Sothebys: Bibioteca Brookeriana VIII, pf2525, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
26 ARISTOTLE

Aristotelis Poetica, per Alexandrum Paccium...

Venice 1536 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,985.00
27 ARISTOTLE

Aristotelis Stagyritae libri quatuor de coelo et mundo, sub nexis eius duobus illis de generatione & corrup. cum singulorum Epitomis, hactenus non impressis, ac Averro. fidiss

Lyon 1542 EUR 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 EUR 4,064.00
28 ARISTOTLE

Aristotelis Stagyritae libri physicorum octo: cum singulorum Epitomatis, hactenus non impressis, Averroeque eius exatiss

Lyon 1542 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 4,826.00
29 ARRIANUS, FLAVIUS

Arrianou peri Alexandrou anabaseos istorion biblia okto

Basel (March 1539) EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
30 ARRIANUS, FLAVIUS

Arrianou peri Alexandrou anabaseos istorion biblia okto

Basel (March 1539) EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,016.00
31 ARRIGHI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA

De beatitudine hominis libri tres, editi per F. Ioannembaptistam Arrigum Florentinum eremitam Augustinianum, Priorem Sancti Spiritus Florentiae

Florence 1575 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
32 AVENTINUS [THURMAIER], JOHANNES

Annalium Boiorum libri septem Ioanne Aventino autore

Ingolstadt December 1554 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
33 AVILA Y ZUNIGA, LUIS DE

Clarissimi viri D. Ludovici ab Avila et Zunniga, militiae alcantarensis praefecti, Commentariorum de bello Germanico, a Carolo V. caesare maximo gesto, libri duo a Gulielmo Malinaeo Brugensi latine redditi, & iconibus ad historiam accomodis illustrati

Antwerp 1550 EUR 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 EUR 1,524.00
34 BAIF, LAZARE DE

Lazari Bayfii Annotationes in legem II De captiuis & postliminio reuersis, in quibus tractatur De re nauali, per autorem recognitae

Basel 1537 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
35 BEMBO, PIETRO

Gli Asolani di messer Pietro Bembo

(Venice) (March 1505) EUR 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 EUR 2,794.00
36 BEMBO, PIETRO

Epistolarum Leonis decimi pontificis maximi nomine scriptarum libri XVI

Lyon 1540 EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 76,200.00
37 POLYGLOT

BIBLE. The eighth volume of the Plantin Polyglot bible, containing commentaries and other supplementary works

Antwerp 1572 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
38

BIBLE, GREEK. Panta ta kat'eksoxin kaloumena Biblia theias diladi graphis palaias te, kai neas

(Venice) (February 1518) EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 69,850.00
39

BIBLE. NEW TESTAMENT. GREEK. [Novum Testamentum] Ai tou agiou Paulou epistolai. Ai katholikai epistolai. Apokalupsis tou agiou ioannou tou theologou

Paris 12 October 1549 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,397.00
40

BIBLE. LATIN. Biblia quid in hac editione praestitum sit, vide in ea quam operi praeposuimus, ad lectorem epistola

Paris 1545 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,810.00
41 [edited by Justinus Decadyus]

[BIBLE] PSALTERIUM GRAECUM. Psaltirion

Venice [not after 1 October 1498] EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 76,200.00
42

BIBLE. OLD TESTAMENT. PSALMS. Liber Psalmorum Davidis

[Geneva] 1556 (1 January 1557) EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,255.00
43

BIBLE. OLD TESTAMENT. PSALMS

Paris 1576 (1575) EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
44

BIBLE. OLD TESTAMENT. PSALMS. Pseaumes de David mis en vers Francois

Rouen 1593 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 1,778.00
45

BIBLE-ITALIAN. La Biblia la quale in se contiene i sacrosanti libri del Vecchio & Nuouo Testamento, i quali ti apporto, christianissimo lettore, tradotti da la hebraica & greca uerita in lingua toscana, nuouamente corretta & con ogni diligentia stampata

Venice 1547 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 40,640.00
46 BILLON, FRANCOIS DE

[Le Fort inexpugnable de l'honneur du Sexe Femenin, construit par Francoys de Billon Secretaire]

[Paris] [1 April 1555] EUR 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 EUR 152,400.00
47 BILLY, JEAN DE

Exhortation au peuple francois pour exercer les oeuvres de misericorde envers les pauvres

Paris 1584 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,524.00
48 BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI

Des Nobles Maleureux

Paris 1538 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 12,065.00
49 BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI

Libro di m. Gio. Boccaccio delle donne illustri, tradotto per Giuseppe Betussi

Venice 1545 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
50 BOILEAU-DESPREAUX, NICOLAS

Oeuvres Diverses ou Sieur D****

Paris 1674 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 1,270.00
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    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
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    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
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    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
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    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
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