Forum Auctions: Online: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases, 1075, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 276 | Homann (Johann Baptist) | Portugal.- Portugalliae et Algarbiae... |
[circa 1716] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 457.20 | |
| 277 | Ortelius (Abraham) | Portugal.- Portugalliae que olim Lusitania, novissima & exactissima descriptio, Auctore Vernando Aluaro Secco |
[circa 1570 or later] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 457.20 | |
| 278 | [Bell (Robert)] | Russia.- A History of Russia |
1836-38 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 279 | Cadolle (Auguste) | Russia.- Four plates from: 'Vues de Moscou dessinees d'apres nature et lithographiees...' |
[circa 1825] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,905.00 | |
| 280 | Jansson (Jan) and others | Russia.- Nine maps of Russia and its neighbours |
17th to 19th century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 281 | Smith (J.G.) | Russia.- New Map of Russia on Mercators Projection |
[circa 1878] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,159.00 | |
| 282 | Munster (Sebastian) | Scandinavia.- Gemeine Beschreibung aller Mitnachtigen Lander/ alsz Schweden / Gothen / Norwegien / Dennmark &c. |
[circa 1588] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 283 | Wit (Frederik de) and others | Scandinavia.- Three maps of Sweden and Finland |
17th and 18th century | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 254.00 | |
| 284 | Blaeu (Willem Jansz.) | Spain.- Ten regional maps of Spain, from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', engraved maps with outline hand-colouring, each platemark approx |
[circa 1640] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,651.00 | |
| 285 | Braun (Georg) and Franz Hogenberg | Spain.- Sevilla |
[1588 or later] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 286 | Homann (Johann Baptist) | Spain.- Catalonia.- Principatus Cataloniae... |
[circa 1710] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 287 | Hondius (Jodocus) and Henricus Hondius | Spain.- Six regional maps of Spain, some duplicates |
[circa 1606 or later] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 288 | Mariana (Juan de) | Spain.- Historia General de Espana |
Valencia | 1783-96 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 289 | Alfonso X, King of Castile | Spain & Portugal.- Libros del Saber de Astronomia, edited by Manuel Rico y Sinobas |
Madrid | 1863-66 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 203.20 |
| 290 | Denis (Fernando) | Spain & Portugal.- Portugal Pittoresco |
Lisbon | 1846 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,143.00 |
| 291 | Speed (John) | Spain.- Spaine Newly Described with Many Adictions, both in the Attires of the People & the Setuations of their Cheifest Cityes |
1626 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 584.20 | |
| 292 | Kawaguchi (The Shramana Ekai) | Tibet.- Three Years in Tibet |
Madras, Benares and London | 1909 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 635.00 |
| 293 | Landon (Perceval) | Tibet.- Lhasa... |
1905 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 177.80 | |
| 294 | Markham (Clements R.) | Tibet.- Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa |
1876 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 295 | [Orazio dela Penna de Billi (Francesco)] | Tibet.- Relacion Publicada en Roma del principio, y estado presente de la Mission de dilatado Reyno de Gran Tibet... |
Cervera | 1743 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 296 | Chishull (Edmund) | Turkey.- Antiquitates Asiaticae... |
1728 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 297 | Driesch (Gerard Cornelius von den) | Turkey.- Historische Nachricht von der Rom. Kayserl. Gross-Bottschaft nach Constantinopel |
Nuremberg | 1723 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 609.60 |
| 298 | Turkey.- English School (19th century) The Caravan Bridge, Smyrna (Izmir) |
[19th century] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | ||
| 299 | Han (Paul Conrad Balthasar) | Turkey.- Alt und Neu Pannonia, Oder Kurz-Verfasste Beschreibung des Uralten Edlen Konigreichs Hungarn... |
Nuremberg | 1686 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 635.00 |
| 300 | Lennep (Rev. Henry J. van) | Turkey.- Travels in Little-Known Parts of Asia Minor |
1870 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,778.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.