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Bruun Rasmussen: Books and Manuscripts

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Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (DKK) 1,021,250.00
Auction Date September 22, 2021 - September 22, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (DKK) 755,000.00
Sale Number #903a High Estimate of Lots Sold (DKK) 876,000.00
Total Lots 28
Sold Lots 25 Low Estimate of All Lots (DKK) 851,000.00
% of Lots Sold 89.29% High Estimate of All Lots (DKK) 997,000.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 102.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
723 Marc Newson Pino Allievi (ed.):

Ferrari Art Edition.

2018 DKK 400,000.00 - 400,000.00 DKK 375,000.00
281 Hans Christian Andersen

Fotograferede Børnegrupper af Harald Paetz med tildigtede Riim af H.C. Andersen (Photographs of groups of children with poems by Hans Christian Andersen).

1866 DKK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 DKK 75,000.00
275 Gerard Mercator

Atlas Minor.

1610 DKK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 DKK 50,000.00
283 Johann Friedrich Struensee

Unique collection of material regarding the German physician and “de facto” regent of Denmark Johann Friedrich Struensee. The collection includes a wide selection of Trykkefrihed-Skrifter (publications on The Freedom of the Press Act). + A contemporary h

 DKK 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 DKK 50,000.00
267 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Bouchard (publ.): Opere varie di architettura prospettive Grotteschi Antichita ... Raccolte da Giovanni Bouchard ....

1750 DKK 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 DKK 47,500.00
280 Hans Christian Andersen

Kunstens Dannevirke, Forspil ved Theatrets Hundredaarsfest.

1848 DKK 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 DKK 45,000.00
276 Erik Dahlbergh

Erik Dahlbergh: Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna. Tomus I-III (all published) in one vol.

1667–1716 DKK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 DKK 42,500.00
269 Johan Jacob Bruun

Novus Atlas Daniæ eller Prospecter af alle Hoved- og Kiöbstæderne .... 1ste Tome af Siælland.

1761 DKK 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 DKK 32,500.00
270

Biblia Det er Den gantske Hellige Scrifft, paa Danske igien offuerseet oc Prentet effter vor allernaadigste Herris oc Kongis K. Christian IV. Befaling. ....

1633 DKK 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 DKK 32,500.00
273

Alonso Carranza: El Aivstamieto i Proporcion de las Monedas de Oro, Plata i Cobre … Regalia singular del Rei de Espana, i de las Indias ....

1629 DKK 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 DKK 31,250.00
265 Johannes Zorn

Icones Plantarum Medicinalium. 6 vols.

1779–1790 DKK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 DKK 26,250.00
266 Laurids de Thurah

Laurids de Thurah: Den danske Vitruvius, indeholder grundtegninger, opstalter, og giennemsnitter af de merkværdigste bygninger i Kongeriget Dannemark ... / Le Vitruve danois; contient les plans, les élévations et les profils des principaux bâtiments du Ro

 1746–49 DKK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 DKK 25,000.00
274 Pieter Mortier

Les Forces de L'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique ou description des principals Villes, aves leurs fortifications. Part I-VII (of X).

No date DKK 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 DKK 25,000.00
261

Det Trondhiemske Selskabs Skrifter. Første Deel. Med Kobbere.

1761 DKK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 DKK 22,500.00
287 Evelyn Heepe

Unique album amicorum deriving from Evelyn Heepe

1917–1954 DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 21,250.00
284 Johann Friedrich Struensee

Fortegnelse paa Endeel Gods og Løsøre, bestående af Guld, Sølv, Trævahre, Porcelain, Gangklæder, Linnet, Senge-Klæder og Adskilligt, item Vogne, heste- og Ridetøy ... Muscikalske Instrumenter, samt endeel Bøger i adskillige Sprog og Videnskaber ....

 1772 DKK 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 DKK 20,000.00
278 Hans Christian Andersen

R.B. Dorph (transl.): Tre Tragedier af Sofokles + Sofokles. 2 vols.

1851–52 DKK 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 DKK 17,500.00
264 Carl von Linné

Flora Suecica, exhibens plantas per regnum Sueciae ....

1745 DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 16,250.00
268 J.N.L. Durand

Recueil et parallele des edifices de tout genre, anciens et modernes ….

1800–1801 DKK 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 DKK 16,250.00
263 Jakob Theodor Tabernaemontanus

Neu vollkommen KräuterBuch, Mit schönen und künstlichen Figuren ... 3 parts in 2 vols.

1687 DKK 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 DKK 13,750.00
279 Hans Christian Andersen

Collection of 7 1st editions, incl. Den usynlige paa Sprogø.

1839 DKK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 DKK 12,500.00
272 Balthasar Moretus

Pontificale Romanum Clementis VIII. Primum Nunc Denuer Urbani Papae Octuri Auctoritate Recognitum.

1663 DKK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 DKK 6,875.00
262 Anders Johan Retzius

Anders Johan Retzius: Observationes botanicae sex fasciculis comprehensae. .... 6 parts.

1779–91 DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 6,250.00
285

Handwritten letter (by secretary), orig. signed (“Christian R”) to an unnamed fellow monarch, whom he addresses as “Illustrious sovereign, friend and dear cousin”, announcing his marriage to Caroline Matilda, Princess of Great Britain.

 1766 DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 6,250.00
271

Handwritten manuscript entitled: “Gott die reinste Liebe ....”.

19th century DKK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 DKK 4,375.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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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
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