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Bibliothèque M.G., livres de collection [other title:] Éditions originales de textes classiques, manuscrits, livres dédicacés et annotés, mémoires historiques et littéraires (catalogue for an auction conducted by Maurice Rheims, with the expertise of Fernand de Nobele, Pierre Berès, and René-Georges Laurin, Musée Galliera, Paris, 11-13 March 1961)
Paris, Maurice Rheims, 1961...willing to buy it at the estimated price, this figure was then repeated by......of Pascal’s Pensées (1670) bound for Loménie de Brienne, one of eight... -
Catalogue of the magnificent library principally of early printed and early illustrated books formed by C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., of Davenham, Malvern, and now sold by his order. The first portion: books printed in Italy § The second portion: books printed in Spain, France, Germany and the Low Countries § The third portion: books printed in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Poland, including the splendid Gosford-Amherst copy of the first volume of the Gutenberg bible § The fourth and final portion: books printed in England and reference books (catalogues for auctions conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 17 June 1946-9 June 1947)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1946-1947...(25 cm), I (17-18 June 1946): 38 pp., 26 plates (pls.1-26, some folding).... ...; Pontificale Romanum, 1543). The top price, £7400, was paid by Rosenbach for one......’s blue printed wrappers. - The top price (£3400) was paid by Rosenbach for the......, Rosenwald Collection). ¶ No Price list. A few prices neatly entered......: books printed in Italy (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby &......, £7400, was paid by Rosenbach for one of two known copies of the......Lorenzo Morgiani and Johannes Petri, for Piero Pacini, 27 July 1495 (A......and the Low Countries (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby &......, 17-18 June 1946);(25 cm), 38 pp., 26 plates (pls.1-26, some folding).... -
Continental books and manuscripts [other title:] Autograph letter signed by Niccolò Machiavelli; important early autograph letter signed by Napoleon; printed books, science and medicine, food and drink; pre-1600 binding for Jean Grolier, binding for Cardinal Filippo dalla Sega, binding for Giovanni Battista Grimaldi; 1600-1800, Torelli, theatre designs for Bellerofonte 1642 (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby's London, 17 June 1999)
London, Sotheby's, 1999...(some in colour). 339 lots. Price list loosely inserted. Publisher’......translation (Venice 1545), bound for Grimaldi by ‘Maestro Luigi’,......Giacomo Torelli’s stage designs for II Bellerofonte, Venice, 1642,......contemporary dark red velvet, went for £160,000. Saleroom report in The... -
Valuable illuminated manuscripts, printed books and autograph letters [other title:] Including: the Ince Blundell hours, the Parsons fragment of Italian prototypography, the first Hebrew Pentateuch; literature, science, travel and atlases (catalogue for an auction sale conducted by Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 23 November 1998)
London, Christie, Manson & Woods, 1998...(some in colour). 162 lots. Price list loosely inserted. Publisher’... -
Continental printed books, manuscripts and music : Comprising printed books, autograph letters and manuscripts, including a fifteenth-century block book, the Biblia Pauperum (The Low Countries, c. 1460); Paul Gauguin’s celebrated letter from Tahiti containing a sketch for his painting Vairaoumati tei oa; the autograph manuscript of Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; the autograph manuscript of Mahler’s Todtenfeier; the original version of the first movement of the second symphony; portrait of Beethoven by Neugass; the autograph manuscript of Bloch’s Schelomo (catalogue of an auction sale conducted by Sotheby's, London, 27-28 November 1986)
London, Sotheby's, 1986...). ¶ Annotated copy, partly priced. No price list......., it was sold to Heribert Tenschert for £148,500, and soon appeared in the......Gesellen” (lot 574) sold for £198,000 to Otto Haas; the “......hands immediately afterwards for £120,000” (from a saleroom report... -
Catalogue of the second portion of the famous library principally of fine bindings, rare engravings, illustrated books and French literature formed by the late Mortimer L. Schiff, Esq. … (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 5-7 July 1938) § Third and final portion (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 9 December 1938)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1938...catalogue only (lacking catalogue for Part I conducted by Sotheby &......in the catalogue was a triumph for the auctioneers” (from “... ...in binding. Unmarked copy. No Price list.Third and final portion (......in binding. Unmarked copy. No Price list......., Esq. of New York City (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby &......Guillaume Budé, De Asse, bound for Marcus Laurinus, sold for £230 (.......Third and final portion (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby &......sale realised a total of £12,848 for about 1200 lots. “It serves to... -
Dessins des meilleurs Peintres d’Italie, d’Allemagne, et des Pays-Bas, du Cabinet de Monsieur Paul de Praun à Nuremberg. Gravés d’après les Originaux de même grandeur par Jean Théophile Prestel Peintre et Membre de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Düsseldorf. 1780
