PBA Galleries: The Klaus Werner Collection of Pacific Voyages, 856, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026

Page Size: 200 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
126	La Perouse, Jean Francois de Galaup	La Perouse'ns Entdeckungsreise in den Jahren 1785, 1786, 1787 und 1788, Herausgaben von M.C.A. Milet-Mureau...	Berlin	1799-1800	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
127	La Perouse, Jean Francois Galaup de	A Voyage of La Perouse round the World, in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788	London	1798	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 1,875.00
128	Langsdorff, G.H. von	Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803 bis 1807	Frankfurt	1812	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 2,250.00
129	Langsdorff, G[eorg] H[einrich] von	Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of the World, during the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807	Carlisle, [PA]	1817	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 375.00
130	Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von	Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of the World, during the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807	London	1813-1814	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,500.00
131	Langsdorff, George H. von	Bremerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den jahren 1803 bis 1807	Frankfurt am Main	1812	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 1,250.00
132	Laplace, Cyrille Pierre Theodore	Campagne de Circumnavigation de la Fregate l'Artemise Pendant les Annees 1837, 1838, 1839 & 1840	Paris	1841	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,625.00
133	Lay, William and Cyrus M. Hussey	A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board the Ship Globe of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824, and the Journal of a Residence of Two Years on the Mulgrave Islands; with Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants	New-London	1828	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 562.50
134	Lisiansky, Urey	A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1803, 4, 5, & 6; Performed, by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, Emperor of Russia, in the Ship Neva, by Urey Lisiansky, Captain in the Russian Navy, and Knight of the Order of St. George and St. Vla	London	1814	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
135	Little, George	Life on the Ocean; or, Twenty Years at Sea, Being the Personal Adventures of the Author	New York	1854	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
136	Little, George	Life on the Ocean; or, Twenty Years at Sea; Being the Personal Adventures of the Author	Aberdeen	1847	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
137	Little, George	Life on the Ocean; Or, Twenty Years at Sea: Being the Personal Adventures of the Author.	Boston	1845	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
138	Little, George	Life on the Ocean; or, Twenty Years at SeaL Being the Personal Adventures of the Author	Baltimore	1843	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
139	[Lucatt, Edward]	Rovings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849; with a Glance at California. By a Merchant Long Resident at Tahiti...	London	1851	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 500.00
140	Martin, John	An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean. With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their Language. Compiled and Arranged from the Extensive Communications of Mr. William Mariner, Several Years Resident in Those Islands	London	1817	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 343.75
141	Meares, John	Collection de cartes geographiques, vues, marines, plans et portraits, relatifs aux voyages du Capitaine J. Meares...	Paris	An 3 [1795]	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 375.00
142	Meares, John	Collection de cartes geographiques, vues, marines, plans et portraits, relatifs aux voyages du Capitaine J. Meares...	Paris	An 3 de la Republique [1795]	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 500.00
143	Meares, John	Voyages de la Chine a la Cote Nord-Ouist D'Amerique, faits dans les annees 1788 et 1789; precedes de la relation d'un autre Voyage execute en 1786 sur le Vaisseau le Nootka, parti du Bengale; D'un recueil d'Observations sur la Probabilite d'un Paassage No	Paris	An 3e. de la Republique [1794-95]	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,625.00
144	Meares, John	Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. To which are prefixed, an Introductory Narrative of a Voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the Ship Nootka; Observations on the Probable Existence of a North West	London	1790	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,812.50
145	Meares, John	Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. To which are prefixed, an Introductory Narrative of a Voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the Ship Nootka; Observations on the Probable Existence of a North West	London	1790	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 2,500.00
146	Melville, Herman	Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas	New York	1847	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,125.00
147	Meyen, Franz Julius Ferdinand	Reise um die Erde ausgefuhrt auf dem Koniglich Preussischen Seehandlungs-Schiffe Prinzess Louise, commandirt von Capitain W. Wendt, in den Jahren 1830, 1831, und 1832	Berlin	1834-5	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,000.00
148	Choules, John O. and Thomas Smith	The Origin and History of Missions; a record of the Voyages, Travels, Labors, and Successes of the Various Missionaries, who have been sent forth by Protestant societies and churches to evangelize the heathen; Compiled from Authentic Documents; forming a	New York	1846	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
149	Smith, Thomas, and John Choules	Origin and History of Missions; Containing Faithful Accounts of the Voyages, Travels, labors and Successes of the Various Missionaries Who Have Been Sent Forth to Evangelize the Heathen	Boston	1832-33	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
150	Warren, Jane S.	The Morning Star: History of the Children's Missionary Vessel, and of the Marquesan and Micronesian Missions.	Boston	[1860]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000

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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

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Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

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Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.