Catawiki B. V.: French Literature and Illustrated, 83125c, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Date: August 31, 2025 - August 31, 2025

Page Size: 70 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
97335542	Guy de Maupassant ; Almery Lobel Riche	La Maison Tellier [reliure parlante signee Charles de Samblanx / 1 des 100 sur Arches avec suite	1926	EUR 1,700.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
97335553	Alexandre Dumas / Maurice Leloir	La Dame de Monsoreau [1/100 sur Chine - reliure mosaiquee signee Kieffer]	1903	EUR 2,800.00 - 3,100.00	Not Sold
97350967	Paul Verlaine / Leonor Fini	Parallelement	1969	EUR 750.00 - 850.00	Not Sold
97356793	Signe ; Gus Bofa / Cervantes	Don Quichotte [1/12 Japon Imperial reliure Canape et Corriez signe par Gus Bofa]	1927/1926	EUR 2,800.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
97357343	Richepin / Caruchet	Les Litanies de la mer [1/50 exemplaires avec suite au trait de toutes les illustrations]	1903	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00	Not Sold
97357649	Tristan L'Hermite / Valentine Hugo	Le promenoir des deux amants [enrichi de 5 dessins preparatoires de Valentine Hugo]	1949	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,700.00	Not Sold
97358027	Frans Masereel.	Clef des songes.	1950	EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00	Not Sold
97358294	Frans Masereel / Eschyle	Promethee enchaine [1/9 de tete avec double suite sur Japon et Montval]	1946	EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00	Not Sold
97359342	Signe ; Joris-Karl Huysmans	La cathedrale. Avec lettres autographes de l'auteur.	1898	EUR 850.00 - 950.00	Not Sold
97359670	Signe ; Paul Eluard	Capitale de la douleur [long envoi autographe signe de 2 pages de l'auteur]	1926	EUR 550.00 - 650.00	EUR 479.60
97359684	Romain Gary / Mikio Watanabe	La Feminite face a la Nuit	2016	EUR 700.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
97361584	Abou'l Kasim Firdousi (Ferdowsi) - Jules Mohl	Le Livre des Rois - Shahnameh (The Book of Kings) [reliure signee Raymonde Moretti et A. Guilbaud]	1838	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
97377196	Kano Tomonobu, Kadjita Hanko et Koubota Tosui	Fables choisies par Florian. Illustrees par des artistes japonais.	1895	EUR 800.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
97378600	Alphonse Daudet	Tartarin de Tarascon [reliure signee Michel & Fouque]	1887	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 245.25
97381572	Bouasse-Lebel	Livre d'heures peau de velin enlumine main & rehauts d'or Reliure signee avec miniature peinte	1890	EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00	Not Sold
97399409	Signe; Henry Chapront, J.-K. Huysmans	La-bas. 18 gravures de Henry Chapront [1/75; Reliure signee J. Van West]	1912	EUR 550.00 - 650.00	EUR 626.75
97400136	Angelo Mariani / Paul Arene, Lunel, Lebegue, Robida, e.a.	Contes a Mariani [1/50 sur Japon]	1912	EUR 550.00 - 650.00	EUR 566.80
97400466	Anatole France / Bernard Naudin	Ce que disent nos morts [Reliure mosaiquee de Dombrowski]	1916	EUR 700.00 - 800.00	EUR 545.00
97408337	Marius Vachon & Jules Breton	Jules Breton (avec un dessin original au crayon signe)	1899	EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00	Not Sold
97408646	Claude Terrasse & Pierre Bonnard	Petites Scenes Familieres (edition originale rarissime)	1893	EUR 2,200.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.