De Baecque and Associes: Antiquarian and Modern Books, 167453, Lyon

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025

Page Size: 276 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	FEUILLET (Raoul Auger)	RECUEIL DE CONTREDANCES MISES EN CHOREGRAPHIE d'une maniere si aisee, que toutes personnes peuvent facilement les apprendre sans le secours d'aucun maitre...	Paris	1706	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 6,240.00
27	LEGUAT (Francois)	VOYAGE ET AVANTURES DE FRANCOIS LEGUAT & de ses compagnons en deux isles desertes des Indes Orientales.	London (Rouen)	1721	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 455.00
28	[VALBONNAIS (Marquis de)].	HISTOIRE DE DAUPHINE et des princes qui ont porte le nom de Dauphins, particulierement de ceux de la troisieme race, descendus des barons de la Tour-du-Pin,... Avec plusieurs observations sur les moeurs & coutumes anciennes & sur les familles.	Geneva	1722	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 364.00
29	LA FAYE (Jean de)	RELATION EN FORME DE JOURNAL DU VOIAGE POUR LA REDEMPTION DES CAPTIFS, aux roiaumes de Maroc et d'Alger, pendant les annees 1723, 1724 et 1725.	Paris	1726	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 325.00
30	LA FONTAINE.	OEUVRES.	Anvers, (Paris )	1726	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
31	GOMEZ (Madeleine de)	ANECDOTES PERSANES dediees au Roy.	Paris	1727	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 325.00
32	LA RUE (Jean-Baptiste de)	TRAITE DE LA COUPE DES PIERRES.	Paris	1728	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
33		FENELON. THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMAQUE son of Ulysses.	Paris	1730	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
34	[DEIDIER (Nicolas)].	LE PARFAIT INGENIEUR FRANCOIS, or offensive and defensive fortification.	Paris	1736	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 195.00
35		LA RIVIERE - DU MOULIN. METHODE POUR BIEN CULTIVER LES ARBRES A FRUIT, et pour elever des treilles.	Paris	1738	EUR 50.00 - 60.00	EUR 130.00
36	[NEWTON] - ALGAROTTI (Fr.)	LE NEWTONIANISME POUR LES DAMES, ou Entretiens sur la lumiere, sur les couleurs, et sur l'attraction.	Paris	1738	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 260.00
37		OFFICE DE LA SEMAINE SAINTE a l'usage de Rome, latin et francois. New translation.	Paris	1740	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 416.00
38	[MARCHAND (Prosper)] -	MERCIER DE SAINT LEGER. HISTOIRE DE L'ORIGINE ET DES PREMIERS PROGRES DE L'IMPRIMERIE. - SUPPLEMENT...	La Haye and Paris	1740 and 1773	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 390.00
39	[LIGER Louis].	THE PERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF HORSES... L'art de monter a cheval & de dresser les chevaux de manege...	Paris	1741	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 325.00
40	LIGER (Louis)	LE JARDINIER FLEURISTE ou Culture universelle des fleurs, arbres, arbustes servant a l'embellissement des jardins.	Paris	1742	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 130.00
41	LESSER (Friedrich Christian)	THEOLOGIE DES INSECTES, OU DEMONSTRATION DES PERFECTIONS DE DIEU DANS TOUT CE QUI CONCERNE LES INSECTES. Translated from the German, with remarks by Mr. P. Lyonnet.	La Haye	1743	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
42	BOILEAU (Nicolas)	OEUVRES.	Amsterdam	1743	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 130.00
43	NEEDHAM (T.)	NEW DISCOVERIES MADE WITH THE MICROSCOPE.	Leide	1747	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 195.00
44	GUEBRIAND (Comte de) - CONTEST (Marquis de) - PUYZIEULX (Marquis de)	HANDWRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE (1748 -1753).			EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 390.00
45	VERATTI. (J)	PHYSICO-MEDICAL OBSERVATIONS ON ELECTRICITY.	Geneve	1750	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 195.00
46	(BINDING)	OFFICE DE LA SEMAINE SAINTE.		1750	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 364.00
47		(Gastronomy) Very legible 18th-century manuscript containing cleaning tips and cooking recipes,	18th-century		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,040.00
48	DESAGULIERS (John Theophilus)	COURS DE PHYSIQUE EXPERIMENTALE.	Paris	1751	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 364.00
49	BUFFON.	HISTOIRE NATURELLE generale et particuliere, avec la description du cabinet du Roy.	Paris	1752-1765.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,300.00
50	CANTON (J) - MICHEL (J)	TREATISES ON ARTIFICIAL MAGNETS. Translated by P. Rivoire.	Paris	1752	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 234.00

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.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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