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
51 [COTOLENDI (Charles)].

Arliquiniana, ou les bons mots, les histoires plaisantes et agreables, recueillies des conversations d'Arlequin.

Paris 1694 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
52 [LA BRUYERE (Jean de)].

Les Caracteres de Theophraste traduits du grec, avec les Caracteres ou les Moeurs de ce siecle.

Paris 1694 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
53 TOURNEFORT (Joseph Pitton de).

Elemens de botanique, ou methode pour connoitre les plantes.

Paris 1694 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
54 RACINE (Jean).

OEuvres.

Paris 1697 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
55 [MANUSCRIT].

Histoire des Assiriens, des Medes, des Perses et des Grecs avant la Venue de Jesu Christ. Histoire Romaine despuis la Fondation de Rome Jusques a l'Empereur Maximus, qui vivoit l'an de J. Christ 455.

S.l. n.d. [vers 1700] EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
56 PARIS (Pierre-Adrien).

Vue des jardins d'un palais.

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
57 RANCE (Armand-Jean Le Bouthillier de).

Lettres de piete ecrites a differentes personnes.

Paris 1701-1702 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
58 ROUSSELET (Jean-Pierre).

Prieres durant la messe.

Paris 1702 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
59 CATROU (Francois).

Histoire des anabaptistes.

Paris 1706 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
60 [FELIBIEN DES AVAUX (Jean-Francois)].

Description de l'eglise royale des Invalides. Paris, s.n. [Quillau],

1706 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
61 FENELON.

Les Avantures de Telemaque, fils d'Ulysse.

Paris 1717 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
62 TOURNEFORT (Joseph Pitton de).

Relation d'un voyage au Levant fait par ordre du Roy.

Paris 1717 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
63 LAFITAU (Jean-Francois).

Memoire presente a son altesse royale Monseigneur le duc d'Orleans [...] concernant la precieuse plante du Gin-seng de Tartarie, decouverte en Canada.

Paris 1718 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
64 [LONGUS].

Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe.

 S.l. [Paris] 1718 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
65 [SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL].

A Collection of papers printed by order of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.

Londres 1719 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
66 [BREVET DE NOBLESSE ESPAGNOL].

Titulo de Castilla concedido por el Rey n[ost]ro Senor D. Phelipe V al Theniente General Don Jorge Negreyros y Silba, en atencion a su calidad y notorios servicios. [Valsain],

1721 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
67 REAUMUR (Rene-Antoine Ferchault de).

L'Art de convertir le fer forge en acier, et l'art d'adoucir le fer fondu, ou de faire des ouvrages de fer fondu aussi finis que de fer forge.

Paris 1722 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
68 DAHLBERG (Erik).

Suecia antiqua et hodierna.

[Stockholm, 1691-1714 (1726)]. EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
69 LA GUERINIERE (Francois Robichon de).

L'Ecole de cavalerie, contenant la connaissance, l'instruction et la conservation du cheval.

Paris 1733 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
70 MARCHAND (Prosper).

Histoire de l'origine et des premiers progres de l'imprimerie.

La Haye 1740 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
71 PERRAULT (Charles).

Histoires ou contes du tems passe. Avec des moralites. Nouvelle edition augmentee d'une nouvelle, a la fin. La Haye [Paris], s.n. [Coustelier],

1742 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
72 [DIDEROT (Denis)].

Principes de la philosophie morale ; ou essai de M. S*** [Shaftesbury] sur le merite et la vertu.

Amsterdam 1745 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
73 [VAUVENARGUES (Luc de Clapiers de)].

Introduction a la connaissance de l'esprit humain, suivie de reflexions et de maximes.

Paris 1746 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
74 LE BLOND (Guillaume).

Abrege de l'arithmetique et de la geometrie de l'officier.

Paris 1748 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
75 [LE COQ DE VILLERAY (Pierre-Francois)].

Traite historique et politique du droit public de l'Empire d'Allemagne.

Paris 1748 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 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