Prestigious collections

PIECE de 100 frs au génie ailé 1912, atelier A (Paris). 32.25 grs (one tiny chip)

Double LOUIS d'or. Obverse: Naked head of Louis XVI and Bee. Reverse: Arms of France and Navarre and dated "1786", Workshop: Lyon (D). Edge: flowers and pearls. Weight: 15.30 grs - D: 28 mm (scratches and wear)

Gold solidus of Valentinian III. Date: c. 430-445. Ravenna workshop. Weight : 4,46 grs - D : 22 mm approx. On the obverse: D N PLA VALENTI-NIANVS P F AVG. Obverse description: Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valentinian III, right, seen from three quarters forward (A'c); pearled and gemmelled diadem. Obverse translation: "Dominus Noster Placidius Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus" (Our Lord Placid Valentinian Pious Happy Augustus). On the reverse: VICTORI-A AVGGG/ R|V// COMOB. Description of reverse: Valentinian III in diadem, dressed militarily, standing frontally, holding a long cross in his right hand and a Nicephorus globe in his left; his right foot resting on a serpent-shaped captive whose head only is visible. Back translation: "Victoria Augustorum" (Victory of the Augustinians).

BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRE (Charles-François) [1766-1854] FRENCH PILOT. Dépôt général de la Marine 1822-1843. 5 vol. broadsides bound in contemporary 1/2 binding. Important work of new maps of the coasts of France. Survey containing the details of a new complete survey of the north and west coasts of France, with the depths of the seabed, the passes, the rocks, the banks, the lighthouses, the dykes and all the dangers that sailors must avoid in order to reach the coasts. The plates, mounted on mitre, are either with one or 2 subjects, or single or double. - First part - Environs de Brest 1822 - 99 maps, plans, tables - Part Two - Comprising the western coasts of France from the tip of Penmarc'h to the Ile d'Yeu 1829 - 139 maps, plans, tables - Third part - Comprising the western coasts of France from the island of Yeu to the coast of Spain 1832 - 61 maps, plans, tables - Part Four - Comprising the northern coasts of France from Bréhat Island to Barfleur 1838 - 139 maps, plans, tables - Part Six - Comprising the northern coasts of France from the Porsal rocks to the Heaux de Bréhat lighthouse 1843 - 92 maps, plans, tables Bindings damaged, foxing in places. 5 volumes containing 530 maps, plans and tables.

BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRE (Charles-François) [1766-1854] FRENCH PILOT. 1 vol. gd oblong in-folio bound in ½ calf (30x44 cm) containing 171 plates numbered 1 to 171 of coastal views, followed by 44 plates numbered 1 to 44 of tables of high and low seas. The coastal views begin at Porsal (North Finistère) and end at Boyard (Ile d'Aix). The tables of high and low tides are observed in 1816 at Brest, Ouessant, Sein ... and end in 1826 at the Port of Socoa (Bay of Saint Jean de Luz). Spine absent, title page missing, corners heavily worn, plate no. 1 detached, wetness at one corner at foot over a hundred pages without affecting the plates, browning on plates 120-156-157-171, a few page folds. RARISSIVE WORK unknown at the BNF and in public libraries.

[ANONYMOUS] M*** [CLARET de FLEURIEU (Charles Pierre) Comte de] DECOUVERTES DES FRANÇOIS en 1768 et 1769 dans le sud-est de la Nouvelle Guinée et reconnoissances postérieures des mêmes terres par des navigateurs anglais qui leur ont imposé de nouveaux noms; précédés de l'abrégé historique des navigations et des découvertes des Espagnols dans les mêmes parages. 1 vol. in-4 bound 1/2 green long-grained morocco, smooth spine with gilt fillets. Paris Imprimerie Royale 1790 (Original Edition). With 12 folding maps on blue paper in fine, including 9 maps, 2 sectional views and 1 plate of indigenous tools and weapons. Map 1 is loose and soiled. A very fine copy. Charles-Pierre Claret (1738-1810) was an explorer and one of the greatest hydrographers of his time. He was appointed Minister of the Navy under Louis XVI. First edition of this remarkable work, the aim of which was to assert the primacy of Bougainville's and Surville's discoveries in the Pacific, against the claims of the English navigators. Ref : Boucher de la Richarderie VI - pp. 416-417 - Polak n° 1751 - Chadonat I - n° 570 - Sabin VI - n° 24748 - Quérard II - pp. 216

