This auction by Drouot, for Muizon - Rieunier, brings together a range of the written material from antiquity to more recent times. What: Drouot’s auction of Antique and Modern Books, Letters & AutographsWhere: Room 7 - Drouot-Richelieu, 9, rue Drouot 75009 ParisWhen: December 21, 2016Top lots of the sale:* An atlas “presented to Bishop the Dauphin, new atlas containing all parts of the world where empires, monarchies, kingdoms and estates are exactly noticed by Sr. Sanson,” Hubert Jaillot, 1696. Estimate: €6,000 - €8,000* A new atlas of marine charts, by Hubert Jaillot, 1693. Estimate: €5,000* “Atlas Minor, Gerardi Mercatoris,” Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, undated. Estimate: €5,000* “Disputatio Excellentium,” a rare original edition of the theological debate that took place in 1519 between the Catholic theologian Jean Eck and two of the leaders of the reform movement, Martin Luther and Andreas Karlstadt. Estimate: €3,000* “Tracatus Theologico-Politicus,” second edition, published during the lifetime of the author (1677), augmented in particular by the “Interpres” by Lodewijk Meijer, which provoked a condemnation of the book. It is much rarer than the original edition of 1670. Estimate: €2,000 - €3,000* Reissue of Heinrich Palmaz’s “Anatomische Erklärung der Original-Figuren von A. Vesale,” 1763. Estimate: €2,000 - €3,000* Jauna Dominique’s “General History of the kingdoms of Cyprus, Jerusalem, Armenia and Egypt... and the most memorable facts of the Ottoman Empire,” 1747. Original edition dedicated to the Queen of France, Maria Theresa of Austria. Estimate: €1,500 - €2,000For details, visit www.drouot.comClick on the slideshow for sale highlights.
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