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Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Bernardus Sylvanus, one of the earliest printed maps of the New World, woodcut, Venice, 1511. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Johannes Blaeu, Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula, Amsterdam, 1662. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Emanuel Bowen & John Gibson, Atlas Minimus, miniature atlas, London, 1758. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Henry Andrews, The Botanist's Repository for New & Rare Plants, London, 1797-1815. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: John James Audubon, Night Heron or Qua Bird, Plate CCXXXVI, hand-colored aquatint, 1835. $25,000 to $35,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Basilius Besler, group of 30 folio engravings, Hortus Eystettensis, Eichstatt, 1613. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Henri Chatelain, Carte Tres Curieuse de la Mer du Sud..., Amsterdam, 1719. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Arnoldus Montanus, Die Unbekante Neue Welt..., German text edition, Amsterdam, 1673. $4,000 to $6,000.
ANZAAB Joint Catalogue: BULLER, Walter Lawry. A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. London, Van Voorst, 1873. Special De-Luxe edition of this already rare work.

ANZAAB Joint Catalogue: GIBBS, May. Gum-Nut Babies. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, Ca. 1918.

ANZAAB Joint Catalogue: SWIFT, Jonathan. TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD. London: Printed for Benj.Motte. 1727.

ANZAAB Joint Catalogue: JUKES, Joseph Beete. NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGE OF H.M.S. FLY… London: T. & W. Boone, 1847. First Edition.

ANZAAB Joint Catalogue: SOMERVILLE, E OE. IN THE VINE COUNTRY. London: W H Allen & Co Limited, 1893.

ANZAAB Joint Catalogue: MAWE, John. The voyager’s companion, or shell collector’s pilot. London : 1825. Rare.

ANZAAB Joint Catalogue: PARKINSON, John. Theatrum Botanicum, The Theater of Plants… London, Thomas Cotes, 1640.

ANZAAB Joint Catalogue: c. 1150 decorated MONASTIC MISSAL LEAF, Southern Germany/Austria.

ANZAAB Joint Catalogue: LEGGE, Captain W. Vincent. A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF CEYLON. London, The Author, 1880.

ANZAAB Joint Catalogue: AUNT HANNAH. SOME ADVENTURES IN THE LIFE OF A COCKATOO. Published in New York by R. Shugg and Co., 1872.
<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 & 10 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Joyce (James), Ulysses, 4to, Paris: (Shakespeare & Co.) 1922, First Edn. €7,000 to €9,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Of the Utmost Rarity with Swift Association. Harward (Michael). Philomath. A New Almanack for the Year of Our Lord, 1666. €6,000 to €9,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: With Full Complement of Hand Coloured & Other Plates. Rosellini (Ippolito). Monumenti dell Egitto e della Nubia, Vols. I, II, & III Plate Volumes only. €5,000 to €7,000.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 & 10 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: With Magnificent Hand Coloured Plates. [Bivort, Debabay, & others] Annales de Pomologie, 8 vols., folio, Brussels, 1853-1861. €4,000 to €6,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: With Very Fine Coloured Plates & Illustrations. Barbier (George) Vogel (Lucien) & others, Gazette du Bon Ton - Arts-modes et frivolities, 1914 to 1922. €4,000 to €6,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: “I have seen War... I hate War," Signed Presentation Copy to William C. Bullitt, Roosevelt (Franklin D.) August 14, 1936. €3,000 to €4,000.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 & 10 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Victorian Hostess & Horticulturist. An Important Collection Relating to Lady Dorothy Nevill (1826-1913). €2,500 to €3,200.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Fine Original Portrait Photos of The O'Brien Ladies by Margaret Cameron. Two black and white Photos, each 8" x 10". €1,200 to €1,800.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: James Hume Nesbitt Illustrations: A collection of twelve pen and ink Drawings and Etchings intended for publication as book of illustrations for his thriller novels. €800 to €1,200.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 & 10 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Attributed to Kitagawa Utamavo (1753-1806). A pair of attractive colourful woodblock prints, of Court Ladies in decorative robes with numerous stamps and script. €800 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Contemporaneous Notes from Captain Cook's Voyage Travel: [Anon] Voyage to the South Sea by Mr. Banks, Mr. Parkinson and Dr. Solender, with Capt. Cooke, a 7 page m/ss document. €700 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Very Rare First U.K. Edition with Yellow Paper Band. Herbert (Frank). Dune, 8vo London (Victor Gollancz Ltd.) 1966. €500 to €700.

