Catawiki B. V.: French Literature and Illustrated
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | French Literature and Illustrated | Total Sales (EUR) | 13,147.58 |
| Auction Date | August 31, 2025 - August 31, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 18,125.00 |
| Sale Number | #83125c | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 21,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 70 | ||
| Sold Lots | 25.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 81,725.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 35.71% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 94,025.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 45 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 13.98% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97002742 | Dante / Salvador Dali | La Divine Comedie |
1963 | EUR 3,100.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 1,526.00 |
| 96460729 | Cervantes / Henry Lemarie | Don Quichotte [1 /20 de tete complet des 8 aquarelles originales, 8 dessins originaux, suites, |
1960 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,335.25 |
| 96452000 | Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac / Bernard Buffet | Voyages fantastiques aux etats et empires de la lune et du soleil |
1958 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 97252367 | Maurice Rollinat / Lobel-Riche | Les Luxures, extrait des << Nevroses >> [1/160 velin ; suite avec remarques] |
1929 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 97235873 | Robida / Rabelais | OEuvres [cartonnages polychromes] |
1890 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 763.00 |
| 97234642 | Jose-Maria de Heredia / Rochegrosse | Les Trophees [reliure maroquin de Klein ; 1/100 sur Grand Japon avec suite] |
1914 | EUR 750.00 - 850.00 | EUR 741.20 |
| 96452049 | Virgile / Dunoyer de Segonzac | Les Georgiques |
1947 | EUR 750.00 - 850.00 | EUR 686.70 |
| 96987904 | Pierre Louys / Marie Laurencin | Dialogue sur la danse |
1949 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 675.80 |
| 97399409 | Signe; Henry Chapront, J.-K. Huysmans | La-bas. 18 gravures de Henry Chapront [1/75; Reliure signee J. Van West] |
1912 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 626.75 |
| 97400136 | Angelo Mariani / Paul Arene, Lunel, Lebegue, Robida, e.a. | Contes a Mariani [1/50 sur Japon] |
1912 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 566.80 |
| 97244197 | Signe ; Sacha Guitry | Des connus et des inconnus [double envoi autographe signe de Guitry --- rarissime] |
1903 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 97400466 | Anatole France / Bernard Naudin | Ce que disent nos morts [Reliure mosaiquee de Dombrowski] |
1916 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 96944330 | Signe ; Jean de Tinan / Edouard Chimot | La Petite Jeanne pale suivi de La Petite Sirene du Pont des Arts [1/15 sur Japon imperial] |
1922 | EUR 850.00 - 950.00 | EUR 490.50 |
| 97359670 | Signe ; Paul Eluard | Capitale de la douleur [long envoi autographe signe de 2 pages de l'auteur] |
1926 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 479.60 |
| 97015625 | Henri de Regnier / Louis Icart | Contes a soi-meme : Le sixieme mariage de Barbe-Bleue |
1938 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 410.93 |
| 97267755 | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Les Confessions |
1790/1786 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 316.10 |
| 97321011 | RIP [Georges Gabriel Thenon] / Paul Colin | Cocktails de Paris [EO illustrations Art deco par Paul Colin] |
1929 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 292.12 |
| 97303792 | Honore de Balzac / Houssiaux / Daumier, Tony Johannot, Gavarni, Monnier, Bertall, Nanteuil | Les OEuvres de Balzac : La comedie humaine / Theatre / Contes drolatiques - 1870/1877 |
1870 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 272.50 |
| 97378600 | Alphonse Daudet | Tartarin de Tarascon [reliure signee Michel & Fouque] |
1887 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 245.25 |
| 97019385 | Dr. J.C. Mardrus | Le livre des mille nuits et une nuit |
1920 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 241.98 |
| 97226294 | Louis Sebastien Mercier | L'an deux mille quatre cent quarante. Reve s'il en fut jamais suivi de l'homme de fer, songe |
1802/1801 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 221.27 |
| 93172332 | Pierre-Augustin Guys | Voyage Litteraire de la Grece, ou Lettres sur les Grecs Anciens et Modernes. Avec un Parallele de .. |
1771 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 209.28 |
| 97319913 | [Nouvelle Vague] Jaques Rivette / Jean Gruault | [unica] La Cite / tapuscrit du scenario pre-original du film Paris nous appartient |
1956 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 92.65 |
| 97089733 | Galerie Dramatique ou Acteurs et Actrices celebres qui se sont illustres sur les trois grands |
1809 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 80.66 | |
| 94222219 | Auguste Roussel de Mery | Gros-Jean, poeme en six chants [Pamphlet anticlericale; edition originale] |
1864 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 39.24 |
![<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.")
