Galerie Bassenge: History, Geography, and Travel, 126GE, Berlin-Grunewald

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 07, 2025 - October 07, 2025

Page Size: 250 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Andriveau-Goujon, Eugene	Planisphere terrestre indiquant les lignes modernes de grande communication par terre et par mer	Paris	1872	EUR 450.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
2	Barbie du Bocage, J. G.	Atlas illustre destine a l'enseignement de la geographie elementaire	Paris	1846	EUR 150.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
3	Berger, Arthur	Eine Spitzbergenfahrt 1900		1900	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 4,352.00
4	Bucelin, Gabriel	Nuclei Historiae Universalis	Ulm, Augsburg und Frankfurt	1664-1672	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
5	Buckardt, C.	Ansichten von Alexandrien, Berlin und Florenz	Weissenburg	1890	EUR 240.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
6	Danckerts, Justus	Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis tabula	Amsterdam	um 1685	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,280.00
7	Delaporte, Joseph	Reisen eines Franzosen, oder Beschreibung der vornehmsten Reiche in der Welt, nach ihrer ehemaligen und itzigen Beschaffenheit	Leipzig	1769-1785	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 512.00
8	Froger, Francois	Relation d'un voyage de la Mer du Sud	Amsterdam	1715	EUR 450.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
9	Hawkesworth, John	Geschichte der See-Reisen und Entdeckungen im Sud-Meer	Berlin	1774	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
10		Das Kleine Universum. Ein Bilderwerk in interessanten Ansichten	Stuttgart	1840-1843	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
11	Kotzebue, Otto von	Neue Reise um die Welt, in den Jahren 1823, 24, 25 und 26	St. Petersburg	1830	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
12	Ludolff, Hiob	Allgemeine Schau-Buhne der Welt	Frankfurt	1699-1731	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
13	(Schenk, Peter)	Accurata Utopiae Tabula. Das ist der Neu entdeckten Schalck Welt, oder des so offt benanten, und doch nie erkanten Schlaraffenlandes ... Grenzkolorierte Kupferstichtkarte	(Nurnberg)	um 1725	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	EUR 384.00
14	(Scherzer, Karl von)	Reise der Oesterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wullerstorf-Urbair	Wien	1861-1862	EUR 450.00 - 450.00	EUR 435.20
15	Val, Pierre du	Cartes de geographie geographie reveues et augmentees de leurs division et villes capitales avec les descriptions de tous les pais du monde	Paris	1662	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,560.00
16	Walpole, Robert	Travels in various countries of the east	London	1820	EUR 450.00 - 450.00	EUR 384.00
17	Sebah, Jean Pascal und Dittrich, Paul	AFRIKA Agypten. - Aegypten 1905 (Deckeltitel)	O. O.	1905	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 832.00
18	Berger, Arthur	Konvolut von sechs Reiseberichten in erster Ausgabe	Verschiedene Orte und Verlage	1924-1935	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
19	Danckerts, Justus	Novissima et perfectissima Africae descriptio	Amsterdam	um 1700	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
20	Doelter, Cornelius	Uber die Capverden nach dem Rio Grande und Futah-Djallon	Leipzig	1884	EUR 120.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
21	Riley, James	Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on 1817 the Western Coast of Africa, in the Month of August, 1815	London	1817	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
22	Riley, James	Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on 1817 the Western Coast of Africa, in the Month of August, 1815	London	1817	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
23	Sparrmann, Anders	Reise nach dem Vorgebirge der guten Hoffnung, den sudlichen Polarlandern und um die Welt, hauptsachlich aber in den Landern der Hottentotten und Kaffern in den Jahren 1772 bis 1776	Berlin	1784	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
24	Baranano, Leonardo	AMERIKA. Isla de Cuba Pintoresca. Coleccion de vistas generales		1856	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
25	Danckerts, Justus	Novi Belgii novaeque Angliae nec non Partis Virginiae Tabula multis in locis emendata	Amsterdam	1655	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	EUR 896.00

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.
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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.