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Morton Subastas: Books and Documents, Lithographs and Engravings

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Auction Name Books and Documents, Lithographs and Engravings Total Sales (MXN) 918,240.00
Auction Date October 29, 2019 - October 29, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 924,000.00
Sale Number #943 High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 1,157,000.00
Total Lots 222
Sold Lots 61 Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 4,287,000.00
% of Lots Sold 27.48% High Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 5,351,000.00
Unsold Lots 161 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 17.16%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
186 Green, John (Compilador).

A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels, Consisting of the Most Esteemed Relations, which Have Hitherto Been Published in any Language: Comprehending Everything Remarkable in its Kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America...

1745 MXN 100,000.00 - 120,000.00 MXN 96,000.00
130 Kircher, Athanasius.

Sphinx Mystagoga, Sive Diatribe Hieroglyphica, qua Mumiae, Ex Memphiticis Pyramidum Adyris Erutae, et Non Ita Pridem in Galliam Transmissae, Juxta Veterum Hieromistarum Mentem, Intentionemque, Plena Fide et Exacta Exibetur Interpretatio.

1676 MXN 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 MXN 84,000.00
8 Keystone View Company.

Vistas, Personajes, Edificios, Zonas y Monumentos Arqueológicos de México.

 1910 - 1920. MXN 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 MXN 50,400.00
202 Covarrubias, Miguel.

Pageant of the Pacific.

1940 MXN 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 MXN 45,600.00
50 Las Casas, Bartolomé de.

La Découverte des Indes Occidentales, par les Espagnols.

 1701 MXN 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 MXN 42,000.00
42 Boturini Benaducci, Lorenzo.

Idea de una Nueva Historia General de la América Septentrional.

1746 MXN 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 MXN 40,800.00
165 Cheronea, Plutarco de.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romans, Compared together...

1657 MXN 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 MXN 36,000.00
189 Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce.

Nouveaux Voyages de Mr. Le Baron de Lahontan, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale - Memoires de L'Amerique Septentrionale ou Suite des Voyages de Mr. Le Baron de Lahontan.

 1709 MXN 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 MXN 36,000.00
115 Ramírez Aparicio, Manuel.

Los Conventos Suprimidos en Méjico. Estudios Biográficos, Históricos y Arqueológicos.

 1861 MXN 22,000.00 - 26,000.00 MXN 21,600.00
119 Campbell, John.

A Concise History of the Spanish America Containing: A Succinct Relation of the Discovery and Settlement of its Several Colonies: A Circumstantial Detail of their Respective Situation, Extent, Commodities, Trade, &c.

1741 MXN 22,000.00 - 26,000.00 MXN 21,600.00
47 Prescott, William.

Historia de la Conquista de México.

1844 - 1846. MXN 20,000.00 - 24,000.00 MXN 19,200.00
26 Covarrubias, Miguel (Ilustrador) - Beecher Stowe, Harriet.

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly.

 1938 MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
28 Elizondo, José F. - Ruelas, Julio.

Crótalos.

 1903 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
51 Palafox y Mendoza, Juan de.

Vida Interior del Ilustrissimo Excelentissimo y Venerable Señor D. Juan de Palafox y Mendoza.

1691 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
80 Arroyo, J. M.

Noticia de la Proclamación de Maximiliano como Emperador de México.

 1864 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
148

Colección de 90 Calendarios Galván.

 1845 - 1992. MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 16,800.00
53 Chaves, Joseph Martin de - Dongo, Joaquín Antonio.

Breve Descripción de las Solemnes Exequias que en los Días 25 y 26 de Junio de Este Año de 1779 se Celebraron en la Santa Catedral de México al Excmo.

1779 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 14,400.00
112 Liceaga, José María de.

Adiciones y Rectificaciones a la Historia de México que Escribió D. Lucas Alamán.

1868 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 14,400.00
86 General Baron Van der Smissen (Alfred Louis Adolphe Graves).

Souvenirs du Mexique 1864 - 1867.

 ca. 1870. MXN 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 MXN 13,200.00
25 Covarrubias, Miguel - Díaz del Castillo, Bernal.

The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517 - 1521.

 1942 MXN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 11,400.00
69 Diez de Bonilla, Manuel.

Estatutos de la Nacional y Distinguida Orden Mexicana de Guadalupe.

 1853 MXN 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 MXN 11,400.00
188 Harpe, Jean Francois de la.

Abrégé de L'Histoire Générale des Voyages, Contenant Ce qu' il y a de plus Remarquable, de Plus Util & de Mieux Avéré dans le Pays oú les Voyageurs ont Pénétré; les Moeurs de Habitans, la Relgion, les Usages, Arts & Sciences, Commerce, Manufactures; Enric

 1780 MXN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 10,800.00
7 Kaiser, Juan (Editor).

Vistas de México.

 ca. 1900 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
32 Negrete, Doroteo.

Cien Años de Independencia 1821 - 1921. México y sus Pro-Hombres.

 1924 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
38 Burland, C. A.

Codex Laud.

 1966 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
  • 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.
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    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
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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