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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | Rudolf Dickenmann | Souvenir de la Suisse |
Zurich | milieu du XIXe | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 286.00 |
| 131 | Pierre Escuyer (1749-1834) | Atlas pittoresque de Geneve, ou collection des vues les plus interessantes de cette ville |
Geneve | 1822 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 132 | Anton Winterlin; Hirchenhein; Tanner | Souvenirs de l’Oberland Bernois des Bains de Pfeffers etc. |
Bale | 1835-1862 | EUR 180.00 - 200.00 | EUR 247.00 |
| 133 | Recueil de 41 lithographies |
Paris | XIXe | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 416.00 | |
| 134 | Heinrich Siegfried | Panorama du Mont Righi |
Zurich | ca 1860 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 156.00 |
| 135 | A. Stern | Recueil de vues de la Suisse |
Zurich | ca 1870 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 136 | Paolo Bartolomeo Clarici (1664-1725) | Diocesi Padovana Con Tutta La Sua Estensione Ne Vicini Territori |
Padova | 1720 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 3,640.00 |
| 137 | Auguste Grandjean de Montigny; Auguste Famin | Architecture toscane, ou palais, maisons, et autres edifices de la Toscane |
Paris | 1815 | EUR 180.00 - 200.00 | EUR 260.00 |
| 138 | Linassi | Ferdinand I. und Maria Anna Carolina im Kustenlande im September 1844 |
Trieste | 1845 | EUR 800.00 - 0.00 | EUR 1,300.00 |
| 139 | Pierre Datri | Nuova raccolta delle principali vedute di Roma antica e Moderna con le ruine della guerra disegnate dal vero anno 1849 |
Roma | ca 1849 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 140 | Charles Percier (1764–1838); Pierre-Francois-Leonard Fontaine (1764–1838); Claude-Louis Bernier (1755–1830) | Palais, maisons et autres edifices modernes dessines a Rome |
Paris | 1798 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 455.00 |
| 141 | Luigi Piale; G. Montiroli | Pianta di Roma |
1853 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 585.00 | |
| 142 | Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835) | Nuova raccolta di cinquanta costumi de' contorni di Roma compresi diversi fatti di brigandi disegnati ed incisi all'acqua forte |
Roma | 1823 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 143 | Raccolta di 50 vedute antiche, e Moderne della citta di Roma e sue vicinanze |
Roma | ca 1800-1850 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 144 | Giuseppe Kier | Pianta della R. Citta di Venezia, secondo lo stato presente |
Venise | ca 1850 | EUR 180.00 - 200.00 | EUR 455.00 |
| 145 | Rogissart | Les Delices de l’Italie |
Leide | 1706 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 234.00 |
| 146 | Francesco Zucchi (1692-1764) | Teatro delle fabbriche piu cospicue in prospettiva della citta' di Venezia |
Venice | ca 1750 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 6,240.00 |
| 147 | Croquis orographiques et hydrographiques de l’Europe Centrale |
Toulouse | 1904 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 148 | Q.J. Boonsajer | Atlas der Aarde. Deel gehelzende Prussiche, voormalig Poolen en Hongarije |
ca. 1800 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,560.00 | |
| 149 | Rousseing; E de Villeneuve | Album historique et pittoresque de la Tauride |
Paris | 1853 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 416.00 |
| 150 | 2 Books, including: Carte en turc ottoman |
Istanbul | XXe | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 130.00 | |
| 151 | Tejerzadeh Ibrahim Helmi | La Russie et le Japon, un voyage rempli d’attaques et de defenses |
1900-1950 | EUR 180.00 - 200.00 | EUR 260.00 | |
| 152 | Pierre Charles Levesque | Atlas de l’Histoire de Russie, et des principales nations de l'Empire Russe |
Paris | 1812 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 195.00 |
| 153 | Adam Olearius | Voyage tres-curieux & tres-renommez faits en Moscovie, Tartarie et Perse |
Amsterdam | 1727 | EUR 1,500.00 - 200.00 | EUR 2,470.00 |
| 154 | F. Perthes | Carte ancienne. Rufsland von Suchtelen |
St Petersburg | XIXe | Not Available | EUR 260.00 |
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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.