Tajan: Books, Manuscripts and Prints, 21726, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 17, 2026 - February 17, 2026
Page Size: 126 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 LA FONTAINE (Jean de).

Fables choisies, mises en vers.

Bouillon 1776 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
52 LAURENT (Paul-Mathieu), dit Laurent de L'ARDECHE.

Histoire de Napoleon.

Paris 1839 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
53 LITTRE.

Dictionnaire de la langue francaise. --- Supplement.

Paris 1882-1883. EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
54 LONGUS].

Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe.

S.l. (Paris 1731 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
55 MERIMEE (Prosper).

Theatre de Clara Gazul, comedienne espagnole.

Paris 1830 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
56 MOLIERE.

Theatre choisi.

Tours 1878-1879. EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
57 MUSSET (Alfred de).

La Confession d'un enfant du siecle.

Bruxelles; Leipzig 1836 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
58 MUSSET (Alfred de).

OEuvres completes.

Paris 1888 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
59 OVIDE.

Les Metamorphoses.

Paris 1806 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
60 PASCAL (Blaise)].

Les Provinciales ou les lettres escrites par Louis de Montalte, a un provincial de ses amis, et aux RR. PP. Jesuites. Avec la Theologie morale des dits Peres & nouveaux Casvistes.

Cologne 1659 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
61 PERRAULT (Charles).

Contes. Avec notices, notes et variantes par Frederic Dillaye.

Paris 1880 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
62 PREVOST (Abbe).

Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du chevalier des Grieux.

Paris 1874 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
63 PREVOST (Abbe).

Memoires et aventures d'un homme de qualite qui s'est retire du monde.

Paris 1756 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
64 RABELAIS (Francois).

OEuvres de Maitre Francois Rabelais, publiees sous le titre de : Faits et dits du geant Gargantua et de son fils Pantagruel...

S.l. [Paris] 1732 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
65 RACINE.

OEuvres completes. Avec les notes de tous les commentateurs.

Paris 1820 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
66 RETIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas Edme).


Le Paysan perverti ou Les Dangers de la ville.

Imprime a La Haie, et se trouve a Paris 1776 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
67 ROUSSEAU.

OEuvres completes.

Paris 1825 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
68 SAINT-SIMON (Duc de).

Memoires complets et authentiques du Duc de Saint-Simon sur le siecle de Louis XIV et la Regence.

Paris 1856-1858. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
69 SAINTE-BEUVE (Charles-Augstin)].

Volupte.

Paris 1834 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
70 SAND (George).

Elle et lui.

Paris 1859 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
71 SCOTT (Walter).

OEuvres.

Paris, 1835 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
72 SEVIGNE (Madame de).

Lettres de Madame de Sevigne, de sa famille et de ses amis.

Paris 1823 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
73 STENDHAL.

--- 6 vol.

Paris, 1889 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
74 STENDHAL.

De l'amour ; par l'auteur de l'Histoire de la peinture en Italie, et des Vies de Haydn, Mozart et Metastase.

Paris 1822 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
75 STENDHAL.

Le Rouge et le noir. Chronique du XIXe siecle.

Paris 1831 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000