Sothebys: Books and Manuscripts, pf2523, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025

Page Size: 95 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	[Auteuil, baron d', attribue a]	Recherches du Conseil d'Estat et Souverain contenans un recueil des assemblees tenues pour les affaires publiques chez les Germains et Gaulois aussy bien que chez les Francs ou Francois depuis leur establissement dans les Gaules		[Deuxieme moitie du XVIIe siecle]	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 889.00
2	Berquin, Arnaud	Idylles	Paris	1775	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 381.00
3	Boccace	Le Decameron	Londres	1757-1761	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,397.00
5	Chelidonius, Benedictus	Passio Jesu Christi amarulenta...	[Cologne]	[1526 ?]	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 3,048.00
6	[Diderot, Denis]	Le Fils naturel, ou les Epreuves de la vertu...	Amsterdam	1757	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 381.00
7	[Entree -- Marie-Therese d'Espagne]	[Recueil de pieces relatives a l'entree de Marie-Therese d'Espagne a Paris en aout 1660]	[Paris]	[1660]	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 13,970.00
8	Euclide	Euclidis Megarensis Geometricorum elementorum libri XV	Paris	[1516]	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 12,065.00
9	Euclide	La perspectiva, y especularia de Euclides Traduzidas en volgar Castellano por Pedro Ambrosio Onderiz	Madrid	1584-1585	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 6,985.00
10	Galilee, Galileo	Trattato della sfera [...] con alcune prattiche intorno a quella, e modo di fare la figura celeste, e suoi direttioni, secondo la via rationale...	Rome	1656	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 6,985.00
11	Ghisi, Andrea	Laberinto dato novamente in Luce [...] nel quale si vede M. CC. LX. Figure, quali sono tutte pronte al servitio con la sua obedienza, & corrispondenza, che parlano l'una all'altra	Venise	1616	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 11,430.00
12	[Heures imprimees]	Heures a l'usaige de Rome, tout au long, sans ries Requerir	Paris	[Calendrier 1526-1540]	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 5,334.00
13	Hogarth, William	[Industry and Idleness]. Manuscrit autographe		[1747]	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,540.00
14	[Hogarth, William]	The Works of William Hogarth, from the Original Plates restored by James Heath [...] to which are prefixed a biographical essay on the Genius and Productions of Hogarth, and explanations of the subjects of the plates, by John Nichols	Londres	[vers 1830]	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
15	Kepler, Johannes	Tabulae Rudolphinae, quibus astronomicae scientiae, temporum longinquitate collapsae restauratio continetur	Ulm	1627	EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 12,700.00
16	[La Bruyere, Jean de]	Les Caracteres de Theophraste traduits du grec. Avec les caracteres ou les moeurs de ce siecle	Paris	1688	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 889.00
17	Liebault, Jean	Trois livres de l'embellissement et ornement du corps humain. Pris du latin de M. Iean Liebaut & faict francois	Paris	1582	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,143.00
18	[Manuscrit enlumine -- Brevet de noblesse]	Despacho de titulo de Castilla con la nominacion de marques de la Canada concedido por el Rey Nro Seor D. Phelipe	Seville	28 septembre et 3 octobre 1729	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 9,525.00
19	Martinez de Campos, Julian Francisco	Memoria sobre el mejor modo de fabricar el azucar que en junta celebrada por la Sociedad Patriotica de la Havana el dia 8 de diciembre ano de 1797 [...]	[La Havane]	[1797]	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
22	[Ordonnances royales]	Recollection et accumulation des ordo[n]na[n]ces royaulx qui a present sont en usaige, concernant le faict des aydes, tailles, gabelles, imposition foraine, et les francs archiers mis sus pour le faict de la guerre, tuicion et defence du royaulme	Paris	[vers 1522]	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,143.00
23	Paradin, Guillaume	Memoires de l'histoire de Lyon	Lyon	1573	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 889.00
24	Pascal, Blaise	Pensees de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets [...]	Paris	1670	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 6,985.00
25	[Perrault, Claude \| Jean Picard]	Memoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Suivi de :] Mesure de la Terre	Paris	1671	EUR 6,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
26	Rabelais, Francois	La Plaisante, et ioyeuse histoyre du grand Geant Gargantua	Valence	1547	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 4,064.00
27	Schoner, Johann	De iudiciis nativitatum libri tres	Nuremberg	1545	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 15,240.00
28	Tory, Geoffroy	L'Art et science de la vraye proportion des Lettres Attiques, ou Antiques, autrement dictes, Romaines etc.	Paris	1549	EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	EUR 6,350.00

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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