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The Open Book: Fine Travel, Americana, Literature and History in Print and Manuscript

Christie's, Online | 2 - 18 June

Date of the auction: 18.06.2020

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Lot number 1
Illuminated Homilies on John
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US$15,000 - US$25,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 2
"Extremely rare" Götz Bible
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 3
Beautifully illuminated incunable of the Natural History
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US$30,000 - US$50,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 4
First printed treatise on the pulse
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US$25,000 - US$35,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 5
Gregory's Dialogues
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US$4,000 - US$6,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 6
Extremely rare Medieval sermons
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US$2,000 - US$4,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 7
Fallacies of traditional sciences
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US$2,500 - US$3,500
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n. a.
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Lot number 8
Ancient astronomy, by Aldus
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US$15,000 - US$20,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 9
Great humanist exposition of Aristotle
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US$2,500 - US$3,500
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n. a.
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Lot number 10
First Greek book printed at Rome
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US$6,000 - US$9,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 11
Medieval astronomy and meteorology
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US$1,800 - US$2,500
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n. a.
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Lot number 12
Two major works on twilight
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US$25,000 - US$35,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 13
Prophecies on the Ottoman Empire
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US$1,000 - US$1,500
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n. a.
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Lot number 14
First English edition of The Dance of Death
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US$10,000 - US$15,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 15
First English edition of the complete works
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US$8,000 - US$12,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 16
One of the first women listed in the Index
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 17
Rabelasian monster book
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US$60,000 - US$80,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 18
Münster's Cosmografia
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US$10,000 - US$15,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 19
Heron mechanicus
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US$2,500 - US$3,500
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n. a.
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Lot number 20
Hunting and falconry
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US$6,000 - US$9,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 21
Le diverse et artificiose machine
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US$8,000 - US$12,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 22
First collected edition
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US$2,500 - US$3,500
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n. a.
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Lot number 23
Henri IV sammelband
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US$4,000 - US$6,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 24
The Earth a Magnet
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US$10,000 - US$15,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 25
Physiognomaniacal treatise on distillation
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 26
Robert Fludd's mystic masterpiece
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 27
Miniature dos-à-dos binding
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US$4,000 - US$6,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 28
The definitive mapping of lunar libration
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US$6,000 - US$9,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 29
The wave or pulse theory of light
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US$12,000 - US$22,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 31
Binomial theorem
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US$30,000 - US$50,000
Price realised:
n. a.
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