Sothebys: Books and Manuscripts, pf2654, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 17, 2026 - June 17, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Pascal Blaise | Pensees sur la religion |
Paris | 1670 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 19,200.00 |
| 52 | Racine Jean | La Thebayde; Alexandre le Grand; Andromaque; Les Plaideurs |
Paris | 1673 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,840.00 |
| 53 | Raynal Guillaume-Thomas | Storia dell’America settentrionale |
Venise | 1778-1779 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 6,400.00 |
| 54 | Regiomontanus Johannes; Santbech Daniel; Peurbach | De triangulis planis et sphaericis; In Ptolemaei magnam compositionem; Problematum astronomicorum |
Bale; Nuremberg | 1550; 1561 | EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | EUR 57,600.00 |
| 55 | Rembrandt | Der zee-vaert lof |
Amsterdam | 1634 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 12,800.00 |
| 56 | Rodrigue de Zamora | Le miroir de vie humaine |
Lyon | 1477 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 14,080.00 |
| 57 | Ronsard Pierre de | Les Œuvres |
Paris | 1609 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 58 | Sade Donatien Alphonse marquis de | 16 lettres ou documents |
1764-1771 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,120.00 | |
| 59 | Sade Donatien Alphonse marquis de | 4 lettres ou pieces autographes |
1773-1776 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 5,760.00 | |
| 60 | Sade Donatien Alphonse marquis de | 9 lettres de l’entourage feminin du marquis |
1774-1802 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 8,320.00 | |
| 61 | Sade Donatien Alphonse marquis de | 2 lettres de prison |
1782; 1788 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 5,760.00 | |
| 62 | Sade Renee-Pelagie de Montreuil marquise de | 16 lettres autographes |
1774-1789 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 7,680.00 | |
| 63 | Sade Donatien Alphonse marquis de | 7 lettres ou notes |
1792-1798 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 6,912.00 | |
| 64 | Sade Donatien Alphonse marquis de | 29 lettres ou pieces emanant de parents du marquis |
1741-1834 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,456.00 | |
| 65 | Saint-Jure Jean-Baptiste | La Vie de monsieur Renty |
Paris | 1651 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 66 | Villedieu Marie Catherine Hortense de | Les Galanteries grenadines |
Paris | 1673 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 28,160.00 |
| 67 | Wicquefort Abraham de | Advis fidelle aux veritables Hollandois |
La Haye | 1673 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,480.00 |
| 68 | Album de dessins originaux, gravures et poemes manuscrits |
Alger | 1840-1860 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 10,240.00 | |
| 70 | Banville Theodore de; Banville Zelie de; Banville Elisabeth de | 74 lettres autographes signees |
Paris | 1869-1891 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 71 | Boigne Eleonore-Adele d’Osmond | Memoires. Recits d’une tante |
1835-1862 | EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | EUR 70,400.00 | |
| 72 | Borghese Camille | 58 lettres autographes signees au chevalier Luigi Angiolini |
1803-1818 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 3,584.00 | |
| 73 | 33 lettres au chevalier Luigi Angiolini, a Adolphe Cremieux et a divers correspondants |
1800-1878 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 2,816.00 | ||
| 74 | Carnot Sadi | Reflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu |
Paris | 1824 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 25,600.00 |
| 75 | Description de l'Egypte |
Paris | 1809-1830 | EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | EUR 179,200.00 | |
| 77 | Gigault de la Salle Achille Etienne | Voyage pittoresque en Sicile |
Paris | 1822-1826 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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