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De Baecque and Associes: Antiquarian and Modern Books

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Auction Name Antiquarian and Modern Books Total Sales (EUR) 172,958.50
Auction Date December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 85,790.00
Sale Number #167453 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 125,520.00
Total Lots 276
Sold Lots 210.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 101,060.00
% of Lots Sold 76.09% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 147,280.00
Unsold Lots 66 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 117.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3 MORE (Thomas)

DE OPTIMO REIPUBLICAE STATU, DEQUE NOVA INSULA UTOPIA.

 (1517). EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 35,100.00
2

BOOK OF HOURS FOR SAINT GUDULE OF BRUSSELS AND SAINT WAUDRU OF MONS

 circa 1450. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 28,600.00
26 FEUILLET (Raoul Auger)

RECUEIL DE CONTREDANCES MISES EN CHOREGRAPHIE d'une maniere si aisee, que toutes personnes peuvent facilement les apprendre sans le secours d'aucun maitre...

 1706 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,240.00
69

ENCYCLOPEDIE OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, DES ARTS ET DES METIERS, par une societe de gens de lettres. Mis en ordre & publie par M. Diderot ; et quant a la partie mathematique, par M. D'Alembert.

1778-1781. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,460.00
165

GAZETTE DU BON TON - Arts-Modes et Frivolites. Lucien Vogel-Director.

January 1920 to December 1922. EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,460.00
1

MANUSCRIPT BREVIARY.

XIV/XVdeg century. EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 4,160.00
124 [HAMEL (Frere)].

CHRONIQUE OU HYSTOIRES DES GRANDES COMPAGNIES COGNUES SOUBS LE NOM DE ROUTIERS QUE ONT DITS TARD-VENUS que ont ravagier les pays de Bourgogne, de France, d'Auvergne et de lyonnois.

 (circa 1860-80). EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,730.00
180 KIPLING (R)

THE JUNGLE BOOK AND THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK.

 1924 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,600.00
205 POE (E)

HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES - NOUVELLES HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES. Translation by Ch. Baudelaire. Etchings in the black manner by CARLO FARNETI.

1927 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,600.00
142 MISTRAL (Frederic)

MIREILLE, POEME PROVENCAL; MIREIO, POUEMO PROUVENCAU.

 1887 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,340.00
245 ORLEANS (Charles d') - MATISSE (H.)

POEMES DE CHARLES D'ORLEANS.

1950 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,080.00
93 FREYCINET - PERON (Francois)

VOYAGE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES execute sur les Corvettes le Geographe, le Naturaliste et la Goelette le Casuarina, pendant les annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804, publie par decret imperial, redige par M.F. Peron.

 1807-1816. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,560.00
49 BUFFON.

HISTOIRE NATURELLE generale et particuliere, avec la description du cabinet du Roy.

 1752-1765. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,300.00
258 PICASSO (Pablo)

CARNET DE LA CALIFORNIE.

1959 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,300.00
259 HOFFMANN.

CONTES.

1960 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,300.00
22 (Medicine)

Seventeenth-century manuscript containing medical recipes, bound in 1 in-4deg volume of 122 pages, contemporary vellum binding.

 Seventeenth-century EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,170.00
191 FRANCE (Anatole)

LE GENIE LATIN.

1926 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,170.00
8

PLINE LE JEUNE. L'HISTOIRE DU MONDE,

1584 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,105.00
163 CHALUPT (R)

DIVERTISSEMENTS DE PRINCESSES QUI S'ENNUIENT.

1918 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,105.00
47

(Gastronomy) Very legible 18th-century manuscript containing cleaning tips and cooking recipes,

 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,040.00
131 La Fontaine

FABLES with drawings by Gustave Dore.

1867 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,040.00
160 REILLE (Karl)

LA VENERIE FRANCAISE CONTEMPORAINE.

1914 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,040.00
234

[PRASSINOS - BONET]. Set of 42 in-12 volumes published by Gallimard,

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,040.00
268 MAGNAN (Jean-Marie)

TAUREAUX POUR PEDRES - CURRO ROMERO EL CORDOBES.

 1965 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 975.00
74 ROZIER (Abbe)

COURS COMPLET D'AGRICULTURE theorique, pratique, economique, et de medecine rurale et veterinaire. Suivi d'une methode pour etudier l'agriculture par principes ou dictionnaire universel d'agriculture.

1781-1800. EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 871.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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