AUCTION: Slatkine Library

September 22nd, 2026 at 6:30 PM
1201 Genève - Switzerland

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Exposures
Terms of sale
No bids will be accepted after 10.00 am on 22 September for this sale. It is not possible to bid live via Interencheres for this sale. Viewing from 18 to 20 September, between 12 noon and 7 pm at 38, rue de Monthoux, 1201 Geneva. The only way to pay remotely is by bank transfer. The transfer must have been credited to our account before you can collect your lot.
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Payment can be made on site in cash or by credit card (2% surcharge) on the return days (25 September, between 12 noon and 5 pm, 26 September, between 11.00 and 14.00, and 28 September, between 11.00 and 17.00). For payments by bank transfer, the funds must be credited to our account before the lot can be collected.
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Sale commission: 27.03 % incl. taxes for voluntary sales

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Contact:
Genève Enchères
00 41 22 710 04 04
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Operator: Genève Enchères

Sale commission: 27.03 % incl. taxes for voluntary sales

Payment terms:
Payment can be made on site in cash or by credit card (2% surcharge) on the return days (25 September, between 12 noon and 5 pm, 26 September, between 11.00 and 14.00, and 28 September, between 11.00 and 17.00). For payments by bank transfer, the funds must be credited to our account before the lot can be collected.
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Legal notice of the Auction House : Not declared in France within the meaning of French regulations Intra-Community VAT: NC

Exposures:

