Christies: From the Collection of Léon Parcé
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | From the Collection of Léon Parcé | Total Sales (EUR) | 2,262,822.00 |
| Auction Date | November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 646,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #24211 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 935,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 97 | ||
| Sold Lots | 87.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 2,661,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.69% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 3,958,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 10 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 57.17% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) | Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. |
1687 | EUR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | EUR 825,500.00 |
| 78 | PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662) | Pensees de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets. |
1670 [1669]. | EUR 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | EUR 279,400.00 |
| 31 | GALILEO GALILEI (1564-1642) | Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno a due nuove scienze attenenti alla mecanica & i movimenti locali. |
1638 | EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | EUR 139,700.00 |
| 21 | DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650) | Principia philosophiae. [Relie avec, du meme :] Specimina Philosophiae seu dissertatio de methodo... |
1644 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 120,650.00 |
| 30 | FERMAT, Pierre de (1601-1665) | Varia opera matematica. |
1679 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 82,550.00 |
| 11 | CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616) | El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. |
1607 | EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | EUR 76,200.00 |
| 58 | MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-1592) | Essais. |
1582 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 57,150.00 |
| 41 | HUYGENS, Christiaan (1629-1695) | Traite de la lumiere... |
1690 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 48,260.00 |
| 40 | [HOLBEIN, Hans dit le Jeune (1497-1543)] | Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort, autant elegamme[n]t pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginees. |
1538 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 40,640.00 |
| 79 | PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662) | Pensees de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets. |
1670 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 40,640.00 |
| 71 | NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) et Emilie DU CHATELET, trad. (1706-1749) | Principes mathematiques de la philosophie naturelle. |
1759 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 38,100.00 |
| 59 | MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-1592) | Les Essais. |
1595 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 33,020.00 |
| 65 | [MONTESQUIEU, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de (1689-1755)] | De l'Esprit des loix. |
[1748]. | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 25,400.00 |
| 1 | APIANUS, Petrus, Peter von Bennewitz, dit (1495-1552) et Gemma FRISIUS (1508-1555). | Cosmographia. |
1550 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 24,130.00 |
| 23 | DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650) | Les Meditations metaphysiques touchant la premiere philosophie. |
1647 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 21,590.00 |
| 36 | GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828) | [Los Caprichos. |
1855 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 20,320.00 |
| 37 | GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828) | Coleccion de las diferentes suertes y actitudes del arte de lidiar los toros. |
1855 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 20,320.00 |
| 46 | LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) | Fables choisies mises en vers. |
1765-1775. | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 19,050.00 |
| 76 | [PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662)] | Les Provinciales ou Les Lettres escrites par Louis de Montalte a un provincial de ses amis & aux RR. PP. Jesuites sur le sujet de la Morale, & de la Politique de ces Peres. |
1657 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 17,780.00 |
| 42 | KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630) | De Cometis libelli tres I. astronomicus, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ubi demonstratio apparentiarum et altitudinis cometarum qui annis 1607 et 1618 conspecti sunt... II. physicus continens physiologiam cometarum... III. astrologicus de signific |
1619-1620. | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 15,240.00 |
| 75 | [PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662)] | [Les Provinciales, ou les lettres escrites par Louis de Montalte, a un provincial de ses amis, & aux RR. PP. Jesuites sur le sujet de la Morale, & de la Politique de ces Peres. |
1657.] | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 15,240.00 |
| 13 | CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616) | Novelas exemplares. |
1614 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 12,065.00 |
| 5 | [BIBLE INCUNABLE] | Biblia Latina. |
1479 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 10,795.00 |
| 39 | HEURES IMPRIMEES | [HORAE Beatae Mariae Virginis.] Ad usum Romane curie. |
vers 1488-1492 (almanach pour 1488-1508)]. | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 10,795.00 |
| 7 | BOCCACE (1313-1375) | Genealogiae deorum. De montibus, silvis, fontibus, lacubus, fluminibus, stagnis seu paludibus, de nominibus maris. |
23 fevrier 1494/95. | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 10,160.00 |
![<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.")
