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
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

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.