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Tessier & Sarrou and Associates: Books and Manuscripts

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 93,274.00
Auction Date October 28, 2025 - October 28, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 58,350.00
Sale Number #170428 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 81,950.00
Total Lots 280
Sold Lots 154.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 102,440.00
% of Lots Sold 55.00% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 139,850.00
Unsold Lots 126 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 66.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 DIDEROT Denis et Jean Le Rond d'ALEMBERT

Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers

1751-1780 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 16,640.00
101 CELINE Louis-Ferdinand

Voyage au bout de la nuit

1932 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 9,344.00
100 CELINE Louis-Ferdinand (Docteur Louis DESTOUCHES)

The life and work of Philippe Ignace Semmelweis

1924 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 3,840.00
88 CELINE Louis-Ferdinand

Dr. Destouches'

dated October 28, 1944 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 3,456.00
1 [ANONYMOUS]

El Cid Ruy Diaz: La chronica del muy valerolo y invencible cavallero el Cid Ruy Diaz campeador

ano de 1505 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 3,200.00
227 MONTFORT Eugene

La belle enfant ou l'amour a quarante ans

1930 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,944.00
217 LE DANOIS Edouard

Oceanic notes. Curious mainly handwritten set composed as follows: - "Les longs courriers"

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,560.00
131 CELINE Louis-Ferdinand

4 handwritten pages from one of the versions of un chateau l'autre

EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,048.00
254 SEGALEN Victor

Les immemoriaux

1948 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,920.00
103 CELINE Louis-Ferdinand

Journey to the end of the night

1934 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,792.00
135 [CELINE Louis-Ferdinand] REBATET Lucien

Moving autograph letter signed, July 3, 1961, to Roland CAILLEUX

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,280.00
102 CELINE Louis-Ferdinand

Voyage au bout de la nuit

1932 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,152.00
95 CELINE Louis-Ferdinand

Autograph letter signed "Destouches"

1942-12-16 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,024.00
251 SAINT-EXUPERY (DE COSTER Germaine)

Vol de nuit

1957 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,024.00
8 [BELLAY Joachim du]

Les oeuvres francoises de Joachim DU BELLAY gentil-homme angevin et poete excellent de ce temps

1575 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 960.00
56 THEVENOT Jean de

Voyages de Monsieur de Thevenot contenant la relation de l'Indoftan, des nouveaux Mongols et des autres peuples et pays de l'Inde

1684 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 960.00
68 BRETON Andre

Manifeste du surrealisme (soluble fish)

1924 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 960.00
32 GOBINEAU Arthur Comte de

Essay on the inequality of human races

1853-1855 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 832.00
79 CARTIER-BRESSON Henri

Images a la sauvette

1952 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 768.00
104 CELINE Louis-Ferdinand

Voyage au bout de la nuit

1949 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 768.00
110 CELINE Louis-Ferdinand

D'un chateau l'autre

1957 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 768.00
178 GEN PAUL

Autograph letter signed "GEN-PAUL dit Gegene" addressed to "mon Pote"

EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 768.00
2

[BINDING with the ARMS of FRANCE with order of the Holy Spirit] Great royal arms (Louis XIV)

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 704.00
19 CHATEAUBRIAND Vicomte Rene de

Autograph letter signed

June 24, 1834 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 704.00
258

[SURREALISM] Lot of 4 books in E.O.

1944 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 704.00
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.