Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper, 121325, Franklin

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 13, 2025 - December 13, 2025

Page Size: 150 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
5926	D'Orbigny	D'Orbigny - 4 Bird Engravings: Pelican, Duck, Vulture, Falcon	Paris	1849	USD 300.00 - 600.00	Unknown
5927	D'Orbigny	D'Orbigny - Scarlet Macaw & Woodpecker	Paris	1849	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
5928	Shaw & Nodder	Shaw & Nodder - Turcosine Parrakeet. 96	London	1789-1813	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
5929	Shaw & Nodder	Shaw & Nodder - Moth - Long-tailed Phalaena. 520	London	1789-1813	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
5930	Shaw & Nodder	Shaw & Nodder - Great Libellula or Dragonfly. 459	London	1789-1813	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
5931	Shaw & Nodder	Shaw & Nodder - Speckled Tortoise. 144	London	1789-1813	USD 200.00 - 500.00	Unknown
5932	Shaw & Nodder	Shaw & Nodder - Pair of Whale Engravings	London	1789-1813	USD 300.00 - 600.00	Unknown
5933	Elliot & Keulemans	Elliot & Keulemans - White-crested Hornbill	New York	1877 -1882.	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
5934	Elliot & Keulemans	Elliot & Keulemans - Ceylonese Grey Hornbill	New York	1877 -1882.	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
5935	Elliot	Elliot - Ringless Chinese Pheasant	New York	1870 -1872.	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
5936	Gould	Gould - Temminck's Sapphire-wing Hummingbird (Pterophanes Temmincki)	London	1849 -1887	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
5937	Gould	Gould - Glowing Puff-leg Hummingbird with Cactus (Eriocnemis Vestitus)	London	1849 -1887	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
5938	Redoute	Redoute, Folio - Rose - Rosa Collina Monsoniana. 147	Paris	1800s.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
5939	Redoute	Redoute, Folio - Rose - Rosa Centifolia Amenonoides. 112	Paris	1800s.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
5940	Merian	Merian, Folio - Heliconia or False Bird-of-Paradise Flower with Bee & Moth Metamorphosis. 54	Paris	1771	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
5941	Merian	Merian, Folio - Passion Fruit with Butterfly Metamorphosis. 43	Paris	1771	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
5942	Merian	Merian, Folio - Grape Vine with Sphinx Moth Metamorphosis. 47	Paris	1771	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
5943	Catesby	Catesby, First Ed - Wild Pine with Locusta (Cricket). 2-89	London	1731 -1743.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
5944	Catesby	Catesby, First Ed - Anona (Pawpaw). 2-85	London	1731 -1743.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
5945	Catesby	Catesby, First Ed - Guana (Iguana) with Pond Apple. 2-64	London	1731 -1743.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
5946	Catesby	Catesby, First Ed - Alligator with Mangrove Tree. 2-63	London	1731 -1743.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
5947	Catesby	Catesby, First Ed - Pilchard with Ti-Ti. 2-24	London	1731 -1743.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
5948	Catesby	Catesby, First Ed - Parrot Fish. 2-29	London	1731 -1743.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
5949	Audubon	Audubon, Folio - Canada Otter. 51		1845 -1851	USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
5950	Audubon	Audubon, Folio - Raccoon. 61		1845 -1851	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown

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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.