Lot 84 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
de re militari libri quatuor. sexti iulii frontini... de stratagematis libri totidem. aeliani de instruendis aciebus liber unus. modesti de vocabulis rei militaris liber unus... [edited by guillaume budé]. paris: christian wechel, 1535
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- Estimate
- £1,500–£2,000 hammer ≈ $2,294–$3,059
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 28 May 2015
- Dimensions
- 318 x 208mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4362969
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Flavius Vegetius Renatus, de re militari libri quatuor. sexti iulii frontini... de stratagematis libri totidem. aeliani de instruendis aciebus liber unus. modesti de vocabulis rei militaris liber unus... [edited by guillaume budé]. paris: christian wechel, 1535. Sotheby's, 28 May 2015, lot 84. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4362969.
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Flavius Vegetius Renatus, de re militari libri quatuor. sexti iulii frontini... de stratagematis libri totidem. aeliani de instruendis aciebus liber unus. modesti de vocabulis rei militaris liber unus... [edited by guillaume budé]. paris: christian wechel, 1535. Sotheby's, 28 May 2015, lot 84. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4362969.
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From the same sale Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts · May 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| autograph manuscript of the poem "Alles, nur nicht die Gobelins!" | Karl Kraus | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| autograph manuscript of the poem "Die Bürger, die Kunstler und der Narr" | Karl Kraus | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| three portraits of Strauss by Max Liebermann, Ferdinand Schmutzer and… | Richard Strauss | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| three autograph letters signed ("Victor Hugo"; "V. Hugo") | Hugo, Victor. 1802-1885. | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| autograph manuscript of "Der kleine Mann und die kleine Miss" | Erich Kästner | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| opera non nulla a federico commandino urbinate nuper in latinum conve… | Archimedes | £2,000–£3,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavius Vegetius Renatus | du fait de guerre. paris, chrestian wechel, 1536. | $2,571 | Sotheby's, Nov 2003 | |
| Flavius Vegetius Renatus | De re militari libri quatuor, 1553 | Ketterer Kunst, May 2025 | ||
| Oskar Kokoschka | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2022 | ||
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| Merian, Matthaeus. 1593-1650. | View of Riva at Lake Garda | Lempertz, Nov 2022 | ||
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 1756-1791. | early editions of the operas "idomeneo" and "zaïde" | Sotheby's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Newton, Isaac. 1643-1727. | Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inf | Bonhams, Oct 2022 | ||
| Oskar Kokoschka | Kouros II; Frauenbildnis (Monique); Fische (Fish); and Schil | Phillips, Sep 2022 |
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.