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Auction Name Books Total Sales (CHF) 751,563.00
Auction Date March 26, 2019 - March 26, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CHF) 381,600.00
Sale Number #A188a High Estimate of Lots Sold (CHF) 582,700.00
Total Lots 273
Sold Lots 190 Low Estimate of All Lots (CHF) 678,950.00
% of Lots Sold 69.60% High Estimate of All Lots (CHF) 1,037,600.00
Unsold Lots 83 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 72.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
314 Merian Maria Sibylla.

Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium.

1726 CHF 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 CHF 132,500.00
268 Kerner, Johann Simon.

Genera Plantarum selectarum specierum ironibus illustrata.

1811-1821 CHF 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 CHF 72,500.00
333

Das Alte Testament Deutsch nach urspringlicher Hebreischer warheit.

1524-1525 CHF 25,000.00 - 40,000.00 CHF 31,700.00
331

Das neuw Testament recht grüntlich teutscht.

1524, 1524 CHF 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 CHF 30,500.00
354

Plenarium - Episteln und Evangelien.

1476 CHF 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 CHF 29,300.00
241 Anghiera, Pietro Martire d'.

The Decades of the newe worlde or West India, Conteyning the nauigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes, with the particular description of the moste ryche and large landes and Ilandes lately founde in the west Ocean perteynyng to the inheritaunce of th

 1555 CHF 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 CHF 26,900.00
352 Rolewinck, Werner.

[Fasciculus temporum (deutsch)].

1481 CHF 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 CHF 24,500.00
139 [Ludwig I., Fürst von Anhalt-Köthen].

Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen, Vorhaben, Gemählde und Wörter: Nach jedes Einnahme ordentlich in Kupfer gestochen, und in achtzeilige Reimgesetze verfasset.

1646 CHF 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 CHF 18,500.00
341 Caesar, Iulius.

Von seinen Kriegen.

1507 CHF 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 CHF 12,500.00
123 Herrliberger, David.

Eigentliche Vorstellung der Adelichen Schlösser im Zürich Gebieth.

1743 CHF 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CHF 10,625.00
183 Kupka, Frank (František).

Quatre histoires de blanc et noir.

1926 CHF 1,400.00 - 2,000.00 CHF 10,625.00
211

Derrière le Miroir.

1946-1980 CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 CHF 10,000.00
270 Lindley, John.

Sertum Orchidaceum, (a wreath of the most beautiful orchidaceous flowers).

[1838-41] CHF 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 CHF 10,000.00
326 Honter, Johann.

Circuli Sphaerae Cvm V.

1548-1552 (oder 1565?)] CHF 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 CHF 10,000.00
124 Herrgott, Marquard.

Genealogia diplomatica augustae gentis Habsburgicae.

1737 CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 9,375.00
107 [Dikenmann, Rudolf].

Souvenir de la Suisse (Deckeltitel).

um 1850 CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 8,750.00
237 Ferrario, Giulio.

Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, sciences et usages de tous les peuples anciens et modernes.

 1816-1834. CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 CHF 8,750.00
338

Herbarius latinus Pataviae.

1485 CHF 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 CHF 8,750.00
310 Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob.

Physica sacra, iconibus aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.

1731-1735 CHF 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 CHF 8,125.00
353 Rolewinck, Werner.

Fasciculus Temporum (niederländisch: Dat boek dat men hiet Fasciculus temporum).

1480 CHF 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 CHF 8,125.00
358 Livius, Titus.

ROmische Historie uß Tito livio gezogen.

1505 CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 CHF 7,500.00
111 Lory, Gabriel, D. Lafond u. L. Zehender.

Recueil de paysages suisses dessinés d'après nature dans une course par la vallée d'Ober-Hasly et les cantons de Schweitz et d'Ury.

1797 CHF 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 CHF 6,875.00
372 Rüxner, Georg.

Anfang, ursprung und herkomen des Thurniers inn Teutscher nation: Wievil Thurnier biß uff den letstenn zu Wormbs: Auch wie unnd an welchen orten die gehalten, und durch was Fürsten, Grauen, Herrn, Ritter und vom Adel, sie iederzeit besucht worden sindt.

1532 CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 CHF 6,250.00
347 Graf, Urs

Ringmann, Matthias u.

1507 CHF 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 CHF 5,875.00
104 Schlagintweit, Adolph u. Hermann.

Neue Untersuchungen über die physicalische Geographie und die Geologie der Alpen.

1854 CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 5,625.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    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
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    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
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