Sothebys: Natural History, Atlases and Travel, 93607,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 07, 1993 - December 07, 1993

Page Size: 481 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
301	MAGGI (FRANCESCO MARIA)	SYNTAGMATON LINGUARUM ORIENTALIUM QUAE IN GEORGIAE REGIONIBUS AUDIUNTUR	Rome	1670	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	517.00
302	MAYER (LUIGI)	VIEWS IN THE OTTOMAN DOMINIONS			GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,725.00
303	MAYER (LUIGI)	VIEWS IN THE OTTOMAN DOMINIONS		1810	GBP 1,600.00 - 1,800.00	1,725.00
304	PANORAMA [BRACEBRIDGE (SELINA, Mrs Charles Holt)]	NOTES DESCRIPTIVE OF A PANORAMIC SKETCH OF ATHENS		1839	GBP 600.00 - 700.00	1,495.00
305	[PETITOT (ENNEMOND-ALEXANDRE)]	MASCARADE A LA GRECQUE	Parma	1771	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	6,670.00
306	PHOTOGRAPHS GOR (A.)	A FINE ALBUM COMPRISING 44 MOUNTED ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS ON 41 LEAVES	Russia	1870	GBP 450.00 - 500.00	1,840.00
307	POUQUEVILLE (FRANCOIS-CHARLES-HUGUES-LAURENT)	HISTOIRE DE REGENERATION DE LA GRECE	Paris	1824	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
308	STEPHANOPOLI (DIMO AND NICOLO)	VOYAGE... EN GRECE	Paris	1800	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
309	THEVENOT ( [JEAN DE] )	RELATION D'UN VOYAGE FAIT AU LEVANT	Paris	1664	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
310	WILKINS (WILLIAM)	THE ANTIQUITIES OF MAGNA GRAECIA	Cambridge	1807	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	1,610.00
311	WILLIAMS (HUGH WILLIAM)	SELECT VIEWS IN GREECE. With Classical illustrations		1829	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	632.00
312	ABD AL-WAHHAB. LIBER TASRIPHI	compositio est senis alemami. Traditur in eo compendiosa notitia coniugationum verbi Arabici	Rome	1610	GBP 600.00 - 700.00	805.00
313	AMICO (BERNARDINO) TRATTATO DELLE PIANTE ET IMAGINI DEI SACRI EDIFICII DI TERRA SANTA	disegnate in Gierusalemme secondo le regole della prospettiva, & vera misura della lor grandezza	Rome	1609	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	2,645.00
314	ARABIC PRAYER	for the use of Oriental Christians [Maronite?] including Psalms and Breviary	Damietta	13 April 1745]	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	460.00
315	BIBLE, PSALTER	LIBER PSALMORUM DAVIDIS REGIS ET PROPHETAE	Paris	1625	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,552.00
316	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO EL-MEDINAH AND MECCAH		1855-1856	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,035.00
317	CHALCONDYLAS (LAONICOS)	HISTOIRE GENERALE DES TURCS..	Paris	1662	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,725.00
318	COPPIN (Fr JEAN) LE BOUCLIER DE L'EUROPE	OU LA GUERRE SAINTE	Paris	1686	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	402.00
319	COSTE (PASCAL-XAVIER)	MONUMENTS MODERNES DE LA PERSE	Paris	1867	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	4,370.00
320	DENON (DOMINIQUE VIVANT, baron)	VIAGGIO NEL BASSO ED ALTO EGITTO	Florence	1808	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,725.00
321	DENON (DOMINIQUE VIVANT, baron) VOYAGE DANS LA BASSE ET LA HAUTE EGYPTE	pendant les campganes du General Bonaparte		1802	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,150.00
322	DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE	ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armee francaise	Paris	1817-1828	GBP 14,000.00 - 18,000.00	23,000.00
323	FRYER (JOHN) A NEW	A NEW ACCOUNT OF EAST-INDIA AND PERSIA in Eight Letters being Nine Years Travel begun 1672 and finished 1681			GBP 700.00 - 800.00	690.00
