Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Two Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper, 100825, Norwich

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 08, 2025 - October 09, 2025

Page Size: 1118 items in 45 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
700	ERNEST CHESNEAU	ART INTEREST: 3 Titles: THE EDUCATION OF THE ARTIST	London	1886	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 6.32
701	MAX ERNST	2 Titles: LA FEMME 100 TETES	Berlin	1962	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 18.96
702	VERVE	AN ARTISTIC AND LITERARY QUARTERLY			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 31.60
703	ANDREW WRIGHT	COURT-HAND RESTORED: OR, THE STUDENT'S ASSISTANT, IN READING OLD DEEDS, CHARTERS, RECORDS ETC	London	1822	GBP 10.00 - 25.00	GBP 6.32
704	P FALCOT	ATLAS DES PLANCHES D'ARMURES, BREFS, DESSINS ET MISES EN CARTE, FAISANT SUITE AU TRAITE DE LA FABRICATION DES TISSUS [ATLAS OF THE PLATES OF ARMOUR, BRIEFS, DRAWINGS AND MAPPINGS, FOLLOWING THE TREATISE ON THE MANUFACTURE OF FABRICS]		1852	Not Available	GBP 12.64
705	Walter Shaw Sparrow	British Sporting Artists twenty scene illustrations in colour and seventy six in Black and White		1922	Not Available	GBP 6.32
706	RALPH NEVILL	SPORTING ART: 6 Titles: OLD SPORTING PRINTS	London	1908	Not Available	GBP 6.32
707		ROYAL ACADEMY PICTURES 1899, 1900, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908	London		Not Available	Not Sold
708	ROBERT HUXLEY (Ed)	BOTANICAL / NATURAL HISTORY ART: 2 Titles: THE GREAT NATURALISTS	London	2007	GBP 15.00 - 20.00	GBP 15.17
709	PETER MARREN AND ROBERT GILLMOR	ART OF THE NEW NATURALISTS - FORMS FROM NATURE	London	2009	Not Available	GBP 12.64
710	ALLAN ELLENIUS	BRUNO LILJEFORS INTEREST: 3 Titles: LILJEFORS - NATUREN SOM LIVSRUM	Stockholm	1996	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 53.09
711	DR K e RUSSOW	BRUNO LILJEFORS INTEREST: 2 Titles: BRUNO LILJEFORS	Stockholm	1929	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 50.56
712	RICHARD KENDALL	LARGE FORMAT ART INTEREST: 7 Titles: DEGAS - BEYOND IMPRESSIONISM	London	1996	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 12.64
713	Dr Julius Kurth	CHINA ART. Four large volumes		1922	GBP 20.00 - 50.00	GBP 18.96
714	RICHARD KENDALL (Ed)	LARGE FORMAT ART: 3 Titles: MONET BY HIMSELF	London	2000	GBP 20.00 - 35.00	GBP 6.32
715	JULIANA DANCO AND DUMITRU DANCO	LA PEINTURE PAYSANNE SUR VERRE DU ROUMANIE	Bucharest	1975	Not Available	GBP 5.06
716	HENRY MOORE AND KENNETH CLARK	HENRY'S MOORE'S SHEEP SKETCHBOOK	London	1980	GBP 10.00 - 15.00	GBP 10.11
717	HENRY BROMLEY	CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVED BRITISH PORTRAITS, FROM EGBERT THE GREAT TO THE PRESENT TIME	London	1793	GBP 40.00 - 70.00	GBP 37.92
718	C J CORNISH	THREE VOLUMES IN ONE: THE ISLE OF WIGHT	London	1895	GBP 20.00 - 35.00	GBP 10.11
719		PERSIAN PAINTING FROM MINIATURES OF THE XIII - XVI CENTURIES [with an introduction by Basil Gray]	London	1947	Not Available	GBP 5.06
720	ANNA MOSZYNSKA	ANTONY GORMLEY - DRAWING	London	2002	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 15.17
721		RAIMOND VAN MARLE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ITALIAN SCHOOLS OF PAINTING	The Hague	1923 - 1924	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 35.39
722	ALGERNON GRAVES AND WILLIAM VINE CRONIN	A HISTORY OF THE WORKS OF JOSHUA REYNOLDS	London	1901	GBP 20.00 - 35.00	GBP 10.11
723	EDWARD SEAGO	2 Titles: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CANVAS [A biography by Jean Goodman]	London	1978	GBP 20.00 - 25.00	GBP 27.81
724		ADA EARLAND: JOHN OPIE AND HIS CIRCLE	London	1911	GBP 20.00 - 35.00	GBP 22.75

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.