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Auction Info

Sale Name
Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction Date
06/14/2019 - 06/14/2019
Year of Sale
2019
Sale Number
#61419
Total Lots
233
Sold Lots
183
Lots Sold
78.5%
Unsold Lots
50
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (SEK)
3,426,820.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK)
2,160,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK)
2,708,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (SEK)
2,623,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (SEK)
3,292,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
104.10%
Currency
SEK
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
396,037.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6189 SOWERBY, (JAMES). British Mineralogy: Or, Coloured Figures Intended to Elucidate the Mineralogy of Great Britain.

1804-17.

SEK 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 526,750.00
6154 BLAEU, WILLEM. Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica - Europa recens descripta - Africae nova descriptio - Asia noviter delineata - Americae nova tabula.

1633 , 1635 and 1644

SEK 200,000.00 - 250,000.00 122,500.00
6178 GARTSIDE, MARY. An essay on a new theory of colours, and on composition in general; illustrated by coloured blots shewing the application of the theory to composition of flowers, landscapes, figures, etc.

1808

 SEK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 79,625.00
6184 REITER, JOHANN DANIEL. Abbildung der hundert deutschen wilden Holz-Arten nach dem Nummern-Verzeichnis im Forst-Handbuch von F.

1803-1805.

 SEK 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 79,625.00
6020 STRINDBERG, AUGUST. Marodörer. Komedi i fem akter. (Tryckt som manuskript).

1886

 SEK 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 73,500.00
6237 OMFATTANDE SAMLING BREV SKRIVNA AV CARL GUSTAF VON BRINKMAN TILLGREVINNAN ULLA DE GEER 1822-1847.

1831-1834

 SEK 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 67,375.00
6143 MALLAT, JEAN (DE BASSILAN). Les Philippines.

1846

 SEK 45,000.00 - 50,000.00 67,375.00
6149 THERSNER, ULRIC OCH THORA. Fordna och närvarande Sverige.

1817-67.

SEK 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 63,700.00
6190 SOWERBY, JAMES. Coloured figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms.

1797, 1799, 1803, 1809

SEK 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 53,900.00
6199 ST PETERSBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1750-67. Novi commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae.

1750-67.

SEK 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 51,450.00
6136 DAHLBERG, ERIK. Suecia antiqua et hodierna.

C. 1660-1718.

SEK 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 49,000.00
6115 KAEMPFER, ENGELBERT. Historia imperii Japonici...

1727

 SEK 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 49,000.00
6193 SOWERBY, JAMES - SOWERBY, GEORGE BRETTINGHAM. The Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells, for the use of Students in Conchology and Geology.

1820-25, 1834

 SEK 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 46,550.00
6188 SOWERBY, JAMES. A new elucidation of colours, original prismatic, and material showing their concordance in three primitives, yellow, red and blue ...

1809

 SEK 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 46,550.00
6099 PUFENDORF, SAMUEL VON. Histoire du regne de Charles Gustave roy de Svede comprise en sept commentaires enrichis de tailles douces, traduite en françois sur le latin.

1697

 SEK 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 46,550.00
6231 PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT, 19TH CENTURY. Shahnama manuscript with miniatures, Qajar, 19th century, in Persian.

19th century

 SEK 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 44,100.00
6233 LINDAHL, AXEL. FOTOGRAFIER ÖVER NORDLAND - FINNMARKEN I NORGE.

ca 1890-1900.

 SEK 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 44,100.00
6174 BLOCH, MARCUS ELIESER (1723-1779). [Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische:] Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands - Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische.

1782-1787.

 SEK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 44,100.00
6055 GUSTAV VASAS BIBEL. (Biblia, thet är, all then Helga scrifft på swensko...

1540-41.

 SEK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 39,200.00
6003 (STRINDBERG, AUGUST), HÄRVED ULF. Fritänkaren.

1870

 SEK 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 39,200.00
6152 ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, DIDIER AND GILLES. Atlas Universel par M.

1757-1758

 SEK 45,000.00 - 50,000.00 36,750.00
6166 ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Islandia.

1606

 SEK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 36,750.00
6053 FERRERIUS, VINCENTIUS. Sermones de tempore et de sanctis. I-III.

1493-94

SEK 30,000.00 - 35,000.00 35,525.00
6177 GALLON, J. G. Machines et inventions approuvées par l'Academie Royale des Sciences, depuis son établissement jusqu'à present (1666-1754); avec leur description...

1735-1777.

SEK 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 34,300.00
6080 WRIGHT, MAGNUS, - WILHELM, - FERDINAND VON. Svenska fåglar. Text E. Lönnberg. I-III.

1925-29.

SEK 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 34,300.00
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    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.