324	KORAN. AL-CORANUS S. LEX ISLAMITICA MUHAMMEDIS	FILII ABDALLAE PSEUDOPROPHETAE, ad optimorum codicum fidem edita ex Museo Abrahami Hinckelmanni	Hamburg	1694	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
325	MENGIN (FELIX)	HISTOIRE DE L'EGYPTE sous le gouvernement de Mohammed-Aly..	Paris	1823	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	4,370.00
326	PHILBY (HARRY ST.JOHN BRIDGER)	THE HEART OF ARABIA. A Record of Travel & Exploration			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	1,322.00
327	PLACE (VICTOR)	NINIVE ET L'ASSYRIE	Paris	1867	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
328	THEVENOT ([JEAN DE])	THE TRAVELS... INTO THE LEVANT..		1687	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
329	TURNER (WILLIAM)	JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN THE LEVANT			GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	1,380.00
330	TURNER (WILLIAM)	JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN THE LEVANT		1820	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
331	VOGUE (CHARLES JEAN MELCHIOR DE, vicomte)	SYRIE CENTRALE, ARCHITECTURE CIVILE ET RELIGIEUSE DU 1er AU vlle SIECLE	Paris	1865-1877	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	3,105.00
332	DANCKERTS (CORNELIS)	AMERICAS TOTIUS AMERICAE NOVA ET EXACTA TABULA ex optimis tum geographorum	Paris	1647	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	24,150.00
333	DESNOS (LOUIS CHARLES)	AMERICAS---NOUVELLE CARTE DEL'AMERIQUE	Paris	1760	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	6,900.00
334	[CHATELAIN (HENRI ABRAHAM)]	AMERICAS---CARTE TRES CURIEUSE DE LA MER DU SUD	Amsterdam	1719	USD 4,000.00 - 4,500.00	Not Sold
335	PETRINI (PAOLO)	AMERICAS L'AMERICA	Naples	c. 1700	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	17,250.00
336	CALIFORNIA [BRIGGS (HENRY)]	THE NORTH PART OF AMERICA CONTEYNING... THE LARGE AND GOODLY ILAND OF CALIFORNIA	North Amecica	1625	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	4,025.00
337	D'ANVILLE (JEAN BAPTISTE BOURGUIGNON)	NORTH AMERICA---CANADA, LOUISIANE ET TERRES ANGLOISES	Paris	1755	USD 500.00 - 550.00	Not Sold
338	ZALTIERI (BOLOGNINI)	NORTH AMERICA---IL DISEGNO DEL DISCOPERTO DELLA NOVA FRANZA... ANNO. M.D.LXVI	Venice	1566	GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	51,000.00
339	SANSON (NICOLAS)	NORTH AMERICA---LE NOUVEAU MEXIQUE ET LA FLORIDE..	Paris	1656	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	3,450.00
340	MOLL (HERMAN)	NORTH AMERICA---NORTH AMERICA		1720	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	1,265.00
341	(SEUTTER (MATTHIAS)	NEW ENGLAND---(SEUTTER (MATTHIAS) RECENS EDITA TOTIUS NOVI BELGII	Augsburg	1730	GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	2,070.00
342	DANCKERTS (JUSTUS)	NEW ENGLAND---NOVI BELGII NOVAEQUE ANGLIAE NEC NON PARTIS VIRGINIA TABULA	Amsterdam	1655	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	3,220.00
343	JERSEY CITY N.J	NEW JERSEY---1883		1883	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	1,380.00
344	MALLORY (R.P.)	PANORAMA---A PANORAMIC VIEW FROM BUNKER HILL MONUMENT	Boston	1848	USD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
345	BELTRAMI (GIACOMO COSTANTINO)	A PILGRIMAGE IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA		1828	USD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
346	BUCKINGHAM (JAMES SILK)	AMERICA, Historical		1841	USD 220.00 - 260.00	Not Sold
347	BODMER (KARL)	MAXIMILIAN ZU WIED-NEUWIED (Prince) REISE IN DAS INNERE NORD-AMERICA in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834	Koblenz	1839-1841	USD 45,000.00 - 50,000.00	Not Sold
348	COLUMBUS (FERDINAND)	HISTORIE... nelle quali s'ha particolare	Venice	1571	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,840.00
