Dunbar Sloane: Rare Books, 1917, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026

Page Size: 401 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
376	Jacques Nicolas Bellin	Carte Reduite Des Australes 1753 hand coloured map, featured in the Abbe Prevosts massive voyage collection, "Histoire generale des voyages", published between 1746-1759		1753	NZD 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
377		18th Century Map of Cook's Strait in New Zealand hand coloured and published by Alexander Hogg at The Kings Arms, 16 Paternoster Row, London, c1780	London	c. 1780	NZD 160.00 - 300.00	Unknown
378	William Whitchurch	A Sketch Of Dusky Bay in New Zealand 1773 hand coloured map, Plate No XIII from Cook's "A Voyage Towards The South Pole", published by William Strahan & Thomas Cadell, London, 1777	London	1773; 1777	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
379	William IV; George IV	2 Interesting Original Letters One Signed William IV the other as Regent George IV The 1837 letter signed William relating to a fine imposed upon a Thomas George Smith		1837	NZD 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
380	Vincenzo Coronelli	Mare Del Sud/Mare Pacifico a large hand coloured copperplate engraved map, 1696		1696	NZD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
381		The Islands Of New Zealand		c1838	NZD 160.00 - 300.00	Unknown
382	Charles Heaphy	NZ Sketch of the Waikato River 1863		1863	NZD 350.00 - 700.00	Unknown
383	W Deverell	Map Of New Zealand With Mountain Features In Pictorial Relief		N/A	NZD 260.00 - 400.00	Unknown
384	William Hidges	3 18th Century Portrait Engravings After William Hidges		N/A	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
385	Pierre Tardieu	Carte De L'Oceanie contenant L'Australie La Polnesie et Les Asiatiques 1842		1842	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
386	Louis Le Breton	Entree De La Baie Des Iles (Nouvelle Zelande) c1840s	Paris	c1840s	NZD 750.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
387	Louis Brion de la Tour	L'Angleterre 1766		1766	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	Unknown
388	Eugene Andriveau Goujon	Mappe Monde en Deux Hemispheres 1854	Paris	1854	NZD 160.00 - 300.00	Unknown
389	Charles Francois Delamarche	L'Etat Du Monde Vers La Fin Du XVeme Siecle 1848		1848	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
390	Gottlieb Canzler	Karte von Funften Eratheil oder Polynesien-Inselwelt oder Australien od Sudindien 1795		1795	NZD 350.00 - 700.00	Unknown
391	George Baxter	Pair Of 19th Century Baxter Prints		N/A	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
392		5 Various Engravings From Cooks & Other Pacific Voyages		N/A	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
393	Robert Benard	Illustrated London News Pages c1860s Etc		c1860s	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
394	Nicolas Sanson	Principaute De Galles 1658		1658	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	Unknown
395		Group Of 18th & 19th Century Engravings & Prints chiefly architectural		N/A	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
396	Charles Francois Delamarche	Mappe Monde 1802 ou Carte Generale de toutes les parties du Globe		1802	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
397	Louis August de Sainson	A Small Group Of Engravings After Louis August de Sainson from the Voyage of the Astrolabe		N/A	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
398	John Thomson	New Holland and Asiatic Isles 1814		1814	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
399	F A Garnier	6 Large French Maps By F A Garnier 1860		1860	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
400	William Hodges	After William Hodges A Women Of New Zealand, Plate No LVIII from James Cook, A Voyage Towards The South Pole, 1777		1777	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown

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 April

Sotheby’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.