• Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
  • Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th May 2025
    Forum, May 29: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, first edition, John Murray, 1859. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Forum, May 29: Astronomy.- Apianus (Petrus). Cosmographicus Liber a Petro Apiano Mathematico Studiose Collectus., first edition, Landshut, 1524. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum, May 29: Bound for Jean Grolier.- Negri Stefano. Stephani Nigri Elegantissime è Graeco authorum subditorum translationes, uidelicet., first edition, first issue, Milan, 1521. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Gill (Eric). Eve, number 1 of 50, hand-coloured wood-engraving, signed at foot in pencil, [1926]. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th May 2025
    Forum, May 29: America.- Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, Dickinson & Co., 1848. £25,000 to £35,000.
    Forum, May 29: Wodehouse (P.G.) Psmith USA, autograph manuscript of his novel "Psmith Journalist", signed and dated at end and dated "11 November 1909, Hotel Earle, 103 Waverley Place". £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Women.- Wollstonecraft (Mary). A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, first edition, uncut in original boards, 1792. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, May 29: Mathematics.- Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, 3 vol., first editions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1910-13. £20,000 to £30,000.

Christies: Pierre Brossette's Book Cabinet, 23689, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 22, 2025 - May 22, 2025
Page Size: 148 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup, comte de (1741-1788 ?) et Louis Marie Antoine Destouff, baron de MILET DE MUREAU (1751-1825)

Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde.

Paris EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 88,200.00
27 [MONTESQUIEU, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de (1689-1755)]

De l'Esprit des loix. [relie avec :] Defense de l'Esprit des loix.

Amsterdam. Geneve 1749, 1750 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 30,240.00
28 MOLIERE, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit (1622-1673)

Oeuvres.

Paris 1791-1794. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 2,520.00
29 PLUTARQUE (c. 46-125)

OEuvres completes.

Paris 1783-1805. EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 6,048.00
30 RABELAIS, Francois (1494-1553)

OEuvres... avec des remarques historiques et critiques de Mr. Le Duchat.

Amsterdam 1741 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,528.00
31 RACINE, Jean (1639-1699)

Oeuvres.

Paris 1760 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 630.00
32 REGNIER, Mathurin (1573-1613)

Satyres et autres oeuvres.

Londres 1733 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,260.00
33 [RETIF DE LA BRETONNE, Nicolas Edme (1734-1806)]

Monsieur Nicolas, ou le coeur-humain devoile.

Paris 1794-1797. EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 27,720.00
34 RETZ, Jean-Francois Paul de Gondi, cardinal de (1613-1679)

Memoires...contenant ce qui s'est passe de remarquable en France durant les premieres annees du regne de Louis XIV. [Avec:] Memoires de Gui Jolly, conseiller au Chatelet...ouvrage qui sert de Supplement aux Memoires du Cardinal de Retz. [Et:] Memoires de

Amsterdam 1731 et 1738. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,276.00
35 ROSNY, Antoine-Joseph-Nicolas de (1771-1814)

[OEuvres de Joseph Rosny].

Paris 1797-1801. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,268.00
36 ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

Emile, ou De l'education.

La Haye [Paris 1762 EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 EUR 176,400.00
37 ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

La Nouvelle Heloise, ou lettres de deux amans.

Neuchtael et Paris 1764 EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 Not Sold
38 ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

OEuvres.

Paris 1793-1800. EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 11,340.00
39 [SABATIER, Jean-Joseph (1756-1820)]

Vues consolantes et impartiales sur la situation actuelle de la chose publique en France, & ses moyens de prosperite.

Paris 1789 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,900.00
40 LE CHEVALIER D'ARCQ, Philippe-Auguste de Sainte-Foy (1721-1795)

Le Bienfaicteur. Comedie en prose & en un acte.

1767 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,120.00
41 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)

OEuvres.

Paris: <html>1776, 1778, <b>1779</b></html> EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,032.00
42 VOLTAIRE, Francois-Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)

OEuvres completes.

[Kehl:] 1784-1789. EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 11,970.00
43 WATTEAU, Antoine (1684-1721)

Figures de differens caracteres de Paysages, & d'Etudes, dessinees d'apres nature...

Paris 1739 [plutot 1726-1728]. EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 EUR 31,500.00
44 BALZAC, Honore de (1799-1850)

Oeuvres completes.

Paris 1842-1848 EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 176,400.00
45 BALZAC, Honore de (1799-1850) et Gustave DORE (1832-1883)

Les Contes drolatiques.

Paris 1855 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,276.00
46 BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867)

Les Fleurs du mal.

Paris 1857 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 52,920.00
47 BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867)

Les Paradis artificiels.

Paris 1860 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 56,700.00
48 BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE, Jacques-Henri (1737-1814)

Paul et Virginie.

Paris 1806 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 3,780.00
49 BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de (1707-1788)

[Bibliotheque francaise] Histoire naturelle de Buffon, mise dans un nouvel ordre...

Paris 1825 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 11,340.00
50 CAILLIAUD, Frederic (1787-1869)

Voyage a Meroe, au Fleuve Blanc au-dela de Fazoql, dans le midi du royaume de Sennar, a Syouah, et dans cinq autres oasis...

Paris : 1823-1827. EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 12,600.00
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
  • Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th May 2025
    Forum, May 29: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, first edition, John Murray, 1859. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Forum, May 29: Astronomy.- Apianus (Petrus). Cosmographicus Liber a Petro Apiano Mathematico Studiose Collectus., first edition, Landshut, 1524. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum, May 29: Bound for Jean Grolier.- Negri Stefano. Stephani Nigri Elegantissime è Graeco authorum subditorum translationes, uidelicet., first edition, first issue, Milan, 1521. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Gill (Eric). Eve, number 1 of 50, hand-coloured wood-engraving, signed at foot in pencil, [1926]. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th May 2025
    Forum, May 29: America.- Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, Dickinson & Co., 1848. £25,000 to £35,000.
    Forum, May 29: Wodehouse (P.G.) Psmith USA, autograph manuscript of his novel "Psmith Journalist", signed and dated at end and dated "11 November 1909, Hotel Earle, 103 Waverley Place". £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Women.- Wollstonecraft (Mary). A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, first edition, uncut in original boards, 1792. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, May 29: Mathematics.- Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, 3 vol., first editions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1910-13. £20,000 to £30,000.