• Sotheby’s, June 26: Poe, Edgar Allan. Tamerlane — the most poignant rarity in American literature. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: The Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." 2,500,000 - 5,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: William Blake. “Poems with very wild and interesting pictures” 1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Thomas Taylor [artist]. The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
  • Finarte, July 4-5: FERMI, ENRICO. Letters, 1923. €30,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. The comedy, 1477. €45,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. The Comedy [Commentary by Christophorus Landinus]. Addition: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in Latin and Italian], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ASTRONOMIA - CALENDARIO - REGIOMONTANUS, JOHANNES (MÜLLER, JOHANN, OF KÖNIGSBERG) Kalendarium, 1483. €5,000 to €7,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: CATERINA II DI RUSSIA, Parchment diploma granted by Catherine II of Russia, 1778. €15,000 to €20,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: VICO, GIAMBATTISTA New Science Principles, 1725.
  • Bonhams, June 25: Vesalius, Andreas. 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. $200,000 - $300,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Gersdorff, Hans Von. 1455-1529. Feldtbuch der wundartzney. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Pare, Ambroise. C.1509-1590. La Methode Curative des Playes, et Fractures de la Teste humaine. Avec les pourtraits des Instruments necessaires pour la curation d'icelles. $25,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Reisch, Gregor. 1470-1525. Margarita Philosophica. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bright, Richard. 1789-1858. Reports of Medical Cases, Selected with a View of Illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a Reference to Morbid Anatomy. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Berengario da Carpi, Giacomo. C. 1460-1530. Tractatus de fractura calve sive cranei. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Vicq D'Azyr, Felix. 1748-1794. Traite d'antomie et de physiologie. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Croce, Giovanni Andrea Della. 1509?-1775. Chirurgia libri septem... $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bruno Da Longburgo. 1200-1286. La cyrogia di Maistro Bruno: Expertissimo in quella. Tradutta in vulgare. $8,000 - $12,000
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    Bonhams, June 25: Cowper, William. 1666-1709. The Anatomy of Humane Bodies, with Figures Drawn after the Life… $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bidloo, Govard. 1649-1713. Anatomia humani corporis, centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiossis. G. de Lairesse ad vivum delineatis. $6,000 - $9,000
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    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Audubon Birds of America, 1st Octavo Edition; 5 vols plus Journals, ex. J.J. Pringle. $4,000 to $4,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: American Ornithology Plates Folio in 2 Vols, A. Wilson and C. Bonaparte. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 23 CP Railroad Photographs c. 1883 by O.B. Buell. $1,800 to $2,200.
    Case Antiques
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    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Cormac McCarthy, Signed 1st Editions, The Passenger & Stella Maris Box Set. $1,700 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Oliver Buell Cabinet Photograph, Chief Crowfoot. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Colton's Atlas of the World, 1856, in Two Volumes; plus Africa / Mahdist War Map. $1,000 to $1,200.
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    July 6-7, 2024
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    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Thomas Lewis Family Letter Archive; Boston, Massachusetts. $400 to $500.

Tajan: Old Books, Manuscripts, Drawings and Paintings, IT20, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 11, 2022 - February 11, 2022
Page Size: 104 items in 5 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 ABRANTÈS (Laure Permon duchesse d')

L. A. S. à un colonel.

S. l. n. d. EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
27 BERGSON (Henri) (1859-1941)

L.A.S., lettre à un éditeur au sujet d'une publication projetée

Paris 1928 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Unknown
28

Ens. 2 manuscrits anciens. - Cahier de chansons nouvelles.

XIXe s. EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
29 ALDINI (Jean)

Essai théorique et expérimental sur le Galvanisme, avec une série d'expériences

Paris 1804 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Unknown
30 ALLÉON DULAC

Mélanges d'histoire naturelle

Lyon 1765 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
31

[ALMANACHS]. Ensemble de 4 almanachs.

