Artcurial: The Library of Denys Comar, 6473, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 10, 2026 - June 10, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Acosta Jose | Histoire naturelle et moralle des Indes, tant Orientalles qu’Occidentalles |
Paris | 1606 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 3 | Tully; Ledru Andre-Pierre; Lyon G-F; M'Leod John | N Books, including: Voyage a Tripoli ou Relation d’un sejour de dix annees en Afrique |
Paris | 1819; 1810; 1821 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 321.00 |
| 4 | Alexander William | Costumes et vues de la Chine |
Paris | [1815] | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | Album de photographies |
Fin XIXe s. | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 6 | Allemagne Henri-Rene d' | Du Khorassan au pays Backhtiaris, trois mois de voyage en Perse |
Paris | 1911 | EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,285.00 |
| 7 | Marcoy Paul; Isabelle Arsene | N Books, including: Voyage a travers l’Amerique du Sud de l’ocean Pacifique a l’ocean Atlantique |
Paris; Le Havre | 1869; 1835 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 8 | Rousselot de Surgy; Citry de La Guette | N Books, including: Histoire naturelle et politique de la Pennsylvanie |
Paris | 1768; 1685 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,212.00 |
| 9 | Creve-Coeur Michel-Guillaume-Jean; Warden D. B.; Priest William; Le Beau Claude | N Books, including: Lettres d’un cultivateur americain adressees a W. S. |
Paris; London; Amsterdam | 1787; 1820; 1802; 1738 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,927.00 |
| 10 | Franklin Benjamin | Constitutions des treize etats-unis d’Amerique |
Philadelphie; Paris | 1783 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 8,994.00 |
| 11 | Bartram William; Anburey Thomas; Carver Jonathan | Voyage dans les parties sud de l’Amerique septentrionale; Journal d’un voyage fais dans l’Amerique septentrionale; Voyage dans les parties interieures de l’Amerique septentrionale |
Paris | 1799-1801; 1793; 1784 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 642.00 |
| 12 | Botta Charles; Soules Francois; Levasseur A. | Histoire de la guerre de l’independance des Etats-Unis d’Amerique; Histoire des troubles de l’Amerique anglaise; Lafayette en Amerique en 1824 et 1825 |
Paris | 1812-1813; 1787; 1829 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 13 | Mollien Gaspard; Eyzaguirre Abbe | Voyage dans la Republique de Colombia en 1823; Histoire ecclesiastique, politique et litteraire du Chili |
Paris; Lille | 1824; 1855 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 321.00 |
| 14 | Robertson William; Beecher Stowe Harriet | The History of America; Uncle Tom’s cabin |
Londres | 1777; 1853 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 15 | Roussin Albin-Reine; Mollien Gaspard-Theodore | Le Pilote du Bresil; Voyage dans la republique de Colombia |
Paris; Bordeaux | 1827; 1824 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 642.00 |
| 16 | Talbot Edward-Allen; Domenech Abbe; Chevalier Michel | Cinq annees de residence au Canada; Voyage pittoresque dans les grands deserts du nouveau monde; Lettres sur l’Amerique du Nord |
Paris | 1825; 1862; 1836 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 17 | Willis N. P.; Bartlett William Henry | Canadian scenery illustrated; L’Amerique pittoresque |
London; Paris | 1842; 1840-1842 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 18 | Bazoche Charles-Louis-Joseph | Suite de 12 planches d’etudes ethnographiques concernant les peuples et modes de vie d'Amerique du sud |
1823 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 10,279.00 | |
| 19 | Exquemelin Alexandre Olivier; Gage Thomas; Rochefort; Mercier Louis-Sebastien | Histoire des avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes; Nouvelle relation; Histoire naturelle des Iles Antilles de l’Amerique; L’Habitant de la Guadeloupe |
Paris; Amsterdam; Lyon | 1688; 1720; 1667; 1785 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,927.00 |
| 20 | Moreau de Saint-Mery Mederic Louis Elie; Ponce Nicolas; Nicolson | Recueil de vues des lieux principaux de la colonie francoise de Saint-Domingue; Essai sur l’histoire naturelle de l’Isle de Saint-Domingue |
Paris | 1791; 1776 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,955.00 |
| 21 | Placide-Justin Michel Placide; Pamphile de Lacroix | Histoire politique et statistique de l’ile d’Hayti, Saint-Domingue; Memoires pour servir a l’histoire de la revolution de Saint-Domingue |
Paris | 1826; 1819 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 771.00 |
| 22 | Anville Jean Baptiste | Geographie ancienne abregee |
Paris | 1769 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 514.00 |
| 23 | Elphinstone Mountstuart; Bernier Francois | Tableau du Royaume de Caboul et de ses dependances; Voyages contenant la description des Etats du Grand Mogol |
Paris; Amsterdam | 1817; 1724-1723 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 771.00 |
| 25 | Nakhshabi Ziya al-Din | Two Illustrated Folios from a Manuscript of the Lazzat Al-Nisa |
Kashmir | First half of the 19th century | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 26 | Renouard de Sainte-Croix Felix; Tavernier Jean-Baptiste | Voyage commercial et politique aux Indes orientales, aux iles Philippines, a la Chine; Les Six voyages de Monsieur Jean-Baptiste Tavernier |
Paris | 1810; 1713 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 27 | Delisle Guillaume; Buache Philippe; Poirson; Jaillot | Recueil de 24 cartes |
Paris | vers 1780; 1808; 1783 | EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,028.00 |
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