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Sothebys: The Library of a Greek Bibliophile: Travel Books, Aldines and an Important Qur’an

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Auction Name The Library of a Greek Bibliophile: Travel Books, Aldines and an Important Qur’an Total Sales (GBP) 776,744.00
Auction Date July 28, 2020 - July 28, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 519,850.00
Sale Number #L20422 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 758,350.00
Total Lots 119
Sold Lots 95 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 703,450.00
% of Lots Sold 79.83% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,009,550.00
Unsold Lots 24 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 76.94%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
24

Qur'an. copied by Ahmad al-Nayrizi, illuminated. Persia, Safavid and Qajar. 1122 AH/1710 AD

 1122 GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 118,750.00
47 DUPRÉ, LOUIS

Dupre. Voyage a Athenes et a Constantinople. Paris, 1825. folio, colour plates, twentieth-century blue half morocco gilt

 1825 GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 62,500.00
54 HAMILTON, WILLIAM--HUGUES, PIERRE-FRANÇOIS, CALLED D'HANCARVILLE

Hamilton and d'Hancarville. Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities. [1766-67]. 4 volumes. red morocco

 1766-67 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 52,500.00
106 STACKELBERG, OTTO MAGNUS VON

Stackelberg. La Grèce. Vues pittoresques et topographiques. [1829]-1834. folio. modern red morocco. The Blackmer copy

 1829-1834 GBP 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 43,750.00
105 STACKELBERG, OTTO MAGNUS VON

Stackelberg. Costumes et usages des peuples de la Grèce moderne. 1825. folio. roan-backed boards

 1825 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 37,500.00
9 STRABO

Strabo. De situ orbis. Venice, Aldus, 1516. later red morocco, Macclesfield copy

 1516 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 35,000.00
15 ARCHIMEDES

Archimedes. Opera omnia. Basel, 1544. later calf gilt

 1544 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
74 MAKRIYANNIS, GENERAL, AND PANAYOTIS ZOGRAFOS

Makriyannis & Zografos. Histoire picturale de la guerre de l'indépendance hellénique, 1926. folio. printed wrappers

 1926 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
6 PLATO

Plato. Omnia Platonis opera. Venice, Aldus, 1513. modern pigskin, the Garden copy

 1513 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
2 HERODOTUS

Herodotus. Libri novem. Aldus, Venice, 1502. nineteenth-century calf gilt

 1502 GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 23,750.00
60 KRAZEISEN, KARL

Krazeisen. Bildnisse augezeichneter Griechen und Philhellenen. 1828-[1831]. 7 parts. large folio. original blue wrappers

 1828-1831 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 16,250.00
107 STADEMANN, FERDINAND

Stademann. Panorama von Athen. 1841. folio. tan morocco. The Blackmer copy

 1841 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 16,250.00
109 TEXIER, CHARLES FELIX MARIE

Texier. Description de l'Asie Mineure, 1839-1849, 3 volumes. folio. red morocco-backed boards. The Atabey copy

 1839-1849 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 16,250.00
11 THUCYDIDES

Thucydides. Venice, Aldus, 1502. eighteenth-century calf gilt

 1502 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
78 MAYR, HEINRICH VON

Mayr. Malerische ansichten aus dem Orient. [1839-40]. 10 parts. folio. original wrappers

 1839-40 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
108 STUART, JAMES, AND NICHOLAS REVETT

Stuart and Revett. The Antiquities of Athens. 1762-1830. 5 volumes (including supplement). folio. modern calf

 1762-1830 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
19 EUCLID

Euclid. Stoicheion bibl. ie. Basel, 1533. modern half calf

 1533 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 13,750.00
44 DODWELL, EDWARD

Dodwell. Views in Greece. 1821. folio. coloured plates. contemporary morocco

 1821 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 11,250.00
55 HESS, PETER VON

Hess. Griechenlands Befreiung in XXXIX Bildern Entworfen. [c.1835]. folio. contemporary green calf gilt

 c.1835 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,625.00
8 SOPHOCLES

Sophocles. Tragaediae septem. Venice, Aldus, 1502. later red morocco gilt

 1502 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 9,375.00
35 CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER, MARIE GABRIEL A.F., COMTE DE

Choiseul-Gouffier. Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce. 1782-1809-1822. 2 volumes bound in 3. contemporary mottled calf

 1782-1809-1822 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,125.00
92 REINAGLE, PHILIP

Reinagle. Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin. 1828. folio. modern half calf. original wrappers bound in

 1828 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,125.00
10 SUIDAS

Suidas. Lexikon. Venice, Aldus, 1514. later calf

 1514 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 7,500.00
66 LE ROY, JULIEN DAVID

Le Roy. Les ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grece, 1758. 2 parts in one volume. folio. half calf

 1758 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,875.00
3 HESYCHIUS

Hesychius. Lexikon. Venice, Aldus, 1514. modern crushed morocco in period style

 1514 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 5,625.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
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  • 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Auction 151
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    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.
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    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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