• <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):</b><br>Lot 51. Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World - Second Plate in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $5,500 - $6,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):</b><br>Lot 165. Reduced-Size Edition of Jefferys/Mead Map with Revolutionary War Updates (1776) Est. $4,750 - $6,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):</b><br>Lot 688. Blaeu's Superb Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):</b><br>Lot 105. Striking Map of French Colonial Possessions (1720) Est. $2,750 - $3,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):</b><br>Lot 98. Rare First Edition of the First Published Plan of a Settlement in North America (1556) Est. $3,000 - $3,750 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):</b><br>Lot 181. Important Map of the Georgia Colony (1748) Est. $2,750 - $3,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):</b><br>Lot 547. Ortelius' Map of Russia with a Vignette of Ivan the Terrible in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $1,400 - $1,700 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):</b><br>Lot 85. Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America (1720) Est. $1,600 - $1,900 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):</b><br>Lot 642. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):</b><br>Lot 748. The Martyrdom of St. John in Contemporary Hand Color with Gilt Highlights (1520) Est. $1,000 - $1,300 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):</b><br>Lot 298. Scarce Early Map of Chester County (1822) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 51. Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World - Second Plate in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $5,500 - $6,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 165. Reduced-Size Edition of Jefferys/Mead Map with Revolutionary War Updates (1776) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 688. Blaeu's Superb Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 105. Striking Map of French Colonial Possessions (1720) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 98. Rare First Edition of the First Published Plan of a Settlement in North America (1556) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 181. Important Map of the Georgia Colony (1748) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 547. Ortelius' Map of Russia with a Vignette of Ivan the Terrible in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 85. Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America (1720) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 642. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 748. The Martyrdom of St. John in Contemporary Hand Color with Gilt Highlights (1520) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 298. Scarce Early Map of Chester County (1822) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
  • <b><center>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction November 25th</center></b> <b>Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:</b><br>H. Schedel, <i>Liber chronicarum,</i> 1493. Est: € 25,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:</b><br>P. O. Runge, <i>Farben-Kugel,</i> 1810. Est: € 8,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:</b><br>W. Kandinsky, <i>Klänge,</i> 1913. Est: € 20,000 <b><center>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction November 25th</center></b> <b>Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:</b><br>W. Burley, <i>De vita et moribus philosophorum,</i> 1473. Est: € 4,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:</b><br>M. B. Valentini, <i>Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile,</i> 1719. Est: € 12,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:</b><br><i>PAN,</i> 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000 <b><center>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction November 25th</center></b> <b>Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:</b><br>J. de Gaddesden, <i>Rosa anglica practica medicinae,</i> 1492. Est: € 12,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:</b><br>M. Merian, <i>Todten-Tanz,</i> 1649. Est: € 5,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:</b><br>D. Hammett, <i>Red harvest,</i> 1929. Est: € 11,000 <b><center>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction November 25th</center></b> <b>Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:</b><br>Book of hours, <i>Horae B. M. V.,</i> 1503. Est: € 9,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:</b><br>J. Miller, <i>Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai,</i> 1792. Est: € 8,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:</b><br>F. Hundertwasser, <i>Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day,</i> 1972. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> J.R.R. Tolkien. <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> Trilogy. 11,135 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Edgar Allan Poe. <i>The Raven and Other Poems,</i> 1845. 33,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. <i>War and Peace,</i> 1886. 22,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. <i>Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,</i> 1902. 7,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby,</i> and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD

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Auction Info

Auction Name
Old and 19th century books - From the Daniel Morcrette library & to various enthusiasts
Auction Date
11/06/2024 - 11/06/2024
Sale Number
#110624
Total Lots
346
Sold Lots
237
Lots Sold
68.50%
Unsold Lots
109
Total Sales (EUR)
463,543.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
214,790.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
279,310.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
295,700.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
385,610.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
120.21%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
93 SCARRON (Paul).

Le Romant comique. Paris, Toussainct Quinet, 1651. -- Le Romant comique. Seconde partie.

1657 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 68,750.00
30 [SCHEDEL (Hartmann)].

Liber chronicarum]. Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum figuris et ymaginibus ab initio mundi.

12 juillet 1493 EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 50,000.00
19 [MABRIAN].

