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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025
Page Size: 303 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Christelick Nutzpar Betpuchlein, Ein

Nuremberg 1523 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 889.00
2 Oecumenius

Oecumenius. Exegeseis palaiai. Expositiones antiquae

Verona 1532 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 508.00
3 of Coucy Moses ben Jacob

Praecepta Mosaica, 2 parts in 1, Latin translation and supplements by Sebastian Munster

Basel 1533 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 952.50
4 Joannes Arboreus

Doctissimi et uberrimi commentarii in quatuor domini evangelistas

Paris 1551 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,397.00
5 Philip Melanchthon

Council of Trent.- Melanchthon (Philip) Confessio doctrinae Saxonicarum ecclesiarum Synodo Tridentinae oblata

Nuremberg? 1552 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,651.00
6 David Kimhi

Compedium Michlol

Paris 1554 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 2,286.00
7

Bible, Latin.- Biblia

Antwerp 1563 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,794.00
8 Nicolas Sanders

De Origine ac Progressu Schismatis Anglicani Libri Tres

Rome 1586 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 254.00
9 Nicholas Everard

Loci Argumentorum Legales

Frankfurt 1591 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
10 Thomas a Kempis

Opera Omnia, second edition

Antwerp 1607 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 330.20
11 Theophilus Golius

Grammatica Graeca

Amsterdam 1635 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 457.20
12 Moses Maimonides

De Idololatria Liber, translated into Latin by Dionysius Vossius, text in Hebrew & Latin

Amsterdam 1642 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 228.60
13 Saint John Chrysostom

Opera Omnia, 6 vol. in 3 only (of 12) (Old Testament only)

Frankfurt 1698 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 241.30
14

Bible, German.- Biblia, das ist: Die ganze Heil. Schrift, translated by Martin Luther

Nuremberg 1720 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 431.80
15 John Covel

Some Account of the Present Greek Church

Cambridge 1722 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,651.00
16 John Guillim

A Display of Heraldry, sixth edition, for R. and J. N Bonwick and R. Wilkin ...

1724 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 698.50
17 Charles Perry

A View of the Levant: particularly of Constantinople, Syria, Egypt, and Greece, Edward Gibbon's copy

1743 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
18 Rev. Jonathan Edwards

The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin defended;...

Boston 1758 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 406.40
19

Rules, Orders and Regulations (The), of the Magdalen House, for the Reception of Penitent Prostitutes

1760 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 355.60
20 Thomas Sheridan

A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

Philadelphia 1789 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 6.35
21 Jacob Duche

Discourses on Various Subjects

1790 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,079.50
22 Samuel Seabury

Discourses on Several Subjects

New York 1793 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 330.20
23 Michael Chamich

History of Armenia, translated by Johannes Avdall, 2 vol. in English

Calcutta 1827 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 3,302.00
24 Friedrich Nietzsche

The Antichrist..., one of 550 copies, illustrated by Norman Lindsay

1928 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 279.40
25

Diocese of Sydney Year Book

Sydney 1952-1960 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
  • 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.