Aguttes: Books and Manuscripts, 168319, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 05, 2025 - December 05, 2025

Page Size: 364 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
129	STRAUSS Richard (1864-1949)	L.A.S. "Richard Strauss", "Wien III Jacquingasse 10" [ca. 1922]	ca. 1922	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,235.00
130	STRAUSS Richard (1864-1949)	L.A.S. "Richard Strauss", Garmisch June 18, 1936, to an Italian friend	1936	EUR 800.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,300.00
131	TOSCANINI Arturo (1867-1957)	L.A.S. "Arturo Toscanini",Paris November 22, 1935, to Ugo BURGHAUSER of the Wiener Philarmoniker in Vienna	1935	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 910.00
132	WAGNER Richard (1813-1883)	L.A.S. "Richard Wagner", Zurich January 31, 1853, [to conductor Eugen SEIDELMANN]	1853	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
133	WAGNER Cosima (1837-1930)	L.S. "C. Wagner", Venice, Palazzo Vendramin February 1, 1883, to Franz SERVAIS	1883	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,040.00
134	ARTAUD Antonin (1896-1948)	L.A.S. "Antonin Artaud", Paris May 20, 1935, [to Cecile DENOEL]	1935	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 650.00
135	BEAUVOIR Simone de (1908-1986)	2 autograph MANUSCRITS, [1926-1927]	1926-1927	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,340.00
136	BEAUVOIR Simone de (1908-1986)	2 autograph MANUSCRITS, Philosophie de l'amour, [1927]	1927	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,080.00
137	BECKETT Samuel (1906-1989)	Typescript with autograph signature "Samuel Beckett", [Waiting for Godot]: 1 page in-4.		EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 2,600.00
138	BLOY Leon (1846-1917)	AUTOGRAPHIC MANUSCRIT, Notes, [1871-1873]	1871-1873	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 845.00
139	BOUSQUET Joe (1897-1950)	L.A.S. "Joe Bousquet" (signed at top),Villalier October 25, 1925, to Andre BRETON	1925	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,300.00
140	BRETON Andre (1896-1966)	L.A.S. "Andre Breton" (minute),Paris July 5, 1935, to the director of the Nouvelle		EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,170.00
141	BRETON Andre (1896-1966)	L.A.S. "Andre Breton", Paris July 29, 1957, to Bernard POISSONNIER	1957	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 416.00
142	CANETTI Elias (1905-1994)	L.A.S. and L.S. "Elias Canetti", London December 11, 1963 and July 22, 1964, to Eva Maria		EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,170.00
143	CELINE Louis-Ferdinand (1894-1961)	L.A.S. "Louis F", Huelgoat ce 6 [octobre ? 1942, a son ami le peintre GEN-PAUL]	1942	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 650.00
144	CELINE Louis-Ferdinand (1894-1961)	Cahiers de l'Herne. Paris, 1963 and 1965	1963 and 1965	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 2,210.00
145	CHATEAUBRIAND Francois-Rene de (1768-1848)	L.A.S. "your faithfoul Brother", [au Mesnil] June 21 [1811], to the Duchesse de DURAS	1811	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,170.00
146	CHATEAUBRIAND Francois-Rene de (1768-1848)	L.A., [Vallee-aux-Loups] Friday, November 22 [1811], to the Duchesse de DURAS	1811	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,170.00
147	CHATEAUBRIAND Francois-Rene de (1768-1848)	L.A., Paris June 23, 1816, to the Duchesse de DURAS	1816	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,690.00
148	CHATEAUBRIAND Francois-Rene de (1768-1848)	L.A., [London] July 26, 1822, to the Duchesse de DURAS		EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,430.00
149	CHATEAUBRIAND Francois-Rene de (1768-1848).	L.A., Verona November 12, 1822, to the Duchess of DURAS	1822	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 3,640.00
150	CHATEAUBRIAND Francois-Rene de (1768-1848).	L.A., Verona December 9, 1822, to the Duchess of DURAS	1822	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,950.00
151	CHATEAUBRIAND Francois-Rene de (1768-1848).	L.A.S. "Chateaubriand", Paris July 24, 1828, to Vicomte de CAUX	1828	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 650.00
152	[CHATEAUBRIAND].	DURAS Claire de Kersaint, duchesse de (1778-1828) 58 L.A. (one signed with initials), Paris and Andilly, April-December 1822, to CHATEAUBRIAND	1822	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,200.00
153	COCTEAU Jean (1889-1963)	MANUSCRIT autograph signed "Pere Ubu",Paroles sur une tombe, [1913]	1913	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 416.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.