Lot 85 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
déscription géographique de la guyane contenant les possessions et les etablissements des francois, des espagnols et des portugais, des hollandois dans ces vastes pays. paris: didot, 1763
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,139–$4,709
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 20 November 2014
- Dimensions
- FIRST EDITION, 4to (250 x 190mm.), printed and engraved title, 20 engraved maps (some folding), 10 plates (numbered 1-X), contemporary mottled calf, edges slightly bumped
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4308949
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Bellin, Jacques-nicholas. 1703-1772., déscription géographique de la guyane contenant les possessions et les etablissements des francois, des espagnols et des portugais, des hollandois dans ces vastes pays. paris: didot, 1763. Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 85. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4308949.
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Bellin, Jacques-nicholas. 1703-1772., déscription géographique de la guyane contenant les possessions et les etablissements des francois, des espagnols et des portugais, des hollandois dans ces vastes pays. paris: didot, 1763. Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 85. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4308949.
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From the same sale Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts · Nov 2014
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visiting card inscribed by Verdi in 1852, and an autograph letter sig… | Giuseppe Verdi | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| sept manifestes dada. paris: diorama, 1924 | Tristan Tzara | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| index librorum prohibitorum cum regulis confectis per patres a triden… | — | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| first and early editions of string quartets and quintets, in parts | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 1756-1791. | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| a collection of five volumes from the bodoni press, all in contempora… | — | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| filmgegner von heute - filmfreunde von morgen. berlin: hermann recken… | Hans Richter | £2,000–£3,000 |
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