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Arenberg Auctions: Rare Books, Manuscripts and Atlases

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Auction Name Rare Books, Manuscripts and Atlases Total Sales (EUR) 319,157.35
Auction Date April 26, 2024 - April 27, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 191,485.00
Sale Number #42624 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 249,070.00
Total Lots 458
Sold Lots 458 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 191,485.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 249,070.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 128.14%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
239 VAN DE PASSE, Crispijn II

HORTUS FLORIDUS IN QUO RARIORUM & MINUS VULGARIUM FLORUM ICONES AD VIVAM VERAMQUE FORMAM ACCURANTISSIME DELINEATAE [...].

 1614 - 1617 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 44,450.00
304 Georg Wolfgang Knorr

DE NATUURLYKE HISTORIE DER VERSTEENINGEN, OF UITVOERIGE AFBEELDING EN BESCHRYVING VAN DE VERSTEENDE ZAAKEN, DIE TOT HEDEN OP DEN AARDBODEM ZYN ONTDEKT [...].

 1773 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 20,320.00
360

GAZETTE DU BON TON. ART, MODE & FRIVOLITES. LUCIEN VOGEL DIRECTEUR.

 1912-1925 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 12,700.00
318 Johann (1822) August

HISTORIA NATURALIS RANARUM NOSTRATIUM [...].

 1758 EUR 9,500.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 11,430.00
259 GUALTIERI, Niccolo

INDEX TESTARUM CONCHYLIORUM QUAE ADSERVANTUR IN MUSEO NICOLAI GUALTIERI [...].

 1742 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
44

GASTRONOMISCH MANUSCRIPT GETITELD "KOOCK BOECK", AANGEVULD MET MEDISCHE EN HUISHOUDELIJKE RECEPTEN.

 1788 met latere aanvullingen, 19de-20ste e. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 9,525.00
322 Johann (1822) August

DE NATUURLYKE HISTORIE DER INSECTEN; VOORZIEN MET NAAR 'T LEVEN GETEKENDE EN GEKOLEURDE PLAATEN [...].

 s.d EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,525.00
329 DRESSER, Henri Eeles

A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE INCLUDING ALL THE SPECIES INHABITING THE WESTERN PALAEARCTIC REGION.

 1871-1881 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,525.00
332 Michel Dossier

[PLATES FOR] RECUEIL D'OISEAUX, INSECTES ET ANIMAUX D'APRES VAN KESSEL ET AUTRES GRANDS MAITRES [...].

 s.d EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 8,255.00
425

VERVE. [DERNIERES OEUVRES DE MATISSE, 1950-1954].

 ndeg 35-36, 1958 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 5,080.00
352

UYLENSPIEGEL. JOURNAL DES EBATS ARTISTIQUES ET LITTERAIRES.

 1856-1857 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,064.00
361

JOURNAL DES DAMES ET DES MODES.

 1912-1914 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,064.00
96 John Singer Sargent

18 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED TO THE FRENCH MUSICIAN LOUIS FLEURY.

 c. 1911-1920 EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,810.00
333 OLIVIER, Guillaume-Antoine

ENTOMOLOGIE OU HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES INSECTES, AVEC LEURS CARACTERES GENERIQUES ET SPECIFIQUES, LEUR DESCRIPTION, LEUR SYNONYMIE, ET LEUR FIGURE ENLUMINEE.

 1789-1795 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 3,048.00
367 STRASS, Friedrich (after)

LE COURS DES TEMS OU TABLEAU DE L'HISTOIRE UNIVERSELLE [...].

 1822 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 2,794.00
56

DE NIEUWE WEL ERVARENE NEDERLANDSCHE KEUKEN-MEYD EN CONFITUER-MAEKSTER.

 1775 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,540.00
211 LECLERE, Paul

VENISE, SEUIL DES EAUX. AQUARELLES DE VAN DONGEN.

 1925 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,540.00
144 NAPOLEON Ier

LETTRE SIGNEE "NP" AU GENERAL CLARKE, DUC DE FELTRE, RELATIVE A L'ARMEMENT D'ANVERS.

 2 mars 1810 EUR 250.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,286.00
376

10 COIN PUNCHES AND DIES.

 19th-20th c EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,286.00
19 [DOMBES, Louis-Auguste de Bourbon]

LE CUISINIER GASCON.

 1740 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,159.00
340

L'ASSIETTE AU BEURRE.

 1901-1912 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 2,032.00
391 Giorgio (1511) Vasari

LE VITE DE' PIU ECCELLENTI PITTORI, SCULTORI ET ARCHITETTI [...].

 1647 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,032.00
411 LE ROUGE, Georges-Louis

[JARDINS ANGLO-CHINOIS OU DETAIL DES NOUVEAUX JARDINS A LA MODE.

 d.div EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,032.00
105 CELINE, Louis-Ferdinand

LETTRE AUT. S. A "MON CHER VIEUX" [JEAN-GABRIEL DARAGNES].

 Le 22 c. 1950 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,905.00
116 Victor Hugo

LETTRE AUT. S. A "MONSIEUR COPPENS, REFUGIE FRANCAIS" A BRUXELLES.

 13 aout 1853 ? EUR 450.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,778.00
  • ALDE, May 28: KIPLING (RUDYARD). Le Livre de la Jungle. – Le IIe livre de la Jungle. Paris, Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1924-1925. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: NOAILLES (ANNA DE). Les Climats. Paris, Société du Livre contemporain, 1924. €50,000 to €60,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MILTON (JOHN). Paradis perdu. Quatrième chant. S.l., Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, 1974. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LEBEDEV (VLADIMIR). Russian Placards - Placard Russe 1917-1922. Saint-Petersbourg, Sterletz, 1923. €1,000 to €1,200.
    ALDE, May 28: MARDRUS (JOSEPH-CHARLES). Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour. Paris, F.-L. Schmied, 1927. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: TABLEAUX DE PARIS. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1927. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Les Fables illustrées par Paul Jouve. S.l. [Lausanne], Gonin & Cie, 1929. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, May 28: SARTRE (JEAN-PAUL). Vingt-deux dessins sur le thème du désir. Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1961. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: [BRAQUE (GEORGES)]. 13 mai 1962. Alès, PAB, 1962. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MIRÓ (JOAN). Je travaille comme un jardinier. Avant-propos d'Yvon Taillandier. Paris, Société intenationale d'art XXe siècle, 1963. €1,000 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MAGNAN (JEAN-MARIE). Taureaux. Paris, Michèle Trinckvel, 1965. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: PICASSO (PABLO). Dans l'atelier de Picasso. 1960. €15,000 to €20,000.
  • 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
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
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