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Auction Name Royalty at Versailles Total Sales (EUR) 16,266.00
Auction Date February 23, 2025 - February 23, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 9,030.00
Sale Number #160499 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 11,870.00
Total Lots 29
Sold Lots 19 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 35,480.00
% of Lots Sold 65.52% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 46,520.00
Unsold Lots 10 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 34.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
82

LOUIS BY THE GRACE OF GOD KING OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE
Letter patent on parchment

1818 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,606.00
29 ORDER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. -

The Statutes of the Order of the Holy Spirit.

 1788 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,447.00
10

RARE SUITE OF FOURTEEN FRAMED, OVAL-SHAPED ANTIQUE ENGRAVINGS FEATURING PORTRAITS

EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,318.00
81

LOUIS BY THE GRACE OF GOD KING OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE

 1818 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,224.00
12 CHARLES - NICOLAS COCHIN (1715-1790)

Perspective view of the decoration erected on the terrace of the Chateau de Versailles

1751 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,159.00
6

ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1679 - PUBLICATION OF THE PEACE BETWEEN FRANCE AND HOLLAND, SEPTEMBER 29, 1678

 1679, 1678 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 773.00
33

RICHLY BOUND WITH THE ARMS OF LOUIS XV L'Office de la Semaine Sainte a l'usage de la maison du Roy

1748 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 773.00
11

SET OF FOUR ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING THE ROYAL FAMILY

 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 708.00
3

SET OF SEVEN VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES OF ROYAL RESIDENCES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 515.00
27 JACQUES DE VORAGINE (Giacomo da Varragio, dit).

Sermones aurei pulcherrimi de tempore per totum anni circulu[m].

1533 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 438.00
26 MOZART (Wolfgang-Amadeus) and miscellaneous.

Set of approximately 40 scores, most engraved on copperplate. Mainly from the 1820s.

1820s EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 386.00
2 AFTER HARTMANN SCHEDEL (1440-1513) AND THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLES (1493)

Set of two engravings including: - De Polonia Sarmatica (Lithuania) - Sabac CCLIII (Serbia)

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 348.00
1

SET INCLUDING : - 18th-century optical view of the Tuileries Palace from the Garden side

 18th-century EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 322.00
9

SET OF TWO 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS

18TH CENTURY EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 322.00
32

ITALIAN WORK FROM THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Notebook and blotter belonging to an Italian clergyman.

 1757-1759 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 283.00
34

DOCUMENTATION SET INCLUDING: - Memoires historiques sur Louis XVII, roi de France et de Navarre, by H. Nicolle, 1817.

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 232.00
14

A SET OF 14 ANNUAL PORTABLE CALENDARS MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD

 19th century EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 180.00
69 MARIE-FRANCOISE RENEE DE TURGOT

MOVING HANDWRITTEN PRAYER BY MARIE-FRANCOISE RENEE DE TURGOT, COMTESSE DE COUVERT, (1773-1885)

 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 129.00
8 ROBERT NANTEUIL (1623-1678), AFTER

Rare portrait of Louis Hesselin, Conseiller d'Etat, Maitre de la Chambre aux Deniers (1602-1662)

 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 103.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’sRare Books & Collectors’ SaleApril 30th & May 1st Fonsie Mealy’sRare Books & Collectors’ SaleApril 30th & May 1st
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    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
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    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
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    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
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    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
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