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Giquello: Ancient and Modern Books

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Auction Name Ancient and Modern Books Total Sales (EUR) 697,348.00
Auction Date May 14, 2019 - May 14, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 452,490.00
Sale Number #96924 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 563,510.00
Total Lots 358
Sold Lots 180 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 699,400.00
% of Lots Sold 50.28% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 876,810.00
Unsold Lots 178 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 79.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
19 BRAUN (Georg) et Frans HOGENBERG.

Theatre des cites du monde.

vers 1575-1618]. EUR 250,000.00 - 300,000.00 EUR 360,654.00
158 SOLVYNS (Frans Balthazar).

A Collection of Two-Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings. Descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos.

1796 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 38,849.00
303

REVUE. - Pan.

 avril 1895-avril 1900. EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 24,437.00
279 MANET (Édouard). CROS (Charles).

Le Fleuve.

1874 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 17,545.00
72 HOUËL (Jean Pierre).

Voyage pittoresque des isles de Sicile, de Malte et de Lipari, Où l'on traite des Antiquités qui s'y trouvent encore; des principaux Phénomènes que la Nature y offre; du Costume des Habitans, & de quelques Usages.

1782-1787. EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 16,292.00
119 MÜNSTER (Sébastien) et François de BELLEFOREST.

Cosmographie universelle de tout le monde.

1575 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 16,292.00
99 LEOPOLD (Johann Christian).

Accurate Representation, Oder Vorstellung des Herrlichen Festins Welches die Durchleuchtigste Fürstin und Frau Francisca Sibylla Augusta, Marggräffin zu Baaden und Hochberg [...].

s.d. [vers 1730]. EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,524.00
258 GARNIER (Francis).

Atlas du voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine effectué pendant les années 1866, 1867 et 1868 par une commission française présidée par M. le capitaine de frégate Doudart de Lagrée.

1873 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 8,146.00
152 SAINT NON (Jean Claude Richard, abbé de).

Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile.

1781-1786. EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,770.00
318 THOMAS (Antoine Jean Baptiste).

Un An à Rome et dans ses environs.

1823 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,893.00
107 [FAULCONNIER (Pierre-Mathieu)].

Abrégé de l'histoire de Dunkerque. Composée par feuMr Pierre Faulconnier vivant grand Baillÿ hereditaire de ladte ville &c.

S.d. [c. 1735]. EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,440.00
356 RABELAIS.

Les Horribles et espouvantables faictz et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel roy des Dipsodes, fils du grand géant Gargantua.

1943 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,266.00
138 POSTEL (Guillaume).

Panthenosia [en grec].

c. 1547]. EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,013.00
186 BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE (Jacques Henri).

Paul & Virginie. Précédé d'une étude sur les origines de Paul et Virginie par S. Cambray.

1878 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,762.00
235 BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules).

Une Vieille maîtresse.

1851 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,261.00
209 [LASSUS (Marc, baron de)].

Une Ascension manquée. Souvenirs de la vingtième année.

1856 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,136.00
1 AGNELLINI (Timoteo).

Proverbii Utili, E Virtuosi in Lingua Araba, Persiana, E Turca, gran parte in versi con la loro ispiegatione in lingua Latina, & Italiana.

1688 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,760.00
43 DRUMMOND DE MELFORT (Louis Hector).

Traité sur la cavalerie.

1776 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,760.00
194 ECKARD (Jean).

Mémoires historiques sur Louis XVII, roi de France et de Navarre, avec notes et pièces justificatives.

1816 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,509.00
33

CURIOSA. - la Bibliothèque des paillards.

 1795 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,384.00
57

FÊTES publiques données par la ville de Paris, à l'occasion du Mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin, les 23 et 26 Février 1745.

n.d. [1745]. EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,258.00
203 HOUSSAYE (Henry).

Napoléon, homme de guerre.

1904 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,133.00
253 DUMONT D'URVILLE (Jules).

Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes L'Astrolabe et La Zélée, exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840.

1841-1853. EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,133.00
62 GESNER (Conrad).

Ensemble 3 ouvrages sur l'histoire naturelle des animaux.

1553 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,882.00
9 BARBAULT (Jean).

Les Plus beaux monuments de Rome ancienne, ou Recueil des plus beaux morceaux de l'antiquité romaine qui existent encore.

1761 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,757.00
  • 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
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    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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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
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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.
  • 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.
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