349	DUFLOT DE MOFRAS (EUGENE)	EXPLORATION DU TERRITOIRE DE L'OREGON, DES CALIFORNIES ET DE LA MER VERMEILLE	Paris	1844	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	6,900.00
350	HERIOT (GEORGE)	TRAVELS THROUGH THE CANADAS		1807	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	805.00
351	LAWSON (ANDREW)	ATLAS OF MAPS AND SEISMOGRAMS	Washington D.C	1908	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	632.00
352	[METEREN (EMANUEL VAN)]	A TRUE DISCOURSE HISTORICALL, OF THE SUCCEEDING GOVERNOURS IN THE NETHERLANDS		1602	GBP 400.00 - 450.00	552.00
353	MARRYAT (Captain FREDERICK)	A DIARY IN AMERICA	Westminster	1896	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	207.00
354	MATHER (COTTON)	[MATHER (INCREASE) THE SUREST WAY TO THE GREATEST HONOUR]			GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	1,725.00
355	OGILBY (JOHN)	AMERICA		1671	GBP 5,500.00 - 6,000.00	9,430.00
356	PALOU (FRANCISCO)	RELACION HISTORICA DE LA VIDA YAPOSTILICAS TAREAS DEL VENERABLE PADRE FRAYJUNIPERO SERRA	Mexico	1787	USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
357	SHORT (RICHARD)	TWELVE VIEWS IN QUEBEC		September 1 1761	USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
358	PURCHAS (SAMUEL)	PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES		1625	GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	9,775.00
359	RAMUSIO (GIOVANNI BATTISTA)	DELLE NAVIGATIONI ET VTAGGI	Venice	1606	GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	1,840.00
360		TREATY or PARIS, 1763	Madrid	1763	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	1,955.00
361	WILLIS (NATHANIEL PARKER)	AMERICAN SCENERY			GBP 500.00 - 800.00	862.00
362	BOLIVAR (SIMON)	LETTER SIGNED ("Bolivar")	Lima	20 February 1825	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	862.00
363	LIMA (JOSE ALVES, pilot)	BRAZIL	Portugal and Brazil	1749-1759	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
364	CARRANZA (ALONSO)	EL AIUSTAMIE[N]TO I PROPORCION DE LAS MONEDAS DE ORO, PLATA I COBRE	Madrid	1629	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
365	CORTES (HERNANDO)	LA PRAECLARA NARRATIONE DI FERDINANDO CORTESE DELLA NUOVA HISPAGNA DEL MARE OCEANO	Venice	20 August 1524	USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
366	EXQUEMELIN (ALEXANDRE OLIVIER)	THE HISTORY OF THE BUCANIERS OF AMERICA		1699-1698	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	713.00
367	GARCILASSO DE LA VEGA, el Inca	PRIMERA PARTE DE LOS COMMENTARIOS REALES	Lisbon	1609	USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
368		LIMA---CONCILIUM LIMENSE	Madrid	1591	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
369	MEDINA (JOSE TORIBIO)	BIBLIOTECA HISPANO-AMERICANA 1493-I810			USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
370	PEREZ DE MOYA (JUAN)	TRATADO DE COSAS DE ASTRONOMIA	Alcala de Henares	1573	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
371	Ruiz DE MONTOYA (ANTONIO, SJ)	CONQUISTA ESPIRITUAL hecho por los religiosos de la Compania de Jesus	Madrid	1639	USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
372	RODRIGUEZ (MANUEL, SJ)	EL MARANON, Y AMAZONAS	Madrid	1684	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,990.00
373	RUGENDAS (JOHANN MORITZ)	DAS MERKWURDIGSTE AUS DER MALERISCHEN REISE IN BRASILIEN		1836	GBP 1,400.00 - 1,800.00	4,830.00
374		S. (I.) A BRIEF AND PERFECT JOURNAL	London	1655	GBP 600.00 - 700.00	632.00
375	SCHOMBURGK (ROBERT HERMANN) AND CHARLES BENTLEY	TWELVE VIEWS IN THE INTERIOR OF GUIANA		1841	GBP 2,800.00 - 3,200.00	3,450.00
376	SUCRE (ANTONIO)	Six LETTERS SIGNED to the Intendente de Hacienda		2 March to 10 October 1825	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	1,380.00
