Tajan Auction 2540

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	CELINE.	Cahiers de l'Herne ndeg3. L'Herne, 1963.	1963	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
2	[MANUSCRIT]. [ESPAGNE]. [CARTAS EJECUTORIAS].	Lettres de noblesse en faveur de Cathalina de Vera, veuve de Bartholomeo de Alvarez, et ses deux fils Gregorio et Hernandez de Alvarez, " vecinos " de La Hinojosa (province de Cuenca)		EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
3	JACOB (Max).	L. A. S. a Pierre (Loewel ?), 31.07.1936, St Benoit sur Loire, 2 pp., amusante lettre sur la creativite, le comique, le lyrisme.		EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
4	JACOB (Max).	L. A. S. a Pierre Albert-Birot (?), 6.01.1939, Saint Benoit, 1 p. in-4. Belle lettre-poeme, en vers, a l'auteur du recueil "La Panthere noire", qu'il vient de poser dans son "petit casier a part pour les livres qu'on espere relire".		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 213.00
5	JACOB (Max).	L. A. S. a Rene Guy Cadou, 15.02.1944, Saint Benoit, 2 pp. Belle lettre sur la poesie du jeune Cadou, 9 jours avant l'arrestation de Max Jacob par la Gestapo.	1944	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 346.00
6	JACOB (Max).	3 L. A. S., vers 1930, dont deux sur le marche de l'art.		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
7	JACOB (Max).	JACOB (Max). 5 L. A. S., 1934 a 1940, au jeune poete Alain Messiaen (1912-1990), frere du compositeur Olivier Messiaen ; belle correspondance de maitre a disciple.	1934 a 1940	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 722.00
8	JACOB (Max).	3 L. A. S., vers 1930.		EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 131.00
9	JACOB (Max).	3 L. A. S. a Louis Aurenche, 1930.	1930	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 160.00
10	JACOB (Max).	3 L. A. S., dont 2 a Louis Guilloux (?) et 1 a Marcel Bealu.		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 266.00
11	JACOB (Max).	5 L. A. S., dont 2 a Henri Lasserre et 3 a Jean (?).		EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 399.00
12	JACOB (Max).	5 L. A. S., 1931-1935.	1931-1935.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 239.00
13	JACOB (Max).	5 L. A. S., 1936-1941.	1936-1941.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 266.00
14	JACOB (Max).	5 L. A. S. 1942-1943.		EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
15	JACOB (Max).	4 L. A. S. a "Rene" : peut-etre a Rene Hilsum (1895-1990), qui crea les editions surrealistes "Au sans pareil" ; et/ou Rene Villard (1875-1940) professeur d'anglais et journaliste, originaire de Quimper comme Max Jacob.		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 266.00
16	JACOB (Max).	11 meditations manuscrites autographes : Paradis, Enfer, Jugement dernier, Detachement, Mort, Sepulcre, Creation. 11 feuillets autographes (encre brune sur papier ligne, env. 210x270 mm). Vers 1930-1940.		EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
17	JACOB (Max).	7 poemes en vers manuscrits autographes. Vers 1940 ?. 7 feuillets autographes (env. 210x270 mm) ; brouillons avec ratures et ajouts, deux se poursuivant en meditation au verso, avec croquis.		EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
18	JACOB (Max).	2 L. A. S. a "Henry" (nom efface), 1942, au sujet d'Apollinaire, du protestantisme, de ses travaux, des poetes contemporains...	1942	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 266.00
19	JACOB (Max).	L. A. S. au philosophe catholique Jacques Maritain ; 3 pp. ; brouillon avec ratures, ajouts, encre bleue ; avec premier brouillon d'une demi-page sur la Purete. Vers 1935.	Vers 1935.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
20	JACOB (Max).	L. A. S. a "Michel", 28.11.1936, St Benoit, 2 pp., sur l'antisemitisme de Jouhandeau.		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 133.00
21	JACOB (Max).	Lettres a Andre Lefevre. - Exceptionnel ensemble de 47 lettres autographes signees (avec une carte de visite non datee et 2 enveloppes), datees du 31 decembre 1920 au 31 decembre 1943.	1920-1943.	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,755.00
22	JACOB (Max).	Manuscrits autographes : "Les Canamas" et pieces diverses. Vers 1923-1926. Reunion de 143 feuillets de formats divers, archives posthumement sous 22 sous-chemises et avec sommaire tapuscrit annote.	Vers 1923-1926. Reunion de 143 feuillets de formats divers, archives posthumement sous 22 sous-chemises et avec sommaire tapuscrit annote.	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
23	JACOB (Max).	"Poemes en prose 1920. Vieux poemes en prose". 165 poemes autographes, avec ratures, corrections, ajouts, et de divers formats.		EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
24	JAMMES (Francis).	Le Mariage de Jean de La Fontaine. Comedie en un acte. 6, 7, et 8 novembre 1931.	1931	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 505.00
25	KESSEL (Joseph).	[Au Grand Socco]. Le rezzou. Le Petit ane blanc.		EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,904.00

Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
Forum Auctions
Online: India
Ends 19th February 2026

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000

Forum Auctions
Online: India
Ends 19th February 2026

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Online: India
Ends 19th February 2026

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000

Tajan: Books, Manuscripts and Prints, 2540, Paris

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