ENLUMINATIONS, ANCIENT and MODERN BOOKS

June 17th, 2026 at 2:00 PM
75002 Paris - France

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ILLUMINATIONS, ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKS Wednesday 17 June 2026 - 2 pm FAVART AUCTION ROOM 3, rue Favart 75002 Paris Experts : Ariane ADELINE [email protected] Lots 1 to 36 and 42 Ariane ADELINE and Éric BUSSER in collaboration Lots 37 to 41 Éric BUSSER [email protected] Lots 43 to 98 Béatrice LOEB-LAROCQUE [email protected] Lot 61 Michèle NORET [email protected] Lot 77 Responsible for the sale : Élodie DELABALLE [email protected] - Tel: 01 78 91 10 16 Mary KLEIN [email protected] - Tel: +33 (0)1 80 27 50 20
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Exposures:
Lot no. 1
[ENLUMINURE] AUGUSTIN (Saint), Extracts from the treatise In…
Val.: €1,200 - €1,500
Lot no. 2
[ENLUMINATION] Folio from a Martyrology (?) Suffrage in hono…
Val.: €800 - €1,000
Lot no. 3
[ENLUMINATION] Leaf from a manuscript Bible, known as the "C…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,200
Lot no. 4
[ENLUMINATION] Leaf extracted from an antiphonary.
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 5
[ENLUMINURE] Leaf from a Psalter (Hours-Psalter).
Val.: €1,200 - €1,500
Lot no. 6
[ENLUMINATION] Initial I from a choir book.
Val.: €2,500 - €3,500
Lot no. 7
[LIGHTING] Historiated initial R taken from a choir book.
Val.: €2,500 - €3,500
Lot no. 8
[ENLUMINATION] Three bifeuillets from an illuminated Pontifi…
Val.: €5,000 - €7,000
Lot no. 9
[ENLUMINURE] Folio extracted from the Decretals of Gregory I…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 10
[BRIGHTENING] Folio from Uguccione da Pisa, Magnae Derivatio…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 11
[ENLUMINATION] Leaf from a book of hours, Compline, Hours of…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 12
[ENLUMINATION] Leaf from a book of hours, beginning of the G…
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 13
[ENLUMINATION] Leaf from a book of hours, beginning of the H…
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 14
[ENLUMINATION] Leaf from a book of hours, beginning Hours of…
Val.: €1,500 - €1,800
Lot no. 15
[ENLUMINATION] Leaf from a book of hours (Chartres usage?), …
Val.: €800 - €1,000
Lot no. 16
[ENLUMINURE] Initial D taken from a choir book (gradual or a…
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 17
[ENLUMINATION] Four ornate initials from a choir book (gradu…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 18
[ENLUMINATION] Three ornate initials from a choir book (grad…
Val.: €800 - €1,000
Lot no. 19
[ENLUMINATION] Ornate initial from a choir book (gradual or …
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 20
[ARCHIVE]. [HAUTE-GARONNE] Strong set of 40 charters relatin…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 21
[ARCHIVE]. [SPAIN]. [CATALONIA] Set of seven documents relat…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,200
Lot no. 22
[ARCHIVE] [ITALY]. [NAPLES] and [SPAIN]. [CATALONIA].
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 23
[MANUSCRIT]. [BIBLE]. Compilation of biblical extracts produ…
Val.: €15,000 - €20,000
Lot no. 24
[MANUSCRIT]. [BOURGES] Ferial Psalter and Book of Hours, for…
Val.: €8,000 - €10,000
Lot no. 25
[MANUSCRIT] Book of Hours (Roman usage).
Val.: €70,000 - €90,000
Lot no. 26
[MANUSCRIT]. [HOURS] Hours for the use of Rome.
Val.: €3,000 - €5,000
Lot no. 27
[MANUSCRIT]. [MISSEL]. [SAVOIE]. [CARMES].
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 28
[MANUSCRIT]. [HOURS] Two fragments of a book of hours for th…
Val.: €6,000 - €8,000
Lot no. 29
[MANUSCRIT]. [RELIGION]. [JESUITS] Enchiridion orationum.
Val.: €1,200 - €1,500
Lot no. 30
[MANUSCRIT]. [VAUCLUSE]. [AVIGNON] Statutes of the Master Ho…
Val.: €8,000 - €10,000
Lot no. 31
[MANUSCRIT]. [BELGIUM]. [MONS]. [SAINT-GHISLAIN (Abbaye de)]…
Val.: €2,000 - €4,000
Lot no. 32
[MANUSCRIT]. [SPAIN] Cartas ejecutorias for a member of the …
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 33
[MANUSCRIT]. [RACINE (Louis)] Inventory after the death of M…
Val.: €1,500 - €1,800
Lot no. 34
[CALLIGRAPHY] PEÜCHLEIN (Andreas).
Val.: €4,500 - €6,000
Lot no. 35
[BIBLE]. [KOBERGER (Anton)] Creation of Adam and Eve.
Val.: €2,500 - €3,500
Lot no. 36
[INCUNABLE]. [CANON LAW]. Leaf extracted from an incunabulum…
Val.: €250 - €300
Lot no. 37
[PRINTED HOURS]. Hours for the use of Rome.
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 38
[PRINTED HOURS]. Hours for the use of Rome.
Val.: €8,000 - €12,000
Lot no. 39
[PRINTED HOURS]. Hours for the use of Paris.
