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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Colmenar Juan Alvarez de | Annales d’Espagne et de Portugal |
Amsterdam | 1741 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,855.00 |
| 54 | Frick L. de Gonzague; Ravennes; Pillement; Rey; Baudoin Alexandre | Les Colonies francaises; Atlas geographique et statistique des departements de la France et de ses colonies |
Paris | 1931; 1826 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 55 | Cook James; Kippis Andrew | Relation des trois voyages de Cook |
Paris | 1774-1789 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 8,994.00 |
| 56 | Dampier William | Nouveau voyage autour du monde |
Rouen | 1715 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,927.00 |
| 57 | Dampier William | Nouveau voyage autour du monde |
Rouen | 1715-1723 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,542.00 |
| 58 | Dampier William | A Collection of voyages |
London | 1729 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 59 | Daney de Marcillac Sidney | Histoire de la Martinique, depuis la colonisation jusqu’en 1815 |
Fort-royal | 1846 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 899.00 |
| 60 | Dapper Olfert | Description de l'Afrique |
Amsterdam | 1686 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 2,056.00 |
| 61 | Dapper Olfert | Description exacte des Isles de l’Archipel |
La Haye | 1730 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,799.00 |
| 62 | Delessert Adolphe | Souvenirs d’un voyage dans l’Inde execute de 1834 a 1839 |
Paris | 1843 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 578.00 |
| 63 | Diereville | Relation du voyage du Port Royal de l’Acadie, ou de la Nouvelle France |
Rouen | 1708 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 450.00 |
| 64 | Du Val Pierre | Diverses cartes et tables, pour la geographie ancienne, pour la chronologie et pour les itineraires |
Paris | 1677 | EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,542.00 |
| 65 | Dumont d’Urville Jules Sebastien Cesar | Voyage de la corvette l’Astrolabe |
Paris | 1830-1835 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 16,703.00 |
| 66 | Duperrey Louis Isidore | Voyage autour du monde, execute sur ordre du roi sur la corvette de Sa Majeste, La Coquille |
Paris | 1826-1827 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,855.00 |
| 67 | Bruce James; La Chambre Marin Cureau de | Voyage en Nubie et en Abyssinie; Discours sur les causes du desbordement du Nil |
Paris | 1790; 1665 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold |
| 68 | Commission instituee par decision royale du 26 mai 1840 pour l’examen des questions relatives a l’esclavage |
Paris | 1843 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 69 | Recueils de reglemens, edits, declarations et arrets, concernant le commerce, l’administration de la justice, & la police des colonies francaises |
Paris | 1744-1745 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 5,139.00 | |
| 70 | Chasseriau Frederic Victor Charles | Precis de l’abolition de l’esclavage dans les colonies anglaises |
Paris | 1840-1843 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 71 | Schoelcher Victor | Colonies etrangeres et Haiti, resultats de l’emancipation anglaise |
Paris | 1843 | EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 899.00 |
| 72 | Simons Theodore;Gourdault Jules | N Books, including: L’Espagne |
Paris | 1881;1877 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 450.00 |
| 73 | Tielemans Emile Henry | N Books, including: Vieux Louvain |
Bruxelles | 1938;ND | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 257.00 |
| 74 | Townson Robert | N Books, including: Voyage en Hongrie |
Paris;Amsterdam | 1803;1701;1826 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 321.00 |
| 75 | Exquemelin Alexandre Olivier;Raveneau de Lussan | Histoire des aventuriers flibustiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes; Journal du voyage fait a la mer du Sud, avec les flibustiers de l’Amerique |
Paris | 1699 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 642.00 |
| 76 | Favier Alph. | Peking, histoire et description |
Peking | 1897 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 77 | Flacourt Etienne Bozet sieur de | Histoire de la grande isle Madagascar |
Paris | 1658 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,028.00 |
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