Sothebys: Atlases, Travel and Natural History including The Properties of The Trustees of Sir Leonard J. Milburn, Bt., deceased The Royal Scottish Geographical Society Bell Mead Educational Trust and The Melvin Milligan Burton Collection, HARE,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 26, 1992 - June 26, 1992

Page Size: 501 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
301	LOTTER (TOBIAS CONRAD)	ATLAS NOVUS sive tabulae geographicae totius orbis	Augsburg	[c.1772]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	2,420.00
302	KITCHIN (THOMAS)	A GENERAL ATLAS		1795	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	1,540.00
303	KITCHIN (THOMAS)	A NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS		1798	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	3,300.00
304	COLTON (GEORGE WOOLWORTH)	COLTON'S GENERAL ATLAS	New York	1857	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	1,320.00
305	RENARD (LOUIS)	EUROPE	Amsterdam	[1715]	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,200.00
306	CORONELLI (VICENZO MARIA)	IBERIAN PENINSULA	Venice	[c. 1690]	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	605.00
307	NOLIN (JEAN BAPTISTE)	LANGUEDOC	Paris	[1697]	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	792.00
308	MICHURIN (I.)	MOSCOW	St Petersburg	1739 or later	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	550.00
309	GERRITZ (HESSEL)	RUSSIA	Amsterdam	1635 or later	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
310	SCHENK (PIETER)	[NEUER SACHSICHER ATLAS]	Amsterdam and Leipzig	1710-1759	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	2,420.00
311	JAILLOT (HUBERT)	SWITZERLAND	Paris	1704	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
312	LECLERC (JEAN)	THEATRE GEOGRAPHIQUE DE FRANCE	Paris	c. 1619?	USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
313	WIERING (THOMAS VON)	RHINE		1689	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
314	BLAEU (JOHANNES)	SCANDINAVIA	Amsterdam	1663	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	1,980.00
315	SCHENK (PIETER)	NEUER SACHSISCHER ATLAS	Amsterdam and Leipzig	1752-[758]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	1,430.00
316	[MERIAN (MATTHAUS) AND HEIRS]	THEATRUM EUROPAEUM	Frankfurt am main	1662-1738	USD 35,000.00 - 40,000.00	Not Sold
317	CARVE (THOMAS)	ITINERARIUM			USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
318	[DAHLBERG (ERIK JONSSON)]	SUECIA ANTIQUA ET HODIERNA	Stockholm, Paris	c. 1667-1716	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	2,970.00
319	[LORY (GABRIEL)]	PICTURESQUE TOUR THROUGH THE OBERLAND		1823	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	1,210.00
320	NUNEZ DE AVENDANO (PEDRO)	DE EXEQUENDIS MANDATIS REGUM HISPANIAE	Madrid	1593	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	5,500.00
321	PIRANESI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA)	CARCERI D'INVENZIONE	Rome	[not before 1778]	GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	20,900.00
322	PRICE (LAKE) AND RICHARD FORD	TAUROMACHIA		1852	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	4,180.00
323	[DELKESKAMP (FRIEDRICH WILHELM)]	VUES DU RHIN	Frankfurt am Main	[c. 1840]	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	770.00
324	MIND (GOTTFRIED)	OEUVRE DE GEOFROI MIND DE BERNE	Berne	[c. 1818]	GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	4,400.00
325	SAINT-NON (JEAN CLAUDE RICHARD, abbe de)	VOYAGE PITTORESQUE OU DESCRIPTION DES ROYAUMES DE NAPLES ET DE SICILIE	Paris	1781-1786	USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
326	STUMPFF (JOHANN)	GEMEINER LOBLICHER EYDGNOSCHAFFT STETTEN, LANDEN UND VOLCKEREN CHRONICKWIRDIGER THAATEN BESCHREYBUNG	Zurich	1548	GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	4,400.00
327		VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE LA FRANCE	Paris	1789- 1787 - 1786 (1792)	GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	6,050.00
328	MAGNUS (OLAUS)	HISTORIA DE GENTIBUS SEPTENTRIONALIBUS	Rome	1555	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	2,420.00
329	[RIGAUD (JACQUES)	RECUEIL CHOISI DES PLUS BELLES VUES DES PALAIS, CHATEAUX ET MAISONS ROYALES DE PARIS ET DES ENVIRONS	Paris	c. 1820	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	3,300.00
330	[CONESTAGGIO (GIROLAMO FRANCHI DI)]	THE HISTORIE OF THE UNITING OF THE KINGDOM OF PORTUGALL TO THE CROWNE OF CASTILL		1600	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
331	DE BRUYN (CORNELIS)	VOYAGES . . . PAR LA MOSCOVIE, EN PERSE, ET AUX INDES ORIENTALES	Amsterdam	1718	GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00	1,540.00
332	HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS (ANTONIO DE)	PRIMERA [SEGUNDA; TERCERA] PARTE DE LA HISTORIA GENERAL DEL MUNDO	Madrid	1612	USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
333	KIOPING (NILS MATTSSON)	EEN KORT BESKRFFNING UPPA TRENNE REESOR OCH PEREGRINATIONER			USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
