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

Auction Details

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
151	MEINERS (Christoph).	Briefe uber die Schweiz.	Berlin	1788-1790.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 188.00
152	MERCEY (Frederic Bourgeois de).	Le Tyrol et le Nord de l'Italie extrait du journal d'une excursion dans ces contrees en 1830.	Paris	1833	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 500.00
153	METCALF (Jesse).	A Tyro to Chamonix.	S.l.	[1929].	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 2,250.00
154	MEYER (Hans).	Ostafrikanische Gletscherfahrten : Forschungsreisen im Kilimandscharo-Gebiet.	Leipsig	1890	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 500.00
155	Meyer (Hans).	In den Hoch-Anden von Ecuador : Chimborazo, Cotopaxi etc. : Reisen und Studien.	Berlin	1907	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 250.00
156	MEYER (Johann Heinrich).	Ludwig Hees, Landschaftsmahler.	Zurich	1800	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
157	MONT EMILIUS.	Ascensions memorables au Mont Pie en 1871, publiees par une association de jeunes touristes.	Aoste	1872	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 438.00
158	(MONT-BLANC).	Le Touriste de 1840. Le Mont-Blanc. Sallenches, Chamonix.	Lausanne	1840	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,250.00
159	MONTAIGNE (Michel Eyquem de).	Journal du voyage de Michel de Montaigne en Italie, par la Suisse & l'Allemagne en 1580 & 1581.	Rome et Paris	1774	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,250.00
160	MOORE (Adolphus Warburton).	The Alps in 1864 : a private journal.	Edite par l'auteur	1867	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,125.00
161	Moore (Adolphus Warburton).	The Alps in 1864.	Edimburgh	1902	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 188.00
162	MOORE (John).	Voyage de John Moore en France, en Suisse et en Allemagne.	Paris	1806	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
163	MOSSO (Angelo).	Una ascensione d'inverno al Monte Rosa (13-15 Febbraio 1885).	Milan	1885	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 500.00
164	MOULINIE (Charles Etienne Francois).	Sermon prononce a Geneve, le 28 juin 1818, par le pasteur Moulinie, a l'occasion de l'inondation qui a desole la vallee de Bagne et la ville de Martigny en Valais, le 16 du meme mois.	Geneve	1818	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,000.00
165	MOULINIE (Charles Etienne Francois).	Promenades philosophiques et religieuses aux environs du Mont-Blanc.	Geneve et se trouve a Paris	1820	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 563.00
166	Mummery (Albert Frederick).	My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus.	Londres & New York	1895	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 313.00
167	(NAVIGATION).	Le lac des IV cantons et ses rives classiques. Souvenir de la navigation a vapeur sur le lac des IV cantons.	Lucerne	1837	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 313.00
168	NEURDEIN (Antonin et Etienne).	Chamonix.	Paris	vers 1890.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 2,000.00
169	NOEL (Baptist Wriothesley).	Notes of a Tour in Switzerland, in the summer of 1847.	Londres	1848	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 250.00
170	NOUZOU (Rene).	Description scenographique et historique de la lisiere des montagnes du Jura, de celles des Alpes et des parties inferieures de la Suisse et de la Savoie qui forment le bassin du lac de Geneve, autrement dit le Leman.	Geneve	1835	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
171	Osenbruggen (Eduard).	Alpes et glaciers de la Suisse.	Bale	vers 1875.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 250.00
172	PACKE (Charles).	The spirit of travel.	Londres	1857	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 875.00
173	(PANORAMA).	Panorama des Alpes depuis Neuchatel.		1813	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 813.00
174	(PANORAMAS).	Serie de 11 panoramas depliants originaux.	s.l.	vers 1880.	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
175	PAYER (Julius).	Die Adamello-Presanella-Alpen nach den Forschungen und Aufnahmen. Die Ortler-Alpen (Sulden-Gebiet und Monte Cevedale), nach den Forschungen und Aufnamen.	Gotha	1865 et 1867.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 500.00

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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.

Swann
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.

Swann
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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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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.
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: 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
Book Week
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.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.