Aguttes: Rare Books & Antiquarian Manuscripts, 177621, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Fulgenzio Micanzio; Francois de Graverol | La Vie du Pere Paul [Sarpi] de l'ordre des Serviteurs de la Vierge et theologien de la serenissime Republique de Venize, traduitte de l'italien par F. G. C. A. P. D. B. |
Leyde | 1661 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 189.00 |
| 302 | Antoine Le Metel d’Ouville (1589-1656) | Les Contes aux heures perdues du Sieur d’Ouville. |
Paris | 1644 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,170.00 |
| 303 | PETRARQUE; Philippe de Maldeghem (1547-1611) | Le Petrarque en rime francoise avecq ses commentaires, traduict par Philippe de Maldeghem,…. |
Bruxelles | 1600 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 505.00 |
| 304 | Francois de Rabutin | Commentaires des dernieres guerres en la Gaule Belgique entre Henry Second du nom tres-chrestien roy de France, & Charles cinquiesme empereur, & Philippes son fils, roy d’Espagne… |
Paris | 1574 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,642.00 |
| 305 | RACINE | OEuvres de Racine. |
Paris | 1687 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 631.00 |
| 306 | Antoine Baudeau de Somaize | Le Grand dictionnaire des pretieuses, ou La clef de la langue des ruelles. |
Paris | 1661 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,917.00 |
| 307 | SUETONE; George de La Boutiere | De la Vie des XII Cesars. Traduit par George de La Boutiere… |
Paris | 1569 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 308 | Leonard de Vinci; Roland Freart | Traite de la Peinture… donne au public et traduit de l’italien par R.F.S.D.C. |
Paris | 1651 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,022.00 |
| 309 | CICERON; SENECA | 2 Books, including: M.T. Cicero=nis philosophicorum librorum pars prima… ex dionys lambini |
Argentorati; Amsterodami | 1581; 1668 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 467.00 |
| 310 | Alain-Rene Lesage | Histoire de Guzman d'Alfarache, nouvellement traduite & purgee des moralite superflues |
Paris | 1732 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 758.00 |
| 311 | ALMANACH royal, annee M.DCC.LIX |
Paris | 1759 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,516.00 | |
| 312 | ALMANACH royal, annee MDCCLXII |
Paris | 1762 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 821.00 | |
| 313 | ALMANACH royal, annee M.DCCLXV |
Paris | 1765 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,137.00 | |
| 314 | ALMANACH royal, annee M.DCC.LXXXII |
Paris | 1782 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 821.00 | |
| 315 | ALMANACH royal, annee bissextile M.DCC.LXXXIV |
Paris | 1784 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,137.00 | |
| 316 | ALMANACH royal, annee M.DCC.LXXXVII |
Paris | 1787 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,642.00 | |
| 317 | ALMANACH royal, annee M.DCC.XC |
Paris | 1790 | EUR 350.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,642.00 | |
| 318 | ALMANACH royal 1775 |
Paris | 1775 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 884.00 | |
| 319 | ALMANACH Royal M.DCC.LXXXIII |
Paris | 1783 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,011.00 | |
| 320 | ALMANACH Royal M.DCC.LXX |
Paris | 1770 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,516.00 | |
| 321 | Luigi Balocchi | La Primavera Felice, Dramma Giocoso in un atto. L’Heureux Printems (sic)... |
Paris | 1816 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,011.00 |
| 322 | Arnaud Berquin | Idylles |
Paris | 1775 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 189.00 |
| 323 | Abbe Boudot | Catalogue des livres de la bibliotheque du Grand-Conseil |
Paris | 1739 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 2,527.00 |
| 324 | Boggio; Lavigna | Hoango. Dramma per musica da rappresentarsi nel teatro imperiale di Torino nel carnovale dell'anno 1807 |
Torino (Turin) | 1807 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 2,274.00 |
| 325 | Boileau-Depreaux | OEuvres avec eclaircissements historiques |
La Haye | 1729 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 2,780.00 |
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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. -
Forum Auctions
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 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.