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
51 LORRIS, Guillaume de (1200-vers 1240) et MEUNG, Jean de (vers 1240-vers 1305)

Cy est le Rommant de la Roze. Ou tout lart damour est enclose...

Paris EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,445.00
52 [L'HOSPITAL, Guillaume Francois Antoine, marquis de (1661-1704)]

Analyse des infiniment petits.

Paris 1696 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,524.00
53 MAUGIN, Jean, trad. (actif au milieu du XVIe siecle)

Le premier livre de Palmerin d'Olive, filz du roy Florendos de Macedone et de la belle Griane, fille de Remicius empereur de Constantinople..

Paris 1553 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,016.00
54 [MEDAILLES]

Medailles sur les principaux evenements du regne de Louis le Grand, avec des explications historiques.

Paris 1702 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,016.00
55 MIRABEAU, Victor Riquetti, marquis de (1715-1789) et Francois QUESNAY (1694-1774)

L'ami des hommes.

Avignon 1756-1760. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,270.00
56 MOLIERE, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit (1622-1673)

Les Oeuvres, reveues, corrigees & augmentees [et ] Les Oeuvres posthumes, imprimees pour la premiere fois.

Paris 1682 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,255.00
57 MOLIERE, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit (1622-1673)

Les Oeuvres de Monsieur de Moliere.

Amsterdam 1741 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,524.00
58 MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-1592)

Essais.

Bordeaux 1582 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 57,150.00
59 MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-1592)

Les Essais.

Paris 1595 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 33,020.00
60 MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-1592)

Les Essais.

Paris 1598 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,032.00
61 MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-1592)

Les Essais.

Paris 1635 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
62 MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-1592)

Les Essais... Nouvelle edition exactement purgee des defauts...

Paris 1652 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,445.00
63 MUNTANER, Ramon (1265-1336)

Chronica o descripcio dels fets, e hazanyes del inclyt rey don Jaume primer rey Darago, de Mallorques, e de Valencia, ...e de molts de sos descendents.

Barcelone 1562 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,397.00
64 MONTESQUIEU, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de (1689-1755)

Lettres persanes.

Amsterdam [Rouen] 1721 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 7,620.00
65 [MONTESQUIEU, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de (1689-1755)]

De l'Esprit des loix.

Geneve [1748]. EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 25,400.00
66 [MONTESQUIEU, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de (1689-1755)]

Defense de l'Esprit des loix.

Geneve 1750 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,016.00
67 MONTESQUIEU, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de (1689-1755)

Oeuvres.

Paris [1796]. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,826.00
68 MOSELLY, Emile, pseud. d'Emile Chenin (1870-1918), Camille PISSARRO (1830-1903) et Lucien PISSARRO (1863-1944)

La Charrue d'erable.

Paris 1912 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 8,890.00
69 NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727)

Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.

Londres 1687 EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 EUR 825,500.00
70 NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727)

La Methode des fluxions, et des suites infinies.

Paris 1740 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 6,985.00
71 NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) et Emilie DU CHATELET, trad. (1706-1749)

Principes mathematiques de la philosophie naturelle.

Paris 1759 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 38,100.00
72 PANVINIO, Onofrio (1529-1568)

Fasti et triumphi Roma Romulo rege usque ad Carolum V Caes. Aug.

Venise 1557 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 635.00
73 PARADIN, Guillaume (1510-1590) et Roberto VALTURIO (1405-1475)

Memoriae nostrae. Libri quatuor. et De Re Militari Libri XII.

Lyon ; Paris 1548; 1535 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
74 PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662)

La Pascaline, ou "machine arithmetique".

[Rouen, c. 1645-1650] EUR 2,000,000.00 - 3,000,000.00 Not Sold
75 [PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662)]

[Les Provinciales, ou les lettres escrites par Louis de Montalte, a un provincial de ses amis, & aux RR. PP. Jesuites sur le sujet de la Morale, & de la Politique de ces Peres.

Cologne 1657.] EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
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    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.
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    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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    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.
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
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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).
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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.
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