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Auction Name	Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) Online bidstart 8/2	Total Sales (EUR)	11,491.87
Auction Date	08/09/2019 - 08/09/2019	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	8,680.00
Sale Number	#80919	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	10,940.00
Total Lots	81
Sold Lots	72	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	12,065.00
% of Lots Sold	88.89%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	14,995.00
Unsold Lots	9	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	76.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
28526085		Illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper or vellum		EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 2,725.00
28370995	Nicolas Louis de La Caille	Lectiones elementares astronomiae, geometricae, et physicae	1773	EUR 1,100.00 - 1,250.00	EUR 675.80
28423753	Voltaire	Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton	1738	EUR 450.00 - 500.00	EUR 546.09
28361933	Pieter Meijer (uitgever)	Tafereel van Natuur en Konst	1769	EUR 550.00 - 650.00	EUR 545.00
28381479	JOHN KEILL / THOMAS SIMPSON / DAVID. GREGORY	Trigonometriæ planæ & sphæricæ elementa. Item de natura et arithmetica logarithmorum tractatus brevi	1751	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 501.40
28551605		M. de la Lande - Astronomie par M. De La Lande - 1771		Not Available	EUR 392.40
28377103	[Abbé Larudan]	Les francs-maçons écrasés. Suite du livre intitulé L'ordre des francs-maçons trahi	1747	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 337.90
28517205	Trévoux	Dictionnaire Universel François et Latin, Vulgairement Appelé Dictionnaire de Trevoux	1771	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	EUR 327.00
28475755	Benjamin Hederich	Gründliches Antiquitäten Lexicon	1743	EUR 275.00 - 375.00	EUR 273.59
28427783	François, Baron de Tott	Mémoires du Baron de Tott, sur les Turcs et les Tartares	1784	EUR 280.00 - 320.00	EUR 272.50
28384507	W.A. Bachiene	Nieuwe tegenwoordige staat en geographie der Nederlanden	1791	Not Available	EUR 197.29
28545119		Histoire de la médecine ou l'on voit les progrès de cet art,		Not Available	EUR 190.75
28497701	Francisci Modii, Simon van Leeuwen, Johann Martin Bernigeroth	Corpus juris civilis Romani, in quo Institutiones, Digesta ad Codicum Florentinum emendata...	1740	Not Available	EUR 185.30
28509115	Joseph FRATREL	Rarissime: La cire alliée avec l’huile ou la peinture à huile-cire trouvée par le baron Taubenheim	1770	EUR 280.00 - 320.00	EUR 185.30
28503109	Daniel Defoe	Reflexions serieuses et importantes de Robinson Crusoe	1721	Not Available	EUR 175.49
28437323	J. Hawkesworth	Relation des voyages entrepris par orde de sa Majeste Britannique	1774	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 174.40
28439007	Islamitisch manuscript	Ottomaans manuscript met talloze figuren, cijfers en tabellen	1800	Not Available	EUR 174.40
28476569	R.P. Gaspare Druzbicki/ Kasper Dru?bicki	Tractatus de effectibus, fructu, & applicatione sanctissimimissæ sacrificii	1713	Not Available	EUR 174.40
28428989	Albrecht von Haller	Deux mémoires sur le mouvement du sang & sur les effets de la saignée (expériences sur des animaux)	1756	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50
28451009	Jean-Louis Petit	Traité des maladies chirurgicales et des opérations qui leur conviennent	1783	Not Available	EUR 152.60
28536929		Paris, Didot, Nyon et Fils, Damonneville et Savoye Two duodecimo volumes (10 x 17 cm). 454/423 pages. Second edition (the first being of 1697). Full calfskin period binding. In very good condition, lightly rubbed corners, very solid books,		EUR 175.00 - 275.00	EUR 147.15
28534633	Jean Banières -	Examen et Refutation des Elements de la Philosophie de Neuton de M. de Voltaire - 1739		Not Available	EUR 142.79
28460387	M. de Montesquieu	De l'Esprit des Lois	1772	Not Available	EUR 130.80
28525061		Two books in one volume, full calfskin binding, worn corners..		Not Available	EUR 123.17
28470317	Denis Dodart	Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences	1731	Not Available	EUR 114.45

