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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
208 Carsten Niebuhr

Voyage en Arabie & en d’autres pays circonvoisins

Amsterdam; Utrecht 1776-1780 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,040.00
209 Paris

Souvenirs de Jerusalem

Paris ND (XIXe) EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,860.00
210

Nouveau voyage de l’Egypte, de la Terre-Sainte, du Mont-Liban, de Constantinople, & des Echelles du Levant

Lisbonne 1702 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 780.00
211 Lodovico Marracci (1612-1700)

Alcorani textus universus ex correctioribus Arabum exemplaribus... descriptus... in latinum translatus

Patavii (Padoue) 1698 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
212 Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Hafnawi (1737-1815); Jean-Joseph Marcel

Contes de Cheykh El-Mohdy

Paris 1835 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 260.00
213 Felix Mengin

Histoire de l'Egypte sous le gouvernement de Mohammed-Aly, ou recit des Evenements Politiques et Militaires qui ont eu lieu depuis le Depart des Francais jusqu'en 1823

Paris 1823 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 585.00
214 Humphrey Prideaux; comte de Boulainvilliers

Vie de Mahomet; Vie de Mahomed, avec des reflexions sur la Religion Mahometane et les Coutumes des Musulmans

Amsterdam; Amsterdam 1699; 1731 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 260.00
215 Achille Constant T. Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807–1879)

L'Art Arabe d'apres les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe siecle jusqu’a la fin du XVIIIe

Paris 1869-1877 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,240.00
216 Matthaus Rader (1561-1634)

Matthaei Raderi e Societate Iesu ad Q Curtii Rufi de Alexandro Magno historiam, prolusiones, librorum synopses, capitum argumenta, commentarii

Coloniae Agrippinae (Cologne) 1628 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
218 Hadrian Reland (1676-1718); T.H. van den Honert

De Religione Mohammedica libri duo; Theologia naturalis et revelata per aphorismos delineata

Utrecht; Amsterdam 1717; 1715 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,560.00
219 Jacobus Scheidius

Glossarium arabico-latinum manuale

Lugduni batavorum 1769 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
220

Lot de 4 portraits peints de sultans turcs

fin XIXe début XXe EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,560.00
221

Lot de cartes postales et photos amateurs de prospection hydraulique ou petroliere

Arabie Saoudite fin XXe siècle EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
222 Albert Kammerer

La Mer Rouge, l’Abyssinie et l’Arabie depuis l’Antiquite

Le Caire 1929-1952 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,040.00
223 Henry de Monfreid

Memoires, lettres et fragments de tapuscrits

1931-1938 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,430.00
224 Champollion le jeune

Monuments de l’Egypte et de la Nubie

Paris 1835-1845 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,400.00
225 Champollion le Jeune

Grammaire egyptienne, ou Principes Generaux de l'Ecriture Sacree Egyptienne

Paris 1836-1841 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,730.00
226 D’Ohsson

Tableau general de l’Empire othoman

Paris 1786-1791 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 455.00
227 Louis-Francois Cassas

Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phenicie, de la Palestine et de la Basse Egypte

Paris 1799 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 13,000.00
228 Charles-Louis-Fleury Panckoucke

Description de l’Egypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte

Paris 1820-1826 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 16,900.00
229

LOT ORIENTALISME. MONDE ARABE. PERSE. Important ensemble d’ouvrages

N/A EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
230 Gouvernement General de l’Algerie

Departement d’Oran - Departement de Constantine

Algerie seconde moitié du XIXe EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 260.00
231

Coran manuscrit en arabe

Afrique de l’Ouest / region sahelienne fin XVIIIe-début XIXe EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 910.00
232

Coran manuscrit en arabe

Afrique sub-saharienne XIXe EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 585.00
233

Coran manuscrit en arabe

Afrique sub-saharienne XIXe EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,820.00
  • 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.