Lot 72 · Livres et Manuscrits
technica curiosa, sive mirabilia artis, libris xii comprehensa ; quibus varia experimenta, variaque technasmata pneumatica, hydraulica, hydrotechnica, mechanica, graphica, cyclometrica, chronometrica, automatica, cabalistica, aliaque artis arcana ac miracula proponuntur.würzburg, jobst hertz pour johan andreas endter, 1664.
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- Estimate
- €2,500–€3,500 hammer ≈ $3,408–$4,772
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Livres et Manuscrits, Paris · 9 November 2011
- Dimensions
- édition originale. 2 parties en un fort volume in-4 (204 x 155 mm), frontispice, titre en noir et rouge, (20) ff., 1044 pp., (8) ff
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4047103
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Schott, Gaspar. 1608-1666., technica curiosa, sive mirabilia artis, libris xii comprehensa ; quibus varia experimenta, variaque technasmata pneumatica, hydraulica, hydrotechnica, mechanica, graphica, cyclometrica, chronometrica, automatica, cabalistica, aliaque artis arcana ac miracula proponuntur.würzburg, jobst hertz pour johan andreas endter, 1664. Sotheby's, 9 Nov 2011, lot 72. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4047103.
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Schott, Gaspar. 1608-1666., technica curiosa, sive mirabilia artis, libris xii comprehensa ; quibus varia experimenta, variaque technasmata pneumatica, hydraulica, hydrotechnica, mechanica, graphica, cyclometrica, chronometrica, automatica, cabalistica, aliaque artis arcana ac miracula proponuntur.würzburg, jobst hertz pour johan andreas endter, 1664. Sotheby's, 9 Nov 2011, lot 72. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4047103.
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| notes autographes. datées "6-1-88". | Serge Gainsbourg | €800–€1,200 | |
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| passe personnel backstrage pour le zénith. mars, 1988. | Serge Gainsbourg | €400–€600 | |
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