De Baecque and Associes: Ancient and Modern Books, 135028, Lyon
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 31, 2023 - January 31, 2023
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | LEGENDRE (A.) | Éléments de géométrie. |
Paris | 1813 | EUR 5.00 - 10.00 | Unknown |
| 201 | MENON (J.) | La science du Maître d'hôtel confiseur, à l'usage des officiers avec des observations. |
Paris | 1750 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 202 | BUFFON | OEuvres complètes avec suppléments, augmentées de la classification de G. Cuvier, et accompagné de 700 vignettes gravées sur acier, représentant au moins 900 animaux |
Paris | 1835 | EUR 50.00 - 60.00 | Unknown |
| 203 | LAIGNEL-LAVASTINE (M.) | Histoire générale de la Médecine, de la pharmacie, de l'art dentaire et de l'art vétérinaire. Orné de nombreuses illustrations. |
Paris | 1938 | EUR 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown |
| 204 | OSSIAN | Poésie Galliques |
Paris | 1827 | EUR 15.00 - 20.00 | Unknown |
| 205 | DAUDET (A.) | Les contes du lundi. |
Paris | 1928 | EUR 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown |
| 206 | VIOLLET-LE-DUC | Dessins inédits. |
Paris | 1880 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 207 | ENSOR (J.) | Les écrits |
Bruxelles | 1921 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 208 | HALEVY (L.) | L'Abbé Constantin. |
Paris | 1888 | EUR 10.00 - 20.00 | Unknown |
| 209 | RIMBAUT (A.) | OEuvres complètes. |
Paris | 1942 | EUR 30.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 210 | ESCOFFIER (A.) | Le Guide culinaire. Aide-mémoire de cuisine pratique. |
Paris | 1921 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 211 | WILDE (O.) | Le portrait de Dorian Gray |
Paris | 1920 | EUR 10.00 - 20.00 | Unknown |
| 212 | AROUET (J.-F.) dit VOLTAIRE | Ensemble comprenant : un exemplaire de Candide et un de Zadig. |
Chamonix | 1947 | EUR 40.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 213 | Paris, Union Latine d'Édition, 1964. |
Paris | 1964 | EUR 40.00 - 50.00 | Unknown | |
| 214 | OVIDE | Les métamorphoses |
Paris | 1800 | EUR 5.00 - 10.00 | Unknown |
| 215 | L'école de la chasse aux chiens courants. Seconde partie. |
Rouen | 1763 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 216 | SAND (G.) | Légendes rustiques. |
Paris. | 1858 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 217 | DICTIONNAIRES, Lot de 3 ouvrages comprenant : HOQUART, Petit dictionnaire de la langue française. Paris, J. Langlumé. CHOMPRE (M.), Dictionnaire abrégé de la Fable (2 vol.). Paris, Les libraires associés, 1798. |
N/A | EUR 5.00 - 10.00 | Unknown | ||
| 218 | CHEVALIER DE BOUFFERS | OEuvres. |
Paris | 1814 | EUR 10.00 - 20.00 | Unknown |
| 219 | DAUDET (A.) | Les lettres de mon moulin. |
Paris | 1927 | EUR 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown |
| 220 | FLAUBERT (G.) | Trois contes. |
Paris | 1948 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 221 | DIDIER (F.) | Recueil complet de l'osteologie ou Histoire exacte des os. |
Lyon | 1759 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown |
| 222 | MONTESQUIEU | OEuvres complètes. |
Paris | 1817 | EUR 5.00 - 10.00 | Unknown |
| 223 | J.CHIEZE (J.) | Finis Terrae, notes sur Ouessant, écrites et gravées par Jean Chièze. |
Paris | 1964 | EUR 30.00 - 40.00 | Unknown |
| 224 | VARNIERII | Praedium Rusticum. |
Paris | 1774 | EUR 5.00 - 10.00 | Unknown |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.