Chorley's: The September Auctions, 92325, Gloucestershire

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 23, 2025 - September 24, 2025

Page Size: 353 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
495	[Smith (Horace)]	Reuben Apsley	London	1827	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
496	Search (Edward) [Tucker (Abraham)]	The Light of Nature Pursued	London	1768	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
497	Chesterfield (Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of)	Letters ...Published by Eugenia Stanhope,	Dublin	1774	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
498	Hill (Aaron)	The Works of the late Aaron Hill, Esq ... with an Essay on the Art of Acting	London	1754	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
499		[Chesterfield (Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of)] to include [Anon] The Life of the late Earl of Chesterfield: or The Man of the World ... delivered in a Series of Letters to his Son, Printed:	Philadephia,	1775	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
500	Martin (Benjamin)	The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy, in a continued Survey of the Works of Nature and Art	London	1772-1782	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 650.00
501	[Anon]	De Re Rustica; or, The Repository for Select Papers on Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures	London	1769-70	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 234.00
502	[Moore (John)]	Zeluco Various Views of Human Nature, taken from Life and Manners, Foreign and Domestic in two volumes	London	1789	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
503	Cicero (Marcus Tullius)	Opera, quae supersunt, omnia, cum asconio & Scholiaste Veteri ... Isaacus Verburgius collegit ...,	Amsterdam	1724	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
504		[18th Century periodicals] to include Cumberland (Richard) The Observer	London	1786-1791	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
505	[Moore (John)]	Zeluco Various Views of Human Nature, taken from Life and Manners, Foreign and Domestic in two volumes	London	1789	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
506	[Austen (James)]	The Loiterer A Periodical Work, in two volumes, Printed for the author; and sold by Messrs. Prince and Cooke,	Oxford,	1790	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
507	[Various Authors]	A Collection of Poems ....by Several Hands	London	1758	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
508	Elphinston (James)	Education in four Books	London	1763	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
509	[Anon]	The Daily Journal or The Gentleman's and Tradesman's Complete Annual Accompt-Book	London	1764	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
510	[Anon]	Authentic Memoirs, Memorandums, and Confessions. Taken from the journal of his Predatorial Majesty, the King of the Swindlers	London	[c.1800]	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,235.00
511	[Anon]	Prophecies Delivered by a Descendant from the Oracle of Delphos,	Dublin	[1791]	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.00
512	[Willoughby (Bertie, Earl of Abingdon)]	An Adieu to the Turf: A Poetical Epistle from the E---l of A------n to His Grace The A--------p of Y---k	London	1778	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
513	[Anon]	Sketches from Nature, in High Preservation, by the most Honourable Masters	London	1779	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
514	Hanway (Jonas)	Virtue in Humble Life	London	1777	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
515	Hurdis (James)	The Favourite Village: A Poem,	Bishopstone, Sussex	1800	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
516	Toland (John) and [des Maizeaux (Pierre)]	A Collection of Several Pieces of Mr John Toland	London	1726	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,170.00
517	[Anon]	The Aviary: Or, Magazine of British Melody	London	[c.1745]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 234.00
518	D'Urfey (Thomas)	Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy; being a Collection of the Best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New	London	1719	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 585.00
519	[Sorel (Charles)]	The Comical History of Francion	London	1727	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 585.00

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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.
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.