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
151	MERIMEE Prosper.	Une Correspondance inedite.	Paris	1897	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,750.00
152	MICHEL Louise.	Contes et Legendes par L. M., institutrice.	Paris	1884	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,750.00
153	MICHEL Louise.	Memoires ecrits par elle-meme.	Paris	1886	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 625.00
154	MISTRAL Frederic.	Calendau. Pouemo nouveu. Traduction francaise en regard.	Avignon	1867	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
155	MISTRAL Frederic.	Reunion de 3 titres en reliures uniformes.	Paris	1886-1889	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,500.00
156	MOINEAUX Jules [et Georges COURTELINE].	[Les Tribunaux comiques]. Monographie de police correctionnelle.	Paris	1912	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
157	MONSELET Charles.	La Lorgnette litteraire. Dictionnaire des grands et des petits auteurs de mon temps.	Paris	1857 - 1870	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,875.00
158	MONSELET Charles.	Les Creanciers. OEuvre de vengeance avec une cruelle eau-forte d'Emile Benassit.	Paris	1870	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
159	MORENCY Suzanne Giroust, dite Mme de.	Illyrine, ou l'Ecueil de l'inexperience.	Paris	1799	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,250.00
160	MUSSET Alfred de.	Un Spectacle dans un fauteuil.	Paris	1833	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 438.00
161	MUSSET Alfred de.	Il ne faut jurer de rien, comedie en trois actes et en prose. Representee pour la premiere fois au theatre Francais le 22 juin 1848.	Paris	1849	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 250.00
162	MUSSET Alfred de et George SAND.	Reunion de deux volumes.	George SAND. Elle et Lui. Paris	1859	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 750.00
163	[NERVAL Gerard de].	Recueil de pieces.	Paris	1826	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
164	NERVAL Gerard de.	Couronne poetique de Beranger, recueillie par Gerard.	Paris	1829	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
165	NERVAL Gerard de - Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE.	Faust, tragedie de Goethe. Nouvelle traduction complete, en prose et en vers, par Gerard.	Paris	1835	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
166	NERVAL Gerard de.	Le Monde dramatique. Histoire des theatres anciens. Revue des spectacles modernes.	Paris	1835-1839	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
167	NERVAL Gerard de.	Les Illumines. Recits et portraits.	Paris	1852	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 5,250.00
168	NERVAL Gerard de.	Les Illumines. Recits et portraits.	Paris	1852	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 750.00
169	NERVAL Gerard de.	La Boheme galante.	Paris	1855	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
170	NERVAL Gerard de.	Le Reve et la Vie.	Paris	1855	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 625.00
171	NERVAL Gerard de.	Le Prince des Sots.	Paris	1888	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 875.00
172	NERVAL Gerard de.	Les Filles du feu. Sylvie - Octavie - Isis - Emilie.	Paris	1888	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,500.00
173	NODIER Charles.	Dictionnaire raisonne des onomatopees francaises. Adopte par la Commission d'Instruction publique, pour les bibliotheques des lycees.	Paris	1808	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
174	NODIER Charles.	Smarra ou les Demons de la nuit, songes romantiques, traduits de l'esclavon du comte Maxime Odin.	Paris	1821	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 625.00
175	NODIER Charles.	Melanges tires d'une petite bibliotheque, ou Varietes litteraires et philosophiques.	Paris	1829	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 375.00

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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.