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Sothebys: The Library of Barry Yampol: A First Selection. Part 2

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Auction Name	The Library of Barry Yampol: A First Selection. Part 2	Total Sales (USD)	1,014,730.00
Auction Date	December 12, 2025 - December 12, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	478,400.00
Sale Number	#N11776	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	711,800.00
Total Lots	193
Sold Lots	159.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	632,400.00
% of Lots Sold	82.38%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	935,800.00
Unsold Lots	34	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	108.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
147	Lenz, Johann Georg	Mustertafeln der bis jetzt bekannten Einfachen Mineralien...	1794	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 114,300.00
218	Wulfens, Xavier	Abhandlung vom karnthnerischen Bleyspate.	1785	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 82,550.00
29	Albertus Magnus	De mineralibus.	about 1500]	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 44,450.00
201	Sowerby, James	Exotic Mineralogy, or, Colored Figures of Foreign Minerals as a Supplement to British Mineralogy.	1811, 1817	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 31,750.00
96	Ercker, Lazarus	Contemporary manuscript copy of Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertz unnd Bergkwercks Arten,	1598	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 27,940.00
123	Hooke, Robert	Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.	1667	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 27,940.00
210	Vincent, Levinus	Wondertooneel der Nature.	1706-1715	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 25,400.00
119	Hebenstreit, Johann Ernst	Museum Richterianum continens Fossilia Animalia Vegetabilia Mar. Illustrata Iconibus et Commentariis... accedit De Gemmis Scalptis Antiquis Liber Singularis.	1743--1748	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 22,860.00
53	Boodt, Anselmus de	Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia.	1609	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 21,590.00
170	Plinius Secundus, Gaius (Pliny, the Elder)	Historia naturalis. Ed. Hermolaus Barbarus. Rev. Johannes Baptista Palmarius.	1497 [not before 13 February 1498]	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 21,590.00
43	Beringer, Johann Bartholomaeus Adam, and Georg Ludvig Hueber	Lithographiae wirceburgensis, ducentis lapidum figuratorium a potiori insectiformium, prodigiosis imaginibus exornate specimen primum.	1726	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 19,050.00
184	Richter, Christian	Saxoniae electoralis miraculosa terra, oder Des weltberuhmten Chur-Sachsen-Landes bewunderns-wurdige Erde, ...	1732	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 17,780.00
200	Sowerby, James	British Mineralogy, or, Colored Figures Intended to Elucidate the Mineralogy of Great Britain.	1804, 1806, 1809, 1811, 1817 (1802)	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 17,780.00
177	(Probier Buchlein)	Probier Buchlein auff Goldt, Silber, Ertz unnd Methal Mit vil kostlichen Alchimistichen Kunsten, sampt aller zugehor, auch Instrumenten darzu dienstlich...	1574	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 16,510.00
131	Kircher, Athanasius	Mundus subterraneus in XII libros digestus.	1665	USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 15,240.00
196	Schreibers, Carl von	Beytrage zur Geschichte und Kenntniss meteorischer Stein- und Metall-Massen, und der Erscheinungen, welche deren Niederfallen zu begleiten pflegen.	1820	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 15,240.00
164	Paracelsus (P.A.T. Bombast von Hohenheim)	Chirurgische Bucher und Schriffeen... sambt einem Appendice... durch Johannem Huserum.	1605	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 13,970.00
100	Faujas de Saint Fond, Barthelemy	Recherches sur les volcans eteints du Vivarais et du Velay. Avec un discours sur les volcans brulans, des memoires analytiques sur les Schorls, ...	1778	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 12,700.00
98	Euclid	The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in which Coloured Diagrams and Symbols are Used instead of Letters for the Greater Ease of Learners. By Oliver Byrne.	1847	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 12,065.00
169	Plinius Secundus, Gaius (Pliny, the Elder)	Historia naturalis. Ed Philippus Beroaldus.	1491	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 11,430.00
44	Berzelius, Jons Jacob	Forsok, att, genom anandandet at den electrokemiska theorien och de kemiska proportionerna, grundlagga ett rent vettenskapligt system for mineralogien.	1814	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 10,795.00
179	Rashleigh, Philip	Specimens of British Minerals.	1797	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 10,795.00
27	Agricola, Georgius	De ortu & causis subterraneorum Lib. V. De natura eorum quae effluunt ex terra Lib. I. De natura fossilium Lib. X. ...	1546	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 10,160.00
132	Kircher, Athanasius	China monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis... illustrata.	1667	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 10,160.00
148	Leonardus, Camillus	Speculum lapidum.	1516	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 10,160.00

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.
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.