Sothebys: Bibioteca Brookeriana VIII, pf2525, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025

Page Size: 339 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ACCOLTI, PIETRO	Lo inganno de gl'occhi, prospettiva pratica di Pietro Accolti gentilhuomo fiorentino	Florence	1625	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
2	ACOSTA, JOSE DE	Iosephi Acostae e Societate Iesu, Conciones in Quadragesimam	Venice	1599	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
3	AESOPUS	Aesopi Phrygii Fabellae Graece et Latine, cum aliis opusculis	Basel	1534	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,524.00
4	ALBANI, GIAN GIROLAMO	Libri de potestate papae et concilii novissima editio multis aucta lucubrationibus eiusdem autoris	Venice	1561	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
5	ALBERTI, LEON BATTISTA	De pictura praestantissimae artis et nunquam satis laudatae, libri tres absolutissimi, Leonis Baptistae de Albertis viri in omni genere scientiarum praecipue Mathematices doctissimi	Basel	August 1540	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
6	ALBERTI, LEON BATTISTA	I dieci libri de l'architettura di Leon Battista de gli Alberti fiorentino, huomo in ogni altra dottrina eccellente, ma in questa singolare	Venice	1546	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	EUR 889.00
7	ALBERTI, LEON BATISTA	La pittura di Leonbattista Alberti tradotta per M. Lodovico Domenichi	Venice	1547	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 889.00
8	ALBERTI, ROMANO	Trattato della nobilta della pittura	Rome	1585	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
9	ALBERTO DE PADOVA [ALBERTUS PATAVINUS]	Clarissimi atque eruditissimi viri Alberti Patavi ordinis Eremitarum divi Augu	Venice	20 May 1523	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 6,096.00
10	ALCIATI, ANDREA	Viri clarissimi D. Andree Alciati Iurisconsultiss	(Augsburg)	(28 February) 1531	EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	EUR 50,800.00
11	ALCIATI, ANDREA	Viri clarissimi D. Andree Alciati Iurisconsultiss	(Augsburg)	(6 April 1531)	EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	EUR 63,500.00
12	ALCIATI, ANDREA	Livret des Emblemes de maistre Andre Alciat, mis en rime francoyse et presente a mon seigneur Ladmiral de France	Paris	1536	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
13	ALCIATI, ANDREA	larissimi viri D. Andreae Alciati Emblematum libellus, vigilanter recognitus, & iam recens per Wolphgangum Hungerum Bavarum, rhythmis Germanicis versus	Paris	1542	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
14	ALCIATI, ANDREA	Emblemes d'Alciat, de nouveau Translatez en Francois vers pour vers iouxte les Latins	Lyon	1549	EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	EUR 63,500.00
15	ALCIATI, ANDREA	Emblemata Andreae Alciati, I.V. Doctoris clarissimi, postremo ac ultimo ab ipso authore recognita, imaginibusque vivis ac lepidis denuo?	Frankfurt am Main	1567	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 3,810.00
16	ALCIATI, ANDREA	Omnia Andreae Alciati V.C. Emblemata	Antwerp	1574	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 381.00
17	ALCIATI, ANDREA	Andreae Alciati Mediolanensis, Iudiciarii processus compendium, atque adeo iuris utriusque praxis, in gratiam studiosorum nunc primum typis excusa	Venice	1537	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 635.00
18	ALCIATI, ANDREA	Dn. Andreae Alciati iuresconsulti clarissimi de verborum significatione, libri quatuor	Lyon	1546	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
19	ALEXANDER APHRODISIENSIS	Alexandri Aphrodisiensis quaestiones naturales, morales, et de fato	Venice	1541	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
20	AMBOISE, MICHEL D'.	Les contrepistres d'Ovide nouvellement inventees	Paris	1542	EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	Not Sold
21	ANEAU, BARTHELEMY	Picta poesis. Ut pictura poesis erit	Lyon	1552	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 7,620.00
22	ANSELMI, GIORGIO	Georgii Anselmi Nepotis Epigrammaton libri septem	Venice	September 1528	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 6,350.00
23	ARIOSTO LUDOVICO	Orlando furioso di messer Lodovico Ariosto, et di piu aggiuntovi in fine piu di cinquecento stanze del medesimo auttore, non piu vedute (Cinque canti di un nuovo libro di M. Ludovico Ariosto, i quali seguono la materia del Furioso)	Venice	1545	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
24	ARIOSTO LUDOVICO	Orlando furioso di M. Ludovico Ariosto nouissimamente alla sua integrita ridotto & ornato di varie figure	Venice	1546	EUR 35,000.00 - 55,000.00	Not Sold
25	edited by Marcus Musurus	ARISTOPHANES. Aristophanous komodiai ennea	Venice	15 July 1498	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 53,340.00

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.