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Auction Name Gastronomy and Wine - Books and Menus Total Sales (EUR) 193,399.00
Auction Date September 24, 2025 - September 24, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 95,420.00
Sale Number #92425 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 121,640.00
Total Lots 221
Sold Lots 173.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 119,040.00
% of Lots Sold 78.28% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 153,090.00
Unsold Lots 48 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 126.33%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
34 [CLUB DES CENT].

Historique- Bulletins- ...Paris, 18 volumes in-4 broches, chemises et etuis.

 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 19,375.00
182 [NICOLAS].

Collection des catalogues, plaquettes et depliants des Etablissements Nicolas parus de 1927 a 1976,

 1927 a 1976 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,000.00
222 VIALA (Pierre) et Victor VERMOREL.

Traite general de viticulture. Ampelographie.

 1901-1910. EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,375.00
92 MAISTRE D'HOSTEL (Le).

Le Maistre d'hostel qui apprend l'ordre de bien servir sur table & d'y ranger les services.

 1659 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,500.00
130 QUADRAGESIMAL SPIRITUEL (Le).

Le Quadragesimal spirituel.

 s.d. [vers 1521]. EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 6,625.00
74 LA CHAPELLE (Vincent).

Le Cuisinier moderne, qui apprend a donner toutes sortes de repas, en gras et en maigre, d'une maniere plus delicate que ce qui en a ete ecrit jusqu'a present.

 1736 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
64 [GRIMOD DE LA REYNIERE (Alexandre-Balthazar)]. Jules COUET.

Trois lettres de Grimod De La Reyniere (1778).

 1909 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,750.00
99 MENAGIER DE PARIS (Le).

Traite de morale et d'economie domestique compose vers 1393, par un bourgeois parisien.

 1846 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,125.00
8 AYMES (J.).

La Gastronomie provencale, ou Catalogue raisonne des denrees de Provence (...), dediee aux trois freres provencaux...

 1828 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 3,750.00
133 REBOUL (J.-B.).

La Cuisiniere Provencale. MANUSCRIT.

 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,750.00
93 [MARIN (Francois)].

Les Dons de Comus, ou Les Delices de la table...

 1739 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,125.00
143 THRESOR DE SANTE (Le),

ou Mesnage de la vie humaine. Divise en dix Livres. Lesquels traictent amplement de toutes sortes de Viandes & Breuvages, ensemble de leur qualite & preparation.

 1607 [a la fin : Lyon EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 3,125.00
94 MARIN (Francois).

Suite des Dons de Comus, ou l'Art de la Cuisine reduit en pratique.

 1742 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,000.00
137 ROSSETTI (Giovanni Battista).

Dello scalco, nel quale si contengono le qualita di uno scalco perfetto, et tutti i carichi suoi, con diversi ufficiali a lui sottoposti.

 1584 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,000.00
40 DICTIONNAIRE

instructif pour apprendre facilement tout ce qui se pratique dans la science de l'office.

 An XI (1803). EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,875.00
73 [L'ART DE BIEN TRAITER].

Divise en trois parties. Ouvrage nouveau, curieux et fort galant, utile a toutes personnes et conditions. Exactement recherche, & mis en lumiere. Par L.S.R.

 1693 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,750.00
197 [NICOLAS].

Nectar et Glou-Glou tenant 6 et 3 bouteilles, d'apres Dransy.

 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,750.00
13 [BONNEFONS (Nicolas de)].

Les Delices de la campagne. Suitte du Jardinier francois, ou est enseigne a preparer pour l'usage de la vie tout ce qui croist sur la terre et dans les eaux.

 1654 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,500.00
15 [BOURBON (Louis-Auguste)].

Le Cuisinier gascon.

 1740 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,375.00
16 [BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean-Anthelme)].

Physiologie du gout, ou Meditations de gastronomie transcendante.

 1826 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,250.00
44 DUCHEMIN (Pierre-Claude).

Manuel industriel contenant la manipulation de la patisserie...

 1840 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 2,250.00
9 [BAUVILLIERS (A.)]. [CUREL (Nicolas-Francois-Gabriel HENNEQUIN, Vicomte de)].

Manuel de la cuisine, ou l'art d'irriter la gueule.

 1811 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,125.00
119 PAPIN (Denis).

La Maniere d'amolir les os, et de faire cuire toutes sortes de viandes en fort peu de temps, & a peu de frais.

 1682 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,125.00
27 [CARON (Pierre-Simeon).]

Le plat de Carnaval ou les beignets appretes par Guillaume Bonnepate, pour remettre en appetit tous ceux qui l'ont perdu.

 1802 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,000.00
45 [DUFY (Raoul)]. BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean-Anthelme).

Aphorismes et varietes.

 1940 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,000.00
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  • <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, <i>Americae pars Borealis,</i> double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, <i>Map of the United States,</i> London and Liverpool, 1827. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, <i>Chart of the World,</i> oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800). <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, <i>A General Atlas,</i> 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 240: Anthony Finley, <i>A New American Atlas,</i> 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 263: John Bachmann, <i>Panorama of the Seat of War,</i> portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, <i>Cosmographei,</i> Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Epitome Theatri Orteliani,</i> Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, <i>Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae,</i> Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, <i>Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt,</i> 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 341: John James Audubon, <i>Carolina Parrot, Plate 26,</i> London, 1827.
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
  • <b><center>SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions<br>The Odfjell Collection<br>Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books<br>Ending December 4th</center></b> <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY! <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911. <b><center>SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions<br>The Odfjell Collection<br>Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books<br>Ending December 4th</center></b> <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ]. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.