Sothebys: Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History | Total Sales (GBP) | 1,415,171.00 |
| Auction Date | November 14, 2017 - November 14, 2017 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 846,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #L17405 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 1,223,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 237 | ||
| Sold Lots | 164 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 2,139,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 69.20% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 2,983,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 73 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 47.43% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | [Gastaldi, Giacomo] | TOTIUS ORBIS DESCRIPTIO, |
C.1570? | GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | GBP 187,500.00 |
| 5 | Merian, Maria Sybilla | METAMORPHOSIS INSECTORUM SURINAMENSIUM OFTE VERANDERING DER SURINAAMSCHE INSECTEN. |
1705 | GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | GBP 93,750.00 |
| 34 | Hamilton, Sir William | CAMPI PHLEGRAEI. OBSERVATIONS ON THE VOLCANOS OF THE TWO SICILIES AS THEY HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON |
1776-1779 | GBP 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 81,250.00 |
| 18 | Mercator, Gerard and Jodocus Hondius | L'ATLAS OU MÉDITATIONS COSMOGRAPHIQUES DE LA FABRIQUE DU MONDE ET FIGURE DICELUY. |
1613 | GBP 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 62,500.00 |
| 24 | [Ptolemaeus, Claudius]--Bernard Sylvanus | UNTITLED WORLD MAP. |
1511 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 62,500.00 |
| 106 | Roberts, David | THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA, ARABIA, EGYPT & NUBIA. |
1842-1849 | GBP 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 62,500.00 |
| 114 | Werner, Carl and George Robert Gleig | JERUSALEM, BETHLEHEM, AND THE HOLY PLACES FROM DRAWINGS PAINTED ON THE SPOT BY HERR CARL WERNER. WITH AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NARRATIVE BY THE REV. |
1865-66 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 56,250.00 |
| 20 | Wit, Frederick De | [GENERAL ATLAS], WITH THE ENGRAVED TITLE FOR ATLAS MAIOR. |
C.1688-1696 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 43,750.00 |
| 127 | Tebenkov, Mikhail | GIDROGRATICHESKIIA ZAMIECHANIIA K ATLAS SIEVEROZAPADNYKH BEREGOV AMERIKI. |
1852 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 43,750.00 |
| 191 | Richardson, John and John Edward Gray | THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. EREBUS & TERROR, UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS… DURING THE YEARS 1839–1843. |
1844–1875 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 43,750.00 |
| 97 | Palestine photographs | A COLLECTION OF OVER FIVE-HUNDRED 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS, INCLUDING: |
GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 37,500.00 | |
| 72 | Frith, Francis | TEN MAMMOTH PHOTOGRAPHS OF EGYPT. |
C.1858 | GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 35,000.00 |
| 11 | [Thornton, Robert John | THE TEMPLE OF FLORA, OR GARDEN OF NATURE. |
1810 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 25,000.00 |
| 107 | Saudi Arabia--Hamilton, Lieut.-Col. R.E.A. | DIARY OF A JOURNEY IN CENTRAL ARABIA (1917). |
?1918 | GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 22,500.00 |
| 91 | Norie, [John William] | GULF OF PERSIA. |
1880 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 21,250.00 |
| 22 | Idrisi, Al | [TABULA ROGERIANA] [NUZHAT AL-MUSHT?Q FI'KHTIR?Q AL-?F?Q - THE BOOK OF PLEASANT JOURNEYS INTO FARAWAY LANDS]. 1154 |
1928 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 20,000.00 |
| 90 | Oil Map--International Map Company Inc. | WORLD PETROLEUM JULY 1938 OIL MAP OF THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST. |
1938 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 18,750.00 |
| 235 | Shackleton, Ernest | THE SOUTH POLAR TIMES. |
1907-1914, 2010 | GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 17,500.00 |
| 168 | Hong Kong--John Thomson, William P. Floyd (and others) | SEVENTY-ONE PHOTOGRAPHS OF HONG KONG. |
C.1870-EARLY 1900S | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 15,000.00 |
| 230 | Shackleton, Ernest | THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC. BEING THE STORY OF THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1907-1909 [AND THE ANTARCTIC BOOK]. |
1909 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 13,750.00 |
| 205 | British "Terra Nova" Expedition, 1910-13 | TWO PHOTOGRAPHS |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 12,500.00 | |
| 133 | Bernatz, Johann Martin | SCENES IN ETHIOPIA. LONDON |
1852 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 11,250.00 |
| 86 | Mecca--Haji Nawab Ali & sons | ARABIA ALBUM, CONTAINING 12 PHOTO VIEWS. |
C.1920S | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,000.00 |
| 149 | Korea and Japan--Rittenhouse, E.E. | ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INSCRIBED 'KOREAN AND JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTED OR TAKEN BY E.E. RITTENHOUSE FROM JANUARY 1898 TO JANUARY 1899'. |
1880S-1890S; COMPILED IN 1898-99 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 10,000.00 |
| 123 | [Montanus, Arnoldus] | AMERICA BEING THE LATEST AND MOST ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW WORLD... |
1671 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 9,375.00 |
