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Auction Report
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
26 Lepsius (Richard)

Auswahl der Wichtigsten Urkunden des Aegyptischen Alterthums 23 lithograph plates

Leipzig, 1842 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 120.65
27 [Marescotti (Ercole)]

[Dell'eccellenza della donna]

Fermo, 1589 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 127.00
28 Chytraeus (David)

Chronicon anni M. D. XCIII. M. D. XCIIII. Et initii M. D. XCV.

Lepizig, 1595. GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 127.00
29 Lullus (Raimundus)

Opera ea quae ad adinventam ab ipso Artem Universalem...

Argentorati [Strasbourg], 1617 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 190.50
30

Bible, Latin. Biblia Sacra...et Testamentum Novum

Amsterdam, 1633 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 165.10
31 Waldschmidt (Bernhard)

Ruth Moabitis, Das ist: Zwey und sechzig Predigten uber die anmuthige Histori Dess Buchleins Ruth

Stuttgart & Frankfurt, 1659 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 165.10
32 Ancient Rome.- Du Choul (Guillaume)

Discours de la Religion des Anciens Romains

1672 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 279.40
33 Alchemy.- Wirdig (Sebastian)

Nova Medicina Spirituum: Curiosa Scientia & doctrina... 2 parts in 1

Hamburg, 1688 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 330.20
34 Spanheim (Friedrich)

Histoire de la Papesse Jeanne fidelement tire'e de la dissentation Latine

Cologne [?but Amsterdam], 1695 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
35 Ewald (Wilhelm Ernst)

De heerlykheid van het nieuw Jeruzalem 2 vol.

Amsterdam, 1739-1752 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
36

Czech imprint.- Mens Ecclesiae Germanicae De Sacramento Poenitentiae

Brno, 1782. GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 139.70
37 Theophrastus.

Characterum Ethicorum Theophrasti Eresii Capita Duo Hactenus Anecdota quae ex. Cod. Ms. Vaticano Saeculi XI..., engraved portrait frontispiece

Parma, 1786 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
38 Epictetus.

Enchiridion 2 parts in 1 vol.

Parma, 1793 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 254.00
39 [Sanvitale (Jacopo)]

In Occasione del Solenne Ingresso in Parma di Sua Maesta La Principessa Imperiale Maria Luigia Arciduchessa d'Austria Duchessa

Parma, 1816 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
40

Book of Hours.- Livres D'Heures

Bouasse-Lebel et Massin, ?France 1892 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 431.80
41 Hugo (Victor).- Claretie (Jules)

La Maison de Victor Hugo Place Royale

Paris, 1904. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 127.00
42 France (Anatole)

La Lecon Bien Apprise

Paris 1922 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 177.80
43 Kafka (Franz)

Beim Bau Der Chinesischen Mauer

Berlin, 1931. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 215.90
44

Kent, Downe Court.- Grant by Johanna Bederenden

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 279.40
45

Hertfordshire, Middlesex, and now Greater London.- Charter of John Copwode of Tottering in the county of Hertford "Gentilman"

1500. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 279.40
46

Medical.- Recettes Medicales

[c. early 17th century]. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 482.60
47 Mocenigo (?Giovanni)

Letter signed to Roberto Sodael 1p. with conjugate blank

Venice 10th December 1661 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 101.60
48

Winchester College.- Winchester Long Roll

4th September 1733. GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 533.40
49

Cornish sermons.- [Sermons]

[Cornwall], [late 18th / early 19th century]. GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 177.80
50 Cromwell (Oliver).-

On the Death of that Grand Imposter Oliver Cromwell

[probably 19th century]. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 254.00
  • 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.