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Auction Name	Antiquarian and Modern Books	Total Sales (EUR)	356,001.00
Auction Date	November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	196,750.00
Sale Number	#169884	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	275,420.00
Total Lots	216
Sold Lots	152.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	257,100.00
% of Lots Sold	70.37%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	361,370.00
Unsold Lots	64	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	98.51%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
75	GARNIER (Francis).	Voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine effectue pendant les annees 1866, 1867 et 1868 par une commission francaise presidee par M. le capitaine de fregate Doudart de Lagree.	1873	EUR 22,000.00 - 28,000.00	EUR 36,016.00
23		From a manuscript of the Gospels.	early 17th century [1615].	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 20,800.00
12		Saint John the Baptist	circa 1440-1450.	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 18,200.00
78	KIPLING (Rudyard).	The Jungle book. - The Second Jungle book.	1894-1895	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 17,060.00
56	[RAPHAEL].	Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano. - Seconda parte delle logge du Rafaele nel Vaticano che contiene XIII volte ed il loro respettivi quadri. - Terza ed ultima parte delle logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano, che contiene il compimento degli ornati, e de' Bassirili	1772-1776-1777	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 13,269.00
187	BONNARD (Pierre) - VERLAINE (Paul).	Parallelement.	1900	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 11,373.00
22		Leaf from a Gospel Book manuscript. Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. Inscription in Armenian (in lowercase "bolorgir") above the miniature.		EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 10,140.00
34	COLONNA (Francesco).	Hypnerotomachie, ou Discours du songe de Poliphile, Deduisant comme Amour le combat a l'occasion de Polia. Soubz la fiction de quoy l'aucteur monstrant que toutes choses terrestres ne sont que vanite, tracte de plusieurs matieres profitables, & dignes de	1561	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 9,478.00
50	MARILLIER (Clement-Pierre).	[Suite de dessins et gravures de Marillier pour les oeuvres de l'abbe Prevost].	[1783-1784]	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 7,582.00
105	SAINT-EXUPERY (Antoine de).	Terre des hommes.	[1939]	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 7,582.00
108	SEGALEN (Victor).	Epreuves corrigees de son livre Peintures.	1916	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,329.00
191	CHAGALL (Marc) - SORLIER (Charles)	Chagall lithographe. 1969-1973. Catalog and notes Charles Sorlier, Fernand Mourlot.	[1974]	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 7,329.00
45	JANSSONIUS (Johannes).	Theatrum universae Galliae, Continent Exactissimam Ducatuum, Comitatuum, Principatuum, & Provinciarum descriptionem Geographicam.	1631	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 6,318.00
31	BADE (Josse).	Navis stultifera a domino Sebastiano Brant primu(m) edificata : & lepidissimis teutonice lingue rithmis decorata : Deinde ab Jacobo Lochero philomuso latinitate donata : et demu(m) ab Jodoco Badio Ascensio vario carminu(m) genere no sine eorundem familiar	1507	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 6,066.00
208	MEHEUT (Mathurin) - COLETTE.	Regarde...	[1929]	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 5,434.00
213	SANYU - T'AO TS'IEN.	The poems of T'ao Ts'ien. Translated from the Chinese by Liang Tsong Tai. Preface by Paul Valery.	1930	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 4,802.00
91	ALBERT Ier (Prince of Monaco)	La Carriere d'un navigateur.	1902	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 4,423.00
211	MONDRIAN (Piet)	[Album of 12 color serigraphs]	1957	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,917.00
44	[INCUNABLE] - AUGUSTIN (Saint).	Aurelii Augustini opuscula plurima.	1489	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,791.00
54	PASCAL (Blaise).	Pensees de M. Pascal Sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets, Qui ont est trouve apres sa mort parmy ses papiers.	1670	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,791.00
38	DIDEROT (Denis) - ALEMBERT (D').	Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, par une societe de gens de lettres. New edition.	1777-1779	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,159.00
172	CHOPIN (Henri).	OU. Cinquieme saison. Journal of evolutionary poetry.	[1964-1974]	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,159.00
186	[ALECHINSKY (Pierre)] - CIORAN (Emil).	Vacillations.	1979]	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,159.00
215	VAN VELDE (Bram) - JULIET (Charles).	Au long de la spirale.	[[1975]	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,919.00
55	PALATINO (Giovanni Battista).	Libro di M. Giovam Battista Palatino cittadino romano, Nelqual s'insegna a Scriuer ogni sorte lettera, Antica, & Moderna, di qualunque natione, con le sue, regole, & misure, & essempi: et con vn breve, et vtil discorso de le cifre: Riueduto nuouamente, &	1561]	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,780.00

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.
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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