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Auction Name Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. Magnificent Books and Bindings Total Sales (USD) 4,715,002.00
Auction Date October 12, 2023 - October 12, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,487,600.00
Sale Number #N11294 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 4,933,100.00
Total Lots 327
Sold Lots 257.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,434,500.00
% of Lots Sold 78.59% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 6,268,000.00
Unsold Lots 70 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 75.22%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
412 Crinito, Pietro.

Petri Criniti Libri de poetis Latinis.

 1 February 1505/6 USD 250,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 533,400.00
381 Colonna, Francesco.

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili : ubi humana omnia non nisisomnium esse docet atque obiter plurima scitu sane quam digna commemorat [Latin and Italian]

 December 1499 USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 USD 381,000.00
258 Castiglione, Baldassarre.

Il libro del cortegiano del conte Baldessar Castiglione. Nuovamente ristampato

 1545 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 279,400.00
163 Athenaeus Naucratita.

Athenaeus Naucratita.

August 1514 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 241,300.00
250 Castiglione, Baldassarre.

Il libro del cortegiano del conte Baldesar Castiglione.

April 1528 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 203,200.00
279 Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius,

Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius,

1515 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 203,200.00
296 Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

M.T.C. Epistolae familiares.

April 1502 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 203,200.00
176 Bembo, Pietro.

Petri Bembi de Aetna ad Angelum Chabrielem liber

 February 1495/1496 USD 140,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 190,500.00
242 Capella, Galeazzo Flavio

L'anthropologia di Galeazzo Capella secretario dell'illustrissimo signor duca di Milano

 January 1533 USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 152,400.00
123 Anthologia Graeca.

Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum in septem libros. [Device]

October 1503 USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 127,000.00
382 Colonna, Francesco.

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, ubi humana omnia non nisisomnium esse docet atque obiter plurima scitu sane quam digna commemorat

 December 1499 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 114,300.00
331 Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem, multorum locorum correctione illustratae, …

 November 1544 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 82,550.00
144 Aristotle.

Eorum quae in hoc libro continentur, nomina & ordo. Theophrasti de historia plantarum, libri decem. Eiusdem de causis plantarum, libri sex. …

 1 June 1497 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 76,200.00
190

Bible. Greek. Sacrae Scripturae veteris, novaeque omnia.

February 1518 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 76,200.00
192

Bible. Greek. Sacrae Scripturae veteris, novaeque omnia.

February 1518 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 76,200.00
392 Council of Trent.

Canones et Decreta Sacrosancti ocumenici et generalis concilii tridentini sub Paulo III, Pio, Pontificibus Max.

 1564 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 63,500.00
383 Colonna, Francesco.

La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, cioè pugna d'amore in sogno. Dov'egli mostra, che tutte le cose humane non sono altro che sogno: et dove narra molt'altre cose degne di cognitione. Ristampato di novo, et ricorretto con somma diligentia, a maggior commodo

1545 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 53,340.00
349 Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationum pars I [-III]. Corrigente Paulo Manutio

 1550 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 50,800.00
194

Bible. Latin. Biblia sacra vulgatae editionis.

1592] USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 48,260.00
204 Boccaccio, Giovanni.

Il Decamerone di m. Giovanni Boccaccio nuovamente corretto et con diligentia stampato.

 14 April 1527 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 48,260.00
225 Caesar, Gaius Julius.

Hoc volumine continentur haec. Commentariorum de bello Gallico libri VIII. De bello civili Pompeiano libri IIII. De bello Alexandrino liber I

 November 1519 [kk8v January 1518] USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 48,260.00
105 Aetius Amidenus.

?????? ???????? ??????? ???????? ????? ?, ???????? ?????? ???? ??? ?????. Aetii Amideni librorum medicinalium tomus primus, primi scilicet libri octo nunc primum in lucem editi.

September 1534 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 44,450.00
127 Anthologia Graeca.

Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum in septem libros distinctum, diligenti castigatione emendatum.

1550, 1551 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 40,640.00
203 Boccaccio, Giovanni.

Fiammetta de Boccaccio.

January 1524 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 40,640.00
326 Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem summa diligentia castigate, ut in iis menda quae plurima erant paucissima iam supersint. Pauli Manutii in easdem epistolas scholia…

August 1540 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 40,640.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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