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Auction Name Around the Princess of Salm | Arts and Literature - bidstart 10/4 Total Sales (EUR) 333,648.00
Auction Date October 14, 2021 - October 14, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 169,800.00
Sale Number #pf2159 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 254,100.00
Total Lots 63
Sold Lots 60 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 172,400.00
% of Lots Sold 95.24% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 257,600.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 129.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
170 Stendhal, Henri Beyle dit

Le Rouge et le Noir, 1831. E.O., en demi-maroquin de l'époque

 1831 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 44,100.00
159 Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de

Vol de Nuit. 1931. EO. Ex. sur Lafuma, avec envoi à André Malraux. Rel. veau brun orné.

 1931 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 30,240.00
163 [Salm, Constance de Théis, princesse de]

Album amicorum dédié à ses amis. 1809-1841. In-8. Illustré de 66 dessins. Rel. de l'ép.

 1809-1841. EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 22,680.00
121 Dreyfus, Alfred

Cinq années de ma vie. Charpentier, 1901.Exemplaire sur Japon avec envoi au lt colonel Picquart.

 1901 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 21,420.00
184 WILDE, OSCAR

La Ballade de la geôle de Reading, 1892. Première traduction française. Envoi à A. Van Bever

 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 15,120.00
118 Dalí, Salvador -- John Milton

Paradis perdu, 1974. Ill. de 10 pointes-sèches signées. Exemplaire nominatif

 1974 EUR 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 10,080.00
167 Schmied, François-Louis -- Homère

L'Odyssée. 1930. En ff. Tirage limité à 145 ex., tous imprimés entièrement sur vélin.

 1930 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 10,080.00
129 JOUVE, Paul -- Pierre LOTI

Un Pèlerin d'Angkor. 1930. 1/255 sur Lana. Exceptionnel exemplaire avec 4 gouaches originales

 1930 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 8,190.00
150 Miró, Joan -- René Char

Nous avons. 1959. Reliure box mosaïqué de P-L Martin, 5 eaux-fortes de Miró.

 1959 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 8,190.00
165 Sartre, Jean-Paul

L'Existentialisme est un humanisme. Paris, Nagel, 1946. Edition originale. Ex. de P.-L. Martin relié par lui

 1946 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 8,190.00
166 Sartre, Jean-Paul

3 éditions originales, 1947-1948, reliées par PL Martin.

 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 8,190.00
108 Braque, Georges -- René Char

Cinq poésies en hommage à Georges Braque. 1958. Rel de PL Martin. Lithographie de Braque

 1958 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 7,560.00
144 Matisse, Henri -- Charles Baudelaire

Les Fleurs du mal, 1947. Exemplaire numéroté et signé. Reliure de P.L. Martin

 1947 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 7,560.00
122 [Feodorovna, Maria]

2 ouvrages (6 volumes) aux armes de la tsarine : Bassompierre et Montrésor, 1723.

 1723 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,930.00
106 Aragon, Louis

Le Fou d'Elsa. NRF, 1963. É. O. Ex. de tête sur vélin de Hollande, de la bibliothèque de P.-L. Martin

 1963 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 6,300.00
110 Camus, Albert

L'Homme révolté. Paris, Gallimard, 1951. Édition originale. 1/260 sur vélin pur fil. Rel. de P.-L. Martin

 1951 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 6,300.00
142 Malraux, André

MALRAUX. Les chênes qu'on abat..., 1971. Ex. de Julien Green, avec envoi. + billet a.s. de Malraux

 1971 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,300.00
151 Montaigne, Michel de Les Essais.

Les Essais. Paris, 1602. In-8. Maroquin rouge à long grain de Bozerian.

 1602 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,048.00
180 VILLON, JACQUES -- VIRGILE

Les Bucoliques, 1953. Ex. sur Arches. Reliure mosaïquée de P.L. Martin

 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 5,670.00
20 [Anonyme]

Profiles of Roman emperors. 96 engraving. 1753. | Profils d'empereurs romains. 96 burins. 1753

 1753 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 5,040.00
21 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Four plates from Vedute di Roma (Hind 24, 39, 57, 61) | Quatre planches des Vedute di Roma (Hind 24, 39, 57, 61)

 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 5,040.00
135 Réunies en trois étroits encadrements (159 x 20,5 cm (2) et 203,5 x 14 cm).

Vues de Venise. Suite de 36 gravures, réunies en deux cadres.

 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 5,040.00
126 Gracq, Julien

La Presqu'île. Corti, 1970. EO. 1/50 de tête sur Arches. Reliure de P.L. Martin.

 1970 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,410.00
138 Laurens, Henri -- Lucien de Samosate

Dialogues, 1951. Ex. sur Arches signé par l'artiste. Reliure de Creuzevault.

 1951 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 4,410.00
181 VOLTAIRE, FRANÇOIS MARIE AROUET DIT

Oeuvres. [Kehl], 1784-1789. 70 vol. in-8. Rel. de l'époque. La plus célèbre des éditions de Voltaire.

 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,410.00
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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