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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Printed Books, Maps and Documents

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Auction Name	Printed Books, Maps and Documents	Total Sales (GBP)	323,059.48
Auction Date	September 03, 2025 - September 03, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	125,640.00
Sale Number	#90325	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	190,350.00
Total Lots	465
Sold Lots	429.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	136,190.00
% of Lots Sold	92.26%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	206,400.00
Unsold Lots	36	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	156.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
40	Agassiz (Louis).	Agassiz (Louis). Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles, 1833-43	1833-43	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 14,640.00
73	Smith (William, 1769-1839).	Smith (William, 1769-1839). Strata Identified by Organized Fossils, 1st edition, 1816[-17]	1816[-1817]	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 7,930.00
218	* Turner (Charles).	Turner (Charles). Durham Twin Steers, 1817	1817	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	GBP 6,825.60
368		Miscellaneous Ephemera, 19th and 20th century	19th and 20th century,	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 5,368.00
74	Sowerby (James).	Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29	1812-29	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 5,124.00
50	Edwards (George).	Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds..., volumes 3 & 4 (only) 1750-51	1750-51	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 4,148.00
302	Austen (Jane).	Austen (Jane). Novels, 5 volumes, Richard Bentley, 1833	1833	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 4,148.00
407	Caesar (Julius).	Antiquarian. A collection of 17th & 18th Century literature	1705	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 3,660.00
276	Honeywood (Lydia).	Honeywood (Lydia). The Cook's Pocket Companion, [c. 1756]	c. 1756	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,538.00
106	France. Dufrenoy (Pierre Armand & Elie de Beaumont, Leonce).	France. Dufrenoy (Pierre A. & Elie de Beaumont, Leonce). Carte Geologique de France..., 1841	1841	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,294.00
418	Scott (Walter).	Bindings. A large collection of mostly 19th Century gilt decorated leather bindings, approximately	1871	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,172.00
410	Castiglione (A. P.).	Antiquarian. A large collection of 18th & 19th Century literature & reference	1727	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,050.00
416	Tuckey (Captain J. K.).	Tuckey (J. K.). Narrative of an Expedition to explore The River Zaire, 1st ed, 1816	1816	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 3,050.00
350		The Lindisfarne Gospels. Facsimile edition of Cotton MS Nero D.IV in the British Library, 2002-2003	2002-2003	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,928.00
145	World. Bowles & Carver,	World. Bowles & Carver. Bowles's New Four-Sheet Map of the World..., 1798	6th April 1798	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,684.00
273		The Gentleman's Magazine, or Monthly Intelligencer, 21 volumes in 23 volumes, 1750-92		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,684.00
17	Hoare (Richard Colt).	Hoare (Richard Colt). The History of Modern Wiltshire, 6 volumes, 1822-43	1822-43	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,562.00
303	Hugo (Victor).	Hugo (Victor). The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, 1st ed in English, 1st impression, 1833	1833	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,562.00
361		Miscellaneous Ephemera, 19th and 20th century	19th and 20th century,	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,562.00
238	Jacobus, de Voragine.	Jacobus, de Voragine. Opus aureum et legende insignes sanctorum, Lyon, 1524	1524	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,440.00
401	Dibdin (Thomas Frognall).	Bindings. Approximately 55 volumes of late 19th & early 20th Century literature, all in	1838	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,440.00
431		Antiquarian. A large collection of 18th & 19th Century literature & reference, some French language	1821	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,440.00
389	Swinburne (Henry),	Antiquarian. A collection of 18th, 19th & early 20th Century literature & reference	1779	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,318.00
394	Swinburne (Henry).	Antiquarian. A large collection of 18th to early 20th Century literature & reference	1790	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,318.00
406	Rhead (G. Woolliscroft, & Frederick Alfred).	Bindings. Approximately 135 volumes of mostly 19th Century leather bindings	1906	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,318.00

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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