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Auction Name Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/16 Total Sales (EUR) 6,263.14
Auction Date 12/28/2022 - 12/28/2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 2,565.00
Sale Number #122822 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 3,134.00
Total Lots 36
Sold Lots 28 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 6,268.00
% of Lots Sold 77.78% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 7,340.00
Unsold Lots 8 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 85.33%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
64728939 Jean Brouaut / Jacques de Senlecque

Traité de l'eau de vie ou Anatomie theorique et pratique du vin, divisé en trois livres.

1646 Not Available EUR 604.95
64764545 Le Sr De La Guilletière

Athènes Ancienne et Nouvelle et l'Estat Présent de l'Empire des Turcs contenant la Vie du Sultan

1675 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 604.95
64959027 Nicolas Machiavel / Amelot de la Houssaye

?Discours politiques de Machiavel sur les Décades de Tite-Live. Traduction nouvelle

1691 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 523.20
65144797 P. Alvarez Semedo

Histoire universelle de la Chine divisé en 3 parties

1667 EUR 440.00 - 490.00 EUR 490.50
64784475 Pascal

Pensées de M. Pascal sur la Religion & sur quelques autres sujets

1670 Not Available EUR 467.61
65002869 René François

Essay des Merveilles de nature et des plus nobles artifices

1625 Not Available EUR 327.00
64977331 Jacques Morgues

Les Statuts Et Coustumes Du Pays De Provence

1658 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 288.85
65109713 Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

Oeuvres diverses du Sieur D*** avec le Traité du Sublime, Traduit du Grec de Longin

1685 Not Available EUR 269.23
65015709 François Verdier - Audran

Histoire de Samson

1698 EUR 220.00 - 242.00 EUR 261.60
64760035 Collectif, Marot, Bèze

La Bible qui est toute la Ste Ecriture

1647/1654 Not Available EUR 218.00
64956819 Jean-Georges de Mongenet [Critique Manuscrit de Belgrade, Nodot, Petrone]

?Lettres de Monsieur de*** sur un livre qui a pour titre traduction entière de Pétrone suivant ...

1694 Not Available EUR 201.65
65106775 Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal duc de Richelieu

Journal de Monsieur le Cardinal duc de Richelieu

1648 Not Available EUR 195.11
64812561

La Maison academique, contenant les jeux du picquet, du hoc, du trique-trac, du hoca, de la guerre..

1697 EUR 180.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.93
64944095 Sieur de Bitainvieu

L'art universel des fortifications

1664 EUR 275.00 - 302.00 EUR 185.30
64879583 Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Histoire des variations des Eglises Protestantes

1688 Not Available EUR 164.59
64811885 M. Flamant

Le Véritable Médecin Ou Le Moyen de Conserver la Santé

1699 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 155.87
65023797 Terentius / Anne Dacier

Comédies

1688 Not Available EUR 153.69
65012323 La Bruyère

Les caractères de Théophraste ou les moeurs de ce siécle

1694 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 147.15
64764531 P. De Ronsard

Discours des Misères de ce Temps

1630 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 141.70
65085955 Le Maistre de Sacy

Les Paralipomenes et Esdras

1698 Not Available EUR 130.80
64838819 [Nicolas Boileau]

Satires du sieur D***

1669 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 119.90
65037403 Lucien de Samosate

Lucien de la traduction de Nicolas Perrot Sieur d'Ablancourt

1683/1688 Not Available EUR 100.28
64723493 Horace - Etienne Algay de Martignac

[Œuvres] Odes, Épodes, Chant Séculaire, Satires, Épîtres, Art poétique

1678 Not Available EUR 82.84
65133649 Saint Augustin - Philippe Goibaud-Dubois

Les confessions de S. Augustin. Traduction nouvelle sur l'édition latine des Pères Bénédictins

