Tooveys: Antiquarian and Collectors' Books, 112625, West Sussex

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025

Page Size: 216 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
4152	William BOUTCHER	TREES. -- A Treatise on Forest-Trees: Containing Not only the best Methods of their Culture hitherto practised, but a variety of new and useful Discoveries	Edinburgh	1775	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 75.00
4153	Gabriel RICHARDSON	EUROPE. -- Of the State of Europe	Oxford	1627	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 162.50
4154	HEYLYN, Peter	Ecclesia Restaurata; or, the History of the Reformation of the Church of England	London	1661	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 150.00
4155	WOOLNOTH, William	A Graphical Illustration of the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Canterbury; accompanied by a History and Description	London	1816	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
4156	[CARY, Henry, Viscount of Falkland]	The History of the Life, Reign, and Death of Edward II	London	1680	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 106.25
4157	FULLER, Thomas	[The History of the Holy Warre]	Cambridge	1639	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 87.50
4158	[COLQUHOUN, Patrick]	A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis, Explaining the Various Crimes and Misdemeanours Which at Present are Felt as a Pressure Upon the Community	London	1796	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 225.00
4159	Claudius CLAUDIANUS	CLAUDIAN. -- Cl. Claudiani Opera Quae Extant, Interpretatione et Annotationibus Illustrauit Gulielmus Pyrrho	Paris	1677	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 62.50
4160	GODWIN, Francis, Bishop	Annales of England containing the Reignes of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Queen Mary...	[London]	1630	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 125.00
4161	BOCCACCIO, Giovanni	Geneologia de gli dei... Tradotti e adornati per M. Giuseppe Betussi da Bassano	Venice	1553	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
4162	[Nicholas BIDDLE]	AMERICA. -- Commercial Regulations of the Foreign Countries with which the United States have Commercial Intercourse	Washington	1819	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 100.00
4163	William PALEY	CRIMEAN WAR. -- The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy	London	1814	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 31.25
4164	William HONE	[CRIUCKSHANK, George]. -- Hone's Popular Political Tracts	London	[circa 1820]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 175.00
4165	SHARP, Samuel	Letters From Italy, Describing the Customs and Manners of that Country, in the Years 1765, and 1766	London	1766	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
4166	[YOUNG, Arthur]	The Farmer's Kalendar; or, A Monthly Directory for all sorts of Country Business...	London	1771	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 93.75
4167	CLARKE, Hewson	An Impartial History of the Naval, Military and Political Events from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Entrance of the Allies into Paris	Bungay, Suffolk	[1816-1817]	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 81.25
4168	Vivian Locke ELLIS	PEAR TREE PRESS. -- Epode	Flansham, Bognor Regis	1915	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 106.25
4169	[James Wentworth FITZWILLIAM]	SUSSEX. -- Parham in Sussex	London	1947	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 81.25
4170	MANTELL, Gideon	The Fossils of the South Downs	London	1822	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 212.50
4171	DIXON, Frederick	The Geology of Sussex; or the Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex...	Brighton	1878	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 62.50
4172	HAYLEY, William	The Life of George Romney Esq.	Chichester	1809	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 37.50
4173	Albert DE LIEGE	TYPESCRPT. -- A Few Impressions and Experiences of Active Service in East Africa and Other Places During the First World War	[N.p.]	[circa 1950]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 550.00
4174		MANUSCRIPT. [A hand-written transcription of litigation relating to a 'Decree of Reduction' between two members of a Scottish family]	[Edinburgh: n.p.]	[1763]	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 106.25
4175		MANUSCRIPT. Historia Universa et Supplemin Parenesim]	[N.p.]	[circa 1650]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 375.00
4176		MANUSCRIPT. [An account book for 'Muffets' Farm]	[N.p.]	[1807-1809]	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 187.50

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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.