334	PELLICER SALAS OSSAU Y TOVAR (JOSE DE)	MISSION EVANGELICA AL REYNO DE CONGO	Madrid	1649	USD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
335	PURCHAS (SAMUEL)	PURGHAS HIS PILGRIMES		1625-1626	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
336	PURCHAS (SAMUEL)	PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMAGE		1614	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
337	SAN ROMAN DE RIBADENEYRA (ANTONIO)	HISTORIA GENERAL DE LA YINDIA ORIENTAL	Valladolid	1603	GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	4,950.00
338	AA (PIETER VANDER)	NOVA DELINEATIO TOTIUS ORBIS TERRARUM	Leiden	c. 1728	GBP 800.00 - 900.00	1,045.00
339	[ARAGO (DOMENIQUE FRANCOIS-JEAN)]	CARTE MAGNETIQUE DES DEUX HEMISPHERES	Paris	1822	USD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
340	BELLE-FOREST (FRANCOIS DE)	TYPUS ORBIS TERRARUM	Paris	1575	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,760.00
341	ARIAS MONTANUS (BENEDICT)	BENEDICT ARIAS MONTANUS SACRAE GEOGRAPHIAE TABULAM EX ANTIQUISSIMORUM	Antwerp	1571	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
342	ARIAS MONTANUS (BENEDICT)	BIBLIA SACRA	Antwerp	1583	USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
343	BACKER (REMMET THEUNISSE)	CELESTIAL CHART	Amsterdam	[c. 1720]	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	550.00
344	CLOUET (JEAN BAPTISTE LOUIS, abbe)	CARTE GENERAL DE LA TERRE OU MAPPE MONDE	Paris	[1788]	GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	7,700.00
345	CORONELLI (VINCENZO MARIA)	PLANISFERO DEL MONDO NUOVO [-VECCHIO]	Venice	[1691]	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,650.00
346	DE FER (NICOLAS)	MAPPE-MONDE, OU CARTE GENERALE DE LA TERRE	Paris	1718	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	1,320.00
347	DE JODE (CORNELIS)	TOTIUS ORBIS COGNITI UNIVERSALIS DESCRIPTIO	Antwerp	1593	GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	4,620.00
348	CORONELLI (VINCENZO MARIA) AND JEAN-NICOLAS DE TRALAGE DE TILLEMONT	LE GLOBE TERRESTRE	Paris	[1690]	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	1,320.00
349	DE WIT (FREDERICK)	NOVA TOTIUS TERRARUM ORBIS TABULA	Amsterdam	[c. 1669]	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	3,080.00
350	DELEMARCHE (CHARLES FRANCOIS)	MAPPE MONDE	Paris	[1786]	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	550.00
351	DU VAL (PIERRE)	LA CARTE GENERALE DU MONDE	Paris	1682	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	1,320.00
352	DUNN (SAMUEL)	SCIENTIA TERRARUM & COELORUM		[1772]	USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
353	HONDIUS (HENRICUS)	FOUR CONTINENTS		[1645]	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	3,520.00
354	[SCHERER (HEINRICH)]	GLOBE GORES	Munich	[1710]	USD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
355	NOLIN (JEAN-BAPTISTE)	LE GLOBE TERRESTRE REPRESENTE EN DEUX PLANS-HEMISPHERES	Paris	[1766]	USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
356		JESUIT WORLD MAP		1664	GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	3,300.00
357	MERCATOR (RUMOLD)	Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio	Duisburg	1602	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
358	MERCATOR (RUMOLD)	ORBIS TERRAE COMPENDIOSA DESCRIPTIO	Amsterdam	1628	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,980.00
359	ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM)	TYPUS ORBIS TERRARUM	Antwerp	c. 1628	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
360	[PLANCIUS (PETRUS)]	ORBIS TERRARUM TYPUS DE INTEGRO MULTIS IN LOCIS EMENDATUS	Amsterdam	[1590 or later]	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
361	OVERTON (HENRY)	A NEW MAPP OF THE WHOLE WORLD		1738	GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	12,650.00
362	SCHAGEN (GERRIT VAN)	NOVA TOTIUS TERRARUM ORBIS TABULA	AMSTERDAM	[1682]	USD 900.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
363	VEZOU (CLAUDE DE)	MAPPE-MONDE GEO SPHERIQUE	Paris	[1760]	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
364	DE WIT (FREDERICK) AND CORNELIS DANCKERTS	WORLD AND CONTINENTS	Amsterdam	[c. 1700]	USD 50,000.00 - 60,000.00	Not Sold
365	SEUTTER (GEORG MATTHAUS)	WORLD AND CONTINENTS	Augsburg	[1728]	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	2,860.00
366	[VISSCHER (NICOLAAS)]	ORBIS TERRARUM TABULA RECENS EMENDATA ET IN LUCEM EDITA	Dordrecht	1682	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	1,430.00
367	DESNOS (LOUIS-CHARLES)	WORLD AND CONTINENTS			GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	17,600.00
368	[REISCH (GREGOR)]	TYPUS UNIVERSALIS TERRAE	Strassburg	1513	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	2,420.00
369	WALDSEEMULLER (MARTIN)	UNTITLED WORLD MAP	Lyon	1535	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,650.00
370	ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM)	WORLD AND CONTINENTS	Antwerp	1587 or later	GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	5,940.00
