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Morton Subastas: Auction of Books and Documents of Medical - Biological, Physical - Mathematical and Social Sciences.

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Auction Name Auction of Books and Documents of Medical - Biological, Physical - Mathematical and Social Sciences. Total Sales (MXN) 854,400.00
Auction Date August 10, 2017 - August 10, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 794,000.00
Sale Number #834 High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 991,000.00
Total Lots 351
Sold Lots 76 Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 3,009,000.00
% of Lots Sold 21.65% High Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 3,800,000.00
Unsold Lots 275 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 22.48%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
34 Primera Edición del Libro Póstumo sobre Plantas Medicinales Encontradas en Nueva España. Hernandi, Francisci.

Medici Atque Historici Philippi II Hisp.

1790 MXN 100,000.00 - 120,000.00 MXN 96,000.00
57 Primera Edición del Primer Texto Americano sobre Fisiología. Salgado, Marco Iosepho.

Cvrsvs Medicvs Mexicanvs Iuxta Sanguinis Circulationem, & Alia Recentorium Inventa.

1727 MXN 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 MXN 50,400.00
106

Datos de los Trabajos Astronómicos y Topográficos, Dispuestos en Forma de Diario Practicados Durante el Año de 1849 y Principio de 1850, por la Comisión de Límites Mexicana en la Línea que Divide esta República de la de Estados - Unidos.

1850 MXN 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 MXN 36,000.00
159 García Icazbalceta, Joaquín.

Don Fray Juan de Zumárraga Primer Obispo de México.

1881 MXN 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 MXN 36,000.00
22 Comte de Buffon (George Louis Marie Leclerc).

Museo Pintoresco de Historia Natural.

1852 - 1858. MXN 24,000.00 - 28,000.00 MXN 24,000.00
31 Genga, Bernardino-Lancisi, Giovanni Maria.

Anatomia per Uso et Intelligenza del Disegnoricercata non Solo su Gl'ossi, e Muscoli del Corpo Humano; ma Dimostrata Ancora su le Statue Antiche piu Insigni di Roma.

ca. 1800 MXN 24,000.00 - 28,000.00 MXN 24,000.00
204 Bullock, William.

Don Quijote de la Mancha.

1975 MXN 24,000.00 - 28,000.00 MXN 24,000.00
5 Aquinatis, S. Thomae.

In Octo Physicorum Aristotelis Libros Commentaria.

1595 MXN 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 22,800.00
173 Diaz del Castillo, Bernal.

The True History of the Conquest of Mexico. Written in the Year 1568.

1800 MXN 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 MXN 21,600.00
236 Fahrenberg, Alberto-Rendón, Nicolás Mauro-Lagrange, Alfonso-Lagrange, Desiderio.

Memorias e Impresiones de un Viaje a Inglaterra y Escocia.

1853 MXN 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 MXN 21,600.00
205 Bustamante, Anastasio-Gonzaga Vieyra, Luis.

Histoire de L´Admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche.

1798 MXN 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
212 López de Santa Anna, Antonio.

Traducción de las Obras de el Príncipe de los Poetas Latinos Publio Virgilio Maron a Metro Castellano dividida en Quatro Tomos.

1787 MXN 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
7 Balmis, Francisco Xavier.

Demostración de las Eficaces Virtudes Nuevamente Descubiertas en las Raíces de Dos Plantas de Nueva - España, Especies de ??gave y de Begónia.

1794 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 16,800.00
178 Ayer, Edward E. / Eugene Bolton, Herbert.

The Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides 1630 / Kino´s Historical Memoir of Pimeria Alta.

MXN 16,000.00 - 18,000.00 MXN 16,800.00
230 Dubois, E.

L'Ancienne Rome, la Principale des Villes de L'Europe, avec Toutes ses Magnificences et ses Delices.

1713 MXN 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 MXN 15,600.00
35 Hernández, Francisco.

Cuatro Libros de la Naturaleza.

1888 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 14,400.00
113

Historia y Descripción del Ferrocaril Central Mexicano.

MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 14,400.00
165 Sahagún, Bernardino.

Códice Florentino.

1979 MXN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
240 Paz, Ireneo (Editor).

Centinela contra Judíos, Puesta en la Torre de la Iglesia de Dios con el Trabajo, Caudal y Desvelo…

1731 MXN 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
241 Reyes, Bernardo.

Descripción del Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial.

1764 MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
209 Domenech, Emmanuel.

Con la Sed en los Labios.

1919 MXN 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 10,800.00
246 The West Coast of Mexico from the Boundary Line Between the United States and Mexico to Cape Corrientes, Including the Gulf of California.

G - Colección Bibliófilos Mexicanos.

MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 10,800.00
11 Boletín del Instituto Geológico de México.

BA - Boletín del Instituto Geológico de México.

1895 - 1906. MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 10,200.00
176 Gayangos, Pascual de.

Cartas y Relaciones de Hernán Cortés al Emperador Carlos V.

1866 MXN 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 MXN 10,200.00
219 Ripley, Roswell Sabine.

DA - The Tour of Doctor Prosody, In Search of the Antique and Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles.

1821 MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 10,200.00
  • 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
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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
  • 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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