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Galerie Bassenge: History, Geography, and Travel

Auction Reports

Auction Name History, Geography, and Travel Total Sales (EUR) 84,812.80
Auction Date April 08, 2025 - April 08, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 70,700.00
Sale Number #125WB High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 70,700.00
Total Lots 259
Sold Lots 123.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 204,020.00
% of Lots Sold 47.49% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 204,020.00
Unsold Lots 136 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 41.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
178 Karlsruhe

3 gezeichnete Karten in Tusche und Sepia

 1720 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 6,400.00
8 Euler, Leonhard

Geographischer Atlas

 1760 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,096.00
140 Scheuchzer, Johann Jacob

Natur-Historie des Schweizerlandes

 1752 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,584.00
1 Bauer, Carl Johann Siegmund

Kunstliche Erdkugel zur Verbreitung gemeinnutziger Kenntnisse

 1825 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,944.00
173 Heimreich, Anton

Ernewerte Nordfresische Chronick

 1668 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 2,816.00
259 Zeiller, Martin und Merian, Matthaus

Topographia Electoratus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae

 1652 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,560.00
203 Zeiller, Martin und Merian, Matthaus

Topographia

 1654 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,176.00
2 Behaim von Schwarzbach, Georg Friedrich

Asiatische und Africanische Denckwurdigkeiten

 1676 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,664.00
20 Ravenstein, Friedrich August

Atlas geographique en relief

 1865 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,408.00
149 Vogel, David

Plan vom Pfeffers-Baad

 1793 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,408.00
218 Friedrich II., Der Grosse

Die Werke und Briefe

 1912-1916 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,408.00
60 Halde, Jean Baptiste du

Ausfuhrliche Beschreibung des Chinesischen Reichs und der grossen Tartarey

 1748-1749 EUR 1,300.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 1,280.00
86 Bruyn, Cornelis de

Moskow

 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,280.00
131 Reichard, Heinrich August Ottoka

Malerische Reise durch einen grossen Theil der Schweiz

 1805 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,280.00
242 Muller, Johann Christoph und Kuster, Georg Gottfried

Altes und Neues Berlin

 1737-1769 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,280.00
49 Homann, Johann Baptist

Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi

 1720 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,216.00
75 Valle, Pietro della

Reiss-Beschreibung in unterschiedliche Theile der Welt

 1674 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,216.00
207 Baczko, Ludwig von

Geschichte Preussens

 1792-1800 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,216.00
5 Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel

Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti pars I-VI Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel

 1725 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,024.00
6 Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel

Hemisphaerium Coeli Boreale und Coeli Australe

 1730 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,024.00
22 de Vaugondy, Gilles Robert

Atlas portatif, universel et militaire

 1748-1749 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,024.00
27 Seutter, Matthaus

Diversi Globi Terr-Aquei

 1730 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,024.00
144 Turkendrucke

Sammelband mit 3 Flugschriften

 1683-1684 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 960.00
69 Niebuhr, Carsten

Beschreibung von Arabien

 1772 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 896.00
152 Wurthle, Friedrich

Album von Sud- und Nord-Tirol

 1852 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 896.00
  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> 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 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Dramatic Works,</i> 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses,</i> first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Chaucer (Geoffrey). <i>Troilus and Criseyde,</i> one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Borges (Jorge Luis). <i>Luna de Enfrente,</i> first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Nolli (Giovanni Battista). <i>Nuova Pianta di Roma,</i> Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Roberts (David). <i>The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Blacker (William). <i>Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing,</i> Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> 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
    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
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> (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. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [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.
    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.