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Christies: Library of Martine de Behague and the Counts of Ganay - Part One

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Auction Name Library of Martine de Behague and the Counts of Ganay - Part One Total Sales (EUR) 1,641,252.00
Auction Date November 26, 2019 - November 26, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 1,028,900.00
Sale Number #18470 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 1,475,800.00
Total Lots 187
Sold Lots 144 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,182,900.00
% of Lots Sold 77.01% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,701,100.00
Unsold Lots 43 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 96.48%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
74 LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695).

Fables choisies, mises en vers.

1755-1759. EUR 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 EUR 274,000.00
84 L'ORME, Philibert de (ca 1515-1570).

Le Premier tome de l'architecture de Philibert de l'Orme conseiller et aumosnier ordinaire du Roy & Abbé de S. Serge les Angiers.

1567 EUR 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 EUR 237,500.00
58 GOHORY, Jacques (mort en 1576) – THIRY, Léonard (vers 1500-1550).

Livre de la Conqueste de la Toison d’or, par le Prince Iason de Tessalie: faict par figures avec exposition d’icelles.

1563 EUR 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 EUR 137,500.00
128 RHENANUS, Beat Bild dit Beatus (1485-1547).

Rerum Germanicarum libri tres. Adiecta est in calce epistola ad D. Phillipu[m] Puchaimeru[m], de locis Plinij per St. Aequaeum attactis, ubi mendae quaedam eiusdem autoris emaculantur, antehac non à quoquam animadversae.

1531 EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 EUR 100,000.00
121 PLUTARQUE (ca 46-125).

Les Vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romains, comparées l’une avec l’autre par Plutarque de Chaeronee, translatees premierement du Grec en François par maistre Jacques Amyot, & depuis en ceste troisieme editions reveuës en infinis passages par le mesme

1567 EUR 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 EUR 75,000.00
26 CALLOET DE QUERBRAT, Gabriel (vers 1616 - après 1688).

Moyen pour augmenter les revenus du royaume de plusieurs millions.

1666 EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 EUR 62,500.00
34 [COUSIN, Jean, dit l'Ancien (vers 1490 ou 1500 - après 1560)].

Recueil de privilèges accordés aux clercs et notaires royaux par les rois Louis XI, Charles VIII, François Ier et Henri II.

1549 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 55,000.00
92 MAROT, Clément (1496-1544).

L’Adolescence Clémentine. Aultrement, les Œuvres…

1536 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 35,000.00
59 GRENADE, Louis de (1504-1588).

Le Paradis des prières du R. P. F. Louÿs de Grenade. Recueilly en Latin des oeuvres spirituelles d'iceluy, & d'autres Autheurs graves et dévots, par Michel Isselt, Alemand et mis en nostre langue, par F. François Bourbon, Celestin de Paris.

1601 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 31,250.00
105 OSORIO, Jeronimo (1506-1580).

Histoire de Portugal, contenant les entreprises, navigations, & gestes memorables des Portugallois, tant en la conqueste des Indes Orientales par eux descouvertes, qu’és guerres d’Afrique & autres exploits…

1587 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 31,250.00
157 VINCI, Léonard de (1452-1519).

Traité de la peinture… donné au public et traduit d’italien en françois par R.F. F. D.C.

1651 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 30,000.00
48 FERRAROIS, Claude.

Construction d'une clepsidre invariable et portative à la mer servant à mésurer la durée du tems, …

1716 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 22,500.00
2 ALUNNO, Francesco (1484-1556).

Della Fabrica del Mondo di M. Francesco Alunno da Ferrara. Libri X.

1575 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 17,500.00
153 VALERE MAXIME (Ier siècle après J.-C.).

Dei detti et fatti memorabili…

1539 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 17,500.00
80 LEQUIEN DE LA NEUFVILLE, Jacques (1647-1728).

Histoire générale de Portugal.

1700 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 16,875.00
72 LA BRUYÈRE, Jean de (1645-1696).

Les Caractéres de Théophraste traduits du grec, avec les Caractéres ou les moeurs de ce siécle.

1694 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
113 PERRAULT, Charles (1628-1703).

Contes des fées. – Griselidis, Peau d’Âne et Les Souhaits ridicules.

1781 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
115 PERRISSIN, Jacques & TORTOREL, Jean.

Le Premier volume, contenant quarante tableaux ou Histoires diverses qui sont mémorables touchant les Guerres, Massacres, & Troubles advenus en France en ces dernieres annees.

[1570]. EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
159 VOITURE, Vincent de (1597-1648).

Les Œuvres.

1702 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
11

[BIBLE] - Manuscrit arménien enluminé sur vélin , fragment issu d’un évangéliaire.

1675 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 13,125.00
145 SÉNÈQUE (ca. 4 av. JC. - 65 ap. JC).

Les Oeuvres morales et meslées de Senecque, traduites de Latin en François, par Simon Goulart...

1598 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 11,875.00
67 [IMPRESSION GOTHIQUE].

Le Doctrinal des Filles.

vers 1510? EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 10,625.00
142

Fewrnew Modelbuch, von allerhandt Künstlicher Arbeidt namlich Gestrickt, Ausgezogen, Ausgeschnitten...

1599 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 10,625.00
155 VECELLIO, Cesare (1521-1601).

Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il Mondo.

1598 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 10,625.00
41 DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri-Louis (1700-1782).

Traité des arbres fruitiers; contenant leur figure, leur description, leur culture, ...

1768 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 9,375.00
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