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Auction Name
Old and Rare Books (pre-1700)
Auction Date
01/02/2026 - 01/02/2026
Sale Number
#10226
Total Lots
23
Sold Lots
20.0
Lots Sold
86.96%
Unsold Lots
3
Total Sales (EUR)
4,842.87
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
5,800.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
7,545.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
7,125.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
9,245.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
52.38%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99596128 Pierre Andre Matthiole

Les commentaires de M. Pierre Andre Matthiolus medecin sienois

 1565 EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 926.50
99835340 Confucius

La Morale de Confucius, Philosophe de la Chine

 1688 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 709.59
100102309 Arnauld Andilly, Jean Climaque

L'Echelle sainte, ou les Degrez pour monter au ciel, composez par S. Jean Climaque,...

 1658 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 381.50
100070049 Maximilien de Bethune, duc de Sully

Memoires des sages et royales oeconomies d'Estat, domestiques, politiques et militaires de Henry le

 1638 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 372.78
100090866 LULLE, Raymond

La clavicule ou Science de Raymond Lulle... occultisme esoteric book

 1647 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 370.60
100068223 Francisco de Quevedo / de La Geneste [Trad.]

L'Aventurier Buscon, histoire facecieuse composee en espagnol

 1641 EUR 325.00 - 600.00 EUR 337.90
99944831 Plutarque

Les vies des hommes illustres Grecs et Romains

 1611 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 294.30
99426257 J.J. Orlers

Description & representation de toutes les victoires tant par eau que par terre, .... le Prince

 1612 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 262.69
100092435 [Droit]

Stile general des Notaires apostoliques ; Avec la forme de proceder en l'Officialite sur toute sorte

 1672 EUR 200.00 - 375.00 EUR 196.20
100112990 Louis Moreri

Le Grand dictionnaire historique, ou le melange curieux de l'histoire sacree et profane

 1688 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 156.96
100031522 Homere

L'Odyssee

 1682 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 130.80
100040600 Xenophon; Traduction N. Perrot et D' Ablancourt

l'Histoire de Thucydide de la guerre du Peloponnese

 1662 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 105.73
99987952 Louis XIV

L'etat de La France

 1698 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 103.55
99974096 Sainte Therese

Les oeuvres de Ste Therese, divisees en deux parties

 1696 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 92.65
100099990 Antoine Godeau

La vie de Saint Charles Borromee

 1657 Not Available EUR 87.20
100045384 Jean-Francois Paul de Gondi Retz

Memoires du cardinal de Retz

 1600 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 81.75
100035767 BAUDELOT de DAIRVAL (Charles-Cesar)

Histoire de Ptolemee Auletes. Dissertation

 1698 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 80.66
100103320 R.P Heliodore

La loi chretienne, premier traite contenant les raisons generales qui nous obligent de croire ce que

 1687 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 62.13
100094843 Monsieur Olier

Catechisme Chretien Pour La Vie Interieure Par Monsieur Olier, Pretre

 1703 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 57.77
100012709 Gabriel Daniel

Reponse aux Lettres provinciales de L. de Montalte, ou Entretiens de Cleandre et d'Eudoxe

 1697 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 31.61
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  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Dramatic Works,</i> 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses,</i> first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Chaucer (Geoffrey). <i>Troilus and Criseyde,</i> one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Borges (Jorge Luis). <i>Luna de Enfrente,</i> first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Nolli (Giovanni Battista). <i>Nuova Pianta di Roma,</i> Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Roberts (David). <i>The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Blacker (William). <i>Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing,</i> Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.