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Auction Name: A Worldwide Grand Tour: The Sven A. Behrendt Collection
Auction Date: 12/02/2025 - 12/02/2025
Sale Number: #L25330
Total Lots: 35
Sold Lots: 34.0
Lots Sold: 97.14%
Unsold Lots: 1

Total Sales (GBP): 510,413.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 211,200.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 283,900.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 231,200.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 313,900.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 162.60%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
95	Isaac Newton	The mathematical principles of natural philosophy..., London, 1729, first edition in English, 2 volumes, contemporary calf	1729	GBP 35,000.00 - 40,000.00	GBP 190,500.00
77	Frederick de Wit	Atlas, Amsterdam, [c.1680], first edition, 100 double-page hand-coloured engraved maps, publisher's vellum	[c.1680]	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	GBP 44,450.00
59	Captain James Cook	An Account of the Voyages... London, 1773-1784, first editions, 9 volumes in all (8 text volumes plus atlas volume)	1773-1784	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 44,450.00
71	David Roberts	The Holy Land, Egypt & Nubia, 1842-9, 6 volumes in 4, contemporary green morocco gilt	1842-9	GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00	GBP 29,210.00
75	George Vancouver	A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, London, 1798, first edition, 4 volumes (3 text and an atlas)	1798	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 19,050.00
57	Henri Abraham Chatelain	Atlas historique, Amsterdam, 1719-1721, 7 volumes, contemporary calf gilt	1719-1721	GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 15,240.00
94	Isaac Newton	Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica... editia tertia, London, 1726	1726	GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 15,240.00
9	Bernardo Bellotto	Five views of Dresden by Bernardo Bellotto known as Canaletto (1721-1781), mid-18th century	mid-18th century	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 11,430.00
69	Albert von Le Coq	Die Buddhistische Spatantike in Mitteklasien..., Berlin, 1924, 7 volumes in all (6 volumes, plus the scarce "Atlas zu den Wandmalereien" housed in cloth portfolio)	1924	GBP 1,800.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 9,525.00
73	Sir Marc Aurel Stein	Serindia. Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, Oxford, 1921, 6 volumes, original cloth	1921	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 9,525.00
60	Pascal Coste	Monuments Modernes de la Perse, 1867, first edition	1867	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 8,890.00
96	Baruch de Spinoza	Opera Posthuma quorum series post praefationem exhibiter, Amsterdam, 1677, contemporary vellum, first edition of Spinoza's posthumous works	1677	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 8,890.00
65	Sven Hedin	Southern Tibet. Discoveries in former times..., Stockholm: 1916-1922, first edition, 12 volumes in all (9 text volumes; 1 atlas volume; 2 volumes of maps in one slipcase; one illustrated leaflet on the work)	1916-1922	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 8,255.00
62	Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de Laperouse	Voyage... autour du monde. Paris, 1797, 5 volumes in all (4 text and an atlas)	1797	GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 8,255.00
61	Jean-Baptiste Du Halde	Description geographique... de l'empire de la Chine, Paris, 1735, 4 volumes, modern period style calf gilt	1735	GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 7,620.00
64	Sven Hedin	Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia 1899-1902, Stockholm, 1904-7, first edition, one of 300 copies, 10 parts plus 3 map volumes, original wrappers	1904-7	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 6,985.00
90	Rudyard Kipling	The Complete Works in Prose and Verse, 1937-39, 35 volumes, publisher's tan morocco gilt, first volume signed by the author	1937-39	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 6,985.00
58	Awnsham and John Churchill	A Collection of Voyages and Travels, 3rd edition, 1744-52, 8 volumes, contemporary calf gilt	1744-52	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 6,985.00
72	Sir Marc Aurel Stein	Ancient Khotan. Detailed report of archaeological explorations in Chinese Turkestan. Oxford, 1907, 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth	1907	GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 6,096.00
68	Albert von Le Coq	Chotscho..., Berlin, 1913, 2 volumes, contemporary black half morocco	1913	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 6,096.00

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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.
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.
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