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Bloomsbury Auctions: The History of Western Script: A further selection from The Schøyen Collection

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Auction Name The History of Western Script: A further selection from The Schøyen Collection Total Sales (GBP) 574,937.50
Auction Date December 07, 2021 - December 07, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 293,200.00
Sale Number #120721 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 441,000.00
Total Lots 60
Sold Lots 60 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 293,200.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 441,000.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 130.37%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2

An Orphic poem, inscription in iambic trimeters by one Agestratos, dedicating his traveller’s staf

 or just perhaps adjacent Crete GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 56,250.00
14

Substantial fragment of a Carolingian Homiliary, perhaps that of Paul the Deacon, in Latin

 second quarter of the ninth century GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 47,500.00
5

Large cutting from a bifolium of a commentary on Matthew, drawing material from lost parts of a

 mid-ninth century GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 40,000.00
1

The name of Princess Nubhetepti-khered, sheet of gold foil with hieroglyphs

 thirteenth dynasty (1794-1645 BC.) GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 37,500.00
34

A priest during Mass and a bell-ringer, large miniature on a leaf from a copy of Gregory IX

 early fourteenth century GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 27,500.00
53

The greater and final part of the Dring charter collection, in all 161 manuscript documents

 twelfth to eighteenth century GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
3

Leaf from the Old Gelasian Sacramentary, containing a record of the earliest Merovingian and

 late ninth century GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 21,250.00
51

Part of the archive of the Augustinian Priory of Campsey Ash, Suffolk, all in Latin

 thirteenth to fifteenth century GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 21,250.00
6

Smaragdus of St-Mihiel, Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict, in Latin, in Visigothic minuscule

 first half of the tenth century] <br>Near-complete leaf GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 20,000.00
55

“A terreal of all suche landes as Thom[a]s Yardley hathe in Beoley”

 dated 1506 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 20,000.00
31

Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto XXV, in Italian

 mid fourteenth century (perhaps 1330s or 1340s), and fifteenth century GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 18,750.00
41

Inventory of gifts and legacies from mostly secular donors to the Abbey of St. Agnes of Gemona

 dated 1344, with additions up to 1426] GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 18,750.00
39

Royal charter of King John, for Philip, son of Wastellion, and confirming the gift of an estate

 dated 5 December 1209 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 16,250.00
8

Leaf from a sermon collection, with parts of a tractate and a sermon by Augustine

 or just perhaps in Montecassino by an Abruzzi scribe) GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
38

Forged charter concerning the passing of land at Framsden, Suffolk

 dated 7 William I (1073) but more probably thirteenth or early fourteenth century GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 13,750.00
4

Two cuttings from a bifolium of Smaragdus of St-Mihiel

 third quarter of the ninth century GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 11,250.00
7

Cutting from a leaf of Pseudo-Hegesippus, De Bello Judaico et excidio urbis Hierosolymitanae,

 early eleventh century (before 1030) GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
13

Leaf from a Lectionary, perhaps made for the individual worship of a Carolingian nobleman

 third quarter of the ninth century GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
24

Leaf with a homily by Bede, from a monumental codex of Bede’s Homilies or Paul the Deacon, Homilia

 probably Florence or vicinity) GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 8,750.00
52

Small collection of documents concerning the Dukes of Burgundy, in French and Dutch

 dated 13 July 1411, 1470, and 3 April and 28 May 1471 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 8,750.00
54

‘Monasteriarum totius Anglie’, a list of English monasteries and their annual incomes

 c. 1535 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 8,125.00
12

Substantial part of a leaf of Maximus of Turin, Sermones, in a fine Carolingian minuscule

 first half of the ninth century GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,500.00
59

Small archive of Jersey charters, in French, single-sheet documents on parchment

 dated 1582, 1618 and 1635 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 6,875.00
9

Leaf from a Bible, with Proverbs 29:15-30:20, manuscript in fine Montecassino Beneventan minuscule

 c. 1200 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,250.00
40

Leaf with extracts from the Testa de Nevill, a collection of original surveys of feudal landholdin

 second half of thirteenth century (after 1256)] GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 6,250.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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