Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora

October 21st, 2026 at 2:00 PM
75002 Paris - France

General informations
Sale location
Fees and conditions

Featured lots by the auctions House:

a drawing of a tiger that is walking in the grass
an image of a book with a picture of a woman ' s face on the cover
drawing of a man with no shirt and no shirt on his chest
drawing of a man with a spear and shield in his hand
an image of a close up of a book with a palm leaf on it
Terms of sale
Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African Diaspora Transatlantic journeys and destinies: Africans, Caribbean people, Americans and French people. The image of Black people as seen by themselves, rather than by others, throughout their journeys Wednesday 21 October 2026 – 2.00 pm SALLE DES VENTES FAVART 3, rue Favart 75002 Paris PUBLIC VIEWING Tuesday 20 October: 11.00 am – 6.00 pm Wednesday 21 October: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm Expert: Éric BUSSER [email protected] Auction Manager: Élodie DELABALLE [email protected] - Tel.: 01 78 91 10 16
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Sale commission: 31.8 % incl. taxes for voluntary sales

Nature of the sale
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
Contact:
Ader
01 53 40 77 10
[email protected]
Operator: Ader OVV

Sale commission: 31.8 % incl. taxes for voluntary sales

Internet fees: 1.5% excluding VAT of the hammer price for judicial sales, 1.5% excluding VAT for voluntary sales or €60 excluding VAT per vehicle. No additional fees will be applied on charity auction lots.

Adjudication: As the Live auction report is not binding, the winning bids are confirmed after the sale by the auctioneer.

Terms of sale: Download the auctioneer's conditions of sale

Legal notice for voluntary sales: Ader OVV Declaration date or accreditation number: 2002-448 Intra-Community VAT: FR66450500707

