Catawiki B. V.: French Literature and Illustrated, 101925c, LA Assen,

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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 19, 2025 - October 19, 2025
Page Size: 39 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98354748 Alfred de Vigny / Decaris

Les destinees. Poemes philosophiques [reliure maroquin de La Haye ; num. 20/128]

1929 EUR 800.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98364831 Horace / Virgile / Ovide / Appulee etc...

Collection Oeuvres antiques. Illustrees. Belles reliures plein veau glace

1878/1889 EUR 500.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98368192 Joseph Kessel

L'Armee des ombres. Chronique de la Resistance [1/220 sur papier Corsican]

1944 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 1,331.98
98380489 Prix Goncourt

RARE Collection de 53 vol. en reliures mosaiquees des annees 50

1952/1906 EUR 800.00 - 0.00 EUR 561.35
98423147 Federico GARCIA LORCA / Jean-Michel MATHIEUX-MARIE

Canephore de cauchemar [RELIURE SIGNEE GOMEZ]

1988 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 1,090.00
98423335 Pierre ALECHINSKY

Comme a la maison [8 estampes signees par l'artiste]

1974 EUR 1,700.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98423744 Alfred de MUSSET / BIDA & Henri PILLE

Oeuvres completes [RELIURE AUX ARMES SIGNEE & SUITE de 42 PLANCHES en 3 ETATS]

1865/1866 EUR 900.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98424003 Joseph PEYRE / Hans ERNI

Sang et Lumieres [1/90 ex. Auvergne avec 4 planches refusees & 2 doubles planches]

1962 EUR 350.00 - 0.00 EUR 327.00
98426617 Franz Kafka / Antonio Santos

Odradek. [Avec un dessin au pastel en couleur supplementaire de Santos]

1993 EUR 500.00 - 0.00 EUR 207.10
98429880 Signe ; Theophile GAUTIER

L'art moderne [Envoi signe a Victor de Lapradre]

1856 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98430102 Foujita / Rene Heron De Villefosse

La Riviere Enchantee [sans reserve]

1951 EUR 10,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 3,226.40
98430289 Modes de Paris

Petit Courrier des Dames. [185 planches]

1840/1841 EUR 700.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98431348 Pascal / Decaris

Les Pensees

1966 EUR 425.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98433036 Emile Verhaeren / Henri Cassiers

La Guirlande des dunes [1/160 ex. Japon imperial avec suite]

1927 EUR 325.00 - 0.00 EUR 174.40
  • 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.