TROMELIN (M. De) MEMOIRE APOLOGETIQUE. S.l. s.n. s.d. [1789] - 80 pp. containing 5 large fold-out maps and plans showing the coasts of Malabar and Coromandel and the evolution of the squadrons. Tromelin served in India on several occasions, most recently under Suffren, where he commanded the "Annibal". Suffren criticised him for not carrying out the manoeuvres ordered by the signals. His memoir was used to refute the Bailli's accusations. Ref : Quérard IX - pp. 560 Polak n° 9257 " Mémoire contenant les états de service de M. De Tromelin dans l'Inde et l'Ile de France et, aussi, ses démêlés avec Suffren ". Chadenat I - n° 999 " Very rare memoir, printed in small numbers for private distribution ". (followed by) GRASSE (Comte de) MEMOIRE SUR LE COMBAT NAVAL DU 12 AVRIL 1782 avec le plan des positions principales des Armées respectives. S.l. Paris s.d. [1782] - 28 pp. containing 8 large fold-out hors-texte plans showing the main positions of the 2 fleets, engraved on copper by Dupuis. A rare memoir of the disastrous Battle of Saintes between the French and British fleets during the American War of Independence. During this battle, which took place near Guadeloupe from 9 to 12 April 1782, De Grasse was severely beaten by Admiral Rodney and captured. On his return from captivity, he had this memoir published to prepare his defence before the Council of War, describing in detail the confrontation with the enemy fleet and justifying his decisions. There is no title page, only a faux-title which, on the verso, gives details of the French fleet at the time of the battle, made up of three squadrons: the first commanded by the Comte de Grasse, the second by the Marquis de Vaudreuil and the third by Bougainville, whom De Grasse accused of having disobeyed his orders during the naval combat. Ref: Polak n° 4070 - Chadenat II - n° 5065 "mémoire de toute rareté" - Sabin VII - n° 28333 "Imprimé en privé et très rare". 1 vol. in-4 bound 1/2 long-grained green morocco, smooth spine with gilt edging. Corners slightly worn, 1 edge rubbed and 1 plate bumped. Very fresh inside.

CHATEAUBRIANT (Alphonse de) LA BRIERE. 1 vol. in-8 bound 1/2 brown chagrin with corners, spine ribbed, cover & spine preserved. Paris Mornay 1924 (1st illustrated ed.). Compositions by Mathurin Méheut, wood-engraved by Soulas and Méheut. Printed in an edition of 1110 copies, this being 1 of 110 hors-commerce on Rives (n° XXIV) printed especially for Monsieur Le Goaziou. E.A.S. from the author and the artist and ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE AQUARLA by Mathurin MEHEUT. A very fine copy.

MEHEUT (Mathurin) STUDY OF THE FOREST. 2 vol. in-folio in publisher's green 3-lace card covers. Paris Lévy s.d. (1927). Illustrated with 110 plates, 40 in colour (plate 90 missing). E.A.S. from Mathurin MEHEUT to Mr and Mme Le Goaziou with 1 superb monogrammed full-page ORIGINAL AQUARROW, dated 40. Slight tear at foot of spine of vol. 2, otherwise fine copy.

KERAMPUIL (Gilles de) [1530-1578] CATECHISM hac instruction egvit an catholicqv et Meurbet Necesser en Amser presant, Eguit quelen, ha discquifu an Iaouancdet : Quétafu composet en Latin, Gant M. P. Canisius Doctor en Theology, ves à societé an hanuà Jesus ... 1 vol. in-12 (10,5x16,4 cm) bound in "cathedral style" (first half of the 19th century) in full purple long-grained morocco, spine ribbed with flowered boxes, at the foot the date 1576 and the name of the bookbinder Corfmat, double fillet on the boards with spandrels, and in the centre of the first board, the arms of the Count of Kergariou with his motto: "Là ou ailleurs" in a cold-stamped plate, gilt edges. Paris Jacques Kerver 1576 (Original Edition). This "little catechism" of 79 pp. was translated from Latin by the Dutch Jesuit Pierre CANISIUS [1521-1597] into Breton by Gilles de KERAMPUIL, then parish priest of Cléder-Poher (Finistère). IT IS THE FIRST PRINTED BOOK TRANSLATED INTO BRETON. Our copy is the only COMPLETE one in a private collection. The 2 or 3 other known copies in public libraries are incomplete or have had the missing pages photocopied. The work is missing from the BNF's reserve of rare books. Kergariou's handwritten signature and a stamp (illegible) appear on the title page and on the last page. Slight rubbing at the foot of the spine of the first cover, rare foxing, clean restoration to the top corner of the last leaf. Nevertheless, a SUPERB EXEMPLAIRE. Attached are 9 handwritten letters (from 1923 to 1960) from Breton linguists such as Abbé Ferdinand Renaud, Emile Ernault, François Vallée, Frère Grégoire Ollivier from Landévennec Abbey, Dr Dujardin and 1 LAS from the Direction de la Bibliothèque Nationale in 1895. In addition, the Bulletin diocésain d'Histoire et d'Archéologie (Diocesan Bulletin of History and Archaeology) from March to August 1924 contains an important study on Catechism by E. Ernault. Ernault also indicates that the work contains an epistle in a different typeface from the other pages, which was extremely rare at the time. Ref : Kerviler IX - pp. 603

