Ader: Former Michel Simon Collection, 163729, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 27, 2025 - March 27, 2025

Page Size: 49 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
165		DONS DE L'AMOUR.	S.l.	[vers 1845].	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
166	MIRABEAU (Honore-Gabriel Riqueti de).	La Morale des sens ou l'Homme du siecle. Extrait des memoires de M. le chevalier de Barville.	Bruxelles,	1882	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
167	BAYROS Franz von (1866-1924) - BIEL Franz (1871-1942),	"Die Bonbonniere. Galante und artige Samlung erotisher Phantasien Don Choisy le Conin mit Parapharasen in Poesie und Prosa Don Amadee de la Houlette [Franz BIEL]".			EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
168	Achille DEVERIA (1800-1857)	Les Sources du plaisir - Album viril	London [Paris],	S.D. [circa 1920]	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
169	CARCO (Francis Carcopino, dit Francis).	CURIOSA. - Ensemble de 12 volumes broches et en feuilles. Tableau de l'amour venal.	Paris,	1924	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
170		Rare gravure erotique aquarellee sur papier verge.		Circa 1780.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
171	Anonyme.	Cinq contes erotiques et cinq airs sur velin, 10 feuilles libres.		vers 1773	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
172	Anonyme,	"Scenes d'alcove". Ensemble de trois belles gravures en sanguine sur velin.	France	XVIIIe siecle.<	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
174	[RETIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme)].	Le Pornographe, ou Idees d'un honnete-homme sur un projet de reglement pour les prostituees, propre a prevenir les malheurs qu'occasionne le publicisme des femmes.	A Londres; a La Haie,	1770	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Unknown
175		"Les extases de l'amour-Oeuvre philosophique dedie a l'Univers fouteur".	Philladelphy	s.d. [1828]	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
176		Lot de trois rares gravures erotiques aquarellees d'epoque.	Angleterre,	circa 1830	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
177	Anonyme,	"Scene nuptiale".	France	circa 1840	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
178	Anonyme,	deux gravures aquarellees sur papier legende :	France	circa 1840.	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
179	ANONYME	Les cochons		Circa 1850	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Unknown
180	ANONYME	Le repos du soldat		Circa 1850.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
181	ECOLE MODERNE VERS 1880	Plaisirs solitaires : - La toilette (2) - Jeux de miroir (2) - La sortie du lit - La trapeziste (2) - Le soulagement		VERS 1880	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
182	ECOLE MODERNE VERS 1880	Les deux amies		VERS 1880	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
183	ECOLE MODERNE VERS 1880	Accessoires : - Le soufflet - Carottes (2) - La plume - Bougies et chandeliers (3) - L'eponge - Le flacon - Le fidele ami		VERS 1880	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Unknown
184	ECOLE MODERNE VERS 1880	Punitions au couvent		VERS 1880	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
185	ECOLE MODERNE VERS 1880	Plaisirs erotiques		VERS 1880	EUR 700.00 - 800.00	Unknown
186	ECOLE MODERNE VERS 1880	Le cure voyeur - La benediction - La repentance - La confession - Plaisir coupable		VERS 1880	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	Unknown
187	Henri MONNIER (1799-1877)	Scenes erotiques - Illustrations pour la grisette en enfer, vers 1830			EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
188		Ensemble de 42 planches avec titre provenant de l'ouvrage "Untrodden Fields of Anthropology",	Paris,	1898	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
189		Pochette comprenant 49 photos de gravures erotiques du XVIII au XXe siecle.		XVIII au XXe siecle	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
190		Pochette comprenant 60 photos de gravures erotiques du XVIII au XXe siecle.		XVIII au XXe siecle	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown

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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