Rue de Monthoux 38, 1201 Genève, Switzerland

September 18th, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM
September 18th, 2026 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
September 20th, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Lot no. 1
BOOK OF HOURS FOR USE IN PARIS.
Val.: CHF 15,000 - CHF 20,000
Lot no. 2
MANUSCRIPT. THE ONLY KNOWN MANUSCRIPT BY HUET DES VIGNES.
Val.: CHF 6,000 - CHF 8,000
Lot no. 3
INCUNABULUM. SAINT ISIDORE OF SEVILLE: Isidori jiunioris.
Val.: CHF 6,000 - CHF 8,000
Lot no. 4
INCUNABULUM. CARACCIOLO (Roberto, of the Order of Friars Min…
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 5
INCUNABULUM. *Biblia sacra*. Venice, Johannis dicti magni (J…
Val.: CHF 2,000 - CHF 3,000
Lot no. 6
INCUNABULUM. GIUSTINIANI (San Lorenzo): *Doctrina del Beato …
Val.: CHF 5,000 - CHF 8,000
Lot no. 7
HOURS FOR USE IN RENNES. These Hours for Use in Rennes were …
Val.: CHF 800 - CHF 1,200
Lot no. 8
PIERRE LE MANGEUR: *Historia Scholastica Magistri Petri Come…
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 9
ASTRONOMY. ANIANUS: *Compotus cum comento familiaris*: toget…
Val.: CHF 500 - CHF 700
Lot no. 10
SEYSSEL (Claude de): The King’s Victory over the Venetians.
Val.: CHF 2,000 - CHF 3,000
Lot no. 11
CHAMPIER (Symphorien) *La Nef des princes et des batailles d…
Val.: CHF 800 - CHF 1,200
Lot no. 12
THUCYDIDES: The History of Thucydides the Athenian, concerni…
Val.: CHF 4,000 - CHF 6,000
Lot no. 13
ROME. MARIANI (Giovanni Bartholomeo): *Topographia Antiquae …
Val.: CHF 800 - CHF 1,200
Lot no. 14
MAROT (Clément): The Works of Clément Marot, Valet to the Ki…
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 15
BOCCACE (Jean): Des nobles maleureux.
Val.: CHF 1,500 - CHF 2,000
Lot no. 16
PETRARCH: Rime di M. Francesco Petrarca.
Val.: CHF 300 - CHF 500
Lot no. 17
CRENNE (Helisenne de): *Les Angoysses Douloureuses qui proce…
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 18
FUCHS (Leonhart): *De Historia stirpium Commentarii Insignes…
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 19
CHARLES V: *Formula Reformationis per Caesaream Maiestatem S…
Val.: CHF 1,500 - CHF 2,000
Lot no. 20
MAROT (Clément): The Works of Clément Marot, of Cahors, the …
Val.: CHF 1,500 - CHF 2,000
Lot no. 21
MEIGRET (Louis): A Treatise on French Grammar.
Val.: CHF 1,200 - CHF 1,800
Lot no. 22
LORITI (Heinrich), known as GLAREANUS: Henrichi Loriti Glare…
Val.: CHF 500 - CHF 800
Lot no. 23
ALBERTI (Leone Baptista): *The Architecture and Art of Build…
Val.: CHF 1,500 - CHF 2,000
Lot no. 24
HERODIAN: The History of Herodian, an excellent historian, d…
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 25
MUNSTER (Sebastien): *Cosmographiae universalis*.
Val.: CHF 1,500 - CHF 2,000
Lot no. 26
DES COLES (Monsieur): *L’Enfer de Cupido*, by Monsieur Des C…
Val.: CHF 800 - CHF 1,200
Lot no. 27
BELLEAU (Remy): The Odes of Anacreon of Teos, translated fro…
Val.: CHF 600 - CHF 800
Lot no. 28
RUSSIA. HERBERSTEIN (Sigismund, Freiherr von): *Moscovia der…
Val.: CHF 4,000 - CHF 6,000
Lot no. 29
REFORMATION. CALVIN (Jehan): *Psychopannychia*.
Val.: CHF 400 - CHF 600
Lot no. 30
ICHTHYOLOGY. RONDELET (Guillaume): *The Complete History of …
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 31
CORROZET (Gilles): The Antiquities, Chronicles and Curiositi…
Val.: CHF 400 - CHF 600
Lot no. 32
BUDE (Guillaume). *Lexicon sive Dictionarium graeco latinum*…
Val.: CHF 250 - CHF 300
Lot no. 33
EMBLEMATA. ALCIAT (André): Emblèmes d’Alciat, newly translat…
Val.: CHF 300 - CHF 500
Lot no. 34
MEDICINE. PORCELL (Ioan Tomas): Information and cure for the…
Val.: CHF 600 - CHF 800
Lot no. 35
BIBLIA SACRA, carefully and faithfully revised from the fine…
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 36
SAINTE-MARTHE (Scevole de): The Early Works of Scevole de Sa…
Val.: CHF 300 - CHF 500
Lot no. 37
VAUX DE CERNAY (Pierre des): History of the Albigensians, an…
Val.: CHF 300 - CHF 500
Lot no. 38
HYDROGEOLOGY. BESSON (Jacques): The Art and Science of Findi…
Val.: CHF 2,500 - CHF 3,000
Lot no. 39
DU VERDIER (Antoine): *Les Omonimes*, a satire on the corrup…
Val.: CHF 300 - CHF 500
Lot no. 40
MUSIC. ROLAND DE LASSUS (Orlando): *Novem Quiritationes Divi…
Val.: CHF 800 - CHF 1,200
Lot no. 41
ATLAS. ORTELIUS (Abraham): *Theatrum orbis terrarum*.
Val.: CHF 8,000 - CHF 12,000
Lot no. 42
VENICE. BIZZARRI (Pietro): History of the war that took plac…
Val.: CHF 600 - CHF 800
Lot no. 43
RAMUS (Pierre de la Ramée, known as), c.
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 44
RONSARD (Pierre de): Sonnets by P.
Val.: CHF 1,500 - CHF 2,000
Lot no. 45
FULGOSE (Baptiste): *Contramours*.
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 46
HELVETICA. DANEAU (Lambert): A Treatise on Dancing, in which…
Val.: CHF 500 - CHF 700
Lot no. 47
BODIN (Jean): *On the Demonomania of Witches*.
Val.: CHF 800 - CHF 1,200
Lot no. 48
MONTAIGNE (Michel de): Essays by Michel, Lord of Montaigne.
Val.: CHF 4,000 - CHF 6,000
Lot no. 49
MEDICINA SALERNITANA: that is to say, the precepts for maint…
