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Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 1,035,620.00
Auction Date December 05, 2025 - December 05, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 525,405.00
Sale Number #168319 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 694,080.00
Total Lots 364
Sold Lots 296.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 642,635.00
% of Lots Sold 81.32% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 850,230.00
Unsold Lots 68 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 121.81%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
313 LA FONTAINE (Jean de). OUDRY, Jean-Baptiste.

Fables choisies mises en vers.

1755-1759. EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 58,130.00
212 SIMENON Georges (1903-1989)

MANUSCRIT autograph signed "Georges Simenon", La Mort de Belle, 1951

1951 EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 50,700.00
319 LEDOUX, Claude-Nicolas.

L'Architecture consideree sous le rapport de l'art, des moeurs et de la legislation...Tome premier.

1804 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 41,070.00
79 MONET Claude (1840-1926)

L.A.S. "Claude Monet", [EtrEtat, December 1868], to Frederic BAZILLE

EUR 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 39,000.00
308

Book of Hours, usage de Rome, illuminated by a disciple of the Master of Jacques de Besancon

ca. 1480-1500. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 37,700.00
275 BLAEU.

The Theatre of the World or New Atlas, Illuminated Guillaume & Iean Blaeu.

1644 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 34,119.00
273 [BERAIN, Jean].

[Carrousel des galans Maures de Grenade entrepris par monseigneur le Dauphin a Versailles].

1685]. EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 32,856.00
309

Book of Hours, for unidentified use

circa. 1450-1480 EUR 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 31,850.00
354 RIGAUD, Jacques.

Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, chateaux et maisons royales de Paris et ses environs, dessinees d'apres Nature et gravees par J. Rigaud...]

s.d. (between 1755 and 1820). EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 31,592.00
283

(PREMIER) LIVRE DE CHASSES DE CERFS qui ont ete faites depuis l'annee 1722 jusqu'a la fin de l'annee 1731... [and] Second livre de chasses de cerfs qui ont ete faites depuis l'annee 1732 jusqu'a la fin de l'annee 1736...

1732-1737. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 28,433.00
346 PYNE, William Henry. [DUCHESSE DE BERRY].

The History of The Royal Residences of Windsor Castle,St. Jame's Palace, Carlton House... .

1819 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 24,642.00
392 FOUJITA. HERON DE VILLEFOSSE, Rene.

La Riviere enchantee.

1951 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 24,010.00
239 DUNANT Henri (1828-1910)

13 L.A.S. "J.H. Dunant" or "H. Dunant", 2 L.A. and 3 P.A., 1896-1900, to Miss Nadine KOLATSCHEVSKAIA in Bern

1896-1900 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 23,400.00
397

MICHELIN GUIDE. Complimentary for drivers. 1900 edition.

EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 21,482.00
264 RUSSIA. TATIANA NICOLAYEVNA (1897-1918), Grand Duchess of Russia, daughter of Nicholas II.

L.A.S. "Tatiana", Tobolsk, Governor's House, October 2, 1917, to Zenaide Sergievna

1917 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 13,000.00
226 EINSTEIN Albert (1879-1955)

L.A.S. "A. Einstein", Berlin November 24, 1917, to Edouard GUILLAUME in Bern (Switzerland)

1917 EUR 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 12,350.00
353

[PAINTED BINDING]. PAINTED AND DECORATED ITALIAN MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM.

17th century. EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 11,700.00
361 SADE, Donatien Alphonse Francois, marquis de (1740-1814)

Justine ou les malheurs de la vertu.

1791 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 10,741.00
272

[ATLAS OF FRANCE].

Ca 1760. EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 10,109.00
335 MONTAIGNE, Michel EYQUEM de.

Essays by Michel Seigneur de Montaigne. Cinquieme edition augmentee d'un troisieme livre et de six cens additions aux deux premiers.

-1588 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,109.00
211 SIMENON Georges (1903-1989)

TAPUSCRIT with autograph CORRECTIONS,Maigret en meuble, 1941

1941 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,750.00
285 CLAUDIAN.CL.

Claudiani Quae exstant. Nic. Heinsius Dan. Fil. Recensuit ac notas addidit, post primam editionem altera fere parte nunc auctiores. Accedunt selecta variorum commentaria, accurante C. S. M. D.

1665 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 9,477.00
116 MAHLER Gustav (1860-1911)

L.A.S. "Gustav Mahler", [Hamburg ca. 1892-1897], to Sir Augustus HARRIS

ca. 1892-1897] EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 9,100.00
277 BOTTARI, Giovanni Gaetano.

Musei Capitolini tomus [...] cum animadversionibus italice primum nunc latine editis.

1750-1755. EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 8,845.00
367 VERNET, Carle and Horace. LEVACHEZ.

Recueil de Chevaux de tous genres dessines par Carle et Horace Vernet et graves par Levachez.

1807 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,845.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.