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Auction Name: Travel, Transport, and Exploration
Auction Date: 12/04/2025 - 12/04/2025
Sale Number: #120425
Total Lots: 164
Sold Lots: 107.0
Lots Sold: 65.24%
Unsold Lots: 57

Total Sales (GBP): 0.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 31,360.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 45,020.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 68,940.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: NaN%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
7	Ackermann (Rudolph)	The Microcosm of London. 3vol. [1808-10]		GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,780.00
31	Pyne (William Henry)	The History of the Royal Residences, 3vol.	1819	GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	GBP 1,890.00
34	Stow (John)	A Survay of London.....		GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,890.00
27	Papworth (John B.)	Select Views of London; Large Paper Copy.	1816	GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,890.00
136		Royal Navy.- Samuel Sutton Group of letters related to Samuel Sutton		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,260.00
249		From the library of W. O. Bentley A collection reflecting the founder of Bentley Motors' professional		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,134.00
43		British Arctic Expedition Interest A Rare set of 12 Hand Painted Magic Lantern Slides, c.1880s		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,008.00
16	Harris (John)	The History of Kent	1719	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,008.00
14	Dugdale (William)	The History of St Paul's Cathedral in London..1658		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,008.00
13	Dugdale (William)	The History of St Paul's Cathedral in London..1658		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,008.00
28	Pennant (Thomas)	Some Account of London, Extra illustrated	1805	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,008.00
42	Salt (Henry).-	Sri Lanka View near Point de Galle, Ceylon		GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 882.00
36	Suter (Richard)	English counties, four extensive albums		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 756.00
22	London and its Environs Described, and other titles. (12)	Group of volumes		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 580.00
132		Maritime Interest.- Bills of Landing 18th -	19th century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 454.00
9	Clarke (Charles)	Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini	1819	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 454.00
6		[White (John)] ..Account...Proposed Improvements Western..London		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 454.00
3		War Office Maps	1915-18	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 454.00
20	Howell (James)	Londinopolis; An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration Of the City of London		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 454.00
130		Maritime Interest.- Duthy Family Papers	18th-19th century	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 428.00

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.