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Auction Name	Books, Autographs and Prints	Total Sales (EUR)	325,232.40
Auction Date	November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	159,050.00
Sale Number	#111225	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	254,310.00
Total Lots	397
Sold Lots	257.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	289,070.00
% of Lots Sold	64.74%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	436,800.00
Unsold Lots	140	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	74.46%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Dante Alighieri - Cristoforo Landino	Dante Alighieri - Cristoforo Landino (Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321) - Commentary by Christophoro Landino Fiorentino on the Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Florentine poet, 1481	1481	EUR 20,000.00 - 40,000.00	EUR 39,300.00
16	Giambattista Vico	Giambattista Vico - Principles of new science, 1725top	1725	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 34,060.00
2	Dante Alighieri	Dante Alighieri (Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321) - The Convivium, 1490top	20 September 1490.	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 24,890.00
21	Alexander Pushkin	Alexander Pushkin - Borus Godunov, 1831top	1831	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 19,650.00
18	Giuseppe Verdi	Extremely rare autographed musical page from Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata, with his dedication to the Neapolitan painter Mancinelli	with dedication	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 18,340.00
20	Semyon Korsakov	Semyon Korsakov - Opening a new investigation procedure into many machines to compare ideas. with two planches, 1832top	1832	EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 17,030.00
87		Antiphonary with Gregorian Chant, 1480		EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 8,515.00
10	Philippe de Commines	Philippe de Commines - The memoirs of Messire Philippe De Commines, Chevalier, Seigneur d'Argenton, on the principal facts & gestures of Louis Onzieme, 1561	1561	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 7,860.00
12	Tolomeo, Claudio	Tolomeo, Claudio - The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria, With some comments and additions made by Sebastiano, munstero Alamann, With not only the ancient and modern tables usually published, but also new ones added by Messer Iacopo Gastaldo Pia	1548 [October 1547].	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 5,360.00
252	Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab	Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab - Free tasriphi composition est senis alemami. Traditur in eo compendiosa notitia conjugationum Arabic verbs, 1610	1610	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 4,690.00
15	Torquato Tasso	One of the most beautiful illustrated books of the 18th century	1745	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,422.00
92	Dante Alighieri	Dante Alighieri - Works of the divine poet Danthe with his commentaries: recorrecti et with every diligence newly imprinted in cursive letter, 1512	1512	EUR 1,200.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,422.00
91	Dante Alighieri	The first scientific description of the cavity of Dante's Inferno	1506	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 4,020.00
13	Dante Alighieri	Dante Alighieri (Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321) - The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri with various annotations and copious adorned copperplates, 1757	1757-1758.	EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,752.00
3	Dante Alighieri	Dante Alighieri (Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321) - The Comedy, with commentary by Cristoforo Landino, 1484	1484	EUR 2,500.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 3,484.00
4	Ubertinus de Casali	Ubertinus de Casali - Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi, 1485top	12 Mar. 1485	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00	EUR 2,680.00
86	Antoninus Florentinus	Antoninus Florentinus - Confessional: Omnis mortalium cura [Italian] Mirror of conscience. Treatise on excommunication, 1472	circa 1472-73].	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,680.00
183		Les principaux points de la foy catholique, 1642	1642	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,680.00
250	Tommaso Porcacchi	The most famous Isolario of antiquity, a complete encyclopedia on the known islands	1572	EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,680.00
19	Napoleone Bonaparte	Napoleone Bonaparte - Napoleonic dioramas, 1810	1810	EUR 1,200.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,412.00
89		The first complete collection of military texts from antiquity	1494	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	EUR 2,412.00
385	Salvador Dali	Dante Alighieri - Salvador Dali (Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321, Figueres 1904 - 1989) - The Divine Comedy, 1963	Officina Bodoni	EUR 1,200.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,412.00
184	Montaigne, Michel Eyquem, sieur de	Montaigne, Michel Eyquem, sieur de - Les essays de Michel, Seigneur de Montaigne. New edition, 1659	1659	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,278.00
264	Dante Alighieri	Dante Alighieri (Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321) - The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1796	1796	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,144.00
387	Massimo Campigli	Massimo Campigli - Marco Polo - The Million, 1942	1942	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,144.00

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.
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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.