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Auction Name Aristophil - 22 • BRITANNICA-AMERICANA Total Sales (EUR) 3,800,697.00
Auction Date November 18, 2019 - November 18, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 1,662,730.00
Sale Number #101079 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 2,175,200.00
Total Lots 199
Sold Lots 152 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,809,030.00
% of Lots Sold 76.38% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 2,361,110.00
Unsold Lots 47 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 160.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
11 BRONTË CHARLOTTE (1816 1855)

MANUSCRIT autographe signé « CHARLOTTE BRONTË », Second Series of The Young Men’s Magazines…, août 1830

 1830 EUR 600,000.00 - 800,000.00 EUR 780,000.00
41 DARWIN CHARLES (1809 1882).

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: [W. Clowes and Sons for] John Murray, 1859

 1859 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 240,500.00
27 CATESBY MARK (1683 1749).

The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands:

1754 EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 183,236.00
80 EISENHOWER DWIGHT DAVID (1890 1969).

P.S. « Dwight D. Eisenhower », [Reims] 7 mai 1945

 1945 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 182,000.00
1 ALDHELM (SAINT) (vers 639 709)

Évêque de Sherbourne, poète et érudit latin. Deux feuillets extraits du De laude virginitatis [De la gloire de la virginité].

 vers 800 EUR 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 169,000.00
174 SMITH ADAM (1723 1790).

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

 1776 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 139,007.00
70 EINSTEIN ALBERT (1879 1955).

MANUSCRIT autographe, Raum und Gruppe…, [vers 1945]

 vers 1945 EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 104,000.00
55 EINSTEIN ALBERT (1879 1955).

Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt. Separat-Abdruck aus den Annalen der Physik, Vierte Folge, Band 17, 1905

 1905 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 94,777.00
180 SZILARD LEO (1898 1964).

L.S. « Leo Szilard », New-York 25 janvier 1939, au fi nancier Lewis L. STRAUSS

 1939 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 91,000.00
150 NAPOLÉON IER (1769 1821).

MANUSCRIT autographe, Notes diverses. Richesse des nations…, Valence juillet 1791

 1791 EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 78,000.00
15 BRY THÉODORE DE (1528 1598).

Admiranda Narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae, nuper admodum ab Anglis, …

 1590-1602 EUR 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 73,294.00
98 HITCHCOCK ALFRED (1899 1980).

MANUSCRIT DESSINÉ autographe ou STORYBOARD, Stage Fright, [circa 1949]

 circa 1949 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 62,400.00
54 EDISON THOMAS (1947 1931).

ENSEMBLE de 6 DESSINS avec NOTES autographes (3 signés « TAE »), mars 1886

 1886 EUR 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 58,500.00
163 [POP ART]. [TING, WALASSE (1929 2010).

RECTIFICATIF One Cent Life [1 ¢ Life] 

1964 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 58,130.00
85 FITZGERALD FRANCIS SCOTT (1896 1940).

TAPUSCRIT avec ADDITIONS et CORRECTIONS autographes, At Your Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald, [Paris juin 1929]

 1929 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 54,600.00
161 POE EDGAR ALLAN (1809 1849)

L.A.S. « Edgar A. Poe », New York 24 août 1846, à Frederick William THOMAS, à Washington, D.C.

 1846 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 49,400.00
153 NEWTON ISAAC (1642 1727).

MANUSCRIT autographe, Sententiæ notabiles expositæ, [fin des années 1670 ou années 1680]

 fin des années 1670 ou années 1680 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 46,800.00
31 CHURCHILL WINSTON (1874 1965).

29 L.S. « Winston S. Churchill » avec quelques ajouts autographes, 1934-1951, à l’éditeur de News of the World, A.G. WATERS, ou d’autres responsables du journal

 1934-1951 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 39,000.00
56 EINSTEIN ALBERT (1879 1955).

L.A.S. « A. Einstein », Zürich 24 février 1911, au comte Richard de BAILLEHACHE à Paris

 1911 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 39,000.00
154 NEWTON ISAAC (1642 1727).

MANUSCRIT autographe, Notanda Chemica, [années 1670]

 années 1670 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 39,000.00
185 [TITANIC].

LISTE imprimée avec annotations et corrections manuscrites, R.M.S. “TITANIC??…, 1912

 1912 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 37,700.00
162 POE EDGAR ALLAN (1809 1849).

L.A.S. « Edgar A. Poe », New York 31 août 1847, à Robert Taylor CONRAD, au bureau du Graham’s Magazine, à Philadelphia

 1847 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 36,400.00
184 [TITANIC]. CANDEE HELEN CHURCHILL (1858 1949).

MANUSCRIT autographe, The North Atlantic. TITANIC

 1912 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 36,400.00
67 EINSTEIN ALBERT (1879 1955).

POÈME autographe signé, L.S. et PHOTOGRAPHIE avec dédicace autographe signée, 1939-1941, à la psychanalyste Edrita FRIED

 1939-1941 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 33,800.00
193 WHITMAN WALT (1819 1892).

Leaves of Grass Brooklyn,

 1855 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 33,488.00
  • 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
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    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.
  • Sotheby’s
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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
  • 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
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    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.
  • 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.
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