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Auction Name	Selected 16th and 17th century English books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library	Total Sales (GBP)	755,125.00
Auction Date	July 10, 2019 - July 10, 2019	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	429,700.00
Sale Number	#1050	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	607,300.00
Total Lots	227
Sold Lots	183	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	541,500.00
% of Lots Sold	80.62%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	764,000.00
Unsold Lots	44	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	98.84%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
37	Saxton (Christopher)	Atlases.- Saxton (Christopher) [An Atlas of England and Wales], first edition, 34 hand-coloured …	1579 [?but c.1590].	GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	GBP 56,250.00
74	[Soto (Hernando de)]	America.- Soto (Hernando de) Virginia richly valued, By the description of the maine land of …	1609	GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	GBP 47,500.00
2	More (Sir Thomas)	More (Sir Thomas) The Apologye of Syr Thomas More Knyght, first edition, Prynted by W. Rastell, …	1533	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 22,500.00
163	Blome (Richard)	Blome (Richard) A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World, first edition, Printed …	1670	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 20,000.00
27	Bossewell (John)	Bossewell (John) Workes of Armorie, devyded into three books, entitled, the Concordes of Armorie, …	1572	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 18,750.00
3	Boece (Hector)	Scotland.- Boece (Hector) Heir beginnis the hystory and croniklis of Scotland, translated from …	[?1540].	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 15,000.00
82	[Feynes (Henri de)]	China.- Feynes (Henri de) An Exact and Curious Survey Of all the East Indies, even to Canton, the …	[1615].	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 15,000.00
156	Great Plague of London.-	Great Plague of London.- London's Dreadful Visitation, 1665.	1665	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 13,750.00
45	Mascall (Leonard)	Agriculture.- Mascall (Leonard) The First Booke of Cattell, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, 1587.	1587	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 12,500.00
1	Richard Fawkes	Richard Fawkes imprint.- Hereafter Folowith the boke callyd the Myrroure of Oure Lady very …	1530	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 11,250.00
61	Leo Africanus (Joannes)	Africa.- Leo Africanus (Joannes) A Geographical Historie of Africa, first English edition, 1600.	1600	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 10,625.00
47	Cogan (Thomas)	Food and drink.- Cogan (Thomas) The Haven of Health, 1589.	1589	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 9,000.00
66	Jorden (Edward)	Hysteria.- Jorden (Edward) A Briefe Discourse of a Disease called the Suffocation of the Mother, …	1603	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 8,750.00
31	Rogers (Thomas)	Rogers (Thomas) A Philosophicall Discourse, entituled The Anatomie of the Minde, first edition, …	1576	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 8,125.00
55	Du Bec-Crespin (Jean)	Du Bec-Crespin (Jean) The Historie of the Great Emperour Tamerlan, first English edition, 1597.	1597	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 8,125.00
78	Drayton (Michael)	Drayton (Michael) Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of...Great Britaine...Digested in …	1613	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 8,125.00
87	Luna (Juan de)	Spanish lexicon.- Luna (Juan de) A Short and Compendious Art for to Learne to Reade, Write, …	1623	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 8,125.00
20	Thomas (William)	Thomas (William) Principal rules of the Italian grammer, with a dictionarie for the better …	1567	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 7,500.00
193	Rose (Giles)	Food and drink.- Rose (Giles) A Perfect School of Instructions for the Officers of the Mouth, …	1682	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 7,500.00
162	Nieuhoff (Jan)	China.- Nieuhoff (Jan) An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the …	1669	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 7,250.00
67	Shakespeare (William) Dekker (Thomas)	Shakespeare (William).- Dekker (Thomas) The Magnificent Entertainment: Given to King James, Queene …	1604	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 6,875.00
86	Cavendish (William, Earl of Devonshire)	Hobbes (Thomas).- Cavendish (William, Earl of Devonshire) Horae subseciuae. Observations and …	1620	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 6,875.00
76	[C. (Ro.)]	Morocco.- [C. (Ro.)] True Historicall Discourse (A) of Muley Hamets rising to the three Kingdomes …	1609	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 6,250.00
9	Constantius (Felicius)	Constantius (Felicius) The Conspiracie of Catiline, 2 parts in 1 vol., second edition, 1557.	[1557]	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 6,000.00
200	Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier)	Americas.- Pirates.- Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier) Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of …	1684	GBP 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	GBP 6,000.00

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.
Sotheby’s
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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

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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
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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