Artcurial: Books, Manuscripts and Engravings
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books, Manuscripts and Engravings | Total Sales (EUR) | 302,121.00 |
| Auction Date | September 30, 2025 - September 30, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 150,150.00 |
| Sale Number | #6319 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 223,250.00 |
| Total Lots | 237 | ||
| Sold Lots | 115.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 270,600.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 48.52% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 397,750.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 122 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 75.96% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 219 | Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) - Paul ELUARD (1895-1952) | PICASSO].-- - ELUARD (Paul) A Pablo Picasso. [Orne de 8 dessins originaux]. |
1945] | EUR 35,000.00 - 55,000.00 | EUR 81,344.00 |
| 107 | [SAINT-GRAAL] | [SAINT-GRAAL] Cest lhystoire du Sainct Greall. Qui est le premier livre de la Table ronde. |
24 octobre 1523 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 44,601.00 |
| 104 | PULCI (Luigi)] | PULCI (Luigi)] Sensuyt lhystoyre de Morgat le geat leq[ue]l avec ces freres thsecutoyent souvent les chresties et serviteurs de Dieu. |
[vers 1536] | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 12,106.00 |
| 182 | [BACON et autres].-- BATACHE (Eddy) | [BACON et autres].-- BATACHE (Eddy) La Mysticite charnelle de Rene Crevel. |
1976 | EUR 8,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 11,469.00 |
| 92 | COMMYNES (Philippe de) | COMMYNES (Philippe de) Croniques du Roy Charles huytiesme de ce no. |
25 septembre 1528 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 6,372.00 |
| 93 | COUPERIN (Francois) | COUPERIN (Francois) L'Art de toucher le clavecin. |
1717 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 5,734.00 |
| 200 | [HOCKNEY].-- CAVAFY (Constantine P.) | [HOCKNEY].-- CAVAFY (Constantine P.) Fourteen Poems by C.P. Cavafy. |
1967 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,097.00 |
| 72 | ROUAULT (Georges) | ROUAULT (Georges) Lettre autographe signee a Andre Suarez. |
EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 4,986.00 | |
| 118 | BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules) | BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules) Une vieille maitresse. |
1851 | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,460.00 |
| 190 | Eduardo CHILLIDA | [CHILLIDA].-- ULLAN (Jose-Miguel) Adoracion. |
1977 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,460.00 |
| 213 | [MATISSE].-- VERVE | [MATISSE].-- VERVE VERVE. Vol. IX, ndeg 35 et 36. Dernieres oeuvres de Matisse (1950-1954). |
1958 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,460.00 |
| 33 | GAINSBOURG (Serge) | GAINSBOURG (Serge) Manuscrit musical autographe pour Je vous aime. |
1980] | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,936.00 |
| 69 | PROUST (Marcel) | PROUST (Marcel) Lettre autographe signee a [Julia Daudet]. |
[vers le debut de mars 1904] | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,936.00 |
| 79 | VOLTAIRE (Francois-Marie Arouet, dit) | VOLTAIRE (Francois-Marie Arouet, dit) Lettre autographe signee << V >>, [au tragedien Henri-Louis Cain, dit LEKAIN]. |
[Circa juillet 1755] | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,936.00 |
| 193 | [DERAIN].-- DALIZE (Rene), APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume), SALMON (Andre) | [DERAIN].-- DALIZE (Rene), APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume), SALMON (Andre) Ballade du pauvre Macchabe mal enterre. |
[1919] | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,823.00 |
| 230 | [VAN DONGEN] .-- MARDRUS [(Joseph-Charles)] | [VAN DONGEN] .-- MARDRUS [(Joseph-Charles)] Hassan Badreddine el Bassaraoui. Conte des 1001 nuits. |
1918 | EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,568.00 |
| 229 | [TOULOUSE LAUTREC].-- CLEMENCEAU (Georges) | [TOULOUSE LAUTREC].-- CLEMENCEAU (Georges) Au pied du Sinai. |
[1900] | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,676.00 |
| 9 | CAMUS (Albert) | CAMUS (Albert) Lettre autographe signee sur Rene Char. |
s. d | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,624.00 |
| 192 | DENIS (Maurice) | DENIS (Maurice) Carnets de voyage en Italie. 1921-1922. |
1925 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,624.00 |
| 95 | DEMONS (Jean) | DEMONS (Jean) La Demonstration de la quatrieme partie de rien et quelquechose et tout. |
1594 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 2,549.00 |
| 51 | Karl LAGERFELD | LAGERFELD (Karl) Dessin original pour la Maison Chloe. |
EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,493.00 | |
| 181 | [ARTISTES DIVERS] | [ARTISTES DIVERS] Paroles peintes V. |
1975 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,421.00 |
| 58 | LISZT (Franz) | LISZT (Franz) Lettre autographe signee a sa cousine Henriette von Liszt, au lac de Constance. |
28 aout 1885 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,230.00 |
| 98 | GUICHARD (Claude) | GUICHARD (Claude) Funerailles, & diverses manieres d'ensevelir des Rommains, Grecs, & autrees nations, tant anciennes que modernes. |
1581 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,039.00 |
| 105 | [RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme)] | [RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme)] La decouverte australe par un homme volant, ou Le dedale francais |
1781 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,039.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