Val.: €8,000 - €10,000
Lot no. 40
[PRINTED HOURS]. Hours for the use of Rome.
Val.: €5,000 - €7,000
Lot no. 41
[PRINTED HOURS]. Hore beate marie virginis secundum usum Rom…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 42
[KÜSLIN (KÜSEL), Christiana and Magdalena] Dess Alten Testam…
Val.: €2,500 - €3,000
Lot no. 43
ANVILLE (Jean-Baptiste d'). Nouvel atlas de la Chine, de la …
Val.: €6,000 - €8,000
Lot no. 44
BEHN (Aphra). Oronoko translated from English by Madame Behn…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 45
CASTELNAU (Michel de). Les Mémoires de messire Michel de Cas…
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 46
CHARDIN (Jean). Voyages du chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et a…
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 47
CROISET (Jean). Exercises in piety for every day of the year…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 48
DIDEROT (Denis) - ALEMBERT (D').
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 49
FEUARDENT (François). Entremangeries et gueres ministrales. …
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 50
GRAZIANI (Antonio Maria). History of the war in Cyprus.
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 51
GUIGNES (Joseph de). Histoire générale des Huns, des Turcs, …
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 52
[INCUNABLE] - AUGUSTIN (Saint).
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 53
LUCAIN. De bello civilii, libri decem.
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 54
[MANUSCRIPT - PHILIPPE V]. Calendar for the Year 1702. For t…
Val.: €5,000 - €7,000
Lot no. 55
[MANUSCRIPT - VOYAGE]. Voyage d'Italie 1700.
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 56
NIEBUHR (Carsten). Description de l'Arabie, d'après les obse…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 57
OPSOPAEUS (Johannes). Σιβυλλιακοὶ Χρησμοὶ hoc est Sibyllina …
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 58
PERUCCI (Francesco). Pompe funebri. Di tutte le nationi del …
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 59
PTOLÉMÉE (Claude). Geographiæ universæ tum veteris novae abs…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 60
ROSSET (François de). Les Délices de la poésie francoise, ou…
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 61
SANSON, N. Asia / Africa / In several new maps... . / Europe…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 62
VANCOUVER (George). Atlas of the Vancouver voyage.
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 63
VAN DYCK (Anthony). [Icones principum virorum doctorum picto…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 64
BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE (Henri).
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 65
CROS (Charles). Le Fleuve. Paris: Librairie de L'Eau-forte […
Val.: €10,000 - €15,000
Lot no. 66
DIEULAFOY (Marcel). The Ancient Art of Persia. Archaemides, …
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 67
GUIGNES (Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de).
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 68
[ROYAL INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG BLIND PEOPLE] - GUILLIÉ (Sébastie…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 69
[INSTITUT NATIONAL DES JEUNES AVEUGLES] - GAUTHIER (Gabriel)…
Val.: €3,000 - €4,000
Lot no. 70
PAUMIER (Jh.). Méthode de lecture, en douze leçons... Suivis…
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 71
SAILLET (Alexandre de). Les Jeunes français de toutes les ép…
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 72
STENDHAL. The Charterhouse of Parma.
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 73
VIGNY (Alfred de). Poèmes antiques et modernes.
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 74
BOISSELIER French military costumes.
Val.: €5,000 - €7,000
Lot no. 75
CHAR (René Émile). Les Cloches sur le cœur. With drawings by…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 76
ÉLUARD (Paul). Le Temps déborde.
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 77
[FALIÈRES PHOSPHATE]. DEVAMBEZ (André). RABIER (Benjamin). W…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 78
SACHER-MASOCH (Leopold von). The Venus in Furs. A novel abou…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 79
AYME (Albert) - MALLARMÉ (Stéphane).
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 80
BRAQUE (Georges). Espaces, 13 Dessins, Lavis, Aquarelles.
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 81
BRAQUE (Georges). Des dieux et déesses, ou hommage à Georges…
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 82
CALDER (Alexander) - CALDWELL (Erskine).
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 83
DINET (Étienne) - SLIMAN BEN IBRAHIM BAÂMER.
Val.: €3,000 - €4,000
Lot no. 84
DINET (Étienne) - SLIMAN BEN IBRAHIM BAÂMER.
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 85
DINET (Étienne) - SLIMAN BEN IBRAHIM BAÂMER.
Val.: €6,000 - €8,000
Lot no. 86
DINET (Étienne). Set of two pieces of chased and painted lea…
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 87
FAUTRIER (Jean) - GANZO (Robert).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 88
FAUTRIER (Jean) - PAULHAN (Jean).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 89
FOUJITA (Léonard) - BRINDEJONT-OFFENBACH (Jacques).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 90
GUYOT (Georges) - PERGAUD (Louis).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 91
LAMBERT (André). Petite mythologie galante à l'usage des dam…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 92
LAURENS (Henri) - THEOCRITE. Les Idylles.
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 93
LÉGER (Fernand). Les Constructeurs.
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 94
MATISSE (Henri) - BAUDELAIRE (Charles).
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 95
MIRÓ (Joan). Miró. Sculptures. Paris: Maeght, [1970].
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 96
SCHMIED (François-Louis) - ESCHYLE.
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 97
STAËL (Nicolas de) - LECUIRE (Pierre).
Val.: €15,000 - €20,000
Lot no. 98
TÀPIES (Antoni) - DAIVE (Jean).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500