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De Baecque and Associes: Antiquarian and Modern Books

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Auction Name Antiquarian and Modern Books Total Sales (EUR) 172,958.50
Auction Date December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 85,790.00
Sale Number #167453 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 125,520.00
Total Lots 276
Sold Lots 210.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 101,060.00
% of Lots Sold 76.09% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 147,280.00
Unsold Lots 66 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 117.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3 MORE (Thomas)

DE OPTIMO REIPUBLICAE STATU, DEQUE NOVA INSULA UTOPIA.

 (1517). EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 35,100.00
2

BOOK OF HOURS FOR SAINT GUDULE OF BRUSSELS AND SAINT WAUDRU OF MONS

 circa 1450. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 28,600.00
26 FEUILLET (Raoul Auger)

RECUEIL DE CONTREDANCES MISES EN CHOREGRAPHIE d'une maniere si aisee, que toutes personnes peuvent facilement les apprendre sans le secours d'aucun maitre...

 1706 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,240.00
69

ENCYCLOPEDIE OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, DES ARTS ET DES METIERS, par une societe de gens de lettres. Mis en ordre & publie par M. Diderot ; et quant a la partie mathematique, par M. D'Alembert.

1778-1781. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,460.00
165

GAZETTE DU BON TON - Arts-Modes et Frivolites. Lucien Vogel-Director.

January 1920 to December 1922. EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,460.00
1

MANUSCRIPT BREVIARY.

XIV/XVdeg century. EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 4,160.00
124 [HAMEL (Frere)].

CHRONIQUE OU HYSTOIRES DES GRANDES COMPAGNIES COGNUES SOUBS LE NOM DE ROUTIERS QUE ONT DITS TARD-VENUS que ont ravagier les pays de Bourgogne, de France, d'Auvergne et de lyonnois.

 (circa 1860-80). EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,730.00
180 KIPLING (R)

THE JUNGLE BOOK AND THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK.

 1924 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,600.00
205 POE (E)

HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES - NOUVELLES HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES. Translation by Ch. Baudelaire. Etchings in the black manner by CARLO FARNETI.

1927 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,600.00
142 MISTRAL (Frederic)

MIREILLE, POEME PROVENCAL; MIREIO, POUEMO PROUVENCAU.

 1887 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,340.00
245 ORLEANS (Charles d') - MATISSE (H.)

POEMES DE CHARLES D'ORLEANS.

1950 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,080.00
93 FREYCINET - PERON (Francois)

VOYAGE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES execute sur les Corvettes le Geographe, le Naturaliste et la Goelette le Casuarina, pendant les annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804, publie par decret imperial, redige par M.F. Peron.

 1807-1816. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,560.00
49 BUFFON.

HISTOIRE NATURELLE generale et particuliere, avec la description du cabinet du Roy.

 1752-1765. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,300.00
258 PICASSO (Pablo)

CARNET DE LA CALIFORNIE.

1959 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,300.00
259 HOFFMANN.

CONTES.

1960 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,300.00
22 (Medicine)

Seventeenth-century manuscript containing medical recipes, bound in 1 in-4deg volume of 122 pages, contemporary vellum binding.

 Seventeenth-century EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,170.00
191 FRANCE (Anatole)

LE GENIE LATIN.

1926 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,170.00
8

PLINE LE JEUNE. L'HISTOIRE DU MONDE,

1584 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,105.00
163 CHALUPT (R)

DIVERTISSEMENTS DE PRINCESSES QUI S'ENNUIENT.

1918 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,105.00
47

(Gastronomy) Very legible 18th-century manuscript containing cleaning tips and cooking recipes,

 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,040.00
131 La Fontaine

FABLES with drawings by Gustave Dore.

1867 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,040.00
160 REILLE (Karl)

LA VENERIE FRANCAISE CONTEMPORAINE.

1914 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,040.00
234

[PRASSINOS - BONET]. Set of 42 in-12 volumes published by Gallimard,

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,040.00
268 MAGNAN (Jean-Marie)

TAUREAUX POUR PEDRES - CURRO ROMERO EL CORDOBES.

 1965 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 975.00
74 ROZIER (Abbe)

COURS COMPLET D'AGRICULTURE theorique, pratique, economique, et de medecine rurale et veterinaire. Suivi d'une methode pour etudier l'agriculture par principes ou dictionnaire universel d'agriculture.

1781-1800. EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 871.00
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    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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