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Giquello: Books and Curiosities

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books and Curiosities Total Sales (EUR) 111,479.00
Auction Date February 04, 2026 - February 04, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 68,900.00
Sale Number #174447 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 96,240.00
Total Lots 341
Sold Lots 282.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 90,110.00
% of Lots Sold 82.70% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 125,140.00
Unsold Lots 59 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 89.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
322 [GANCE Abel].

LUCRECE BORGIA.

1935 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 5,460.00
7

Set of 21 bound volumes of the Revue Mensuelle d'Art Moderne "

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 3,159.00
178 FITZGERALD, Francis Scott.

Gatsby the Magnificent.

1926 EUR 1,600.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,907.00
142 LA FONTAINE Jean de.

Contes de La Fontaine, with illustrations by Fragonard.

1795 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,643.00
226 ZOLA, Emile.

La Terre.

1887 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,643.00
305 COCTEAU Jean.

THEATER AND FASHION. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED

[1945]. EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,430.00
312 DESNOS Robert.

THREE AUTOGRAPH POST CARDS SIGNED TO Doctor FERDIERE.

1939-1944. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,430.00
321 [FRANCIS Sam].

The monotypes of Sam Francis. The monotypes of Sam Francis. Die monotypien von Sam Francis.

1994 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 1,327.00
245 [DORE Gustave] RABELAIS, Francois.

Oeuvres de Rabelais.

1873 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,264.00
4

Complete series of the 7-volume "Exposition des Arts Decoratifs" of Paris 1925,

1927 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,201.00
283C [AUTOGRAPHES].

CARNET D'AUTOGRAPHES - LIVRE D'OR.

1949 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,170.00
155

L'Office de la Semaine Saincte.

1661 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,137.00
173 [BUSINESS CARDS].

Old collection of over 1,500 business cards.

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,105.00
5

Set of 9 works in 12 volumes:

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,074.00
32 [DECORATIVE ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTS]

Set of 10 works on artists and architect-decorators, including :

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,074.00
151 [LA ROCHEFOUCAULD].

Essay on love from the moral reflections of Mr. De la Rochefoucault.

Second half of the 18th century. EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,040.00
150

Beautiful manuscript antiphonal leaf on vellum.

Late 15th century (circ1490-1500) EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 975.00
41 [LE CORBUSIER]

Set of 4 works on Le Corbusier, including:

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 948.00
126 LA FONTAINE Jean de.

Works of prose and poetry. Des Srs de Maucroy et de La Fontaine. Tome I.

1685 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 885.00
128 LA FONTAINE Jean de.

Fables choisies mises en vers par monsieur de La Fontaine, Et par luy reveues, corrigees & augmentees de nouveau.

1699 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 885.00
180 FRANCE Anatole.

Les Poemes dores.

1873 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 885.00
211 MAUPASSANT, Guy de.

La Paix du Menage. Comedy in two prose acts.

EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 885.00
116 FENELON, Francois de Salignac de La Mothe-Fenelon, dit.

Les avantures de Telemaque, fils d'Ulysse, by the late Messire Francois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon.

1717 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 821.00
131 LA FONTAINE Jean de.

Contes et nouvelles en vers.

1778 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 821.00
256 HALEVY, Frederic.

Trois coups de foudre.Paris, Librairie L.

1886 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 821.00
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000