Gros & Delettrez: End of the Samuelian Library and Various, 178607, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 05, 2026 - May 05, 2026

Page Size: 300 items in 12 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
104	Charles Mercereau; Ch. Maurice	Promenades dans les Pyrenees. Vues, sites, costumes et murs	Paris	c. 1852	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 975.00
105		Point de vue de Toulon		c. 1800-1850	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 728.00
107	C. Howen	Vues pittoresques depuis Francfort jusqu’a Cologne	Paris	1824	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 416.00
108		Souvenirs de l’Allemagne 1874, 2eme partie de Prague a Aix la Chapelle		c. 1874	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 715.00
109	Johann David Schleuen	Plan von der so genannten Insel Potsdam nebst den umliegenden Gegenden	Berlin	1774	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 260.00
110	Johann David Schleuen	Plan von der so genannten Insel Potsdam nebst den umliegenden Gegenden	Berlin	1774	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 845.00
111	Henricus Paulinus (1537-1602)	Henrici Paulini Rerum Belgicarum historia	Embdani	1663	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 117.00
112	Pierre Schez	Historia ducum Styriae	Graecii	1728	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
113	Pieter Van Der Aa	Naaukeurige Versameling der Gedenk-waardigste Zee en Land-reysen, na Oost en West-Indien	Leyden; Leiden	1706-1707	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,950.00
114	Pieter Van Der Aa	Naaukeurige Versameling der Gedenk-waardigste Zee en Land-reysen, na Oost en West-Indien	Leyden; Leiden	1706-1707	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 130.00
115	Pieter Van Der Aa	Naaukeurige Versameling der Gedenk-waardigste Zee en Land-reysen, na Oost en West-Indien	Leyden; Leiden	1706-1707	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
116	William Gilpin	Voyage en differentes parties de l’Angleterre, et particulierement dans les montagnes & sur les lacs du Cumberland & du Westmoreland	Paris; Londres	1789	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
117	Monthelier; Tirpenne	Croquis du cours de la Tamise	Paris	XIXe	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
118	Monthelier; Tirpenne	Croquis du cours de la Tamise	Paris	XIXe	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
119	Johann Isaak Pontanus	Rerum Danicarum historia	Amstelodami; Hardervici Gelrorum	1631	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
120		6 Books, including: Baltic Index-Chart	Londres	1853-1854	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 156.00
121	Pehr Wickenberg	Album Efter Taflor	Stockholm	1850	EUR 70.00 - 80.00	EUR 91.00
122	Tomas Lopez	Plano geometrico de Madrid dedicado y presentado al Rey Nuestro Senor Don Carlos III	Madrid	1785	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 390.00
123	Jose Velazquez y Sanchez	Anales del Toreo resna historica de la lidia de reses bravas y galleria biografica de los principales lidiadores	Sevilla	1873	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,300.00
124	Pierre-Joseph d'Orleans	Histoire des revolutions d’Espagne depuis la destruction de l’Empire des Goths jusqu’a l'entiere et parfaite reunion des Royaumes de Castille & d’Arragon	Paris	1734	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
125	Jose Maria Delorme Colaco	Galleria dos vice-reis, e governadores da India Portugueza	Lisboa	1841	Not Available	EUR 130.00
126	Joao Macphail (ca. 1816-1856)	Lithographies representant des costumes de Portugal	Lisbonne	1841-1842	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 416.00
127	Teixera	Decripcion del Reyno de Portugal y de los Reynos de Castilla que parten por su frontera		1662	Not Available	EUR 2,600.00
128	Johann Ludwig Bleuler (1792–1850)	Collection des costumes de la Suisse et de ses pays limitrophes	Zurich	ca 1820-1830	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 364.00
129	Antoine Chopy; Jean-Louis Daudet	Carte du lac de Geneve et des pays circonvoisins ou se trouvent Les frontieres de France de Savoye et de Suisse avec le territoire de la republique de Geneve	Lyon	1740	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7

Sotheby’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, 2026

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000

Forum, 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.