Sothebys: Books and Manuscripts, pf2523, Paris

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 95 items in 4 pages
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
  • 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.