• Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
  • Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 37: Archive of the pioneering woman artist Arrah Lee Gaul, most 1911-59. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 66: Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake near Death Valley, long before it was drained, Keeler, CA, 26 July 1904. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 102: To Horse, To Horse! My All for a Horse! The Washington Cavalry, illustrated Civil War broadside, Philadelphia, 1862. $4,000 to $6,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 135: Album of cyanotype views of the Florida panhandle and beyond, 224 photographs, 174 of them cyanotypes, Apalachicola, FL and elsewhere, circa 1895-1896. $1,200 to $1,800
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 154: Catalogue of the Library of the United States, as acquired from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1815. $15,000 to $25,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 173: New Englands First Fruits, featuring the first description of Harvard in print, London, 1643. $40,000 to $60,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 177: John P. Greene, Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith, 1833. $60,000 to $90,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 243: P.E. Larson, photographer, Such is Life in the Far West: Early Morning Call in a Gambling Hall, Goldfield, NV, circa 1906. $2,500 to $3,500
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 261: Fred W. Sladen, Diaries of a WWII colonel commanding troops from Morocco to Italy to France, 1942-44. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 309: Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos, por varios autores, a Mexican plate book. Mexico, 1854-1855. $2,000 to $3,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 8: Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness, 5 manuscript volumes. Alaska, 1917-64. $1,500 to $2,500.

ALDE: Old and 19th century books - From the Daniel Morcrette library & to various enthusiasts, 110624, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 06, 2024 - November 06, 2024
Page Size: 346 items in 14 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
132 [LA BARRE DE BEAUMARCHAIS (Antoine)].

Tafereel, of beschryving van den prachtigen Tempel der Zang-Godinnen.

Amsterdam 1733 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 813.00
133 LA FONTAINE (Jean de).

Fables choisies.

Paris 1755-1759 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
134 LA RUE (Jean-Baptiste de).

Traite de la coupe des pierres, ou par une methode facile et abregee, l'on peut aisement se perfectionner en cette science.

Paris 1728 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,000.00
135 [LACLOS (Pierre Choderlos de)].

Les Liaisons dangereuses, ou Lettres recueillies dans une societe, et publiees pour l'instruction de quelques autres.

Amsterdam et Paris 1782 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,500.00
136 LAMOUR (Jean).

Recueil des ouvrages en serrurerie, que Stanislas le Bien-faisant, roy de Pologne, duc de Lorraine et de Bar, a fait poser sur la place royale de Nancy.

Nancy; Paris s.d. 1768 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,000.00
137 LEE (Sophia).

Le Souterrain, ou Matilde.

Paris 1786 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
138 [LEMERCIER DE LA RIVIERE (Pierre-Paul)].

L'Heureuse Nation, ou relations du gouvernement des Feliciens, peuple souverainement libre sous l'empire absolu de ses loix... Seconde edition.

Paris 1795 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,250.00
139 LEPECQ DE LA CLOTURE (Louis).

Observations sur les maladies epidemiques. Paris, Vincent, 1776. -- Collection d'observations sur les maladies et constitutions epidemiques.

Rouen; Paris 1778 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
140 [LESAGE (Alain-Rene)].

Nouvelles avantures de l'admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche, composees par le licencie Alonso Fernandez de Avellaneda.

Paris 1704 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,063.00
141 LESAGE (Alain-Rene).

Le Diable boiteux. Amsterdam, Henri Desbordes, 1707. -- LE NOBLE (Eustache). Dialogue entre le diable boiteux et le diable borgne.

Amsterdam 1708 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
142 LESAGE (Alain-Rene).

Le Diable boiteux. Nouvelle edition corrigee, refondue, ornee de figures, et augmentee d'un volume.

Imprime a Rouen ; Paris 1726 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 438.00
143 LONGUS.

Daphnis et Chloe]. Poimenikon ton kata Daphnin kai Xloin...

Parme 1786 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
144 [MABILLON (Jean)].

Lettre d'un benedictin a Monseigneur l'evesque de Blois, touchant le discernement des anciennes reliques, au sujet d'une dissertation de Mr Thiers, contre la sainte Larme de Vendome.

Paris 1700 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
145 MANDEVILLE (John).

The Voiage and Travaile... which treateth of the Way to Hierusalem ; and of Marvayles of Inde, with other Ilands and Countryes.

Londres 1725 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,000.00
146 MASSI (Pasquale).

Indicazione antiquaria del Pontificio Museo Pio-Clementino in Vaticano. Catalogue indicatif des antiquites composant le Musee Pie-Clementin au Vatican.

Rome 1792 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
147 MEDAILLES

sur les principaux evenements du regne entier de Louis le Grand, avec des explications historiques.

Paris 1723 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
148 [MERCIER (Louis-Sebastien)].

L'An deux mille quatre cent quarante, reve s'il en fut jamais ; suivi de L'Homme de fer, songe.

S.l. Paris] 1786 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 625.00
149 MERCIER (Louis-Sebastien).

Le Nouveau Paris.

Paris s.d. 1798 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 875.00
150 [MIRABEAU (Victor Riqueti, marquis de)].

Theorie de l'impot.

Avignon Liege] 1761 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 375.00
151 [MONTESQUIEU].

Defense de L'Esprit des loix, a laquelle on a joint quelques eclaircissemens.

Geneve Paris] 1750 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,000.00
152 MONTMORT (Pierre Remond de).

Essay d'analyse sur les jeux de hazard.

Paris 1713 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,375.00
153 MUNIER (Etienne).

Essai d'une methode generale propre a etendre les connoissances des voyageurs, ou recueil d'observations relatives a l'histoire, a la repartition des impots, au commerce, aux sciences, aux arts et a la culture des terres.

Paris 1779 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 813.00
154 [NICERON (Jean-Pierre)].

Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des hommes illustres dans la republique des lettres, avec un catalogue raisonne de leurs ouvrages.

Paris 1727-1740 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
155 [PELLEFIGUES (Jean)].

La Concorde des evangiles. Manuscrit signe et date :

Tarbes 1772 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 438.00
156 PERAU (Gabriel-Louis).

Description historique de l'hotel royal des Invalides.

Paris 1756 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 625.00
  • Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo], 1478
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus - Opera, 1465
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - Le terze rime di Dante, 1502
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Boccaccio, Giovanni - Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio, 1516
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Giordano Bruno - Candelaio comedia del Bruno nolano achademico di nulla achademia; detto il fastidito. In tristitia hilaris: in hilaritate tristis, 1582
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Petrarca, Francesco - Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha, 1504
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Legatura - Manoscritto - Medici - Cosimo III de' Medici / Solari, Giuseppe - I Ritratti Medicei overo Glorie e Grandezze della sempre sereniss. Casa Medici..., 1678
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata, 1757
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lot containing 80 printed guides and publications dedicated to travel and itineraries in Italy
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 51. Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World - Second Plate in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $5,500 - $6,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 165. Reduced-Size Edition of Jefferys/Mead Map with Revolutionary War Updates (1776) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 688. Blaeu's Superb Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 105. Striking Map of French Colonial Possessions (1720) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 98. Rare First Edition of the First Published Plan of a Settlement in North America (1556) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 181. Important Map of the Georgia Colony (1748) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 547. Ortelius' Map of Russia with a Vignette of Ivan the Terrible in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 85. Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America (1720) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 642. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 748. The Martyrdom of St. John in Contemporary Hand Color with Gilt Highlights (1520) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 298. Scarce Early Map of Chester County (1822) Est. $2,750 - $3,500