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

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Auction Report
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
800 HEWSON CLARKE

THE HISTORY OF THE WAR, FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TO THE PRESENT TIME

London 1816 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 15.17
801 GIRALDUS DE BARRI

THE ITINERARY OF ARCHBISHOP BALDWIN THROUGH WALES

1806 GBP 30.00 - 80.00 GBP 101.12
802 JOHN WALKER

AN ATTEMPT TOWARDS RECOVERING AN ACCOUNT OF THE NUMBERS AND SUFFERINGS OF THE CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

London 1717 GBP 35.00 - 55.00 GBP 44.24
803

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

Oxford 1719 Not Available GBP 60.67
804 THE REV JOHN FLEETWOOD

THE LIFE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST

Glasgow ND GBP 25.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
805 RICHARD FIDDES

THEOLOGIA PRACTICA: OR, THE SECOND PART OF A BODY OF DIVINITY UNDER THAT TITLE...

Dublin 1720 GBP 55.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
806 JOHN FENN

ORIGINAL LETTERS WRITTEN DURING THE REIGNS OF HENRY VI. EDWARD IV. AND RICHARD III

London 1787 Not Available GBP 227.52
807 RAPHAEL AND J ARTHUR BRANDON

PARISH CHURCHES: BEING PERSPECTIVE VIEWS OF ENGLISH ECCLESIASTICAL STRUCTURES: ACCOMPANIED BY PLANS DRAWN TO A UNIFORM SCALE AND LETTER-PRESS DESCRIPTIONS

London 1858 GBP 20.00 - 25.00 Not Sold
808

Foxe's Martyrs late 17th/18th century

late 17th/18th century GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 214.88
809 Francis Willoughby, FRS

The Ornithology of Birds

London 1678 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,516.80
810 SIR WALTER SCOTT

THE WAVERLEY NOVELS

Edinburgh 1877-1979 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
811 JOHN NICHOLS

THE WORKS OF THE REV. JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D., DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S DUBLIN

London 1801 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
812 EDWARD GIBBON

THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

London 1788 - 1790 GBP 140.00 - 210.00 GBP 202.24
813 Walter Scott First Editions

PEVERIL OF THE PEAK

Edinburgh 1822 GBP 30.00 - 100.00 GBP 63.20
814 DAVID HUME

THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, FROM THE INVASION OF JULIUS CAESAR TO THE REVOLUTION IN 1688

London 1770 GBP 45.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
815

ONE BOX: BINDINGS

GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 63.20
816 ARTHUR YOUNG

ANNALS OF AGRICULTURE

1786 - 1808 GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 94.80
817 Samuel Johnson/Rev. H. J. Todd

"A Dictionary of the English Language&quot

Longman 1818 GBP 20.00 - 25.00 Not Sold
818

One box of antiquarian bindings 19th and 18th century

19th and 18th century Not Available GBP 27.81
819 FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD

AN ESSAY TOWARDS A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK...

GBP 210.00 - 280.00 GBP 189.60
820

ONE BOX: Antiquarian (mostly) leatherbound, to include BURNS POETICAL WORKS

GBP 60.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
821

ONE BOX: Leather bindings

Not Available GBP 6.32
822 FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD

AN ESSAY TOWARDS A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK...

London 1805 - 1810 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 278.08
823

ONE BOX: SCOTT'S WAVERLEY NOVELS

London and Calcutta ND GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
824

ONE BOX: Various antiquarian volumes

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 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.