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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
251	Barrera y Leirado (Cayetano Alberto de la)	Catalogo Bibliografico y Biografico Del Teatro Antiguo Espanol	Madrid	1860	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 57.15
252	Branco (Manoel Bernardes)	Portugal e os Estrangeiros	Lisbon	1879	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 95.25
253	de Carvalhaes (Manuel)	Catalogo da Importante Biblioteca que pertenceu ao falecido escritor e musicografo erudito e bibliofilo ilustre Manuel de Carvalhaes...Organisado por Augusto Sa da Costa		1928	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 82.55
254	de Oliveira (Arnaldo Henriques)	Catalogo da Riquissima Biblioteca Victor M. D'Avila Perez	Lisbon	1939-40	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 57.15
255	dos Santos (Jose)	Catalogo da Notavel e Preciosa Livraria que foi do ilustre bibliofilo conimbricense Conde do Ameal	Porto,	1924	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 63.50
256	Duarte de Sousa (Antonio Alberto Marinho)	Catalogo da Livraria Duarte de Sousa. Seculos XV a XVIII [and] Seculos XIX e XX	Lisbon	1972-74	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 31.75
257	Garcia Peres (Domingo)	Catalogo Razonado Biografico y Bibliografico de los Autores Portugueses que escribieron en castellano	Madrid	1890	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 44.45
258	Henriques de Oliveira (Arnaldo)	Catalogo da Magnifica e Valiosa Biblioteca formada pelo ilustre bibliofilo conimbricense Candido Augusto Nazareth	Lisbon	1949	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 31.75
259	Homann (Johann Baptist)	Portugalliae et Algarbiae, with inset map of Brazil,		1751 (2)	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
261	Costigan (Arthur William)	Sketches of Society and Manners in Portugal		1787	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
262	da Silva Lopes Rocha (Antonio da)	Unjust Proclamation of His Serene Highness the Infante Don Miguel as King of Portugal		1829	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 127.00
263	de Santa Roza (Bernardino)	Theatro do Mundo Visivel	Coimbra,	1743	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
264	[Dezoteux (Baron de Cormatin Pierre Marie Felicite)]	Voyage du Duc de Chatelet en Portugal	Paris	1801	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
265	d'Oliveira (Nicolao)	Livro das Grandezas de Lisboa...	Lisbon	1804	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 31.75
266	Fielding (Henry)	The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon		1755	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
267	Link (Henry Frederick)	Travels in Portugal		1801	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 120.65
268		Observacoens do Conde de Saldanha		[1829]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 120.65
269	Mins (Captain Peter)	A Narrative of the Naval Part of the Expedition to Portugal		1833	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 44.45
270	Ortelius (Abraham)	Portugalliae que olim Lusitania, Novissima et Exactissima Descriptio		(20th century)	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
271		Portugal.- Picture of Lisbon (A): Taken on the Spot: being a Description		1809	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 127.00
272	Ribeiro (Victor)	A Santa Casa de Misericordia de Lisboa (Subsidios para a sua Historia)	Lisbon	1902	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 12.70
273	Saint-Pardoux (Le Baron de)	Campanhas de Portugal em 1833 e 1834	Lisbon	1836	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 63.50
276	Ottens (Reiner & Joshua)	[Two map sheets covering the River Don, Russia]		[1722]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 406.40
277	Brodie (Walter)	Pitcairn's Island		1851	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 406.40
278	Roscoe (Thomas)	The Tourist in Spain. Andalusia		1836	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40

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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.