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Vermot de Pas: History and Regions of France

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Auction Name	History and Regions of France	Total Sales (EUR)	12,285.00
Auction Date	October 22, 2025 - October 22, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	9,200.00
Sale Number	#170972	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	13,010.00
Total Lots	650
Sold Lots	74.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	69,560.00
% of Lots Sold	11.38%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	99,800.00
Unsold Lots	576	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	12.31%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
54	1693 Italian map of LIMOUSIN, QUERCY, ROUERGUE AND GASCOGNE: "Limosino, Que	1693	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 642.60
131	Rene Auguste de CHATEAUBRIAND (1718 - 1786) Comte de COMBOURG, Ship's Capta	1765	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 504.00
263	VENDEE WAR. Repulsion of the Vendeens from Nantes. Nice letter from NANTES,	1793	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 504.00
64	MAP of 1700: "LA LORRAINE qui comprend les Duches de LORRAINE et de BAR et	1700	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 327.60
79	DEATH OF LOUIS XIV, Sept. 1, 1715. "Copie de la Lettre du Marquis de CASTRI	1715	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 315.00
16	PERONNE. LONGUEVAL Castle. SOMME. Beautiful inventory of the goods of Franc	1631	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 252.00
65	HAUTE-VIENNE. LOTERIE DE LIMOGES. Louis XIV period manuscript (170?), 7 pag	(170?)	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 252.00
15	EASTERN PYRENEES. CORSAVY (66). Will and inventory, made in 1625, concernin	1625	EUR 180.00 - 250.00	EUR 226.80
84	MAP XVIII: "Carte des Provinces du MAINE et du PERCHE dans laquelle se trou	1719	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 195.30
633	ORIENT CAMPAIGN 1914-1917. Correspondence from a sailor aboard the BIEN-HOA	1914-1917.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 195.30
46	MAP XVII: "L'ISLE DE FRANCE, le Valois, le Vexin Francais, le Hurepoix et l		EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
48	XVIIth CARD OF THE BEAUCE: "BELSIA, vulgo la Beausse. (c. 1680) (44.5 x 55	(c.1680)	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
57	Louis-Auguste de BOURBON, Duc du Maine, Duc d'Aumale and Comte d'Eu. He is	1697	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
72	Map of 1708: "Le Comte de BOURGOGNE dit FRANCHE COMTE, divise en ses quatre	1708	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
74	FRANCHE-COMTE. 1708 MAP: "Le Comte de Bourgogne dit FRANCHE-COMTE divise en	1708	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
76	LYONNAIS, FOREZ. XVIIIth MAP: "Les Provinces et Gouvernement du LYONNAIS, F	(c.1712)	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
82	MARINE. Signed Louis Auguste de BOURBON (1670-1736) "L.A. de BOURBON" "Le M	1718	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
108	CARTE XVIII: "L'ISLE DE FRANCE et les pays qui limitent l'etendue de ce Gou		EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
109	MAP XVIII of ILE DE FRANCE: "Agri Parisiensis Tabula paricularis..." by Jea	(c.1750)	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
127	1762 MAP: "La Generalite proprietaire de LYON en ses 5 Elections, savoir de	1762	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
132	BARONY OF DAUPHINE. CLERMONT-TONNERRE versus LANNION. Proces 1767-1769. 2 V	1767-1769.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
144	1781 MAP: "Nouveau plan des ENVIRONS DE PARIS, d'apres les nouvelles observ	1781	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
152	LOUIS XVI, ASSEMBLY OF NOTABLES. 1787. "Proces-Verbal de l'Assemblee de NOT	1787	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
158	GERS. "Proces-Verbal des Seances de l'assemblee Provinciale de la Generalit	1788	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
329	Charles-Francois LEBRUN, Duc de Plaisance (St-Sauveur-Lendelin / Manche 173	1801	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00

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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.