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Auction Name Books and Prints Total Sales (EUR) 813,768.75
Auction Date June 12, 2020 - June 13, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 346,880.00
Sale Number #61320 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 468,000.00
Total Lots 1040
Sold Lots 786 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 496,280.00
% of Lots Sold 75.58% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 668,890.00
Unsold Lots 254 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 121.66%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
119 DE DOBBELEER, Jean-Baptiste

Project drawings for a Napoleonic gate in Brussels.

 [1810-1815] EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 55,000.00
805 PALLADIO, Andrea

I quattro libri dell’architettura [...] ne’ quali, dopo un breue trattato de’ cinque ordini, & di quelli auertimenti, che sono piu necessarij nel fabricare, si tratte delle case private, delle vie, de i ponti, delle piazze, de i xisti, et de’ tempij.

 1570 EUR 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 30,000.00
27

Design for an ornamental frame.

 Ca. 1530-1560 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 20,000.00
845 VEGETIUS

Vegetius de re militari.

 ca. 1512] EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
800

Horae ad usum Romanum [French and Latin].

 13 February 1495/96 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
44 MONOGRAMMIST HG

"Pio Ac Catholico Lectori". Catholic broadsheet against Henry VIII.

 1549 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 12,000.00
645 AMIOT, Joseph [et al.]

Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages, &c. des Chinois. Par les Missionnaires de Pékin.

 1776-1791 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 9,750.00
808 APIANUS, Petrus

Cosmographia [rev. Gemma Frisius].

 1564 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 9,375.00
614 VANDERMAELEN, Philippe

Atlas universel de géographie physique, politique, statistique et minéralogique, sur l'échelle 1/1641836 ou d'une ligne par 1900 toises [...], lithographié par H. Ode.

 1827 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
828 ERASMUS, Desiderius

De duplici copia verborum ac rerum commentarij duo [and] Epistola [...] ad Iacobum Wymphelingium [and] Parabolae sive Similia.

 December 1514 EUR 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
262 DANTE ALIGHIERI

La divine comédie. Illustrations de Dali.

 (1959-1963) EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,500.00
408 MAN RAY

Portrait of Marie-Laure de Noailles.

 1931 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,500.00
497 BESANCENOT, Jean

Costumes et types du Maroc. Ouvrage illustré de soixante gouaches reproduites en fac-similé et en camaïeu.

 [1942] EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 8,500.00
632 LA BORDE, Jean-Benjamin de [et al.]

Description générale et particulière de la France ; ouvrage enrichi d'estampes d'après les dessins des plus célèbres artistes. Dédié au roi. [- Voyage pittoresque de la France, avec la description de toutes ses provinces, ouvrage nationale, dédié au roi,

1781-1796 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 8,500.00
623 [SAUMERY, Pierre-Lambert; CRASSIER, G. de]

Les délices du païs de Liège, ou Description géographique, topographique et chorographique des monumens sacrés et profanes [...].

 1738 [- 1744] EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 7,750.00
611 ORTELIUS, Abraham; COIGNET, Michael

Epitome Theatri Orbis Terrarum Abrahami Ortelii [...].

 1609 EUR 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 EUR 7,250.00
871 VERGILIUS MARO, Publius

Opera [ed. by Sebastian Brant].

 1502 EUR 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 EUR 7,250.00
985

Het groote Tafereel der dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in den jaare MDCCXX. Zynde een verzameling van alle de conditien en projecten van de opg

 1720 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 7,250.00
132

Tel-Aviv/ Palestine/ 1934/ Tel-Aviv semi-jubilee celebrations. Levant Fair [...].

 s.d EUR 450.00 - 600.00 EUR 6,750.00
399 MAGRITTE, René

Communication inutile de seins et pipe par la machine de Paul.

 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,750.00
165 KARASIK, Zelman

"Photo album in the Bielowieza forest" [in cyrillic].

 1900 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 6,500.00
204 GANDHI, Mahatma

Short autograph letter, signed.

 28 April [19]46 EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 6,250.00
189

Importante collection de plus de 6400 images pieuses sauf qqs-unes profanes.

 XIXe et début XXe s EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 6,000.00
937 BOCHIUS, Joannes

Historica narratio profectionis et inaugurationis serenissimorum Belgii Principum Alberti et Isabellae, Austriae Archiducum; et eorum optatissimi in Belgium adventus.

 1602 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 5,750.00
145

92 photos: views of towns, Chinese daily life, monuments and activities in Hubei district mostly (some in Beijing).

 1907-1909 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,625.00
  • 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
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
  • 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.
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