ALDE: Ancient and 19th Century Books - Bibliotheca Lugdunensis, 40826, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 08, 2026 - April 08, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | LA FONTAINE (Jean de) | Fables choisies |
Paris | 1755-1759 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,000.00 |
| 102 | LA FONTAINE (Jean de) | Contes et nouvelles en vers |
Amsterdam | 1764 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 103 | LA JONCHERE (Etienne de) | Nouvelle methode de fortifier les plus grandes villes... Suivie de dissertations sur la Machine de Marly, sur les pompes du pont Notre-Dame et de la Samaritaine |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 104 | [LACLOS (Pierre Choderlos de)] | Les Liaisons dangereuses. Lettres recueillies dans une societe, et publiees pour l'instruction de quelques autres |
Londres, [Paris] | 1796 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 105 | LAMA (Bernardo Andrea) | Orationes |
Turin | 1728 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 106 | [LAW (John)] | Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid.. |
S.l. [Amsterdam] | 1720 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 107 | LE VASSOR (Michel) | Histoire du regne de Louis XIII, roi de France et de Navarre |
Amsterdam | 1700-1711 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 108 | LESAGE (Alain-Rene) | Le Bachelier de Salamanque, ou les memoires de D. Cherubin de la Ronda, tires d'un manuscrit espagnol |
Paris, La Haye [Paris] | 1736-1737 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,000.00 |
| 109 | [MENESTRIER (Claude-Francois)] | Decorations faites dans la ville de Grenoble, capitale de la province du Dauphine, pour la reception de Mgr le Duc de Bourgogne et de Mgr le Duc de Berry |
Grenoble | 1701 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 110 | [MESLIN (Antoine-Jean)] | Memoires historiques concernant l'Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis, et l'institution du Merite militaire |
Paris | 1785 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 111 | [MESMERISME]. Rapport des commissaires charges par le roi, de l'examen du magnetisme animal, imprime par ordre du roi |
Paris | 1784 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 112 | [MIGNOT (Etienne)] | Histoire du demele de Henri II, roi d'Angleterre, avec Thomas Becket, archeveque de Cantorbery |
Amsterdam | 1756 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 113 | MISSALE ROMANUM, ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum |
Venise | 1736 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,750.00 | |
| 114 | MOLIERE | OEuvres |
Paris | 1791 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 115 | MONCRIF (Francois-Augustin Paradis de) | Essai sur la necessite et les moyens de plaire |
Paris | 1738 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 116 | MONTFAUCON (Bernard de) | Les Monumens de la monarchie francoise |
Paris | 1729-1733 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,250.00 |
| 117 | PERRAULT (Charles) | Histoires ou contes du tems passe. Avec des moralites. Nouvelle edition augmentee d'une nouvelle, a la fin |
La Haye [Paris] | 1742 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 7,500.00 |
| 118 | PIROLI (Tommaso) | Le Antichita di Ercolano |
Rome | 1789-1794 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,063.00 |
| 119 | PLUTARQUE. Les Vies des hommes illustres, revues sur les mss. et traduites en francois, avec des remarques historiques et critiques... par M. Dacier |
Paris | 1721-1734 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 120 | [RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme)] | La Mimographe, ou Idees d'une honnete-femme pour la reformation du theatre national |
Amsterdam | 1770 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 563.00 |
| 121 | RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme) | Le Paysan perverti, ou Les Dangers de la ville. Histoire recente, mise au jour d'apres les veritables lettres des personnages |
La Haye ; Paris | 1776 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,125.00 |
| 122 | RICHER (Adrien) | Vies des plus celebres marins |
Paris | 1789 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 475.00 |
| 123 | ROSSINI (Pietro) | Il Mercurio errante delle grandezze di Roma, tanto antiche, che moderne. Ridevuto da Gio. Pietro Rossini, figliuolo dell'autore |
Rome | 1760 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 124 | ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques) | Emile, ou de l'Education |
La Haye [Paris] | 1762 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,038.00 |
| 125 | ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques) | Lettres ecrites de la montagne |
Amsterdam | 1764 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’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, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste 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 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old 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 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950