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Venator and Hanstein: Books and Manuscripts

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Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 431,459.40
Auction Date September 27, 2019 - September 27, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 307,860.00
Sale Number #155 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 307,860.00
Total Lots 549
Sold Lots 279 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 472,530.00
% of Lots Sold 50.82% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 472,530.00
Unsold Lots 270 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 91.31%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
66 ALBRECHT DÜRER Nürnberg 1471 – 1528

Die apokalyptischen Reiter. Um 1498.

EUR 22,000.00 - 22,000.00 EUR 54,120.00
35

Missale Coloniense.

 EUR 20,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 22,140.00
70 ISRAHEL VAN MECKENEM Meckenheim um 1440/45 – 1503 Bocholt

Das ungleiche Paar.

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 19,680.00
43 Grimm, Jakob u. Wilhelm

Kinder- und Haus-Märchen. Gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm. Erster/ Zweiter/ Dritter Band in 3 Bden. Zweite vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage. Berlin

 EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 EUR 15,990.00
45 Kant, Immanuel

Critik der reinen Vernunft. Riga

 EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 EUR 15,990.00
36

Relation der In ANNO 1716 von denen Türcken vorgenommenen Belagerung der Festung CORFV nebst Angehängten Journals von annis 1717. et 1718.

EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 14,760.00
48 Schopenhauer, Arthur

Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung vier Bücher, nebst einem Anhange, der die Kritik der Kantischen Philosophie enthält.

EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 11,685.00
3 Du Halde, Jean-Baptiste

Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l’Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise ... 4 Bde. Paris

 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,455.00
1 Blaeu, Joan

Novus Atlas Sinensis. A Martino Martinio S.J. descriptus ... (Novus Atlas absolutissimus. ... Das eilfte Theil. beschreibet China).

EUR 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 9,840.00
55

Rupprecht-Presse, München. Erstes – Siebenundfünfzigstes Buch (alles). In 58 Bden. Druckleitung F. H. Ehmcke. München

 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,610.00
7 Merian. – [Avity, Pierre d’]

Vermehrte Archontologia Cosmica, das ist/ Beschreibung aller Käiserthümer/ Königreiche/ und Republiquen der Welt/ die keinen Höhern erkennen... von Anfang biß auff unsere Zeiten/ in richtiger Ordnung abgefasset/ und biß auff das Jahr 1694. continuiret ...

 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,241.00
47 Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri-Bernardin de

OEuvres complètes ..., mises en ordre et précédées de la vie de l’auteur par L. Aimé-Martin. 12 Bde. Paris

 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 5,535.00
63 PIETER BRUEGEL d. Ä. 1525/30 – 1569 Brüssel

Bewaffneter Viermaster in See stechend. 1561 – 65.

 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 5,166.00
28 Boisserée, Sulpiz

Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln, mit Ergänzungen nach dem Entwurf des Meisters, nebst Untersuchungen über die alte Kirchen-Baukunst und vergleichenden Tafeln der vorzüglichsten Denkmale. Stuttgart

 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,797.00
88 GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI Mogliani/Mestre 1720 – 1778 Rom

Pianta delle Fabriche esistenti nella Villa Adriana (Plan der bestehenden Gebäude der Villa Hadriana). Großformatiger Plan der Hadriansvilla in Tivoli mit Titel- und großer Widmungskartusche sowie ausführlicher Legende. 1781.

 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,797.00
2 Cortés, Hernán

Historia de Nueva-España, escrita por su esclarecido conquistador ..., aumentada con otros documentos, y notas, por ... Don Francisco Antonio Lorenzana, Arzobispo de Mexico. Mexico

 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,428.00
12 Ptolemaeus, Claudius

La seconda parte della Geografia ..., la quale, oltra l’ antiche tauole d’ esso Tolomeo, contiene le moderne ancora, che mostrano la faccia di tutta la terra, infino a questa nostra eta conosciuta, intagliate da Girolamo Porro. Insieme con le loro copiosi

 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,428.00
50 Klinger, Max

Zelt. Eine Folge von 46 Radierungen. Mit Versen von Herbert Eulenberg. Berlin

 EUR 3,600.00 - 3,600.00 EUR 4,428.00
60 LUDOLF BACKHUIZEN Emden 1631 – 1708

Amsterdam D’Y Stroom en Zeegezichten, Seestücke mit Ansichten von Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Emden u.a. 1701.

 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 4,182.00
16

Sammelatlas mit 50 Gesamt- und Gebietskarten aus allen Teilen der Welt. Bei Joh. Bapt. Homann (17) und Homann Erben (33), 18. Jahrhundert.

 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,059.00
26 Albizzi, Antonio

Principum Christianorum stemmata ... Aeditio quarta. Nunc auctior, et emendatior. Kempten

 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,059.00
32 Spontini, Gaspare

Lalla Rûkh. Festspiel mit Tänzen und Märschen, componirt und Ihro Kaiserlichen Hoheit der Grossfürstin Alexandra Feodorowna von Russland, gebornen Prinzessin von Preußen, ehrfurchtsvoll zugeeignet vom Ritter Spontini ... Klavier-Auszug vom Componisten. Be

 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,059.00
24 Traviès, Edouard

[Collection pittoresque des plus jolies oiseaux des quatre-parties du monde. Dessinées d’après nature]. Paris

 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,321.00
22

Pharmacopoea sive Dispensatorium Coloniense. Iussu, et authoritate S. PQ. Agrippinensis revisum et auctum labore ... Petri Holtzemii ... Köln

 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,952.00
85 HIERONYMUS WIERIX Antwerpen 1553 – 1619

Melencolia I (Die Melancholie). 1602.

EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,952.00
  • 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
    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
    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
  • 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.
  • 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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