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
326	VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS	De architectura libri decem, summa diligentia recogniti, atque excusi	[Lyon]	[1523]	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
327	VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS	De architectura libri decem, summa diligentia recogniti, atque excusi	[Lyon]	[1523]	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
328	VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS	M. L. Vitruvio Pollione di architettura dal vero esemplare latino nella volgar lingua tradotto, e con le figure a suoi luoghi con mirando ordine insignito	(Venice)	(March) 1535	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 762.00
329	VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS	Architettura, con il suo commento et figure	Perugia	1 April 1536	EUR 2,400.00 - 3,200.00	EUR 3,810.00
330	VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS	M. Vitruvii Pollionis, viri suae professionis peritissimi, De architectura Libri X	(Strassburg)	(August) 1550	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,270.00
331	VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS	I dieci libri dell'architettura di M. Vitruvio tradutti et commentati da Monsignor Barbaro eletto Patriarca d'Aquileggia	Venice	1556	EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	Not Sold
332	VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS	I dieci libri dell'architettura di M. Vitruvio	Venice	1567	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 889.00
333	VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS	M. Vitruvii Pollionis De architectura libri decem, cum commentariis Danielis Barbari, electi patriarchae Aquileeiensis: multis aedificiorum, horologiorum, et machinarum descriptionibus, & figuris, una cum indicibus copiosis, auctis & illustratis	Venice	1567	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,286.00
334	VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS	Architecture ou Art de bien bastir de Marc Vitruve Pollion autheur romain antique: mis Latin en Francois, par Ian Martin Secretaire de Monseigneur le Cardinal de Lenoncourt	Paris	1572	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,286.00
335	VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS	I dieci libri dell'architettura di M. Vitruvio, tradotti et commentati da Monsig	Venice	1584	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,143.00
336	ZACCHIA, LAUDIVIO (HIEROSOLYMITANUS LAUDIVIUS)	Epistole Thurci per Laudiuium herosolymitanum equitem aggregate	Lyon	30 March 1520	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
337	ZANTANI, ANTONIO	Le imagini con tutti i riversi trovati et le vite de gli imperatori tratte dalle medaglie et dalle historie de gli antichi	[Venice]	1548	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
338		CASKET "A LA FANFARE"			EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
339		MISSAL BOX. A red morocco gilt missal box in the form of a book, for Renata di Francia, Duchess of Ferrera	Northern Italy	sixteenth-century	EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	Not Sold

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.