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Auction Name	Very Beautiful Mountain Books	Total Sales (EUR)	617,013.00
Auction Date	December 09, 2024 - December 09, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	277,250.00
Sale Number	#120924	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	362,000.00
Total Lots	166
Sold Lots	153	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	324,050.00
% of Lots Sold	92.17%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	421,600.00
Unsold Lots	13	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	146.35%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
62	FELLOWS (Charles).	A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc.	1827	EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	EUR 131,250.00
24	BLAEU (Joan) et BORGOGNIO (Gio Tomaso).	Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye, prince de Piemont, roi de Cypre.	1700	EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 31,250.00
41	CHARTON (Gabriel).	Souvenirs pittoresques des glaciers de Chamouny.	1821	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 27,500.00
22	BIRMANN (Samuel).	Souvenirs de la vallee de Chamonix.	s.d. [1826]	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 26,250.00
6	ALBANIS-BEAUMONT (Jean-Francois).	Voyage pittoresque aux Alpes pennines	1787	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 22,500.00
163	WYTTENBACH (Jacob Samuel).	Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description.	1785	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 20,000.00
48	COLEMAN (Edmund Thomas).	Scenes from the snowfields : being illustrations of the upper ice-world of Mont Blanc, from sketches made on the spot in the years 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858	1855, 1856, 1857, 1858	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 16,250.00
139	Smith (Albert).	The new game of the ascent of Mont Blanc.	1861	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 15,000.00
122	Pitschner (Wilhelm)	Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859 - Atlas zum Mont Blanc.	1860-1864.	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 11,000.00
59	EBEL (Johann Gottfried) et MEYER (Johann Jakob)	Voyage pittoresque dans le Canton des Grisons en Suisse vers le lac Majeur et le lac de Come sur les grandes routes nouvellement construites a travers les cols de Splugen et de Bernhardin en 32 planches.	1827	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 10,000.00
104	MARTEL (Pierre) et WINDHAM (William).	An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters, one from an English gentleman to his friend at Geneva ; the other from Pierre Martel, engineer, to the said English gntleman [sic].	1744	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 10,000.00
35	BROWNE (James D. Howe).	Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit.	fevrier 1853.	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 9,500.00
138	Smith (Albert).	Mr Albert Smith's Ascent of Mont Blanc in miniature.	vers 1854.	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 9,375.00
4	ALBANIS-BEAUMONT (Jean-Francois).	Travels from France to Italy, through the Lepontine Alps, or, An itinerary from Lyons to Turin, by the way of Pays-de-Vaud, the Vallais...	1800	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 9,250.00
66	FRESHFIELD (Douglas William).	Across Country from Thonon to Trent. Rambles and Scrambles in Switzerland and the Tyrol.	1865	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 7,500.00
117	PAYOT (Venance).	Collection de roches du massif du Mont-Blanc.	vers 1860.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 7,500.00
97	LORY (Gabriel-Ludwig et Mathias-Gabriel).	Voyage pittoresque aux glaciers de Chamouni.	1815	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 6,188.00
76	HACQUET (Belsazar).	Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen, Carnischen, Rhatischen in die Norischen Alpen, im Jahre 1781 und 1783 unternommen von Hacquet.	1785	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 6,000.00
156	WALTON (Elijah) et BONNEY (Thomas George)	The Peaks and valleys of the Alps.	1867	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 6,000.00
159	WHYMPER (Edward).	Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860-69.	1871	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 5,750.00
111	MEYER (Johann Jakob).	Malerische Reise auf der neuen Kunststrasse aus dem Etschthal in Tyrol uber die Stilfser-Joch durch die Veltlin langs dem Comersee nach Mayland .	1831	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 5,500.00
102	LUSI (Frederic Guillaume de).	Voyage sur le Mont-Blanc entrepris le 15 septembre 1816.	1816	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 5,375.00
3	AGASSIZ (Louis).	Etude sur les glaciers.	1840	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 5,250.00
20	BERNUCCA (Francesco), LOSE (Friedrich) et LOSE (Carolina).	Viaggio pittorico e strorico ai te laghi Maggiore, di Lugano e Como	1818	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,000.00
32	BRAY (Comte Francois Gabriel de).	Voyage pittoresque dans le Tyrol ; aux salines de Salzbourg et de Reichenhall et dans une partie de la Baviere.	1825	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 5,000.00

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
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Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

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Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.

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