OSENAT: Royalty at Versailles, 160499, VERSAILLES

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 23, 2025 - February 23, 2025

Page Size: 29 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		SET INCLUDING : - 18th-century optical view of the Tuileries Palace from the Garden side		18th-century	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 322.00
2	AFTER HARTMANN SCHEDEL (1440-1513) AND THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLES (1493)	Set of two engravings including: - De Polonia Sarmatica (Lithuania) - Sabac CCLIII (Serbia)			EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 348.00
3		SET OF SEVEN VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES OF ROYAL RESIDENCES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY			EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 515.00
4	PIERRE LEPAUTRE (1659-1744)	Exceptional set of four engravings of the Royal Chapel of the Chateau de Versailles from the collection of "Plans, Profils et Elevations du Chateau de Versailles..."			EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00	Not Sold
5	AFTER JEAN-JACQUES PERRISSIN (1536 ? - 1616-1617)	L'entreprise de Bourges en Berry, December 21, 1569		early 16th-century	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
6		ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1679 - PUBLICATION OF THE PEACE BETWEEN FRANCE AND HOLLAND, SEPTEMBER 29, 1678		1679, 1678	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 773.00
7	AFTER ADAM-FRANCOIS VAN DER MEULEN (1632-1690) BY ROBERT BONNART (1652-1733)	L'arrivee du Roy devant Douay qu'il fait investir par sa cavalerie en 1667			EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
8	ROBERT NANTEUIL (1623-1678), AFTER	Rare portrait of Louis Hesselin, Conseiller d'Etat, Maitre de la Chambre aux Deniers (1602-1662)			EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 103.00
9		SET OF TWO 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS		18TH CENTURY	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 322.00
10		RARE SUITE OF FOURTEEN FRAMED, OVAL-SHAPED ANTIQUE ENGRAVINGS FEATURING PORTRAITS			EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,318.00
11		SET OF FOUR ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING THE ROYAL FAMILY			EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 708.00
12	CHARLES - NICOLAS COCHIN (1715-1790)	Perspective view of the decoration erected on the terrace of the Chateau de Versailles		1751	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,159.00
13		SET OF TWO ENHANCED 18TH CENTURY MAPS		18TH CENTURY	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
14		A SET OF 14 ANNUAL PORTABLE CALENDARS MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD		19th century	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 180.00
24	MADAME ROYALE (Marie-Therese-Charlotte de France, known as).	Autograph letter signed "Marie Therese Charlotte de France"		1795	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
25	MARIE-CAROLINE OF NAPLES.	Set of 2 autograph letters signed "Charlotte".	S.l.	n.d.	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
26	MOZART (Wolfgang-Amadeus) and miscellaneous.	Set of approximately 40 scores, most engraved on copperplate. Mainly from the 1820s.		1820s	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 386.00
27	JACQUES DE VORAGINE (Giacomo da Varragio, dit).	Sermones aurei pulcherrimi de tempore per totum anni circulu[m].	[Paris].	1533	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 438.00
28		TERROR. - Set of 10 letters. Prominent figures from all walks of life guillotined under the Terror			EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
29	ORDER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. -	The Statutes of the Order of the Holy Spirit.	[Paris],	1788	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,447.00
30		BINDING RICHLY DECORATED WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF MARIE - ADELAIDE DE FRANCE, DAUGHTER OF LOUIS XV.	Paris	1752	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
31		ANTIPHONARY WITH THE ARMS OF AN ITALIAN CARDINAL		1798	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
32		ITALIAN WORK FROM THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Notebook and blotter belonging to an Italian clergyman.		1757-1759	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 283.00
33		RICHLY BOUND WITH THE ARMS OF LOUIS XV L'Office de la Semaine Sainte a l'usage de la maison du Roy	Paris	1748	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 773.00
34		DOCUMENTATION SET INCLUDING: - Memoires historiques sur Louis XVII, roi de France et de Navarre, by H. Nicolle, 1817.			EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 232.00

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.
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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

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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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