Sothebys: Books and Manuscripts, pf2523, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Vauban, Sebastien Le Prestre, marquis de | Traite des sieges de l'attaque et defence des places fait pour l'usage de Mgr le Duc de Bourgogne, par Mr le Marechal de Vauban, ou l'on explique tout ce qui s'est pratique de nouveau dans les siegees iusqu'en l'annee 1714 |
[Vers 1745?] | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 6,985.00 | |
| 30 | Bracquemond, Felix -- Gustave Moreau | [Six fables de La Fontaine. Suite de 6 eaux-fortes d'apres Gustave Moreau] |
Londres et Paris | 1er octobre 1886 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 10,160.00 |
| 31 | Cezanne, Paul | Lettre autographe signee a Victor Chocquet |
L'Estaque | 7 fevrier 1879 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 13,970.00 |
| 32 | Chateaubriand, Francois-Rene de | Les Martyrs ou le Triomphe de la religion chretienne |
Paris | 1830 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 508.00 |
| 33 | Delavigne, Casimir | L'Ecole des vieillards, comedie en 5 actes et en vers... |
Paris | 1823 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 508.00 |
| 34 | Flaubert, Gustave | La Tentation de saint Antoine |
Paris | 1874 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 10,160.00 |
| 35 | Gauguin, Paul | Lettre autographe signee, avec un dessin original, a Emile Bernard |
[Le Pouldu] | [aout 1889] | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 22,860.00 |
| 36 | Gauguin, Paul | Lettre autographe signee a Emile Schuffenecker |
[Le Pouldu] | [25 decembre 1889] | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 10,160.00 |
| 37 | Gauguin, Paul | Lettre autographe a "ses chers amis" [William Molard, Ida Ericson et Judith Arlberg-Molard] |
[Tahiti] | [novembre 1895] | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 19,050.00 |
| 38 | Gericault, Theodore | Lettre autographe signee a M. de Musigny |
EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 39 | Gericault, Theodore | Lettre autographe signee a Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy |
[Londres] | [23 avril 1820] | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 4,445.00 |
| 40 | Goya, Francisco de | Los Proverbios |
Madrid | [1875] | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 12,700.00 |
| 41 | Charles Hugo, Francois-Victor Hugo ou Auguste Vacquerie | [Hugo, Victor] - Portrait de Victor Hugo a Jersey |
[1852-1853] | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 22,860.00 | |
| 42 | [Hugo, Adele] | Sceau en or et amethyste, grave "Adele" |
Probablement seconde moitie du XIXe siecle | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,397.00 | |
| 43 | Klimt, Gustav | 2 lettres signees dont une autographe |
[Vienne] | 15 fevrier [1899] | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 19,050.00 |
| 44 | Manet, Edouard | 2 lettres autographes signees, l'une a Zacharie Astruc et l'autre a Fanny Claus |
[Paris] | sans date | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 5,080.00 |
| 45 | Manet, Edouard | 2 lettres autographes signee a Eva Gonzales (Mme Henri Guerard) |
[25 mai 1877] | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 4,826.00 | |
| 46 | Monet, Claude | Lettre autographe signee a Gustave Geffroy |
[Giverny] | 3 aout 1897 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 25,400.00 |
| 47 | [Monet, Claude] -- Paul Durand-Ruel | 12 lettres autographes signees a Monet |
Paris | 7 aout - 30 decembre 1886 | EUR 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,826.00 |
| 48 | Monet, Claude | Lettre autographe signee a Georges Viau |
[Giverny] | 26 juillet 1899 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 10,160.00 |
| 49 | Monet, Claude | 3 lettres autographes signees a Mme ou M. Etienne Clementel |
1910-1920 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 24,130.00 | |
| 50 | Monet, Claude | Lettre autographe signee au capitaine de Fouquieres |
[Giverny] | 31 mai 1915 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 9,525.00 |
| 51 | Monet, Claude | Lettre autographe signee a Arsene Alexandre |
[Giverny] | 19 aout 1920 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 16,510.00 |
| 52 | Redoute, Pierre-Joseph | Alphabet-flore renfermant 192 dessins, compose des plus belles fleurs croissant dans toutes les parties du monde... Ouvrage utile aux Dessinateurs de Fleurs, aux Manufacturiers d'Etoffes faconnees, aux Colleges et aux Chefs d'institution |
Paris | [1835] | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 8,890.00 |
| 53 | Renoir, Auguste | 2 lettres autographes signees, dont une illustree d'un dessin original |
Naples | 17 septembre 1880 et mardi [novembre ? 1881] | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 30,480.00 |
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![<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.")
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