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Auction Date: September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025

Page Size: 136 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
9604	Morris, Francis Orpen	ZOOLOGIE - Ornithologie - A History of British Birds	London	1870	CHF 500.00 - 800.00	CHF 500.00
9605		AGYPTEN - Photoalbum mit 54 montierten Original-Photographien		Ca. 1870-1890	CHF 500.00 - 800.00	CHF 687.50
9606	Hennepin, Louis	AMERIKA - Nouvelle decouverte d'un tres grand pays situe dans l'Amerique, entre le Nouveau Mexique, et la Mer Glaciale	Utrecht	1697	CHF 500.00 - 800.00	CHF 600.00
9607	Beatty, Carl (Charles)	AMERIKA - Tagebuch einer zween monatlichen Reise, welche in der Absicht, die Religion bey den Grenzeinwohnern von Pensilvanien zu befordern...	Frankfurt und Leipzig	1771	CHF 400.00 - 600.00	CHF 550.00
9608	Catlin, George	AMERIKA - Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians	London	1844	CHF 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
9610	Hooker, Joseph Dalton	ASIEN - Himalaya - Himalayan Journals; or, notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia mountains, &c.	London	1854	CHF 400.00 - 600.00	CHF 425.00
9611	Dow, Alexander	ASIEN - Indien - The History of Hindostan, translated from the Persian	London	1792	CHF 200.00 - 300.00	CHF 237.50
9612	Williamson, Thomas	ASIEN - Indien - Oriental field sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of th wild sports of the East	London	1807	CHF 500.00 - 800.00	CHF 537.60
9613	Argensola, Bartolome Leonardo de	ASIEN - Indonesien - Beschreibung der Molukischen Insuln, und derer zwischen den Spaniern, Portugiesen und Hollandern darum gefuhrten Kriege, wobey zugleich allerhand, in Europa und Indien vorgefallene Begebenheiten, wozu die Molucken Gelegenheit gegeben,	Frankfurt und Leipzig	1710	CHF 400.00 - 600.00	CHF 435.20
9614	Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig	Travels in Nubia	London	1819	CHF 400.00 - 600.00	CHF 437.50
9615	Irby, Charles Leonard und James Mangels	Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor; during the years 1817 and 1818	London	1823	CHF 600.00 - 900.00	CHF 625.00
9616	Fernandez, F.	ITALIEN - Rom - Collection complete des costumes de la cour de Rome et des ordres religieux des deux sexes	Paris	1856	CHF 300.00 - 500.00	CHF 312.50
9617	Montelatici, Domenico	ITALIEN - Rom - Villa Borghese fuori di Porta a Pinciana	Rom	1700	CHF 250.00 - 400.00	CHF 250.00
9618	Justel, Henri	Recueil de divers voyages faits en Afrique et en l'Amerique, qui n'ont point este encore publiez; contenant l'origine, les moeurs, les coutumes & le commerce des habitans de ces deux parties du monde	Paris	1684	CHF 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
9619	Noe, (Louis-Pantaleon-Jude-Amedee de)	MILITARIA - Napoleonische Kriege - Memoires relatifs a l'expedition anglaise partie du Bengale en 1800 pour aller combattre en Egypte l'armee d'Orient	Paris	1826	CHF 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
9620		Biblia germanica - Biblia, mit der Ausslegung. Das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft, Altes und Neues Testaments, D. Martini Lutheri	Luneburg	1711	CHF 600.00 - 900.00	CHF 1,187.50
9621		BOHMEN - Acta aller handlungen, so sich zwischen dem Allerdurchleuchtigsten (...) Ferdinanden, Romischen, Hungerischen und Behamischen (...)	Prag	1548	CHF 600.00 - 900.00	CHF 750.00
9622	Bullinger, Heinrich	Commentarii in omnes Pauli Apostoli epistolas	Zurich	1582	CHF 400.00 - 700.00	CHF 437.50
9623	Bullinger, Heinrich	In Apocalypsim Iesu Christi, revelatam quidem per angelum Domini	Basel	1557	CHF 700.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
9624	Cardanus, Hieronymus	Offenbarung der Natur und naturlicher Dingen, auch macherley wunderbarlichen und subtilen Wurckungen...Jetz nwlich gemeinem Vatterlandt zu gutem in die verstendliche Teutsche zungen gebracht, durch Hulerichum Frolich von Plawen	Basel	-1591	CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00	CHF 750.00
9625		Erasmus von Rotterdam, Desiderius	Basel	1528	CHF 700.00 - 1,000.00	CHF 687.50
9626	Gwalther, Rudolf	De syllabarum et carminum ratione libri duo	Zurich	1542	CHF 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
9627	Tacitus, Publius Cornelius	Historia Augusta actionum diurnalium: additis quinque libris noviter inventis	Basel	1519	CHF 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
9628	King, Edward	GROSSBRITANNIEN - Munimenta antiqua; or, observations on antient castles	London	1799-1805	CHF 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
9629	Gropius und Schmieden	LEIPZIG - Das neue Gewandhaus Leipzig	Berlin	1887	CHF 400.00 - 600.00	CHF 375.00

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Swann
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.

Swann
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.