Ader: Archaeology & Arts of Islam and India, 172370, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 18, 2025 - December 18, 2025

Page Size: 118 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
228	Folk theology manuscript,	Indonesia, Java,	second half of the 19th century	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 286.00
230	Double-folio Qur'an,	North Africa or al-Andalus	13th century	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,950.00
231	Juz de Coran,	North Africa, Morocco or Tunisia	19th century	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
232	Book of prayers and texts about the Prophet,	Morocco	19th century	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,860.00
233	Muhammad ibn Suleyman al-Jazuli (d. 1465), Dala'il al-Khayrat Prayer Book,	Sub-Saharan Africa	early 20th century	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,040.00
234	Panegyric poem on the Prophet,	Sub-Saharan Africa	19th-20th century	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 364.00
256	Two poetic works	Ottoman Empire and Iran	16th century, 19th century	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
257	Small prayer book	Ottoman Empire	19th century, signed Na'ili	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 585.00
258	Illuminated Koran	Ottoman Empire	19th century	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 390.00
259	Three Christian Arabic books,	Egypt and Near East	18th-19th century	EUR 50.00 - 150.00	EUR 156.00
260	Diploma in ijaza calligraphy	Ottoman Turkey, signed 'Ali Reza	and dated 1849	EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	Not Sold
261	Ottoman Qita calligraphy,		dated 1781	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
262	Qita calligraphic composition	Ottoman Turkey, probably Edirne	19th century	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
263	Ottoman Qita calligraphy, signed Mustafa		and dated 1944	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,040.00
264	Calligraphic composition in the form of a ship, located Bahcesaray, signed Maqsud		and dated 1873-74	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 2,210.00
265	Ottoman Qita calligraphy	Ottoman Empire,	1805	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
266	Man with daffodils,	probably Ottoman Turkey	early 17th century	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 4,160.00
267	Smoker	Ottoman Turkey	late 18th or early 19th century	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold

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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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