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Auction Name	Old Books	Total Sales (EUR)	1,028,143.00
Auction Date	March 22, 2024 - March 22, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	355,850.00
Sale Number	#148055	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	547,500.00
Total Lots	212
Sold Lots	202	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	396,750.00
% of Lots Sold	95.28%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	606,800.00
Unsold Lots	10	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	169.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
137	[SOANE, John]	Description of the House and Museum on the North side of Lincoln's-inn-fields, the Residence of John Soane, Professor of Architecture in the Royal Academy	1830	EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	EUR 83,408.00
42	MALVASIA, Carlo Cesare	Felsina Pittrice Vite de Pittori bolognesi alla Maesta Christianissima di Luigi XIIII	1678	EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	EUR 82,144.00
11	VASARI, Giorgio	Le vite de piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori	1568	EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	EUR 63,188.00
61	ZANETTI, Antonio Maria	Le Gemme antiche. Aemmae antiquae	1750	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 44,231.00
90	[MARIETTE, Pierre-Jean]. BASAN, Pierre-Francois	Catalog raisonne des differents objets de curiosites dans les sciences et les arts qui composaient le Cabinet de feu Mr Mariette, Controleur general de la Grande Chancellerie de France, honoraire Amateur de l'Academie R[oya]le de Peinture, et de celle de	1775	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 37,913.00
94	CARBURI DE CEFFALONIE, Marin	Monument eleve a la gloire de Pierre-Le-Grand, ou Relation des travaux et des moyens mechaniques qui ont ete employes...	1777	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 31,594.00
13	SERMARTELLI, Michelangelo	Alcune composizioni di diversi autori in lode del ritratto della Sabina, Scolpito in Marmo dall'Eccellentissimo M. Giovanni Bologna, posto nella piazza del Serenissimo Grand Duca di Toscana	1583	EUR 8,000.00 - 14,000.00	EUR 25,275.00
109	[MALON de BERCY, Marie-Francoise, marquise de, nee Taschereau de Baudry]	Inventory after the death of Melle Taschereau de Baudry, widow of Nicolas Charles Malon Bercy [June 30, 1786].	1786	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 24,700.00
75	LA LIVE de JULY, Ange-Laurent	Catalog historique du cabinet de peinture et sculpture francoise de M. de La Live,	1764	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 21,484.00
66	GORI, Anton Francesco	Museum florentinum exhibens insigniora vetustatis monumenta quae Florentiae sunt in thesauro mediceo	1731-1766	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 20,220.00
49	MONTFAUCON, dom Bernard de	Antiquity explained and represented in figures. Supplement to L'Antiquite expliquee	1722-1757	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 18,956.00
76	PETITOT, Ennemond Alexandre	Suite of Vases	1764	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 18,324.00
57	[QUENTIN DE LORANGERE, Louis]. GERSAINT, Edme-Francois	Catalog raisonne de diverses curiosites du cabinet de feu M. Quentin de Lorangere	1744	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 16,429.00
10	[MICHEL-ANGE]. VARCHI, Benedetto	Orazione funerale di M. Benedetto Varchi Fatta, e recitata da Lui pubblicamente nell'essequie di Michelagnolo Buonarroti in Firenze, nella Chiesa di San Lorenzo	1564	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 15,165.00
80	QUATREMERE DE QUINCY, Antoine-Chrysostome	Le Jupiter Olympien, or the Art of Ancient Sculpture	1815	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 15,165.00
56	ZANETTI, Antonio Maria	Delle antiche statue greche e romane, che nell'antisala della Libreria di San Marco, e in altri luoghi pubblici di Venezia si trovano, parte prima [-seconda]	1740-1743	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 13,901.00
22	[GIUSTINIANI, Vincenzo]. Joachim von SANDRART	Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani	1631	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 12,638.00
60	BOFFRAND, Germain	De architectura liber... Livre d'architecture contenant les principes generaux de cet art... ouvrage francais et latin [followed by:] Description de ce qui a ete pratique pour fondre en bronze d'un seul jet la figure equestre de Louis XIV	1745	EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 11,374.00
14	CHACON, Alfonso	Historia utriusque belli Dacici a Traiano Caesare gesti... ex simulachris quae in columna eiusdem Romae visuntur collecta... ad catholicum Hispaniarum regem Philippum II	1576	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 10,742.00
87	[BARRY, comte Jean-Baptiste du]	Catalog de tableaux originaux des bons maitres des trois ecoles Figures & Bustes de Marbre & de Bronze ; Porcelaine & autres objets curieux qui composent le Cabinet de M. L[e] C[omte] D[u Barry]	1774	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 10,742.00
69	NOLLET, Jean-Antoine, dit l'abbe	Lecons de physique experimentale	1759	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 10,363.00
31	PERRAULT, Charles	The Labyrinth of Versailles	1679	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 10,110.00
33	MISSON, Maximilien	Nouveau Voyage d'Italie. Avec un Memoire contenant des avis utiles a ceux qui voudront faire le mesme voyage.	1698	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 10,110.00
2	VIRGILE	Publii Virgilii maronis opera	1502	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 9,478.00
6	VICO, Enea, et Antonio ZANTANI	Omnium Caesarum verissimae imagines ex antiquis numismatis desumptae	1553	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 9,478.00

Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
London auction, 11 June
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.
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

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes

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