Christies: From the Collection of Léon Parcé, 24211, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025
| 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 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
