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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
51	Pierre-Ambroise-Francois Choderlos de Laclos	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Amsterdam & Paris	1782	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 254.00
52	Pierre Le Tourneur, Germain Guyot, Jean-Baptiste de Milcent	Histoire d'Angleterre, Representee par Figures, 3 vol.	Paris	1784-1800	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 95.25
53	Lady Charlotte Bury	Les Exclusifs, Roman Fashionnable sic, first French edition	Paris	1830	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 177.80
54	Konigliches Opernhaus	Konigliches Opernhaus Lohengrin. Romantische Oper in drei uften von Richard Wagner	Dresden	1908	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 127.00
55	Z. Jabotinsky	Poems, Stories and Translations, 3 vol., one of 200 copies with each vol. signed by the author	Paris	1930	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 508.00
56		Charter by John Waryn of Witnesham grants and concedes to John Turnour of Witnesham a messuage with edifice in Witnesham	Wytnesham	1382	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 431.80
57		Two leaves from a portable Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript in vellum	Italy	15th century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
58		Two leaves from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum	France	mid-15th century	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
59		Two single leaves from a large Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum	France	15th century	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 635.00
60		Single leaf from a prayer book, in Dutch, illuminated manuscript on vellum	Netherlands	second half 15th century	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 762.00
61		16th century list of books.- Fragment of a account of Mr Edmond recording a list of books with their prices, Merton College and other people		late 16th century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 152.40
62	Thomas Legge	Elizabethan woman's penance for adultery.- Legge (Thomas, playwright and college).- Parte of pennance... unto Agnes Hassard of Chetsham		24th July 1594	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,079.50
63	Stephanus Dousa	Autograph Letter signed to Johann Buijes, in Latin	n.p.	n.d. c. 1600?	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 120.65
64		Commonwealth Parliamentary Grant.- Custodes libertatis Anglie, grant relating to John Stephens and tenants Elizabeth and John Snowe, D.s.	Westminster	1650	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
65	Admiral Sir John Lawson	Autograph Letter signed to the Right Honourable ?Oliver Cromwell		15 June 1654	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 825.50
66		London, St. Andrew, Holborn.- Affadavit served on Susannah Royall and Ludovic Royall by Thomas Hoye to appear to hear judgement, D.s.	St. Andrews, Holborn	1671	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 31.75
67		List of all the Establishments belonging to the Office of her Maties Ordnance As also The State of Small Arms Brass Guns & Mortars		1705	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,286.00
68	Edward Augustus	Grant to Viscount Bateman to the office of Circuitor Bailiff and Chief Forester of Battles Bailiwick and of Ranger and Keeper...		1766	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 63.50
69	Jane Carrick	Collection of Autograph Letters signed Jane Carrick, "JC" etc.	Allonby, Carlisle & n.p.	1777-94	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 215.90
70		Sommers's Tavern. Messrs Bell and Bradfute No: 9, manuscript bill for supper and dinner	Edinburgh	1795	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 76.20
71		?Bowdler family. Commonplace Book, manuscript in several hands, other letters and manuscripts loosely inserted		1795-1811	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
72	William Hole	Signal Book, manuscript notebook		1808	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 698.50
73		Census of the Population for the Town of Gosport... George Rickman Ch Warden...	Hampshire, Gosport	1821	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 3,302.00
74	C. & J. White	Billhead made out to Sir Joseph Copley, Bart.	Doncaster	23rd November, 1824	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 101.60
75	Ann Parnell	Autograph Letter signed to Mr. Croft of City Bank, Exeter	Brampford Speke, nr. Exeter	24 February, 1832	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold

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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.