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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: 02.06.2020 - 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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Lot number 2
"Extremely rare" Götz Bible
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
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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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Lot number 5
Gregory's Dialogues
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US$4,000 - US$6,000
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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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Lot number 7
Fallacies of traditional sciences
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US$2,500 - US$3,500
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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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Lot number 9
Great humanist exposition of Aristotle
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US$2,500 - US$3,500
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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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Lot number 11
Medieval astronomy and meteorology
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US$1,800 - US$2,500
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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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Lot number 13
Prophecies on the Ottoman Empire
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US$1,000 - US$1,500
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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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Lot number 15
First English edition of the complete works
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US$8,000 - US$12,000
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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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Lot number 17
Rabelasian monster book
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US$60,000 - US$80,000
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Lot number 18
Münster's Cosmografia
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US$10,000 - US$15,000
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Lot number 19
Heron mechanicus
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US$2,500 - US$3,500
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Lot number 20
Hunting and falconry
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US$6,000 - US$9,000
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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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Lot number 22
First collected edition
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US$2,500 - US$3,500
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Lot number 23
Henri IV sammelband
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US$4,000 - US$6,000
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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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Lot number 25
Physiognomaniacal treatise on distillation
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
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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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Lot number 27
Miniature dos-à-dos binding
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US$4,000 - US$6,000
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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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Lot number 29
The wave or pulse theory of light
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US$12,000 - US$22,000
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Lot number 30
First substantial history of algebra, with early American provenance
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US$2,000 - US$4,000
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Lot number 31
Binomial theorem
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US$30,000 - US$50,000
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Lot number 32
Architettura civile
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
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Lot number 33
Foundational study on the measurement of light
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US$12,000 - US$18,000
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Lot number 34
Discovery of oxygen
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US$12,000 - US$18,000
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Lot number 35
Machines & inventions
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
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Lot number 36
First Spanish Edition of The Wealth of Nations
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US$10,000 - US$15,000
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Lot number 37
First American edition of Wealth of Nations
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US$6,000 - US$9,000
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Lot number 39
Rare Map of West Africa
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US$10,000 - US$15,000
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Lot number 40
The Quadrupeds of North America
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US$120,000 - US$180,000
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Lot number 41
The History of Peru
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US$4,000 - US$6,000
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Lot number 42
Callot's exquisite miseries of war
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US$6,000 - US$9,000
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Lot number 43
New World Navigation & Discovery
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US$180,000 - US$250,000
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Lot number 44
Voyages to the New World
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US$180,000 - US$250,000
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Lot number 45
Views of Rome
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
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Lot number 46
Himalayan Plants
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US$5,000 - US$8,000
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Lot number 47
The Alhambra
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US$4,000 - US$6,000
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Lot number 48
Engravings of Archimboldo-esque trade costumes
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
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Lot number 49
The History of the Indies
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US$5,000 - US$8,000
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Lot number 50
With rare original wrapper and ads
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US$40,000 - US$60,000
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Lot number 51
First edition of "the grandest color plate book"
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US$40,000 - US$60,000
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Lot number 52
Hand-Colored Issue of Roberts' Holy Land
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US$80,000 - US$120,000
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