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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 | Lalaisse Hyppolite; Benoist Felix | Galerie armoricaine, costume et vue pittoresque de la Bretagne |
Nantes | 1844-1851 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 104 | Scheffer Jean | Histoire de la Laponie; Memoire sur les Samojedes et les Lappons |
Paris; Konigsberg | 1678; 1762 | EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 105 | Lauro Giacomo | Heroico splendore delle citta del mondo |
Roma | 1642 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 13,491.00 |
| 106 | Le Gentil de la Galaisiere Guillaume-Hyacinthe-Joseph | Voyage dans les mers de l’Inde, fait par ordre du Roi, a l’occasion du passage de venus sur le disque du soleil |
Paris | 1779-1781 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 107 | Le Guillou Elie | Voyage autour du monde de l’Astrolabe et de la Zelee |
Paris | 1844 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 108 | Le Rouge Georges-Louis | Atlas ameriquain septentrional |
Paris | 1778 | EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 12,849.00 |
| 109 | Leboucher Odet-Julien | Histoire de la derniere guerre entre la Grande-Bretagne et les Etats-Unis d’Amerique |
Paris | 1787 | EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 771.00 |
| 110 | Lecourt H. | La Cuisine chinoise |
Pekin | 1925 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 111 | Lerebours Noel Paymal | Excursions Dagueriennes, vues et monuments les plus remarquables du globe |
Paris | 1842 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,827.00 |
| 112 | Lesson Rene Primevere | Voyage autour du monde sur la corvette la Coquille; Recueil de planches pour les Œuvres de Buffon |
Paris | 1839 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 113 | Linschoten Jan Huyghen van | Histoire de la navigation : aux Indes orientales contenant diverses descriptions des lieux jusques a present descouverts par les Portugais |
Amsterdam | 1638 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,542.00 |
| 114 | Livingstone David; Waller Horace; Selous Frederick Courteney | Dernier journal du docteur David Livingstone; A Hunter’s wanderings in Africa |
Paris; Londres | 1876; 1890 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 115 | Lobo Jerome | Voyage historique d’Abissinie |
Paris | 1728 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 771.00 |
| 116 | Rochon Alexis; Oliver S. Pasfield; Vinson Auguste | Voyage a Madagascar et aux Indes orientales; Madagascar and the Malagassy; Voyage a Madagascar au couronnement de Radama II |
Paris; London | 1791; 1865 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,927.00 |
| 117 | Madiou Thomas | Histoire d’Haiti |
Port-au-Prince | 1847-1848 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,028.00 |
| 118 | Maillard L. | Notes sur l’ile de la Reunion (Bourbon) |
Paris | 1862 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,156.00 |
| 119 | Malte-Brun | Annales des voyages, de la geographie et de l’histoire |
Paris | 1807-1813 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 120 | Marchand Etienne; Fleurieu C. L. Claret | Voyage autour du monde, pendant les annees 1790, 1791 et 1792 |
Paris | 1798-1800 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 1,927.00 |
| 121 | Martin Claude | La Vie de la venerable Mere Marie de l’Incarnation, premiere superieure des Ursulines de la Nouvelle France |
Paris | 1677 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,056.00 |
| 122 | Mayer Luigi | Views in Egypt |
Londres | 1801 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,598.00 |
| 123 | Meollan Felix | Voyages aux Indes par Felix Meollan |
1777 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 3,212.00 | |
| 124 | Lettres edifiantes et curieuses ecrites des Missions etrangeres |
Paris | 1780-1783 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,313.00 | |
| 125 | Mitchell T. L. | Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia |
Londres | 1839 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 126 | Montanus Arnold | Ambassades memorables de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales des Provinces Unies, vers les Empereurs du Japon |
Amsterdam | 1680 | EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,028.00 |
| 127 | Correard Alexandre; Savigny Jean-Baptiste Henri | Naufrage de la fregate la Meduse; Naufrage du brick francais La Sophie |
Paris | 1821 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,799.00 |
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