Bonhams, Dec. 5: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Macbeth: A Tragedy. London, 1673. FIRST SEPARATE AND FIRST QUARTO EDITION. THE CHARLTON HESTON COPY. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. In Our Time. Paris, 1924. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Fanshawe, A Tale. Boston, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. Walden; Or, Life in the Woods. Boston, 1854. FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO, Brewster/Bentley issue. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: STEIG, WILLIAM. Original maquette and 58 finished drawings for The Agony in the Kindergarten, one of Steig's most important books. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: VERNE, JULES. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth. New York & London, 1872. FIRST EDITION, RARE AMERICAN ISSUE, with Scribner & Welford cancel title. $5,000 to $8,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: KING, STEPHEN. Carrie. New York, 1974. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $1,200 to $1,800.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: APPLE MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE. 1983. The earliest known Macintosh with "Twiggy" drive, one of only two known working machines. $120,000 to $180,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: PLATO. Timaeus [AND] Critias [from Ficini's 1484 Opera]. A LANDMARK OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA. Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London, 1843. FIRST EDITION, JOURNAL ISSUE, MOST IMPORTANT PAPER IN EARLY DIGITAL COMPUTING. $15,000 to $20,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: APPLE-1 COMPUTER. Signed by Steve Wozniak, used in development of Apple II. $200,000 to $300,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection. London, 1859. FIRST EDITION. $80,000 to $120,000.
Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Dr. Seuss, pen, ink & watercolor, calendar illustration, Thomas D. Murphy Company, 1937. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Georges Lepape, Sur la Terrasse, gouache & pencil, cover for Vogue, 1930. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Charles Dana Gibson, The Coming Game, Yale vs. Vassar, pen & ink, for Life magazine, 1895. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: H.A. Rey, color pencil, charcoal, watercolor & gouache, for Rafi et les 9 singes, 1939. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Ernest H. Shepard, pen & ink, for Kenneth Grahame’s Bertie’s Escapade, 1949. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Charles Schulz, The Biggest Star Measured So Far, ink & wash, original Peanuts cartoon, published 1961. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Saul Steinberg, 12 Biographies, A to B, pen & ink with collage, final illustration in his book The Labyrinth, 1960. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Jo Mielziner, A Streetcar Named Desire, watercolor, graphite & gouache, first color study for the award-winning 1947 production. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Charles Addams, Nevermore, watercolor & ink, for The New Yorker, 1973. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: James Montgomery Flagg, I Should Worry, watercolor, gouache & graphite, cover for Judge magazine, 1914. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Edward Gorey, Swan Lake, Hunters/Siegfried, Van Rothbart, watercolor, pen & ink, costume designs, 1975. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Ludwig Bemelmans, Sketch for Madeline, gouache & ink. $6,000 to $9,000.
<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: Fust-Schöffer-Bibel from Gutenberg-Press, 1462. Est: € 1,000,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: J. W. Weinmann, Phytanthoza-Iconographia, 1735-45. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: O. Kokoschka, Die träumenden Knaben, 1917. Est: € 10,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: Z. Lilius, Orbis breviarium, 1493. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: Gazette du Bon Ton, 1912-22. Est: € 14,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: M. Chagall, Daphnis & Chloé, 1961. Est: € 100,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: C. Ptolemaeus, Geographie, 1513. Est: € 100,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: E. L. Kirchner, Umbra vitae, 1924. Est: € 6,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: J. Miró, Midi le trèfle blanc, 1968. Est: € 2,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: Clemens V., Constitutiones, 1471. Est: € 14,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: C. Gesner, Tierbuch, Vogelbuch, Fischbuch, 1563-81. Est: € 5,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: J. Itten, Utopia, 1921. Est: € 2,000
Christie’s London, Nov. 27: [Peter I, Tsar]. Simboly i emblemata ukazom i blagopovedenii imperatora Petra Alekseevicha [Symbola et emblemata jussu atque auspiciis Petri Alexeidis]. Amsterdam, 1705. £30,000 to £40,000

Christie’s London, Nov. 27: Charlemagne, Adolf. Benefice d'Adieu de Madame Naptal. [St Petersburg: 16th February 1873]. £30,000 to £40,000

Christie’s London, Nov. 27: [Military. Album.] [An album of drawings of weapons and their accessories, drawn from nature by the Second Cadets Corps.] St Petersburg, 1800. £100,000 to £150,000

Christie’s London, Nov. 27: Pushkin, Alexander. Evgenii Onegin. St Petersburg: Dep. of Public Education, 1825-1832. £100,000 to £150,000

Christie’s London, Nov. 27: Sumarokov, Pavel. Dosugi krymskogo sud’i ili vtoroe puteshestvie v Tavridu. [The Leisure of a Crimean Judge or a Second Tour to Tauris]. St Petersburg: Imperial Press, 1803-5. £50,000 to £80,000

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