Gros & Delettrez: End of the Samuelian Library and Various, 178607, PARIS
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 05, 2026 - May 05, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 234 | ALGERIE. MAGHREB. Lot de 6 titres en 8 volumes |
XIXe XXe | EUR 180.00 - 200.00 | EUR 1,040.00 | ||
| 235 | BIBLE ETHIOPIENNE. NOUVEAU TESTAMENT. PASSION DU CHRIST |
Ethiopie | XVIIIe siècle environ | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,170.00 | |
| 236 | MANUSCRIT ETHIOPIEN |
Ethiopie | XVIIIe ou XIXe siècle environ | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 237 | Andriveau-Goujon | Carte generale de l’Afrique d'apres les dernieres decouvertes |
Paris | 1880 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 208.00 |
| 238 | Jean-Baptiste-G. Bory de Saint-Vincent | Voyage dans les quatre principales iles des mers d'Afrique |
Paris | 1804 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,690.00 |
| 239 | Jean-Baptiste-G. Bory de Saint-Vincent | Voyage dans les quatre principales iles des mers d'Afrique |
Paris | 1804 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 390.00 |
| 240 | Fernand Foureau | Documents scientifiques de la Mission Saharienne. Mission Foureau-Lamy |
Paris | 1905 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,040.00 |
| 241 | Guillaume Snelgrave | Nouvelle relation de quelques endroits de Guinee, et du commerce d’esclaves qu’on y fait |
Amsterdam | 1735 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 242 | Hiob Ludolf | Lexicon amharico-latinum |
Francofurti ad Moenum | 1698 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 286.00 |
| 243 | Jean Tilho | Documents scientifiques de la Mission Tilho |
Paris | 1910 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 104.00 |
| 244 | ESCLAVAGE. TRAITE DES NOIRS. NEGRITUDE. Lot d’ouvrages sur l'esclavage |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 2,860.00 | ||
| 246 | Stanislas Aignan Julien | Lot de plusieurs pieces autographes en francais et ideogrammes chinois |
N/A | EUR 180.00 - 200.00 | EUR 390.00 | |
| 247 | Jean Huygen van Linschoten | Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linscot Hollandais et de son voyage Indes Orientales |
Amsterdam | 1610 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 910.00 |
| 248 | Montstuart Elphinstone | An account of the Kingdom of Caubul and its dependencies, in Persia, Tartary, and India |
London | 1839 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 249 | Francisco Garcia | Vida y Milagros de San Francisco Xavier, de La Compania de Jesus, apostol de las Indias |
Madrid | ca 1685 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 390.00 |
| 250 | Julius von Klaproth | Tableaux historiques de l’Asie, depuis la monarchie de Cyrus jusqu'a nos jours… Atlas |
Paris | 1826 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 286.00 |
| 251 | Remy Hausermann (1843-1933) | Carte des missions catholiques du Siam, de la Birmanie et du Laos |
Paris | 1904 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 117.00 |
| 252 | Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville | Nouvel Atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie chinoise et du Thibet contenant les cartes generales et particulieres de ces pays ainsi que la carte du Royaume de Coree |
La Haye | 1737 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 7,020.00 |
| 253 | Augustus F. Lindley (1840-1873) | Ti-ping tien-kwoh : the history of the Ti-Ping Revolution |
London | 1866 | EUR 180.00 - 200.00 | EUR 312.00 |
| 254 | Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814) | Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine, fait par ordre du Roi, depuis 1774, jusqu'en 1781 |
Paris | 1782 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 255 | Karl Ivanovič Weber (1841-1910) | Map of North Eastern China |
Hamburg | 1893 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 390.00 |
| 256 | Francis Garnier (1839-1873) | Voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine effectue pendant les annees 1866, 1867 et 1868 par une commission francaise |
Paris | 1873 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 8,450.00 |
| 257 | Engelbert Kaempfer | Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclesiastique de l’empire du Japon |
La Haye | 1729 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,560.00 |
| 258 | Nathaniel Brassey-Halhed; J.-B.-R. Robinet; J. A. Dubois | Code des loix des Gentoux ou reglemens des Brames; Legislation orientale; Moeurs, institutions et ceremonies des peuples de l’Inde |
Paris; Amsterdam; Paris | 1778; 1778; 1825 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 195.00 |
| 259 | Jacinto Juanmarti; Mateo Gisbert | 3 Books, including: Gramatica de la lengua de maguindanao segun se habla en el centro y en la costa sur de la isla de Mindanao |
Manila | 1892 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 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.