Nuremberg, Johann Gottlieb Prestel, 1780..., 800 drawings, 6000 prints, 4000 coins, and 1200 cut stones and jewels......., sculpture, architecture, decoration, coins, antiquities, &c. (London 1870),......‘Prestel’ as a byword for fidelity in reproduction (the......a buyer. Having waited in vain for offers, the family in 1801 accepted......Nikolaus ii Esterhazy (1765–1833) for his vast collections, which later......the foundations for the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts;8......); Schwaighofer, Werkverzeichnis 24 ■ 26. The Presentation of the Virgin in......40; Le Blanc 12; Weigel p.75 no.113/26 and p.569 no.6745; Imitations and......Osztály, Inv.-Nr.1890Nagler 26; Le Blanc 13; Weigel p.75 no.113/32......, 800 drawings, 6000 prints, 4000 coins, and 1200 cut stones and jewels......., sculpture, architecture, decoration, coins, antiquities, &c. (London 1870),... -
The Franklin H. Kissner Collection of books on Rome: sold by order of the executors of the late Franklin H. Kissner: part I which will be sold at Christie's Great Rooms on Wednesday 3 October 1990, part II which will be sold at Christie's South Kensington on Thursday 4 October 1990 and Friday 5 October 1990 (catalogue for auction sales conducted by Christie’s, London, 3-5 October 1990)
London, Christie, Manson & Woods / Christie's South Kensington Ltd, 1990...(some in colour). 1128 lots. Printed price list loosely inserted. Publisher’... -
Jean Antoine de Lescure
...by his mentor, that of searching for texts in ancient manuscripts (... ...à une lettre, charnières, coiffes, coins et premier caisson portant les......books appear to be souvenirs of a visit Lescure made to Rome in February-......one son, who was sent to Cujas for instruction,10 and a daughter, Angè......? Might this have been his motivation for travelling to Rome in 1580?......his surname appeared as a witness for Cujas. Martial Mathieu, “Le......associated with the university on 26 September 1561.6 After suppression......of an Athenian collector [lots 26-106], London, 29 November 1999, lot......, 23 October 2001, lot 563 (DM 26,000)● T. Kimball Brooker [......à une lettre, charnières, coiffes, coins et premier caisson portant les... -
[Stock catalogues, unnumbered series] Livres anciens
Paris, Rodolphe Chamonal, 2000-2010...(most in colour). 50 items. Price list loosely inserted. Publisher’... -
[Stock catalogues, numbered series:] 1-5
London, Andrew Hunter, 2002 [-2004?]...1637 in contemporary English calf (price ‘10s 6d’), Newton Opticks and... -
Picture frames and artists' materials : including frames from the collection and stock in trade of Mr Paul Levi (Part II) (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie's South Kensington Ltd, London, 29 September 1995)
London, Christie's South Kensington Ltd, 1995...February 1998. ¶ Unmarked copy. No Price list.......at Christie’s South Kensington, 26 March 1997, 8 May 1997, 9 July 1997,... -
The Collection of the late Lionel Robinson, Esq., CBE, MC, sold by order of the beneficiaries (catalogue for a sale conducted by Sotheby's, London, 26-27 June 1986)
London, Sotheby's, 1986.... 358. ¶ Occasional annotation. No Price list.... -
The Beck Collection of Illuminated Manuscripts (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby's, London, 16 June 1997)
London, Sotheby's, 1997...£11,158,415, at the time a record price for a collection of manuscripts at......,158,415, at the time a record price for a collection of manuscripts at... -
Time measuring instruments from the Time Museum (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie's South Kensington Ltd, London, 14 April 1988)
London, Christie's South Kensington Ltd, 1988.... ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. No Price list.......’s Museum of Science and Industry (for approximately $5.6 million), and......more pieces to the City of Chicago (for approximately $25 million); further......(26 cm), 107 (9) pp., illustrations (... -
Valuable printed books Medieval and illuminated manuscripts, sold by order of the L.A. Mayer Memorial Foundation from the library of Sir David Salomons and other properties (catalogue of an auction sale conducted by Christie's, London 25 June 1986)
London, Christie's, 1986...). ¶ Annotated copy, partly priced. No price list.......anonymously (lot 219) and bought for £31,320 (estimate £4000-£6000) by......(Geraldine Norman, in The Times, 26 June 1986, p.4). ¶ Annotated copy,... -
Incunabula from the court library at Donaueschingen (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1994)
London, Sotheby's, 1994...Landesbibliothek Stuttgart. The top price was £221,500 paid by Kraus for the......price was £221,500 paid by Kraus for the unique Vienna blood-letting......no shortage of underbidders even for the lower-priced lots. Altogether,... -
Hans Sebald Beham : the collection of prints formed by Gordon Nowell-Usticke (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie's, London, 28 June 1978)
London, Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd, 1978...), 105 pp. (1 folded), illustrations. Price list loosely inserted. Publisher’... -
Vases grecs, relatifs aux mystères
Stuttgart & Tübingen, J.G. Cotta, 1839...At the time of Gerhard’s visit, three of the nine vases were in the......the vases were unrecorded, except for the first, which Raoul-Rochette had....... 6. Museo di Antichità, Turin, 4149. For the acquisition of Moschini’s......Bibliographie für Deutschland, 26 June 1840, p.342 no. 2764; cf.... -
Collection Fred Feinsilber : itinéraire d’un collectionneur 1460-1960. Livres; Manuscrits; Gravures; Photographies (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby’s France SA, Paris, 11-12 October 2006)
Paris, Sotheby’s France SA, 2006...-569. ¶ Unmarked copy. Laser-print price list loosely inserted (lots 1-518).......(Souren Melikian, “A passion for rare books inspires a journey into......de Sisyphe”, bound by Bonet (1958), for which Benoît Forgeot paid €404,...
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