Aguttes: Phoenix / Charity Sale of Manuscripts and Autographs for Peace and Lebanon, 169952, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 18, 2025 - September 18, 2025

Page Size: 27 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Marie-Caroline de BOURBON-SICILES [Duchesse de BERRY (1798 -- 1870)]	Lettre autographe signee adressee a La Duchesse de Maille.	Venise	le 18 juin 1845.	Not Available	Unknown
2	Albert CAMUS (1913 -- 1960). Ecrivain et philosophe, Prix Nobel 1957	Lettre autographe signee a sa << Chere Mme Quentin >>.	Lourmarin	Mardi 25 aout 1959.	Not Available	Unknown
3	CHARLES VII, dit << le Victorieux >> (1403 -- 1461). Roi de France (1422-1461)	Tres rare piece signee.	Vierzon	1457	Not Available	Unknown
4	Charles Nicolas COCHIN (1715 -- 1790). Graveur et dessinateur	Lettre autographe signee a son cousin		ce vendredi 7 mars 1788 >>.	Not Available	Unknown
5	Georges COURTELINE (1858 -- 1929). Romancier	Manuscrit autographe signe et complet d'une courte nouvelle intitulee << Journal du petit bicycliste -- Le Phenomene >>, soit 15 feuillets coupes et colles avec variantes, ratures et ajouts autographes		Vers 1895.	Not Available	Unknown
6	Jean DUBUFFET (1901 -- 1985). Peintre, sculpteur et plasticien	Lettre autographe signee adressee a Louis Paul Favre.	Sans lieu	mercredi 19 >>, sans date.	Not Available	Unknown
7	Henri FANTIN-LATOUR (1836 -- 1904). Peintre	Envoi autographe signe a Adolphe Jullien.	Sans lieu ni date.		Not Available	Unknown
8	Louis de FRANCE, dit le Grand Dauphin (1661-1711). Fils aine de Louis XIV et de Marie-Therese d'AUTRICHE	Lettre autographe signee adressee au duc de Vendome	"Versailles ce	2 juin 1702	Not Available	Unknown
9	Louis XVI [Louis-Auguste de FRANCE] (1754 -- 1793). Roi de France	Lettre signee adressee a son cousin le Cardinal Lodovico Calini.	Versailles	le 31 janvier 1776.	Not Available	Unknown
10	Serge GAINSBOURG (1928.1991). Chanteur et parolier	Note autographe signee. Deux pages imprimees in-4 (21 x 30cm).	Sans lieu ni date Paris.	1986	Not Available	Unknown
11	Charles de GAULLE (1890 -- 1970). Militaire, homme d'etat et ecrivain	Discours prononce a l'Ecole Nationale d'Administration le 17 novembre 1959.			Not Available	Unknown
12	Andre GIDE (1869 -- 1951). Ecrivain, prix Nobel 1947	Important manuscrit autographe signe intitule << Moeurs litteraires : autour du tombeau de Catulle Mendes. Nouveaux Pretextes.		1911	Not Available	Unknown
13	Victor HUGO (1802 -- 1885). Ecrivain et poete	Billet autographe signe de ses initiales.	Sans lieu ni date.		Not Available	Unknown
14	Dominique LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (1712 -- 1800). Archeveque et legislateur francais	Ensemble fort interessant de 4 belles lettres autographes signees, adressees a Thomas Couttes a Londres.		1794-1795.	Not Available	Unknown
15	[Collectif des hauts dignitaires du Mont Liban].	Supplique manuscrite envoyee a Alphonse de LAMARTINE	au Mont-Liban.	Le 29 mars 1848	Not Available	Unknown
16	Hubert LYAUTEY (1855 -- 1934). Marechal de France	Correspondance de 26 lettres et cartes autographes signees [a l'ecrivain et editeur Daniel Halevy].		1923-1934.	Not Available	Unknown
17	Stephane MALLARME (1842 -- 1898). Poete et critique d'art	Lettre autographe signee adressee au poete Ernest d'Hervilly.	Paris] 29 rue de Moscou	lundi 25 janvier 1875.	Not Available	Unknown
18	Jacques MESRINE (1936 -- 1979). Criminel francais	Lettre autographe signee [El viejo] adressee a Janine Schneider.	Prison de Fleury-Merogis	le 24 janvier 1977.	Not Available	Unknown
19	Frederic MISTRAL (1830 -- 1914). Ecrivain	Deux manuscrits autographes signes du poeme << Coucher de lunes >>, l'un en occitan, l'autre en francais.	La page de titre comporte un cachet	a la date du 3 fevrier 1909	Not Available	Unknown
20	Gerard de NERVAL (1808 -- 1855). Ecrivain et Poete	Billet autographe signe << Gerard >> adresse a Auguste Dumont.	Paris	fin 1854.	Not Available	Unknown
21	Edith PIAF (1915 -- 1963). Chanteuse, paroliere et actrice	Lettre autographe signee et lettre signee adressees a Andre Legrand-Chabrier.	Paris	le 23 octobre 1940 et 9 janvier 1941.	Not Available	Unknown
22	Pablo PICASSO (1881 -- 1973). Peintre, dessinateur et sculpteur	Lettre autographe signee adressee a Max Pellequer.	Villa << La Californie >> a Cannes	le 16 octobre 1956.	Not Available	Unknown
23	Donatien Alphonse Francois de SADE [Communement appele Marquis de SADE] (1740 -- 1814). Homme de lettres	Lettre autographe adressee a Mlle de Rousset	Donjon de Vincennes	mai 1779	Not Available	Unknown
24	Paul VERLAINE (1844 -- 1896). Poete	Poeme autographe extrait de Dans les Limbes.		Fin 1892.	Not Available	Unknown
25	Boris VIAN (1920 -- 1959). Ecrivain, poete et parolier	<< Je me souviens de vous >> Manuscrit autographe.		Vers 1957.	Not Available	Unknown

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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.
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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.