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Auction Name Science and Nature Books Auction Total Sales (EUR) 6,451.71
Auction Date January 18, 2026 - January 18, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 11,250.00
Sale Number #11826c High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 13,550.00
Total Lots 33
Sold Lots 18.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 30,250.00
% of Lots Sold 54.55% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 36,850.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 17.51%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
100344093 Laplace [Reliure Signe par Hayday]

Oeuvres [La Mecanique Celeste]

1846/1843 EUR 1,700.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,070.38
100491421 Dotti

Tarocchino milanese

1865 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 926.50
100086914 Noel-Antoine Pluche / chateau de Louppy de Vassinhac d'Imecourt

Le Spectacle de la Nature, ou Entretiens sur l'Histoire naturelle. [198 planches]

1770/1764 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 488.32
100115519 Yves-Joseph De Kerguelen-Tremarec

Relation d'un voyage dans la mer du Nord, aux cotes d'Islande, du

1771 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 458.89
100115513 [Sguario, Eujsebio]

Dell'elettricismo, o sia delle forze elettriche de' corpi svelate dalla fisica sperimentale, con

1746 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 446.90
100425776 C. Richer

La Gnomonique universelle, ou la science de tracer les Cadrans(..)

1701 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 425.10
100241774 Andre Theuriet / Hector Giacomelli

Nos oiseaux [edition originale, ex. num. 1/525]

1886 EUR 450.00 - 500.00 EUR 414.20
99522997 Bohadsch

Beschreibung einiger minderbekannter Seethiere

1776 EUR 650.00 - 800.00 EUR 408.75
100540125 Daniel Taudry

New Rational Anatomy : containing an explication of the uses of the structure of the body of man...

1701 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 348.80
100107143 Charles-Nicolas Le Cat

Traite des sensations et des passions, [Suivi de] La theorie de l'ouie

1768/1767 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 248.52
100255069 Rene Descartes

Les Passions de l'ame ; Le Monde, ou Traite de la Lumiere et la Geometrie

1726 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 239.80
100448517 Ch. Jacque

Le poulailler

1861 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 192.93
100464537 H. M. Ducrotay de Blainville

Manuel de Malacologie et de Conchyliologie

1825/1827 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 179.85
100440942 Charles Naudin, J. Rothschild

Les Plantes. Feuillage colore

1874 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 163.50
100440554 Hippolyte Jamain / Eugene Forney

Les Roses

1874 EUR 450.00 - 500.00 EUR 126.44
100471316 Lazzaro Spallanzani

Nouvelles recherches sur les decouvertes microscopiques, et la generation des corps organises.

1769 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 111.18
100492277 A. A. V. V.

Miscellanea di 10 Opere sulle Acque di Montecatini-Terme

1855/1832 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 109.00
100107192 Manilius Marcus & Richard Bentley

M. Manilii Astronomicon

1767 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 92.65
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    Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.
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