ALDE: Literary Library of an Amateur, 101525, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025

Page Size: 246 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	CONSTANT Benjamin, KOREFF David Ferdinand, [BENZENBERG J. F.].	Du Triomphe inevitable et prochain des principes constitutionnels en Prusse d'apres un ouvrage imprime traduit de l'allemand de M. Koreff conseiller intime de regence par M.***, avec un avant-propos et des notes de M. Benjamin-Constant, depute de la Sarth	Paris	1821	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 625.00
52	COPPEE Francois.	Le Coupable.	Paris	1897	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,500.00
53	CORBIERE Edouard.	Reunion de 2 titres en 3 volumes. La Mer et les Marins.- Les Aspirans de marine.	Paris	1833	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
54	CORBIERE Tristan.	Les Amours jaunes.	Paris	1873	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,500.00
55	COURIER Paul-Louis.	Reunion de quatre pamphlets.	Paris	1821-1824	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
56	COURTELINE Georges.	Potiron.	Paris	[1890]	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
57	COURTELINE Georges.	Les Linottes.	Paris	1912	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 625.00
58	DAUDET Alphonse.	Le Roman du Chaperon-Rouge. Scenes et fantaisies par Alphonse Daudet.	Paris	1862	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 2,125.00
59	DAUDET Alphonse.	La Petite paroisse, moeurs conjugales.	Paris	1895	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,375.00
60	DELVAU Alfred.	Histoire anecdotique des cafes & cabarets de Paris.	Paris	1862	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 375.00
61	DELVAU Alfred.	Dictionnaire erotique moderne. Par un Professeur de langue verte.	Freetown [Bruxelles]	1864	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,063.00
62	DESBORDES-VALMORE Marceline.	Une Raillerie de l'amour.	Paris	1833	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
63	DESBORDES-VALMORE Marceline.	Poesies inedites. Publiees par M. Gustave Revilliod.	Geneve	1860	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 375.00
64	DOVALLE Charles.	Le Sylphe. Poesies de feu Ch. Dovalle, precedees d'une notice par M. Louvet, et d'une preface par Victor Hugo.	Paris	1830	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
65	DUMAS pere, Alexandre.	OEuvres completes. Theatre.	Paris	1834-1846	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
66	DUMAS pere, Alexandre.	Le Speronare.	Paris	1842	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,750.00
67	DUMAS pere, Alexandre.	Le Corricolo.	Paris	1843	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 750.00
68	DUMAS pere, Alexandre.	Impressions de voyage. De Paris a Cadix.	Paris	1847-1848	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 5,000.00
69	DUMAS pere, Alexandre.	Une Mere. Manuscrit autographe signe.	Paris	19 aout 1857	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
70	[DUMAS pere Alexandre]. GLINEL (Charles).	Alexandre Dumas et son oeuvre. Notes biographiques et bibliographiques.	Reims	1884	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 2,125.00
71	DUMAS fils, Alexandre.	La Vie a vingt ans.	Paris	1850	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 375.00
72	DUMAS fils Alexandre.	La Dame aux Camelias.	Paris	1872	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,250.00
73	DUMAS fils Alexandre.	Monsieur Alphonse, Comedie en un acte.	Paris	1873	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,375.00
74	FEYDEAU Ernest.	Du luxe, des femmes, des moeurs, de la litterature et de la vertu.	Paris	1866	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
75	FEYDEAU Georges.	"Mais n'te promene donc pas toute nue ! " Comedie en un acte avec la mise en scene complete et conforme a la representation.	Paris	1914	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 2,500.00

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.