PBA Galleries: Rare and Antiquarian Books, 861, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 16, 2026 - April 16, 2026

Page Size: 371 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
353	Giafferri, Paul Louis De	The History of French Masculine Costume: Gaul - Middle Ages - Renaissance - Louis XIII - Louis XIV - Louis XV - Louis XVI - Revolution - First Empire - Restoration - Second Empire	New York	[1927]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
354	Mason, George Henry	The Costume of China, Illustrated by Sixty Engravings: with Explanations in English and French	London	[1834]	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
355		Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English [with] The Costume...of Austria	London	[1821; 1835]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
356	Solvyns, Balthazar	The Costume of Indostan, Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French, Taken 1798 and 1799.	London	[1823]	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
357	Giafferri, Paul Louis de	L'Histoire du Costume Feminin Francais	Paris	1922-23	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
358		85 hand-painted armorial crests of Italian noble families		c. 1825	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
359	Miyoshi, Yoshiura	Roketsu-shu [Volume 2]	Kyoto	[1953]	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
360	MacQuoid, Percy	A History of English Furniture. The Age of Oak; The Age of Walnut; The Age of Mahogany; The Age of Satinwood.	London	1904-08	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
361	Mallemont, A., art director	Album de Coiffures Travesties: Modeles de la Coiffures Francaise Illustree - 1st & 3rd series	Paris	1907	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
362	Mery, Francois Joseph Pierre Andre and Le Comte Foelix	Perles et parures: Les Parures Fantaisie par Gavarni, texte par Mery, histoire de la mode par Le Cte Foelix [with] Les Joyaux Fantaisie par Gavarni, texte par Mery, mineralogie des dames par Le Cte Foelix	Paris	[1850]	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
363	Perrot, Georges and Charles Chipiez	Histoire de L'Art dans L'Antiquite Egypte - Assyrie - Perse - Asie Mineure - Grece - Etrurie - Rome	Paris	1882-1914	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
364		Photograph album of European views and interiors		[c. 1890s]	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
365		The Quartier Latin	London, Paris, New York	1897-1899	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
366	Smith, Charles Hamilton	The Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Seventh to the Sixteenth Century, Selected from Rare Specimens in the Possession of the Author, and Accompanied with Suitable Descriptions and Illustrations	London	[1815]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
367		Silk swatch sample book from a mill in Lyon	Lyon	c. 1930	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
368		Silk swatch sample book from a mill in Lyon	Lyon	c. 1930	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
369		Silk swatch sample book from Lake Como	Italy	1932	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
370		Silk swatch sample book from Lake Como	Montano Lucino	1932	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
371	Ito, Toshiko	Tsujigahana: The Flower of Japanese Textile Art	Tokyo, New York, and San Francisco	N/A	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
372		Textile Designs of Japan	Tokyo	1980	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
373		Four trade catalogues of objects and industrial design		1907-c. 1920s	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.