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Rossini: Interiors & Clasic Collections - Paintings, Works of Art, Asia, Weapons & Militaria, Instruments, Books & Manuscripts

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Auction Name	Interiors & Clasic Collections - Paintings, Works of Art, Asia, Weapons & Militaria, Instruments, Books & Manuscripts	Total Sales (EUR)	10,056.48
Auction Date	December 15, 2025 - December 15, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	7,617.00
Sale Number	#173448	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	12,600.00
Total Lots	87
Sold Lots	30.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	31,857.00
% of Lots Sold	34.48%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	50,200.00
Unsold Lots	57	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	20.03%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
239		Very fine FRANCE collection, classic and semi-modern. All important stamps are certified and appraised. From origins to 2011.		EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 3,690.00
240		Very fine FRANCE collection, classic and semi-modern. All important stamps are certified and appraised. From origins to 2011.		EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,583.00
174	Napoleon, marquis then 3rd duke of BASSANO (1844-1906) son of the preceding.	6 L.A.S., 1872-1880, to his friend Ernest Theroulde;	1872-1880,	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 885.60
187		Lot of history and geography books including :		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 270.60
230	MARGERIT (Robert).	Pretextes.	1951	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 227.55
169	After Paul Couche fils by Bance aine	Vue de Paris prise du bas de Passy (View of Paris from below Passy)		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 209.10
183	PAGES Pierre-Marie-Francois, vicomte de	Voyages Autour du Monde, et vers les deux Poles, par terre et par mer, Pendant les Annees 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1774 & 1776.	1782	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 209.10
179	GUSTAVE EIFFEL, two works	Nouvelles recherches sur la resistance de l'air et de l'aviation faites au laboratoire d'Auteuil (New research on air resistance and aviation carried out at the Auteuil laboratory)		EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 190.65
241		A nine-volume box and two pockets, mainly Channel Islands (JERSEY/ GUERNESEY / MAN), and stamps in Bulk from all over the world.		EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 178.35
171	Pierre-Louis MANUEL (1751-1793)	Public Prosecutor of the Paris Commune. L.S., Paris March 5, 1792, to PALLOY, "entrepreneur des demolitions de la Bastille";	1792	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 172.20
188		Set of minuscules including:		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 172.20
204		Heures nouvelles, dedicated to Madame la Dauphine.	1690	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 129.15
246		Suite of 4 "Carte particuliere des cotes de France" (Special map of the coasts of France)		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 123.00
184	GIRAUDOUX (Jean).	Sodome et Gomorrhe.	1945	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 116.85
242		1 thematic collection Birds and Animals of the World presented in 2 MOC volumes Very fine quality		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 116.85
165	Stefano Mulinari (1741-1790)	Set of five engravings, all signed "Mulinari inci", etchings on paper, comprising: - Da Bagnacavallo (1484-1542) - Two female figures moving away to the left;...		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 110.70
176	NADAR	Letters and letter cards, a copy of the Salon des humoristes organized by the newspaper "Le Rire", at the Palais de glace, 1909 and a photograph	1909	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 110.70
301		Lot of 8 pieces including: A 19th-century portrait of a man, oil on canvas signed and dated lower right Geneve (?) 1847 -An oil on panel, the canoe, signed and dated Champard (?) 97 -Six framed pieces Japan/China, largest frame: 36 x 46.5 cm		EUR 1.00 - 100.00	EUR 98.40
181		Madame de Genlis, arabesques mythologiques ou les attributs de toutes les divinites de la femme.	1810	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 61.50
182	D'ANDILLY ARNAULT	History of the Jews written by Flavius Joseph. Paris, Cailleau, Chardon, Gissey, Bordelet et Henry, 1773. 4 vols. in 12, spine ribbed and decorated.		EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 61.50
200	VOITURE Vincent de.	Les OEuvres de Monsieur de Voiture.	1691	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 61.50
290	Adachi GINKO	Collection of Japanese prints, probably from the Nihongi story.		EUR 30.00 - 50.00	EUR 54.12
207	GUIGNARD & VILLON (Francois).	Les Escripts de Francois Villon enlumines et calligraphies par Guignard.	1974	EUR 20.00 - 40.00	EUR 41.82
166	After Jacques CALLOT (1592 - 1635)	The Fan. Copy etching, cut to the subject and glued. Slightly yellowed, foxing.		EUR 30.00 - 60.00	EUR 39.36
186		L'autographe, collection of issues 1 to 47 of the eponymous bi-monthly publication for the year 1854.		EUR 30.00 - 50.00	EUR 36.90

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000