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Auction Name The Library of Jean-Paul Morin/Never Lost at Sea Total Sales (EUR) 509,524.00
Auction Date November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 384,000.00
Sale Number #pf2585 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 559,500.00
Total Lots 160
Sold Lots 131.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 584,000.00
% of Lots Sold 81.88% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 859,500.00
Unsold Lots 29 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 59.28%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
199 [Portulan - Joan Martines, attribue a]

Carte portulan de la cote atlantique de l'Amerique du Sud

 [vers 1570-1591] EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 33,020.00
236 Orbigny, Charles Dessalines d'

Voyage dans l'Amerique meridionale...

 1834-1847 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 17,780.00
104

[Compagnie des Indes] Traite du commerce de la Compagnie francoise des Indes

 [Vers 1724] EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 16,510.00
166 Siebold, Philipp Franz von

Voyage au Japon execute de 1823 a 1830

 1838 et 1840 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 16,510.00
256 Cassini de Thury, Cesar-Francois

Carte generale de la France faite en 1744

 1756-1788 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 16,510.00
197 [Mena, Cristobal de, attribue a]

L'histoire de la Terre Neuve du Peru en l'Inde Occidentale, qui est la principale mine d'or du monde, nagueres descouverte, & conquise, & nommee la nouvelle Castille, traduitte d'Italien en Francoys

 1545 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
216 Zamora, Alonso de

Historia de la provincia de San Antonio del nuevo reyno de Granada, del Orden de predicadores

 1701 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
140 [Anonyme]

Relation d'un voyage aux Indes Orientales par un Gentil-homme Francois arrive depuis Trois ans, avec une hydrographie pour l'intelligence dudit Voyage

 1646 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 13,970.00
133 Mendoza, Juan Gonzales de

Dell'historia della China

 1586 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 12,065.00
208 Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de

Histoire generale des voyages et des conquestes des Castillans, dans les Isles et Terres fermes des Indes Occidentales...

 1660; 1671 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 11,430.00
213 Solis , Antonio de

Histoire de la conquete du Mexique ou de la Nouvelle Espagne

 1691 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
237 Jouneau, Edmond

Ensemble de 43 dessins originaux, sur les Antilles et les cotes de l'Amerique de Sud

 1839-1849 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
102 [Gargot, Nicolas] - Pierre Groyer

Memoires de la vie et des aventures de Nicolas Gargot, Capitaine de la Marine

 [1668] EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 9,525.00
143 [Machault, Jacques de]

Relation des missions des Peres de la Compagnie de Jesus dans les Indes Orientales ou l'on verra l'estat present de la religion chrestienne, et plusieurs belles curiositez de ces contrees

 1659 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 9,525.00
154 Catrou, Francois

Histoire generale de l'empire du Mogol depuis sa fondation, sur les memoires Portugais de M. Manouchi, venitien

 1705 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 9,525.00
219 Zarate, Augustin de

Histoire de la decouverte et de la conquete du Perou...

 1742 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,255.00
193 Lesseps, Ferdinand de

Lettres, journal et documents pour servir a l'histoire du canal de Suez (1854 - 1855 - 1856)

 1875-1881 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,985.00
196 Cortes, Hernan

[Preclara de nova maris Oceani Hyspania narratio]

 1524 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,985.00
229 Defoe, Daniel

La Vie et les aventures de Robinson Crusoe

 An VIII - 1805 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,985.00
148 [Choisy, abbe Francois-Timoleon de]

Journal du voyage de Siam fait en M. DC. LXXXV. et M. DC. LXXXVI

 1687 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
198 Castanheda, Fernao Lopes de

Histoire des Indes de Portugal, contenant, comment l'Inde a este decouverte, par le commandement du Roy Emanuel, & la guerre que les capitaines Portugalois ont menee pour la conqueste dicelles [...] traduict du Portugais en Francois par Nicolas de Grouchy

 1554 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
202 Duran, Nicolas

Relation des insignes progrez de la religion chrestienne, faits au Paraquai...

 1638 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
206 Pelleprat, Pierre

Relation des missions des PP de la Compagnie de Jesus dans les Isles et la terre ferme de l'Amerique Meridionale

 1655 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
214 Pointis, Jean Bernard Louis, baron de

Relation de l'expedition de Carthagene, faite par les Francois en M.DC.XCVII

 1698 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
164 Belanger, Charles

Voyage aux Indes-Orientales par le Nord de l'Europe, les provinces du Caucase, la Georgie, l'Armenie et la Perse suivi de details topographiques, statistiques et autres sur le Pegou, les iles de Java, de Maurice et de Bourbon, sur le cap de Bonne-Esperanc

 1834 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,096.00
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  • <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, <i>Americae pars Borealis,</i> double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, <i>Map of the United States,</i> London and Liverpool, 1827. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, <i>Chart of the World,</i> oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800). <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, <i>A General Atlas,</i> 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 240: Anthony Finley, <i>A New American Atlas,</i> 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 263: John Bachmann, <i>Panorama of the Seat of War,</i> portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, <i>Cosmographei,</i> Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Epitome Theatri Orteliani,</i> Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, <i>Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae,</i> Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, <i>Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt,</i> 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 341: John James Audubon, <i>Carolina Parrot, Plate 26,</i> London, 1827.
    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.
  • <b><center>SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions<br>The Odfjell Collection<br>Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books<br>Ending December 4th</center></b> <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY! <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911. <b><center>SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions<br>The Odfjell Collection<br>Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books<br>Ending December 4th</center></b> <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ]. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> J.K. Rowling. <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Hooke, Robert. <i>Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.</i> London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Chappuzeau, Samuel. <i>The history of jewels,</i> first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Sowerby, James. <i>Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions,</i> London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
    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.