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Auction Name Rare Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 1,164,875.00
Auction Date November 03, 2020 - November 03, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 428,900.00
Sale Number #18912 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 618,850.00
Total Lots 132
Sold Lots 110 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 550,500.00
% of Lots Sold 83.33% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 793,050.00
Unsold Lots 22 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 146.89%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
63 BEATO, Felice (1832 – 1909)

Delhi & Amritsur.

ca. 1860 EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 EUR 375,000.00
86 [RIMBAUD, Arthur (1854-1891) & Paul VERLAINE (1844-1896)] - RÉGAMEY, Félix (1844-1906)

Lettre autographe signée à son frère Frédéric Régamey, illustrée d'un double portrait de Rimbaud et Verlaine.

1872 EUR 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 EUR 200,000.00
36 LE HAY, Jacques (vers 1645-vers 1713)

Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes Nations du Levant, tirées sur les tableaux peints d’après nature en 1707 et 1708 par les ordres de M. de Ferriol, Ambassadeur du Roi à la Porte, et gravées en 1712 et 1713 par les soins de M. Le Hay. [Avec

1714-1715. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 40,000.00
51 SADE, Donatien Alphonse François, marquis de (1740-1814)

Justine ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu.

1791 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 37,500.00
81 MUSSET, Alfred de (1810-1857)

Un spectacle dans un fauteuil. - & - Un spectacle dans un fauteuil – Prose.

1833; 1834 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 33,750.00
124 SEMPÉ, Jean-Jacques (né en 1932)

''Le château de sable''.

1970 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 27,500.00
33 KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630)

Epitome astronomiae Copernicanae…

1618, « 1622 » [1620] et 1621. EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 25,000.00
15 BOCCACE, Jean (1313-1375)

Il Decamerone… è varie figure nuovamente stampato et ricorretto per messer Antoni Brucioli…

1542 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 20,000.00
80 MELLING, Antoine-Ignace (1763-1831)

Sept vues des Pyrénées, chacune inscrite et numérotée (sur le montage), parues dans J.A. Cervini de Macerata (1778-18..),

1826-1838. EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
40 LYCOSTHENES, Conrad WOLFFHART, dit (1518-1561)

Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon… Bâle : Henri Petri, 1557.

1557 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 14,375.00
18 COLONNA, Francesco (1433-1527)

Hypnerotomachie ou Discours du songe de Poliphile, Deduisant comme Amour le combat à l'occasion de Polia.

1561 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 13,750.00
58 [VOLTAIRE] MOREAU LE JEUNE, Jean-Michel Moreau, dit (1741-1814)

Estampes destinées à orner les éditions de M. de Voltaire.

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 12,500.00
59 VOLTAIRE, François-Marie Arouet, dit (1694-1778)

Œuvres complètes.

1785-1789. EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
101 DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC, André (1884-1974) -- COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, dite (1873-1954)

La Treille Muscate.

1932 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
120 PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) -- BENOIT, Pierre André (1921-1993)

Meurs.

1960 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 11,875.00
9 ALBINUS, Bernard Siegfried (1697-1770)

Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body.

1749 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 10,000.00
65 CASTELLAN, Antoine-Laurent (1772-1838)

Mœurs, usages, costumes des Othomans, et abrégé de leur histoire...

1812 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
90 [RIMBAUD, Arthur (1854-1891)] - LOSSEAU, Léon (1869-1949)

Lettre autographe signée à Paul Bergmans, relative à 'Une saison en Enfer', datée à Mons, le 6 novembre 1919.

1919 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
7 PIERRE LOMBARD (circa 1096-1160)

Les Sentences, en latin, manuscrit décoré sur vélin

seconde moitié du XIIIe siècle. EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 9,375.00
125 SEMPÉ, Jean-Jacques (né en 1932)

''Le salaud''.

1972 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 9,375.00
3

COURONNEMENT DE LA VIERGE, miniature sur un feuillet provenant d'un livre d'heures, manuscrit enluminé sur vélin

décennie 1470. EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
5

LIVRE D'HEURES, à l’usage de Reims, en latin et en français, manuscrit enluminé sur vélin

c. 1400. EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 8,750.00
83 PÉRON, François (1775-1810) et FREYCINET, Louis Claude de Saulces de (1779-1842)

Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes, exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l’Empereur et Roi, sur les corvettes Le Géographe, Le Naturaliste, et la goëlette Le Casuarina, pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804.

1807 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
87 RIMBAUD, Arthur (1854-1891)

Une saison en enfer.

1873 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,125.00
88 RIMBAUD, Arthur (1854-1891)

Les Illuminations.

1886 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 8,125.00
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