Sworders: Books, Manuscripts and Maps, A1231, Essex

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
249 Walt Disney (Large collection, including)

Mickey Mouse story book

Philadelphia 1931 GBP 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
250 William, Vincent

Voyage de Nearque des bouches de l'Indus jusqu'a l'Euphrate ou le journal de l'expedition de la flotte d'Alexandre

Paris 1800 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
251 Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [with] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

1892 & 1894 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 450.00
252

Missale Tolosanum, illustrissimi et Stephani Caroli

Tolosae 1773 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
253 Auroux, Nicolas

Les Reiovissances de la Paix

Lyon 1660 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
254

JUVENAL - PERSIUS [Satyrae]

Venice August 1501 [but circa 1515] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 450.00
255

Libro d'ore di Ferrante d'Aragona

Turin 1960 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
257 Priorato, Galeazzo Gualdo

Two, 17th. Century books in French: 1- Histoire du ministere du cardinal Jules Mazarin

Amsterdam 1671 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 112.50
258 Oskar Kokoschka

O Ewigkeit - Du Donnerwort

Berlin 1918 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 550.00
259

1- C. Sallustii Crispi Coniuratio Catilinae et Bellum Iugurthinum

Lugduni 1570 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 225.00
260

1- Eliae Schedii de Dis Germanis, sive veteri germanorum, gallorum, britannorum, vandalorum religione syngrammata quatuor

Amsterdam 1648 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
261 PLUTARCO

1538- Plutarch: Graecorum Romanorumque illustrium vitae

Venice 1538 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 275.00
262

Viaggi di Pietro della Valle IL Pellegrino

1650 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 450.00
263 Dionigi de Carli

Der nach Venedig uberbrachte Mohr

[1692] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
264 JUSTINUS, Marcus Junianus

1590- Giustino historico illustre

Venetia 1590 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 125.00
265 Appiani, Alexandrini

1529- De civilibus Romanorum bellis historiaru(m) libri quinq(ue)

Mainz 1529 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 200.00
266 Botero (Giovanni)

Relationi Universali di Giovanni Botero Benese

[Venice] [1671] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 450.00
267 ZUCCHELLI, Antonio

Relazioni del viaggio e missione di Congo nell'Etiopia

Venezia 1712 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 225.00
268 KRUMP, Theodore

Hoher und Fruchtbahrer Palm-Baum des Heiligen Evangelii...

Augsburg 1710 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 156.25
269 CORONELLI, Vincenzo

Viaggio d'Italia in Inghilterra

Venezia 1697 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 325.00
270 Diodorus Siculus

1526- Delle antique historie fabulose nuovamente fatto volgare & con diligenza stampato

Firenze 1526 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
271 Lassel(s), Richard

Ausfuhrliche reisebeschreibung durch italien...

Frankfurt 1696 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
272 [Al-Wazzan al-Fasi, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad]

Joannis Leonis Africani Africae Descriptis IX lib absoluta

Leyden 1632 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 225.00
273

A Large collection of Indentures

17th. Century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 525.00
274

Manuscript: A survey of the Manor and Parish of Northaw in the county of Hertford

London 1752 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 112.50
  • 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.