Tajan: Old Books, Manuscripts, Drawings and Paintings, IT20, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 11, 2022 - February 11, 2022

Page Size: 104 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	ABRANTÈS (Laure Permon duchesse d')	L. A. S. à un colonel.	S. l.	n. d.	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
27	BERGSON (Henri) (1859-1941)	L.A.S., lettre à un éditeur au sujet d'une publication projetée	Paris	1928	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
28		Ens. 2 manuscrits anciens. - Cahier de chansons nouvelles.	XIXe s.		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
29	ALDINI (Jean)	Essai théorique et expérimental sur le Galvanisme, avec une série d'expériences	Paris	1804	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
30	ALLÉON DULAC	Mélanges d'histoire naturelle	Lyon	1765	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
31		[ALMANACHS]. Ensemble de 4 almanachs.			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
32		ARCLAIS DE MONTANY Traité des couleurs pour la peinture en émail et sur la porcelaine	Paris	1765	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
34	BALZAC (Jean Louis Guez de)	Les Œuvres diverses	Paris	1645	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
35	BASSOMPIERRE.	Mémoires du mareschal de Bassompierre contenant l'histoire de sa vie.	Cologne; Amsterdam	1692	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
36	BONIFACE VIII (Pape).	Liber sextus Decretalium D. Bonifacii Papae VIII, Clementis Papae V Constitutiones. Extravagantes tum viginti D. Joannis Papae XXII, tum communes...	Turin	1588	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
37	BONNET-BOURDELOT (Jacques)]	Histoire de la musique et de ses effets	Paris	1715	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
38	BOSSE	Traité des manières de graver en taille-douce sur l'airain par les moyen des eaux-fortes & des vernis durs & mols. D'imprimer les planches & de construire la presse.	Paris	1701	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
39	BOUTEILLER (Jean).	Somme rural ou Le Grand coustumier de practique civil et canon.	Paris	1611	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
40	BUFFON	Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière Nouvelle édition.	Paris	1769-1770	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
41	BURTY (Philippe).	F.-D. Froment-Meurice, Argentier de la ville. 1802-1855	Paris	1883	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
42	CALEPINUS (Ambrosius)	Dictionarium octolingue	Lyon	1647	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
43	CORRÉARD (Alexandre) et Henri SAVIGNY.	Naufrage de la frégate la Méduse, faisant partie de l'expédition du Sénégal en 1816…	Paris	1818	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
44	DELLA FAILLE (J. B.)	L'Idée parfaite du véritable héros formée sur les maximes des anciens et des modernes.	Amsterdam	1699-1700	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
45	DESHOULIÈRES (Antoinette).	Poésies, nouvelle édition augmentée de plusieurs ouvrages qui n'ont point encore paru.	Paris	1707-1711	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
46		Ens. de 2 livres XVIe s. de théologie. - LACTANCE. Diuinarum institutionum libri VII. De ira Dei liber I. De opificio Dei liber I. Epitome in libros suos, liber acephalos. Carmen de Phenice. Resurrectione Dominica. Passione Domini.	Lyon	1561	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
47		Ens. de 4 livres XVIe s. - SIGONIO (Carlo). De antiquo jure civium romanorum libri duo, ejusdem De Antiquo jure Italiae libri tres.	Venise	1563	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
48		Ens. de 5 livres XVIIe s. - CÉSAR. [Opera] quae extant cum selectis variorum commentariis, quorum plerique novi, opera et studio Arnoldi Montani. Accedunt Notitia Galliae et notae auctiores ex autographo Iosephi Scaligeri.	Leyde	1651	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
49		Ens. de 5 livres XVIIIe s. - [BARRAL]. Sevigniana ou Recueil de pensées ingénieuses… tirées de Lettres de Madame de Sévigné.	Grignan	1756	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
50	ERASME.	Adagiorum.	Bâle	1528	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
51	ƒ GERVAIS de LA PRISE (Jacques)	Méthode nouvelle et générale pour tracer facilement des cadrans solaires sur toutes surfaces planes, en situation quelconque, sans calcul ni embarras d’instrumens. […]. Principes et usage du comput et de l’art de vérifier les dates.	Caen	1781	EUR 10.00 - 20.00	Unknown

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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