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Ketterer Kunst Doerling

Auction House Name	Ketterer Kunst Doerling
Site URL	http://www.kettererkunst.de
About Us	Auctions of rare books, also appraisals. Begun in 1947 as fine art dealers, business has now expanded to include rare books. There is an office in Berlin and representatives in Lausanne and New York.Room, absentee, and phone bidding available.
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AUCTION LIST

11/30/2020 - 11/30/2020, Rare Books, #509

<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: SHERBURNE, BRANTZ, and WIRGMAN. The Original Drawings of the First Modern Scientific Survey of the Patapsco River and Chesapeake Bay. $350,000 to $500,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: LAFON, Barthelemy. The Earliest Comprehensive Survey of Louisiana and its Adjacent Regions. $350,000 to $450,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: Giacomo GASTALDI. The Most Important Renaissance Wall Map of Asia Published in the 16th Century – with all four sheets having full margins. $300,000 to $400,000.

<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: CAO, Junyi. The Most Important Map of China to Come to Market in 50 Years. One of only three known copies of the last Ming Dynasty world map. $325,000 to $375,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: ORTELIUS, Abraham. Ortelius Atlas Spanish 1588 Magnificently Rich Original Hand Color in Full. $225,000 to $350,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: An Exceptionally Fine and Historically Important Manuscript Map Showing the Origins of Texas in the 19th Century. $250,000 to $350,000.

<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: PRICE, William and BONNER, John. Map of Boston 1769. $225,000 to $325,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: John James AUDUBON. Audubon’s Brilliant Icon, That Has Never Been Equaled for Drama. $150,000 to $250,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: Pierre-Joseph REDOUTE. Original Watercolor, Red Lily. $175,000 to $250,000.

<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: John James AUDUBON. The Most Famous Image of a Bird in All of History. $150,000 to $200,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: Martin WALDSEEMULLER. The Finest Example in Existence of Martin Waldseemuller’s Map of the New World, with Spectacular Full Original Color. $150,000 to $200,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: GORDON, Peter. The First State of the First View of Savannah: The Template for American Urban Planning. $100,000 to $150,000.
<center>Sotheby’s English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations 1 – 8 December, 2020

Sotheby’s, 1-8 Dec.: JAMES OF MILAN | Pricking of love, illuminated manuscript in Middle English [England, fifteenth century]. £60,000 to £80,000.

Sotheby’s, 1-8 Dec.: BEARDSLEY | The Toilet of Helen, original ink drawing for Savoy, 1895. £30,000 to £50,000.

Sotheby’s, 1-8 Dec.: DICKENS | A Christmas Carol, 1844, seventh edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author. £20,000 to £30,000.

<center>Sotheby’s English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations 1 – 8 December, 2020

Sotheby’s, 1-8 Dec.: DARWIN | For Private Distribution... Extracts from Letters addressed to Professor Henslow..., 1835, original wrappers. £70,000 to £90,000.

Sotheby’s, 1-8 Dec.: DEFOE | Autograph manuscript poem, 'Resignation', 1708. £20,000 to £30,000.

Sotheby’s, 1-8 Dec.: GRAHAME | The Wind in the Willows, 1908, first edition, dust-jacket. £12,000 to £16,000.
<center>Sotheby’s Livres et Manuscrits 7 – 15 December, 2020

Sotheby’s, 7 – 15 Dec.: [RELIURE BRODÉE]. Horae beatissimae... Anvers, 1570. Reliure brodée de la Renaissance aux armes du duc d'Anjou. €50,000 to €70,000.

Sotheby’s, 7 – 15 Dec.: ARTOIS, comte d', futur Charles X. 75 lettres autographes au comte de Vaudreuil entre 1792 et 1804. €15,000 to €20,000.

Sotheby’s, 7 – 15 Dec.: [Pascal, Blaise]. Lettres de A. Dettonville ... Paris, 1658-1659. Rarissime édition originale en reliure de l'époque. €30,000 to €50,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Livres et Manuscrits 7 – 15 December, 2020

Sotheby’s, 7 – 15 Dec.: Aragon, Louis. Ens. de 8 ouvrages avec envois à Jacques Lacan, dont "Blanche et l'oubli", 1967, sur grand papier. €2,000 to €3,000.

Sotheby’s, 7 – 15 Dec.: Fermat, Pierre de. Varia opera mathematica. Toulouse,1679. Petit in-folio. Edition originale. De la bibliothèque de Jacques Lacan. €6,000 to €8,000.

Sotheby’s, 7 – 15 Dec.: Leduc, Violette. La Bâtarde. 1958-1963. Important manuscrit autographe, premier jet. 20 cahiers, env 2048 p. ms. €40,000 to €60,000.