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

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Auction Report
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
76 [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 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 17,780.00
77 PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662)

Traitez de l'equilibre des liqueurs et de la pesanteur de la masse de l'air...

Paris 1663 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 8,890.00
78 PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662)

Pensees de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets.

Paris 1670 [1669]. EUR 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 EUR 279,400.00
79 PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662)

Pensees de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets.

Paris 1670 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 40,640.00
80 PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662)

Pensees de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets.

Paris 1670 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 8,890.00
81 PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662)

Pensees de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets.

Paris 1670 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,080.00
82 PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662)

Pensees de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets.

Paris [Lyon] 1670 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
83 PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662)

Pensees de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets.

Paris 1670 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,270.00
84 PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662)

Pensees de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets.

Paris 1683 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,985.00
85 PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662)

Pensees de Blaise Pascal.

Paris 1803 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,143.00
86 RACINE, Jean (1639-1699)

Oeuvres.

Paris 1687 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 508.00
87 RACINE, Jean (1639-1699)

Athalie. [Relie avec:] Esther.

Paris 1691 et 1689. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,810.00
88 RACINE, Jean (1639-1699)

Oeuvres.

Paris 1697 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
89 [REMOND DE MONTMORT, Pierre (1678-1719)]

Essay d'analyse sur les jeux de hazard.

Paris 1713 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,826.00
90 ROLEWINCK, Werner (1425-1502)

Fasciculus temporum.

[Venise] 21 decembre 1481. EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,080.00
91 SILHON, Jean de (1596-1667)

Esclaircissement de quelques difficultez touchant l'administration du cardinal Mazarin.

Paris 1650 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
92 SILHON, Jean de (1596-1667)

De la Certitude des connoissances humaines. Ou sont particulierement expliquez les principes & les fondemens de la morale & de la politique.

Paris 1661 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,286.00
93 TERENCE, Publius Terentius Afer (vers 190 - 159 av. J.-C.)

Comoediae. Cum Directorio Vocabulorum, Sententiarum, Artis Comice, Glosa Interlineali, Comentariis Donato, Guidone, Ascensio.

Strasbourg [1er novembre] 1496. EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,445.00
94 THOMAS D'AQUIN (c. 1225-1274)

Opuscula.

Milan 1488 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,413.00
95 TILLET, Jean du (mort en 1570)

Recueil des roys de France, leurs couronne et maison... [Relie avec :] Les guerres et traictez de paix, trefves et allianses d'entre les roys de France et d'Angleterre...

Paris 1587 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,810.00
96 TRONCHET, Estienne du (c. 1510-1580)

Lettres missives et familieres...

Paris 1569 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,524.00
97 VALERY, Paul (1871-1945)

Le Cimetiere marin.

Paris 1920 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,937.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
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    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
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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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.