371	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	THE GUIDE-BOOK		1865	GBP 4,500.00 - 5,000.00	16,500.00
372	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	GOA, AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS		1851	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
373	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	SCINDE; OR, THE UNHAPPY VALLEY		1851	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	3,520.00
374	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	SINDH, AND THE RACES THAT INHABIT THE VALLEY OF THE INDUS		1851	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	3,520.00
375	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	FALCONRY IN THE VALLEY OF THE INDUS		1853	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	1,100.00
376	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO EL-MEDINAH AND MECCAH		1855-1856	USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
377	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	FIRST FOOTSTEPS IN EAST AFRICA		1856	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
378	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL EQUATORIAL AFRICA		1860	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
379	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA		1860	GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00	2,860.00
380	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	THE CITY OF THE SAINTS AND ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO CALIFORNIA		1861	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	1,210.00
381	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)---MARCY (RANDOLPH B.)	THE PRAIRIE TRAVELER		1863	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,320.00
382	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	ABEOKUTA AND THE CAMAROONS MOUNTAINS		1863	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	2,860.00
383	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	WANDERINGS IN WEST AFRICA FROM LIVERPOOL TO FERNANDO PO		1863	GBP 600.00 - 700.00	825.00
384	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	A MISSION TO GELELE, KING OF DAHOME		1864	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	1,265.00
385	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	A MISSION TO GELELE, KING OF DAHOME		1864	USD 450.00 - 550.00	Not Sold
386	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) AND JAMES M'QUEEN	THE NILE BASIN		1864	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	1,100.00
387	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	WIT AND WISDOM FROM WEST AFRICA		1865	USD 900.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
388	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	THE HIGHLANDS OF THE BRAZIL		1869	GBP 600.00 - 700.00	990.00
389	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	VIKRAM AND THE VAMPIRE OR TALES OF HINDU DEVILRY		1870	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	330.00
390	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	LETTERS FROM THE BATTLE-FIELDS OF PARAGUAY		1870	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	660.00
391	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS) AND CHARLES F. TYRWHITT DRAKE	UNEXPLORED SYRIA		1872	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	1,430.00
392	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	ZANZIBAR; CITY, ISLAND, AND COAST		1872	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,300.00	3,300.00
393	BURTON {Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	ULTIMA THULE; OR, A SUMMER IN ICELAND		1875	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
394	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	A NEW SYSTEM OF SWORD EXERCISE FOR INFANTRY		1876	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	2,750.00
395	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	TWO TRIPS TO GORILLA LAND AND THE CATARACTS OF THE CONGO		1876	GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00	2,090.00
396	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	ETRUSCAN BOLOGNA	London	1879	USD 300.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
397	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	SIND REVISITED		1877	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	880.00
398	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	THE GOLD-MINES OF MIDIAN AND THE RUINED MIDIANITE CITIES		1878	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	825.00
399	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)	THE LAND OF MIDIAN (REVISITED)		1879	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	1,045.00
400	BURTON (Sir RICHARD FRANCIS)---CAMOENS (LUIS DE)	OS LUSIADAS (THE LUSIADS)		1880	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	880.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.
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.