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Auction Date
October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
Page Size: 296 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Musculus (Wolfgang)

Commentarii in Evangelivm Ioannis, occasional marginalia in an early hand

Basel, 1554 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,905.00
2 Zonaras (Joannes)

Compendium Historiarum

Basel, 1557 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 698.50
3 Gruchius (Nicolas)

De Comitiis Romanorum Libri Tres

Venice, 1559 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 558.80
4 Allen (William)

Historia del glorioso martirio di sedici sacerdoti

Macerata, 1583 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 609.60
5 Lazius (Wolfgang)

De Gentium Aliquot Migrationibus

Frankfurt, 1600 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,206.50
6 de Jesus (Tomas)

Stimulus Missionum

Rome, 1610 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 635.00
7 Negrone (Giulio)

Regulae communes Societatis Iesu

Cologne, 1617 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,206.50
8 French imprints.- Hilary (of Poitiers, Saint)

Sancti Hilarii Pictavorum Episcopi

Paris, 1652 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 635.00
9 Waldensians.- Leger (Jean)

Histoire Generale des Eglises Evangeliques des Vallees de Piemont ou Vaudoises 2 parts in 1

Leiden, 1669 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 609.60
10 Polygamy.- [Lyser (Johann)], 'Theophilo Aletheo.'

Polygamia Triumphatrix, Lund, Sumtibus Authoris post 1682

Wittenberg, 1684 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 279.40
11 Sermons.- Fleetwood (William)

The Relative Duties of Parents, Husbands, Masters... Considered in Sixteen Sermons: With Three more upon the case of Self-Murther

1705 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 762.00
12

Liturgy.- Missale Cartusiensis Ordinis ex ordinatione Capituli Generalis...

Lyon, 1713 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 355.60
13 Elsner (Jakob)

Observationes Sacrae 2 vol., engraved vignettes to titles

Utrecht, 1720-28 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 508.00
14 Sermons.- Saurin (Jacques)

Nouveaux Sermons sur L'Histoire de la Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ 2 vol., woodcut decoration on titles

Rotterdam, 1732 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 355.60
15 [Challoner (Richard)]

Britannia Sancta

1745 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 215.90
16 [Boyer d'Argens (Jean Baptiste)]

Lettres cabalistiques

The Hague 1754 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 279.40
17 Sermons.- [Murray (James)]

New Sermons to Asses, ink ownership signature to front free endpaper

1773 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 304.80
18 Wassenberg (Everwinus, Dutch classicist and scholar 1742-1826)

Prolegomena in NT libros Sacros et Evangelium [Observationes in Matthaei evangelium]

[1790] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 355.60
19 Sermons.- [Boyd (Adam)]

Keep Your Heart. A Sermon

Augusta, 1794 SS Quincy (Samuel) Twenty Sermons... Preached in the Parish of St. Philip GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 889.00
20 Brief Account (A)

of the Coronation of His Majesty George IV

1821 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 304.80
21 Lodge (Edmund)

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII. Engraved in Imitation of the Original Drawings of Hans Holbein

1828 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 279.40
22 Gravina (Domenico Benedetto)

Il duomo di Monreale 2 vol.

Palermo 1859 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 825.50
23 Verner (Sir William)

A Short History of the Battle of the Diamond

1863 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 203.20
24 Conder (Lt. C.R.)

& H.H. Kitchener. Map of Western Palestine in 26 Sheets

1880 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 482.60
25 Germain (Michel)

Le monasticon gallicanum

Paris 1882 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 139.70
  • 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.