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Auction Date: June 20, 2024 - June 20, 2024

Page Size: 274 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	BEETHOVEN (LUDWIG VAN)	Autograph letter signed twice ("Beethoven"), including a canon, [n.p. but Vienna], 3 May 1825	[n.p. but Vienna],	3 May 1825	GBP 20,000.00 - 40,000.00	GBP 56,280.00
27	BEETHOVEN (LUDWIG VAN)	[Symphonies 2-6 in 5 vol.], FIRST EDITIONS, [1822-1826] (5)		1822-1826 (5)	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 2,560.00
28	BIBLE, IN GREEK	[The Sistine Septuagint], Rome, Francesco Zanetti, 1586 [changed in ink, as always, to 1587]	Rome,	1586 changed in ink, as always, to 1587	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,328.00
29	FABRIS (SALVATOR)	De lo schermo overo scienza d'arme, FIRST EDITION, 1606	Copenhagen,	1606	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 7,680.00
30	FRENCH REVOLUTION - LOUIS XVI	Document signed and subscribed by the King ("Bon Louis"), Paris, 24 November 1789	Paris,	24 November 1789	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,536.00
31	ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAVES	A group of 8 illuminated leaves from a Book of Hours, Rouen, c.1475 (8)	Rouen	c.1475 (8)	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,152.00
32	LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE)	Fables, 4 vol., Paris, Bossange, Masson & Besson, 1796	Paris,	1796	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
33	MOLIERE (JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN DE)	Les oeuvres de monsieur de Moliere, 6 vol. (of 8), Paris, Jacques Le Febvre, 1705, 8vo; together with Jean Guilbert's 4-volume "Bibliographie des oeuvres de Moliere publiees au XVIIe siecle", 1961 (15)	Lyon,	1692	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 204.80
34	NAPOLEON BONAPARTE & LOUIS XVIII	Documents, two signed by Napoleon, relating to Pierre Sulpice Abert [or Habert] (5)			GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 2,816.00
35	PARADIN (CLAUDE)	Devises heroiques, Lyon, Jan de Tournes & Guillaume Gazeau, 1557	Lyon,	1557	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 768.00
36	PEREZ BOCANEGRA (JUAN)	Ritual formulario, Lima, 1631	Lima,	1631	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 4,864.00
37	THEATRE SCENERY - ITALY	Raccolta di varie scene eseguite dai piu celebri pittori teatrali in Milano, Milan, Stanislao Stucchi, 1819, sold as collection of plates	Milan,	1819	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 614.40
38	IRELAND - FLORA	THRELKELD (CALEB) Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum..., FIRST EDITION, 1727		1727	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 409.60
39	IRELAND - IRISH BIBLE	[New Testament] Tiomna nuadh ar dtighearna agus slanaightheora iosa criosd, E. Everingham, 1690		1690	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 460.80
40	IRELAND - IRISH BIBLE	Leabhuir na seintiomna..., FIRST EDITION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IN IRISH, 1685	Printed at London	1685	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 3,584.00
41	IRELAND - IRISH LANGUAGE	MOLLOY (FRANCIS) [FROINSIAS O MAOLMUAIDH] Lucerna fidelium...,FIRST EDITION, Rome, 1676	Rome,	1676	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 5,120.00
42	IRELAND - IRISH LANGUAGE	[RICHARDSON (JOHN), translator] Seanmora ar na priom phoncibh, in a chreideamh... Sermons upon the Principal Points of Religion, 1711		1711	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 2,560.00
43	IRELAND - IRISH LANGUAGE	O'HUSSEY (BONAVENTURA) [GIOLLA BRIGHDE O HEODHASA] An teagasg criosdaidheis an so, arna cuma do Bonabentura ohodasa bratar bos, 1707; and others (7)	Rome,	1707	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 704.00
44	IRELAND - IRISH LANGUAGE	MACMURTIN (HUGH) [AODH BUI MAC CRUITIN] The Elements of the Irish Language, FIRST EDITION, Louvain, 1728	Louvain,	1728	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 960.00
45	IRELAND - IRISH LANGUAGE	MARCEL (JEAN JOSEPH) Alphabet Irlandais, FIRST EDITION, Paris, [1804]	Paris,	1804	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 588.80
46	IRELAND - IRISH LANGUAGE	The Book of Common Prayer [-Leabhar na Nornaightheadh Ccombchoitchionn], E. Everingham, [1712]		1712	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 384.00
47	IRELAND - IRISH LANGUAGE	MOLLOY (FRANCIS) [FROINSIAS O MAOLMUAIDH] Latino-Hibernica, nunc compendiata, FIRST EDITION, Rome, 1677	Rome,	1677	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 588.80
48	IRELAND - MANUSCRIPT PEDIGREES	Two Manuscript pedigrees of the Bolton family of Mount Bolton, Waterford, late nineteenth-century			GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 704.00
49	IRELAND - ULSTER COVENANT, U.V.F., CARSON AND CRAIG	Album relating to the Ulster Covenant, James Craig, Edward Carson, U.V.F. and Ulster politics, compiled by the Unionist politician Wilson Hungerford, c.1911-1922		c.1911-1922	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,560.00
50	BURKE (EDMUND)	Reflections on the Revolution in France, Dublin, 1790; PAINE (THOMAS) Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution, Dublin 1791; Common sense, Philadelphia, 1791 (2)	Dublin,	1790	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 512.00

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 732. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 361. One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1585) Est. $9,500 - $12,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 55. Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1545) Est. $6,000 - $7,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 27. Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map of the World Published After WWI (1924) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 637. Complete Example of De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VIII (1606) Est. $4,750 - $5,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 50. Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (1511) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 399. One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland by John Speed (1610) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 689. Pictorial Map of Melbourne in the Style of MacDonald Gill (1934) Est. $900 - $1,100

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 652. Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa in Full Contemporary Color (1663) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 729. Hand-Colored Image of David Handing the Letter to Uriah (1518) Est. $1,000 - $1,300

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 533. Eight-Volume Set Recounting Travels of Anacharsis in Greece (1789) Est. $800 - $950
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier). The History of the Bucaniers of America..., 4 parts in one, 3rd edition, 1704. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Greenough (George Bellos). A Physical and Geological Map of England & Wales..., Geological Society, July 1865. £5,000-8,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Illuminated Psalter. Manuscript Psalter with Calendar, Flanders or North-East France, late 13th century. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Use of Rome, in Latin, Florence, c. 1470s. £3,000-5,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522. £3,000-5,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae..., 1555. £20,000-30,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Llwyd (Humphrey). The Breviary of Britayne..., 1st edition in English, 1573. William Lambarde's copy. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Embroidered Binding. The Whole Book of Psalmes..., Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1634. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Astronomy Manuscript. [Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c.1655). Tabulae Britannicae, the British tables…], late 17th c. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Elew (Jan Barend, publisher). Nederlandsch bloemwerk, Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1794. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Vellucent Art Nouveau Binding [Book of Common Prayer] by Herbert Granville Fell, 1900. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books, 2nd edition, 1721. £2,000-3,000
Sotheby’s
10 September 2024
The Shem Tov Bible
Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000

Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000

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