Catawiki B. V.: French Literature and Illustrated Auction, 112125a, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 21, 2025 - November 21, 2025
Page Size: 26 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98583503 [sans reserve] Voltaire

OEuvres completes en 53 vol.

1830 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 480.69
98775736 Henri de Regnier / Charles Martin

L'Illusion heroique de Tito Bassi [Reliure de Kieffer, 1/45 & Suite avec remarques]

1926 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
98776080 Claude Farrere / Geo-Fourrier

Les Hommes nouveaux [Reliure signee Fray]

1928 EUR 600.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
98805561 [sans reserve]

Collection complete des 65 albums La Pleiade + le disque

1960 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,466.05
98828540 [Revue] Zola, Maupassant, Courteline ... / Steinlen, Guillaume, Gerbault...

Gil Blas illustre [428 numeros]

1891/1899 EUR 950.00 - 1,050.00 EUR 926.50
98831347 Anatole France / Serge Beaune

Histoire contemporaine. L'Orme du Mail, le Mannequin d'osier, l'Anneau d'Amethyste, Monsieur

1922/1924 EUR 550.00 - 625.00 Not Sold
98856486 Signe; Lobel-Riche et Paul Reboux

La Maison de danses [avec 3 dessins originaux + envoi + suites ; Reliure Art Deco de Marguerite

1928 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,398.00
98857821 Paul Massonnet / Bonnard, Deveria, Naudin, Carlegle, e.a.

Le Livre et ses Amis [18 numeros; ex. sur velin avec une gravure originale de Marie Laurencin]

1947/1945 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 654.00
98858994 Joseph-Charles Mardrus / Joe Hamman ; Kieffer

Histoire du portefaix avec les jeunes filles. [reliure de M.T. Aigner ; 1/50 sur velin avec dessins

1920 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 436.00
98859889 [Diderot] Signe; Bernard Naudin

Le neveu de Rameau [reliure avec grand dessin original signe de l'artiste ; num. sur Rives]

1924 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
98865311 Louis JOU

Le Chemin de la Croix

1915/1916 EUR 850.00 - 950.00 Not Sold
98871246 Fenelon / Moitte

Les Aventures de Telemaque [rares gravures de Moitte --- reliure maroquin d'epoque]

1785 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
98875137 Signe ; Leon Spilliaert

Plaisirs d'Hiver [1/100 sur Japon imperial signe par l'artiste]

1918 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 2,725.00
98902503 Edmond Haraucourt / Carlos Schwabe / Leon Rudnicki / Alexandre Lunois e.a.

L'Effort - La Madone - L'Antechrist - L'Immortalite - La Fin du monde [chef d'oeuvre Art Nouveau

1894 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
98959556 Guillaume Apollinaire ; portrait par Pablo Picasso

Calligrammes [bon acheve d'imprimer 15 avril 1918]

1918 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
98962526 Robert Engels / Joseph Bedier

Le Roman de Tristan et Yseut

1900 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
98963464 Pierre Louys / Henri Caruchet

Byblis [1/10 de tete sur Japon colorie par l'artiste + aquarelle originale de Caruchet + suite]

1901 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
98963962 Charles Baudelaire / Manuel Orazi

Les Fleurs du Mal

1934 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 603.86
98964055 Pierre Loti / D. Charles Fouqueray

Les pagodes d'or [reliure Septier --- 1/15 de tete sur Japon --- aquarelle originale de Fouqueray]

1931 EUR 1,900.00 - 2,100.00 Not Sold
98964174 Charles Diehl / Manuel Orazi

Theodora, Imperatrice de Byzance

1904 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
98972237 Signe ; Dumas fils

La question du divorce [envoi + 2 lettres signees Dumas Fils + reliure Paul Vie]

1880 EUR 600.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
98972613 Signe ; J. M. G. Le Clezio

La quarantaine [1/110 sur Hollande avec envoi autographe signe --- RARE]

1995 EUR 500.00 - 650.00 Not Sold
98997302 Jean Moreas

Le Pelerin passionne [Reliure signee Rene Kieffer, 1/25 sur Japon]

1893 EUR 550.00 - 625.00 Not Sold
99027511 Signe; Josephin Peladan / Jose Roy

Femmes honnetes [avec envoi; eau-forte de Fernand Knopff ]

1888 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
99032538 Cervantes / Coypel / Picart / Schley

Don Quichotte [31 planches gravees --- 1ere edition 1er tirage]

1746 EUR 650.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.