BELLIN (S.) Colour map on strong paper of Belle-Isle [1761] (58x97 cm). Cartouche of the plan of the town, harbour and citadel, and cartouche of the southern part of the coast of Brittany. Map drawn by M. De La Voye, Marine engineer. Central vertical fold, otherwise very fine map.

CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (Abbé Jean) Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du roi en 1761, contenant les mœurs, les usages des Russes, et leur état actuel ; la description géographique et le nivellement de la route de Paris à Tobolsk ; l'histoire naturelle de la même route ; des observations astronomiques & des expériences sur l'électricité naturelle : enrichi de cartes géographiques, de plans, de profils du terrein (sic) ; de gravures qui représentent les usages des Russes, leurs mœurs, leurs habillements, les divinités des Calmouks, et plusieurs morceaux d'histoire naturelle. 2 volumes in 3 gd vol. in-4 bound in full contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed with flowered boxes, triple fillet framing the covers, blue edges. Paris Debure père 1768 (Original Edition). Without the atlas. The work contains 56 plates [28+20+8] including some double plates by J.-B. Leprince, vignettes by Moreau, Martinet and Caresme. The plates mainly depict views, scenes of manners, costumes and animals, as well as a fold-out table showing the temperatures recorded during the period of extreme cold. Ex-libris Goldschmidt-Rothschild (Maximilien von) German banker [1843-1940]. The voyage undertaken by Chappe d'Auteroche [1728-1769] was devoted to astronomical observations and mineral research. This did not prevent him from denouncing the degradation of man into a slave "a commodity of commerce" in the second half of the 19th century in Russia. This provoked the anger of Empress Catherine II, who replied to Chappe with a pamphlet entitled "Antidote ou Réfutation du mauvais livre superbement imprimé intitulé: Voyage en Sibérie etc" (Antidote or Refutation of the bad book superbly printed entitled: Journey to Siberia etc), which took up the Abbé's criticisms point by point. This work was published anonymously by the Empress and Count Chouwaloff [1st edition published in St Petersburg]. Ref : Quérard II - pp. 129. - Rahir pp. 364. Ref: Brunet I - pp. 1798 "This work has been strongly criticised by order of Catherine II; but it is not as bad as it has been made out to be". Ref: Boucher de La Richarderie V - pp. 447 to 450 "This atlas has become rare, because the copper plates were stolen from M. De Bure several years ago".

D'ARGENTRE (Bertrand) THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN, of the kings, dukes, counts and princes of this land ... 1 large vol. in-folio of (10 ff.) - 1174 pp. bound in full calf, ribbed spine, double fillet framing the covers, floral motif in the centre. Paris Jacques du Puys 1588 [actually First Edition of 1582]. Kerviler states on p. 261 "that the first edition of 1582 is found with the false titles of 1588". Moreover, the 2nd edition comprises 831 pp. whereas the 1st edition consists of 1174 pp. like our copy. When the work was published in 1582, it was banned by the Parlement de Paris because certain passages were considered too Breton since Brittany's union with France! At the time of the 2nd edition in 1588, the printer modified the copies of 1582 that he had kept, adding the title page dated 1588 in order to sell the first edition. Our copy is therefore that of the first edition with its original text. It was bound in this original edition, the preface to the King appearing in the 2nd edition. A RARE copy of the first edition. Nice bookplate glued separately on cardboard. Torn binding (corners, headpieces, damage to spine, spotting, gutter partly open). Small spots of browning in places, tiny trace of worm in upper margin of pp. 959 to 972 of no consequence. Numerous pagination errors, nevertheless collated WELL COMPLETED. Folio 857 & 858 are duplicates. Without the title-frontispiece, the folding table of genealogy and the map of geography which is often missing. The work deserves a restoration of the binding. Ref : Kerviler I - 261 - Levot I - 38-39 - Sacher 6 - Brunet I - 419 - Saffroy II - 19884

