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Auction Name	Books, Autographs, and Prints	Total Sales (EUR)	487,189.20
Auction Date	November 20, 2024 - November 21, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	276,980.00
Sale Number	#112024	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	380,120.00
Total Lots	398
Sold Lots	215	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	660,350.00
% of Lots Sold	54.02%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	862,450.00
Unsold Lots	183	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	56.49%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
168	Dante Alighieri	La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata	1757-1758	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 62,880.00
11	Dante Alighieri	La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo]	1477-'78.	EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	EUR 61,570.00
12	Dante Alighieri	La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio]	18 novembre 1491.	EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	EUR 22,270.00
13	Dante Alighieri	La Commedia. [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino con l'aggiunta del Pseudo- Dante, Il Credo]	3 marzo 1491.	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 19,650.00
14	Dante Alighieri	La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus. Edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunti: Pseudo- Dante: Il Credo]	29 novembre 1493.	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 18,340.00
25	Dante Alighieri	Danthe alighieri fiorentino historiado.	1507 adi XVII de zugno.	EUR 12,000.00 - 14,000.00	EUR 18,340.00
87	Petrarca, Francesco	Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha	1504	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 13,100.00
318	Proust, Marcel	Les plaisirs et les jours	1896	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 10,480.00
44	Boccaccio, Giovanni	Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio	1516	EUR 3,500.00 - 4,200.00	EUR 9,170.00
247	Mercati, Michele	Metallotheca Opus Posthumum	1719	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 7,860.00
282	Dante Alighieri	La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con tavole in rame	1819-1821	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,860.00
24	Dante Alighieri	Commedia di Dante insieme con vno dialogo circa el sito forma et misure dello Inferno - Dialogo di Antonio Manetti ...circa al sito, forma...	1506 a di XX d'agosto.	EUR 4,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,205.00
28	Dante Alighieri	Opere del diuino poeta Danthe con suoi comenti recorrecti et con ogne diligentia nouamente in littera cursiua impresse	1520	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 7,205.00
31	Dante Alighieri	La Comedia di Dante Aligieri [!] con la noua espositione di Alessandro Vellutello	1544	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 7,205.00
263	Nicolas-Gabriel Le Clerc	Histoire physique, morale, civile et politique de la Russie ancienne [et moderne]	1783-1794	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 6,812.00
15	Dante Alighieri	La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus). Edita da Piero Mazzanti. Aggiunte: Marsilius Ficinus. Ad Dantem gratulatio; Dante Alighieri, Pseudo-. Il Credo]	11 ottobre 1497.	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 6,550.00
39	Dante Alighieri	La Vita Nuova	1576	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 6,288.00
228	Giovan Battista Nolli	Nuova pianta di Roma data in luce da Giambattista Nolli l'anno 1748		EUR 4,500.00 - 9,000.00	EUR 6,288.00
30	Dante Alighieri	Comedia del diuino poeta Danthe Alighieri, con la dotta & leggiadra spositione di Christophoro Landino	1536, (1536).	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 5,895.00
38	Dante Alighieri	La Diuina Commedia di Dante Alighieri nobile fiorentino ridotta a miglior lezione dagli Accademici della Crusca	1595	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,240.00
395		Verve. Revue artistique et litteraire.	1937-1960	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,240.00
32	Dante Alighieri	Lo 'Nferno e 'l Purgatorio e 'l Paradiso dil diuino poeta Dante Alighieri	1545	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 4,585.00
373	Adolph Friedlander	Don Manuelo		EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 4,585.00
35	Dante Alighieri	Dante con l'espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di Alessandro Vellutello	1564	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 4,323.00
2	Dino Buzzati	Polonia Sett 1969 -		EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,930.00

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

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High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
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High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
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High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD