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
134	Nicolas de FER; Louis Michel	Map of the Government of Provence and the Generality of Aix Copper engraving		1765	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 260.00
135	Jean-Baptiste HOMANN	Map of Provence Copper engraving	Nuremberg	N/A	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 442.00
136		IMAGERIE DE LA RUE SAINT-JACQUES - FRENCH SCHOOL Profile of the city of Avignon Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 416.00
137	Guillaume de L'ISLE	Map of the County and Government of Provence Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 364.00
138	HONDIUS	Map of the northern part of Languedoc Copper engraving	Paris	N/A	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
139	Alexis-Hubert JAILLOT	Carte de la Provence, divisee en ses vigueries et terres adjacentes		1696	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 338.00
140	Johannes Janssonius	Map of Languedoc Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
141	Johannes Janssonius; Jacques de Chieze	The Principality of Orange and the Comtat Venaissin	Amsterdam	1627	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 390.00
142	Jean LE CLERC	Map of the Comtat of Avignon and Venaissin Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 195.00
143	Jean LE CLERC	Map of the Comtat of Avignon and Venaissin Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 169.00
144	Jean LE CLERC	Map of the Comtat d'Avignon et Venaissin Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 110.00 - 120.00	EUR 260.00
145	Matthaus MERIAN	Cavalier view of the city of Avignon Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 130.00
146	Matthaus Merian	View of Avignon, French version of Merian's view, Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 130.00
147	Pierre Mortier	Rare cavalier view of Avignon, Copper engraving	Amsterdam	N/A	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 260.00
148	Pierre Mortier	The Valentinois, the Diois and the Baronies in the Dauphine, the Comtat Venaissin and the Principality of Orange, Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 221.00
149	Jean-Baptiste Nolin	Map of the Ecclesiastical Province of Avignon, Copper engraving	Paris	N/A	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 208.00
150	Jean-Baptiste Nolin	Map of the diocese of Uzes, drawn on the spot by Sieur Gautier, Copper engraving	Paris	N/A	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 195.00
151	Jean-Baptiste Nolin or Jean-Baptiste Nolin & HOMANN heirs,	Map of the General Government of Languedoc, Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 130.00
152	Joseph Parrocel	View of the Vaucluse Fountain, Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 286.00
153	Israel Silvestre; others	View and Perspective of a Part of the Cities and Castle of Avignon, 1634, Etching		1634	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 780.00
154	N. Tassin	View of the Brigancon (sic) fort and the Hyeres islands, Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 60.00	EUR 312.00
155	N.C. Tassin	Part of the Provence coast, Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 234.00
156	Pierre van der Aa & others,	Map of the Principality of Orange and the Comtat Venaissin, Copper engraving		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 78.00
157	18th century French School,	Exceptional and spectacular panoramic view of Avignon, Villeneuve and the surrounding countryside, dedicated to Pope Benedict XIV, circa 1740, Copperplate engraving	Marseille	c. 1740	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 5,460.00
159	Pierre Michel Alix	Portrait of Joseph Barra, Aquatint, Rare proof in color before any letter		N/A	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 208.00

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.