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 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown | |
| 4 | CASAS (Bartolome de las). | La Decouverte des Indes occidentales par les Espagnols. |
Paris | 1697 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 5 | CORNEILLE (Pierre). | Theatre choisi. |
Paris | 1783 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 8 | JOINVILLE (Jean de). | Histoire et cronique du tres-chrestien roy sainct Loys, IX. du nom. |
Paris | 1609 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 9 | LA FONTAINE (Jean de). | Fables choisies. |
Paris | 1755-1759. | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 11 | LEIBNIZ (Gottfried Wilhelm). | OEuvres philosophiques latines et francoises. |
Amsterdam et Leipzig [Hanovre | 1765, [1764]. | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 12 | LESAGE (Alain-Rene). | Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane. |
Paris | an III [1795]. | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 13 | LUTHER (Martin). | Geistliches neuvermehrtes Altenburgisches Gesang- und Gebetbuch. -- Des Konigs und Propheten Davids Psalter. |
Altenburg | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 15 | MOLIERE. | Le Mariage force. Paris, [Claude Blageart pour] |
Paris | 1668 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown |
| 16 | MOLIERE. | OEuvres. Nouvelle edition. Paris, [Pierre Prault], |
Paris | 1734 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 17 | MOLIERE. | OEuvres. |
Paris | 1791 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown |
| 18 | MONCRIF (Francois-Augustin Paradis de). | Essai sur la necessite et les moyens de plaire. |
Paris | 1738 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 20 | [PLAN DE TURGOT]. BRETEZ (Louis). | Plan de Paris commence l'annee 1734. [Paris, 1739]. |
[Paris | 1739]. | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 22 | RACINE (Jean). | OEuvres. |
Paris | 1783 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 24 | SEVIGNE (Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de). | Lettres a sa fille et a ses amis. |
Paris | 1806 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 25 | SUETONE. | Caius Suetonius Tranquillus cum annotationibus diversorum. |
Amsterdam | 1650 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
