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ALDE: Rare and unusual old books arranged in order of subject and faculty according to the bibliographic system generally adopted by Paris booksellers.

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Auction Name	Rare and unusual old books arranged in order of subject and faculty according to the bibliographic system generally adopted by Paris booksellers.	Total Sales (EUR)	256,923.00
Auction Date	June 04, 2025 - June 04, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	149,690.00
Sale Number	#60425	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	195,960.00
Total Lots	374
Sold Lots	240.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	226,860.00
% of Lots Sold	64.17%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	298,290.00
Unsold Lots	134	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	86.13%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
95	[PLAN DE TURGOT]. BRETEZ (Louis).	Plan de Paris commence l'annee 1734	[1739]	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 8,500.00
80	SERRES (Olivier de).	Le Theatre d'agriculture et mesnage des champs	1600	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,375.00
44	SEXTUS EMPIRICUS -- [HUART Claude].	Les Hipotiposes ou Institutions Pirroniennes de Sextus Empiricus(...) traduites du Grec	1725	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 6,875.00
102	HORACE.	Opera cum quibusdam annotationibus, imaginibusque pulcherrimis	1498	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 5,500.00
78	PRIEUR (Claude).	Dialogue de la lycanthropie ou transformation d'hommes en loups, vulgairement dits Loups-garous, et si telle se peut faire	1596	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 4,250.00
90	[JONES (Inigo)]. KENT (William).	The Designs of Inigo Jones, consisting of plans and elevations for publick and private buildings	1727	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,750.00
134	[GAIN de MONTAGNAC Louis Laurent Joseph].	Memoires du chevalier de Kilpar. Traduits ou imites de l'Anglais de M. Fielding	1768	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,750.00
174	DAPPER (Olfert).	Description de l'Afrique, contenant les noms, la situation et les confins de toutes ses parties, et leurs animaux, les moeurs, les coutumes, la langue, les richesses, la religion et le gouvernement de ses peuples	1686	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,750.00
203	[VAUDOIS].	Histoire memorable de la persecution et saccagement du peuple de Merindol et Cabrieres et autres circonvoisins appelez Vaudois	1556	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 3,750.00
126	CERVANTES (Miguel de).	Vida y hechos del ingenioso cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva edicion, coregida y ilustrada con 32 differentes estampas muy donosas y apropriadas a la materia	1673	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 3,625.00
129	DANTE ALIGHIERI.	Comedia con l'espositione di Christophoro Landino	1529	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,625.00
166	THOMAS (Antoine-Leonard).	OEuvres diverses	1761	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,500.00
28	DIDEROT (Denis) et Jean Le Rond D'ALEMBERT.	Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers	1778	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,250.00
63	LE LOYER (Pierre).	IIII livres des spectres ou apparitions et visions d'esprits, anges et demons se monstrans sensiblement aux hommes. Angers, [Georges Nepveu]	1586	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,250.00
199	[PROCES DE LOUIS XVI].	DUGOUR (Antoine Jeudy). Memoire justificatif pour Louis XVI, ci-devant roi des Francais	1793	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 3,250.00
29	ERASME.	Epitome chiliadum adagiorum	s.d. [1523]	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 3,000.00
40	ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques).	Lettres ecrites de la montagne	1764	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 3,000.00
14	JEAN CHRYSOSTOME Saint.	Discours de saint Jean Chrysostome archevesque de Constantinople : Ou il prouve que personne ne souffre de veritables maux, que ceux qu'il se fait a soi-meme. Traduit en Francois par M. Charles Oudin, docteur en Theologie	1664	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
84	WIER (Jean).	De praestigiis daemonum, et incantationibus ac veneficiis libri sex, aucti et recogniti	1568	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 2,500.00
85	[DEMORTAIN (Gilles)].	Les Plans, Profils, Et Elevations des Ville et Chateau de Versailles avec les Bosquets et Fontaines, Tels qu'ils sont a present	[1716]	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
86		DESCRIPTION DES FESTES donnees par la ville de Paris, a l'occasion du mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France et de Dom Philippe, Infant et Grand Amiral d'Espagne	1740	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
88	FALDA (Giovanni Battista) et Alessandro SPECCHI.	Il Nuovo Teatro delle fabriche et edifici in prospettiva di Roma moderna	1665-1699	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
168	WALPOLE (Horace).	Le Chateau d'Otrante. Histoire gothique	1767	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,500.00
175	KIRCHER (Athanase).	La Chine, illustree de plusieurs monuments tant sacres que profanes et de quantites de recherches de la nature et de l'art	1670	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
181		ALMANACH ROYAL annee 1769	[1769]	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,500.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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