Catawiki B. V.: French Literature & Illustrated, 32026a, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 20, 2026 - March 20, 2026

Page Size: 39 items in 2 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101951866	Honore de Balzac [Provenance : Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski, Pologne]	Physiologie du Mariage [EO reliure aux armes]	1830	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
101951886	Moliere	Les Oeuvres de Monsieur de Moliere \| Superbe reliure en maroquin rouge attribuable a Devauchelle	1710/1709	EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	Not Sold
101951909	TERENCE [Publius Terentius Afer]. [Madame DACIER, traductrice]. Bernard PICARD (illustrateur).	Les comedies de Terence ; avec la traduction et les remarques de Madame Dacier. Nouvelle edition,	1747	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
101954287	Bussy-Rabutin [Roger de Rabutin comte de Bussy] Courtilz de Sandras	Histoire amoureuse des Gaules de Bussy-Rabutin et autres romans satiriques et libertins du siecle de	1754	EUR 4,000.00 - 4,500.00	Not Sold
101960531	Marquise de Sevigne (Marie de Rabutin Chantal)	Lettres de Madame la Marquise de Sevigne a sa fille la Comtesse de Grignan	1726	EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
101960900	Rimbaud / Moretti	Les Illuminations	1981	EUR 550.00 - 650.00	Not Sold
101992066	Albert Camus; Eugenio Montale; F. Donini; C. de Freminville; E. Robles; Jean Tardieu	Rivages ndeg2 [Alger]	1939	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
102024396	Robert de MONTESQUIOU	Les delices de Capharnaum [1/10 ex. sue Japon]	1921	EUR 450.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
102024688	Francois MITTERRAND	Politique 2 [1/15 ex. de tete- bien relie]	1981	EUR 700.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
102026309	Charles BAUDELAIRE / Ignasi VIDAL	Les Fleurs du mal [Un des 64 ex. avec suite, enrichi ORIGINAL & CUIVRE - Reliure signee]	1957	EUR 700.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
102027924	Jean de LA BRUYERE / Louise IBELS	De l'Homme [enrichi d'un DESSIN ORIGINAL AU LAVIS & LAS de l'artiste]	1950	EUR 950.00 - 1,050.00	Not Sold
102029219	Charles JOUAS	Paris vu de Notre-Dame	1949	EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00	Not Sold
102030113	Paul-Jean TOULET / Jean-Emile LABOUREUR	Les Trois Impostures [Un des 50 ex. avec une SUITE sur Chine & enrichi d'un DESSIN ORIGINAL]	1946	EUR 700.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
102030539	MENESTREL DE REIMS / Andre DUSSARTHOU	Le Temps des croisades [Un des 32 ex. du TIRAGE DE TETE avec original, suites & piece encadree]	1991	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00	EUR 1,035.50

Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 July

Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.

Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.

Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.

Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.”
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.

Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.

Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.

June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.

Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950