• 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.
  • 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

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
208 LEDOUX (Claude-Nicolas).

L'Architecture consideree sous le rapport de l'art, des moeurs et de la legislation.

Paris 1961 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
209 [LEGAY (Louis-Pierre-Prudent)].

Eglai ou Amour et plaisir.

Paris 1820 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,125.00
210 LETCHFORD (Albert).

A Series of seventy original illustrations to Captain Sir R. F. Burton's "Arabian Nights". Grand Edition de Luxe.

Londres 1897 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,750.00
211 [Lory (Gabriel et Matthias-Gabriel)].

Tableau historique et pittoresque de la route du Simplon de Geneve a Milan.

Milan 1824 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,875.00
212 MAIRET (Francois).

Notice sur la lithographie, deuxieme edition, suivie d'un Essai sur la reliure et le blanchiment des livres et gravures.

Chatillon-sur-Seine 1824 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
213 MAISTRE (Xavier de).

Voyage autour de ma chambre, suivi de L'Expedition nocturne.

Paris 1877 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 750.00
214 MILLIN (Aubin-Louis).

Voyage en Savoie, en Piemont, a Nice, et a Genes.

Paris, 1816 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 625.00
215 [MONTESQUIEU]. DESTUTT DE TRACY (Antoine).

Commentaire sur L'Esprit des lois de Montesquieu, suivi d'observations inedites de Condorcet sur le 29e livre du meme ouvrage, et d'un memoire sur cette question : quels sont les moyens de fonder la morale d'un peuple ?

Paris 1819 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 500.00
216 MONTICELLI (Adolphe).

Vingt planches d'apres les tableaux originaux de Monticelli et deux portraits de l'artiste lithographies par A. M. Lauzet.

Paris 1890 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
217 [MUSEE DU LUXEMBOURG].

Explication des ouvrages de peinture et sculpture, de l'Ecole moderne de France, exposes le 24 avril 1818, dans la Galerie royale du Luxembourg destinee aux artistes vivants.

Paris 1818 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
218 NODIER (Charles).

Journal de l'Expedition des Portes de Fer.

Paris 1844 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
219 ONSLOW (George).

Le Colporteur.

Paris 1827 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
220 PLEIADE (La).

Ballades, fabliaux, nouvelles et legendes.

Paris 1842 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
221 RABELAIS (Francois).

OEuvres.

Paris 1823 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
222 ROBIDA (Albert).

Le Dix-neuvieme siecle.

Paris 1888 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 500.00
223 ROUEN ILLUSTRE.

Rouen, chez l'editeur E. Auge],

1880-1884 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
224 [ROUSSEL (Auguste)].

Gros-Jean. Poeme en six chants.

Bruxelles 1864 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
225 STAEL (Germaine de).

Corinne ou l'Italie.

Paris 1807 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 750.00
226 [STROGANOFF (famille)]. VOLOGDINE (Alexei).

Al'bom illiustratsii po istorii roda Grafov Stroghanovykh i ikh piermskagho nierazdiel'nagho imieniia : 1558-1908. Album de dessins et de plans presentant l'histoire de la famille Stroganoff et de leurs proprietes de Perm : 1558-1908].

Illinskoe 1908 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,125.00
227 TALEMARIANUS (Petrus).

De l'architecture naturelle, ou rapport sur l'etablissement, d'apres les principes du tantrisme, du taoisme, du pythagorisme et de la cabale, d'une regle d'or servant a la realisation des lois de l'harmonie universelle et contribuant a l'accomplissement d

Paris 1949 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
228 THOMSON (James).

Retreats : a series of designs consisting of plans and elevations for cottages, villas, and ornamental buildings.

Londres 1827 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
229 TOPFFER (Rodolphe).

Ensemble sept volumes.

Paris 1844 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,000.00
230 TRILBY (Joe).

Le Petit Gribouille a l'Exposition.

Limoges s.d. vers 1868 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 750.00
231 TROUPES FRANCAISES.

Garde imperiale].

Paris s.d. vers 1808 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
232 [TUNISIE]. CHANTEPIE (Alfred).

Tunis a l'Exposition de 1867.

Paris 1867 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 875.00
  • 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€
  • 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