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Catawiki B. V.: French Literature and Illustrated

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Auction Name French Literature and Illustrated Total Sales (EUR) 19,027.04
Auction Date August 04, 2024 - August 04, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 24,250.00
Sale Number #80424c High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 29,050.00
Total Lots 47
Sold Lots 32 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 38,950.00
% of Lots Sold 68.09% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 46,700.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 40.74%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
86411755 Octave Mirbeau

Le Journal d'une femme de chambre [1/20 de tete numerotes sur Chine]

1900 EUR 3,900.00 - 4,400.00 EUR 3,815.00
85887933 Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Le Petit Prince

1945 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 1,527.09
86693685 Francis Garnung / Lars Bo [signe], Max Ernst

Le Meneur d'Ombres [reliure d'art signee Gauduchon-Blin]

1961 EUR 1,700.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,308.00
86361273 Rameau, Jean-Philippe; [Antoine Gautier de Montdorge (livret)]

Les Fetes d'Hebe ou les Talents Liriques

1739 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 1,090.00
86388029 J.C. Mardrus / Leon Carre

Le Livre des mille nuits et une nuit

1926/1932 EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 953.75
86347757 Marcel Proust / Jacques Pecnard

A la recherche du temps perdu

1983/1981 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 926.50
86463239 Homere

l'Iliade, et l'Odyssee

1787/1788 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 828.40
85845839 H. De Balzac

Oeuvres completes

1856/1860 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 681.25
86367067 Charles Baudelaire / Henry Chapront [Art deco]

Les Paradis artificiels. Opium et haschisch [reliure mosaiquee et peinte de H. Lehaye & L. Loir]

1921 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 670.35
86272839 Francois Rabelais / Gradassi

Oeuvres Completes [avec dessin original signe]

1966 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 664.90
86640075 Antonio Aniante / Gradassi

Les Merveilleux voyages de Marco Polo

1963/1962 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 523.20
86405779 [Devambez] / Foujita, Chimot, Drian, Chahine, Auguste Brouet e.a.

Les Editions d'Art Devambez [Catalogue raisonne compose des livres publies entre 1923 et 1929]

1929 EUR 2,600.00 - 3,100.00 EUR 458.89
86633945 Voltaire

Oeuvres

1756 EUR 500.00 - 550.00 EUR 457.80
86715593 Valery Larbaud / Eyre de Lanux

Le Pauvre Chemisier [Belle reliure en demi-maroquin]

1929 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 425.10
86360469 Edgar Poe / Jacques Maret

Le Diable dans le Beffroi

1927 EUR 500.00 - 650.00 EUR 414.20
86716293 Valery Larbaud / Jean-Emile Laboureur

Beaute, mon beau souci.... [Belle reliure en demi-maroquin]

1920 EUR 400.00 - 475.00 EUR 408.75
86648453 Marcel Proust / Van Dongen

A la recherche du temps perdu

1947 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 400.03
86693713 Jean Richepin / Steinlen

Dernieres chansons de mon premier livre [Reliure de Crezevault]

1910 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 386.95
86693741 Paul Louis de Giafferri

L'Histoire du costume feminin [320 planches coloriees au pochoir]

1925 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 369.51
86595293 Honore Daumier

Les Cent Robert Macaire

1839 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 354.25
86603213 Signe; Jean Giono

Routes et chemins

1961 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 332.45
86479357 Paul-Jean Toulet

Les Trois Impostures (Magnifique Reliure signee V.L Perrault)

1929 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 327.00
86518519 Umberto Brunelleschi

Contes du temps jadis [La Belle aux cheveux d'or, L'oiseau bleu]

1912 EUR 300.00 - 375.00 EUR 319.37
86479515 Retif de la Bretonne

La Paysane pervertie, ou les Dangers de la ville [rare contrefacon]

1786 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 295.39
85275367 Nicolas-Edme Restif de La Bretonne

La vie de mon pere

1779 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 218.00
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    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    July 23, 2025
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    DOYLE, July 23: STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    17th July 2025
    Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New, Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.
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    17th July 2025
    Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.
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    2-17 July | New York
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Buzz Aldrin's FLOWN Apollo 11 Crew-Signed NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Cover. $15,000 to $20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Lunar Surface Flown Mission Emblem Presented to Tom Stafford by John Young. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952. $10,000 to $15,000.
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    Sotheby’s, July 17: Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation. Philadelphia, 1949. $30,000 to $50,000.
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