1 Stamp album **/*/(*) France new: Classical and semi-modern including N°11*, N°20*, N°22* + Cérès 71 * + Sage new in Type II + semi-modern including Mouchon complete including 113a*, Merson new including N°122*, N°145f*, N°106 C1 - 1*, N°123 C1 - 3*+ Semeuse including varieties (saddle stitching, RV, Printing on connection...), 35c.., Mineraline*, 1st series Orphans including N°155*, Bordeaux Congress*, Le Havre**, Caisse d'amortissement complete new including 2 Travail, Monuments new including Pont du Gard (x2*), Traversée de l'Atlantique, Samothrace, Pexip, PA N°1/2*, PA 14, PA 15* + end of catalogue. Expertise : Louis-Edouard BEHR

3 bottles of PAUILLAC 2006 from Château MOUTON ROTHSCHILD.

6 bottles of MARGAUX 2004 from Château MARGAUX 1er GCC.

6 bottles of MARGAUX 2004 from Château MARGAUX 1er GCC.

6 bottles of SAINT-EMILION 2010 from Château FIGEAC 1er GCC.

1 bottle of POMEROL 2021 from Château PETRUS. In its original wooden case.

4 bottles of GRANDS ECHEZEAUX 2010 from Domaine GEORGES NOELLAT.

1 magnum CHATEAU HAUT-BRION, Graves, 1985 (stained label)

1 bottle CHATEAU PETRUS, Pomerol, 2008. beautiful label

1 bottle CHATEAU PETRUS, Pomerol, 1973. Nice label

6 blles CHATEAU L'EVANGILE, Pomerol, 2012. Wooden case.

1 bl CHATEAU AUSONE, Saint-Émilion, 2010. Wooden case.

3 blles CHATEAU CHEVAL BLANC, Saint-Émilion, 2012. Wooden case

6 blles CHATEAU CHEVAL BLANC, Saint-Émilion, 2007. Wooden case

3 magnums ANGELUS, Saint-Émilion, 2009. Wooden case. Very good condition.

2 blles CHATEAU CHEVAL BLANC, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, 1992.

4 bottles CHATEAU MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD, Pauillac, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 (1 BLG, 1 TLB)

3 blles CHATEAU MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD, Pauillac, 2012.

3 blles CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD, Pauillac, 1969, 1973, 1975 (BG)

5 blles CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD, Pauillac, 1994 (1 BG).

3 bottles CHATEAU LAFITE ROTSCHILD, Pauillac, 2012 Beautiful labels

7 blles CHATEAU MONTROSE, Saint-Estèphe, 1990 (2), 1996 (2), 1999 (1), 2001 (2)

12 blles GRAND VIN DE LEOVILLE DU MARQUIS DE LAS CASES, Saint-Julien, 1983 (Very slightly low). CB

6 blles GRAND VIN DE LEOVILLE DU MARQUIS DE LAS CASES, Saint-Julien-Médoc, 2005. Lid missing.

12 blles CHATEAU LEONVILLE BARTON, Saint-Julien, 1999. Lid missing

6 blles LEOVILLE LAS CASES, Saint-Julien, 2005. Wooden case. Lid missing.

2 bottles CHATEAU MARGAUX, premier grand cru classé Margaux, 1999, 2001.

6 blles including 5 blles CHATEAU PALMER, Margaux, 1996 and 1 blle MARQUISE DE LASSIME, Margaux 1987

12 blles ALTER EGO Palmer, Margaux, 2000. Wooden case.

6 blles CHATEAU D'YQUEM, Sauternes, 1987, 1993, 1994 (3), 1997

2 blles SAUTERNES, probably 1920 (One half-shouldered, the other drained, labels missing and torn).

1 blle CHATEAU D'YQUEM, Sauternes, 1921 (Label damaged and torn off, high shoulder level).

6 blles CHATEAU D'YQUEM, Sauternes, 2003. Wooden case. Lid missing.

CAISSE BORDEAUX COLLECTION, Duclot Group 2007. Wooden case and 9 cardboard bottles.