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Ferraton: Books and Prints, Part 1

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Auction Name Books and Prints, Part 1 Total Sales (EUR) 107,350.00
Auction Date December 13, 2013 - December 13, 2013 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 35,895.00
Sale Number #24597 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 55,130.00
Total Lots 518
Sold Lots 428 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 61,695.00
% of Lots Sold 82.63% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 92,040.00
Unsold Lots 90 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 116.63%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
118

Manuscrit date. Regle de saint Benoit. Manuscrit latin sur velin acheve d'etre copie le 25 octobre 1431 a Sainte-Justine de Padoue sous l'abbatiat de Ludovico Barbo, fondateur de la congregation de Sainte-Justine de Padoue.

1431 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
77 MONTAIGNE (Michel de).

Journal du voyage de Michel de Montaigne en Italie, par la Suisse et l'Allemagne, en 1580 et 1581 ; avec des notes par M. de Querlon.

1774 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 6,375.00
121 BERTHIER (Marechal Louis

Relation de la Bataille de Marengo, gagnee le 25 Prairial An 9, par Napoleon Bonaparte, Premier Consul, Commandant en personne l'armee francaise de reserve, sur les Autrichiens,

1806 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
453 HERGE.

Ensemble de 17 cartes postales en couleurs Joyeux Noel et Bonne Annee representant diverses scenes avec Tintin, Milou, les Dupont-Dupond, le capitaine Haddock... relatives a ces deux fetes. La plupart sont timbrees avec cachet de la poste de 1942.

EUR 50.00 - 75.00 EUR 4,000.00
499 ROPS (Felicien).

L'Agonie.

EUR 75.00 - 100.00 EUR 2,250.00
85

Ordonnance de Louis XIV roy de France donnee a Saint Germain en Laye au mois d'Aoust 1670. Pour les matieres criminelles.

1670 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,750.00
214 BIBLE DE GUTENBERG.-

Biblia Sacra Mazarinaea.

1985 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,500.00
454 HERGE.

Ensemble de 8 cartes postales en couleurs Vroolijk Kerstfeest et Gelukkig Nieuwjaar representant diverses scenes avec Tintin, Milou, les Dupont-Dupond, le capitaine Haddock... relatives a ces deux fetes. La plupart sont timbrees avec cachet de la poste de

1942 EUR 25.00 - 50.00 EUR 1,375.00
88 PERRAULT [(Charles)].

Les Hommes illustres qui ont paru en France pendant ce Siecle : avec leurs portraits au naturel.

1696 et 1700 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,250.00
304 HAARDT (G.-M.) et AUDOUIN-DUBREUIL

(L.). La Croisiere noire. Expedition Citroen centre-Afrique. 80 gravures h. t., 4 cartes et 57 compositions decoratives.

1927 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,250.00
34 [DORAT].

Les Baisers, precedes du Mois de Mai, Poeme.

1770 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,187.50
106 SALES (Saint Francois de) GAMBART (Adrien).

La Vie Symbolique du Bienheureux Francois de Sales, Evesque et Prince de Geneve ; comprise sous le voile de 52 Emblemes qui marquent le caractere de ses principales vertus, avec autant de Meditations, ou Reflexions pieuses, pour exciter les ames Chrestie

1664 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,187.50
108 SEGOING (Charles).

Armorial universel, contenant les Armes des principales Maisons, Estatz et Dignitez des plus considerables Royaumes de l'Europe.

1654 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,062.50
49 JUAN (Don George) et ULLOA (Antonio de).

Historische reisbeschryving van geheel Zuid-America ; gedaan op bevel des konings van Spanje.

1771 et 1772 (1773 ) EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,000.00
101 ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques).

Emile, ou de l'Education.

1762 EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,000.00
345 BUFFON (Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de).

Oeuvres complete, suivie de ses continuareurs Daubenton, Lacepede, Cuvier, Dumeril, Poiret, Lesson et Geoffroy-St-Hilaire. Seule edition complete avec figures coloriees.

1828 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 812.50
78 MONTESQUIEU (Charles-Louis Secondat de).

Arsace et Ismenie. Histoire orientale.

1783 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 775.00
64 [LONGEPIERRE (Hilaire)].

Discours sur les Anciens.

1687 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 750.00
197 LA BARRIERE (Chev. de).

[Collection historique des principales vues des Pays-Bas dessinee par le Chevalier de La Barriere, J.B. de Jonghe et L. Hague. Imprimee par M. C. Aubry. Tournay, 1823].

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 725.00
79 [MONTESQUIEU (Charles-Louis Segondat de)].

Lettres persanes, suivies du Temple de Gnide.

1777 EUR 75.00 - 100.00 EUR 687.50
83

111 gravures de Moreau le Jeune Le Nouveau Testament

1793 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 687.50
93 RABELAIS (Francois).

Oeuvres de Maitre Francois Rabelais, avec des remarques historiques et critiques de M. Le Duchat. Nouv. edition ornee de figures de B. Picart, etc. Augmentee de quantite de nouvelles remarques de M. Le Duchat, de celles de l'edition anglaise des Oeuvres d

1741 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 625.00
104 AINT-PIERRE (Bernardin de).

Etudes de la nature.

1784 [ 1788] EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 625.00
109 SEVIGNE (Madame de).

Recueil des lettres de Madame la marquise de Sevigne a Madame la comtesse de Grignan, sa fille. Nouvelle edition.

1738 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 625.00
169 LAJARD (Felix).

Introduction a l'etude du culte public et des mysteres de Mithra en Orient et en Occident. Planches.

1847 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 625.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
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