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Auction Name Valuable Books, Autographs, and Prints Total Sales (EUR) 386,019.00
Auction Date November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 264,700.00
Sale Number #30a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 264,700.00
Total Lots 601
Sold Lots 330.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 468,910.00
% of Lots Sold 54.91% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 468,910.00
Unsold Lots 271 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 82.32%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4

Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament.

2 .Halfte 13 .Jahrhundert EUR 45,000.00 - 45,000.00 EUR 47,250.00
10

Lateinische, streckenweise auch deutsche Handschrift auf Papier.

fruhes 16 .Jahrhundert EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 43,200.00
488

Atlas Rossijskoj Imperii, Sostoyashchij iz 45 kart, izdannyj vo grade Svyatogo Petra. (Atlas des Russischen Imperiums, bestehend aus 45 Karten...

 1792 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 7,560.00
375 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

Samtliche Wercke.

1775-1776 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 6,075.00
218 Egelgraser, Matthaus

Schreibmeisterbuch zu Ehren seines Dienstherren Carl Philipp, Kurfurst der Pfalz.

1767 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 5,400.00
491 Sanson, Nicolas und Guillaume u.a

Sammel-Atlas mit Karten der franzosischen Schule des 17. Jahrhunderts.

1636-78 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,400.00
279

Die sieben Todsunden.

ca.1750 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 4,725.00
289

Seltener Faltglobus von Karl Muller.

 um 1825 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 4,725.00
295

Polyorama lorgnette, auch Lorgnette pittoresque.

Nach 1850. EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 4,725.00
495 Krusenstern, Adam Johann von

Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803, 1804, 1805 und 1806 auf Befehl seiner Kaiserlichen Majestat Alexander des Ersten auf den Schiffen Nadeshda und Newa.

1810-1812 EUR 3,600.00 - 3,600.00 EUR 4,725.00
154 Kubizek, Augustin

Teilnachlass mit ca. 25 Original-Partituren und 25 gedruckten Partituren ...

 Ca.1950er bis 1970er Jahre EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 3,780.00
626 Hollar, Wenzel

Varie Figurae et Probae: Figurenstudien.

1645 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 3,780.00
202 Zhuk, Mih. (Zhuk, Myhajlo I.)

Godinnik. Scenka-zabava. (Die Uhr. Lustiges Singspiel).

1928 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 3,645.00
290

Lichtschirm mit dem Lauf der Jahreszeiten.

Um 1860 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 3,510.00
46 Heeger, Ernst

Album microscopisch-photographischer Darstellungen aus dem Gebiete der Zoologie.

1860 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 3,240.00
441

Restbestand der Familienbibliothek Juel auf Valdemars Slot.

17.-19 .Jahrhundert EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 3,240.00
35 Lonicer, Adam

Kreuterbuch, Kunstliche Conterfeytunge der Baume, Stauden, Hecken, Krauter, Getreyde, Gewurtze: Mit eigentlicher Beschreibung derselben Namen, in sechserley Sprachen ...

1616 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,970.00
12

Beschreibung eines Franzosischen Holtz und Teutschen Steinkollen Glas Offens.

um 1800 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,700.00
27 Hollar, Wenzel

Animalium, ferarum, & bestiarum, florum, fructuum muscarum vermiumq(ue) icones variae, omnes ad vivum deliniatae.

wohl nach 1676 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,700.00
70 Lohneysen, Georg Engelhard

Bericht vom Bergwerck, wie man dieselben bawen vnd in guten wolstande bringen sol, sampt allen dazu gehorigen arbeiten, ordnungen und Rechtlichen processen.

um 1660 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,700.00
504 Meyer, Hans

In den Hoch-Anden von Ecuador: Chimborazo, Cotopaxi etc.

1907 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,700.00
555 Danckwerth, Caspar

Newe Landesbeschreibung der zwey Hertzogthumer Schleswich und Holstein, zusambt vielen dabey gehorigen newen Landkarten.

1652 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,700.00
556 Westphalen, Ernst Joachim von

Monumenta inedita rerum Germanicarum praecipue Cimbricarum, et Megapolensium, quibus varia antiquitatum, historiarum, legum juriumque Germaniae ...

1739-1745 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,700.00
283 Della Bella, Stefano

Le jeu de cartes des reynes renommees.

1644 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 2,565.00
66

Dispensatorium Brandenburgicum, Seu Norma, Iuxta quam In Provinciis Marchionatus Brandenburgici, Medicamenta Officinis familiaria dispensanda ac praeparanda sunt, ...

1698 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 2,430.00
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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.