Lot 33 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
eighteenth-century italian illustrated manuscript of the "codex vergilius vaticanus", containing parts of the "aeneid" and "georgics", with engravings and drawings, in two volumes
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- Estimate
- £6,000–£9,000 hammer ≈ $9,417–$14,126
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 20 November 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4308574
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Publius Vergilius Maro, eighteenth-century italian illustrated manuscript of the "codex vergilius vaticanus", containing parts of the "aeneid" and "georgics", with engravings and drawings, in two volumes. Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 33. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4308574.
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Publius Vergilius Maro, eighteenth-century italian illustrated manuscript of the "codex vergilius vaticanus", containing parts of the "aeneid" and "georgics", with engravings and drawings, in two volumes. Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 33. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4308574.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 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 | |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publius Vergilius Maro | Les Eglogues, 1926 | $11,458 | Ketterer Kunst, May 2018 | |
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| Publius Vergilius Maro | Eclogen Vergils, 1926 | Ketterer Kunst, May 2018 | ||
| Albrecht Dürer | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2022 | ||
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| Publius Vergilius Maro | Opera [ Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis , with argumenta]. [Milan | Christie's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Albrecht Dürer | "Knight, Death and the Devil" | Helmuth Stone Gallery, Apr 2026 |
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.