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Tabula Auctions Ltd: Antique Maps and Prints -- online 12/19

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Auction Name	Antique Maps and Prints -- online 12/19	Total Sales (GBP)	8,257.00
Auction Date	January 05, 2025 - January 05, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	12,260.00
Sale Number	#10525	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	16,610.00
Total Lots	135
Sold Lots	39.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	61,990.00
% of Lots Sold	28.89%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	82,240.00
Unsold Lots	96	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	10.04%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
43	John Speed	John Speed's First Map of Poland, 17th Century, Decorative Vignettes & Costumes, English Atlas Editi	17th Century	GBP 1,100.00 - 1,400.00	GBP 966.00
42		1635 Engraving of the Sun "Solaris" with Solar Flares, Based on Kircher & Scheiner's Obs	1635	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 782.00
98	James Imray	19th Century Sea Chart of the Central Philippines by James Imray, 1878 East India Archipeligo	1878	GBP 900.00 - 1,400.00	GBP 598.00
34	Laurie & Whittle	Laurie & Whittle's 1800 A New Map of London Antique Engraved Map	1800	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	GBP 460.00
106		Rare Map of Georgia and South Carolina by US Coast Survey Coast Chart from Hunting Island to Ossaba	1902	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	GBP 414.00
117	Johannes Blaeu	Antique Map of China, Korea, and Japan by Johannes Blaeu, Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio, c.1654	c.1654	GBP 900.00 - 1,100.00	GBP 414.00
59	Ruggieri	Antique map of Florence by Ruggieri, 1850, Pianta della citta di Firenze	1850	GBP 650.00 - 700.00	GBP 368.00
27	Raimond Bonheur	Planisphere Decorative World Map on Mercator's Projection, Bonheur, Levasseur, coloured, 1845	1845	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 322.00
33		Cruchley's 1833 Twelve Miles Round London Antique Map	1833	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 276.00
24		Anglia, Regnum antique Map, Vrients, Ortelius, Antwerp, c. 1603	c.1603	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 230.00
37	Vincenzo Coronelli	Coronelli's c.1690 Isola di Madagascar Antique Map, Mozambique Coastline, Comoros & Reunion	c.1690	GBP 400.00 - 450.00	GBP 230.00
56	Elias Baeck	Early 18th Century Double-Hemisphere World Map by Elias Baeck, Mapemonde Planisphere, 1710, Colour	1710	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 230.00
93	Simon Charles Miger	Exotic Animals: Felis Pardus - Le Tigre by Simon Charles Miger, c.1800	c.1800	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 230.00
111		1835 Burritt-Huntington Constellation Maps, Set of 2, Coloured Night Sky Charts	1835	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 230.00
112	Johannes Blaeu	Scarce 17th Century Plan of Cirie by Johannes Blaeu, c. 1682, Ciriacum vulgo Cirie	1682	GBP 350.00 - 550.00	GBP 230.00
57	Isaac Brouckner	Unusual 18th Century World Map by Isaac Brouckner, Carte Generale du Globe Terrestre, 1761, Colour	1761	GBP 180.00 - 250.00	GBP 207.00
8	Thomas Sulman	18 Antique Pictorial Views of London by Thomas Sulman, 1894 -- Birds-Eye Views of Iconic Street	1894	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 184.00
76	Moxon	Canaan or the Land of Promise, Bible Map by Moxon, 1714	1714	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 184.00
129		Saxton Norden Blome Map of Surrey, 1637 Middlesex Olima Trinoban Tibus	1637	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 184.00
143	Alexis-Hubert Jaillot	Iudea seu Terra Sancta quae Hebraeorum sive Israelitarum by Alexis-Hubert Jaillot, 1691	1691	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 184.00
60		A New and Accurate Plan of the Cities of London, Westminster, and Borough of Southwark, 1765	1765	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 138.00
31		Antique Map of New Zealand, Hand-Coloured Engraving by George Philips & Son		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 115.00
91	Simon Charles Miger	Exotic Animals: Felis Pardus - La Panthere by Simon Charles Miger, c.1800	c.1800	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 115.00
32	Joly after A. Mayer	Eruption du Strockur (Islande) by Mayer, Lithograph of Strokkur Geyser Eruption		GBP 180.00 - 250.00	GBP 92.00
145	San Miguel	Plano de las Rias de Ferrol, Coruna y Betanzos by San Miguel, nautical sea chart		GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 92.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.