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Galerie Bassenge: History, Geography, and Travel

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Auction Name	History, Geography, and Travel	Total Sales (EUR)	124,352.00
Auction Date	October 07, 2025 - October 07, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	80,830.00
Sale Number	#126GE	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	80,830.00
Total Lots	250
Sold Lots	119.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	167,640.00
% of Lots Sold	47.60%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	167,640.00
Unsold Lots	131	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	74.18%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
34		ASIEN Allerhand so lehr- als geistreiche Brief, Schriften und Reise-Beschreibungen, welche von denen Missionariis der Gesellschaft Jesu aus beyden Indien, und andern uber Meer gelegenen Landern, meistentheils von A. 1730 bis 1740 in Europa angelangt seynd	1748	EUR 450.00 - 450.00	EUR 12,800.00
92	Chastillon, Claude	Topographie francoise ou representations de plusieurs villes, bourgs, chasteaux, maisons de plaisance, ruines & vestiges d'antiquitez du royaume de France	1641	EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 12,800.00
142	(Pufendorf, Samuel von)	(De rebus Carolo Gustavo Sveciae rege gestis commentariorum libri septem)	1696	EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 7,680.00
56	Oblast Amur	Typen der Bewohner des Amurgebietes nach der Natur Photographirt	(um 1890)	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 4,864.00
3	Berger, Arthur	Eine Spitzbergenfahrt 1900	1900	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 4,352.00
94	Danckerts, Justus	Sammlung von 54 grenzkolorierten Kupferstichkarten		EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,352.00
157	Stridbeck der Jungere, Johann	Sammelband mit 185 gestochenen Ansichten, Planen und Karten europaischer Stadte	um 1700	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,840.00
75	Bacler d'Albe, Louis Albert Guislain	Carte generale du theatre de la guerre en Italie et dans les Alpes [und:] Carte generale du royaume de Sardaigne	1802	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,816.00
219	Homann, Erben Johann Baptist	Atlas Silesiae id est ducatus Silesiae	1750	EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 2,816.00
15	Val, Pierre du	Cartes de geographie geographie reveues et augmentees de leurs division et villes capitales avec les descriptions de tous les pais du monde	1662	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,560.00
116	Kip, Johannes	La Ville de Londres. Prospectus Londinensis	1720	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,560.00
154		Der siegreich geendigte Romisch-Kayserliche, Pohlnische, Muscowitische und Venetianische XV	1699	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,560.00
185	Koppmann, Georg	Hamburg. 43 OFotografien in Silbergelatine auf Karton montiert	1884	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 2,560.00
36	Blaeu, Johannes	Arabia	1661	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,432.00
96	Dupre, Louis	Vue de l'Acropolis d'Athens	1825	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,048.00
236	Rellstab, Ludwig	Berlin und seine nachsten Umgebungen in malerischen Originalansichten	1854	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,536.00
71		EUROPA A Balloon View of London as seen from Hampstead	um 1851	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,408.00
230	(Nicolai, Friedrich)	Beschreibung der Kgl. Residenzstadte Berlin und Potsdam und aller daselbst befindlicher Merkwurdigkeiten	1769	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,408.00
6	Danckerts, Justus	Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis tabula	um 1685	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,280.00
164		Venedig. 8 Ansichten. Kupferstiche und Radierungen	um 1735-1751	EUR 800.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,280.00
78	Batty, Robert	Mit Fore-Edge-Painting in prachtvollem Maroquinband. Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland	1826	EUR 1,400.00 - 1,400.00	EUR 1,152.00
98	Florimi, Matteo	Bologna. Kupferstich	um 1600	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,152.00
29	Paz Soldan, Mariano Felipe	Atlas geografico del Peru	1865	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	EUR 1,088.00
143	Raignauld, Henri	Isle de Cipre	1629	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,088.00
167	Wagner, Johann Christoph	Christlich- und turckischer Staedt- und Geschicht-Spiegel	1687	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,088.00

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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.