ALDE: A few books from the library of a great enthusiast and various others, 121025, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 10, 2025 - December 10, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUFFON (Georges-Louis Leclerc de). | Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere. Nouvelle edition, accompagnee de notes. |
Paris | an VII [1799]-1808. | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 17,500.00 |
| 2 | BUFFON (Georges-Louis Leclerc de). | OEuvres completes, mises en ordre par M. le comte de Lacepede. Seconde edition. |
Paris | 1819-1822. | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 3 | CABINET DES FEES (Le), | ou Collection choisie de contes de fees, et autres contes merveilleux. Amsterdam [puis] Geneve, Barde, Manget & Cie, et Paris, rue et hotel Serpente, |
1785-1789. | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 8,750.00 | |
| 4 | CASAS (Bartolome de las). | La Decouverte des Indes occidentales par les Espagnols. |
Paris | 1697 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | CORNEILLE (Pierre). | Theatre choisi. |
Paris | 1783 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 3,125.00 |
| 6 | [COURTILZ DE SANDRAS (Gatien de)]. | Memoires de M. d'Artagnan, capitaine-lieutenant de la premiere compagnie des mousquetaires du roi, contenant quantite de choses particulieres et secrettes qui se sont passees sous le regne de Louis le Grand. |
Cologne | 1700-1701. | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,000.00 |
| 7 | HISTOIRE UNIVERSELLE, | depuis le commencement du monde jusqu'a present. Amsterdam et Leipziz, Arkstee & Merkus puis |
Paris | 1747-1802. | EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 8 | JOINVILLE (Jean de). | Histoire et cronique du tres-chrestien roy sainct Loys, IX. du nom. |
Paris | 1609 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 9 | LA FONTAINE (Jean de). | Fables choisies. |
Paris | 1755-1759. | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | [LACLOS (Pierre Choderlos de)]. | Les Liaisons dangereuses. Lettres recueillies dans une societe, et publiees pour l'instruction de quelques autres. Londres, [Paris], s.n., |
Londres, [Paris] | 1796 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 11 | LEIBNIZ (Gottfried Wilhelm). | OEuvres philosophiques latines et francoises. |
Amsterdam et Leipzig [Hanovre | 1765, [1764]. | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,250.00 |
| 12 | LESAGE (Alain-Rene). | Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane. |
Paris | an III [1795]. | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 13 | LUTHER (Martin). | Geistliches neuvermehrtes Altenburgisches Gesang- und Gebetbuch. -- Des Konigs und Propheten Davids Psalter. |
Altenburg | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,625.00 | |
| 14 | [MARIE-ANTOINETTE]. SONNENFELS (Josef von). | Premier discours prononce apres la mort de Marie-Therese, traduit de l'original allemand par M. de Rivals. |
La Haye et Paris | 1781 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,250.00 |
| 15 | MOLIERE. | Le Mariage force. Paris, [Claude Blageart pour] |
Paris | 1668 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 16 | MOLIERE. | OEuvres. Nouvelle edition. Paris, [Pierre Prault], |
Paris | 1734 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 17 | MOLIERE. | OEuvres. |
Paris | 1791 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 18 | MONCRIF (Francois-Augustin Paradis de). | Essai sur la necessite et les moyens de plaire. |
Paris | 1738 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | OFFICE DE LA QUINZAINE DE PASQUE, | latin-francois, a l'usage de Rome et de Paris, pour la Maison de Mgr le duc d'Orleans. |
Paris | 1745 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 20 | [PLAN DE TURGOT]. BRETEZ (Louis). | Plan de Paris commence l'annee 1734. [Paris, 1739]. |
[Paris | 1739]. | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 7,500.00 |
| 21 | RABELAIS (Francois). | OEuvres, avec des remarques historiques et critiques de Mr Le Duchat. Nouvelle edition. |
Amsterdam | 1741 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,750.00 |
| 22 | RACINE (Jean). | OEuvres. |
Paris | 1783 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 23 | RETZ (Cardinal de). | Memoires, contenant ce qui s'est passe de remarquable en France pendant les premieres annees du regne de Louis XIV. Amsterdam, J.-F. Bernard, 1731. 4 vol. -- JOLY (Guy). Memoires. Ibid., 1738-1739. 2 vol. -- NEMOURS (Marie de). Memoires. Ibid., 1738. 1 vo |
Amsterdam | 1731, 1738. | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 3,125.00 |
| 24 | SEVIGNE (Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de). | Lettres a sa fille et a ses amis. |
Paris | 1806 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 25 | SUETONE. | Caius Suetonius Tranquillus cum annotationibus diversorum. |
Amsterdam | 1650 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 625.00 |
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