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Tabula Auctions Ltd: Antique Maps and Books

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Auction Name	Antique Maps and Books	Total Sales (GBP)	3,162.50
Auction Date	December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	4,205.00
Sale Number	#221	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	5,750.00
Total Lots	120
Sold Lots	23.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	30,785.00
% of Lots Sold	19.17%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	42,770.00
Unsold Lots	97	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	7.39%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
71	Cypri Insulae Nova Descript. 1573	1573	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	GBP 506.00
18	Indie Orientali di Qua e di la Dal Gange col Loro Arcipelago	18th century	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 368.00
29	Sumatrae et Insularum Locorumque nonnullorum Circumiacentium Tabula Nova	17th century	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 322.00
44	Lot of 12 Medieval woodcut illustrations on Virgil's works	16th century	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 322.00
60	De Laaste Lyckplicht Van Zyn Hoogheit		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 230.00
70	Lot of 5 Animal Prints from A Collection of Voyages and Travels into Brasil and the East-Indies		GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 230.00
118	A New Map of the Netherlands or Low Countries, with the South Part of the Provinces of Holland, Utrecht, & Gelders, and the whole of Zeeland		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 230.00
15	The Continuation of the Road from York to West-Chester		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 103.50
21	Plan of St. Paul's Bay, In the Island of Malta		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 103.50
59	The Road from Oxford to Bristol		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 92.00
74	Perlarum insula ob unionum copiam sic dicta		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 92.00
94	Lot of 5 Engravings about Vishnu's transformations		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 92.00
17	Loxa	16th century	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	GBP 80.50
65	Cheffins's Map of the English & Scotch Railways		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 80.50
79	A Modern Map of the Post Roads in England and Wales with Part of Scotland	Late 18th century	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 57.50
20	Sluys	16th century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 46.00
36	The appearance of the Total Solar Eclipse from Haradon hill May 11, 1724	c.1724	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 46.00
106	Lot of 3 Engravings about Yoga practices in India		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 46.00
5	Insulae Antilles		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 34.50
10	Veduta della Fortezza Vecchia di Corfu verso Tramontana		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 34.50
16	L'Irlande divisee Par Provinces Civiles et Ecclesiastiques	18th century	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 23.00
8	Royaume de Portugal		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 11.50
14	Campeche		GBP 25.00 - 50.00	GBP 11.50

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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