Christies: Important Scientific Books from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Important Scientific Books from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune | Total Sales (GBP) | 2,593,375.00 |
| Auction Date | July 09, 2019 - July 09, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 1,533,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #17700 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 2,302,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 145 | ||
| Sold Lots | 106 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 1,724,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 73.10% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 2,578,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 39 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 100.60% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 310 | NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727). | Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. |
1687 | GBP 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 | GBP 491,250.00 |
| 266 | GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642). | Sidereus Nuncius. |
1610 | GBP 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 | GBP 347,250.00 |
| 307 | MENDEL, Johann Gregor (1822-1884). | ‘Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybriden’. Offprint from: Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn. Vol. pp. [3]-47. |
1866 | GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | GBP 287,250.00 |
| 246 | DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. |
1859 | GBP 140,000.00 - 200,000.00 | GBP 225,000.00 |
| 227 | BRAHE, Tycho (1546-1601). | Tychonis Brahe, Dani De nova et nullius aevi memoria prius visa stella, iam pridem anno a' nato Christo 1572, mense Novembri primum conspecta, contemplatio mathematica: cui, praeter exactam Eclipsis lunaris, huius anni, pragmatian, et elegantem In Vraniam |
1573 | GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | GBP 175,000.00 |
| 324 | REGIOMONTANUS (Johannes MÜLLER, 1436-76) and Georgius PURBACHIUS (1423-61). | Epitoma in Almagestum Ptolemaei. Edited by Caspar Grosch and Stephan Römer. |
1496 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 106,250.00 |
| 290 | KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). | Harmonices mundi libri V. |
1619 | GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | GBP 100,000.00 |
| 338 | [TORRICELLI, Evangelista (1608-1647)]. | Lettera a Filaleti di Timauro Antiate della vera storia della cicloide, e della famosissima esperienza dell'argento vivo. |
1663 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 87,500.00 |
| 267 | GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642). | Dialogo ... sopre i due massimi sistemi del mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano. |
1632 | GBP 45,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 68,750.00 |
| 268 | GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642). | Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno a due nuove scienze attenenti alla mecanica & i movimenti locali. |
1638 | GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 60,000.00 |
| 226 | BRAHE, Tycho (1546-1601). | Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. |
1602 | GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 37,500.00 |
| 230 | CARNOT, Nicolas Léonard Sadi (1796-1832). | Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur les machines propres à développer cette puissance. |
1824 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 37,500.00 |
| 235 | COLLINS, John (1625-1683). | Commercium epistolicum D. Johannis Collins, et aliorum de analysi promota. |
1712 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 35,000.00 |
| 253 | DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784) and Jean D’ALEMBERT (1717-1783), editors. | Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. |
1751 [1752]-1757, 1765 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 35,000.00 |
| 256 | DOPPLER, Johann Christian (1803-1853). | Ueber das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne und einiger anderer Gestirne des Himmels. |
1842 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 32,500.00 |
| 286 | HUYGENS, Christiaan (1629-1695). | Horologium oscillatorium sive de motu pendulorum ad horologia aptato demonstrationes geometricae. |
1673 | GBP 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | GBP 30,000.00 |
| 287 | HUYGENS, Christiaan (1629-1695). | Traité de la lumiere. |
1690 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 22,500.00 |
| 214 | BARBA, Alvaro Alonso (1569-c.1640). | Arte de los metales, en que se enseña el verdadero beneficio de los de oro y plata por açogue: el modo de fundirlos todos, y como se han de refinar y apartar unos de otros. |
1640 | GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 17,500.00 |
| 309 | NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727). | ‘A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton... Containing his New Theory about Light and Colors.’ Extracted from: Philosophical Transactions, Volume 6, number 80, pp.3075-3087. |
1672 | GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 17,500.00 |
| 313 | OHM, Georg Simon (1789-1854). | Die galvanische Kette, mathematisch bearbeitet. |
1827 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 17,500.00 |
| 245 | DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). | The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. |
1872 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 |
| 271 | GALLUCCI, Giovanni Paolo (1538-c.1621). | Speculum Uranicum in quo vera loca … colliguntur. |
1593 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 |
| 272 | GALVANI, Luigi (1737-1798). | De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius. [In: De Bononiensi Scientiarum et Artium Instituto atque Academia Commentarii, vol. VII, pp. 363-418] |
1791 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 |
| 321 | PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (ca.100-ca.170). | Almagestum seu magnae constructionis mathematicae opus. |
1528 | GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 16,250.00 |
| 255 | DOPPELMAYR, Johann Gabriel (1671-1750). | Atlas novus coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis. |
1742 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 13,750.00 |
