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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | Ides Everard Ysbrand; Kao Dionysius; Schleissing Georg Adam; Forster Georges | Three years travels from Moscow over-land to China; La Religion ancienne et moderne des Moscovites; Voyage du Bengale a Petersbourg |
Londres; Cologne; Paris | 1706; 1698; 1802 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,028.00 |
| 154 | Sanson d'Abbeville | L’Asie en plusieurs cartes. – L’Affrique.– L’Amerique |
Paris | 1652-1657 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,112.00 |
| 155 | Schenk Pierre; Delisles Guillaume | Le Flambeau de la guerre allumee au Rhin |
Amsterdam | 1744 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,056.00 |
| 156 | Shaw Thomas | Voyage dans plusieurs provinces de la Barbarie et du Levant |
La Haye | 1743 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 157 | Simpson William | The Seat of war in the East. Second series |
Londres | 1856 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 642.00 |
| 158 | Solvyns Frans Baltazar | Les Hindous |
Paris | 1808-1812 | EUR 8,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 35,976.00 |
| 159 | Sonnerat Pierre | Voyage aux indes orientales et a la Chine |
Paris | 1782 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,056.00 |
| 160 | Strabon | Strabonis rerum geographicarum libri septemdecim |
Bale | 1571 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,882.00 |
| 161 | Struys Jean | Les Voyages de Jean Struys en Moscovie, en Tartarie, en Perse, aux Indes, et en plusieurs autres pays etrangers |
Amsterdam | 1681 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 964.00 |
| 162 | Raoul-Rochette Desire; Pfnor Rodolphe; Solignac Pierre Joseph de la Pimpie; Merveilleux David Francois de; Spengler | N Books, including: Lettres sur la Suisse ecrites en 1819, 1820 et 1821 |
Paris; Liege; Londres | 1823; 1859; 1738; 1739; c. 1820 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 163 | Tachard Guy (1650-1712) | Voyage de Siam, des peres jesuites envoyez par le Roy aux Indes & a la Chine |
Paris | 1686 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 899.00 |
| 164 | Tachard Guy | Second voyage du Pere Tachard et des Jesuites envoyez par le Roi au royaume de Siam |
Paris | 1689 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 514.00 |
| 165 | Tavernier Jean-Baptiste | Les Six voyages en Turquie, en Perse et aux Indes; Nouvelle relation de l’interieur du serrail du Grand-Seigneur |
Paris; Amsterdam | 1678 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,827.00 |
| 166 | Ternaux-Compans Henri | Voyages, relations et memoires originaux pour servir a l’histoire de la decouverte de l’Amerique |
Paris | 1831-1840 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 321.00 |
| 167 | Turner Samuel; Huc | N Books, including: An account of embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet |
Londres; Paris; Tournai | 1806; 1800; 1850; 1854 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 168 | Trigaut Nicolas | Histoire des martyrs du Japon depuis l’an MDCXII. iusques a MDCXX |
Paris | 1624 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 169 | Volney Constantin-Francois Chasseboeuf de | The military costume of Turkey |
Londres | 1818; 1788 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 899.00 |
| 170 | Clarke Edouard-Daniel; Mouraviev Nicolai | Voyages en Russie, en Tartarie et en Turquie |
Paris | 1812; 1823 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 171 | Gabriel Albert | Monuments turcs d’Anatolie; Voyages archeologiques dans la Turquie orientale |
Paris | 1931-1934; 1940 | EUR 600.00 - 900.00 | EUR 1,156.00 |
| 172 | Vancouver George | Voyages de decouvertes a l’Ocean Pacifique du Nord et autour du monde |
Paris | 1800 | EUR 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 6,681.00 |
| 173 | Perez de Villa-Amil Genaro | Espana artistica y monumental |
Paris | 1842-1844 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 174 | Avril Philippe; Thevenot Jean de | Voyage en divers etats d’Europe et d’Asie; Voyages de Mr. de Thevenot en Europe, Asie & Afrique |
Paris; Amsterdam | 1692; 1727 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,028.00 |
| 175 | Barthelemy J. J.; Goupil Fesquet | Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grece; Voyage d’Horace Vernet en Orient |
Paris | 1830; 1819; 1843 | EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 771.00 |
| 176 | Audebert J. B. | Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis |
Paris | 1810 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 177 | Buchoz Pierre-Joseph | Premiere centurie de planches enluminees et non enluminee |
Paris | 1775 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 4,497.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000