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Arenberg Auctions: December Auction Day 3

Auction Reports

Auction Name	December Auction Day 3	Total Sales (EUR)	827,931.00
Auction Date	December 13, 2025 - December 13, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	524,690.00
Sale Number	#121325	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	674,560.00
Total Lots	450
Sold Lots	447.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	530,990.00
% of Lots Sold	99.33%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	682,960.00
Unsold Lots	3	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	121.23%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
945	CAUS, Salomon de	[Manuscript map - Europe] "Les Paiis Bas ou La Basse Alemainge	En ceste annee 1624. 15eme mars	EUR 120,000.00 - 150,000.00	EUR 156,000.00
967	Abraham Ortelius	Theatre de l'Univers, contenant les cartes de tout le monde. Avec une brieve declaration d'icelles	1598	EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00	EUR 52,000.00
1030	LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huyghen van	[World] Itinerario, Voyage ofte Schipvaert [...] naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien, inhoudende een corte beschrijvinghe der selver Landen ende Zee-custen [...]	[1596; 1595]	EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 41,600.00
988	MERCATOR, Gerard; HONDIUS, Jodocus	[Atlas - World] Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura	1619	EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00	EUR 33,800.00
1315	LA FONTAINE, Jean de	Fables choisies, mises en vers [...]	1755 [- 1759]	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 26,000.00
1125		[Devotion - Book of hours] Illuminated book of hours, in Latin	[c. 1500/1520]	EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 23,400.00
1339	Antonio Cavalli	Antonio Canova. L'invenzione della bellezza	2009	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 19,500.00
984	SMALLEGANGE, Mattheus	[Netherlands - Zeeland] Nieuwe cronyk van Zeeland, eerste deel, vervattende de voor dezen uitgegeven cronyken van de heeren, Jacobus Eyndius, en Johan Reygersberg, veel vermeerdert ontrent deses landschaps oudheden en herkomsten, wateren en stroomen, eila	1696	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 13,000.00
986	Joan Blaeu	Negende stuck der aerdrycks-beschryving, welck vervat Asia, en Sina in 't selve gelegen	1664	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 12,740.00
963		[Atlas - Europe] Atlas assembled to order containing 92 maps of Europe	17th-18th c	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 11,700.00
1042	GLEUNS, Willem Jr.; DEUTGEN, Hendrik	[Astronomy - Instrument] Mundomotorium	1854	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 11,700.00
924	LA LANDE, Jerome de	[Globe - Celestial] Globe celeste ou toutes les etoiles observees jusqu'a present sont reduites a l'an[n]ee 1800	1774	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 11,050.00
913	VAN LANGREN, Hendrik Floris. AITSINGER, Michael (after)	[Belgium] Leo Belgicus	[1617]	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 10,660.00
970	Romeyn de Hooghe	Les Indes Orientales et Occidentales, et autres lieux; Representes en tres-belles Figures [...] par le Sr Romein de Hooge	[c. 1700]	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 10,660.00
1213	NIDER, Johannes	[Germany - Augsburg] Praeceptorium divinae legis, sive Expositio decalogi	about 24 May 1475	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 10,400.00
1212	BERENGARIUS de LANDORA	[Germany - Augsburg] Lumen animae	3 Sept. 1477	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 9,100.00
989	LEO AFRICANUS, Joannes	[Africa - America] Description de l'Afrique, tierce partie du monde [...]	1556	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 8,450.00
1256	MERCURIALE, Girolamo	[Sports - Architecture] De arte gymnastica libri sex [...]	1573	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,800.00
965	Covens and Mortier	[Atlas - Low Countries] Atlas assembled to order containing 60 maps, including "Atlas des Pays Bas"	17th-18th c	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 7,540.00
1029	HAWKESWORTH, John ; COOK, James	[World] Complete collection of the 3 "Voyages" by James Cook (1728-1779)	1773	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 7,540.00
968	Matthaus (1678) Seutter	Atlas novus sive Tabulae geographicae totius orbis [...]	[c. 1740?]	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 7,150.00
1214	NICOLAUS DE LYRA	[Italy - Venice] Biblia latina (cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering)	31 July 1481	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 5,850.00
1190		[Judaica - Paris] Recueil factice de documents notaries relatifs au Ndeg 25 rue des Rosiers a Paris, siege d'une "shoul" ou synagogue "cachee"	1778-1866	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,200.00
1264		[Witchcraft] Malleorum quorundam maleficarum, tam veterum quam recentiorum authorum, tomi duo	1582	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 5,200.00
975	[SAUMERY, Pierre-Lambert ; CRASSIER, Guillaume Pascal de]	[Belgium - Liege] Les delices du pais de Liege, ou Description geographique, topographique et chorographique des monumens sacres et profanes [...]	1738-1744	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 4,940.00

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.