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
301		TERTULLIANUS, QUINTUS SEPTIMIUS FLORENS. Q. Septimii Florentis Tertulliani, Carthaginensis presbyteri, autoris antiquissimi ac doctissimi scripta, ad complures veteres e Gallicanis Germanicisque bibliothecis conquisitos recognita codices, in quibus praeci	Basel	1562	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 9,525.00
302	THEOCRITUS	Idyllia [Greek] Add: Theognis; Dionysius Cato: Disticha (trans. into Greek: Maximus Planudes); Sententiae Septem sapientium; De invidia; Hesiodus: Opera et dies, Theogonia [Greek]	Venice	February 1495/1496	EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	Not Sold
303		THEOCRITUS. Theocriti Syracusani Eidyllia trigintasex, Latino carmine reddita, Helio Eobano Hesso interprete	Basel	(September) 1531	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 1,524.00
304		THESAURUS. Thesaurus cornucopiae	Venice	August 1496	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 12,700.00
305	THRIVERIS, JEREMIE	Hieremiae Thriveri Brachelii varia apophthegmata	Lyon	1549	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 10,160.00
306		THUCYDIDES. L'histoire de Thucydide Athenien, de la guerre qui fut entre les Peloponnesiens et Atheniens	Paris	1559	EUR 70,000.00 - 90,000.00	EUR 88,900.00
307	TINTI, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO	La nobilta di Verona	Verona	1590	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 11,430.00
308	TORY, GEOFFROY	Champfleury. Au quel est contenu Lart et science de la deue & vraye Proportion des Lettres Attiques, quon dit autrement Lettres Antiques, & vulgairement Lettres Romaines, proportionnees selon le Corps & Visage humain	(Paris)	(28 April 1529)	EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	Not Sold
309	TRITHEMIUS, JOHANNES	Catalogus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum, sive illustrium virorum, cum appendice eorum qui nostro etiam seculo doctissimi claruere	Cologne	1531	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 1,270.00
310		ULPIANUS. Oulpianou retoros Prolegomena eis te tous olunthiakous, kai philippikous Demosthenous logous ...	Venice	October 1503	EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	EUR 8,890.00
311	VALERIUS FLACCUS SETINUS BALBUS, GAIUS	Valerius Flaccus	Florence	12 December 1503	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
312	VALERIUS MAXIMUS	Valerius Maximus	Paris	1543	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 6,350.00
313	VARCHI, BENEDETTO	Orazione funerale di M. Benedetto Varchi fatta, e recitata da lui pubblicamente nell'essequie di Michelagnolo Buonarroti in Firenze, nella chiesa di San Lorenzo	Florence	1564	EUR 3,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 3,810.00
314	VASARI, GIORGIO	Ragionamenti del sig. cavaliere Giorgio Vasari pittore et architetto aretino	Florence	1588	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,397.00
315	VEGETIUS RENATUS, FLAVIUS	Flavii Vegetii Renati viri illustris de re militari	Cologne	1532	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 762.00
316	VEGETIUS RENATUS, FLAVIUS	Flavi Vegeti Renati, viri inl. De re militari libri quatuor; post omnes omnium editiones, ope veterum librorum correcti, a Godescalco Stewechio Heusdano	Leiden	1592	EUR 1,800.00 - 2,400.00	EUR 1,905.00
317	VELIUS, CASPAR URSINUS	Hoc in libello haec continentur. Monosticha regum Italiae, Albanorum, Romanorum & virorum illustrium, tum caesarum usque ad nostram aetatem...	Vienna	1528	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 2,794.00
318		[VENICE]. Ordini delli advocati della citta di Vinetia Statuiti per il collegio delli XX	Venice	18 May 1537	EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	EUR 15,240.00
319	VERGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS. P.	Virgilii Maronis, poetarum principis Aeneis accuratissime castigata, et in pristinam formam restituta, cum comentariis	Venice	January 1533	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 2,032.00
320		[VERGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS]. Symbolarum libri XVII	Augsburg	1599	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,032.00
321	VILLALOBOS Y BENAVIDES, DIEGO	Concordia Evangelistarum, seu sanctum Iesu Christi Evangelium secundum quatuor, Didaco de Villalobos concinnatore: cum eiusdem annotationibus perpaucis illis quidem, sed minime vulgaribus...	Valladolid	1555	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 1,778.00
322	VISPRE, FRANCOIS XAVIER	Le moyen de devenir peintre en trois heures, et d'executer au pinceau les Ouvrages des plus grands Maitres, sans avoir appris le dessin	Paris	1755	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 254.00
323	VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS	Vitruuius iterum et Frontinus a' Iocundo reuisi repurgatique quantum ex collatione licuit	Florence	October 1513	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,080.00
324	VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS	Vitruuius iterum et Frontinus a' Iocundo reuisi repurgatique quantum ex collatione licuit	Florence	October 1513	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
325	VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS	De architectura libri decem nuper maxima diligentia castigati atque excusi, additis, Iulij Frontini De aqueductibus libris propter materiae affinitatem	Florence	6 November 1522	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,032.00

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.
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.