Examples of fine typography from the library of Jan van der Marck
Sale held on
Monday 8th June 2009
Auction Results
(Hammer prices are shown exclusive of buyer's premium, VAT or other applicable charges)
Print a Summary Sheet 1. Longus.Daphnis and Chloe, translated by George … (details)
estimate: £1500 – £2000
unsold
2. Marlowe (Christopher) and George Chapman.Hero and Leander, one of 220 copies on … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£620
3. Ricketts (Charles)A Defence of the Revival of Printing, one … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£320
4. [Apuleius (Lucius)]De Cupidinis et Psyches amoribus fabula … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£160
5. Van der Schalk (Henriëtte)Sonnetten en verzen in terzinen geschreven … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
unsold
6. Jeunesse Inaltérable (La) et la Vie … (details)
estimate: £2800 – £3200
£3000
7. Van Nouhuys (W.G.)Egidius en de Vreemdeling, 50pp., one of … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£2300
8. Hooglied van Salomo (Het), 36pp., number 4 of … (details)
estimate: £400 – £500
unsold
9. Bacon (Francis)Of Gardens, one of 226 copies on … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£300
10. Moore (T.Sturge)A Brief Account of the Origin of the Eragny … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£600
11. Nerval (Gerard de)Histoire de la Reine du Matin & de … (details)
estimate: £2000 – £3000
unsold
12. [Cobden-Sanderson (T.J.)]The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful: A Tract … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£260
13. Mackail (J.W.)William Morris: An Address … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£60
14. Browning (Robert)Men & Women, 2 vol., one of 250 copies … (details)
estimate: £750 – £1000
£1300
15. Horatius Flaccus (Quintus)Carmina Alcaica; Carmina Sapphica, together 2 … (details)
estimate: £1000 – £1500
£1300
16. More (Sir Thomas, Saint)A Fruteful and Pleasaunt Worke of the Beste … (details)
estimate: £2000 – £3000
£2800
17. Lucretius Carus (Titus)De rerum natura libri sex, one of 80 copies … (details)
estimate: £2500 – £3500
£5000
18. Lanseloet van Denemerken, 48pp., one of 100 … (details)
estimate: £250 – £350
£200
19. Verlaine (Paul)Romances sans Paroles, 48pp., number 77 of … (details)
estimate: £250 – £350
£190
20. Hardenberg (Friedrich von … Die Gedichte…, one of 200 copies on … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£180