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Auction Info

Auction Name
Antiquarian and Modern Books
Auction Date
12/04/2025 - 12/04/2025
Sale Number
#167453
Total Lots
276
Sold Lots
210.0
Lots Sold
76.09%
Unsold Lots
66
Total Sales (EUR)
0.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
85,790.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
125,520.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
147,280.00
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
3 MORE (Thomas)

DE OPTIMO REIPUBLICAE STATU, DEQUE NOVA INSULA UTOPIA.

 (1517). EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 35,100.00
2

BOOK OF HOURS FOR SAINT GUDULE OF BRUSSELS AND SAINT WAUDRU OF MONS

 circa 1450. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 28,600.00
26 FEUILLET (Raoul Auger)

RECUEIL DE CONTREDANCES MISES EN CHOREGRAPHIE d'une maniere si aisee, que toutes personnes peuvent facilement les apprendre sans le secours d'aucun maitre...

 1706 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,240.00
165

GAZETTE DU BON TON - Arts-Modes et Frivolites. Lucien Vogel-Director.

January 1920 to December 1922. EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,460.00
69

ENCYCLOPEDIE OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, DES ARTS ET DES METIERS, par une societe de gens de lettres. Mis en ordre & publie par M. Diderot ; et quant a la partie mathematique, par M. D'Alembert.

1778-1781. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,460.00
1

MANUSCRIPT BREVIARY.

XIV/XVdeg century. EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 4,160.00
124 [HAMEL (Frere)].

CHRONIQUE OU HYSTOIRES DES GRANDES COMPAGNIES COGNUES SOUBS LE NOM DE ROUTIERS QUE ONT DITS TARD-VENUS que ont ravagier les pays de Bourgogne, de France, d'Auvergne et de lyonnois.

 (circa 1860-80). EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,730.00
180 KIPLING (R)

THE JUNGLE BOOK AND THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK.

 1924 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,600.00
205 POE (E)

HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES - NOUVELLES HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES. Translation by Ch. Baudelaire. Etchings in the black manner by CARLO FARNETI.

1927 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,600.00
142 MISTRAL (Frederic)

MIREILLE, POEME PROVENCAL; MIREIO, POUEMO PROUVENCAU.

 1887 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,340.00
245 ORLEANS (Charles d') - MATISSE (H.)

POEMES DE CHARLES D'ORLEANS.

1950 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,080.00
93 FREYCINET - PERON (Francois)

VOYAGE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES execute sur les Corvettes le Geographe, le Naturaliste et la Goelette le Casuarina, pendant les annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804, publie par decret imperial, redige par M.F. Peron.

 1807-1816. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,560.00
258 PICASSO (Pablo)

CARNET DE LA CALIFORNIE.

1959 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,300.00
259 HOFFMANN.

CONTES.

1960 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,300.00
49 BUFFON.

HISTOIRE NATURELLE generale et particuliere, avec la description du cabinet du Roy.

 1752-1765. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,300.00
191 FRANCE (Anatole)

LE GENIE LATIN.

1926 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,170.00
22 (Medicine)

Seventeenth-century manuscript containing medical recipes, bound in 1 in-4deg volume of 122 pages, contemporary vellum binding.

 Seventeenth-century EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,170.00
163 CHALUPT (R)

DIVERTISSEMENTS DE PRINCESSES QUI S'ENNUIENT.

1918 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,105.00
8

PLINE LE JEUNE. L'HISTOIRE DU MONDE,

1584 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,105.00
131 La Fontaine

FABLES with drawings by Gustave Dore.

1867 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,040.00
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  • <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, <i>Americae pars Borealis,</i> double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, <i>Map of the United States,</i> London and Liverpool, 1827. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, <i>Chart of the World,</i> oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800). <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, <i>A General Atlas,</i> 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 240: Anthony Finley, <i>A New American Atlas,</i> 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 263: John Bachmann, <i>Panorama of the Seat of War,</i> portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, <i>Cosmographei,</i> Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Epitome Theatri Orteliani,</i> Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, <i>Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae,</i> Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, <i>Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt,</i> 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 341: John James Audubon, <i>Carolina Parrot, Plate 26,</i> London, 1827.
    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.
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    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.