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Christies: From the Collection of Léon Parcé

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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
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.