ALDE: The Library of Peter Obergfell iI - Precious Books about Mountains, 100825, Paris

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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025
Page Size: 247 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ACHARD (Amedee).

Une saison a Aix-les-Bains.

Paris 1850 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 175.00
2 ADAMS-REILLY (Antony).

The Chain of Mont-Blanc, from an actual survey in 1863-4.

Londres 1865 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,500.00
3 AGASSIZ (Louis).

A journey to Switzerland, and pedestrian tours in that country, including a sketch of its history.

Londres 1833 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 250.00
4 AGASSIZ (Louis).

Untersuchungen uber die Gletscher.

Solothurn 1841 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 350.00
5 AITKEN (Samuel).

Among the Alps : a narrative of personal experiences.

Northwood 1900 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,875.00
6 ALBUM D'UN ALPINISTA.

Ricordi della Valtellina.

Sondrio 1884 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 3,500.00
7 ALPINE CLUB

Peaks, passes, and glaciers.

Londres 1859 [I] ,1862[II]. EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 750.00
8 Alpine Club.

The Alpine Journal.

Londres 1864-1945. EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,750.00
9 ALTMANN (Johann Georg).

Versuch einer historischen und physischen Beschreibung der helvetischen Eisbergen.

Zurich 1751 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,000.00
10 AMATI (Don Giacinto).

Peregrinazioni al Gran San Bernardo. Losana, Friburgo, Ginevra con una corsa a Lione, Parigi e Londrea.

Milan 1838 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 188.00
11 AMATO (Frederico d').

Il Gran Sasso d'Italia. Ascensioni sul Monte Corno.

Teramo 1888 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 750.00
12 AMCOTTS (Sophia Louisa Emerson).

The Album.

1824-1829. EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,000.00
13 ANGEVILLE (Henriette d') et AUGERD (Victor) .

Le carnet vert d'Henriette d'Angeville.

Lyon 1900 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 625.00
14 APOSTOOL (Cornelis).

Vue de la chute de l'Arve pres de Sallenche.

Londres vers 1785. EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
15 AQUARELLES.

Alpes autrichiennes.

s.l. 1877-1889 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 750.00
16 ATKINS (Henry Martin).

Ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc, on the 22nd and 23rd of August, 1837.

Londres 1838 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 500.00
17 ATTENHOFER (sous la direction d'Adolf).

Skiing the international sport.

New York 1937 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,750.00
18 AUGUSTIN (Ferdinand Freyhern von).

Das Pinzgau.

Pest 1844 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 188.00
19 AULDJO (John).

Narrative of an ascent to the summit of Mont-Blanc, on the 8th and 9th August, 1827.

Londres 1830 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,000.00
20 BAEDEKER (Karl).

La Suisse, les lacs italiens, Milan, Genes, Turin. Manuel du voyageur.

Coblence 1852 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 625.00
21 BAEDEKER (Karl).

La Suisse, les lacs italiens, Milan, Genes, Turin. Manuel du voyageur.

Coblence 1855 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 188.00
22 BALTARD (Louis Pierre).

Journal descriptif et croquis de vues pittoresques faits dans un voyage en Savoye du 10 au 21 aout 1837.

Lyon 1837 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,875.00
23 BARETTI (Martin).

Apercu geologique de la Chaine du Mont-Blanc en rapport avec le trajet probable d'un tunnel pour une nouvelle ligne de chemin de fer.

Turin 1881 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 563.00
24 BARKER (Henry Aston).

Description of a view of Bern and the High Alps ; with the surrounding coutry. Taken by Henry Aston Baker ; And now exhibiting in the great Rotunda of his Panorama, Leicester-Square.

Londres 1821 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
25 BARROW (John).

Summer tours in Central Europe 1853-4. Bavaria, Austrian Tyrol, North Italy, Savoy, Piedmont, &c.

Londres 1855 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 750.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
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    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.