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Christies: The History of Western Script: Important Antiquities and Manuscripts from the Schøyen Collection

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Auction Name The History of Western Script: Important Antiquities and Manuscripts from the Schøyen Collection Total Sales (GBP) 1,287,375.00
Auction Date July 10, 2019 - July 10, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 669,300.00
Sale Number #18152 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 997,900.00
Total Lots 61
Sold Lots 52 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 952,300.00
% of Lots Sold 85.25% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,417,900.00
Unsold Lots 9 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 90.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
461

THE SCHØYEN COLLECTION OF MEDIEVAL SEAL MATRICES

 GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 225,000.00
415

BIBLE, Ezechiel, in Latin, manuscript on vellum

5th century GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 GBP 212,500.00
433

BEDE, De tabernaculo, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum

 late 11th or early 12th century GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 93,750.00
459 PIERRE-CAMILLE LE MOINE

THE PALAEOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF PIERRE-CAMILLE LE MOINE, a compilation of fragments from medieval codices on vellum and paper, some decorated and illuminated, in French and Latin

 10th to 18th centuries GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 GBP 87,500.00
401

A MESOPOTAMIAN PROTO-CUNEIFORM CLAY TABLET WITH ACCOUNT OF MONTHLY RATIONS

 LATE URUK PERIOD, CIRCA 3100-3000 B.C. GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 62,500.00
421

THE SYMBOL OF ST LUKE, a historiated initial on a leaf from a noted Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum

late 11th century GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 40,000.00
407

PALIMPSEST, in Christian-Palestinian Aramaic and Syriac, manuscript on vellum

 6th century, c.700 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 35,000.00
419

COLLECTION OF HOMILIES, Homiliae Capitulares, in Latin, manuscript on vellum

 2nd half 11th century GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 32,500.00
446

LACOCK ABBEY, Letters Patent, by which Simon of Ghent (d.1315), Bishop of Salisbury, appropriates Lacock parish church to the nuns of Lacock Abbey,

1312 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 32,500.00
409

BIBLE, Genesis, in Hebrew, manuscript on vellum

 9th or 10th century GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 31,250.00
410

BIBLE, Exodus, in Hebrew with the Aramaic translation of the Pentateuch, Targum Onkelos, interlined verse by verse, manuscript on vellum

 10th or first half 11th century GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 31,250.00
413

A ROMAN BRONZE FLEET DIPLOMA FOR L. PETRONIO, REIGN OF ANTONINUS PIUS, 143 A.D.

 143 A.D. GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
417 ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA (PSEUDO-).

Quaestiones ad Antiochum ducem 94 – 101, in Georgian, manuscript on vellum

10th century GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
402

AN OLD BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM CLAY TABLET OF THE UR-ISIN KING LIST

 1813-1812 B.C. GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 18,750.00
411

LECTIONARY, in Syriac, illuminated manuscript on vellum

 c.1200 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 16,250.00
416 POPE LEO I,

Sermones, in Latin, manuscript on vellum

 first quarter 9th century GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 16,250.00
420 ST AUGUSTINE,

Tractatus in Iohannem, in Latin, manuscript on vellum

 late 11th century GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 16,250.00
427 PAUL THE DEACON

HOMILIARY OF PAUL THE DEACON, with excerpts from Origen and Bede, in Latin, manuscript on vellum

last third of the 9th century GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
439

BIBLE, a leaf from a Giant Romanesque Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum

mid-12th century GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
449

A RECORD OF SEVERAL MIRACLES, and Indulgences Available, manuscript on vellum,

1332 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
450

CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF A TARTAR SLAVE, aged about 30, named Magdalena, in Latin, manuscript on vellum,

 1401 GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 13,750.00
423

STATUTES OR RULES OF ASSOCIATION OF A LAY FRATERNITY, ch. 12-16, in Cakavian Croatian, illuminated manuscript on vellum

 early 15th century GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,500.00
425

HOMILIARY, in Latin, manuscript on vellum

 1st third 9th century GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,500.00
447

THE DORMITION AND ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN, historiated initial on a leaf from a Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum

c.1330–40 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,500.00
408

APOCRYPHAL ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, Philip and Peter in Phrygia, in Sahidic Coptic, manuscript on vellum

 9th or 10th century GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 11,875.00
  • 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.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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
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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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