Giquello: Antiquarian and Modern Books, 174450, rue La Boetie, Paris

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Auction Report
Auction Date
March 13, 2026 - March 13, 2026
Page Size: 311 items in 13 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ACOSTA (Joseph d')

Histoire naturelle et moralle des indes, tant Orientalles qu'Occidentalles

Paris 1606 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,643.00
2 AGRIPPA (Henri Corneille)

Sur la noblesse, & excellence du sexe feminin, de sa preeminence sur l'autre sexe, & du sacrement du mariage. Avec le Traite sur l'incertitude, aussi bien que la vanite des sciences, & des arts

Leiden 1726 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 316.00
3

AIX-EN-PROVENCE. - Statuta provinciae Forcalqueriique comitatuum

Aix 1598 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 379.00
4 MAYNIER (B. de)]

AIX-EN-PROVENCE. - Histoire de la principale noblesse de Provence

Aix 1719 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 152.00
5

ROYAL ALMANACH, common year 1789

Paris s.d. [1789] EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 278.00
6 BAILLY (Mgr Albert, Bishop of Aoste)

AOSTE. - Suite de quelque sermons [...] avec d'utiles instructions pour ceux de ses Ecclesiastiques qui commencent de prescher [...]

A la Cite d'Aote [sic] 1685 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,264.00
7 APULEE

Les Metamorphoses ou L'Asne d'or

Paris 1635 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 316.00
8 ARIOSTE (Lodovico Ariosto, known as l')

Orlando furioso

Lyon 1570 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 695.00
9

ARRAS. - Les Coustumes generales du comte d'Arthois

Arras 1589 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
10 ATHENEE

Banquet des savans

Paris 1789-1791 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
11 AUGUSTIN (saint)

Meditationes, soliloquia et manuale...

Cologne 1629 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 632.00
12 AUGUSTIN (saint)

Les Confessions

Paris 1686 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 227.00
13 BERNARD (Samuel)

Notice sur les poids arabes anciens et modernes

Paris 1817 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
14

BESANCON. - Statuta seu decreta synodalia Bisuntinae diocesis

Besancon 1680[-1685] EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
15 ORIVAL (Claude-Francois d')

BESANCON. - Commentaire sur les usages et coutumes de Besancon

Besancon 1721 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
16 BIBIENA

The Doll

London [Paris, Cazin] 1782 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 253.00
17

BIBLE. [In Greek]. Vetus testamentum Graecum ex versione Septuaginta interpretum

London 1653 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
18 [BLAIN DE SAINMORE and LUNEAU DE BOISJERMAIN]

Elite des poesies fugitives

London 1769 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 253.00
19

BOCCACE. The Philocope. Contenant l'histoire de Fleury & Blanchefleur

Paris 1575 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 442.00
20 BOCCALINI (Trajano)

De ragguagli di Parnasso centuria prima

Venice 1617 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 253.00
21 GIUSTI (Giambattista)

BODONI. - Versi. Parma

Bodoni 1801 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 253.00
22

BORDEAUX. - Memoire sur la possibilite d'etablir a Bordeaux un nombre suffisant de fontaines

Bordeaux 1787 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 190.00
23 BRACHELIUS (Adolphus)

Historia nostri temporis

Nymegen 1659 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 632.00
24

BRETAGNE. Reformation de la noblesse du pays et duche de Bretagne des annees 1668, 1669, 1670 & 1671

S.l. n.d. [circa 1700] EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,925.00
25

BRITTANY. - LOBINEAU. Histoire de Bretagne, composee sur les titres & les auteurs originaux

Paris 1707 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,137.00
  • Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.