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This year’s Chamonal Christmas Catalogue carries an implicit message of faith that the confidence that Mr. Chamonal places both in his presentation and in the material he presents are worth careful consideration and a place on the collector’s shelves. Certainly each item offered earns the continuing distinction of having been selected for participation. Let’s hope the market begins to more seriously capture this information and to include it as, in the years to come, these books come back to the market place.
This year’s Christmas presentation in eleven parts includes:
Livres Precieux 1 to 41
Litterature 42 to 116
Gastronnomie 117 to 165
Vin 166 to 200
Medecine 201 to 241
Sciences 242 to 299
Varia 300 to 398
La France 399 to 494
Voyages avant 1800 495 to 548
Voyages XIX siecle 1. 549 to 621
Voyages XIX siecle 2. 622 to 676
To Monsieur Chamonal congratulations are in order.
Some examples:
Une importante compilation historique du XVIIIc siècle, avec une relation de Louisiane 518bis.
[LOUISIANE] RECUEIL A, B, C. D (...) X, Y, Z, &. A Fontenoy, Luxembourg. Paris Bruxelles, etc., 1745-1762, 24 parties en 12 vol. in-12, bas, fauve marbrée, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés de fleurons, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, roul. Sur les coupes, tr. Rouges [Rel. de l’époque], rest, lég., qq. cahiers bruins
Barbier IV 49, Sabin 68417. Edition originale et série complète.
Importante compilation de pièces historiques “fugitatives”, sur les sujets les plus divers. Elle a été publiée G.-L. Pérau, A.-G. Meusnier de Querlon, l’abbe B. Mercier Saint-Léger, l’abbé J. de La Porte, Et. De Barrazan et B.-C. Gaillard de Graville. “L’abbé de Saint-Léger n’est éditeur que du recueil C” [Barbier].
Swann Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books December 9, 2025
Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
Swann Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books December 9, 2025
Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
Swann Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books December 9, 2025
Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
Swann Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books December 9, 2025
Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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