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Auction Name	Online: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases	Total Sales (GBP)	188,652.15
Auction Date	February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	99,490.00
Sale Number	#1075	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	143,960.00
Total Lots	346
Sold Lots	313.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	115,690.00
% of Lots Sold	90.46%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	167,760.00
Unsold Lots	33	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	112.45%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
344	Plancius (Petrus)	World.- Orbis Terrarum Typus De Integro Multis In Locis Emendatus auctore Petro Plancio 1594	[circa 1594, or slightly later]	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 5,842.00
164	Stanford (Edward)	France.- Franco-Prussian War.- La Prusse s'Arre?tant	1871	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 4,318.00
200	Mayr (Heinrich von)	Levant.- Malerische Ansichten aus dem Orient. Vues Pittoresque de l'Orient	[1839-40]	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,318.00
229	Merian (Matthaeus) and others	Middle East.- Arabian Peninsula.- Collection of 15 maps of the Arabian Peninsula	16th to 19th century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 3,302.00
84	Clerc (Nicolas Gabriel)	China.- Yu le Grand et Confucius, Histoire Chinoise	1769	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,048.00
73	Stein (Sir Marc Aurel)	Central Asia.- Innermost Asia: Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern Iran	1928	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,794.00
324	Mallet (Frederick)	West Indies.- A New Map of the Island of Trinidad...	1797 but 1830	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,794.00
154	Le Petit (Alfred)	Europe.- Franco-Tunisian War.- Carte pour suivre les operations de la guerre de Tunisie	1881	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,540.00
181	Arif Pacha (Muchir)	Levant.- Les Anciens Costumes de l'Empire Ottoman	[1863]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,413.00
309	Hakluyt (Richard)	Voyages.- The Principall Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation	1589	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,413.00
208	Prior (James)	Levant.- Narrative of a Voyage in the Indian Seas	[c.1815]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,286.00
281	Smith (J.G.)	Russia.- New Map of Russia on Mercators Projection	[circa 1878]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,159.00
34	Ramusio (Giovanni Battista) and Giacomo Gastaldi	America.- New England and New France.- La Nuova Francia, from 'Terzo Volume delle Navigationi et Viaggi	[circa 1560 or slightly later]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,032.00
115	Petis de la Croix (Francois)	China.- The History of Genghizcan the Great, First Emperor of the Antient Moguls and Tartars	1722	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 2,032.00
189	Fryer (John)	Levant.- A New Account of East-India and Persia	1698	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,905.00
244	Lawrence (T.E.)	Middle East.- Crusader Castles	1936	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,905.00
261	Whymper (Edward)	Mountaineering.- Scrambles Amongst the Alps in Years 1860-69	1893	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,905.00
279	Cadolle (Auguste)	Russia.- Four plates from: 'Vues de Moscou dessinees d'apres nature et lithographiees...'	[circa 1825]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,905.00
76	Aa (Pieter van der)	China.- Carte exacte de toutes le Provinces, Villes, Bourgs, Villages et Rivieres du vaste et puissant Empire de la Chine...	[circa 1670-1730]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,778.00
124		China, Shanghai.- Shanghai Property - Outward Correspondence Respecting the Shanghai Property belonging to Henry Alexander Ince... Inward Correspondence [Edmund Leach]	1889 & 1893	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,778.00
300	Lennep (Rev. Henry J. van)	Turkey.- Travels in Little-Known Parts of Asia Minor	1870	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,778.00
171	Cluverius (Philippus)	Italy.- Sicilia Antiqua ... eiusq Sardinia et Corsica antiqua	1659	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,651.00
193	Irwin (Eyles)	Levant.- A Series of Adventures in the course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt	1780	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,651.00
256	Freshfield (Douglas W.)	Mountaineering.- Round Kangchenjunga: A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration	1903	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,651.00
284	Blaeu (Willem Jansz.)	Spain.- Ten regional maps of Spain, from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', engraved maps with outline hand-colouring, each platemark approx	[circa 1640]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,651.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.