Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Antiquarian books; the History of Science; First Editions & Associated copies, 22725, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 27, 2025 - February 27, 2025
Page Size: 486 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
467

9 books on Kama Sutra & Ananga Ranga or Sex and Love in India.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
468

16 books about Women and Sex in History. 1) Italian Women Confess Parca. 2) The Wilder Shoes of Love by Blanch 3) Sex and the Single Girl by Brown. ...

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
469

Six volumes of the Art Journal including: The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue Of The Industry Of All Nations 1851;

AUD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
470

1) Modern and Authentic System of Universal Geography, ...

no date circa 1800 AUD 120.00 - 260.00 Not Sold
471 George Bennett.

Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australasia being Observations Principally on the Animal and Vegetable Productions of New South Wales, New Zealand and some of the Austral Islands

1860 AUD 80.00 - 150.00 AUD 50.80
472

North and South America illustrated : from its first discovery to the present administration : ...

1862 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
473

1) The Royal Academy of Arts: Official Illustrated Catalogue of the Exhibition 1886.

1886 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
474

Ubatuba and Adjacent Anchorages - Bays and Anchorages on the East Coast of Brazil, Surveyed by Capt. E. Mouchez, French Imperial Navy, 1867-8,

1888 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
475 Capt. E. Mouchez

Victoria to St. Catharina by Capt. E. Mouchez, French Imperial Navy, 1856-68

1889 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
476

South Pacific. Marquesas Islands. Captain Pierre. 1875.

1883 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
477 Robert H. Schomburgk

Admiralty chart of the coast of British Guiana titled Mouth of the River Corentyn Surveyed by Robert H. Schomburgk 1837.

1884 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
478 Captain E. Mouchez

Admiralty chart of coastline of Brazil and Uruguay titled South America -- East Coast Sheet VII. Brazil Santa Catharina to Rio de la Plata. Santa Catharina Island to Lobos Island.

1888 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
479 Capt. Mouchez

Admiralty Chart of South America titled South America. East Coast Sheet II. Surinam to Cabo de Norte. Chiefly from a French chart of 1868

1888 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
480 Captain A Mostyn Field.

North Pacific Ocean. Fanning Island surveyed by Captain A Mostyn Field. HMS Penguin 1897.

1898 AUD 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
481 Capt. Mouchez

Admiralty chart of the South American coastline titled South America. East Coast Sheet III. Cabo do Norte to Maranham. The Western branch of the R. Amazona & coast north of it & Maranham Bay, corrected from the French charts of 1867-8

1884 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
482

Pacific Ocean. Solomon Islands to Ellice Islands.

London 1897 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
483 Commander C.H.M. Buckle

Admiralty chart of the Brazilian coastline titled San Joao Islands by Commander C.H.M. Buckle 1843.

1844 AUD 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
484 Lieut. A. Vital de Oliveira,

Pernambuco to Victoria from Surveys by Capt. E. Mouchez, French Imperial Navy, 1861 from Pernambuco to Rio San Fransisco

1889 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
485

Large map. South Pacific Ocean. Gambier Islands. Manga Reva Island. From the French Government Survey 1894-5.

1908 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
486 Capt. E. Mouchez

Maranham to Pernambuco from surveys by Capt. E. Mouchez of the French Imperial Navy, 1867

1873 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
487 Capt. E. Mouchez

The Port of Bahia de Totos os Santos by Capt. E. Mouchez, French Imperial Navy 1867,

1872 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
488

South America East Coast. Pernambuco to Maceio. Surveyed by A Vital de Oliveira or the Brazil Navy 1857-9. Magnetic variation 1883.

1881 AUD 120.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
489 E. Mouchez

The Entrance to the River Sao Francisco surveyed by E. Mouchez of the French Imperial Navy 1861, e

1882 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
490 Captain Denham.

South Pacific. Fiji or Viti Group. Nairai and Mbatiki Islands HMS Herald. 1855-6.

London 1866 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
491 A Vital de Oliveira

South America East Coast. Maceio to Rio de S. Francisco do Norte. Surveyed by A Vital de Oliveira or the Brazil Navy 1857-9. Correction 1884.

1884 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Johnson (C.). A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, 1724. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ordonez de Cevallos (Pedro). Viage del Mundo, 1st edition, Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1614. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: North America. Merian (Matthaus), Virginia..., 1627 or later. £1,500-2,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: World. Waldseemuller (Martin), Tabula Nova Totius Orbis, Vienne: 1541. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Erasmus (Desiderius). The ... paraphrase of Erasmus... 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1549. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Bible [English]. [The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament, 1562]. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Smith (Lucy). Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, 1st edition, 1853. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Derain (Andre). Pantagruel, signed limited edition, Albert Skira, 1943. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Large Paper edition, 1894. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ellison (Ralph). Invisible Man, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1952. £200-300
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Taschen Collector's Edition. Annie Leibovitz, limited edition, 2014. £1,000-1,500
  • Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 4: Various entertainers, Group of 30 items, signed or inscribed, various dates. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 27: John Adams, Autograph Letter Signed to Benjamin Rush introducing Archibald Redford, Paris, 1783. $35,000 to $50,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 36: Robert Gould Shaw, Autograph Letter Signed to his father from Camp Andrew, Boston, 1861. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 53: Martin Luther King Jr., Time magazine cover, signed and inscribed "Best Wishes," 1957. $5,000 to $7,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 127: Paul Gauguin, Autograph Letter regarding payment for paintings, with woodcut letterhead, 1900. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 169: Suck: First European Sex Paper, complete group of eight issues, 1969-1974. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 173: Black Panthers, The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately From Our Communities, poster, 1969. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 187: Marc Attali & Jacques Delfau, Les Erotiques du Regard, first edition, Paris, 1968. $300 to $500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 213: Andy Warhol, Warhol's Index Book, first printing, New York, 1967. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 215: Cookie Mueller, Archive of 17 items, including 4 items inscribed and signed. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 249: Jamie Reid, The Ten Lessons / The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle; Sex Pistols, chromogenic print with collage, signed, circa 1980. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Bonhams, Apr. 8: First report outside of the colonies of the American Revolution, from American accounts. Printed broadsheet, The London Evening-Post, May 30, 1775. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce, James. The earliest typescript pages from Finnegans Wake ever to appear at auction, annotated by Joyce, 1923. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce's Ulysses, 1923, one of only seven copies known, printed to replace copies destroyed in customs. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S COPY, INSCRIBED. Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento, 1667. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Bernoulli's Ars conjectandi, 1713. "... first significant book on probability theory." $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Aristotle's Politica. Oeconomica. 1469. The first printed work on political economy. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: John Graunt's Natural and political observations...., 1662. The first printed work of epidemiology and demographics. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: William Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas, 1786. The first work to pictorially represent information in graphics. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Anson's A Voyage Round the World, 1748. THE J.R. ABBEY-LORD WARDINGTON COPY, BOUND BY JOHN BRINDLEY. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: La Perouse's Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde..., 1797. LARGE FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Francesca Woodman's Some Disordered Interior Geometries, 1981. Untrimmed publisher's proof sheets. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Charles Schulz original 8-panel Peanuts Sunday comic strip, 1992, pen and ink over pencil, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Lucy as a psychiatrist. $20,000 - $30,000
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