Lot 58 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
bibliotheca chemica curiosa, seu rerum ad alchemiam pertinentium thesaurus instructissimus. geneva: chouet, g. de tournes, cramer, percachon, ritter and s. de tournes, 1702
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,278–$9,417
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 20 November 2014
- Dimensions
- 354 x 214mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4309003
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Jean-jacques Manget, bibliotheca chemica curiosa, seu rerum ad alchemiam pertinentium thesaurus instructissimus. geneva: chouet, g. de tournes, cramer, percachon, ritter and s. de tournes, 1702. Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 58. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4309003.
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Jean-jacques Manget, bibliotheca chemica curiosa, seu rerum ad alchemiam pertinentium thesaurus instructissimus. geneva: chouet, g. de tournes, cramer, percachon, ritter and s. de tournes, 1702. Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 58. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4309003.
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From the same sale Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts · Nov 2014
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visiting card inscribed by Verdi in 1852, and an autograph letter sig… | Giuseppe Verdi | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| sept manifestes dada. paris: diorama, 1924 | Tristan Tzara | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| index librorum prohibitorum cum regulis confectis per patres a triden… | — | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| first and early editions of string quartets and quintets, in parts | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 1756-1791. | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| a collection of five volumes from the bodoni press, all in contempora… | — | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| filmgegner von heute - filmfreunde von morgen. berlin: hermann recken… | Hans Richter | £2,000–£3,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Ernst | Untitled | $7,391 | Lempertz, Jun 2026 | |
| Max Ernst | Ohne Titel (Untitled) | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Guillaume Apollinaire | Calligrammes. 1918. Broché. Portrait frontispice avec signat | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| André Gide | Le Retour de l’enfant prodigue. 1919. Rare reliure Art déco | Sotheby's, Apr 2026 | ||
| Max Ernst | Forêt | Phillips, Nov 2021 | ||
| Max Ernst | Ohne Titel | Phillips, Dec 2021 | ||
| Max Ernst | En plein vol | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Max Ernst | Correspondances dangereuses (Spies & Leppien 25) | Sotheby's, Apr 2021 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.