De Baecque and Associes: Avignon and Comtat Venaissin: a historical collection, 174544, Lyon

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 02, 2026 - April 02, 2026

Page Size: 190 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
104		Statuts de la cite d'Avignon, avec la convention d'Icelle latin et francois respondant par deux colonnes	Avignon	1698	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 78.00
105	Joseph-Marie Suares	Descriptiuncula Avenionis et comitatus Venaiscini, cum indice Geographico	Lugduni	1658	EUR 70.00 - 100.00	EUR 286.00
106	Teissier	Histoire des souverains Pontifes qui ont siege des Avignon	Avignon	1774	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 117.00
107	Jacques Valladier	Labyrinthe Royal de l'Hercule Gaulois triomphant sur le suite des Fortunes, Batailles, Victoires	Avignon	circa 1600	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 4,160.00
108	Claude de Vic; Joseph Vaissette	Histoire generale du Languedoc, Avec des notes et des pieces justificatives	Paris	1730-1745	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,950.00
109	Vincens	Voyage d'un gendarme de Luneville en Provence	Avignon	1788	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 260.00
111		Beautiful set of 12 volumes entitled on the spine "Documents sur Avignon et le Comtat Venaissin"		N/A	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,040.00
112		Beautiful set of 9 volumes, entitled on the spine of the binding "Documents sur Avignon et le Comtat Venaissin"		N/A	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 650.00
114		Good set of 7 vol. in-8°; havana half-basin, ribbed spine, cons. covers		N/A	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 104.00
115		A good set of 10 in-8° vol. half-basana, ribbed spine, cons. covers		N/A	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 65.00
116		Good set of about 80 plates, various offprints presented in a brief description		N/A	EUR 30.00 - 50.00	EUR 299.00
117		Set of 24 plates, various offprints presented in a summary description		N/A	EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 26.00
120	Georg Braun; Frans Hogenberg	Cavalier view of Avignon Copper engraving, laid proof of a German edition		1572-1617	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 182.00
121	Georg Braun; Frans Hogenberg	Cavalier view of Avignon Copper engraving, laid proof of a Latin edition		1572-1617	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 182.00
122	Baptiste Doetecomius	Map of Provence Copper engraving. Very fine proof on laid paper in old colors.		N/A	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 390.00
123	Abraham Ortelius	Geographical map including Gaulle Narbonnaise, the Duchy of Savoy and Comtat Venaissin		N/A	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 234.00
125	Anonymous	View of the city of Avignon, with the Popes' Palace in the foreground Very rare copper engraving.		early 17th century	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,105.00
126	Jacques AYROARD; Nicolas TASSIN	View of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 286.00
127	Jacques AYROARD	Map of the coast of Hyeres with the islands of Porquerolles, Port-Cros		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 416.00
128	Jean BONFA; Louis David	The Venaissin County by Reverend Father Bonfa of the Society of Jesus	Paris; Avignon	c. 1696; 1762	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,900.00
129	Louis CLAUSEAU	Very rare map of the Comtat Venaissin	Avignon	N/A	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,820.00
130	Vincenzo CORONELLI	Italian map of the Comtat Venaissin Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 390.00
131	Nicolas de FER	The County of Provence drawn up on the best memoirs Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 364.00
132	Nicolas de FER	The County of Provence Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 338.00
133	Nicolas de FER	Eastern part of the general government of Languedoc		N/A	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 130.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.