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Auction Reports

Auction Name	Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books	Total Sales (USD)	947,007.00
Auction Date	December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	612,250.00
Sale Number	#2724	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	871,200.00
Total Lots	371
Sold Lots	351.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	644,650.00
% of Lots Sold	94.61%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	919,100.00
Unsold Lots	20	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	103.04%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
341	John James Audubon	(BIRDS.) Carolina Parrot. Plate 26	1827	USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00	USD 95,250.00
284	Jan Huygen van Linschoten	(TRAVEL -- SIXTEENTH-CENTURY NAVIGATION.) Histoire de la Navigation aux Indes Orientales... Le Grand Routier de Mer... Description de l'Amerique	1619	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 30,480.00
311	(Lord John Elphinstone	INDIA.) Farewell address on the official departure of Lord Elphinstone as governor of the Madras district of India (1837-1842)	29 August, 1842	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 27,940.00
239	Fielding Lucas	(AMERICAN ATLAS.) A General Atlas Containing Distinct Maps of all the Known Countries in the World	1823	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 25,400.00
310		(DRAWINGS -- SINGAPORE, PENANG, SOUTH AFRICA.) Assembled album containing over 80 ink sketches and watercolor drawings of various places, including Singapore, Penang, South Africa (Umgeni, Umlalaas, Zululand), St. Helena Island, etc.	1860s-1880s	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 22,860.00
42	[Jacques Nicolas Bellin]; and Jean Lattre	(BOSTON.) Plan de la Ville et du Port de Boston Capitale de la Nouvelle Angleterre	[1760s-1770s]	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 19,050.00
156	Cornelis de Jode	(NORTH AMERICA.) Americae pars Borealis, Florida, Baccalaos, Canada, Corterealis	1593	USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00	USD 15,240.00
265	Sebastian Munster	(EARLY MODERN GEOGRAPHY.) Cosmographei, Oder Beschreibung Aller Lander	1558	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 13,970.00
263	John Bachmann	(CIVIL WAR.) Panorama of the Seat of War	1861	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 12,700.00
364		(PERSIAN MINIATURE -- SAFAVID DYNASTY.) Khusrau Before the Palace of Shirin	sixteenth century	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 12,700.00
283	Joris van Spilbergen	(TRAVEL -- EAST INDIA COMPANY.) Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae Navigationum	1619	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 11,430.00
15	Vincenzo Coronelli	(AMERICAS.) America Settentrionale. [and] America Meridionale	circa 1690	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 11,220.00
89	Herman Moll	(COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA -- THE BEAVER MAP.) A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America	1715	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 10,795.00
111	Orange Green, surveyor	(GEORGIA -- GOLD RUSH -- CHEROKEE REMOVAL.) Map of the Third & Fourth Sections of that part of Georgia Now Known as the Cherokee-Territory in Which are Delineated all the Districts & Lots Which by an Act of the General Assembly Were Designated the Gold Di	early 1830s	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 10,795.00
112		(GEORGETOWN.) Edward Sachse & Co. View of Georgetown D.C.	circa 1855	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 10,795.00
244	Thomas Gamaliel Bradford	(AMERICAN ATLAS.) An Illustrated Atlas, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the United States and the Adjacent Countries	1838	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 10,795.00
233	Aaron Arrowsmith	(WORLD.) Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection, Exhibiting all the New Discoveries to the Present Time: With the Tracks of the Most Distinguished Navigators Since the Year 1700, Carefully Collected from the Best Charts, Maps, Voyages, &c. Extant	1790 (but circa 1800)	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 10,160.00
237	John Reid	(AMERICAN ATLAS.) The American Atlas	1796	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 10,160.00
275		(NEW YORK CITY.) The Citizens' Association of New York, Council of Hygiene and Public Health; and Egbert Viele	1866	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 9,900.00
163	Gerard van Keulen	(NORTH AMERICA.) Carte de la Nouvelle France ou se Voit le Cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi Aujour d'hui S. Louis, Aux environs des Quelles se Trouvent les Etats Pais Nations Peuples & de la Floride, de la Louisiane, de la Virginie	[1720]	USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 9,525.00
33	Laurent Fries; after Martin Waldseemuller	(ATLANTIC -- NEW WORLD.) Oceani Ocidentalis seu Terre Nove Tabula	1535	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 8,890.00
23	Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres	(AMERICAN NORTHEAST.) The Coast of Nova Scotia, New England, New-York, Jersey, the Gulph and River of St. Lawrence. The Islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, St. John, Antecosty, Sable &c. and Soundings Thereof	1777	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 8,255.00
43	Joseph Frederick Wallet des Barres	(BOSTON.) [Boston Bay]	November 13th, 1776	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 8,255.00
238	Fielding Lucas	(AMERICAN ATLAS.) A General Atlas, of All the Known Countries in the World	circa 1820	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 8,255.00
190	John Thornton	(SOUTHEAST ASIA.) A Chart of the Easternmost Part of the East Indies and China, from Cape Comarine to Japan, with all the Adjacent Islands	circa 1703	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 6,858.00

Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.