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De Baecque and Associes: Ancient and Modern Books

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Auction Name Ancient and Modern Books Total Sales (EUR) 96,360.00
Auction Date October 14, 2020 - October 14, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 62,740.00
Sale Number #106608 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 91,850.00
Total Lots 303
Sold Lots 200 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 134,050.00
% of Lots Sold 66.01% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 188,430.00
Unsold Lots 103 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 51.14%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
148 PARÉ (Ambroise).

Dix livres de la Chirurgie, avec Le Magasin des Instruments nécessaires à icelle.

1564 (1563). EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 10,500.00
229 [COLLECTIF] - LAURENCIN (Marie).

Éventail. Dix gravures de Marie Laurencin accompagnées de poésies nouvelles de Louis Codet, Jean Pellerin....

1942 EUR 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,800.00
248 SEGUY (Emile Alain).

Insectes.

[1929]. EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,800.00
147 PANZER (G.W.F.) - STURM (Jakob).

Faunae insectorum Germanicae initia, oder Deutschlands Insecten.

1792-1823?). EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,800.00
246 RIVIERE (Henri).

La céramique dans l'art musulman, recueil de cent planches en couleurs reproduisant les plus belles pièces originales choisies dans les musées et les collections privées françaises et étrangères.

1913 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 4,800.00
65 [DURANT de LA BERGERIE (Gilles).

Imitations du latin de Jean Bonnefons, avec dautres gayetez amoureuses de l'invention de l'autheur. Dernière édition revüe et corrigée.

1610 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,050.00
231 DANTE.

La divine comédie. L'enfer - Le Purgatoire - Le Paradis. Illustrations de Dali.

1963 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,000.00
21

BIBLIA cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamentis [...].

1516 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,700.00
42 [CHERRIER (Claude)].

Polissonniana ou recueil de turlupinades, quolibets, rébus, jeux de mots, allusions, allégories... avec les équivoques de l'homme inconnu et la liste des plus rares curiositez.

1864 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,500.00
36 CHALLES (Robert).

Journal d'un voyage fait aux Indes orientales par une escadre de six vaisseaux commandés par M. Duquesne depuis le 24 février 1690 jusqu'au 20 août 1691 par ordre de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales.

1721 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,300.00
110 LE ROY (Jacques).

Castella & praetoria nobilium Brabantiae, coenobiaque celebriora, ad vivum delineata, in quatuor partes divisa - L'érection de toutes les terres, seigneuries & familles titrées du Brabant...

1699 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,200.00
185 TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD (Louis de).

Mes souvenirs.

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,200.00
24 BORY DE SAINT-VINCENT (J.B.G.).

Voyage dans les quatre principales iles des mers d'Afrique, pendant les années 1801 et 1802.

1804 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,000.00
99 JONSTON (John).

Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis. - Historiae naturalis de exanguibus aquaticis. - Historiae naturalis de insectis. - Historiae naturalis de serpentibus.

1657 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,000.00
173

SAINT REMY DES LANDES (Les constitutions de l'abbaye de).

1705 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,000.00
33

CARTE TOPOGRAPHIQUE DE LA FRANCE levée et publiée par ordre du Roi, gravée à l'échelle de 1 pour 80.000.

1833-1845. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 950.00
2 [ALBANIS-BEAUMONT (Jean-François)].

Select Views of the Antiquities and Harbours in the south of France, with typographical and historical descriptions.

1794 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 850.00
44 [CITRI DE LA GUETTE (Samuel)].

Histoire de la conqueste de la Floride, par les Espagnols, sous Ferdinand de Soto.

1685 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 850.00
46 COOK (James).

Voyage dans l'hémisphère austral et autour du monde sur les vaisseaux de Roi l'Aventure & la Résolution en 1772, 1773, 1774 & 1775.

1778 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 800.00
79 FURETIERE (A).

Le Roman Bourgeois. Ouvrage comique.

1666 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 800.00
83 GAZIO (Antonio).

Florida Corona que ad sanitatis hominum conseruatione ac longeuam vitam perducendam sunt pernecessaria continens.

1516 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 800.00
139 MOLIERE.

OEuvres, revues, corrigées et augmentées.

1697 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 800.00
225 CERVANTÈS (Miguel de).

Don Quichotte de la Manche.

1948-1950. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 800.00
80 GALIEN.

De usu partium corporis humani, libri XVI. Nicolao Regio Calabro interprete...

1550 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 750.00
123

MANUSCRIT SUR VELIN ENLUMINÉ DU XIX° SIÈCLE. Messe du Mariage. Peint et donné par Hélène du Maillé à sa cousine Jeanne Marie.

1889 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 720.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    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.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    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.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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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