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Zwiggelaar Auctions: Books, Graphics, Ephemera - Session I

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Auction Name	Books, Graphics, Ephemera - Session I	Total Sales (EUR)	191,650.38
Auction Date	December 01, 2025 - December 01, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	71,510.00
Sale Number	#34a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	136,990.00
Total Lots	540
Sold Lots	392.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	106,925.00
% of Lots Sold	72.59%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	199,670.00
Unsold Lots	148	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	95.98%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
433	LEVAILLANT, F.	[ORNITHOLOGY] HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX DE PARADIS ET DES ROLLIERS	(1801-)1806	EUR 5,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 32,950.00
137	GUTIERREZ (DE GUALDA), JUAN	ARTE BREVE Y MUY PROVECHOSA DE CUENTE CASTELLANA Y ARITHMETICA	1566	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 7,908.00
39		LORGUETTE PITTORESQUE, PANOPTICUM POLYORAMA		EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 5,535.60
133		[BOOK OF HOURS PRINTED ON VELLUM] CES PRESENTES HEURES A L'USAIGE [SIC] DE ROUEN	n.d. (1510)	EUR 3,500.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 5,535.60
140	CIRUELO, PEDRO	[MATHEMATICS] CURSUS QUATUOR MATHEMATICARU[M] ARTIU[M] LIBERALIU[M]	1526/ 1528	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 5,272.00
183		[BIBLIA] HISTORIAE SACRAE NOVI TESTAMENTI	n.d. (17th cent.)	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 3,954.00
148		SPECIALE MISSARUM, SECUNDUM CHORUM HERBIPOLENSIUM	1509	EUR 2,500.00 - 4,500.00	EUR 3,690.40
170	BLOEMAERT, A.	[ARTISTS' MANUALS] OORSPRONKELYK EN VERMAARD KONSTRYK TEKENBOEK	1740	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,163.20
558		THOONEEL DER STEDEN ENDE STERCKTEN VAN T' VEREENIGHT NEDERLANDT	(ca. 1674)	EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,163.20
429	JONSTON, J.	(NAEUKEURIGE BESCHRYVING VAN DE NATUUR DER VIER-VOETIGE DIEREN)	1660	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 2,240.60
106		[INDONESIA] OP'T VERMOORDEN DER CHINEEZE TE BATAVIA OCTOBER 1740	1740	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,108.80
88		[BELGIUM. EAST FLANDERS] ARCHIVE CONTAINING CA. 450 MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS OF THE LATE 16TH - END 19TH CENT.	LATE 16TH - END 19TH CENT	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,845.20
528		[LEIDEN] COLLECTION W. 26 COL. AND UNCOL. PRINTS, VIEWS AND MAPS REL. TO LEIDEN	16th to 19th cent.	EUR 125.00 - 250.00	EUR 1,845.20
165		[AMERICAN REVOLUTION] PLAN OF A TREATY OF COMMERCE (...) BETWEEN (...) THE ESTATES OF THE SEVEN UNITED	20 October 1780	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,713.40
284	[JUDAICA AND HEBRAICA]	SEDER HAGGADAH SHEL PESSAH	1716	EUR 700.00 - 1,400.00	EUR 1,713.40
489	BALEN JZ., M.	[DORDRECHT. UNIQUE COPY] BESCHRYVINGE DER STAD DORDRECHT	1677	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,713.40
275	COMMELYN, I.	[HOUSE OF ORANGE] FREDERICK HENDRICK VAN NASSAUW PRINCE VAN ORANGIEN ZYN LEVEN EN BEDRYF	1651	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,581.60
55	(DEFOE, D.)	HET LEVEN EN DE WONDERBAARE GEVALLEN VAN ROBINSON CRUSOE	1721-1722	EUR 800.00 - 1,600.00	EUR 1,449.80
539		[NOORD-HOLLAND] COLLECTION OF 1500 MAPS, PLANS AND VIEWS	17th-20th cent.	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,449.80
87		[AMERICA] LAND GRANT SIGNED BY PATRICK HENRY AS GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA	Dated 1785	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,186.20
147	SACRO BOSCO, JOHANNES DE	OPUSCULUM DE SPHERA MUNDI IOANNIS DE SACROBUSTO	15 Dec. 1526	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,186.20
185		[BIBLIA NEERLANDICA] BIBLIA, DAT IS DE GANTSCHE H. SCHRIFTURE	1636/ 1637	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,120.30
516	GUICCIARDINI, L.	DESCRIPTION DES TOUT LES PAYS-BAS	1613	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,120.30
135	ALCIATUS, A.	[EMBLEMATA] EMBLEMATA	1551	EUR 400.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,054.40
166		[ANGOLA] TEIXEIRA DE VASCONCELOS, A.A. ORACAO FUNEBRE RECITADA NAS EXEQUIAS	1851	EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,054.40

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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.