Sworders: Books, Manuscripts and Maps, A1231, Essex

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 02, 2025 - November 02, 2025

Page Size: 376 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	HOMANN, J P	Two Maps: 1- (America) Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis Novissima Repraesentatio quam ex singulis recentium Geographorum Tabulis	Nuremberg	c.1730	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 325.00
2	HOMANN, J P	Two Maps: 1- [Africa] Accuratissima Totius Africae Tabula in Lucem Producia Per Tacobum de Sandrart Norimbergae	Nuremberg	c.1690	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 325.00
3	Dapper, Olfert	THREE MAPS OF AFRICA: 1- Africae Accurata Tabula ex Officina Jacobum Meursium		1686 or later	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
4	Sanson, N	3 Maps- AFRICA: 1- Afrique	Paris	1650	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
4a	Bernard, R	3 Maps: 1- Carte d'une partie de la Mer du Sud	Paris	c.1774	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00
5	KELLY, T	THREE MAPS, CHINA & ASIA: 1- A 19th century map of CHINA		Circa 1820	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
6		CHINA: Five MAPS & A Plate taken from: Staunton's: An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China		1796	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
7	Collins, Capt	Two Maps: 1- The Severn or Channell of Bristoll		C1693	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
8	SPEED, J	The Invasions of England and Ireland with all their Civill Wars since the Conquest		c.1627	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,312.50
9	JANSSON, J	Britannia prout divisa suit temporibus Anglo-Saxonium presertim durante illorum Heptarchia	Amsterdam	c.1700	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 787.50
10	Speed, J	ESSEX, TWO MAPS: 1- Essex divided into hundreds		1713	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
11	Andrews & Dury	MAPS OF HERTS. & ESSEX: 1- A Topographical Map of Hertford-shire from an Actual Survey, As an Index map to the large one		C1766	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 325.00
12	Saxton, C	Essexiae Comitat' Nova vera ac absaluta Descripto, 1576		C1595	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
13		Accurate Map of Cambridgeshire divided into its Hundreds Emanual Bowen			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
14	SPEED, J	Surrey Described and Divided into Hundreds		c.1627	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 225.00
15	Speed, J	Three Maps (Hand coloured, mounted, framed & glazed): 1- Huntington Both Shire and Shire Towne with the Ancient Citie Ely Described			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 325.00
16	van den Keere	Four Maps (Hand coloured, mounted, framed & glazed): 1- Surrey		c.1632	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
17	Morden	Four Maps (all 41 x 34cm & hand coloured): Gloucestershire			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
18	Mercator	Four 17th. Century Maps,1- Warwicum, Northhamtonia		17th. Century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
19	Braun (Georg & Hogenberg Franz)	Oxford. Oxonium Nobile Anglie oppidum.	[Oxford / Windsor Castle]	[1572 - 98]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 300.00
20	Greenwood, C&J	(Five hand coloured Maps): 1- Map of the county of Buckingham from an actual survey made in the years 1832-33		April 1834	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
21	Blaeu, J	MAPS OF DORSET & SUSSEX: 1- Comitatus Dorcestria Vulgo Anglice Dorsetshire			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 287.50
22	Cary, J	MAPS OF SUFFOLK, Etc: 1- Map of Suffolk from the best authorities	Stockdale	1805	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
23	OGILBY, John	Road Maps- 1- The Road from London to the City of Bristol	London	c1675	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
24	OGILBY, J	TWO ROAD MAPS: 1- The Road from Chelmsford in Essex to St. Edmonds-Bury in Suffolk & Safron-Walden in Essex		C1698	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00

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.
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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.