Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Antiquarian Book Auction, BK33, Exeter

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 28, 2025 - October 28, 2025

Page Size: 478 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
348	BLAEU, Willem Janszoon	AFRICA. Africae nova descriptio. Auct: Guiljelmo Blaeuw	Amsterdam	circa 1640	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 945.00
349	APPLETON, Honor (attrib.)	Wishing You a Merry Christmas			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
350	LONGMAN & Co. (pub.)	ATLAS. An atlas of 19 maps incl.		1808 or later	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 31.50
351		ATLASES and MAPS. A collection of atlases and maps		C18th-C20th	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 126.00
352		BELLANY, John & BOLD, Alan	Fife	1985	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 151.20
353	KIP, Johannes, after Knyff, Leonard	BERKSHIRE. Hamstead Marshall in the County of Bercks	London	circa 1708	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 12.60
354		BLACK SEA. Carte des environs de la Mer-Noire...	Paris	1788	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
355		BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY and Local History. A group of 20 vols: COOKE, George Alexander	London	nd [c.1830]	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 88.20
356	BUFFIER. Claude	Geographie Universelle exposee dans les differentes metodes qui peuvent abreger l'etude et faciliter l'usage de cette Science...et un traite de la Sphere...	Paris	1764	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 69.30
357		26TH (CAMERONIAN) REGIMENT OF FOOT. An albumen print of a group of officers		1865	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 478.80
358	SPEED, John	CARDIGANSHIRE. Cardigan Shyre described, John Sudbury & George Humbell		1610 [1611 or later]	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 63.00
359	KITCHEN, Thomas	CARMARTHENSHIRE. An Accurate Map of Carmarthenshire Drawn from an Actual Survey...		[c.1762 or later]	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
360	SPEED, John	CARMARTHENSHIRE. Caermarden Both Shyre and Towne described		1662	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
361		CHANNEL ISLANDS. A Chart of the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey	London	1781	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 126.00
362	SPEED, John	CHESHIRE. Two maps: The Countye Palatine of Chester with that most ancient Citie described		[circa 1670 or later]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 119.70
363		CHINA. D'ANVILLE, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon. Carte Generale de la Chine, Dressee sur les Cartes Particulieres que l'Empereur Cang-Hi a fait lever sur les lieux..	[Paris]	1730	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 189.00
364		CHRISTY MINSTRELS PLAYBILL, C19th. Playbill for The only original and veritably legitimate Christy Minstrels...	London	circa 1870's	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 81.90
365	KITCHIN, Thomas	CORNWALL. A New Improved Map of Cornwall from the Best Surveys & Intelligences Divided into its Hundreds...	London	[late C18th]	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 69.30
366	DONN, Benjamin	DEVON. Sheet 3 from 'A Map of the County of Devon'		1765	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
367	KITCHIN, Thomas	DEVON. The Road from Exeter to Dorchester, The Road from Gloucester to Coventry		[1767 or later]	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 50.40
368	SAXTON, Christopher, and LEA, Philip	DEVON. Devon-Shire		[circa 1690]	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 163.80
369	SAXTON, Christopher; KIP, William	DEVON. Devoniae Comitatus vulgo Den: Shyre quam olim Danmonii Populi Incoluerunt		[1610]	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 94.50
370	ELLIS, William (engr., pub.)	The Vicar of Wakefield			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
371		ENGRAVINGS. A collection of engravings, etchings, and works on paper	London	nd	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 56.70
372	BRAUN, Georg, and HOGENBERG, Frans	EXETER. Civitas Exoniae (vulgo Excester) Urbs Primaria in Comitatu Devoniae		circa 1617	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 226.80

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.
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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.