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Auction Name Jamais Perdu en Mer - Collection of Jean-Paul Morin Total Sales (EUR) 961,191.00
Auction Date October 14, 2020 - October 14, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 638,500.00
Sale Number #pf0033 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 937,300.00
Total Lots 121
Sold Lots 66 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 855,900.00
% of Lots Sold 54.55% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,250,700.00
Unsold Lots 55 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 76.85%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97 THEVET, ANDRÉ

LES SINGULARITEZ DE LA FRANCE ANTARCTIQUE, AUTREMENT NOMMEE AMERIQUE : & DE PLUSIEURS TERRES & ILES DECOUUERTES DE NOSTRE TEMPS. PARIS, HÉRITIERS DE MAURICE DE LA PORTE, 1557.

EUR 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 EUR 88,200.00
146 CATLIN, GEORGE

NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN PORTFOLIO. HUNTING SCENES AND AMUSEMENTS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND PRAIRIES OF AMERICA...

1844 EUR 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 EUR 88,200.00
198 BRY, THÉODORE DE

[GRANDS VOYAGES].

1590-1625. EUR 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 EUR 88,200.00
204 COMPAGNIE DE JÉSUS

LETTRES ÉDIFIANTES ET CURIEUSES ÉCRITES DES MISSIONS ÉTRANGÈRES...

1717-1776. EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 81,900.00
215 LAPLACE, CYRILLE PIERRE THÉODORE

VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE DE L'INDE ET DE CHINE EXÉCUTÉ SUR LA CORVETTE LA FAVORITE PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1830, 1830 ET 1832. [AVEC :] FORTUNÉ EYDOUX. ZOOLOGIE. [RELIÉ À LA SUITE :] FEISTHAMEL. SUPPLÉMENT À LA ZOOLOGIE DU VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE...

1833-1835. 1839 [ET 1840]. EUR 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 63,000.00
8 QUIRÓS, PEDRO FERNÁNDEZ DE

RELATION […] VON DEM NEW ERFUNDNEM VIERTEN THEIL DER WELT […] IN SPANISCHER SPRACH ZU PAMPELONA…

1611 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 56,700.00
34 DUMONT D'URVILLE, JEAN SÉBASTIEN CÉSAR

VOYAGE DE LA CORVETTE L'ASTROLABE EXÉCUTÉ PAR ORDRE DU ROI, PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1826-1827-1828-1829 SOUS LE COMMANDEMENT DE M. J. DUMONT D'URVILLE...

1830-1833. EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 37,800.00
113 LE MERCIER, FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH

RELATION DE CE QUI S'EST PASSÉ EN LA NOUVELLE FRANCE, ÉS ANNÉES 1664 & 1665. ENVOYÉE AU R. P. PROVINCIAL DE LA PROVINCE DE FRANCE. 

 1666 EUR 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 EUR 37,800.00
197 THEVET, ANDRÉ

LA COSMOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE […] ILLUSTRÉE DE DIVERSES FIGURES DES CHOSES PLUS REMARQUABLES VEUËS PAR L'AUTEUR, & INCOGNEUËS DE NOZ ANCIENS & MODERNES.

1575 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 37,800.00
141 ORBIGNY, CHARLES DESSALINES D'

L'HOMME AMÉRICAIN (DE L'AMÉRIQUE MÉRIDIONALE) CONSIDÉRÉ SOUS SES RAPPORTS PHYSIOLOGIQUES ET MORAUX.

EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 30,240.00
211 PAQUET D'HAUTEROCHE, CLAUDE JOSEPH HENRI

VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE SUR LES CORVETTES DE S.M. L'URANIE ET LA PHYSICIENNE… MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉ.

 1821-1826]. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 30,240.00
103 CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE

LES VOYAGES DE LA NOUVELLE FRANCE OCCIDENTALE, DICTE CANADA… PARIS, PIERRE LE MUR, 1632.

EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 27,720.00
50 RADIGUET, MAXIMILIEN RENÉ

DESSINS ORIGINAUX ET MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE.

[VERS 1850-1860]. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 25,200.00
83 EDGE-PARTINGTON, JAMES

ETHNOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. AN ALBUM OF WEAPONS, TOOLS, ORNAMENTS, ARTICLES OF DRESS, ETC. MANCHESTER, IMPRIMÉ PAR J.C.

1890-1898. EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,900.00
107 RAGUENEAU, PAUL

RELATION DE CE QUI S’EST PASSÉ EN LA MISSION DES PERES DE LA COMPAGNIE DE IESUS AUX HURON, PAYS DE LA NOUVELLE FRANCE, ÉS ANNÉES 1648 & 1649.

1650 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 18,900.00
196 [LA SALE, ANTOINE DE]


LA SALADE NOUVELLEMENT IMPRIMEE A PARIS, LAQUELLE FAIT MENTION DE TOUS LES PAYS DU MONDE, ET DU PAYS DE LA BELLE SIBILLE.

1527 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,900.00
216 VAILLANT, AUGUSTE NICOLAS

VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE EXÉCUTÉ PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1836 ET 1837 SUR LA CORVETTE LA BONITE. 

[1840-1866]. EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,900.00
207 LABILLARDIÈRE, JACQUES JULIEN

RELATION DU VOYAGE A LA RECHERCHE DE LA PEROUSE... FAIT PAR ORDRE DE L'ASSEMBLEE CONSTITUANTE, PENDANT LES ANNEES 1791, 1792 ET PENDANT LA 1ERE ET LA 2EME ANNEE DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCOISE.

AN VIII (1800). EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 17,640.00
111 [LE JEUNE, PAUL]

RELATION DE CE QUI S’EST PASSÉ DE PLUS REMARQUABLE AUX MISSIONS DES PERES DE LA COMPAGNIE DE IESUS, EN LA NOUVELLE FRANCE, ÉS ANNÉES MIL SIX CENS CINQUANTE SIX & MIL SIX CENS CINQUANTE SEPT.

1658 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 16,380.00
104 MUSA, ANTONINUS, AND APULEIUS BARBARUS [PSEUDO-APULEIUS] — GABRIEL HUMMELBERGER<br>

IN HOC OPERE CONENTA. ANT. MUSAE DE HERBA VETONICA...L. APULEI DE MEDICA MINIBUS HERBARUM…

1537 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 13,860.00
26 LABORDE, JEAN-BENJAMIN DE

HISTOIRE ABRÉGÉE DE LA MER DU SUD.

1791 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,080.00
175 KERGUELEN DE TRÉMAREC, YVES JOSEPH DE

RELATION D'UN VOYAGE DANS LA MER DU NORD, AUX COTES D'ISLANDE, DU GROENLAND, DE FERRO, DE SCHETTLAND, DES ORCADES & DE NORWEGE ; FAIT EN 1767 & 1768. 

1771 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 9,450.00
60 NOURY, CHARLES-GAËTAN

ALBUM POLYNÉSIEN DE M. C. NOURY, CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU.

1861 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 8,820.00
115 TONTI, HENRI DE

DERNIÈRES DÉCOUVERTES DANS L’AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE DE M. DE LA SALE… 

1697 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,820.00
179 KERGUELEN DE TRÉMAREC, YVES JOSEPH DE

RELATION DE DEUX VOYAGES DANS LES MERS AUSTRALES ET LES INDES, FAITS EN 1771, 1772, 1773 & 1774… 

1782 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,820.00
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
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