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Auction Name Rare & Antique Books featuring the Collection of Dr. Lee Gurga TIMED, ONLINE ONLY - bidstart 1/21 Total Sales (USD) 87,732.00
Auction Date January 31, 2021 - January 31, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 40,095.00
Sale Number #13121 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 70,530.00
Total Lots 184
Sold Lots 178 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 40,645.00
% of Lots Sold 96.74% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 71,580.00
Unsold Lots 6 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 122.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
75 Sir Isaac Newton

"Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica." Editio tertia aucta and emendata.

1726 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,200.00
110 Archimedes, translatedJohn Wallis

Two works by Archimedes translated by John Wallis Oxford geometry professor and teacher of Isaac Newton.

1676 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 7,800.00
30 John Wallis.

A Treatise of Algebra, both Historical and Practical

 1685 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,160.00
125

The History of Jewels, and of the Principal Riches of the East and West....

1671 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,920.00
100 CHARLES DARWIN

ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES 1860.

 1860 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,800.00
10 BARTHOLOMEUS ANGLICUS.

De Proprietatibus Rerum or "On the Property of Things", an early encyclopedia

 1582 USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,480.00
127 Johannes Balbus.

Page in Latin from the Catholicon

1960 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 2,400.00
64 Thomas Nicols.

Arcula gemmea: Or, A Cabinet of Jewels. Discovering the Nature, Vertue, Value of Pretious Stones, with Infallible Rules to Escape the Deceit of all Such as are Adulterate and Counterfeit,

 1653 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,160.00
1 ANDREAE VESALII.

Librorum Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis De Humani Corpo Ris Fabrica.

1642 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,040.00
76 THOMAS RUDD'S EUCLID

Euclides Elements of Geometry: the first VI books: in a compendious form contracted and demonstrated by Captain Thomas Rudd.

1651 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,920.00
50 John Harris

Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca or "A Compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels Consisting of above Four Hundred of the most Authenick Writers"

1705 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,860.00
38 Charles Darwin.

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

 1871 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,440.00
3 NEWTON; William-James's Gravesande and J.T. Desaguliers.

Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy Confimed by Experiments, or an Introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy.

1721 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,320.00
21 JOHN RAY.

"A COLLECTION OF ENGLISH PROVERBS"

1678 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,140.00
35 Leonhard Euler.

Introductio in Analysin Infinitorum

 1797 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,140.00
184

POLICHRONICON SHEET. And an English page with red inked letters.

USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 990.00
109 ANSELME BOECE DE BOUDT.

"LE PARFAICT JOAILLIER"

1644 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 960.00
20

AN EARLY EDITION OF EUCLID'S ELEMENTS. 1571.

 1571 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 780.00
36 EUCLID

Elementorum Euclidis Libri Terdecum

1620 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 780.00
82 M. L'ABBE HAUY.

French book on gemstones "Traite des Caracteres Physiques de Pierres Precieuses".

1817 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 780.00
111 DON RAMON ZAZO Y ORTEGA.

CERTIFICATION OF ARMS BY DON RAMON ZAZO Y ORTEGA.

 1769 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 780.00
156 Anselmus Boetius de Boodt.

Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia

1647 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 720.00
67 Antoine Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville.

L'Histoire naturelle eclaircie dans deux de ses parties principales, l'oryctologie...

1755 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 630.00
27 Alonzo Stagg and Henry Williams.

A Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football

 1893 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 516.00
60 Richard Hooker.

Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Politie,

 1622 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 492.00
  • 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
    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.
  • 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
  • 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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