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Auction Name Fine Antiquarian Books Total Sales (EUR) 529,981.00
Auction Date November 05, 2025 - November 05, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 259,660.00
Sale Number #110525 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 335,120.00
Total Lots 347
Sold Lots 258.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 358,350.00
% of Lots Sold 74.35% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 461,760.00
Unsold Lots 89 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 114.77%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
46 RABELAIS (Francois).

Le Quart livre des faicts & dictz heroiques du bon Pantagruel... Nouvellement reveu & corrige par ledict autheur, pour la deuxiesme edition.

1553 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 36,250.00
47 RAZZI (Silvano).

Vite di quattro huomini illustri : M. Farinata Uberti, Gualtieri duca d'Atene, M. Salvestro de' Medici, e Cosimo il vecchio.

1580 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 26,875.00
26 HEURES

A L'USAGE DE TROYES.

EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 18,750.00
172 LA PEROUSE (Jean-Francois Galaup de).

Voyage autour du monde, publie conformement au decret du 22 avril 1791, et redige par M. L.-A. Milet-Mureau.

1797 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 17,500.00
143 SACRE DE LOUIS XV (Le),

roy de France et de Navarre, dans l'eglise de Reims, le dimanche 25 octobre 1722.

1731]. EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
74 [LA FAYETTE (Madame de)].

La Princesse de Cleves.

1678 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
131 PIRON (Alexis).

OEuvres complettes.

1776 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 11,875.00
55 TAHUREAU (Jacques).

Les Premieres poesies de Jaques Tahureau, dediees a monseigneur le reverendissime cardinal de Guyse.

1554 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 11,000.00
40 PARE (Ambroise).

Cinq livres de chirurgie.

1572 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 10,750.00
116 LA FONTAINE (Jean de).

Fables choisies. Nouvelle edition gravee en taille-douce.

1765-1775. EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 10,625.00
223 LAPLACE (Pierre-Simon).

Theorie analytique des probabilites. Seconde partie.

1812 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 10,625.00
24 [GRINGORE (Pierre)].

Le Chasteau de labeur. Nouvellement imprime, hystorie, commente, & curieusement emende.

1526 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 10,250.00
35 LASSUS (Roland de).

Meslanges de la musique d'Orlande de Lassus, a 4. 5. 6. 8. & 10. parties.

1586 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 9,375.00
44 PLATON.

Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera.

1513 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,375.00
43 PIRO (Henricus de).

Super Institutiones.

v. 1481-1482]. EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,750.00
70 GARNIER (Claude).

Les Royales couches, ou les Naissances de Monsieur le Dauphin et de Madame.

1604 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,125.00
73 JOUSSE (Mathurin).

La Fidelle ouverture de l'art de Serrurier, ou l'on void les principaulx preceptes, desseings, et figures touchant les experiences et operations manuelles dudict art. Ensemble un petit traicte de diverses trempes.

1627 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 8,125.00
132 [PLAN DE TURGOT]. BRETEZ (Louis).

Plan de Paris commence l'annee 1734.

1739]. EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
192 BOURGERY (Jean-Marc).

Traite complet de l'anatomie de l'Homme comprenant la medecine operatoire.

1840 [1832-1854]. EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
4 APULEE.

L'Amour de Cupido et de Psiche, mere de volupte, prise des cinq & sixiesme livres de la Metamorphose de Lucius Apuleius philosophe. -- [Suivi de] : MAUGIN (Jean). Le Plaint du vaincu d'amour, avec aucuns epigrammes de divers propoz amoureux.

1546 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 7,250.00
32 JACQUES DE VORAGINE.

Lombardica historia.

1485 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,875.00
57 VIRGILE.

[Opera].

janvier 1475 (1476 n.st.)]. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
164 BUFFON (Georges-Louis Leclerc de).

Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere.

an VIII [1799]-1808. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,625.00
227 MARX (Roger) et Pierre ROCHE.

La Loie Fuller. Estampes modelees de Pierre Roche.

1904 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,625.00
28 HOLCOT (Robert).

Super Sapientiam Salomonis.

26 fevrier 1483. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,500.00
  • 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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