00
580 GILBERT, William (1544-1603)

Tractatus sive physiologia nova de magnete.

1633 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 1,750.00
637 VIRGILIO, Publio Marone (70-19 a.C.)

Opera, cum Servii Mauri Honorati, Christophori Landini, Aelii Donati et Domitii Calderini commentariis.

1492 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,750.00
540 [Biblia Latina cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes Prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering. Venezia: Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn, 1482-83]. Second section of this Bible

[Biblia Latina cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes Prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering.

1482 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,500.00
575 [FOSCOLO, Ugo (1778-1827)] - Francesco PETRARCA (1304-1374)

Il Petrarca novissimamente revisto e corretto da messer Lodovico Dolce.

1554 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,500.00
506 DALI, Salvador (1904-1989) - DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)

La Divina Commedia.

-1963 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,375.00
519 SAN LAZZARO, Gualtieri di (1904-1974)

San Lazzaro et ses amis.

1975 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,250.00
545 CAMPANO, Giovanni Antonio (1427-1477)

Plus in alieno. De te mox de me. Ne precor quid prius dato lector uitio quae omnia intueare.

1495 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,250.00
564 DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)

Dante con l'espositioni di Christoforo Landino, et D'Alessandro Vellutello.

1596 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,250.00
568 DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870) - Frédéric GAILLARDET (1808-1882)

La tour de la nesle : drame.

1901 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,062.50
587 LAMENNAIS, Félicité Robert de (1782-1854) - Carlos SCHWABE (1866-1926)

Paroles d'un Croyant.

1908 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,000.00
600 OLINA, Giovanni Pietro (1585-1645)

Uccelliera : overo discorso della natura e proprieta di diversi uccelli.

1684 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,000.00
605 PICART, Bernard (1673-1733)

Le Temple des Muses, orné de LX. Tableaux.

1733 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,000.00
496 PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) - Jaime SABARTES (1881-1968)

A los toros : mit Picasso.

1961 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 937.50
538 BESSARIONE, Cardinale e Patriarca di Costantinopoli (1403-1472)

Quae hoc in volumine tractantur Bessarionis Cardinalis Niceni .. eiusdem Metaphysicorum Aristotelis XIIII librorum translatio.

1516 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 937.50
596 MIRBEAU, Octave (1848-1917)

Le Journal d’une femme de chambre.

1900 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 937.50
609 PLATONE (c. 427-347 a.C.)

Omnia divini Platonis opera tralatione Marsilii Ficini.

1556 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 937.50
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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