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Auction Name Rare Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 5/3 Total Sales (EUR) 570,250.00
Auction Date May 10, 2021 - May 10, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 296,700.00
Sale Number #19970 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 418,200.00
Total Lots 183
Sold Lots 135 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 388,000.00
% of Lots Sold 73.77% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 549,500.00
Unsold Lots 48 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 103.78%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
53 PIRANÈSE, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, dit (1720-1778) et Francesco (1758-1810)

Vedute di Roma.

circa 1800-1807 EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 75,000.00
16 DUBUISSON, Pierre-Paul (mort en 1762)

Armorial des principales maisons et familles du royaume, particulièrement de celles de Paris et de l'Isle de France... avec l'explication de tous les blasons, par M. Dubuisson. Ouvrage enrichi de près de quatre mille écussons gravés en taille-douce

1757 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 32,500.00
100 [DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC, André (1884-1974)], Charles-Louis PHILIPPE (1874-1909) et Pierre LEGRAIN (1889-1929)

Bubu de Montparnasse.

1929 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 32,500.00
18 [ELZEVIER]

Reliures de l'époque en maroquin rouge, décor à la Du Seuil sur les plats, dos à nerfs et caissons finements ornés aux petits fers

1628-1646 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 21,250.00
75 [BONET, Paul (1889-1971)], Paul VALÉRY (1871-1945), Paul ÉLUARD (1895-1952) et alii

Nombreuses reproductions de reliures de Paul Bonet. Un des 50 exemplaires de tête sur vélin d'Arches, contenant plusieurs reproductions de maquettes-épures, celui-ci le n°31.e)

1945 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 13,750.00
128 LÉGER, Fernand (1881-1955) et Paul ÉLUARD (1895-1952)

Liberté

1953 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
65 BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867) et Jean-Louis BOUSSINGAULT (1883-1943)

Le Spleen de Paris.

1932 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 11,250.00
141 MANESSIER, Alfred (1911-1993)

Les Cantiques Spirituels de Saint Jean de la Croix.

1958 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 10,625.00
31 PÉRELLE, Gabriel (1603-1677) et Adam (1638-1695)

Veües des belles maisons de France. [Relié avec, du même :] Les Places, portes, fontaines ; églises et maisons de Paris [et :] Veües des plus beaux endroits de Versailles [et :] Veües des belles maisons de France [et :] Diverses veües de Chantilly [et :]

circa 1670-1675 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
2 BELON DU MANS, Pierre (1517-1564)

Les observations de plusieurs singularitez & choses memorables, trouvées en Grèce, Asie, Judée, Egypte, Arabie, & autres pays estranges, redigées en trois livres

1555 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 8,125.00
60 [ANTHOINE-LEGRAIN, Jacques (1907-1970) (rel.)] Anna de NOAILLES (1876-1933) et Jean Émile LABOUREUR (1877-1943)

L'Ombre des jours

1938 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 7,500.00
80 BRAQUE, Georges (1882-1963) et René CHAR (1907-1988)

Lettera Amorosa.

1963 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
137 MAC ORLAN, Pierre (1882-1970) et Yan B. DYL (1887-1944)

La Danse macabre

1927 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
180 ZAO WOU-KI (1920-2013) – ROY, Claude (1915-1997)

Éloge des choses extrêmement légères

1993 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
23 LA PÉROUSE, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de (1741-1788).

Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde, publié conformément au décret du 22 avril 1791.

[1797]. EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,875.00
154 PROUST, Marcel (1871-1922)

Lettre autographe signée à Albert Nahmias (père), Paris, 29 septembre 1915.

1915 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 6,875.00
20 LA BORDE, Jean-Benjamin de (1734-1794)

Description générale et particulière de la France (vol.I-IV) [puis] : Voyage pittoresque de la France avec la description de toutes ses provinces (vol.V-XII)

1781- (1800). EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 6,250.00
35 [TROYES, Chrétien de (vers 1130-1180)]

Actif durant la seconde moitié du XIIème siècle, Chrétien de Troyes a laissé son nom à cinq romans en vers qui, s'ils ne créent pas la mythologie arthurienne à proprement parler, "fixent définitivement le caractère des principaux héros de la table ronde,

24 octobre 1523 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,250.00
40 BARRÈS, Maurice (1862-1923)

Du sang, de la volupté, et de la mort

1894 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 6,250.00
85 CALDER, Alexander (1898-1976), et Jacques PRÉVERT (1900-1977)

Fêtes.

1971 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,250.00
133 LESCURE, Jean (1912-2005) - Marcel FIORINI(1922-2008)

Un herbier des dunes

1963 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 6,250.00
165 SCHMIED, François-Louis (1873-1941) et Théo (1900-1985), et Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Faust. Tragédie de Goethe, selon la traduction de Gérard de Nerval

1938 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,250.00
161 SCHMIED, François-Louis (1873-1941) et Joseph Charles MARDRUS, trad. (1868-1949)

La Création. Les trois premiers livres de la Genèse, suivis de la Généalogie adamique.

1928 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
46 FAGUET, Auguste (1841 –1886), CHAMPIN, Elisa (1807 –1871), et alii

Album Vilmorin.

1851 – 1881 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 5,625.00
82 BRETON, André (1896-1966) et Max ERNST (1891-1976)

Les Vases communicants

1932 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 5,625.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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    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
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    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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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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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