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Auction Name	Maps and Atlases - bidstart 6/5	Total Sales (USD)	237,105.80
Auction Date	June 19, 2024 - June 19, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	251,720.00
Sale Number	#198	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	307,480.00
Total Lots	752
Sold Lots	574	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	326,550.00
% of Lots Sold	76.33%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	398,970.00
Unsold Lots	178	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	59.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
125	Fry, Joshua & Jefferson, Peter	[On 4 Sheets] A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia Containing the Whole Province of Maryland with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina	1775	USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 12,650.00
4	Blaeu, Willem	Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula	1642 (circa)	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 10,350.00
3	Hondius, Henricus	Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula	1641	USD 9,500.00 - 11,000.00	USD 8,625.00
50	Ortelius, Abraham	Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio	1587	USD 5,500.00 - 7,000.00	USD 5,100.00
258	Bry, Theodore de	[Grands Voyages, Part I - 27 Plates of Virginia Natives & Picts]	1608	USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00	USD 4,800.00
49	Munster, Sebastian	Die Neuwen Inseln /so Hinder Hispanien Gegen Orient bey dem Landt Indie Ligen	1556	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,500.00
123	Keulen, Johannes van	Pas Kaart van de Zee Kusten van Virginia Tusschen C Henry en t Hooge Land van Renselaars Hoek	1695 (circa)	USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00	USD 4,200.00
51	Speed, John	America with Those Known Parts in that Unknowne Worlde Both People and Manner of Buildings Discribed and Inlarged	1626	USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00	USD 3,300.00
190	Bry, Theodore de	[Grands Voyages, Part II] Der Ander Theil / der Newlich Erfundenen Landtschafft Americae, von Dreyen Schiffahrten / so die Frantzosen in Floridam...	1603	USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,300.00
518	Haupt, Gottfried Jacob	Nova et Accurata Tartariae Europaeae seu Minores et in Specie Crimeae Delineatio Geographica...	1740 (circa)	USD 1,000.00 - 1,400.00	USD 3,300.00
631	Ptolemy/Berlinghieri	Tabula Nona d Asia	1482 (circa)	USD 1,900.00 - 2,200.00	USD 3,000.00
673	Blaeu, Johannes	America	1662 (circa)	USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00	USD 3,000.00
717	Tanner, Henry Schenck	A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World...	1845	USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00	USD 2,880.00
104	Maury, M. F.	The Washington Map of the United States	1861	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,520.00
609	Ortelius, Abraham	Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, Nova Descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio	1584	USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00	USD 2,400.00
118	Johnston, Alexander K.	United States and Texas	1844 (circa)	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,160.00
127	Mercator/Hondius	Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, Nova Descriptio	1636	USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00	USD 2,040.00
333	Ortelius, Abraham	Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.	1579	USD 2,300.00 - 2,750.00	USD 2,040.00
618	Ptolemy/Fries	India Orientalis	1535	USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,040.00
11	Seutter, Matthias	Diversi Globi Terr-Aquei Statione Variante et Visu Intercedente, per Coluros Tropicorum, per Ambos Polos et Particul. Sphaerae Zenith...	1742 (circa)	USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,920.00
90	Homann, Johann Baptist	Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae a R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali Anno 1687...	1720 (circa)	USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00	USD 1,800.00
347	Bowen, Thomas	Atlas Anglicanus, or a Complete Sett of Maps of the Counties of South Britain; Divided into Their Respective Hundreds, Wapentakes, Wards, Rapes, Lathes &c...	1777	USD 2,000.00 - 2,750.00	USD 1,800.00
295	Loon, Jan van	Pascaerte vande Caribes, S. Iuan de Porte Rico, de Oosthoeck van I. Spangnola als Mede de Vaste Cust van Nueva Andalusia...	1666 (circa)	USD 750.00 - 900.00	USD 1,680.00
246	Bradford, Thomas Gamaliel	Texas	1843 (circa)	USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,560.00
341	Camden, William	Guili. Camdeni Viri Clarissimi Britannia, sive Florentiss. Regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, Insularumq Adiacentium ex Intima Antiquitate Descriptio...	1639	USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	USD 1,560.00

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
Gonnelli
Auction 58
Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
March 11th-13th 2025

Gonnelli: Manuscript and illuminated book of hours, mid-15th century.

Gonnelli: Sumptuous Koran manuscript by Bukhara illuminators in the mid-nineteenth century.

Gonnelli: Rowling J. K., Harry Potter e la Pietra Filosofale. Firenze: Adriano Salani, 1998.

Gonnelli: Fontana Lucio, Dix eaux-fortes. Milano: Galerie Schwarz, 1962.

Gonnelli: Valli Antonio, Il canto de gl'augelli. In Roma, Nicolò Mutij, 1601.

Gonnelli: Moniglia Giovanni Andrea, Il Mondo Festeggiante. In Firenze: nella Stamperia di S.A.S., 1661.

Gonnelli: Alighieri Dante, [Divine Comedy with commentary and Life of Dante by Cristoforo Landino]. Danthe alegieri fiorentino. Venezia, Capcasa, 1493.

Gonnelli: Foresti, Novissime historiarum. Venezia, Rusconi, 1506.

Gonnelli: Hieronymus (santo), Vita di sancti Padri vulgariter historiada. Venezia, Otino da Pavia, 1501.

Gonnelli: Ghisi Andrea, Laberinto dato novamente in luce. In Venetia: per Euangelista Deuchino, 1616.

Gonnelli: Gouvea Antonio (de), Innocentia victrix. [China, Canton], 1671.

Gonnelli: Napier John, Rabdologiae, seu numerationis per virgulas libri duo. Edinburgi: Andreas Hart, 1617.

Gonnelli: Ortelius Abraham, Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antverpiae: Aegid. Coppenium Diesth, xx Maii 1570.

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