Histhoire singuliere & fort recreative contenant la reste des faitz & gestes des quatre filz Aymon Regnault Allard Guichard et le petit Richard, et de leur cousin le subtil Maugis...

 vers 1525 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 45,000.00
133 LA FONTAINE (Jean de).

Fables choisies.

1755-1759 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
113 DELICES DE PARIS ET DE SES ENVIRONS (Les),

ou recueil de vues perspectives des plus beaux monumens de Paris, et des maisons de plaisance situees aux environs de cette ville, et en d'autres endroits de la France.

1753 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
28 RABELAIS (Francois).

Les OEuvres. Contenant la vie, faicts & dicts heroiques de Gargantua, & de son filz Pantagruel. Avec la Prognostication Pantagrueline.

1556 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
16 [HEURES].

Fragment de livre d'heures a l'usage de Paris.

vers 1425-1450 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 9,375.00
7 [BRETAGNE].

Coustumes, establissemens et ordonnances du pays et duche de Bretaigne.

1528 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,500.00
72 LEGER (Jean).

Histoire generale des Eglises evangeliques des vallees de Piemont, ou vaudoises.

1669 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,500.00
108 CERVANTES (Miguel de).

El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.

1780 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,250.00
6 [BOUCHET (Jean)].

Triomphes du tres-chrestien, tres puissant et invictissime roy de France Francois premier de ce nom, contenant la difference des Nobles.

1550 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
116 [DIDEROT (Denis)].

Les Bijoux indiscrets. Tome second.

s.d., 1748]. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 5,000.00
181 WALPOLE (Horace).

Le Chateau d'Otrante. Histoire gothique.

1767 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,500.00
22 NICOLAS DE BLONIE.

Tractatus sacerdotalis utilissimus : de sacramentis et divinis officiis...

1525 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,500.00
171 SAUSSURE (Horace-Benedict de).

Voyages dans les Alpes, precedes d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Geneve.

1779, 1786, 1796 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,250.00
105 BOURRIT (Marc-Theodore).

Nouvelle description des vallees de glace et des hautes montagnes qui forment la chaine des Alpes pennines et rhetiennes. -- Suivi de :] Nouvelle description des glacieres et glaciers de Savoye.

1783-1785 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,875.00
65 GRATTELARD (Desiderio Descombes, dit Baron de).

Les Rencontres, fantaisies et coq a lasnes pacecieux sic] du Baron de Grattelard. Tenant sa classe ordinaire au bout du Pont-neuf. Ses gaillardises admirables, ses conceptions inouies, et ses farces jovialles.

s.d. 1624 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,750.00
20 MATTHIEU (Pierre).

Esther, tragedie.

1585 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,750.00
9 CALVIN (Jean).

Le Premier -- Second] livre des Commentaires sur les Actes des apostres.

1552-1554 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,750.00
2 AYRAULT (Pierre).

Des procez faicts au cadaver, aux cendres, a la memoire, aux bestes brutes, choses inanimees, et aux contumax.

