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Gros & Delettrez: Books & Manuscripts - Collections of the H. SAMUELIAN oriental bookstore and various

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Auction Name	Books & Manuscripts - Collections of the H. SAMUELIAN oriental bookstore and various	Total Sales (EUR)	259,325.00
Auction Date	October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	79,390.00
Sale Number	#167955	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	114,060.00
Total Lots	294
Sold Lots	214.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	108,000.00
% of Lots Sold	72.79%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	154,470.00
Unsold Lots	80	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	167.88%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2	DUPRE (Louis)	[Grece - Turquie]. Voyage a Athenes et a Constantinople, ou collection de portraits, de vues et de costumes grecs et ottomans	1825-[1839]	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 25,000.00
9	STACKELBERG (Otto Magnus von)	La Grece. Vues pittoresques et topographiques	1829-1834 (1837)	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 18,750.00
225	Vil'dbriekht, A. M. [Vildbrecht, A. M.]	RUSSIE. EMPIRE RUSSE. Rossiiskoi atlas iz soroka chietyriekh kart sostoiashchii i na sorok na dva namestnichiestva impieriiu razdeliaiushchii [Atlas de l'Empire de Russie, compose de quarante-quatre cartes, divisant l'Empire en quarante-deux gouvernorats]	1792	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 16,250.00
69		[Armenie]. [Photographies]. Scenes types et vues de la Cilicie et du Taurus 1892-1894		EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 13,125.00
178	MOISE DE KHORENE	[Armenie]. Mosis Chorenensis Historiae armenicae libri III	1736	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 7,750.00
67		[Armenie]. [Manuscrit]. Eghiazar bzhshik vardapet [Frere Eliazar, medecin]	1744-1749	EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 7,500.00
71	Yovhannes Kostandnowpolsets`i [Hovhannes de Constantinople]	Hamarhotowt`iwn chartasanakani arhesti [Abrege de l'art rhetorique]	1674	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 6,750.00
234	LE BRUN (Corneille), dit BRUYN	[Russie - Iran]. Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes orientales. ... Avec les Antiquitez de ces Pais...	1718	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 5,875.00
220	BROSSET (Marie-Felicite)	[Georgie]. Memoires inedits relatifs a l'histoire et a la langue georgiennes, composes ou traduits et ecrits par Brosset jeune	1833	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 5,625.00
260	ERPE (Thomas van)	[Langue arabe]. Oratio de linguae arabicae praestantia & dignitate	[s.d.]	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 4,750.00
265		MANUSCRIT EN ARABE. [Coran manuscrit sur parchemin - Extrait de Surat al-Dukhan]		EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 4,500.00
33	MUTEFERRIKA (Ibrahim)	TURQUIE. Usul al Hukum fi Nizam al-Umam	1144 H. [1732]	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 4,375.00
224	HOUBIGANT (Armand Gustave)	[Russie] Moeurs et costumes des Russes, representes en 50 planches coloriees, executees en lithographie	1821	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 4,375.00
59		RESISTANCE. GUERRE 39-45. GROUPE MANOUKIAN-BOCZOV-RAYMAN. [PROSPECTUS DE L'AFFICHE ROUGE]	(1942-1943)	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 4,125.00
30	BRUN ou BRUYN (Cornelis De Bruyn, dit aussi Corneille LE BRUN)	Voyages au Levant, c'est a dire, dans les Principaux endroits de l'Asie Mineure, dans les Isles de Chio, de Rhodes, de Chypre &c.	1732	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 3,750.00
232	[ROCKSTUHL (Alois Gustav), GILLE (Florent A.)]	[Russie]. [78 Lithographies du Musee de Tzarskoe-Selo ou Collection d'armes de sa Majeste l'Empereur de toutes les Russies"]	[ca. 1835-1853]	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 3,125.00
223	GULBENKIAN (Calouste)	[Caucase] La Transcaucasie et la peninsule d'Apcheron, souvenirs de Voyage	1891	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,875.00
75	Eghishe [Elisee Vardapet]	[Armenie]. Patmowt`iwn Vardanants` [HISTOIRE DE VARTAN]	1764	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 2,750.00
122		ARMENIE. Astowatsashownch` [BIBLE]	1733	EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 2,750.00
238		[Iran]. MANUSCRIT EN PERSAN	1318 H. - 1900	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,750.00
42		TURC OTTOMAN. Lot de manuscrits ou ouvrages imprimes en turc ottoman, des XIXe et XXe, format et reliure varies		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 2,500.00
123		[Armenie]. Astowatsashownch` [BIBLE]	1733	EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
179		[Armenie]. ARMENIACA (titre aux dos)	Fin XIXe - debut XXe siecle	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 2,500.00
237	COSTE (Pascal-Xavier)	[Iran]. Monuments modernes de la Perse mesures, dessines et decrits	1867	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
261		LABORDE (Leon de) et LINANT DE BELLEFONDS (Louis Maurice Adolphe) dit LINANT Pacha	1830	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,500.00

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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.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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.