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Rossini: Furniture, Arms, Historical Memorabilia From The Château De Noé De La Sèche, And Misc

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Auction Name	Furniture, Arms, Historical Memorabilia From The Château De Noé De La Sèche, And Misc	Total Sales (EUR)	24,723.00
Auction Date	November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	2,380.00
Sale Number	#170721	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	3,810.00
Total Lots	24
Sold Lots	20.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	6,790.00
% of Lots Sold	83.33%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	9,480.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	260.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
229		Album containing 51 views, plans, elevations and sections of Amiens Cathedral, as well as drawings of the ornamentation on the facades, porches and stalls.		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 12,915.00
228	VAN DEN BORCH Peter and SELLIUS Bernardus	Emblemata Sacra, e praecipius utriusque Testamenti historiis concinnata.	1617	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 2,337.00
194		Photographic album of views of the city of Perm (Russia),		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,845.00
377	FLAMSTEED (John).	Atlas celeste.	1776	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,537.50
382	LABAT	Nouvelle relation de l'Afrique occidentale, contenant une description exacte du Senegal & des pais situees entre le Cap-Blanc & la riviere de Serrelionne Avec l'etat ancien et present des compagnies qui y font le commerce.	1728	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 1,045.50
386	Messieurs Sazerar and Engelmann,	SAZERAT and ENGELMANN Lettres sur la Suisse by Messieurs Sazerar and Engelmann,		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 984.00
370	BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRE	French pilot, part 1 and 2.		EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 615.00
383		Lot of miscellaneous books: - MAUDUIT Decouvertes dans la Troade	1840	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 615.00
388		Set of three 19th century family photo albums.	19th century	EUR 30.00 - 40.00	EUR 578.10
373	LABAT.	Voyage du Chevalier des marchais en Guinee, isles voisines, et a Cayenne, fait en 1725, 1726 & 1727	1730	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 492.00
368	MACARTNEY (Georg, Lord).	Voyage dans l'interieur de la Chine, et en Tartarie, fait dans les annees 1792, 1793 et 1794	An XII (1804)	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 369.00
385		[ENCYCLOPEDIE PANCKOUCKE]. COLLECTION OF PLATES FROM THE ENCYCLOPEDIA. PLANCHES DES PECHES.	1793	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 307.50
372	GARNIER Francis	Journey to Indo-China		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 246.00
374	Georges PSALMANAZAR	Description of Formosa Island in Asia		EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 246.00
378		PETITES REPUBLIQUES ELZEVIENNES (4 volumes)		EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 184.50
371		Lot of work on the Navy:- The Field of Mars: being an alphabetical Digestion of the Principal Naval and Military Engagements in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, particularly of Great Britain and her Allies, from the ninth Century to the Present Period.	1781	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 123.00
375	BORY de SAINT-VINCENT (Jean-Baptiste Genevieve Marcellin).	A Traveller's Guide to Spain. With two colored maps.	1823	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 86.10
380	DESLANDES Henri Francois	Essai sur la marine des Anciens, et particulierement sur leurs vaisseaux de guerre.	1768	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 86.10
384	VAILLANT (Jean Foy).	Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum Praestantiora a Julio Caesare ad postumum et tyrannos. Tomus primus De Romanis Aereis seu Senatusconsulto percussis. - Tomus secundus De Aureis et Argenteis	1795	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 86.10
387	Apollonius of Rhodes	The expedition of the Argonauts or the conquest of the Golden Fleece.	An V de la Republique Francaise.	EUR 10.00 - 30.00	EUR 24.60

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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.