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Rossini

Auction Info

Auction Name
Interiors & Clasic Collections - Paintings, Works of Art, Asia, Weapons & Militaria, Instruments, Books & Manuscripts
Auction Date
12/15/2025 - 12/15/2025
Sale Number
#173448
Total Lots
87
Sold Lots
30.0
Lots Sold
34.48%
Unsold Lots
57
Total Sales (EUR)
10,056.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
7,617.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
12,600.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
31,857.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
50,200.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
20.03%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
239

Very fine FRANCE collection, classic and semi-modern. All important stamps are certified and appraised. From origins to 2011.

EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,690.00
240

Very fine FRANCE collection, classic and semi-modern. All important stamps are certified and appraised. From origins to 2011.

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,583.00
174 Napoleon, marquis then 3rd duke of BASSANO (1844-1906) son of the preceding.

6 L.A.S., 1872-1880, to his friend Ernest Theroulde;

1872-1880, EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 885.60
187

Lot of history and geography books including :

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 270.60
230 MARGERIT (Robert).

Pretextes.

1951 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 227.55
183 PAGES Pierre-Marie-Francois, vicomte de

Voyages Autour du Monde, et vers les deux Poles, par terre et par mer, Pendant les Annees 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1774 & 1776.

1782 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 209.10
169 After Paul Couche fils by Bance aine

Vue de Paris prise du bas de Passy (View of Paris from below Passy)

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 209.10
179 GUSTAVE EIFFEL, two works

Nouvelles recherches sur la resistance de l'air et de l'aviation faites au laboratoire d'Auteuil (New research on air resistance and aviation carried out at the Auteuil laboratory)

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 190.65
241

A nine-volume box and two pockets, mainly Channel Islands (JERSEY/ GUERNESEY / MAN), and stamps in Bulk from all over the world.

EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 178.35
171 Pierre-Louis MANUEL (1751-1793)

Public Prosecutor of the Paris Commune. L.S., Paris March 5, 1792, to PALLOY, "entrepreneur des demolitions de la Bastille";

1792 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 172.20
188

Set of minuscules including:

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 172.20
204

Heures nouvelles, dedicated to Madame la Dauphine.

1690 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 129.15
246

Suite of 4 "Carte particuliere des cotes de France" (Special map of the coasts of France)

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 123.00
184 GIRAUDOUX (Jean).

Sodome et Gomorrhe.

1945 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 116.85
242

1 thematic collection Birds and Animals of the World presented in 2 MOC volumes Very fine quality

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 116.85
176 NADAR

Letters and letter cards, a copy of the Salon des humoristes organized by the newspaper "Le Rire", at the Palais de glace, 1909 and a photograph

1909 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 110.70
165 Stefano Mulinari (1741-1790)

Set of five engravings, all signed "Mulinari inci", etchings on paper, comprising: - Da Bagnacavallo (1484-1542) - Two female figures moving away to the left;...

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 110.70
301

Lot of 8 pieces including: A 19th-century portrait of a man, oil on canvas signed and dated lower right Geneve (?) 1847 -An oil on panel, the canoe, signed and dated Champard (?) 97 -Six framed pieces Japan/China, largest frame: 36 x 46.5 cm

EUR 1.00 - 100.00 EUR 98.40
181

Madame de Genlis, arabesques mythologiques ou les attributs de toutes les divinites de la femme.

1810 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 61.50
182 D'ANDILLY ARNAULT

History of the Jews written by Flavius Joseph. Paris, Cailleau, Chardon, Gissey, Bordelet et Henry, 1773. 4 vols. in 12, spine ribbed and decorated.

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 61.50

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  • 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
  • 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.