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Auction Name	Bourdel Library	Total Sales (EUR)	1,832,575.36
Auction Date	June 19, 2024 - June 19, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	603,950.00
Sale Number	#4456	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	798,450.00
Total Lots	165
Sold Lots	153	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	636,950.00
% of Lots Sold	92.73%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	842,350.00
Unsold Lots	12	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	217.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
153	Michel de MONTAIGNE.	Essais. Livre premier & second.	EUR 35,000.00 - 45,000.00	EUR 131,200.00
93	Etienne de LA BOETIE.	Vers Francois de feu Estienne De La Boetie...	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 104,960.00
18	Sebastian BRANDT.	La nef des folz du monde.	EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 94,464.00
160	[Michel de MONTAIGNE]. Raymond SEBON[DE].	De La Theologie naturelle... en laquelle par l'ordre de Nature, est demonstree la verite de la Foy Chrestienne & Catholique,	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 89,216.00
22	[Jacobus de CESSOLIS].	Le Ieu des eschez moralise nouvellement imprime a Paris.	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 72,160.00
155	Michel de MONTAIGNE.	Essais... Reveus & augmentez.	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 51,168.00
154	Michel de MONTAIGNE.	Essais... Edition seconde, revueue et augmentee.	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 47,232.00
13	[Simon BOUGOUINC].	Lespinette du ieune prince Conquerant Le royaulme de bonne renommee Nouvellement Imprime a Paris. Cum privilegio.	EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00	EUR 45,920.00
145	[Charles ESTIENNE].	La guide des chemins de France.	EUR 4,500.00 - 5,500.00	EUR 45,920.00
25	Alain CHARTIER.	Les fais maistre alain charetier.	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 39,360.00
91	Louise LABE.	Euvres de Louize Labe lionnoise. Revues & corrigees par ladite Dame.	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 36,736.00
118	Pierre de RONSARD.	Les OEuvres...	EUR 35,000.00 - 45,000.00	EUR 34,112.00
136	Helisenne de CRENNE (Marguerite Briet, dite).	Les Angoysses Douloureuses qui procedent Damours : composees par Dame Helisenne. Premiere [seconde ; tierce] Partie. De Crenne.	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 34,112.00
156	Michel de MONTAIGNE.	Essais... Cinquiesme edition, augmentee d'un troisiesme livre : et de six cens additions aux deux premiers.	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 34,112.00
28	[CHRISTINE de PISAN].	Sensuit lepistre de Othea deesse de prudece moralisee ...	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 31,488.00
44		Le DOCTRINAL DES FEMMES MARIEES.	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 30,176.00
68	Guillaume COQUILLART.	Les OEuvres maistre Guillaume Coquillart en son vivant Official de Reims nouvellement reveues...	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 30,176.00
33		Les CONTENANCES DE LA TABLE.	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 28,864.00
92	Louise LABE.	Euvres..., du debat de Folie & d'Amour.	EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	EUR 27,552.00
164	[Le ROMAN de RENARD].	DOCTEUR EN MALICE, MAISTRE REGNARD,	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 24,928.00
27	Alain CHARTIER [Achille CAULIER].	Cy comence lospital damours.	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 23,616.00
38		Le DEBAT DE LA DAME ET DE LESCUYER NOUVELLEMENT FAICT.	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 23,616.00
89	Amadis JAMYN.	Les OEuvres poetiques...	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 23,616.00
23	Symphorien CHAMPIER et Robert de BALSAT.	La nef des princes et des batailles de noblesse ...	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 19,680.00
49	[Gratien DU PONT].	Les Controversses des Sexes Masculin et Femenin.	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 19,680.00

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 732. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 361. One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1585) Est. $9,500 - $12,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 55. Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1545) Est. $6,000 - $7,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 27. Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map of the World Published After WWI (1924) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 637. Complete Example of De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VIII (1606) Est. $4,750 - $5,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 50. Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (1511) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 399. One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland by John Speed (1610) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 689. Pictorial Map of Melbourne in the Style of MacDonald Gill (1934) Est. $900 - $1,100

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 652. Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa in Full Contemporary Color (1663) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 729. Hand-Colored Image of David Handing the Letter to Uriah (1518) Est. $1,000 - $1,300

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 533. Eight-Volume Set Recounting Travels of Anacharsis in Greece (1789) Est. $800 - $950
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier). The History of the Bucaniers of America..., 4 parts in one, 3rd edition, 1704. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Greenough (George Bellos). A Physical and Geological Map of England & Wales..., Geological Society, July 1865. £5,000-8,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Illuminated Psalter. Manuscript Psalter with Calendar, Flanders or North-East France, late 13th century. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Use of Rome, in Latin, Florence, c. 1470s. £3,000-5,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522. £3,000-5,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae..., 1555. £20,000-30,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Llwyd (Humphrey). The Breviary of Britayne..., 1st edition in English, 1573. William Lambarde's copy. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Embroidered Binding. The Whole Book of Psalmes..., Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1634. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Astronomy Manuscript. [Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c.1655). Tabulae Britannicae, the British tables…], late 17th c. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Elew (Jan Barend, publisher). Nederlandsch bloemwerk, Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1794. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Vellucent Art Nouveau Binding [Book of Common Prayer] by Herbert Granville Fell, 1900. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books, 2nd edition, 1721. £2,000-3,000
Sotheby’s
10 September 2024
The Shem Tov Bible
Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000

Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

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