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Auction Name	Fine Art Books	Total Sales (EUR)	8,432.50
Auction Date	March 03, 2025 - March 03, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	4,300.00
Sale Number	#162787	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	6,660.00
Total Lots	106
Sold Lots	81	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	6,660.00
% of Lots Sold	76.42%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	9,940.00
Unsold Lots	25	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	84.83%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
92		[REVUES BRAUX ARTS]. Important ensemble de revues Plaisir de France : numeros publies entre 1936 et 1971		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 1,062.50
84		[ARCHITECTURE - L'architecture d'aujourd'hui]...	1933	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 675.00
42		[SURREALISME]. Lot de 3 volumes : - LOEPSINGER Lutz, MICHLER Ralf, Salvador DALI...	1924-1980	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 400.00
25		[BEAUX-ARTS] Lot de 2 volumes : NAVARRA Enrico, CASSIGNEUL...	1965-1978	EUR 30.00 - 50.00	EUR 325.00
60	LEE CORLETT Mary, Roy LICHTENSTEIN,	The prints of Roy Lichtenstein, Catalogue raisonne 1948-1997	2002	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 325.00
44		[ECOLE DE PARIS]. Lot de 3 volumes : - SORLIER Charles, Chagall Lithographe 1962-1968...	1969	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 287.50
56	[Olivier DEBRE]. Francis PONGE,	Pour Olivier Debre...	1963	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 262.50
81		[ARTS DECORATIFS] - BORDIER, Roger, l'Art Moderne et l'Objet...	1978	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 225.00
106		[L'OEIL REVUE INTERNATIONALE D'ART]. Important lot des revues ndeg199 a 257 publiees entre juillet 1971 et decembre 1976...		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 225.00
49	SORLIER Charles,	Bernard BUFFET Lithographe II 1979 -- 1986	1979	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 218.75
105		[L'OEIL REVUE INTERNATIONALE D'ART]. Important lot des revues ndeg109 a 190 publiees entre mai 1957 a decembre 1963		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 218.75
22	JACOB Mira, Paul DELVAUX	[SURREALISME]. Graphic Work	1976	EUR 30.00 - 50.00	EUR 206.25
17	EMMANUEL Pierre, Marcel GROMAIRE	[ECOLE DE PARIS]. Catalogue raisonne	1976	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 193.75
43	DESCHARNES Robert et Nicolas,	Salvador DALI, Le dur et le mou, Sortileges et magie des formes	2003	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 193.75
54	[ECOLE DE PARIS]. WEBEL Sophie,	JEAN DUBUFFET L'oeuvre gravee et les livres illustres par Jean Dubuffet	1991	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 193.75
104		[L'OEIL REVUE INTERNATIONALE D'ART]. Important lot des revues ndeg29 a 108 publiees entre mai 1957 a decembre 1963		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 187.50
7	[MEISSONIER] FURHING Peter,	Meissonier, Un genie du rococo,	1999	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 175.00
48	FERRARI Germana,	MATTA Index dell'Opera Grafica dal 1969 al 1980	1980	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 150.00
93		[REVUES BEAUX ARTS]. Ensemble de revues sur l'Art comprenant : - L'Amour de l'Art : annees 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1935, 19458, 1949...		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 131.25
95		[ARCHITECTURE]. Ensemble de revues L'Artchitecture d'Aujourd'hui...		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 125.00
47	SABATIER Roland, Roberto MATTA	[SURREALISME]. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre grave, 1943-1974	1975	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 112.50
82		[ART ET DECORATION]. Ensemble de revues Annee 1920...		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 112.50
83		[PHOTOGRAPHIE] - CAUJOLLE, Christian, Freund Gisele, Itineraire...	1985	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 112.50
94		[CONNAISSANCE DES ARTS]. Important ensemble de revues des annees 1955, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 112.50
58	POLIAKOFF Alexis, SCHNEIDER Gerard,	Serge POLIAKOFF, Graphik Estampes Prints	1998	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 106.25

Fonsie Mealy’s
Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
April 30th & May 1st

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.
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.
Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

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
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

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.
Sotheby's
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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
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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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