Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper, 112925, Franklin

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 29, 2025 - November 29, 2025
Page Size: 150 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5501 Martinet & Buffon

Martinet & Buffon - 4 Cockatoo Engravings

Paris 1770-1786 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 454.75
5502 Martinet & Buffon

Martinet & Buffon - 3 Pelican Engravings

Paris 1770-1786 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 214.00
5503 Martinet & Buffon

Martinet & Buffon - 4 Owl Engravings

Paris 1770-1786 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 214.00
5504 Martinet & Buffon

Martinet & Buffon - Turkey. 97

Paris 1770-1786 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 214.00
5505 Shelley & Keulemans

Shelley & Keulemans - 10 Sun-Bird Lithographs

London 1876-1880. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 963.00
5506 Elliot & Keulemans

Elliot & Keulemans - White-billed Hornbill

New York 1877-1882. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 256.80
5507 Elliot & Keulemans

Elliot & Keulemans - Manilla Hornbill

New York 1877-1882. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 267.50
5508 Elliot & Keulemans

Elliot & Keulemans - White-headed Hornbill

New York 1877-1882. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 267.50
5509 Elliot & Keulemans

Elliot & Keulemans - Sharpe's Hornbill

New York 1877-1882. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 235.40
5510 Elliot

Elliot - Yarkand Pheasant

New York 1877-1882. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 722.25
5511 Gould

Gould - Yellow-fronted Panoplites Hummingbird (Panoplites flavescens)

London 1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 321.00
5512 Gould

Gould - Sun Gem Hummingbird (Heliactin Cornuta)

London 1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 454.75
5513 Gould

Gould - Nepaulese Blue Pie

London 1850-1883 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,444.50
5514 Gould

Gould - Chinese Blue Pie

London 1850-1883 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,444.50
5515 Merian

Merian, Folio - Frog or Toad Life Cycle. 60

Paris 1771 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 374.50
5516 Merian

Merian, Folio - Hibiscus with Moth Metamorphosis. 42

Paris 1771 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 561.75
5517 Merian

Merian, Folio - Papaya with Moth Metamorphosis. 40

Paris 1771 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 481.50
5518 Merian

Merian, Folio - Caiman Holding Snake. 69 (Crocodile or Alligator). 69

Paris 1771 USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 3,049.50
5519 Rosa Bonheur

Two Volumes with 108 Photogravures of the Art of Rosa Bonheur

Paris 1900 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,391.00
5520

White's Voyage to New South Wales - Volume with 65 Engravings & 1 Map

London 1790 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
5521 Prevost

Prevost - Plate of Pears, Apples, Quince (Assiette de Bon-Chretien, Calville blanc, Pomme-rose, Api et Coing)

Paris 1805 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
5522 Redoute

Redoute, Folio - Guernsey Lily (Amaryllis Sarniensis). 33

Paris 1802-1816 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 561.75
5523 Redoute

Redoute, Folio - Bird of Paradise Flower (Strelitzia Reginae). 76

Paris 1802-1816 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
5524 Curtis

Curtis's Botanical Magazine - First 17 Volumes (Bound in 6) with 643 Engravings

London 1787-1803 USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,654.50
5525 Warner & Williams

Warner & Williams's Orchidaceous Plants - Volume with 40 Folio Orchid Lithographs

London 1862-1865 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 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.