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

Auction Details

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
127 [ACADEMIE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE MILAN].

Discorsi letti nella grande aula del Palazzo reale delle scienze e delle arti in Milano, in occasione della solenne distribuzione de' premi della R. Accademia delle belle arti.

Milan 1812 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
128 STENDHAL.

Rome, Naples et Florence en 1817.

Paris 1817 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
129 BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean-Anthelme).

Essai historique et critique sur le duel, d'apres notre legislation et nos moeurs.

Paris 1819 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
130 RICARDO (David).

Des principes de l'economie politique et de l'impot.

Paris 1819 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
131 MAISTRE (Joseph de).

Les Soirees de Saint-Petersbourg, ou Entretiens sur le gouvernement temporel de la Providence ; suivis d'un traite sur les sacrifices.

Paris 1821 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
132 PARIS (Pierre-Adrien). -- [WEISS (Charles)].

Catalogue de la bibliotheque de M. Paris, architecte et dessinateur de la Chambre du roi ; suivi de la description de son cabinet. Imprime par ordre du Conseil municipal.

Besancon 1821 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
133 LE NORMAND (Marie-Anne).

Souvenirs de la Belgique, cent jours d'infortunes, ou le proces memorable.

Paris octobre 1822 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
134 SURVILLE (Clotilde de).

Poesies... Nouvelle edition, publiee par Ch. Vanderbourg. -- Poesies inedites.

Paris 1824-1827 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
135 [VALLARDI].

Collection des principaux monumens et vues de Paris. -- Collection des principaux monumens et vues des environs de Paris.

Paris s.d. [vers 1825]. EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
136 [BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean-Anthelme)].

Physiologie du gout, ou Meditations de gastronomie transcendante.

Paris 1826 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
137 CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois-Rene de).

OEuvres completes. Paris, Ladvocat, 1826-1831. 31 vol. -- Essai sur la litterature anglaise. Paris, Charles Gosselin et Furne, 1836. 2 vol. -- Le Paradis perdu.

Paris, 1836 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
138 HUGO (Victor).

Fragment. Poeme autographe signe. S.l.n.d. [septembre 1828].

S.l. n.d. [septembre 1828]. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
139 HUGO (Victor).

J'aime une plaine immense... Poeme autographe signe

s.d. [debut 1829 ?] EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
140 STENDHAL.

Promenades dans Rome.

Paris 1829 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
141 [BALZAC (Honore de)].

Physiologie du mariage, ou meditations de philosophie eclectique, sur le bonheur et le malheur conjugal, publiees par un jeune celibataire.

Paris 1830 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
142 SAND (George).

Lelia.

Paris 1833 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
143 CERVANTES (Miguel de).

L'Ingenieux hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, traduit et annote par Louis Viardot.

Paris 1836-1837 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
144 HUGO (Victor).

[Paysage spectral avec une eglise], [vers 1837].

[vers 1837]. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
145 RAWSTORNE (Lawrence).

Gamonia : or, the Art of preserving game ; and an improved Method of making plantations and covers.

Londres 1837 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
146 SOUDAN et EGYPTE.

Carnet de voyage manuscrit avec dessins, [Sennar, Nubie, Egypte, 1837-1838] ; carnet in-12 oblong (13,5 x 19,5 cm) de 49 ff. dont 48 annotes au crayon noir, en francais, broche (derelie, le 1er f. froisse, qqs leg. rouss.).

[Sennar, Nubie, Egypte, 1837-1838] EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
147 SWIFT (Jonathan).

Voyages de Gulliver dans des contrees lointaines. Edition illustree par Grandville. Traduction nouvelle.

Paris 1838 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
148 BALZAC (Honore de).

Notes remises a MM. les deputes composant la Commission de la loi sur la propriete litteraire par M. de Balzac. Paris, Schneider et Langrand, 1841. -- Memoire sur la situation actuelle de la contrefacon des livres francais en Belgique, presente a MM. les

Paris 1841 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
149 [GRANDVILLE (Jean-Jacques)].

STAHL (P.-J.). Scenes de la vie privee et publique des animaux.

Paris 1842-1844 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
150 VIGNY (Alfred de).

Poemes philosophiques publies dans la Revue des Deux Mondes. [Paris, 1843-1864].

[Paris, 1843-1864]. EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
151 CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois-Rene de).

Memoires d'outre-tombe.

Paris 1849-1850 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
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    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
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    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
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    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
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