1686 Not Available EUR 70.85
64767017 Philippe Camerarius

Les Meditations Historiques

1610 Not Available EUR 64.31
  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>A fourth selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library<br>15th June 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, June 15:</b> Hobbes (Thomas). <i>Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme & Power of a Common-Wealth,</i> first edition, first issue, 1651. £10,000 to £15,000.
    <b>Forum, June 15:</b> [Burton (Robert)] "Democritus Junior". <i>The Anatomy of Melancholy,</i> first edition, Oxford, Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, 1621. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <b>Forum, June 15:</b> Fletcher (Giles). <i>Of the Russe Common Wealth,</i> first edition, Printed by T[homas] D[awson] for Thomas Charde, 1591. £7,000 to £10,000.
    <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>A fourth selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library<br>15th June 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, June 15:</b> Shakespeare source book.- Fraunce (Abraham). <i>The Lawiers Logike, exemplifying the praecepts of Logike by the practise of the common Lawe,</i> first edition, 1588. £4,000 to £6,000.
    <b>Forum, June 15:</b> Fireworks.- Babington (John.) <i>Pyrotechnia or, A discourse of artificiall fire-works…,</i> 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, Thomas Harper for Ralph Mab, 1635. £4,000 to £6,000.
    <b>Forum, June 15:</b> Gardening.- [Bonnefons (Nicolas de)]. <i>The French Gardiner instructing how to cultivate all sorts of Fruit-Trees and Herbs for the Garden, translated by John Evelyn,</i> third edition, 1675. £3,500 to £4,500.
    <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>A fourth selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library<br>15th June 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, June 15:</b> Witchcraft.- F. (H.) <i>A true and exact Relation Of the severall Informations, Examinations, and Confessions of the late Witches…,</i> first edition, 1645. £3,000 to £4,000.
    <b>Forum, June 15:</b> Science.- Boyle (Robert). <i>The Origine of Formes and Qualities (According to the Corpuscular Philosophy),</i> first edition, Oxford, H. Hall for Ric: Davis, 1666. £3,000 to £4,000.
    <b>Forum, June 15:</b> Massinger (Philip). <i>The Unnaturall Combat. A Tragedie,</i> first edition, Printed by E.G. for John Waterson, 1639. £2,000 to £3,000.
    <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>A fourth selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library<br>15th June 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, June 15:</b> Plastic Surgery.- Read (Alexander). <i>Chirurgorum Comes: or the Whole Practice of Chirurgery,</i> first edition, Printed by Edw. Jones, for Christopher Wilkinson, 1687. £2,000 to £3,000.
    <b>Forum, June 15:</b> Hall (Edward). <i>The Union of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancaster & Yorke…,</i> [by Richard Grafton], 1550. £2,200 to £2,500.
    <b>Forum, June 15:</b> Cosmetics.- Jeamson (Thomas). <i>Artificiall Embellishments. Or Arts Best Directions How to Preserve Beauty or Procure it,</i> first edition, Oxford, Printed by William Hall, 1665. £1,000 to £1,500.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>The Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman Collection<br>26 May - 12 June</b>
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> "Cool Hand Luke" | Paul Newman Academy Award® Nomination Plaque. USD$2500 - $3500
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> "Hud" | Bound presentation script incorporating photographic stills. USD$1000 - $1500
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> "The Long, Hot Summer" | Movie Poster. USD$1000 - $1500
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> Joseph Heller | "Catch-22," inscribed to Woodward & Newman by author. USD$500 - $800
    <b><center>Sotheby's<br>The Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman Collection<br>26 May - 12 June</b>
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> George H. W. Bush | Typed Letter Signed, Issuing a "Pardon" to Paul Newman. USD$1500 - $2000
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> William Jefferson Clinton | Inscribed Color Photograph. USD$1000 - $1500
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> Ken Kesey | Typed letter to “Paulnewman,” asking for further compensation for "Sometimes a Great Notion". USD$1000 - $1500
    <b>Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12:</b> "They Might Be Giants" | Costume sketches by Edith Head. USD$1000 - $2000
  • <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>June 14/15<br>Printed Books, Maps, Playing Cards & Games, English Literature, Private Press & Illustrated Books</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, June 14/15:</b> Chinese School. Album of Chinese rice paper paintings of St Helena and Napoleon, circa 1830s/1840s. £700 to £1,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, June 14/15:</b> Speed (John).<i> The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine...,</i> 1676. £3,000 to £5,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, June 14/15:</b> Laroon (Marcellus). <i>The Cryes of the City of London drawne after the Life,</i> 1st edition, 1688. £1,000 to £1,500.
    <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>June 14/15<br>Printed Books, Maps, Playing Cards & Games, English Literature, Private Press & Illustrated Books</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, June 14/15:</b> Thomas Sedgley binding. <i>The Holy Bible,</i> London, 1701, large folio. £2,000 to £3,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, June 14/15:</b> Kipling (Rudyard). The Sussex Edition of the <i>Complete Works in Prose and Verse,</i> 1937-1939. £5,000 to £8,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, June 14/15:</b> Dodgson (Charles). <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,</i> 1886, presentation copy. £500 to £800.
    <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>June 14/15<br>Printed Books, Maps, Playing Cards & Games, English Literature, Private Press & Illustrated Books</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, June 14/15:</b> German tarot cards. Napoleon tarock, Leipzig: Johann Gottfried Herbert, circa 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, June 14/15:</b> Milne (A.A.). <i>The House at Pooh Corner,</i> 1928, inscribed limited deluxe edition of 20. £15,000 to £20,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, June 14/15:</b> Peter Pan. A unique 13.5m (44ft) long needlework nursery frieze, by Helen Stebbing M.R.S.T., 1936. £7,000 to £10,000.
    <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>June 14/15<br>Printed Books, Maps, Playing Cards & Games, English Literature, Private Press & Illustrated Books</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, June 14/15:</b> Peak (Bob, 1928-1992). <i>U.S.A,</i> a mural produced for Trans World Airlines (TWA), 1971. £200 to £400.
    <b>Dominic Winter, June 14/15:</b> Austen (Jane). <i>Pride and Prejudice: a novel,</i> 3 volumes, 2nd edition, London: T. Egerton, 1813. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, June 14/15:</b> Hughes (Ted). Crow, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1970, signed presentation copy. £400 to £600.
  • <b><center>Swann Auction Galleries<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books:<br>At Auction June 22, 2023</b>
    <b>Swann June 22:</b> George Mivart, <i>A Monograph of the Lories, or Brush-Tongued Parrots, Composing the Family Loriidae,</i> London, 1896. $5,000 to $7,000.
    <b>Swann June 22:</b> Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, <i>Atlas Coelestis in Quo Mundus Spectabilis et in Eodem Stellarum Omnium Phoenomena Notabilia, Homann Heirs,</i> 1742. $8,000 to $12,000.
    <b>Swann June 22:</b> John Fisk Allen; & William Sharp, <i>Victoria Regia; or the Great Water Lily of America,</i> Boston, 1854. $15,000 to $20,000.
    <b>Swann June 22:</b> Schenk & Valk, <i>America Septentrionalis,</i> Amsterdam, circa 1694. $2,000 to $3,000.
    <b>Swann June 22:</b> Robert Burton, <i>The English Empire in America…Illustrated with Maps & Pictures,</i> London, 1685. $2,000 to $3,000.
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