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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Linden Jean-Jules; Linden Lucien | Lindenia. Iconographie des orchidees; L'Illustration horticole |
Gand | 1885-1903; 1887-1890 | EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 14,080.00 |
| 79 | Essarts Emmanuel des | Paris Nouveau |
Paris | 1857 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,280.00 |
| 102 | Nerval Gerard de | Scenes de la Vie Orientale |
Paris | 1848 | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 7,680.00 |
| 104 | Paroissien romain |
Paris | vers 1860 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 12,800.00 | |
| 105 | Rimbaud Arthur | Une saison en enfer |
Bruxelles | 1873 | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 33,280.00 |
| 106 | Sanquirico Alessandro | Raccolta di Varie Decorazioni Sceniche |
Milan | vers 1832 | EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 107 | Sowerby James (1757-1822) | Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms |
Londres | 1797; 1803; 1809 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 6,400.00 |
| 110 | Twain Mark | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; The Poetical Works |
Londres; Detroit | 1877; 1876 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 28,160.00 |
| 111 | Aragon Louis | Les Beaux Quartiers |
Paris | 1936 | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 8,960.00 |
| 112 | Choumoff, Pierre; Gontcharova, Natalia; Larionov, Mikhail | Grand Bal des Artistes Travesti-Transmental |
Paris | 1923 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 12,800.00 |
| 113 | Picasso, Pablo; Bakst, Leon; Cocteau, Jean | Programme officiel des Ballets russes |
Paris | 1917 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 16,640.00 |
| 114 | Bardot, Brigitte | BBcedaire |
2021-2022 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 115 | Barthes, Roland | Le Tour de France comme epopee |
1955 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 116 | Bataille, Georges | L'Experience interieure |
Paris | 1943 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 6,400.00 |
| 117 | Bataille, Georges | L’Archangelique |
Paris | 1944 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 118 | Bataille, Georges | L'Erotisme |
Paris | 1957 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 7,680.00 |
| 120 | Broglie, Louis de | Recherches sur la theorie des quanta |
Paris | 1924 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 9,600.00 |
| 121 | Buffet, Bernard; Ducasse, Isidore | Les Chants de Maldoror |
Paris | 1952 | EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | EUR 70,400.00 |
| 122 | Camus, Albert | Actuelles I; Actuelles II; Actuelles III |
Paris | 1950; 1953; 1958 | EUR 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 124 | Cocteau Jean | Divers manuscrits : pieces de circonstance sur des amis |
1958-1961 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 768.00 | |
| 125 | Cocteau Jean | 13 dessins originaux |
1957 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 6,400.00 | |
| 126 | Cocteau Jean | Paraprosodies precedees de 7 dialogues |
1957-1958 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 2,432.00 | |
| 127 | Cocteau Jean | 2 projets de couvertures pour les Editions du Rocher |
Monaco | 1955; 1957 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 3,072.00 |
| 128 | Cocteau Jean | Correspondance a Gerard Worms et a son epouse Jeannine |
Monaco | 1956-1962 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 7,680.00 |
| 129 | Cocteau Jean | Le Testament d’Orphee; La Belle et la Bete |
1961 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,816.00 |
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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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