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    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
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    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
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Sothebys: Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

Auction Reports

Auction Name Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History Total Sales (GBP) 2,635,557.00
Auction Date November 12, 2019 - November 12, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 1,616,250.00
Sale Number #L19405 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 2,314,751.00
Total Lots 319
Sold Lots 243 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 2,189,850.00
% of Lots Sold 76.18% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 3,108,451.00
Unsold Lots 76 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 84.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
228

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION DESCRIPTION DE L'ÉGYPTE Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les orders de Sa Majesté l'Emp

1809-1828 GBP 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 GBP 471,000.00
52 TREW, JAKOB CHRISTOPH

Hortus nitidissimis omnen per annum superbiens floribus, sive amoenissimorum florum imagines"¦ In publicum edidit Iohannes Michael Seligmann.

1750 -1786 GBP 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 GBP 106,250.00
21 JACQUIN, NIKOLAUS JOSEPH VON

Plantarum rariorum horti Caesarei Schönbrunnensis descriptiones et icones.

1797-1804 GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 93,750.00
127 COLOM, JACOB AERTSZ.

Atlas ou Colom Ardante demonstrant toutes les costes de la Grand Mer, de tout l'Univers jusqu'a present Congnus Fort utile a tous Pilotes, Marchands, & Amateurs de la Navigation Nouvellement Mis en Lumiere.

1668 Folio (440 x 298mm.) GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 93,750.00
316 MARAINI, FOSCO AND GIUSEPPE TUCCI

TIBET - A glimpse of Tibet. 96 photographs taken for the 1937 Italian Expedition by Fosco Maraini with an introductory note by Giuseppe Tucci of the Royal Academy of Italy, leader of the expedition.

1938 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 93,750.00
68 CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE

Les voyages de la Novvelle France occidentale, dite Canada.

1640 GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 87,500.00
161 [BORY DE SAINT-VINCENT, JEAN-BAPTISTE]

A collection of watercolours and drawings to illustrate Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des sciences physiques, 1832-1836

1832-1836 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 75,000.00
33 MERIAN, MARIA SYBILLA, AND DANIEL RABEL

Histoire générale des insectes de Surinam et de toute l'Europe"¦ en deux parties"¦ troisieme edition, revue, corrigée, & considérablement augmentée"¦ A laquelle en a joint une troisieme partie qui traite des plus belles fleurs.

1771 GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 68,750.00
133 LOON, JOHANNES VAN

Klaer-lichtende noort-star ofte Zee-atlas; waer in vertoont wordt, De gelegentheydt van alle de zee-kusten des geheelen aerdtbodems.

1666 GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 68,750.00
165 CARTWRIGHT, JOSEPH

[Views in the Ionian Islands].

1821 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 68,750.00
259

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES A collection of over two hundred historic photographs,

c.1901 - early 1960s GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 56,250.00
177 DUPRÉ, LOUIS

Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople, ou collection de portraits, de vues et de costumes grecs et ottomans, peints sur les lieux, d'après nature.

1825 GBP 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 47,500.00
216

ARABIA Map of the Red Sea and Nejd.

c.1880s GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 43,750.00
45 SCHLEGEL, HERMANN AND A.H. VERSTER VAN WULVERHORST

Traité de Fauconnerie.

1844-1853 GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 GBP 37,500.00
248

PERSIAN GULF - ROYAL AIR FORCE A collection of fourteen photographs,

1929-1931 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 35,000.00
279

PROPERTY FROM THE GARRETT COLLECTION CHINESE PAINTINGS - YOUQUA An album of fifty paintings,

c.1855 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 35,000.00
27 LEWIN, WILLIAM

The Birds of Great-Britain with their eggs.

1789-1794 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 32,500.00
108 VINCENT, LEVINUS

Wondertooneel der Nature.

1706-1715 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
124 BAYER, JOHANN

Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa.

1603 GBP 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 GBP 27,500.00
149 COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES

Complete set of first editions of the voyages, comprising: First Voyage - John Hawkesworth. An Account of the Voyages by the order of his present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Ca

1773 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 27,500.00
260

CANADA Album of topographical drawings and watercolours of Toronto, Guelph and Lake Simcoe, with maps, sketches, and ephemera, September 1854 to July 1856.

1854-1856. GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 27,500.00
89

NORTH WEST PASSAGE AND NORTH PACIFIC Two works bound in one volume: Müller, Gerhard Friedrich. Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the discoveries of the north west coast of America.

1761 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
178 FOSSATI, GASPARD

Aya Sophia Constantinople, as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid.

1852 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
293 THOMSON, JOHN

Views on the North River.

1870 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
137 SCHEDEL, HARTMANN

Liber chronicarum.

1493 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 22,500.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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