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
32

ARCLAIS DE MONTANY Traité des couleurs pour la peinture en émail et sur la porcelaine

Paris 1765 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
34 BALZAC (Jean Louis Guez de)

Les Œuvres diverses

Paris 1645 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
35 BASSOMPIERRE.

Mémoires du mareschal de Bassompierre contenant l'histoire de sa vie.

Cologne; Amsterdam 1692 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
36 BONIFACE VIII (Pape).

Liber sextus Decretalium D. Bonifacii Papae VIII, Clementis Papae V Constitutiones. Extravagantes tum viginti D. Joannis Papae XXII, tum communes...

Turin 1588 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
37 BONNET-BOURDELOT (Jacques)]

Histoire de la musique et de ses effets

Paris 1715 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
38 BOSSE

Traité des manières de graver en taille-douce sur l'airain par les moyen des eaux-fortes & des vernis durs & mols. D'imprimer les planches & de construire la presse.

Paris 1701 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
39 BOUTEILLER (Jean).

Somme rural ou Le Grand coustumier de practique civil et canon.

Paris 1611 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
40 BUFFON

Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière Nouvelle édition.

Paris 1769-1770 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
41 BURTY (Philippe).

F.-D. Froment-Meurice, Argentier de la ville. 1802-1855

Paris 1883 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
42 CALEPINUS (Ambrosius)

Dictionarium octolingue

Lyon 1647 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
43 CORRÉARD (Alexandre) et Henri SAVIGNY.

Naufrage de la frégate la Méduse, faisant partie de l'expédition du Sénégal en 1816…

Paris 1818 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
44 DELLA FAILLE (J. B.)

L'Idée parfaite du véritable héros formée sur les maximes des anciens et des modernes.

Amsterdam 1699-1700 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Unknown
45 DESHOULIÈRES (Antoinette).

Poésies, nouvelle édition augmentée de plusieurs ouvrages qui n'ont point encore paru.

Paris 1707-1711 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
46

Ens. de 2 livres XVIe s. de théologie. - LACTANCE. Diuinarum institutionum libri VII. De ira Dei liber I. De opificio Dei liber I. Epitome in libros suos, liber acephalos. Carmen de Phenice. Resurrectione Dominica. Passione Domini.

Lyon 1561 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
47

Ens. de 4 livres XVIe s. - SIGONIO (Carlo). De antiquo jure civium romanorum libri duo, ejusdem De Antiquo jure Italiae libri tres.

Venise 1563 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
48

Ens. de 5 livres XVIIe s. - CÉSAR. [Opera] quae extant cum selectis variorum commentariis, quorum plerique novi, opera et studio Arnoldi Montani. Accedunt Notitia Galliae et notae auctiores ex autographo Iosephi Scaligeri.

Leyde 1651 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
49

Ens. de 5 livres XVIIIe s. - [BARRAL]. Sevigniana ou Recueil de pensées ingénieuses… tirées de Lettres de Madame de Sévigné.

Grignan 1756 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
50 ERASME.

Adagiorum.

Bâle 1528 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
51 ƒ GERVAIS de LA PRISE (Jacques)

Méthode nouvelle et générale pour tracer facilement des cadrans solaires sur toutes surfaces planes, en situation quelconque, sans calcul ni embarras d’instrumens. […]. Principes et usage du comput et de l’art de vérifier les dates.

Caen 1781 EUR 10.00 - 20.00 Unknown
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Keats, John] Spenser, Edmund: The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. $50,000 - $80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: (Walton, Izaak): The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Thomas, Gabriel: An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. $25,000 - $35,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Carroll, Lewis]: The Game of Alice in Wonderland. $2,000 - $3,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Athias, Joseph, et al.: Biblia Hebraica. $7,000 - $10,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Warhol, Andy, and Jens Quistgaard] Dansk Designs Salesman's Presentation Catalogue. $2,500 - $3,500.
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