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Auction Name Guy Gaulard Library: Books, Manuscripts and Historical Documents Total Sales (EUR) 27,683.00
Auction Date September 08, 2022 - September 08, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 21,300.00
Sale Number #129540 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 34,400.00
Total Lots 350
Sold Lots 59 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 114,420.00
% of Lots Sold 16.86% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 177,660.00
Unsold Lots 291 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 15.58%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
252 [Maurice DUPLAY (1736-1820)

10 miscellaneous documents, 1795-1797

1795-1797 EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,170.00
307 ACCARIAS DE SÉRIONNE (Jacques)].

Les Intérêts des nations de l'Europe, dévelopés [sic] relativement au commerce. Paris [Amsterdam],

EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,426.00
337 [DARIGAND].

L'Anti-financier, ou Relevé de quelques-uns des malversations dont se rendent quotidiennement coupables les Fermiers Généraux, & des vexations qu'ils commettent dans les Provinces. Amsterdam, 1763. In-8, marbled calf, spine decorated, red title page, red

1763 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,240.00
14 [LOUIS XVI (1754-1793)].

6 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., from his First Chamber Valets, one with an autograph apostille from LOUIS XVI, 1777-1817.

1777-1817. EUR 900.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,116.00
120 Jean-Baptiste JOLY (1750?-1794)

L.A.S. "Joly commandant", [April 1793], to William Bulkeley, commander at La Roche [-sur-Yon]

1793 EUR 900.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,116.00
150 Charles BARBAROUX (1767-1794)

Autograph manuscript [late 1793]

1793 EUR 900.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,116.00
39

P.S. by various personalities of the DISTRICT OF POPINCOURT, including Jacques BELHOMME, April 19-20, 1790

1790 EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 930.00
348 [MACHIAVEL. - GENTILLET (Innocent).

Discourse on the means to govern well & maintain in peace a Kingdom, or other Principality. [...] Against Nicolas Machiavelli, Florentine. Third edition newly revised by the Author. S.l.n.n., 1579. In-8, supple vellum overlay, gilt coat of arms, smooth sp

1579 EUR 750.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 930.00
296 Jean-Pierre BOYER (1772-1851)

L.S., Port-au-Prince August 15, 1821, "year 18th of Independence", to Marc-Antoine JULLIEN DE PARIS, founder-director of the Revue Encyclopédique

1821 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 868.00
52 Mathieu-Guillaume VILLENAVE (1762-1846)

Autograph manuscript, Chronique secrette, [1790]

1790 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 744.00
72 Philippe-François-Nazaire FABRE D'ÉGLANTINE (1750-1794)

L.A. (minute), [1791]

1791 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 744.00
68 Alexandre LENFANT (1726-1792)

L.A., September 2, 1791, to a friend

1791 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 620.00
322 COURIER (Paul-Louis).

Simple speech... for the acquisition of Chambord. Paris, 1821. - Trial of Paul-Louis Courier..., condemned on August 28, 1821, on the occasion of his speech on the subscription of Chambord. Paris, 1821. - Answer to anonymous people who wrote letters to Pa

1821 EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 620.00
114 Marie-Jean HÉRAULT DE SÉCHELLES (1759-1794)

L.S. "Hérault" co-signed by Philibert Simond (1755-1794), Carouge March 22, 1793, to "Citizens Administrators"

1793 EUR 480.00 - 700.00 EUR 607.60
180

COMITÉ DE SALUT PUBLIC.4 P.S., year II (March-June 1794)

1794 EUR 450.00 - 600.00 EUR 570.40
35 Marc-Étienne POPULUS (1736-guillotiné 1794)

2 L.A.S., Paris 1789-1791, to his compatriots of Bourg-en-Bresse

1789-1791 EUR 450.00 - 600.00 EUR 558.00
174 Joseph FOUCHÉ (1759-1820)

P.S., co-signed by François-Sébastien-Christophe LA PORTE(1760-1823), Commune Affranchie [Lyon] 19 ventose II (March 9, 1794)

1794 EUR 450.00 - 700.00 EUR 558.00
339 DUPRÉ DE SAINT-MAUR (Nicolas-François)].

Essai sur les monnoies, ou Réflexions sur le rapport entre l'argent et les denrées. Paris, Veuve Méquignon, 1746. 2 parts in one volume in-4, marbled basane, spine decorated, red title, red edges (Binding of the time).

1746 EUR 450.00 - 800.00 EUR 558.00
89

LYCÉE DES ARTS. P.S. by Charles-Émile Gaullard de Saudrais and Pierre Gervais, Paris August 1, 1792

1792 EUR 400.00 - 700.00 EUR 496.00
310

COLLECTION OF TRAVELS. - Together 6 works in 12 volumes in-8, blond speckled basane, double gilt fillet, smooth spine decorated,

EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 496.00
32 Claude FAUCHET (1744-1793)

L.A.S., October 2, 1789, to Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

1789 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 434.00
65 Marc-Étienne POPULUS (1736-guillotiné 1794)

2 L.A.S., Paris June 26 and 29, 1791, to his compatriots of Bourg-en-Bresse

1791 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 434.00
135

COMMITTEE OF LEGISLATION. P.S. by Ruffin Massa, Sylvain Pépin and Pons de Verdun, Paris 27 thermidor III (August 14, 1793)

1793 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 434.00
136 Jean-Marie COLLOT D'HERBOIS (1749-1796)

L.S., co-signed by Jacques ISORÉ, Beauvais August 17, 1793, to their colleagues DUMONT and LEBON

1793 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 434.00
158

COMMUNE AFFRANCHIE.32 P.S., 1793-1795

1793-1795 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 434.00
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