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Auction Name: Books, Graphics, Ephemera - Session III
Auction Date: 12/03/2025 - 12/03/2025
Sale Number: #34c
Total Lots: 550
Sold Lots: 441.0
Lots Sold: 80.18%
Unsold Lots: 109

Total Sales (EUR): 186,326.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 70,025.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 136,860.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 83,215.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 162,280.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 114.82%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1729		[CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA] PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF SCENES IN CHINA AND SURROUNDINGS	Late 19th century	EUR 1,250.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 9,885.00
1696	HEYM, GEORG	[KIRCHNER, E.L.] UMBRA VITAE. NACHGELASSENE GEDICHTE	1924	EUR 3,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 4,744.80
1503		[ZILVERDISTEL] LOT OF SIXTEEN PROSPECTUSES ZILVERDISTEL/ KUNERA-PERS	1915-29	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 3,954.00
1690	FRENAUD, A.	[CHILLIDA] LE CHEMIN DES DEVINS SUIVI DE MENERBES	1966	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,426.80
1721	WHITMAN, WALT	WALT WHITMAN'S DRUM-TAPS	1865	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 3,163.20
1321	D. BAKKER	[ART DECO] WALLPAPER SAMPLE BOOK. KUNST VAN EIGEN BODEM 1926	1926	EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,504.20
1469		[STOLS, A.A.M.] TO THE HAPPY FEW	1924-1928	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 2,108.80
1611	NIJHOFF, M.	[DEDICATION TO J.C. BLOEM] VORMEN	1924	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,108.80
1660	WOESTIJNE, KAREL VAN DE	[DELUXE COPY MANUSCRIPT] GEDICHTEN	1928	EUR 750.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,108.80
1622	PRINS, SONJA	FRONT. NO. 1-4	1930-1931	EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,977.00
1589	LEOPOLD, J.H.	[DELUXE COPY] VERZEN	1913	EUR 250.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,845.20
1537		CLANDESTINE PRINTING ZEHN KLEINE MECKERLEIN	n.d. (1943)	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,845.20
1280	MASEREEL, F.	GROTESK FILM	-1921	EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,713.40
1605		[DELUXE COPY] MULTATULI. MAX HAVELAAR	1871	EUR 250.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,713.40
1411	LEWIS, WYNDHAM (ED.)	BLAST VOL. I AND II	1914-15	EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,713.40
1458	CENDRARS, B.	[MASEREEL, F]. LES PAQUES A NEW-YORK DE BLAISE CENDRARS	1926	EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,581.60
1738	FIERET, GERARD (1924-2009)	(PORTRAIT IN FRONT OF MURAL)	1976	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,581.60
1407	SCHUITEMA, PAUL (1897-1973)	[GRAPHIC DESIGN. DUTCH] SYST-O-COLOR I & II	1965	EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,581.60
1305	ERNST, MAX & PAUL ELUARD	[SURREALISM] LES MALHEURS DES IMMORTELS	1922	EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,581.60
1637	SCHNITZLER, A.	[SIGNED] FOUR TITLES: (1) FRAULEIN ELSE	1924	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,581.60

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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.