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Tajan: Books and Manuscripts

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Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 64,675.00
Auction Date April 14, 2022 - April 14, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 45,380.00
Sale Number #1404 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 61,650.00
Total Lots 277
Sold Lots 105 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 143,070.00
% of Lots Sold 37.91% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 192,320.00
Unsold Lots 172 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 33.63%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
240 BRUNELLESCHI (Umberto).

[Casanova et Boccace].

EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
273 PICASSO.

40 dessins en marge du Buffon.

1957 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,750.00
129

Description de l’Égypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’armée française. Antiquités. Planches. [Tomes I à III].

1809-1812 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,375.00
243 BRUNELLESCHI (Umberto). - HOUVILLE (Gérard d’).

Les Masques et les personnages de la comédie italienne.

1914 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,375.00
36 BOURGOGNE (Antoine de)

Lingua vitia et remedia

1631 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 2,500.00
190 FOUCAULD (Vicomte Charles de)

Reconnaissance au Maroc

1888 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,875.00
66 HELVÉTIUS (Claude-Adrien)

De l’Esprit

1758 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,375.00
278 WAGNER (Richard)

L’anneau du Nibelung I et II. Tétralogie

1910-1911 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,375.00
85 [MILITARIA]

Emplacement des troupes du roi au 1er juillet 1785

-1785 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,250.00
109 SPINOZA (Baruch).

Traitté des cérémonies superstitieuses des juifs tant anciens que modernes

1678 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,250.00
162 BIBESCO (Princesse Jeanne)

Les Huit Paradis

1925 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,250.00
257 HOMÈRE

Ulysse in love

2012 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,250.00
204 HANOTEAU (A.) - LETOURNEUX (A.)

La Kabylie et les Coutumes kabyles

1893 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,187.50
205 HANOTEAU (Adolphe)

Poésies populaires de la Kabylie du Jurjura

1867 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,000.00
218 MARTYN (Henry) & Meerza SUEYED ALI

The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

1816 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,000.00
125 COSTUMES. - PINGRET (Édouard)

Costumes des Pyrénées.

-1834 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 937.50
62 FORFAIT (Pierre Alexandre Laurent)

Traité élémentaire de la Mâture des Vaisseaux, à l’usage des élèves de la Marine

1788 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 875.00
123 CONDE (José Antonio)

Historia de la dominación de los árabes en España

1820-1821 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 875.00
276 RENAN (Ernest)

L’Ecclésiaste - Un temps pour tout

1999 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 812.50
158 AVRIL (Adolphe d’)

L’ARABIE CONTEMPORAINE Avec la description du pèlerinage à la Mecque et une nouvelle carte géographique.

1868 EUR 400.00 - 700.00 EUR 750.00
164 CAHIERS DES ARTS ET TRADITIONS POPULAIRES

Revue du Centre des Arts et traditions populaires de Tunisie,

1968-1990  EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 750.00
173 CORAN

Traduit de l’arabe par Jean Grojean, précédé d’une étude de J. Berque, illustré par Zenderoudi

1972 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 750.00
226 REMERAND (Gabriel)

Ali de Tébélen pacha de Janina (1744-1822)

1928 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 750.00
29 [AVRIL (Père Philippe)]

Voyage en divers états d’Europe et d’Asie entrepris pour découvrir un nouveau chemin à la Chine

1692 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 725.00
167 CID KAOUI (Ben Mohammed)

DICTIONNAIRE FRANCAIS-TAMÂHEQ (langue des Touareg)

1894 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 625.00
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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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.
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