Christies: From the Collection of Léon Parcé, 24211, Paris

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Auction Date
November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025
Page Size: 97 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 APIANUS, Petrus, Peter von Bennewitz, dit (1495-1552) et Gemma FRISIUS (1508-1555).

Cosmographia.

Anvers 1550 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 24,130.00
2 ARCHIMEDE (vers 287 av. J.-C.-212 av. J.-C.)

Opera non nulla a Federico Commandino Urbinate nuper in Latinum conversa, et commentariis illustrata.

Venise 1558 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 8,255.00
3 BAERLE, Gaspard van (1584-1648)

Marie de Medicis, entrant dans Amsterdam , ou, Histoire de la reception faicte a la reyne mere du Roy tres-Chrestien, par les Bourgmaistres & Bourgeoisie de la Ville d'Amsterdam.

Amsterdam 1638 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,604.00
4 BERNARD DE CLAIRVAUX (1090-1153)

Epistolae.

[Strasbourg circa 1472-1474] EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,064.00
5 [BIBLE INCUNABLE]

Biblia Latina.

Venise 1479 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,795.00
6 BLOY, Leon (1846-1917)

Epreuves corrigees pour Je m'accuse...

[Paris 1900] EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 5,969.00
7 BOCCACE (1313-1375)

Genealogiae deorum. De montibus, silvis, fontibus, lacubus, fluminibus, stagnis seu paludibus, de nominibus maris.

Venise 23 fevrier 1494/95. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
8 [BOILEAU-DESPREAUX, Nicolas (1636-1711)]

OEuvres diverses du Sieur D*** avec le Traite du Sublime ou Du merveilleux dans le discours.

Paris 1674 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,270.00
9 BOSSUET, Jacques-Benigne (1627-1704)

Oeuvres choisies. Politique tiree de l'ecriture sainte.

Paris 1822 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,016.00
10 CALVIN, Jean (1509-1564)

Institution de la religion chrestienne composee en Latin par Iehan Calvin, & translatee en Francoys par luymesme...

Geneve 1545 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 6,096.00
11 CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616)

El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

Bruxelles 1607 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 76,200.00
12 CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616)

Segunda parte del ingenioso cavallero don Quixote de la Mancha.

Bruxelles 1616 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 8,890.00
13 CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616)

Novelas exemplares.

Bruxelles 1614 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 12,065.00
14 CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616)

El ingenioso hildalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha...Nueva edicion corregida por la Real Academia Espanola.

Madrid 1780 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 8,890.00
15 CHATEAUBRIAND, Francois-Rene de (1768-1848)

Itineraire de Paris a Jerusalem, et de Jerusalem a Paris, en allant par la Grece, et revenant par l'Egypte, la Barbarie et l'Espagne.

Paris 1811 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,778.00
16 CORNEILLE, Pierre (1606-1684)

Oeuvres. Premiere partie. [Relie avec, du meme:] Le Cid.

Paris 1644; s. d. [vers 1642] EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
17 CORNEILLE, Pierre (1606-1684)

La mort de Pompee.

Paris 1644 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
18 CORNEILLE, Pierre (1606-1684)

Rodogune.

Paris 1647 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
19 CORNEILLE, Pierre (1606-1684) et Thomas (1625-1709)

Oeuvres. Premiere [-quatrieme] partie.

Paris 1654 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,080.00
20 DE L'ORME, Philibert (c. 1515-1570)

Nouvelles inventions pour bien bastir et a petits fraiz... [Relie avec ] Le Premier tome de l'architecture de Philibert de l'Orme...

Paris 1561; 1568 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
21 DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650)

Principia philosophiae. [Relie avec, du meme :] Specimina Philosophiae seu dissertatio de methodo...

Amsterdam 1644 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 120,650.00
22 DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650)

Principes de la philosophie.

Paris 1647-[1651]. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,778.00
23 DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650)

Les Meditations metaphysiques touchant la premiere philosophie.

Paris 1647 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 21,590.00
24 DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650) et Claude PICOT, trad. (1614-1668)

Les Principes de la philosophie.

Paris 1659 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,270.00
25 [DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650), Adrien BAILLET (1649-1706)]

La Vie de Monsieur Des-cartes.

Paris 1691 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,064.00
  • 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.
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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.