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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€ -
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000 -
Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
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Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700)
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) | Total Sales (EUR) | 7,516.64 |
| Auction Date | February 19, 2025 - February 19, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 7,665.00 |
| Sale Number | #21925 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 9,345.00 |
| Total Lots | 47 | ||
| Sold Lots | 29 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 19,260.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 61.70% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 23,080.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 18 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 32.57% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93588087 | Guillaume Joseph Grelot | Relation nouvelle d'un voyage de Constantinople |
1680 | EUR 950.00 - 1,050.00 | EUR 1,444.25 |
| 93236001 | Jean-Baptiste Panthot | Traite des dragons et des escarboucles |
1691 | EUR 650.00 - 950.00 | EUR 773.90 |
| 93272459 | J.L Rigaud; B Barthe | La composition de la theriaque, du mithridat, des confections d'hyacinthe et d'alkermes et de |
1689 | EUR 475.00 - 525.00 | EUR 479.60 |
| 93298476 | Anne-Marie d'Auvergne | Secrets touchant la medecine |
1668 | EUR 800.00 - 900.00 | EUR 479.60 |
| 93464739 | Michel de Montaigne | Les Essais de Michel, seigneur de Montaigne |
1611 | EUR 250.00 - 280.00 | EUR 381.50 |
| 93293519 | Homere | L'iliade... avec la suite d'icelle, ensemble le Ravissement d'Helene, sugiect de l'histoire de |
1627 | EUR 350.00 - 400.00 | EUR 348.80 |
| 93406136 | Simon Foucher | Traite des hygrometres ou machines pour mesurer la secheresse et l'humidite de l'air |
1686 | EUR 220.00 - 400.00 | EUR 317.19 |
| 93545044 | Jean Leurechon | Recreations mathematiques. Composees, de plusieurs problemes, plaisans & facetieux, d'arithmetique, |
1628 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 305.20 |
| 93463262 | Cesar de Plaix | Le Passe-partout des Peres Jesuites, apporte d'Italie par le docteur de Palestine, gentilhomme |
1606 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 261.60 |
| 93500614 | Me Claude Le Caron | Commentaire sur les coustumes du gouvernement de Peronne, Mondidier et Roye |
1660 | EUR 280.00 - 310.00 | EUR 257.24 |
| 93448641 | Pierre Coton | Institution Catholique ou est declaree et confirmee la verite de la foi contre les heresies et les |
1610 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 219.09 |
| 93465444 | Julien Hayneufve | Le Grand chemin qui perd le monde, comme on y entre, comme on en sort |
1646 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 218.00 |
| 93528157 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus | Les oeuvres de C. Corneille Tacite |
1644 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 218.00 |
| 93530221 | Louis de Grenade | Les oeuvres spirituelles et devotes du R. Pere Loys de Grenade, religieux de l'ordre Sainct |
1628 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 218.00 |
| 93330069 | De Solleysel | Le parfait mareschal qui enseigne a connoistre la beaute, la bonte et les defauts des chevaux - la |
1693 | EUR 200.00 - 220.00 | EUR 196.20 |
| 93482968 | Philippe des Portes | Les premieres oeuvres de Philippes des Portes |
1687 | EUR 200.00 - 220.00 | EUR 174.40 |
| 93440900 | Gabriel Daniel | Voiage du Monde de Descartes |
1691 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 152.60 |
| 93287613 | Balthasar de Monconys | Les voyages de Monsieur De Monconys en Allemagne, et le troisieme qu'il a fait en Italie |
1695 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 134.07 |
| 93591419 | Moliere. | Psiche. Tragedie- ballet |
1672 | EUR 150.00 - 350.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 93518537 | Paul Thomas | Replique de monsieur de Girac a monsieur Costar |
1660 | EUR 210.00 - 250.00 | EUR 104.64 |
| 93559515 | Homere | L'odyssee d'Homere, Nouvelle traduction |
1681 | Not Available | EUR 102.46 |
| 93490733 | Tacite / Rodolphe Le Maistre trad. | Les OEuvres de C. Cornelius Tacitus |
1627 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 98.10 |
| 93289404 | N. Perrot | Les Commentaires de Cesar |
1700 | Not Available | EUR 97.01 |
| 93562138 | [Louis Martin] | L'Eschole [Ecole] de Salerne en suite le Poeme macaronique. En vers burlesques |
1664 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 92.65 |
| 93450498 | Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy | Le Saint Evangile de Jesus-Christ selon Saint Matthieu et selon Saint Luc / Epitres de Saint Paul |
1708/1691 | Not Available | EUR 87.20 |
