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Galerie Bassenge: Valuable Books

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Auction Name Valuable Books Total Sales (EUR) 726,345.00
Auction Date October 06, 2020 - October 06, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 535,100.00
Sale Number #116WB High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 535,100.00
Total Lots 866
Sold Lots 462 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 786,000.00
% of Lots Sold 53.35% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 786,000.00
Unsold Lots 404 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 92.41%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1036

Ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De Animalibus et reptilibus.

1497 EUR 35,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 67,650.00
106 Hamilton, William

Campi phlegraei

1776-1779. EUR 45,000.00 - 45,000.00 EUR 40,590.00
375 Hevelius, Johannes

Prodromus Astronomiae, exhibens fundamenta + Firmamentum Sobiescianum

1687-1690. EUR 32,000.00 - 32,000.00 EUR 29,520.00
1081 Homer

Odyssea, Erster Druck der ersten deutschen Ausgabe

1537 EUR 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 17,220.00
1237 Piranesi, Giovanni Battista und Piranesi, Francesco

Différentes Vues de Pesto

1777-1778 Druck vor 1836. EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 17,220.00
166 Blaeu, Willem Janszoon

Novus Atlas, Das ist, Weltbeschreibung

1645 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 11,685.00
1022 Höhne, C. A.

Gedancken über Freud und Leid auf meiner Lebensreise der Schicksale

1850-1857. EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 11,685.00
6 Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel und Puschner, Johann Georg

Globus Terrestris. In quo locorum insigniorum situs terraeque facies, secundum praecipuas celeberrimorum nostri aevi observationes / opera / Ioh. Gabr. Doppelmaieri / Mathem. Prof. Publ. Norib. / exhibentur, concinnatus

1728 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 9,840.00
1049 Emser, Hieronymus und Biblia germanica

Das naw testament nach lawt der Christlichen Kirchen bewerten text

1527 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 9,840.00
1086 Institoris, Heinrich

Sancte Romane ecclesie fidei

1502 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 9,840.00
1002 Paulus, Iulius

"De de pignoribus". Einzelblatt aus einer Handschrift um 1250

um 1250. EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 8,610.00
1025

Indopersische Miniaturenhandschrift

um 1765. EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 8,610.00
1029 Thomas von Aquin

Catena aurea. Basel, Michael Wenssler, 1476

1476 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,610.00
1072 Fuchs, Leonhart

De historia stirpium commentarii insignes

1542 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,610.00
1084

Teil einer theologisch-humanistischen Pergamentrückenbibliothek

1564-1778. EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,610.00
1123

19 Werke in 24 Bänden im Folio-Format

1536-1770. EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,610.00
417 Vincent, Levinus

Wondertooneel der nature

1706-1715. EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 7,995.00
1111

medizinischen, astrologischen u. a. Klein- bzw. Flugschriften

1528-1593. EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 7,995.00
20 Gottfried, Johann Ludwig und Merian, Matthäus

Archontologia Cosmica

1638 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,380.00
1051

Biblia, Das ist: Die gantze Heylige Schrift, Teutsch

1570 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 7,380.00
1121 Ryff, Walther Hermann

Die groß Chirurgei

1545 EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 7,380.00
448 Hokusai, Katsushika

Hokusai-Manga. 14 Hefte mit ungezügelten Bildern

um 1874. EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 6,150.00
1044 Augustinus, Aurelius

Opera

1505-1506. EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 EUR 6,150.00
21 Prévost d'Exiles, Antoine-François

Histoire générale des voyages ou nouvelle collection

1747-1780. EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,658.00
1052

De gantze Hilige Schrifft, Düdesch

1578 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,658.00
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
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