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Ader: Exploration, Atlases and Cartographie of the 19th Century from the Geological Society of France

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Auction Name	Exploration, Atlases and Cartographie of the 19th Century from the Geological Society of France	Total Sales (EUR)	187,851.00
Auction Date	December 16, 2025 - December 16, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	96,650.00
Sale Number	#173141	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	136,950.00
Total Lots	89
Sold Lots	66.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	112,300.00
% of Lots Sold	74.16%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	161,050.00
Unsold Lots	23	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	116.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
18	LOEWY (Maurice) - PUISEUX (Pierre)	Atlas photographique de la Lune publie par l'observatoire de Paris.	1896-1910.	EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	EUR 85,935.00
76	Geological Survey of the United Kingdom.	Geological Survey of the United Kingdom (Great Britain, Ireland)		EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 12,637.00
22	SOWERBY (James) - SOWERBY (James De Carle) - SOWERBY (Charles Edward)	The Mineral conchology of Great Britain.	1812	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 6,066.00
65	GSV / SELWYN, A. R. C.	Geological Survey of Victoria.	ca.1864	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 5,686.00
31	EMORY, H. and HERBST, F.	Boundary between the United States & Mexico : shewing the initial point. Under the Treaty of December 30th 1853...	1855	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,055.00
32	IVES, Joseph C.	Military Map of the Peninsula of Florida South of Tampa Bay Compiled From The Latest and Most Reliable Authorities . ..April 1856.	1856	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,055.00
41	United States Geological Survey / DUTTON, Clarence Edward.	Atlas to Accompany the Monograph on the Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District + Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, vol. II.	1882	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 4,549.00
10	DUMONT D'URVILLE (Jules)	Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les corvettes L'Astrolabe et la Zelee.	1846	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,791.00
11	DU PETIT-THOUARS (Abel) - TESSAN (Urbain Dortet de L'Espigarie de)	Voyage autour du monde sur la fregate La Venus commandee par Abel Du Petit-Thouars.	1840-1846.	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,538.00
53	CODAZZI, Agustin ; PAZ, Manuel Maria ; PEREZ, Felipe.	Atlas de los Estados Unidos de Colombia, Antigua Nueva Granada.	1865	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 3,538.00
12	FREYCINET (Louis de)	Voyage autour du monde, Entrepris par Ordre du Roi,... Execute sur les corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les annees 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820.	1824-1844.	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,285.00
17	KIENER (Louis Charles)	[Species general et iconographie des coquilles vivantes, publies par monographies, comprenant la collection du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamark, celle de M. B. Delessert].		EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,285.00
14	GAUSSOIN (Eugene)	The Island of Navassa.		EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,159.00
9	DOLLFUS-AUSSET (Daniel)	Materiaux pour l'etude des glaciers.	1864-1870.	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,148.00
58	United States Geological Survey of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.	Geological maps of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (13 maps)		EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,148.00
39	JENNEY, Walter P. / NEWTON, Henry.	Topographical and geological atlas of the Black Hills of Dakota.	1879	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,769.00
16	JACQUEMONT (Victor)	Voyage dans l'Inde pendant les annees 1828 a 1832.	1841-1844.	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,642.00
19	MILNE-EDWARDS (Alphonse)	History of fossil podophthalmarian crustaceans. Tome 1.	1861-1865.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,642.00
6	BURMEISTER (German)	Los Caballos Fosiles de la pampa argentina. - Die fossilen Pferde der Pampasformation.	1875; 1889	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,516.00
7	[COLLECTIVE].	Etudes sur le terrain houiller de Commentry.	[1886-1893].	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,516.00
20	MILNE-EDWARDS (Alphonse)	Recherches anatomiques et paleontologiques pour servir a l'histoire des oiseaux fossiles de la France.	1867-1868; 1869-1871	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,516.00
89	SABATIER, L./ HOGARD.	[Glaciers]. Mont Blanc...	ca.1850	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,516.00
5	BRONGNIART (Charles)	Recherches pour servir a l'histoire des insectes fossiles des temps primaires precedees d'une etude sur la nervation des ailes des insectes.	1893	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,390.00
15	HOGARD (Henri)	A look at the erratic terrain of the Vosges. 1848	1851	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,390.00
24	THOULET, Julien / TOLLEMER, Alphonse.	Carte generale bathymetrique des oceans dressee par ordre de S.A.S. le prince de Monaco.	ca.1937	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,390.00

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.