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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 11, 2025 - September 11, 2025
Page Size: 298 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 Charles II.- Lely (Sir Peter) Manner of.

Portrait of King Charles II

[probably 18th century] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 215.90
202 Robinson (Sir William, engineer and architect, c. 1643-1712)

Autograph Letter signed to Arthur Moore

London 9th May 1707 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 406.40
203 Drummond (George Drummond, 3rd of Blair Drummond 1705-65) and George Home of Blair Drummond.

Archive of legal papers relating to property in Scotland (Ballingrew, Perthshire etc.)

v.s. v.d. GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 139.70
204

Day book

1785 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
205

19 century familyCollection of deeds, documents business correspondence

1793-1914 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 127.00
206 Austen (Francis Motley, son of Francis Austen and Anne Motley, of Kippington, Kent 1747-1815)

Lease and release to John Austen and Richard Heron of messuages

1830 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 101.60
207

EphemeraEclectic collection

n.d. [c. 1830] GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 304.80
208

MiscellanyCollection of letters

v.d., most 19th century GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 889.00
209

MiscellanyCollection of letters

v.d. 1836-1917 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 406.40
210

MiscellanyCollection of letters

v.d. 19th century GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 584.20
211

Crimean WarRose (Major Baillie Rose, mounted officer in Brigade of Light Division, killed at the Alma in the Crimea) Autograph Letter signed

3rd June 1854 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 127.00
212

Victorian Publisher's Contract Crowquill (Alfred, pseudonym of Alfred Henry Forrester,

v.s. v.d. GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 95.25
213

Bookplate designs Montagu familyM[ontagu] (F[rederick Conway] 1805-91) 3 bookplate designs of a woman weaing a crown

1857 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 215.90
214

Scientists/Physicians Collection of letters

v.s. v.d. 1895- 20th century GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 304.80
215

TheatreCollection of letters, fronts theatre programme etc.

v.s. v.d. 1899- 20th century GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 95.25
216

German RoyaltyMarie (Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, later Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess Vladimir "Miechen" of Russia 1854-1920) Portrait photograph signed

1904 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 1,206.50
217 Fawcett (Richard)

The Birth of the Christ

1966 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 95.25
218

IrelandChurch of Ireland. Articles of religion

1628 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 825.50
219 Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus)

Lucans Pharsalia: or The ciuill warres of Rome

1631 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 88.90
220

EducationOxfordshireAn Act for the setling of a Free-school in Witney in the County of Oxon, being erected and indowed by Henry Box, Citizen and Grocer of London

1664 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
221

Royal BindingBook of Common Prayer (The), engraved title

1669 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,905.00
222 Robertson (William)

Thesaurus linguae sanctae... Concordantiale Lexicon Hebraeo-Latino-Biblicum

1680 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 762.00
223

LawModern Reports, or Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of... Charles II

1682 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 50.80
224 Taylor (Jeremy)

The Rule and exercises of holy living

H[eptinstall]. 1690 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 165.10
225

AnnotatedBible, GreekTe?s Kaine?s Diathe?ke?s hapanta. Novum Testamentum

1728 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 279.40
  • 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.