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Auction Name Rare Books and Manuscripts - online 10/16 Total Sales (EUR) 1,268,694.00
Auction Date October 29, 2024 - October 29, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 681,900.00
Sale Number #23003 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 951,500.00
Total Lots 127
Sold Lots 71 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,427,200.00
% of Lots Sold 55.91% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 2,047,800.00
Unsold Lots 56 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.95%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
61 EXPEDITION D'EGYPTE [LE PERE, Jacques-Marie (1763-1841) et Gratien LE PERE (1769-1826)]

Description de l'Egypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armee francaise.

1809-1813, 1817-[1830]. EUR 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 EUR 327,600.00
65 GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828)

Los Desastres de la Guerra. Coleccion de ochenta laminas inventadas y grabadas al agua fuerte por Don Francisco Goy. Publicala la R! Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando.

1863 EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 75,600.00
48 ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

Du Contract social; ou, Principes du Droit politique. Par J.J. Rousseau, citoyen de Geneve

1762 EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 56,700.00
27 MATIS, Hippolyte (16..-17..)

Recueil des vues et plans. Carte generale et particuliere du duche d'Epernon.

1718 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 44,100.00
28 MERIAN, Maria Sibylla (1647-1717)

Dissertation sur la generation et les transformations des insectes de Surinam...

1726 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 44,100.00
19 [HOLBEIN LE JEUNE, Hans (c. 1497-1543)]

Historiarum veteris Instrumenti icones ad vivum expressae.

1538 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 40,320.00
17 GAUTIER D'AGOTY, Jacques-Fabien (1716-1785)

Myologie complette en couleur et grandeur naturelle, composee de l'essai et de la suite de l'essai d'anatomie...

1746 [1748]. EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 37,800.00
29 MONTAIGNE, Michel de (1533-1592), trad., et Raymond SEBON (1385-1436)

La Theologie naturelle de Raymond Sebon, docteur exellent entre les modernes...

1569 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 37,800.00
120 TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de (1864-1901) et Georges CLEMENCEAU (1841-1929).

Au Pied du Sinai.

1898 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 37,800.00
81 BONNARD, Pierre (1867-1947) et Paul VERLAINE (1844-1896)

Parallelement.

1900 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 32,760.00
112 LAGERFELD, Karl (1933-2019)

Quelle Allure ce parfum! Dessin original signe accompagnant une lettre autographe signee, adressee a Jacques Helleu, a l'occasion de la sortie du parfum "Allure" de Chanel.

1996 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 32,760.00
118 ROUAULT, Georges (1871-1958)

Cirque de l'etoile filante.

1938 EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 30,240.00
57 BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867).

Honore Daumier. Poeme autographe signe.

1865 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 27,720.00
66 GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828).

Los Proverbios: Coleccion de diez y ocho laminas inventadas y grabadas al agua fuerte por Don Francisco Goya. Publicala la R! Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando.

1864 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 25,200.00
76 ALAIN-FOURNIER, Henri-Alban Fournier, dit (1886-1914)

Le Grand Meaulnes.

1913 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 25,200.00
114 [MAGRITTE, Rene (1898-1967)]

Ensemble de lettres, cartes postales, billets, scripts, essais et poemes adresses a Rene Magritte et a son epouse Georgette (1901-1986),

v. 1936-1974. EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 25,200.00
22 LARMESSIN, Nicolas Ier de (1632-1694), et d'autres

Costumes grotesques et metiers.

vers 1690. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 23,940.00
6 [CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham (1684-1743)] - GUEUDEVILLE, Nicolas (1652-1721)

Atlas Historique ou Nouvelle introduction a l'Histoire, a la Chronologie & a la Geographie... representee dans de nouvelles cartes.

1708-1720. EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 21,420.00
59 CHOPIN, Frederic (1810-1849) [et George SAND (1804-1876)]

Billet autographe signe au Docteur [Molin]. [Paris], "Dimanche matin" [Decembre 1845].

EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 21,420.00
15 [FENELON, Francois de Salignac de la Mothe (1651-1715)] - Jean-Guillaume MOITTE (1764 - 1810)

Seize gouaches originales pour illustrer Les Aventures de Telemaque.

1785 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 20,160.00
116 PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) et Ilia Zdanevitch, dit ILIAZD (1894-1975).

Afat. Soixante-seize sonnets.

1940 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 20,160.00
16 GAMELIN, Jacques (1738-1803)

Nouveau Recueil d'osteologie et de myologie, dessine d'apres nature...

1779 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 16,380.00
106 AJAR, Emile (Romain Gary, sous le pseud. de, 1914-1980)

La Vie devant soi.

1975 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 16,380.00
55 VOLTAIRE, Francois-Marie Arouet, dit (1694-1778)

Oeuvres completes. [Kehl :] de l'imprimerie de la societe litteraire typographique

1784 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,600.00
83 BRETON, Andre (1896-1966)

Second manifeste du surrealisme.

1930 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 10,710.00
  • High Bids Win
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD