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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | 6 vues aquarellees d’eglises et paysages de montagnes |
1985-1987 | EUR 180.00 - 200.00 | EUR 234.00 | ||
| 183 | Frederic DU BOIS DE MONTPEREUX | Voyage au Caucase, chez les Tcherkesses & les Abkhases en Colchide, en Georgie, en Armenie et en Crimee. Atlas |
Neufchatel; Paris | 1843 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 10,400.00 |
| 184 | Serge SHART | Mother and Child |
1962 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 185 | Dickran KOUYMJIAN | Armenian Art Collection |
1990 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 186 | Marie-Felicite BROSSET | Les Ruines d’Ani, capitale de l'Armenie sous les rois bagratides, au Xe et XIe siecles, histoire et description |
St. Petersburg | 1861 | Not Available | EUR 2,340.00 |
| 187 | Manette |
ND | Not Available | Not Sold | ||
| 188 | Ջախջախեան Մանուէլ (Ciakciak Emmanuele) (1770-1835) | Dizionario Italiano-Armeno-Turco, Բառարան յիտալականլեզուէ ի հայ և ի տաճիկ բարբառ |
Venise | 1804 | EUR 180.00 - 200.00 | EUR 234.00 |
| 189 | Jean-Baptiste d’Anville | Asiae, quae vulgo minor dictur , et Syriae. Tabula geographica |
Paris | 1764 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 325.00 |
| 190 | Giovanni Antonio Remondini | L’Armenie, la Georgie et le Daghistan |
Venice | c. 1784 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 286.00 |
| 191 | Giovanni Antonio Remondini | Partie des Gouvernemens d'Astracan et de Woronez: le Kabarda et partie du pais des Cosaques du Don et du Jaik |
Venice | c. 1784 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 192 | Korneli Kekelidze (1879-1962) | Histoire de la litterature georgienne |
Tfilissi | 1923-1924 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 193 | Description des bains orientaux |
Amsterdam | 1756 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 1,040.00 | |
| 194 | Sliman Ben Ibrahim Bamer; Etienne Dinet (1861-1929) | Mirages. Scenes de la vie arabe |
Paris | 1906 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,120.00 |
| 195 | Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis (1739-1799); Amedee Jaubert | Grammaire et Dictionnaire abreges de la langue Berbere; Itineraires de l’Afrique septentrionale |
Paris | 1844 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 520.00 |
| 196 | Jean Besancenot (Jean Girard) (1902-1992) | Costumes et types du Maroc |
Paris | 1940 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,070.00 |
| 197 | Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804–1892) | Monument arabes et moresques de Cordoue, Seville et Grenade |
Paris | 1837 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 198 | Henry de Beauvau | Relation journaliere du voyage du Levant |
Nancy | 1615 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,680.00 |
| 199 | Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) | Voyage au Levant, cest-a-dire, dans les principaux endroits de l’Asie Mineure |
Paris | 1714 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,860.00 |
| 200 | Dandini | Voyage du Mont Liban |
Paris | 1675 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 585.00 |
| 201 | Laurent Arvieux | Voyage fait par ordre du roy XIV dans la Palestine vers le Grand Emir, chef des Prince Arabes du Desert |
Paris | 1717 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 390.00 |
| 202 | Jean Doubdan | Le Voyage de la Terre-Sainte, contenant une veritable description des lieux plus considerables que N. S. a sanctifie |
Paris | 1657 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,300.00 |
| 203 | Barthelemy Herbelot de Molainville; C. Visdelou; A. Galand | Bibliotheque orientale ou Dictionnaire universel contenant generalement tout ce qui regarde la connoissance des peuples de l’orient; Bibliotheque orientale ou Dictionnaire universel [...] Supplement |
Maestricht; Amsterdam | 1776; 1780 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 204 | Leon de Laborde | Voyage de la Syrie |
Paris | 1837 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 7,020.00 |
| 206 | La Rocque | Voyage de l’Arabie Heureuse, par l'Ocean Oriental, & le Detroit de la Mer Rouge |
Amsterdam | 1716 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 585.00 |
| 207 | Albert de Luynes | Voyage d’exploration a la Mer Morte, a Petra et sur la rive gauche du Jourdain |
Paris | 1874 | EUR 1,500.00 - 200.00 | EUR 2,015.00 |
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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.