1591 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 3,500.00
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  • <b>Finarte, Nov 20-21:</b> Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo], 1478 <b>Finarte, Nov 20-21:</b> Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491 <b>Finarte, Nov 20-21:</b> Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus - Opera, 1465 <b>Finarte, Nov 20-21:</b> Alighieri, Dante - Le terze rime di Dante, 1502 <b>Finarte, Nov 20-21:</b> Boccaccio, Giovanni - Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio, 1516 <b>Finarte, Nov 20-21:</b> Giordano Bruno - Candelaio comedia del Bruno nolano achademico di nulla achademia; detto il fastidito. In tristitia hilaris: in hilaritate tristis, 1582 <b>Finarte, Nov 20-21:</b> Petrarca, Francesco - Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha, 1504 <b>Finarte, Nov 20-21:</b> Legatura - Manoscritto - Medici - Cosimo III de' Medici / Solari, Giuseppe - I Ritratti Medicei overo Glorie e Grandezze della sempre sereniss. Casa Medici..., 1678 <b>Finarte, Nov 20-21:</b> Alighieri, Dante - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata, 1757 <b>Finarte, Nov 20-21:</b> Lot containing 80 printed guides and publications dedicated to travel and itineraries in Italy
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo], 1478
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus - Opera, 1465
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - Le terze rime di Dante, 1502
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Boccaccio, Giovanni - Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio, 1516
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Giordano Bruno - Candelaio comedia del Bruno nolano achademico di nulla achademia; detto il fastidito. In tristitia hilaris: in hilaritate tristis, 1582
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Petrarca, Francesco - Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha, 1504
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Legatura - Manoscritto - Medici - Cosimo III de' Medici / Solari, Giuseppe - I Ritratti Medicei overo Glorie e Grandezze della sempre sereniss. Casa Medici..., 1678
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata, 1757
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lot containing 80 printed guides and publications dedicated to travel and itineraries in Italy
  • <b><center>Gonnelli:<br>Auction 55<br>Antique prints, paintings and maps<br>November 26st 2024</center></b> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
  • <b>Swann, Nov. 21:</b> Lot 37: <i>Archive of the pioneering woman artist Arrah Lee Gaul,</i> most 1911-59. $3,000 to $4,000. <b>Swann, Nov. 21:</b> Lot 66: <i>Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake near Death Valley,</i> long before it was drained, Keeler, CA, 26 July 1904. $3,000 to $4,000 <b>Swann, Nov. 21:</b> Lot 102: <i>To Horse, To Horse! My All for a Horse! The Washington Cavalry,</i> illustrated Civil War broadside, Philadelphia, 1862. $4,000 to $6,000 <b>Swann, Nov. 21:</b> Lot 135: Album of cyanotype views of the Florida panhandle and beyond, 224 photographs, 174 of them cyanotypes, Apalachicola, FL and elsewhere, circa 1895-1896. $1,200 to $1,800 <b>Swann, Nov. 21:</b> Lot 154: <i>Catalogue of the Library of the United States,</i> as acquired from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1815. $15,000 to $25,000 <b>Swann, Nov. 21:</b> Lot 173: <i>New Englands First Fruits,</i> featuring the first description of Harvard in print, London, 1643. $40,000 to $60,000 <b>Swann, Nov. 21:</b> Lot 177: John P. Greene, Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith, 1833. $60,000 to $90,000 <b>Swann, Nov. 21:</b> Lot 243: P.E. Larson, photographer, <i>Such is Life in the Far West: Early Morning Call in a Gambling Hall, </i>Goldfield, NV, circa 1906. $2,500 to $3,500 <b>Swann, Nov. 21:</b> Lot 261: Fred W. Sladen, Diaries of a WWII colonel commanding troops from Morocco to Italy to France, 1942-44. $3,000 to $4,000 <b>Swann, Nov. 21:</b> Lot 309: <i>Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos, por varios autores,</i> a Mexican plate book. Mexico, 1854-1855. $2,000 to $3,000 <b>Swann, Nov. 21:</b> Lot 8: Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness, 5 manuscript volumes. Alaska, 1917-64. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 37: Archive of the pioneering woman artist Arrah Lee Gaul, most 1911-59. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 66: Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake near Death Valley, long before it was drained, Keeler, CA, 26 July 1904. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 102: To Horse, To Horse! My All for a Horse! The Washington Cavalry, illustrated Civil War broadside, Philadelphia, 1862. $4,000 to $6,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 135: Album of cyanotype views of the Florida panhandle and beyond, 224 photographs, 174 of them cyanotypes, Apalachicola, FL and elsewhere, circa 1895-1896. $1,200 to $1,800
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 154: Catalogue of the Library of the United States, as acquired from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1815. $15,000 to $25,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 173: New Englands First Fruits, featuring the first description of Harvard in print, London, 1643. $40,000 to $60,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 177: John P. Greene, Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith, 1833. $60,000 to $90,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 243: P.E. Larson, photographer, Such is Life in the Far West: Early Morning Call in a Gambling Hall, Goldfield, NV, circa 1906. $2,500 to $3,500
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 261: Fred W. Sladen, Diaries of a WWII colonel commanding troops from Morocco to Italy to France, 1942-44. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 309: Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos, por varios autores, a Mexican plate book. Mexico, 1854-1855. $2,000 to $3,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 8: Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness, 5 manuscript volumes. Alaska, 1917-64. $1,500 to $2,500.