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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | VALMONT DE BOMARE (Jacques-Christophe). | Dictionnaire raisonne universel d'histoire naturelle, contenant l'histoire des animaux, des vegetaux et des mineraux, et celle des corps celestes, des meteores, et autres principaux phenomenes de la nature. |
Paris | 1768 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 27 | [BOUGAINVILLE (Louis-Antoine de)]. | Voyage autour du monde, par la fregate du roi La Boudeuse, et la flute L'Etoile, en 1766-1769. |
Paris | 1771 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 28 | [CONDILLAC (Etienne Bonnot de)]. | Essai sur l'origine des connoissances humaines. |
Amsterdam | 1746 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 29 | DIDEROT (Denis) et Jean Le Rond D'ALEMBERT. | Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers. |
Paris; et Neuchatel | 1751-1765. | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Unknown |
| 30 | [DIDEROT (Denis)]. | [SHAFTESBURY (Anthony Ashley, comte de)]. Principes de la philosophie morale ; ou Essai de M. S*** sur le merite et la vertu. Avec Reflexions. |
Amsterdam | 1745 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 31 | [DIDEROT (Denis)]. | Les Bijoux indiscrets. |
Au Monomotapa | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 32 | DIDEROT (Denis). | La Religieuse. |
Paris | 1797 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 33 | [GALIANI (Abbe Ferdinando)]. | Dialogues sur le commerce des bleds. Londres [Paris], s.n. [Merlin], |
1770 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 34 | [MONTESQUIEU (Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de)]. | De l'esprit des loix ou du rapport que les loix doivent avoir avec la constitution de chaque gouvernement, les moeurs, le climat, la religion, le commerce, etc. |
Geneve | s.d. | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 35 | MONTESQUIEU (Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de). | OEuvres. Nouvelle edition plus correcte et plus complette que toutes les precedentes. |
Paris | 1788 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 36 | ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques). | Emile, ou de l'education. |
La Haye | 1762 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 37 | ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques). | OEuvres completes. Nouvelle edition, classee par ordre de matieres. S.l.n.n. [Paris, Poincot], |
S.l.n.n. [Paris | 1788-1793. | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 38 | [VOLTAIRE]. | Zadig, ou la destinee. Histoire orientale. S.l.n.n. [Paris, Prault ; Nancy, Leseure], |
S.l.n.n. [Paris; Nancy | 1748 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 39 | VOLTAIRE. | OEuvres completes. S.l. [Kehl], |
Societe litteraire typographique | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 40 | [VOLTAIRE]. | Estampes pour l'illustration des oeuvres de Voltaire, par J. Moreau le Jeune et autres artistes. |
Paris et Bouillon | 1778-1825. | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 41 | BALZAC (Honore de). | Histoire de la grandeur et de la decadence de Cesar Birotteau, parfumeur. |
Paris | 1838 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 42 | BAUDELAIRE (Charles). | Les Fleurs du Mal. |
Paris | 1857 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 43 | BAUDELAIRE (Charles). | Les Fleurs du Mal. |
Paris | 1861 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 44 | CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois Rene de). | Memoires d'outre-tombe. |
Paris | 1849-1850. | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 45 | CLEMENCEAU (Georges). | L'Iniquite. |
Paris | 1899 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 46 | CLEMENCEAU (Georges). | Vers la reparation. |
Paris | 1899 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 47 | CLEMENCEAU (Georges). | Contre la Justice. |
Paris | 1900 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 48 | CROS (Charles). | Le Fleuve. |
Paris | 1874 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Unknown |
| 49 | DUMAS (Alexandre). | Henri III et sa Cour. Drame historique en cinq actes et en prose. |
Paris | 1829 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown |
| 50 | DUMAS (Alexandre). | Praxede, suivi de Don Martin de Freytas et Pierre-le-Cruel. |
Paris | 1841 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | 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.")
