ALDE: Rare and Valuable Books from the 15th to 19th Centuries, 31126, Paris

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Auction Date
March 11, 2026 - March 11, 2026
Page Size: 190 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 AUGUSTIN (Saint).

De civitate Dei.

Rome 1470 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
2 AUGUSTIN (Saint).

Soliloquii di Sancto Augustino vulgari.

Florence 10 novembre 1[4]91 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
3 [HEURES].

Ces presentes heures a lusaige de Romme...

Paris s.d. [vers 1502 (almanach pour 1502-1520)]. EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
4 GIOVIO (Paolo).

Vitae duodecim vicecomitum Mediolani principum. Ex bibliotheca regia.

Paris 1549 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
5 [REGNART (Le Livre de)].

[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes. Histoire plaisante & recreative & non moins fructueuse. Rouen, [Jean Petit pour]

Robert et Jean du Gort freres 1550 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
6 MURET (Marc-Antoine).

Juvenilia.

Paris 1552 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
7 RONDELET (Guillaume).

Libri de piscibus marinis, in quibus verae piscium effigies expressae sunt. -- Universae aquatilium historiae pars altera, cum veris ipsorum imaginibus.

Lyon 1554-1555 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
8 VITRUVE.

I Dieci libri dell'architettura tradutti et commentati da Monsignor Barbaro eletto patriarca d'Aquileggia.

Venise 1556 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
9 TRITHEME (Jean).

Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoit Prevost pour]

Jacques Kerver 1561 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
10 RONSARD (Pierre de).

Discours des miseres de ce temps. Paris, Gabriel Buon, 1562. [6] ff. -- RONSARD. Institution pour l'Adolescence du Roy treschrestien Charles neufviesme de ce nom. Ibid., 1562. [6] ff. -- RONSARD. Responce aux injures et calomnies, de je ne scay quels pred

 Ibid. 1563 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
11 [BIBLE].

Tis kainis diathikis apanta. Novum Testamentum, ex bibliotheca regia.

Paris 1568 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
12 [HABERT (Pierre)].

Le Chemin de bien vivre, avec le Miroir de vertu, contenant plusieurs belles hystoires, et sentences moralles, par quattrains et distiques, le tout par Alphabet. Paris, Claude Micard, 1569. -- BOAISTUAU (Pierre). Le Theatre du monde, ou il est faict un am

 Paris 1566 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
13 CHARLES IX.

Piece signee Charles a Raymond de Beccarie de Pavie, baron de Fourquevaux, ambassadeur de France en Espagne.

Fontainebleau 2 aout 1571 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
14 GELLI (Giovan Battista).

La Circe. Reveue par le Seigneur du Parc, son premier traducteur.

Paris 1572 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
15 JAMYN (Amadis).

Les OEuvres poetiques.

Paris 1575 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
16 JAMYN (Amadis).

OEuvres poetiques. Paris, Mamert Patisson, 1579. -- Le Second volume des OEuvres.

Paris 1584 EUR 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
17 [DANEAU (Lambert)].

Traite de l'estat honneste des chrestiens en leur accoustrement. S.l. [Geneve],

Jean de Laon 1580 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
18 TRIPPAULT (Leon).

Celt-hellenisme, ou Etymologic des mots francois tirez du graec. Plus, Preuves en general de la descente de nostre langue.

Orleans 1580 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
19 TITE-LIVE.

Les Decades, qui se trouvent, de Tite Live, mises en langue francoise.

Paris 1583 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
20 BOUTEFEU DES CALVINISTES (Le),

depuis naguere envoye en ambassade par le Roy de Navarre, a quelque partie des Estatz de l'Empire, pour troubler la Religion et Republique ; et rallumer les feux des guerres civiles par toute la chrestiente. Traduict de latin en francois. Francfort, s.n.,

 1584 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
21 VILLEHARDOUIN (Geoffroy de).

L'Histoire de la conqueste de Constantinople par les barons francais associez aux Venitiens, l'an 1204.

Paris 1584 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
22 MAISONFLEUR (Jerome L'Huillier de).

Les Cantiques... auquel de nouveau ont este adjoustez en ceste derniere edition plusieurs opuscules spirituels recueillis de divers autheurs. -- ROUSPEAU (Yves). Quatrains spirituels de l'honneste amour, nouvellement mis en lumiere.

Paris 1586 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
23 [ZEHENDTNER VON ZEHENTGRUB (Paul)].

Ordentliche Beschreibung mit was staatlichen Ceremonien und Zierlichheiten die Rom. Kay. May. [...], den Orden dess Guldin Fluss in disem 85. Jahr zu Prag und Landshut empfangen und angenommen.

Dillingen 1587 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
24 RAMELLI (Agostino).

Le Diverse et artificiose machine.

Paris 1588 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
25 VOLCKMAR (Nicolaus).

Dictionarium trilingue tripartitum ad discendam linguam latinam polonicam et germanicam accomodatum. Dantzig [Gdansk],

Jakob Rhode 1596 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & ManuscriptsAvailable 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.
    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 AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40Ramasvami (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 50Watson (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 53Afghanistan.- 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 AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76Bird (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 100Ceylon.- 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 123D'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 139Gandhi (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 AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146Grierson (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 195Madras.- 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 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
    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
  • 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
    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