• Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.

Beaussant Lefevre: Letters, Books and Manuscripts, 120736, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date
December 15, 2021 - December 15, 2021
Page Size: 83 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 AGOULT (Marie de Flavigny, comtesse d ).

Lettre autographe signée [au patriote italien Giuseppe Mazzini].

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
2

Album amicorum. Il comprend des citations musicales autographes signées de plusieurs compositeurs : Louis Diémer, Théodore Dubois, Jules Massenet, Anton Rubinstein, Camille Saint-Saëns, Ambroise Thomas, Charles-Marie Widor.

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
3 BIZET (Georges).

4 lettres autographes signées [à l éditeur musical Antoine de Choudens].

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
4 BOULENGER (Jacques).

Manuscrits autographes, Notes préparatoires à deux de ses ouvrages, Ondine Valmore, consacré à cette femme de lettres, fille de la poétesse Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

1909 EUR 10.00 - 20.00 Unknown
5 CHAMPAGNY (Jean-Baptiste Nompère de).

Recueil en copie manuscrite de l'époque, de ses courriers adressés en qualité de ministre des Relations extérieures à Armand-Louis-Augustin de Caulaincourt, alors ambassadeur de France à Saint-Pétersbourg.

1807-1811. EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
6 CHERONNET-CHAMPOLLION (André).

Recueil d'environ 50 pièces.

1893-1915 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
7 COCTEAU (Jean).

Manuscrit autographe signé.

1956 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
8 CONDORCET (Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de).

3 lettres autographes à l'astronome et mathématicien Paolo Frisi.

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
9

CUBA. Ensemble d'environ 30 lettres et pièces, en espagnol et en français.

1853-1859 et s.d. EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
10 DAUDET (Ernest).

Manuscrit autographe signé de son roman La Carmélite.

Petites-Dalles (Seine-Maritime)-Paris 1882-1883 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
11 DELESSERT (famille).

Ensemble de 23 lettres et pièces, dont 19 manuscrites et 4 imprimées, provenant des papiers de François Delessert, de son épouse Sophie Gautier, …

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
12 DUROC (Géraud-Christophe Michel).

Lettre autographe signée « D. de frioul », à un cousin Brion.

Compiègne 1810 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
13

ENFANTINA. MANUSCRIT PEDAGOGIQUE.

Vers 1850. EUR 20.00 - 50.00 Unknown
14

ESOTERISME. Manuscrit en allemand, intitulé « LoBkunst mit den Würfeln, der heiligen Altvätter, Propheten und Apostolen, deB Alten und Neuen Testaments »

Vers 1700. EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
15 FLORIAN (Jean-Pierre Claris de).

Ensemble de 3 pièces autographes signées. Poème autographe signé de son paraphe, avec musique notée, intitulé « Romance adressée à madame de Pioger »

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
16

FOREZ. 2 actes manuscrits sur rouleaux de parchemin,

xve-xvie siècles. EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
17 FRANC-MACONNERIE

FRANC-MACONNERIE LOGE HENRI IV ET LES AMIS REUNIS à l'Orient de Courtenay [Loiret].

Courtenay 1825 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
18 GENESTET DE PLANHOL (Armand-François-Marie).

Manuscrit intitulé « Généalogie de la famille Genestet de Planhol ».

Fin du XIXe siècle. EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
19 GOUNOD (Charles).

Correspondance de 24 lettres (23 autographes signées, une autographe), dont 3 au crayon, adressées à l'éditeur Choudens.

1864-1868 et s.d. EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
20 LA FAYETTE (Gilbert Du Motier de) et Jean-Sylvain Bailly.

LA FAYETTE (Gilbert Du Motier de) et Jean-Sylvain Bailly. Pièce signée conjointement, le premier en qualité de commandant-général de la Garde-Nationale parisienne et le second en qualité de maire de Paris.

Paris 1789 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
21 LOUVET DE COUVRAY (Jean-Baptiste).

3 lettres, soit une autographe signée et 2 autographes, à mademoiselle Mestais. Ecrivain, libraire et homme politique, Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray (1760-1797)

1787-1790 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
22 Marguerite de Valois.

Marguerite de Valois. Pièce autographe signée « Marguerite ».

Paris 1614 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
23 [Marie-Antoinette (future reine)].

[Marie-Antoinette (future reine)]. 2 lettres. Duras (Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort, duc de). Lettre signée avec 2 lignes autographes en qualité de directeur de la Comédie-Française, adressée à une dame de la Cour.

Versailles 1775 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
24 MATHIEU (Georges).

2 lettres autographes signées à l'architecte Albert Laprade.

Paris 1975 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
25

MOYEN AGE et divers. Ensemble de pièces manuscrites et imprimées.

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
  • Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
  • ALDE
    Bibliothèque médicale Arthur Tatossian
    December 11, 2024
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE
    Bibliothèque médicale Arthur Tatossian
    December 11, 2024
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE
    Bibliothèque médicale Arthur Tatossian
    December 11, 2024
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE
    Bibliothèque médicale Arthur Tatossian
    December 11, 2024
    ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
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