Stockholms Auktionsverk: The Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale | Total Sales (SEK) | 8,183,272.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | December 08, 2025 - December 08, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK) | 4,336,767.03 |
| Sale Number | #120825 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK) | 5,264,945.05 |
| Total Lots | 260 | ||
| Sold Lots | 234.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (SEK) | 4,900,234.07 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (SEK) | 5,915,912.09 |
| Unsold Lots | 26 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 138.33% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6068 | MUHAMMAD IBN ABD AL-RAHMAN AL-JAZULI. | DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT, FINE ARABIC MANUSCRIPT, dated 1210 (1795-96). |
SEK 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | SEK 1,050,000.00 | |
| 6083 | HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803). | HAMILTON'S SPECTACULAR AND VERY RARE PLATE WORK ON VESUVIUS, Naples 1776-79. |
1779 | SEK 400,000.00 - 500,000.00 | SEK 700,000.00 |
| 6090 | PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BAPTISTA. | GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI. GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI, THE ROMAN ANTIQUITY, Rome 1756, second state, 4 vols, provenance Horace Walpole, Gosta Stenman. |
SEK 450,000.00 - 500,000.00 | SEK 675,000.00 | |
| 6153 | DE WIT, FREDERIK. | DE WIT'S RARE WALL-MAP OF AMERICA, 1672, New and accurate Americae tableau. |
1672, [or later]. | SEK 400,000.00 - 500,000.00 | SEK 437,500.00 |
| 6225 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT INSTEIN, 2 AUTOGRAFISCHE LETTEREN SIGNET TIL CHAIM HERMAN MUNTZ 1929. |
SEK 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 | SEK 237,500.00 | |
| 6158 | THE SWEDISH TRENCHIER BOOK IN RARE FIRST EDITION, 1696. |
1696 | SEK 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 | SEK 225,000.00 | |
| 6223 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT EINSTEIN, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO HERMAN MUNTZ, med equationer, 1928-29. |
No date | SEK 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 | SEK 218,750.00 |
| 6218 | WRIGHT, MAGNUS - WILHELM VON. | THE RARE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE VON WRIGHT BROTHERS SWEDISH FOGLARS, 1828-39, 2 vols. |
1828-1839 | SEK 199,978.02 - 249,967.03 | SEK 200,000.00 |
| 6069 | QURAN, ARABIC MANUSCRIPT, 19TH CENTURY. |
late 19th century, | SEK 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | SEK 181,250.00 | |
| 6222 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT EINSTEIN, AUTOGRAPH LETTERA SIGNATATO DA HERMAN MUNTZ, con equaciones relacionados a su trabajo, perche 1928-29. |
SEK 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 | SEK 181,250.00 | |
| 6116 | LOTTER, TOBIAS CONRAD. | COMPOSITE ATLAS, MOSTLY LOTTER AND HOMANN ETC., with 113 hand-coloured engraved maps. |
1730-50. | SEK 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 | SEK 168,750.00 |
| 6260 | NAPOLEON I (NAPOLEON BONAPARTE) & CHARLES XIV - BERNADOTTE JEAN BAPTISTE: | FINE COSWAY BINDING WITH MINIATURES OF NAPOLEON I and JEAN BAPTISTE BERNADOTTE WITH 10 SIGNED NAPOLEON AND BERNADOTTE DOCUMENTS from the Crawford Collection. |
SEK 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 | SEK 156,250.00 | |
| 6226 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT EINSTEIN, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO HERMAN MUNTZ IN NOVEMBER 1928. |
SEK 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 | SEK 143,750.00 | |
| 6227 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT EINSTEIN, AUTOGRAFICO LETTERA AUTOGRAPHED A HERMAN MUNTZ IN THE LATE 1920'S. |
SEK 70,000.00 - 80,000.00 | SEK 137,500.00 | |
| 6228 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT EINSTEIN, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO HERMAN MUNTZ IN 1927. |
SEK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | SEK 137,500.00 | |
| 6239 | DAGERMAN, STIG (1923-1954) | THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF STIG DAGERMAN'S IMPORTANT DEBUT SERPENT. as well as the printed original edition, both with dedication. |
SEK 119,989.01 - 149,978.02 | SEK 125,000.00 | |
| 6224 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT EINSTEIN, 3 AUTOGRAPH CARDS SIGNED TO HERMAN MUNTZ IN 1928-1929. |
SEK 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | SEK 118,750.00 | |
| 6013 | MILLS, Nathaniel and John HICKS. | CARL CRONSTEDT'S ALMANAC OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH HIS NOTES, ALMANACK NEW YORK, 1778, EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT. |
1778 | SEK 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | SEK 75,000.00 |
| 6123 | BLUE, G. (WILLEM). | BLAEU'S FAMOUS WORLD MAP, c. 1660. |
c.1660. | SEK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | SEK 68,750.00 |
| 6024 | PANCKOUCKE, CHARLES JOSEPH/AGASSE, HENRI/AGASSE, THERESE CHARLOTTE (PUBLISHER). | ENCYCLOPEDIE METHODIQUE, CLASSIC WORK FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT, ca. 4000 plates, 1782-1804, 146 volumes. |
1782---1804. | SEK 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 | SEK 62,500.00 |
| 6219 | (WRIGHT, WILHELM VON. | WRIGHT, FISHES OF SCANDINAVIA, 1836-1857, ORIGINAL EDITION WITH DEDICATION FROM C. J. SUNDEVALL TO J. E. GRAY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. |
1836-57. | SEK 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | SEK 62,500.00 |
| 6122 | BLAEU, WILLEM JANSZOON. | BLAEU, 15 SEA CHARTS from the French edition of PHALOT DES MER, 1619. |
1619 | SEK 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 | SEK 60,000.00 |
| 6151 | WAGHENAER, LUCAS JANSZOON. | RARE WAGHENAS SEA CHART OF EUROPE, C. 1600. |
1583 (but slightly later c.1600.] | SEK 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 | SEK 58,587.50 |
| 6072 | BAUER, JOHN (1882---1918). | JOHN BAUER. JOHN BAUER'S TROLL WITH 10 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS, 1910. |
1915 | SEK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | SEK 53,297.50 |
| 6145 | SPEED, JOHN. | JOHN SPEED, FAMOUS WORLD MAP, 1651 [but 1676]. |
1676 | SEK 30,000.00 - 35,000.00 | SEK 50,437.50 |
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![<b>Chiswick, Mar. 12:</b> Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/004c032b-da4d-428e-811b-e5a8e80376a2.jpg "<b>Chiswick, Mar. 12:</b> Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.")
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026Chiswick, 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. -
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![<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouv...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a2a2dbe-8edf-4091-9a08-800f7aba747e.jpg "<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,</i>, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier <i>L'Histoire des plantes,</i> second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.")
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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. -
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, mai...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [ver...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les ...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodram...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. M...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin ori...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
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.