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
76 Cunningham (Carus Dunlop) et Abney (William de Wyveleslie).

The pioneers of the Alps.

Londres 1888 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 375.00
77 Dalla Torre (Karl Wilhelm) et Hartinger (Anton).

Atlas der Alpenflora.

Vienna e Salisburgo 1882-1884. EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
78 DELEBECQUE (Andre).

Les lacs francais. Atlas des lacs Francais.

1898 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 375.00
79 DEPRAZ (Charles).

Catastrophe du 23 aout 1866. Un sauvetage au Mont-Blanc.

Annecy 1866 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,125.00
80 DESOR (Edouard).

Ensemble de brochures. 33 volumes in-8deg et in-12, broches.

1855-1880 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 500.00
81 DESSAIX (Joseph) et Xavier EYMA.

Nice et Savoie. Sites pittoresques, monuments, description et histoire des departements de la Savoie, de la Haute-Savoie et des Alpes-Maritimes (ancienne province de Nice) reunis a la France en 1860.

Paris 1864 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,250.00
82 DEVONSHIRE (Giorgiana Spencer, Duchess of) et Elizabeth FOSTER.

Passage du Mont Saint-Gothard.

Paris 1819 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,375.00
83 DUBOIS (Jean).

Souvenir de Chamonix. Souvenir de Lausanne. Souvenir de Suisse et du Saint Bernard.

Geneve vers 1840. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 500.00
84 DUBOIS (Jean).

Souvenirs de la Suisse.

Geneve vers 1860. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 16,250.00
85 DUFOUR (Guillaume Henri).

Topographische Karte der Schweiz.

S.l. 1855 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 875.00
86 DUNANT (David).

Le touriste a Chamonix en 1853.

Geneve 1853 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 438.00
87 ENGELHARDT (Christian Moritz).

Naturschilderungen, Sittenzuge und wissenschaftliche Bemerkungen aus den hochsten Schweizer-Alpen, besonders in Sud-Wallis und Graubunden...

Paris 1840 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 250.00
88 ENGELHARDT (Christian Moritz).

Naturschilderungen, Sittenzuge und wissenschaftliche Bemerkungen aus den hochsten Schweizer-Alpen, besonders in Sud-Wallis und Graubunden...

Paris 1840-1848 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 313.00
89 ENGELHARDT (Christian Moritz).

Der Monte Rosa und Matterhorn (Mont Cervin). Gebirg, aus der Inseite seines Erhebungsbogens gen Nord...

Paris 1852 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 250.00
90 ESCUDIE (Achille).

Les Aretes de la Meije.

Edite par l'auteur 1930 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 563.00
91 FAVRE (Alphonse).

Recherches geologiques dans les parties de la Savoie, du Piemont et de la Suisse voisine du Mont-Blanc.

Paris 1867 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
92 FELLOWS (Charles).

A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc.

Londres 1827 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
93 FERRAND (Henri) et GODEFROY (Rene).

Recueil de brochures.

Vers 1890-1910 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
94 FORBES (James David).

Reisen in den Savoyer Alpen und in anderen Theilen der Penniner-Kette nebst Beobachtungen.

Stoccarda 1845 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 563.00
95 Forbes (John).

A physician's Holiday or a month in Switzerland in the summer of 1848.

Londres 1849 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 188.00
96 FORESTIER (Alcide de).

Alpes pittoresques. Description de la Suisse.

Chez Delloye 1837-1838. EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 750.00
97 FRESHFIELD (Jane).

A summer tour in The Grisons and Italian Valleys of the Bernina.

Londra 1862 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 688.00
98 G. B.

Album (Band II).

Bale vers 1910. EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 625.00
99 G. T.

What way be done in two months. A summer's tour through Belgium, up the Rhine, and to the lakes of Switzerland ; also to Chamouny, and, over the col-de-Balme, to Martingny, etc.

Londres 1834 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
100 GALTON (Francis).

Vacations Tourists and notes of travel in 1860 - 1861 - 1862/63.

Londres et Cambridge 1861-1864. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
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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
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    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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    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.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
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