OSENAT: Books and Manuscripts, 160495, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 20, 2025 - February 20, 2025

Page Size: 205 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		L'Amitie dangereuse, ou Celimaure et Amelie, histoire veritable	Paris	1786	EUR 2,800.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
2	BOILEAU (Nicolas).	OEuvres	Paris	1747	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 390.00
3		Chants chansons populaires de la France	Paris	1843-1844	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
4	DESTOUCHES (Andre Cardinal).	Callirhoe, tragedie en musique	Paris	1713	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,560.00
5		[Hancarville (Pierre-Francois-Hugues d')]. Set of 2 large in-4 volumes in homogeneous bindings...			EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 546.00
6		ILLUSTRATIONS and miscellaneous. -Set of 9 volumes...			EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
7	LABORDE (Jean-Benjamin de).	Choix de chansons mises en musique	Paris	1773	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
8	LaBruyere (Jean de).	LesCaracteres	Paris	1765	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 416.00
9	BORY (Robert). LISZT (Franz)].	LaVie de Franz Liszt par l'image	[Geneva]	1936	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
10	(Charles de Secondat de).	MONTESQUIEU LeTemple de Gnide	Paris	1772	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 845.00
11	OVIDE.	LesMetamorphoses	Paris	1767-1771	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,950.00
12	RABELAIS (Francois).	OEuvres. A Amsterdam, chez Jean-Frederic Bernard, 1741...	Amsterdam,	1741	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 494.00
13		ARMORIAL BINDINGS. -Set of 4 volumes...	Paris,	1662	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,235.00
14	[RETIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme)].	Adele de Comm.., or Letters from a daughter to her father	France	1772	EUR 8,000.00 - 9,000.00	Not Sold
15	[RETIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme)].	LaDecouverte australe par un homme-volant, ou le Dedale francais...	Leipsick: and found in Paris	[1781]	EUR 7,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 8,840.00
16	[RETIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme)].	LaDerniere avanture d'un homme de quarantecin-ans [sic]	Paris ches Regnault	1783	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
17	RETIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme).	RETIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme). Set of 3 works in homogeneous bindings...	LaHaie. Et se trouve a Paris,	1776 [i.e. 1782].	EUR 8,000.00 - 9,000.00	Not Sold
18	ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques).	Collection complette des oeuvres...	London, s.n. [i.e. Bruxelles,	1774-1783	EUR 1,600.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 2,210.00
19	SADE (Donatien-Alphonse).	Justine, ou les Malheurs de la vertu	[i.e. Paris]	1791	EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
20	SADE (Donation-Alphonse-Francois de).	Les 120journees de Sodome ou l'Ecole du libertinage	Paris	1904	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 6,500.00
21	Sterne (Lawrence).	Voyage sentimental, followed by Lettres d'Yorick a Eliza...	Paris et a Amsterdam,	l'anVII [1798-1799].	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 758.00
22	GRAVELOT (Hubert-Francois Bourguignon d'Anville, dit)	[VOLTAIRE (Francois-Marie Arouet, dit)	Geneva	1768 to 1777	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,105.00
23	BEAUMARCHAIS (Charles-Augustin Caron de).	BEAUMARCHAIS (Charles-Augustin Caron de). Set of 6 works bound in 4 volumes...			EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 416.00
24	BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE (Jacques-Henri-Bernardin Saint-Pierre, known as).	Paul et Virginie	Paris	1789	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
25	BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE (Jacques-Henri-Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, known as).	Paul et Virginie	Paris	1789	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,170.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000

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