Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts, 22693, London - King Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 11, 2024 - December 11, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Otto F. Ege (1888-1951)] | Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts. Western Europe: XII-XVI Century |
Cleveland | c.1950-52 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 2 | The Beauvais Missal | A leaf from the Beauvais Missal, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
Northern France, perhaps Beauvais or Amiens | late 13th or early 14th century | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 5,292.00 |
| 3 | John of Freiburg (c.1250-1314) | Summa confessorum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
Bologna | first quarter 14th century | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 50,400.00 |
| 4 | Michele de Massa (1298-1337) | De quattuor virtutibus cardinalibus, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum |
Italy | 14th century | GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 5 | The Book of the Augustinian Priory of Heilig Kreuz, Augsburg. Calendar, Martyrology, the Rule of St Augustine, in Latin with some words in German, decorated manuscript on vellum, Augsburg |
15th century | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 32,760.00 | ||
| 6 | Morigenes the Astrologer, Pseudo-Aristotle, Geber and others | A compendium of alchemical texts, in Latin, manuscript on vellum |
Italy | c.1400 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 75,600.00 |
| 7 | The Psalter of Count Ludwig the Younger of Oettingen | Psalter, in German with Latin incipits, illuminated manuscript on vellum, Swabia, 1418 |
Swabia | 1418 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 151,200.00 |
| 8 | Ovid (43BC - 17 or 18 AD) | The Gladstone Metamorphoses, in Latin, manuscript on paper |
Italy | first half 15th century | GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 119,700.00 |
| 9 | Virgil (70-19 BC) | The Gladstone Aeneid, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper |
Italy | first half 15th century | GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | GBP 113,400.00 |
| 10 | Book of Hours, use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
Bruges | c.1440s | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 88,200.00 | |
| 11 | Walter of Chatillon (1135-1180) | Walter of Chatillon (active 1170-1180), Alexandreis, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum |
Florence | c.1450s | GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 12 | Peter of Herenthal (1322-1391) | Collectarius super Librum Psalmorum, Commentary on the Psalms, in Latin, manuscript on vellum |
Germany | 1462 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 21,420.00 |
| 13 | Bilingual Psalter, in Middle High German and Latin, decorated manuscript on paper |
Germany | 1468 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 27,720.00 | |
| 14 | Godefridus of Erlach | Sermons on the Lord's Prayer, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum and paper |
Cologne | second half 15th century | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 15 | Rule of St Augustine, Constitutions for Dominican Sisters, Martyrology, etc., in Latin with some German, manuscript on paper |
Switzerland Basel? | final quarter 15th century | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 20,160.00 | |
| 16 | A sammelband, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper |
Austria or Germany | final quarter 15th century | GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 35,280.00 | |
| 17 | Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) | Trionfi, in Italian, illuminated manuscript on paper |
Italy ?Urbino | final quarter 15th century | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 30,240.00 |
| 18 | Manuel Chrysoloras (c.1350-1415) | Erotemata, in Greek, decorated manuscript on paper |
Italy ?Milan | final quarter 15th century | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 60,480.00 |
| 19 | Pope Callixtus III (1378-1458) | Regule Cancellarie of Pope Callixtus III, in Latin, manuscript on paper |
Spain, Barcelona | end of the 15th century | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 20 | Book of Hours, use of Nevers, in French and Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
Nevers or Bourges | c.1495-1500 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 40,320.00 | |
| 21 | Antonius Grassus (d.1491) and others | Ars Notariatus, and other excerpts from practical texts on notarial matters, in Latin, manuscript on paper |
Italy | c.1500 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | Birgittine Processional, for use at Maihingen, in German and Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum |
Birgittine Abbey of Maihingen | 1522 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 35,280.00 | |
| 23 | Petrus Kerzenmacher | Alchimia, in German, illustrated manuscript on paper, |
Frankfurt | 1550 | GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
| 24 | After Gilles Corrozet | Les Sentences, Conseil, & Bons Enseignemens des Sept Sages de Grece, in French, illuminated calligraphic manuscript on vellum |
France, Paris | 1573 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 13,860.00 |
| 25 | Four manuscripts of pharmaceutical content, in German, Latin and Italian, manuscripts on paper |
Germany and Italy | c.1600-18th century | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 5,670.00 |