Exposures:
Lot no. 1
[ABOLITION OF SLAVERY].
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 2
BEHN (Aphra).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 3
BEHN (Aphra).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 4
[BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE (Henri)].
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 5
BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE (Henri).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 6
BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE (Henri).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 7
BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE (Henri).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 8
BOSMAN (Willem).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 9
BRUCE (James).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 10
CLARKSON (Thomas).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 11
[COUSIN D’AVALLON (Charles-Yves)].
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 12
DEFOE (Daniel).
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 13
DEMANET (Abbé).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 14
FROSSARD (Benjamin-Sigismond).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 15
GRANDPRÉ (Louis-Marie-Joseph O’Hier de).
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 16
HORNEMANN (Friedrich Conrad).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 17
HOUGHTON (Major Daniel) – PARK (Mungo).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 18
[JOLY (Joseph-Romain)].
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 19
LABARTHE (Pierre).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 20
LABAT (Jean-Baptiste).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 21
LABAT (Jean-Baptiste) – CAVAZZI (Giovanni Antonio).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 22
LEVAILLANT (François).
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 23
MARIVAUX.
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 24
PARK (Mungo).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 25
PARNY (Évariste de).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 26
PARNY (Évariste).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 27
PÉTION, Jérôme.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 28
PLINY THE ELDER.
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 29
[PRÉVOST (Antoine François)].
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 30
[SAINT-DOMINGUE].
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 31
SANSON (Nicolas).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 32
SPARRMAN (André).
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 33
STRABO.
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 34
VILLAUT (Nicolas).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 35
ADAMS (Robert).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 36
ARMISTEAD (Wilson).
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 37
BARROW (John).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 38
BUDGETT-MEAKIN (James Edward).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 39
BUXTON (Thomas Fowell).
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 40
CASALIS (Eugène).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 41
COCHELET (Charles).
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 42
COMBES (Edmond) – TAMISIER (Maurice).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 43
DAUDET (Alphonse).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 44
[DINET (Étienne)].
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 45
DUMAS (Alexandre).
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 46
DURAS (Claire de).
Val.: €5,000 - €7,000
Lot no. 47
DURAS (Claire de).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 48
DURAS (Claire de).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 49
[SLAVERY].
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 50
EYRIÈS (Jean-Baptiste).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 51
[GEOFFROY DE VILLENEUVE (René Claude)].
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 52
GOURAUD (Julie).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 53
HECQUARD (Hyacinte Louis).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 54
HENRICY (Casimir).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 55
HUGO (Victor).
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 56
HUGO (Victor).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 57
HUGO (Victor).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 58
LANDER (Richard and John).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 59
LECONTE DE LISLE – JOUVE (Paul).
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 60
LECONTE DE LISLE – DENIS (Odette).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 61
LENZ (Oskar).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 62
LOTI (Pierre).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 63
LOTI (Pierre).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 64
LOTI (Pierre).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 65
MAYNARD DE QUEILHE (Louis de).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 66
MÉRIMÉE (Prosper).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 67
MÉRIMÉE (Prosper).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 68
PLUCHONNEAU (the elder) – MAILLARD (Hippolyte).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 69
RIMBAUD (Arthur).
Val.: €800
Lot no. 70
RIMBAUD (Arthur) – LÉGER (Fernand).
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 71
RIMBAUD (Arthur) – SVANBERG (Maw Walter).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 72
RIMBAUD (Arthur). WOU-KI (Zao).
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 73
ROGER (Jacques-François).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 74
ROGER (Jacques-François).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 75
SALT (Henry).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 75 - B
SOLEILLET (Paul).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 75 - Bis
SOLEILLET (Paul).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 76
SUE (Eugène).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 77
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 78
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 79
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 80
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 81
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 82
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 83
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 84
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 85
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 86
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 87
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 88
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 89
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 90
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 91
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 92
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 93
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 94
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 95
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 96
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 97
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 99
WAHLEN (Auguste).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 100
ZOLA (Émile).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 101
ANDRÉADIS (Ianna).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 102
APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume) – FÉRAT (Serge).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 103
ARP (Hans).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 104
AVELINE (Claude) – BRULLER (Jean).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 105
BENOIT (Pierre) – LOBEL-RICHE (Almery).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 106
BENOIT (Pierre) – DUBOIS (Paul-Élie).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 107
BENOIT (Pierre).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 108
BRULY BOUABRÉ (Frédéric).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 109
BURTHE D’ANNELET (Jules).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 110
[CAMEROON].
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 111
CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 112
CENDRARS (Blaise).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 113
CENDRARS (Blaise).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 114
CENDRARS (Blaise).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 115
CENDRARS (Blaise).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 116
CHARBONNEAU (Louis).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 117
CHEVALIER (Auguste).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 118
CONCHON (Georges).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 119
CONRAD (Joseph).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 120
CREVEL (René).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 121
CUNARD (Nancy).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 122
DAMAS (Léon-Gontran).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 123
DELAVIGNETTE (Robert).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 124
DEMAISON (André) – MILLE (Pierre).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 125
DEMAISON (André).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 126
DEMAISON (André) – GUYOT (Georges Lucien).
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 127
DEMAISON (André) – JOUVE (Paul).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 128
DEMAISON (André).
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 129
DEMAISON (André).
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 130
