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De Baecque and Associes: Antique books - Mr M**'s library

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Auction Name Antique books - Mr M**'s library Total Sales (EUR) 277,420.00
Auction Date September 04, 2025 - September 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 86,840.00
Sale Number #166882 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 130,600.00
Total Lots 214
Sold Lots 182 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 92,560.00
% of Lots Sold 85.05% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 139,350.00
Unsold Lots 32 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 199.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
63 GALVANI (Luigi)

DE VIRIBUS ELECTRICITATIS MOTU MUSCULARI COMMENTARIUS.

1791 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 58,500.00
143

UNIQUE MANUSCRIT ATLAS IN COLOR, DRAWN BY JEAN VIDEL, brianconnais, drawn in 1662 and 1663, totaling 58 maps (all dated between 1661 and 1663)

 1661-1663 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 26,000.00
133 VALVERDE DE HAMUSCO (J)

HISTORIA DE LA COMPOSICION DEL CUERPO HUMANO.

1556 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 14,950.00
2 AGRICOLA (Georges)

DE RE METALLICA LIBRI XII. Quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia denique ad mettalicam spectantia... Ejusdem De Animantibus subterraneis liber...

1556 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 13,650.00
58 FRANKLIN (Benjamin)

NEW EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON ELECTRICITY MADE AT PHILADELPHIA IN AMERICA.... and communicated in several letters to Peter Collinson.

 1760 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 13,000.00
106 OBSEQUENS (J) - LYCOSTHENE (K)

PRODIGIORUM AC OSTENTORUM CHRONICON, quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ab exordio mundi usque ad haec nostra tempora.

1557 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 11,050.00
37 CUVIER (Georges)

LE REGNE ANIMAL distributed d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux, et d'introduction a l'Anatomie comparee. Edition accompanied by engraved plates, representing the types of all genera, the distinctive characters

 (1836-49) EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 7,150.00
134 VESALE (A.)

DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA LIBRI VII.

1568 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,760.00
34 CLEYER (Andreas)

SPECIMEN MEDICINAE SINICAE, SIVE OPUSCULA MEDICA AD MENTEM SINENSIUM...

1682 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 6,500.00
155 COOK (J.)

VOYAGE DANS L'HEMISPHERE AUSTRAL, ET AUTOUR DU MONDE, fait sur les vaisseaux de roi l'Aventure & la Resolution, en 1772, 1773, 1774, & 1775 ; dans lequel on a insere la relation du Capitaine Furneaux, & celle de MM. Forster.

 1778 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 6,500.00
64 GALVANI (Luigi)

MEMORIE SULLA ELETTRICITA ANIMALE... Al celebre Abate Lazzaro Spallanzani... Aggiunte alcune elettriche esperienze di Gio. Aldini....

1797 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 4,940.00
177 LA FONTAINE (Jean de)

FABLES CHOISIES, mises en vers.

 1755-1759 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,550.00
68 GUERICKE (Otto von)

EXPERIMENTA NOVA (UT VOCANTUR) MAGDEBURGICA DE VACUO SPATIO.

 1672 EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,900.00
80 KIRCHER (A)

SPHINX MYSTAGOGA, sive Diatribe hieroglyphica qua Mumiae, ex Memphiticis Pyramidum...

 1676 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,900.00
189 [MOLIERE - FELIBIEN].

LES PLAISIRS DE L'ISLE ENCHANTEE (1673) - RELATION DE LA FESTE DE VERSAILLES (1679) - LES DIVERTISSEMENS DE VERSAILLES (1676)

 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,250.00
23 BUFFON.

OEUVRES COMPLETES augmentees par Cuvier... de deux volumes supplementaires offrant la description des mammiferes et des oiseaux les plus remarquables decouverts jusqu'a ce jour.

 1829-31 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,860.00
3 ALDINI (G)

DE ANIMALI ELECTRICITATE DISSERTATIONES DUAE.

1794 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,600.00
197 OROSE (Paul)

LE PREMIER - LE SECOND VOLUME DE OROSE.

 1509 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,600.00
192 NAUSEA (Friedrich)

LIBRI MIRABILIUM SEPTEM.

1532 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,470.00
82 KIRCHER (A) - PETRUCCI (G)

PRODOMO APOLOGETICO ALLI STUDI CHIRCHERIANI. Nella quale con un apparato di Saggi diversi, si da prova dell'esquisito Studio ha tenuto il Celebratissimo Padre Atanasio Chircher

 1677 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,340.00
173 HUYSMANS.

L'OBLAT.

 1903 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 2,080.00
163 FENELON (Francois Salignac de la Mothe)

THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMAQUE.

 1785 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,015.00
71 HAUKSBEE (Francis)

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL EXPERIMENTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, containing an Account of several Surprising Phenomena touching Light and Electricity...

 1709 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,950.00
81 KIRCHER (Athanasius)

MAGNES, SIVE DE ARTE MAGNETICA. Opus tripartitum, quo universa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus scientijs & artibus usus.

1654 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,950.00
120

SCELTA SI OPUSCULI INTERESSANTI TRADOTII DA VARIE LINGUE.

1775-77 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,950.00
  • <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> NEWTON, ISAAC. <i>Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.</i> London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. <i>Theatrum orbis terrarum.</i> 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BECKMANN, MAX. <i>Apokalypse.</i> Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. <i>Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln.</i> AND: <i>Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln…</i> CHF 30,000 to 50,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. <i>Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten.</i> Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ian Fleming. <i>Casino Royale,</i> London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. <i>Winnie The Pooh,</i> United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000. <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> L. Frank Baum. <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,</i> Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Man Ray. <i>Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934,</i> Hartford, 1934. $7,860. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Pennant. <i>Zoologia Britannica,</i> Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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  • <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000