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Auction Name
French Literature and Illustrated Auction
Auction Date
12/05/2025 - 12/05/2025
Sale Number
#120525a
Total Lots
31
Sold Lots
8.0
Lots Sold
25.81%
Unsold Lots
23
Total Sales (EUR)
15,523.80
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
23,100.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
26,900.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
43,525.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
51,575.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
30.10%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99147851 Charles Baudelaire

Les Fleurs du Mal [rarissime edition originale --- 1/230 ampute par Poulet-Malassis 1ere emission]

1857 EUR 17,000.00 - 19,000.00 EUR 10,900.00
99402622 Daniel de FOE / Pierre FALKE

Robinson Crusoe [enrichi de 3 grandes aquarelles originales signees ]

1926 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 1,308.00
99290022 Cervantes / Louis Viardot [Trad.] / Tony Johannot

L'Ingenieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche [Reliure signee Ch. de Samblanx]

1836/1840 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 839.30
99290026 Cervantes / Edouard Chimot

La Gitanella [1/27 sur Arches avec dessin original signe + suite]

1948 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 607.13
99399684 Antonin Artaud / Wifredo Lam

Le Theatre et les Dieux

1966 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 512.30
99350047 Andre Breton, Rene Char, Eluard, E.L.T. Mesens

Violette Nozieres [illustre par Man Ray, Dali, Ernst, Magritte, Arp.]

1933 EUR 450.00 - 500.00 EUR 501.40
99217611 Leon Spilliaert / Franz Hellens

La femme au prisme [exemplaire unique] [epreuves corrigees avant publication]

1920 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 430.55
98906918 Voltaire

OEuvres completes de Voltaire

1817 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 425.10
99402073 Henri FOCILLON / Charles JOUAS

Meandres. La Seine de Paris a Rouen [enrichi de 5 dessins originaux signes, reliure signee]

1938 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 Not Sold
99402362 Roger MARX / Auguste LEPERE

Nantes en dix-neuf cent [exemplaire relie par Carayon]

1900 EUR 850.00 - 950.00 Not Sold
99320031 Camille Mauclair; H. Cassiers

Le Charme de Bruges [1/31 de tete sur Japon Imperial avec suites - reliure signee]

1928 EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
99318911 Emile Verhaeren / Franck Brangwyn

Les Villes Tentaculaires [rarissime tirage sur Chine]

1919 EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
99310756 Signe, Adolphe Willette / Felix Decori, Eugene Carriere

Feu Pierrot. 1857-19? [L.A.S & dessin original. Reliure signee Bousquet]

1919 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 Not Sold
99310732 Albert Samain

Oeuvres. Au Jardin de l'Infante, Aux Flancs du vase, Le Chariot d'Or, Contes. [Reliure signee

1912 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
99402732 Choderlos de Laclos

Les Liaisons dangereuses, ou Lettres recueillies dans une societe...

1782 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
99411414 Antoni Tapies / Shuzo Takigushi

Llambrec Material [livre d'artiste signe et numerote par Tapies]

1975 EUR 550.00 - 650.00 Not Sold
99310721 Charles Nodier / Paul Avril

Ines de Las Sierras [Reliure signee Stroobants; avec suite]

1897 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
99310714 Jean Moreas / J.B Vettiner, Les bibliophiles du papier

Les Stances [1/110; Reliure signee Huser]

1929 EUR 750.00 - 850.00 Not Sold
99310686 Flaubert / Charles Huard

Madame Bovary. Moeurs de province [reliure maroquin d'Adrien Lavaux]

1930 EUR 750.00 - 850.00 Not Sold
99290036 Diderot / Rene Lelong

Jacques le Fataliste [Reliure signee Flammarion; 1/80 sur velin d'Arches bleute avec suite]

1928 EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold

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