Val.: CHF 200 - CHF 300
Lot no. 50
SCHRENCK VON NOTZING (Jacob): *Der Aller Durchleuchtigisten …
Val.: CHF 3,000 - CHF 5,000
Lot no. 51
COLOGNY. OUDIN (César): The Treasury of the Three Languages:…
Val.: CHF 200 - CHF 300
Lot no. 52
THIBAULT (Girard): *Académie de l’épée*, in which the theory…
Val.: CHF 2,500 - CHF 3,000
Lot no. 53
ATLAS. MERCATOR (Gérard): Atlas, or a Representation of the …
Val.: CHF 6,000 - CHF 8,000
Lot no. 54
ATLAS. JANSSON (Jan, Harnhem 1588 – Amsterdam 1664): New Atl…
Val.: CHF 8,000 - CHF 12,000
Lot no. 55
CARDANO (Girolamo): Metoposcopy.
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 56
HUNTING. [DU FOUILLOUX (Jacques)]: Adeliche Weydwercke.
Val.: CHF 400 - CHF 600
Lot no. 57
CHINA. KIRCHER (Athanasius): Athanasii Kircheri E Soc.
Val.: CHF 400 - CHF 600
Lot no. 58
BEAULIEU (Sébastien de Pontault, Lord of): The Glorious Conq…
Val.: CHF 400 - CHF 600
Lot no. 59
ATLAS. CORONELLI (Vincenzo Maria): *Atlante Veneto*, contain…
Val.: CHF 1,500 - CHF 2,000
Lot no. 60
ATLAS. WITT (Frédéric de): *Atlas major* or *The Great Atlas…
Val.: CHF 10,000 - CHF 15,000
Lot no. 61
NATURAL HISTORY. SEBA (A.): *Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium…
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 62
WEINMANN (Johann Wilhelm) 1683–1741: *Phytanthoza-iconograph…
Val.: CHF 15,000 - CHF 20,000
Lot no. 63
ATLAS. SEUTTER (Matthaeus): Atlas Novus in dicibus in struct…
Val.: CHF 2,000 - CHF 3,000
Lot no. 64
CHINA. D'ANVILLE (Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon): New Atlas of C…
Val.: CHF 6,000 - CHF 8,000
Lot no. 65
BELLIN (Jacques-Nicolas): *Le Neptune François* [or Collecti…
Val.: CHF 1,500 - CHF 2,000
Lot no. 66
VOLTAIRE (Jean-Marie AROUET, known as): Candide, or Optimism…
Val.: CHF 600 - CHF 800
Lot no. 67
INDIA. LE GENTIL (Guillaume): A Voyage across the Indian Oce…
Val.: CHF 800 - CHF 1,200
Lot no. 68
ROME. OVERBEKE (Michel Van): *Reliquiae antiquae Urbis Romae…
Val.: CHF 1,500 - CHF 2,000
Lot no. 69
ROUBO (André Jacques). Paris, 1739–1791.
Val.: CHF 1,500 - CHF 2,000
Lot no. 70
CORSICA. BELLIN (Jacques-Nicolas): Geographical and Historic…
Val.: CHF 500 - CHF 800
Lot no. 71
POMOLOGY. KNOOP (J.-H.): Pomology, or a description of the f…
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 72
ATLAS. AMERICA. JEFFREYS (Thomas): The American Atlas or A G…
Val.: CHF 6,000 - CHF 8,000
Lot no. 73
RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE: *Le Quadragenaire, or The Age of Reno…
Val.: CHF 300 - CHF 500
Lot no. 74
RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme): *La Vie de Mon Père*.
Val.: CHF 800 - CHF 1,200
Lot no. 75
HELVETICA. ZURLAUBEN (Baron de) – LA BORDE (Benjamin): Topog…
Val.: CHF 3,000 - CHF 5,000
Lot no. 76
BOTANY. BULLIARD: Herbarium of France, or Complete Collectio…
Val.: CHF 3,500 - CHF 4,500
Lot no. 77
HELVETICA. WOLFF (C.): Collection of remarkable views of the…
Val.: CHF 500 - CHF 700
Lot no. 78
SCAMOZZI (Ottavio Bertotti): The Buildings and Drawings of A…
Val.: CHF 800 - CHF 1,200
Lot no. 79
LACEPEDE (Etienne de Laville, Count of) and CUVIER (Georges)…
Val.: CHF 6,000 - CHF 8,000
Lot no. 80
RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme): *Les Posthumes*.
Val.: CHF 500 - CHF 800
Lot no. 81
SPAIN. LABORDE (Count Alexandre de) A Picturesque and Histor…
Val.: CHF 3,000 - CHF 5,000
Lot no. 82
STENDHAL: Letters written from Vienna, Austria, on the famou…
Val.: CHF 600 - CHF 800
Lot no. 83
VERNET (Carle) 1758–1836, French artist born in Bordeaux and…
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 84
CONSTANT (Benjamin): Adolphe. Paris, Treuttel and Würtz, and…
Val.: CHF 800 - CHF 1,200
Lot no. 85
SAINT-NON (Jean-Claude Richard de): A Picturesque Journey to…
Val.: CHF 1,500 - CHF 2,000
Lot no. 86
STENDHAL: *The Red and the Black*.
Val.: CHF 4,000 - CHF 6,000
Lot no. 87
BALZAC (Honoré de): *The Lily of the Valley*.
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 88
HELVETICA. BARNARD (George): Sketches in Switzerland.
Val.: CHF 1,500 - CHF 2,000
Lot no. 89
VERLAINE (Paul): *Sagesse*. Paris: Société générale de Libra…
Val.: CHF 2,500 - CHF 3,000
Lot no. 90
VALLOTTON (Félix) – UZANNE (Octave), ADAM (Paul), BERNARD (T…
Val.: CHF 500 - CHF 800
Lot no. 91
The Masters of the Poster. Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1896–189…
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 92
PEGUY (Charles): The Mystery of Joan of Arc’s Charity.
Val.: CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Lot no. 93
DENIS (Maurice): Travel Sketches from Italy.
Val.: CHF 800 - CHF 1,200
Lot no. 94
HUXLEY (Aldous): Brave New World.
Val.: CHF 400 - CHF 600
Lot no. 95
CELINE (Louis Ferdinand Destouches): *Mort à crédit*.
Val.: CHF 400 - CHF 600
Lot no. 96
VIRGIL: The Georgics. Latin text and French translation by J…
Val.: CHF 800 - CHF 1,200
Lot no. 97
CAMUS (Albert): *The Plague*. Paris: Gallimard, 1947;
Val.: CHF 2,500 - CHF 3,000
Lot no. 98
FARGUE (Léon-Paul): *Illuminations nouvelles*.
Val.: CHF 1,500 - CHF 2,000