English & Continental Literature, History and other Antiquarian Books; Modern First Editions
Sale held on
Thursday 13th May 2010
Auction Results
(Hammer prices are shown exclusive of buyer's premium, VAT or other applicable charges)
Print a Summary Sheet 1. Book of Hours.-Hours of the Virgin, &c., illuminated … (details)
estimate: £2000 – £3000
£5500
2. Dante Alighieri.[Divina Commedia] Le Terze Rime, first Aldine … (details)
estimate: £3000 – £4000
£8000
3. Gellius (Aulus)Noctium Atticarum libri Undeviginti, first … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£800
4. Valerius Flaccus (Gaius)Argonautica, italic type, initial spaces with … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£650
5. Trissino (Giovanni Giorgio)Epistola del Trissino de la Vita, che de … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£6000
6. Xenophon.Della Vita di Cyro Re De Persi, name erased … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£240
7. Dioscorides (Pedacius)De Materia Medica [De medica materia libri … (details)
estimate: £700 – £900
£1100
8. Palmieri (Matteo)Libro della Vita Civile, title within woodcut … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£550
9. Valla (Laurentius)Elegantiarum libri sex, title within ornate … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£550
10. Petrarca (Francesco)Chronica delle Vite de Pontefici et … (details)
estimate: £350 – £450
£360
11. Froissart (Jean)Historiarum Opus Omne, translated by Johann … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£420
12. Purbach (Georg Von)Novae Theoricæ Planetarum, edited by P … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£750
13. Erasmus (Desiderius)Epistolae, woodcut initial and … (details)
estimate: £1400 – £1800
unsold
14. Eusebius Pamphilius.Ecclesiasticæ Historiae, 2 parts in … (details)
estimate: £750 – £1000
£750
15. Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius)Duodecim Cæsares, edited by Philip … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£240
16. Justin Martyr.Opera [graecé], title with woodcut … (details)
estimate: £350 – £450
£550
17. Lombardus (Johannes Franciscus)De Balneis, title with woodcut device … (details)
estimate: £250 – £350
£480
18. Boethius (Anicius Manlius Torquatus … Opera Omnia, woodcut printer’s device … (details)
estimate: £750 – £1000
£700
19. Theodoricus (Sebastianus)Novæ Quæstiones … (details)
estimate: £650 – £750
unsold
20. Camilli (Camillo)Imprese Illustri di diversi coi … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£650