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Auction Name Illustrated Books, Total Sales (EUR) 36,126.00
Auction Date December 05, 2024 - December 05, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 33,630.00
Sale Number #159984 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 44,100.00
Total Lots 174
Sold Lots 78 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 80,720.00
% of Lots Sold 44.83% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 106,490.00
Unsold Lots 96 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 33.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
137 RABELAIS (Francois)

OEuvres. Edition in accordance with the latest texts revised by the author. A notice and glossary by Pierre Jannet

s.d. 1885-1886 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,480.00
89 HARAUCOURT (Edmond)

L'Effort. The Madonna. The Antichrist. Immortality. La Fin du monde

1894 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,240.00
16 BARRES (Maurice)

The Death of Venice

1926 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,060.00
58 FLAUBERT (Gustave)

La Legende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier.

1906 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,620.00
66 FRANCE (Anatole)

La Rotisserie de la reine Pedauque

1911 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,320.00
107 LOUYS (Pierre)

Ariane, ou le Chemin de la paix eternelle. - La Maison sur le Nil, ou les Apparences de la vertu

1904 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,260.00
28 CAIN (Georges)

The Seine from Point-du-jour to Bercy

1927 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,032.00
59 FLAUBERT (Gustave)

Un coeur simple

1903 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 804.00
15 BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules)

Les Diaboliques

1910 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 732.00
174 VOLTAIRE.

Zadig or Destiny. Oriental history

1893 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 732.00
117 MAUPASSANT (Guy de)

Two tales. Le Vieux. La Ficelle

1907 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 720.00
80 GOUDEAU (Emile)

Parisian landscapes, hours and seasons

1892 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 600.00
97 JAMMES (Francis)

Clara d'Ellebeuse ou l'Histoire d'une ancienne jeune fille

1912 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 600.00
169 VIGNY (Alfred de)

Les Destinees, preceded by Moise

1897 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 600.00
38 CONSTANT (Benjamin)

Adolphe. Preface by Paul Bourget

1889 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 516.00
140 REGNIER (Henri de)

Contes de France et d'Italie

1912 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 504.00
170 VIGNY (Alfred de)

Poemes antiques et modernes

1826 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 456.00
131 NOHLAC (Pierre de)

Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour

1903 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 444.00
91 HEREDIA (Jose Maria de)

Les Trophees

1927 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 432.00
114 MAUPASSANT (Guy de)

Clair de lune

1884 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 432.00
18 BENOIT (Pierre)

L'Atlantide. Definitive edition

1922 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 408.00
23 BOUFFLERS (Stanislas de)

Aline reine de Golconde, conte

1887 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 396.00
93 HOUSSAYE (Henry)

Jena Day and the Prussian campaign.

1911 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 384.00
153 SCIAMA (Andre)

Paris en sonnets

1897 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 384.00
121 MONTESQUIEU.

Lettres persanes. Louis Lacour edition

1863 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 372.00
  • Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    27th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    27th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Library of Barry Humphries
    26th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum Auctions
    The Library of Barry Humphries
    26th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
  • Sotheby's
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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