Giquello: From the Kilian Fritsch Library - Precious, Rare and Unusual Books, 177612, rue La Boetie, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 29, 2026 - May 29, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Cornu Paul | Galerie des modes et costumes francais |
Paris | 1911-1914 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 5,308.00 |
| 27 | Coyer Gabriel-Francois | Bagatelles morales |
Londres; Paris | 1754 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,264.00 |
| 28 | Gaulterin Jonas | Cruelty of a young damsel towards her own father |
Lyon | 1877 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 885.00 |
| 29 | Le Cry & proclamation publicque pour iouer le mistere des Actes des Apostres |
Paris | 1541, printed 1830 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 30 | Daneau Lambert; Tertullian Florent | Traite de l'estat honneste des Chrestiens en leur accoustrement |
Geneve; Dijon | 1580; 1625 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 31 | Des Periers Bonaventure | Nouvelles recreations et joyeux devis |
Lyon | 1567 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 10,742.00 |
| 32 | Des Periers Bonaventure | Les nouvelle recreations et joyeux Devis |
Paris | 1572 | EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 33 | Des Periers Bonaventure | Les nouvelles recreations et joyeux devis |
Rouen | 1615 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 4,802.00 |
| 34 | Du Rosoi Barnabe Famian | Les Sens |
London | 1766 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 265.00 |
| 35 | Du Troncy Benoit | Formulaire fort recreatif de tous Contracts, Donations, Testaments, Codicilles & autres actes |
Lyon | 1618 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,517.00 |
| 36 | Le facessieux Reveille-Matin des Esprits Melancoliques ou remede preservatif contre les tristes |
Paris | ca. 1645-1650 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 253.00 | |
| 37 | Cherrier Abbe | Histoire comique du roy des masques; Le Sanglant combat de Mardi-Gras et de Careme |
Paris | 1724 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,264.00 |
| 38 | The Source and Origin of Wild Cocks |
Lyon | 1590 [circa 1740] | EUR 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 8,846.00 | |
| 39 | Six faceties printed in Troyes in the 18th century |
Paris | 1873 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 316.00 | |
| 40 | Favart Charles-Simon;Boufflers Satnislas;Voisenon Claude-Henri de Fusee de | Journee de l'amour, ou heures de Cythere |
Gnide | 1776 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 41 | Favre Abbe | Les quatre heures de la toilette des dames |
Paris | 1779 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 885.00 |
| 42 | Fontenelle Bernard Le Bouyer de | Lettres galantes de Monsieur le Chevalier d'Her*** |
Amsterdam | 1701 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 506.00 |
| 43 | Fulgose Baptiste;Sacchi B.;Sebillet Thomas | Contramours |
Paris | 1581 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 44 | France Anatole; Leroux Auguste | La Rotisserie de la reine Pedauque |
Paris | 1911 | EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 17,693.00 |
| 45 | Girard de Propriac Catherine-Joseph-Ferdinand | Nouveau dictionnaire d'amour |
Paris | 1825 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 46 | Hurtado de Mendoza | Histoire plaisante, facetieuse et recreative de Lazare de Turmes |
Anvers | 1598 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 47 | Iribe Paul | Blanc et rouge - Rose et noir - Bleu, blanc, rouge |
Paris | 1930-1932 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 5,687.00 |
| 48 | Barbier George; Bakst Leon; Berty B.; Boutet de Monvel Bernard; Broders Roger; van Brock Jan; Brunelleschi Umberto; Dammy H. Robert; Drian Etienne; Faivre Abel; Franc-Nohain Marie-Madeleine; Gose Xavier; Iribe Paul; Kriegck; Lhuer Victor; Legrain Pierre; | Journal des dames et des modes |
Paris | 1912-1914 | EUR 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 8,594.00 |
| 49 | Kock Paul de | La Femme, le mari et l'amant |
Paris | 1829 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 50 | Labe Louise | Euvres de Louize Labe lionnoise |
Paris | 1853 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
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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