DEMAISON (André).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 131
DEMAISON (André) – DENIS (Odette).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 132
DEMAISON (André) – CAMI (Robert).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 133
[DURAS (Marguerite)] – ROQUES (Philippe).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 134
DURAS (Marguerite).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 135
DURAS (Marguerite).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 136
GARY (Romain).
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 137
GARY (Romain).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 138
GARY (Romain).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 139
GHEERBRANT (Alain).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 140
GIDE (André).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 141
GIDE (André).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 142
GIDE (André) – ALLÉGRET (Marc).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 143
GIDE (André).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 144
[GIDE (André)] – MAHIAS (Claude).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 145
GUGLIELMI (Joseph) – ARMAN.
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 146
HAARDT (Georges-Marie) – AUDOUIN-DUBREUIL (Louis).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 147
HAARDT (Georges-Marie) – AUDOUIN-DUBREUIL (Louis).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 148
IACOVLEFF (Alexandre).
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 149
JARRY (Alfred).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 150
KESSEL (Joseph).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 151
KESSEL (Joseph) – SIMON (Jacques).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 152
KESSEL (Joseph).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 153
KESSEL (Joseph).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 154
KESSEL (Joseph).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 155
KESSEL (Joseph).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 156
KESSEL (Joseph).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 157
[LAM (Wifredo)].
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 158
[LAM (Wifredo)].
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 159
LE CLÉZIO (Jean-Marie-Gustave).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 160
LEIRIS (Michel).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 161
LEIRIS (Michel).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 162
LEIRIS (Michel).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 163
LEIRIS (Michel).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 164
MARAN (René).
Val.: €3,000 - €4,000
Lot no. 165
MARAN (René).
Val.: €2,000 - €30,000
Lot no. 166
MARAN (René) – IACOVLEFF (Alexandre).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 167
MARAN (René) – JOUVE (Paul).
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 168
MARAN (René) – GUYOT (Georges Lucien).
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 169
MARAN (René) – COLLOT (André).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 170
MARINETTI (Filippo Tommaso).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 171
MARINETTI (Filippo Tommaso).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 172
MARVILLE (Jean) – VLAMINCK (Maurice de).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 173
MICHAUX (Henri).
Val.: €3,000 - €4,000
Lot no. 174
MILHAUD (Darius).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 175
MORAND (Paul).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 176
MORAND (Paul).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 177
MORAND (Paul).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 178
NDIAYE (Marie).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 179
PAULHAN (Jean).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 180
PAULHAN (Jean).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 181
PAULHAN (Jean) – MASSON (André).
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 182
PAULHAN (Jean).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 183
POWELL-COTTON (Percy Horace Gordon).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 184
PRÉVERT (Jacques).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 185
PSICHARI (Ernest).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 186
[MAGAZINE].
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 187
ROSEY (Gui).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 188
ROUSSEL (Raymond).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 189
SAINT-JOHN PERSE.
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 190
SAINT-JOHN PERSE.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 191
SALMON (André).
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 192
SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar) – ERNI (Hans).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 193
SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar) – PESSIN (Marc).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 194
SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar) – CHAGALL (Marc).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 195
SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar) – CHAGALL (Marc).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 196
SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar) – SOULAGES (Pierre).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 197
SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar) – MASSON (André).
Val.: €100 - €1,500
Lot no. 198
SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 199
SIMENON (Georges).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 200
SIMENON (Georges).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 201
SIMENON (Georges).
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 202
THARAUD (Jérôme and Jean).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 203
TOURNIER (Michel).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 204
VIALATTE (Alexandre).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 205
VIAN (Boris).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 206
YOURCENAR (Marguerite).
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 207
YOURCENAR (Marguerite).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 208
YOURCENAR (Marguerite).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 209
[AFRICA].
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 210
[AFRICA – TRAVEL – EXPEDITIONS].
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 211
[BALDWIN (James)].
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 212
[BIOGRAPHIES – MEMOIRS].
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 213
[CENDRARS (Blaise)].
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 214
[COLONIALISM].
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 215
CONSTANT (Paule).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 216
[GEOGRAPHY].
Val.: €50 - €70
Lot no. 217
[GIDE (André)].
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 218
LE CLÉZIO (Jean-Marie-Gustave).
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 219
LE CLÉZIO (Jean-Marie-Gustave).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 220
[LEIRIS (Michel)].
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 221
[LITERATURE].
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 222
[LITERATURE].
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 223
[LITERATURE].
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 224
[LITERATURE].
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 225
[ANTIQUE BOOKS].
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 226
[ANTIQUE BOOKS – LITERATURE].
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 227
[MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS – REFERENCE MATERIALS].
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 228
[19TH-CENTURY BOOKS].
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 229
[19TH-CENTURY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS].
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 230
[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE 20TH CENTURY].
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 231
[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE 20TH CENTURY].
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 232
MALRAUX (André).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 233
[MONFREID (Henry de)].
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 234
MORAND (Paul).
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 235
PARAZ (Albert).
Val.: €40 - €60
Lot no. 236
[POETRY – SONGS].
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 237
[RIMBAUD (Arthur)].
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 238
[SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar)].
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 239
[SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar)].
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 240
[SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar)].
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 241
SIMENON (Georges).
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 242
SOUPAULT (Philippe).
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 243
TCHICAYA U TAM’SI.
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 244
THARAUD (Jérôme and Jean).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 245
[TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE].
Val.: €40 - €60
Lot no. 246
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 247
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 248
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 249
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 250
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 251
VERNE (Jules).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 252
[WARD (Herbert)].
Val.: €300 - €400