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Morton Subastas: Antiquarian and Contemporary Books

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Auction Name Antiquarian and Contemporary Books Total Sales (MXN) 1,209,720.00
Auction Date January 26, 2021 - January 26, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 1,060,500.00
Sale Number #1004 High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 1,408,000.00
Total Lots 258
Sold Lots 100 Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 3,352,500.00
% of Lots Sold 38.76% High Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 4,790,000.00
Unsold Lots 158 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 25.26%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
147 Rulfo, Juan.

El Llano en Llamas.

1953 MXN 20,000.00 - 24,000.00 MXN 96,000.00
239 Decaen, José Antonio.

Carta General de la República Mexicana.

1863 MXN 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 MXN 84,000.00
213 Río, Antonio del - Cabrera, Paul Félix.

Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City,Discovered Near Palenque…

1822 MXN 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 MXN 72,000.00
257 García y Cubas, Antonio.

Atlas Geográfico, Estadístico e Histórico de la República Mexicana.

1858 MXN 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 MXN 48,000.00
106 Finei, Orontii (Oronce Finé).

De Solaribus Horologiis, & Quadrantibus, Libri Quatuor.

1560 MXN 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 MXN 42,000.00
85 Pasquel, Leonardo.

Colección Suma Veracruzana.

1958 - 1985. MXN 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 MXN 36,000.00
133 Larrañaga, Bruno Joseph de.

Poema Heroyco en Celebridad de la Colocación de la Estatua Colosal de Bronce...

1804 MXN 14,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 31,200.00
148 Rulfo, Juan.

Pedro Páramo.

1955 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 26,400.00
149 Duque de Otranto.

Familias de México.

1958 MXN 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 MXN 22,800.00
246

Mémoires pour l'Histoire des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts…

1705 MXN 22,000.00 - 25,000.00 MXN 21,600.00
95 Raynal, Guillaume Thomas.

Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissements & du Commerce des Européens...

1774 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 20,400.00
76 Riva Palacios, Vicente.

México a Través de los Siglos...

1884 - 1889. MXN 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 MXN 19,200.00
193 Charlevoix, Pierre François Xavier de.

Histoire et Description Générale de la Nouvelle France...

1744 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 19,200.00
206 Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander - Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre Goujaud.

Peintures Hiéroglyphiques.

ca. 1810 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 19,200.00
55

Álbum Oficial del Comité Nacional del Comercio. 1er. Centenario de la Independencia de México.

1910 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
77 Rivera Cambas, Manuel.

México Pintoresco Artístico y Monumental.

1880- 1882. MXN 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
164 Pimentel, Francisco.

Cuadro Descriptivo y Comparativo de las Lenguas Indígenas de México.

1862 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
52 Reyes, Bernardo.

El Ejército Mexicano.

1901 MXN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 16,800.00
117

Colección de Decretos, Órdenes y Circulares/ Colección de los Decretos y Órdenes del Soberano Congreso...

1827 y 1825. MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 16,800.00
7 Bustamante, Carlos María de.

Tezcoco en los Últimos Tiempos de sus Antiguos Reyes...

1826 MXN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 15,600.00
16 Paso y Troncoso, Francisco del.

Papeles de Nueva España. Segunda Serie - Geografía y Estadística.

1905 - 1906 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 15,600.00
30

Battles of Mexico: Containing an Authentic Account of All the Battles Fought in that Republic.

1848 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 15,600.00
10 Orozco y Berra, Manuel.

Historia Antigua y de la Conquista de México.

1880 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 14,400.00
18 Vetancurt, Agustín de.

Teatro Mexicano.

1870 - 1871 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 14,400.00
32 Ramsey, Albert C.

The Other Side: or Notes for the History of the War between Mexico and the United States.

1850 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 14,400.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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