Christies: From the Collection of Léon Parcé, 24211, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025

Page Size: 97 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	APIANUS, Petrus, Peter von Bennewitz, dit (1495-1552) et Gemma FRISIUS (1508-1555).	Cosmographia.	Anvers	1550	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 24,130.00
2	ARCHIMEDE (vers 287 av. J.-C.-212 av. J.-C.)	Opera non nulla a Federico Commandino Urbinate nuper in Latinum conversa, et commentariis illustrata.	Venise	1558	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 8,255.00
3	BAERLE, Gaspard van (1584-1648)	Marie de Medicis, entrant dans Amsterdam , ou, Histoire de la reception faicte a la reyne mere du Roy tres-Chrestien, par les Bourgmaistres & Bourgeoisie de la Ville d'Amsterdam.	Amsterdam	1638	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 6,604.00
4	BERNARD DE CLAIRVAUX (1090-1153)	Epistolae.	[Strasbourg	circa 1472-1474]	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 4,064.00
5	[BIBLE INCUNABLE]	Biblia Latina.	Venise	1479	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 10,795.00
6	BLOY, Leon (1846-1917)	Epreuves corrigees pour Je m'accuse...	[Paris	1900]	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 5,969.00
7	BOCCACE (1313-1375)	Genealogiae deorum. De montibus, silvis, fontibus, lacubus, fluminibus, stagnis seu paludibus, de nominibus maris.	Venise	23 fevrier 1494/95.	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 10,160.00
8	[BOILEAU-DESPREAUX, Nicolas (1636-1711)]	OEuvres diverses du Sieur D*** avec le Traite du Sublime ou Du merveilleux dans le discours.	Paris	1674	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,270.00
9	BOSSUET, Jacques-Benigne (1627-1704)	Oeuvres choisies. Politique tiree de l'ecriture sainte.	Paris	1822	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,016.00
10	CALVIN, Jean (1509-1564)	Institution de la religion chrestienne composee en Latin par Iehan Calvin, & translatee en Francoys par luymesme...	Geneve	1545	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 6,096.00
11	CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616)	El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.	Bruxelles	1607	EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	EUR 76,200.00
12	CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616)	Segunda parte del ingenioso cavallero don Quixote de la Mancha.	Bruxelles	1616	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 8,890.00
13	CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616)	Novelas exemplares.	Bruxelles	1614	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 12,065.00
14	CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616)	El ingenioso hildalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha...Nueva edicion corregida por la Real Academia Espanola.	Madrid	1780	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 8,890.00
15	CHATEAUBRIAND, Francois-Rene de (1768-1848)	Itineraire de Paris a Jerusalem, et de Jerusalem a Paris, en allant par la Grece, et revenant par l'Egypte, la Barbarie et l'Espagne.	Paris	1811	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,778.00
16	CORNEILLE, Pierre (1606-1684)	Oeuvres. Premiere partie. [Relie avec, du meme:] Le Cid.	Paris	1644; s. d. [vers 1642]	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
17	CORNEILLE, Pierre (1606-1684)	La mort de Pompee.	Paris	1644	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
18	CORNEILLE, Pierre (1606-1684)	Rodogune.	Paris	1647	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
19	CORNEILLE, Pierre (1606-1684) et Thomas (1625-1709)	Oeuvres. Premiere [-quatrieme] partie.	Paris	1654	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 5,080.00
20	DE L'ORME, Philibert (c. 1515-1570)	Nouvelles inventions pour bien bastir et a petits fraiz... [Relie avec ] Le Premier tome de l'architecture de Philibert de l'Orme...	Paris	1561; 1568	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 6,350.00
21	DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650)	Principia philosophiae. [Relie avec, du meme :] Specimina Philosophiae seu dissertatio de methodo...	Amsterdam	1644	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 120,650.00
22	DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650)	Principes de la philosophie.	Paris	1647-[1651].	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,778.00
23	DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650)	Les Meditations metaphysiques touchant la premiere philosophie.	Paris	1647	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 21,590.00
24	DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650) et Claude PICOT, trad. (1614-1668)	Les Principes de la philosophie.	Paris	1659	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,270.00
25	[DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650), Adrien BAILLET (1649-1706)]	La Vie de Monsieur Des-cartes.	Paris	1691	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 4,064.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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