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

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 05, 2025 - December 05, 2025
Page Size: 364 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
154 COCTEAU Jean (1889-1963)

L.A.S. "Jean Cocteau", Pramousquier October 10, 1922, to Andre MATER

1922 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 364.00
155 COCTEAU Jean (1889-1963)

L.A.S. "Jean", Milly, October 1949, to his English translator Mary HOECK

1949 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 325.00
156 COCTEAU Jean (1889-1963)

L.A.S. "Jean", October 3, 1954, to his friend the Egyptologist Rene BERTRAND

1954 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 195.00
157 COLETTE (1873-1954)

L.A.S. "Colette", [January 8, 1947], to Maurice

1947 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 715.00
158 DICKENS Charles (1812-1870)

L.A.S. "Charles Dickens", Cheltenham January 23, 1869, to Mrs. Isabella GLYN DALLAS

1869 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,690.00
159 DUMAS pere Alexandre (1802-1870)

44 L.A.S. "Al. Dumas", [1844-1856] and n.d., to Auguste CADOT

1844-1856] and n.d., EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 7,800.00
160 DUMAS pere Alexandre (1802-1870)

MANUSCRIT autograph,La Commission et le Brigandage, [1862]

1862 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 715.00
161 DUMAS pere Alexandre (1802-1870).

Autograph MANUSCRIT, signed "un Souscripteur au denier de St Pierre"

EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 793.00
162 ELUARD Paul (1895-1952)

L.A.S. "Paul Eluard", [early 1924?], to Joe BOUSQUET

EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,040.00
163 ELUARD Paul (1895-1952)

MANUSCRIT autograph of sketches of poems for Pouvoir tout dire, [1951]

1951 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 650.00
164 FLAUBERT Gustave (1821-1880)

L.A.S. "Gve Flaubert", [Croisset c. July 25, 1862], to the poet

1862 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 910.00
165 FRANCE Anatole (1844-1924)

MANUSCRIT autograph signed "Anatole

EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 7,150.00
166 FRIEDELL Egon (1878-1938)

L.A.S. "Egon Friedell", Wien April 20, 1921, to Maximilian HARDEN

1921 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,170.00
167 GAUTIER Theophile (1811-1872)

MANUSCRIT autograph signed "Theophile

EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,600.00
168 GONCOURT Edmond de (1822-1896)

MANUSCRIT autograph signed "Edmond de Goncourt", Les Freres Zemganno, 1879

1879 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 5,200.00
169 HERZMANOVSKY-ORLANDO Fritz von (1877-1954)

Original DRAWINGS

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
170 HOFMANNSTHAL Hugo von (1874-1929)

L.A.S. "Hofmannsthal", Wien 1. XI. 1899, [to Mrs. Ria SCHMUJLOW-CLAASSEN]

1899 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 780.00
171 HUGO Victor (1802-1885)

L.A.S. "Victor", January 20 [1841], to Alexandre SOUMET

1841 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 364.00
172 HUGO Victor (1802-1885)

L.A.S. "Victor Hugo", Paris May 9 [1848], to Antony THOURET "ex-prefet du Nord" in Lille

1848 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 624.00
173 HUGO Victor (1802-1885)

Dictated letter, written by his son Francois-

EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 65.00
174 HUGO Victor (1802-1885)

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIT, Hauteville house [in Guernsey] October 1865

EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,500.00
175 HUGO Victor (1802-1885)

L.A.S. "V.H.", [Paris] April 6 [1872], to Mme Zelie ROBERT in Mulhouse

1872 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 494.00
176 HUGO Victor (1802-1885)

L.A.S. "Victor Hugo", Hauteville house October 14 [1872, to Emile ROBERT]

1872 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 390.00
177 HUGO Victor (1802-1885)

L.A.S. "V.", Hauteville House November 24 [1872], to Doctor Emile ALLIX

1872 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
178 HUGO Victor (1802-1885)

L.A.S. "V", Hauteville House June 15 [1873], to Dr. Emile ALLIX

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 650.00
  • 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.