AntiquarianAuctions.com: Antiquarian Book Auction, 127, Constantia

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Auction Date
November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
Page Size: 301 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
126 [CHOISY (Francois-Timoleon de)]

JOURNAL DU VOYAGE DE SIAM FAIT EN 1685 ET 1686

Paris 1687 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 230.00
127 Delagorgue (L.A.J.)

VOYAGE DANS L'AFRIQUE AUSTRALE

Paris No Date (circa 1847) USD 250.00 - 300.00 USD 287.50
128 Casalis (Rev. Eugene)

MY LIFE IN BASUTO LAND

London 1889 USD 50.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
129 Wilkinson (Anne Margaret)

A LADY'S LIFE AND TRAVELS IN ZULULAND AND THE TRANSVAAL DURING CETEWAYO'S REIGN

London 1882 USD 50.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
130 Vijn (Cornelius)

CETSHWAYO'S DUTCHMAN

London 1880 USD 70.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
131 Stanley (Henry M.)

HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE

London 1890 USD 50.00 - 60.00 USD 46.00
132 Alberti (Lodewyk)

DE KAFFERS AAN DE ZUIDKUST VAN AFRIKA

Amsterdam 1810 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
133 Solinus (Gaius Julius)

C. IVLII SOLINI POLYHISTOR, RERVM TOTO ORBE MEMORABILIUM THESAURUS LOCUPLETISSIMUS

Basliae/Basel 1538 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
134 Bowler (Thomas W.)

PICTORIAL ALBUM OF CAPE TOWN

Cape Town 1866 USD 650.00 - 750.00 USD 575.00
135 Bowler (Thomas William)

THE K***R WARS AND THE BRITISH SETTLERS IN SOUTH AFRICA (With hand coloured plates on India paper)

London 1865 USD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
136 Herbert (Thomas)

SOME YEARS TRAVELS INTO DIVERS PARTS OF AFRICA AND ASIA THE GREAT

London 1677 USD 650.00 - 750.00 USD 575.00
137 Beeckman (Captain Daniel)

A VOYAGE TO AND FROM THE ISLAND OF BORNEO, IN THE EAST INDIES

London 1718 USD 900.00 - 1,100.00 USD 1,207.50
138 Burchell (William J.)

TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

London 1822-1824 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,875.00
139 [Barrington (George)]

A VOYAGE TO BOTANY BAY

London 1795 and 1801 USD 300.00 - 350.00 USD 287.50
140 Degrandpre (Louis Marie Joseph)

VOYAGE A LA COTE OCCIDENTALE D'AFRIQUE

Paris 1801 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
141 [An English Officer]

GLEANINGS IN AFRICA

London 1805 USD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
142 Hamilton (Alexander)

A NEW ACCOUNT OF THE EAST INDIES

London 1744 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
143 Livingstone (David)

THE LAST JOURNALS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE IN CENTRAL AFRICA,

London 1874 USD 200.00 - 250.00 USD 172.50
144 Tongue (M. Helen)

BUSHMAN PAINTINGS

Oxford 1909 USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
145 Williams (Gardner F.)

THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA

New York 1902 USD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
146 Chapman (Captain Charles)

A VOYAGE FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO CAPE TOWN

London 1872 USD 150.00 - 175.00 Not Sold
147 Rose (Cowper)

FOUR YEARS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

London 1829 USD 125.00 - 150.00 USD 151.80
148 Prior (James)

VOYAGE ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF AFRICA, TO MOSAMBIQUE, JOHANNA, AND QUILOA; TO ST. HELENA

London 1819 USD 100.00 - 125.00 USD 120.75
149 Lydekker (R.)

THE GAME ANIMALS OF AFRICA

London 1926 USD 70.00 - 80.00 USD 143.75
150 Distant (W.L.)

A NATURALIST IN THE TRANSVAAL

London 1892 USD 125.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
  • 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.