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
76	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	Le epistole famigliari di Cicerone, tradotte secondo i veri sensi dell'auttore, e con figure proprie della lingua volgare	Venice	1545	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 381.00
77	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	Les epistres familiaires	Paris	1545	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
78	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	Orationum M.T. Ciceronis	Lyon	1545	EUR 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	EUR 1,397.00
79	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	Orationum tomus primus	Lyon	1546	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 1,651.00
80	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum	Venice	1548 (1549)	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,143.00
81	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	M. Tul. Ciceronis Familiarium epistolarum libri XVI	Paris	1550	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 762.00
82	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	Le epistole famigliari di Cicerone	Venice	1566	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 508.00
83	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	De officiis, M.T. Ciceronis libri tres	Lyon	1581	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,620.00
84	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	Partitiones oratoriae	Cremona	1588	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
85	CIOFANO, ERCOLE	Herculis Ciofani Sulmonensis In P. Ouidii Nasonis Metamorphosin ex XVII antiquis libris obseruationes, quibus loci quamplurimi & emendantur, & aliorum quoque tum Graecorum, tum Latinorum poetarum aut simili, aut etiam uaria doctrina illustrantur	Venice	1575	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 381.00
86	CLAUDIANUS, CLAUDIUS	Cl. Claudiani Opera quam diligentissime castigata, quorum indicem in sequenti pagina reperies	(Venice)	(March 1523)	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
87	CLAUDIANUS, CLAUDIUS	Cl. Claudiani poetae celeberrimi opera. Quorum catalogum, post eius vitam ex Petro Crinito ac Volaterrano reperies	Lyon	1548	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,397.00
88	CLAVIUS, CHRISTOPH	Christophori Clauii Bambergensis ex Societate Iesu Horologiorum noua descriptio	Rome	1599	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 25,400.00
89	CLENARDUS, NICOLAUS	Institutiones ac meditationes in graecam linguam	Lyon	1581	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
90	COLONNA, FRANCESCO	Hypnerotomachie, ou Discours du songe de Poliphile, deduisant comme Amour le combat a l'occasion de Polia	Paris	20 August 1546	EUR 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	EUR 254,000.00
91	COLONNA, VITTORIA	Rime della diuina Vettoria Colonna marchesana di Pescara, di nuouo ristampate, aggiuntoui le sue stanze, e con diligenza corrette	Venice	1539	EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	Not Sold
92	COLUMELLA, LUCIUS JUNIUS MODERATUS	De re rustica	Lyon	1537	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 635.00
93	CONDIVI, ASCANIO	Vita di Michelagnolo Buonarroti Pittore Scultore Architetto e Gentiluomo Fiorentino Pubblicata mentre viveva dal suo scolare Ascanio Condivi Seconda edizione corretta ed accresciuta di varie annotazioni col ritratto del medesimo ed altre figure in rame	Florence	1746	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 762.00
94		[CONGREGATIONS ROYALES DES PENITENTS.] L'Office de la Vierge Marie, a l'usage de l'Eglise Catholique, Apostolique & Romaine, avec les Vigiles, Pseaumes graduels, Penitentiaux, & plusieurs prieres & Oraisons	Paris	1586	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
95	CONTILE, LUCA	Ragionamento di Luca Contile sopra la proprieta delle imprese con le particolari de gli Academici affidati et con le interpretationi et croniche	Pavia	1574	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,778.00
96	CORNAZZANO, ANTONIO	Cornazano De re militari	Florence	25 May 1520	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,651.00
97	CORTI, MATTEO	Matthaei Curtii De prandii ac caenae modo libellus	Rome	1562	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 635.00
98		COUNCIL OF TRENT. Catechismo, cioe Istruttione secondo il decreto del Concilio di Trento a' parochi, publicato per comandamento del santiss	Venice	1567	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 635.00
99		COUNCIL OF TRENT. Catechismo, cioe' istruttione, secondo il decreto del Concilio di Trento, a' parrochi, publicato per commandamento del Santiss	Venice	1582	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 762.00
100	CYRILLUS HIEROSOLYMITANUS	Catecheses illuminatorum XVIII. et quinque mystagogycae	Paris	1564	EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	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.