The third auction of the collections of the defunct company Aristophil resumes in mid-November with 770 lots. The low-end estimate surpasses €6.3 M. Like the previous sale, this one has been put into the hands of Ader-Nordmann, Artcurial, Drouot-Estimations and Aguttes, whose auctioneer is orchestrating the dispersion,...
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), "Projet d’une dixme royale", (Rouen) 1707, quarto (251 x 190 mm), period tan calf binding, blind-tooled three-line fillet framing the board covers, ribbed spine decorated with fleurs de lys, red Morocco title piece, rolled gilding on the board edges, marbled edges, 4 f., 204 pp., 19 pp. index, 1 p. of errata, one fold-out table. Includes four autograph pages. Estimate: €180,000/200,000
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), "Projet d’une dixme royale", (Rouen) 1707, quarto (251 x 190 mm), period tan calf binding, blind-tooled three-line fillet framing the board covers, ribbed spine decorated with fleurs de lys, red Morocco title piece, rolled gilding on the board edges, marbled edges, 4 f., 204 pp., 19 pp. index, 1 p. of errata, one fold-out table. Includes four autograph pages. Estimate: €180,000/200,000
The third auction of the collections of the defunct company Aristophil resumes in mid-November with 770 lots. The low-end estimate surpasses €6.3 M. Like the previous sale, this one has been put into the hands of Ader-Nordmann, Artcurial, Drouot-Estimations and Aguttes, whose auctioneer is orchestrating the dispersion, which has taken six years.
"À Rebours" by Joris-Karl Huysmans, bound by Pierre Legrain (1889-1929) in Morocco leather, mother-of-pearl, lacquer and eggshell; illustrated with 220 colour engravings by Auguste Lepère (1849-1918). Estimate: €50,000/60,000
Precious works On 14 November, Aguttes’ hammer blow starts the week with a session focusing on antiquarian books. Taxpayers will be delighted to see the maréchal de Vauban’s plea to establish an income tax. The "project for a royal tax" on “everything that yields an income” could have…
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