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ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000. -
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2bfa5105-2bf9-4a52-8ab5-45f3ef7b1eb4.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d8cd5291-2e7d-4a24-8d22-f316554ec8f8.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.")
Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500. -
![<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/73871a8f-7c5e-4b80-933d-0d0161d4363c.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.")
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
12 December 2024Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Gell (William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity, 1804. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 1842. £1,500 to £2,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: North America. Moll (Herman)..., This Map of North America..., circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
12 December 2024Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed, 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Cuffee (Paul). Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color, Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
13 December 2024Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Orwell (George). Animal Farm, 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
13 December 2024Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £1,000 to £1,500. -
Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
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Catawiki B. V.: French Literature and Illustrated
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | French Literature and Illustrated | Total Sales (EUR) | 14,439.23 |
| Auction Date | October 20, 2024 - October 20, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 20,250.00 |
| Sale Number | #102024e | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 23,250.00 |
| Total Lots | 48 | ||
| Sold Lots | 26 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 50,250.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 54.17% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 57,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 22 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 25.24% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89263485 | Joseph-Charles Mardrus / Francois-Louis Schmied [signe] | Le Livre des rois & L'Avenement de Salomon |
1930 | EUR 2,800.00 - 3,100.00 | EUR 2,425.25 |
| 87105609 | Michel de Montaigne / Pierre Coste | Les Essais de Michel, Seigneur de Montaigne |
1725 | EUR 3,300.00 - 3,700.00 | EUR 2,071.00 |
| 88959507 | Moliere | Oeuvres de Moliere |
1734 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 981.00 |
| 89133175 | Pierre Corneille / Gravelot | Theatre de P. Corneille. Avec des commentaires (par Voltaire) |
1764 | EUR 850.00 - 950.00 | EUR 817.50 |
| 86367525 | Jena-Baptiste Lully | Proserpine, tragedie en musique |
1715 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 763.00 |
| 89240639 | Gustave Flaubert | Oeuvres completes. [Edition originale collective d'apres les manuscrits originaux]. Madame Bovary |
1885 | EUR 650.00 - 800.00 | EUR 601.68 |
| 88968807 | Honore de Balzac | Oeuvres completes |
1846 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 588.60 |
| 89228145 | Florian; Cervantes | Don Quichotte de La Manche [Reliure en maroquin aux armes] |
1799 | EUR 600.00 - 700.00 | EUR 566.80 |
| 89070491 | Signe; Edmond de Goncourt | Maison d'un artiste [Reliure signee Pagnant] |
1881 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 501.40 |
| 89192373 | Pierre Ronsard | Sonnets pour Helene |
1927 | EUR 350.00 - 400.00 | EUR 501.40 |
| 89247085 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Jacques Porchat | Oeuvres de Goethe [Faust, Werther, Divan, Voyages en Suisse et Italie etc) |
1861/1863 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 491.59 |
| 89210101 | Valentine Thomson / Charles Martin, Michel Dufet / Louis Chadourne, Leo Larguier, Csse de Noaille | Pandora [22 numeros] |
1919/1917 | EUR 425.00 - 475.00 | EUR 485.05 |
| 86518891 | Alfred de Vigny | Poemes antiques et modernes |
1837 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 439.27 |
| 89210087 | Octave Mirbeau / Pierre Leroy | Le Jardin des Supplices [reliure d'art de Rene Kieffer] |
1945 | EUR 650.00 - 750.00 | EUR 408.75 |
| 89239293 | Achille Deveria [reliure de Victor Champs] | Suite de 42 figures [en deux etat] pour illustrer les OEuvres de Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
1825 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 359.70 |
| 88530145 | Moliere / Georges Braque | Le Tartuffe |
1970 | EUR 550.00 - 700.00 | EUR 349.89 |
| 89007003 | Signe; Theodore de Banville | Les cariatides [reliure de Amand] |
1873 | EUR 525.00 - 600.00 | EUR 335.72 |
| 89336289 | Alphonse Daudet / P.-A. Laurens, C. Leandre, Emile Adan / Alexandre Houssiaux | OEuvres completes. Edition definitive illustree de gravures a l'eau-forte. Romans, Theatre, Contes |
1901/1899 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 89168695 | Rimbaud / Sarthou | Le Bateau Ivre |
1967 | EUR 275.00 - 325.00 | EUR 272.50 |
| 89210077 | Maurice Maeterlinck / Paul-Albert Laurens | Monna Vanna. Piece en 3 actes, illustree par P.-A. Laurens [reliure signee de Bonleu] |
1907 | EUR 500.00 - 550.00 | EUR 256.15 |
| 89078609 | Henry Malherbe / Achille Ouvre et William Malherbe | La Flamme au poing [Lettre et envoi autographe au President Vincent Auriol] |
1925 | EUR 550.00 - 700.00 | EUR 202.74 |
| 89135841 | Jacques De Lacretelle / Valentine Hugo | Deux coeurs simples [envoi de l'auteur au President Vincent Auriol] |
1947 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 176.58 |
| 88868241 | Florian / P. Barboutau | Fables choisies de J.-P. Claris de Florian. Illustrees par des artistes Japonais |
1890 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 158.05 |
| 89220535 | Charles Dickens / Henry Lemarie | Les Aventures de Monsieur Pickwick |
1986 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 132.98 |
| 89078489 | Jean de La Varende / Andre Dussarthou | Guillaume le batard conquerant |
1974 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 130.80 |
