Christies: Collections of the Château de Tournay : The Library, 24672, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 18, 2026 - June 18, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Montaigne Michel Eyquem de (1533-1592) | Journal du voyage de Michel de Montaigne en Italie |
Rome; Paris | 1774 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 22,860.00 |
| 52 | Newcastle William Cavendish (1593-1676) | Methode et invention nouvelle de dresser les chevaux |
Anvers | 1657; 1658 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 19,050.00 |
| 53 | Ovide (43 av. J-C – 17 ap. J-C) | Les Metamorphoses |
Paris | 1767-1771 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 16,510.00 |
| 54 | Pascal Blaise (1623-1662) | Pensees de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets |
Paris | 1683 | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 7,620.00 |
| 55 | Perelle Gabriel (1603-1677); Perelle Adam (1640-1695); Perelle Nicolas | Recueil compose de 6 suites totalisant 287 planches |
Paris | ca. 1660 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 33,020.00 |
| 56 | Pluche Noel-Antoine (1688-1761) | Histoire du ciel |
Paris | 1757 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 4,826.00 |
| 57 | Carnet |
N/A | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 762.00 | ||
| 58 | Rabelais Francois (c. 1494-1553) | Œuvres |
Amsterdam | 1741 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,826.00 |
| 59 | Racine Jean (1639-1699) | Œuvres |
Paris | 1741 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,286.00 |
| 60 | Racine Jean (1639-1699) | Œuvres |
Paris | 1801-1805 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 10,795.00 |
| 61 | Rigaud Jacques | Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, chateaux, et maisons royales de Paris et des environs |
Paris | après 1730 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 9,525.00 |
| 62 | Rouquet Jean Andre | L’Etat des arts en Angleterre |
Paris | 1755 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 11,430.00 |
| 63 | Saurin Jacques | Discours historiques, critiques, theologiques et moraux, sur les evenemens le plus memorables du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament |
La Haye | 1728-1739 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 10,160.00 |
| 64 | Rousseau Jean-Jacques | Collection complette des Œuvres de Mr. De Voltaire |
Londres; Bruxelles | 1774-1783 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 11,430.00 |
| 65 | Saint Bonaventure; Vigenere Blaise de | L'Esguillon de l'amour divin; Les Lamentations de Jeremie |
Paris | 1588 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,048.00 |
| 66 | Scarron Paul | Recueil compose de 5 ouvrages |
Paris | 1646-1653 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 7,620.00 |
| 67 | Sevigne Madame de | Recueil des lettres de Madame la marquise de Sevigne |
Paris | 1754 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 17,780.00 |
| 68 | Silvestre Israel | Recueil de 22 vues et plans de chateaux royaux |
Paris | 1666-1774 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 25,400.00 |
| 69 | Tasse Torquato Tasso | Jerusalem delivree |
Paris | 1735 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,715.00 |
| 70 | Tasse Torquato Tasso | Jerusalem delivree |
Paris | 1812 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 71 | Vauge Gilles | Traite de l'esperance chretienne |
Paris | 1732 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold |
| 72 | Villon Francois | Les Œuvres |
Paris | 1723 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 73 | Voltaire Francois-Marie Arouet de | Collection Complette des Œuvres de Mr. De Voltaire; Correspondance |
Geneve; Paris | 1768-1777; 1796 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 120,650.00 |
| 74 | Voltaire Francois-Marie Arouet de | Œuvres completes |
Kehl | 1785-1789 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 30,480.00 |
| 75 | Vieilh de Varenne Raymond-Augustin | Collection entiere des drapeaux de l'armee nationale parisienne |
Paris | 1790 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,445.00 |
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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