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ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
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SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Øiesvold Collection
June 14, 2025SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: HIERONYMUS MÜNTZER (1437 – 1508): (Northern and Central Europe) No title recto. Nuremberg, 1493.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SIGISMUND VON HERBERSTEIN (1486 – 1566): «Commentari della Moscovia et partmente della Russia.» Venice, 1550.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598. -
Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 JuneSotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EURSotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EURSotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EURSotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 JuneSotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EURSotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EURSotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR -
Gros & Delettrez
Livres & Manuscrits Arméniens
Jeudi 12 juin 2025
Paris, FrancisGros & Delettrez, June 12: BIBLE, Venise 1733, reliure arménienneGros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, manuscrit XVIIe-XVIIIe siècleGros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, manuscrit daté 1606, reliure arménienneGros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, manuscrit début XVIIIe siècle, reliure arménienneGros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, Amsterdam 1664Gros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, Amsterdam 1702, reliure arménienneGros & Delettrez, June 12: DICTIONNAIRE arménien, manuscrit XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle.Gros & Delettrez, June 12: EVANGILE, manuscrit 1735-1737, reliure arménienneGros & Delettrez, June 12: LIVRE DE PRIERES, Grégoire de Narek, manuscritGros & Delettrez, June 12: GEOGRAPHIE, Ghoukas INDJIDJIAN, Venise 1802-1806Gros & Delettrez, June 12: MANUSCRIT THEOLOGIQUE, XVIe-XVIIe siècleGros & Delettrez, June 12: MASHTOTS, manuscrit XVIIIe-XIXe siècle, reliure arménienneGros & Delettrez, June 12: LETTRE ENCYCLIQUE, manuscrit XIXe siècleGros & Delettrez, June 12: NOUVEAU TESTAMENT, Amsterdam 1668, reliure arménienne
Rare Book Monthly
How much Green is there in the White Mountains?
By Bruce McKinney
Once in a while an auction provides an interesting test of strength. Such is the case at New England Book Auctions on April 10th when 210 lots of Americana including a collection on The White Mountains, as well as cartography, travel and nautical material goes under the hammer. Of particular interest is the concentration of White Mountain material: about 30 lots that's a mix of the simply interesting and the difficult to obtain. This material dates to the 19th century when the White Mountains of New Hampshire were a popular vacation area for the well-to-do of New England and New York. The area, always beautiful was also rich in history and attracted sufficient following to justify both bibliographies and book dealer specialization in the category. Goodspeeds, whose catalogues are included in the AED, was the largest of them. Alas, America moved west and interest in the White Mountains waned. This auction permits us to see if, as Shakespeare wrote in Julius Caesar, "the good is oft interred with the bones." What was once highly collectible about the White Mountains, and is now mostly overlooked and forgotten, will someday be collectible again. The question now is whether a collector or two will seize the opportunity in this area, while prices are low, to move valuations within this focus up a notch.
Certainly some of this material is available on line; in a few cases, many copies. What an auction of concentrated subject matter, such as this one, does is to bring out the collectors and the dealers who make markets in this material so that for a few hours there is visibility, a sense of the scale of interest and willingness to pay. For the White Mountains this is one of those moments. Bidding in this sale will be both dealers defending their turf, established collectors carefully acquiring, and new collectors venturing. Out of it may come one or two new collectors. For the White Mountains, New England Book Auctions offers a window on this forgotten area of collecting. It's an interesting place with a deep history, a subject worth collecting.
The 31 lots relating to the White Mountains, New Hampshire and Vermont have an aggregate low estimate of $4,990 and a high estimate of $7,610. These are not expensive items although many will be appealing. It should be noted that New England Book Auction has had the highest sell-through rate in the auction business the past few years selling 2,369 of 2,376 documented lots in 2006 and 2,781 of 2,799 in 2005. They sell through because NEBA insists on low estimates. If no one counters your bid you may buy a good book for a song. On the other hand there are usually others willing to bid against you. This said, if you seriously want to buy specific lots in this White Mountain group expect, in many cases, to go at least 50% over the high estimate to have a chance.