377	THEVET (ANDRE)	LES SINGULARITEZ DE LA FRANCE ANTARCTIQUE	Antwerp	1558	GBP 7,000.00 - 8,000.00	8,050.00
378	VIDAL (EMERIC ESSEX)	PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS OF BUENOS AYRES AND MONTE VIDEO		1820	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	2,530.00
379	BOWDICH (THOMAS)	MISSION FROM CAPE COAST CASTLE TO ASHANTEE		1819	GBP 550.00 - 650.00	575.00
380	VAN LANGREN (ARNOLD FLORENT)	AFRICA	Amsterdam	c. 1600	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	1,150.00
381	BRUSCIOTTO (HYACINTHO)	REGULAE QUAEDAM PRO DIFFICILLIMI CONGENSIUM	Rome	1659	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
382	BURCHELL (WILLIAM JOHN)	TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA		1822-1824	GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	1,725.00
383	LEO (JOHANNES, Africanus)	A GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORIE OF AFRICA		1600	GBP 1,600.00 - 1,800.00	2,530.00
384	LE VAILLANT (FRANCOIS)	VOYAGE DANS L'INTERIEUR DE L'AFRIQUE			GBP 350.00 - 450.00	460.00
385	DANCKERTS (CORNELIS)	ASIA---TOTIUS ASIAE NOVA ET EXACTA TABULA	Paris	[1647]	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	4,600.00
386	PETRINI (PAOLO)	ASIA---L'ASIA	Naples	c.1700	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	6,900.00
387		CONGREGATION DE PROPAGANDA FIDE		19 January 1723 to 4 December 1745	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
388	DONCKER (HENFRICK) OOSTERDEEL	EAST INDIES---VAN OOST INDIEN	Amsterdam	[c.1680]	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	2,300.00
389	FREIRE DE ANDRADA (JACINTO)	THE LIFE OF DOM JOHN DE CASTRO		1664	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	575.00
390	GRINDLAY (Captain ROBERT MELVILLE)	SCENERY, COSTUMES AND ARCHITECTURE, CHIEFLY ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF INDIA		1830 [but 1842 or 1851]	GBP 4,500.00 - 5,000.00	5,750.00
391	GUIGNES (CHRETIEN-LOUIS-JOSEPH DE)	VOYAGES A PEKING, MANILE ET L'ILE DE FRANCE	Paris	1808	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
392	CORONELLI (VINCENZO MARIA)	JAPAN---ISOLA DEL GIAPONE e penisola di Corea	Venice	c.1692	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	1,495.00
393		JESUIT RELATIONS---LETTERE DELL'INDIA ORIENTALE	Venice	1580	USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
394		JESUIT RELATIONS---EPISTOLAE INDICAE de praeclaris	Leuven	1566	USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
395	VEIGA (MANOEL DA, SJ)	JESUIT RELATIONS---RELACAM DO ESTADO DA CHRISTANDADE DE ETHIOPIA	Lisbon	1628	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	1,895.00
396	GONCALVES (JOACHIM ALPHONSO)	MACAU PRINTING	Macau	1829	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
397	[MONTES DE OCA (JOSE MARIA)?]	BREVE RESUMEN DE LA VIDA Y MARTYRIO DEL INCLYTO MEXICANO, Y PROTO-MARTYR DEL JAPON, EL BEATO FELIPE DE JESUS	Mexico	[1801]	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	1,380.00
398	AGOTE (MANUEL DE, pilot)	PACIFIC		[1783-1787]	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
399	[PARKS (FANNY, Mrs Parlby)]	WANDERINGS OF A PILGRIM IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE		1850	GBP 350.00 - 400.00	598.00
400	MOLL (HERMAN)	SOUTHEAST ASIA---A MAP OF THE EAST INDIES		[1720]	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	1,092.00

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.
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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.

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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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