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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | J.-B. Poirson; Tardieu | Atlas ancien et moderne |
1831 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 53 | Jean-Baptiste Poirson | Nouvelle geographie elementaire par demandes et par reponses divisee en lecons |
Paris | 1821 | EUR 100.00 - 130.00 | EUR 130.00 |
| 54 | Pomponius Mela | De situ orbis libri III |
Lugduni Batavorum | 1722 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 55 | Antoine-Francois Prevost | Histoire generale des voyages, ou Nouvelles collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont ete publiees jusqu’a present dans les differentes langues de toutes les nations connues… |
Paris; Amsterdam | 1746-1770 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 3,640.00 |
| 56 | Antoine-Francois Prevost | Histoire generale des voyages, ou Nouvelles collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont ete publiees jusqu’a present dans les differentes langues de toutes les nations connues… |
Paris | 1746-1759 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,950.00 |
| 58 | Guillaume-Thomas Raynal | Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre dresse pour l'Histoire philosophique et politique des etablissemens et du commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes… |
ca 1779-1780 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 59 | Guillaume-Thomas Raynal | Histoire philosophique et politique des etablissements & du commerce des europeens dans les deux Indes |
Amsterdam | 1772 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 390.00 |
| 60 | Gilles Robert de Vaugondy | Atlas portatif universel et militaire, compose d'apres les meilleures cartes... des plus celebres geographes et ingenieurs |
Paris | 1748 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 520.00 |
| 61 | Gilles Robert de Vaugondy; Didier Robert de Vaugondy | Atlas portatif universel compose d’apres les meilleures cartes tant gravees que manuscrites |
Paris | ca 1790 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,560.00 |
| 62 | Rigobert Bonne; Desmarest | Atlas Encyclopedique, contenant La Geographie ancienne et quelques cartes sur la geographiques du moyen age ; La Geographie moderne et les cartes relatives a la geographie physique… |
Paris | 1788 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 780.00 |
| 63 | Rousset | Atlas general des cinq parties du monde |
Paris | c. 1833 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold |
| 64 | Heinrich Rudolph Schinz (1777-1861); J. F. A. Eichelberg | Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen des Menschen der verschiedenen Rassen und Stamme nach den neuesten Entdeckungen und vorzuglichsten Originalien |
Zurich | 1845 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 780.00 |
| 65 | Wilhelm Valentiner (1845-1931) | Atlas des Sonnensystems |
Lahr | 1884 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 520.00 |
| 66 | Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766); Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723-1786) | Usage des globes celeste et terrestre, faits par ordre du Roi |
Paris | 1751 | EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 67 | Alexandre Vuillemin | Atlas universel de geographie ancienne et moderne |
Paris | c. 1850 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold |
| 68 | Jan Wagenaar | Amsterdam, In Zyne Opkomst, Aanwas, Geschiedenissen, Voorregten, Koophandel, Gebouwen, Kerkenstaat, Schoolen, Schutterye, Gilden En Regeeringe |
Amsterdam | 1760-1768 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 69 | James Wyld | A new general atlas of modern geography consisted of a complete collection of maps of the four quarters of the globe |
London | 1838 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 650.00 |
| 70 | Bibliotheque Orientale Elzevirienne |
Paris | 1873-1916 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 71 | Abbe de Vertot; David Hume; Targe; Henry Saint-Jean Lord Vicomte Bolingbroke; Marquis de Feuquiere | 6 Books, including: Histoire des revolutions de Suede |
Paris; Amsterdam; Londres | 1749; 1752; 1765; 1768; 1775 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 72 | Abbe de Vertot; David Hume; Targe; Henry Saint-Jean Lord Vicomte Bolingbroke; Marquis de Feuquiere | 6 Books, including: Histoire des revolutions de Suede |
Paris; Amsterdam; Londres | 1749; 1752; 1765; 1768; 1775 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 73 | Delamarche; Drioux; Leroy; Migeon; Vuillemin; A. Martineau; A. Levasseur; L. Gregoire; Louis Bonnefont; Cortambert; Buffier; Mentelle; Malt Brun; Perothee de la Croix; Adolf Stieler; Brue; Edme Mentelle | 20 Books, including: Atlas de la geographie Ancienne, du Moyen-Age et Moderne |
Paris; Bruxelles; Gotha | 1736-1754; 1764; 1802; 1803; c. 1840; 1844; c. 1860; 1875; 1879; 1880; 1885; 1886; 1889; 1892 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 364.00 |
| 74 | F. Baralle; A. Martineau; A. Levasseur; Adolf Stieler; Migeon; Vuillemin; Conrad Malte-Brun; Jean-Jacques Nicolas Huot; Arnault Robert; Perigot | 15 Books, including: Atlas Universel contenant la Geographie, physique, politique |
Paris; Gotha | 1833; 1837; 1874; 1877; 1880; 1882; 1889; 1913; c. 1870 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 260.00 |
| 75 | Abbe Prevost, Antoine Francois d’Exiles | Histoire generale des voyages, ou Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre |
Paris | 1746-1753 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,105.00 |
| 76 | Nicolas Bergier | Histoire des Grands Chemins de l'Empire Romain |
Bruxelles | 1728 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 325.00 |
| 77 | Blaeu | Le Grand atlas ou Cosmographie Blaviane, ou laquelle est exactement descritte la Terre, la Mer et le Ciel (Neufvieme Volume): Contenant L'Italie, Qvi Est Le XVI. Livre De L'Europe |
Amsterdam | 1663 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 3,380.00 |
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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.