Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Journey through time: Print and Bindings from the 15th to the 21st Century, 90725, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 07, 2025 - September 07, 2025

Page Size: 409 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
202	Keizo Kando	Yochi Shiryaku Japanese World Geography Including Geography of the Western Hemispheres by Keizo Kondo published in 1877, Complete in Three Volumes.		1877	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
203		Shinsen Dainihon Eitai Setsuy? Mujinz? - Daily Encyclopedia, New Selection c1849 Volume one of the Two Volumes set.		c1849	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
204	Zeng Xianzhi	J?hasshiryaku Teihon or 18 Histories of China with Maps c1880 by Zeng Xianzhi Volume 2 to 7.		c1880	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
205	Artist : Huang Ran ?pseudonym).	Hand Drawn Colour Map of the City of Guangzhou (Canton) in China.		1844 (c1380s)	AUD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
206		Monteith's Geography 1) Monteith's Physical and Political Geography .			AUD 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
207		The Modern Pictorial World Atlas: With 64 pages of maps in full colour, 69 photographs in gravure of Peoples of the Earth and 120 pp gazetteer text and index.	Melbourne	circa 1938	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
208		1886 Blackie Atlas Descriptive Atlas Of The World And General Geography by W G Blackie.		(circa 1886-1893)	AUD 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
209		1682 Jacob Keur Dutch Bible - Jan Willemsz Calkoen Family The New Testament, or all the books of the new covenant of our lord Jesus Christ by order of the High Court: Lords States General of the United Netherlands, and according to the decree of the Nat		1682	AUD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
210		Japanese Manga Travel Maps. 12 panels, missing map No.2 to make it complete.		around 1925	AUD 1,600.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
211		Three shelves of books about China and Japan.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
212		Thirteen Books of Library of Japanese Art.		1950s.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
213		Japanese Hand-coloured Albumen Album 35x28cm.		Circa mid 1891-1910.	AUD 800.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
214		Gesta Dei per Francos, sive Orientalium expeditionum, et regni Francorum Hierosolimitani historia [Bound with] Liber secretorum fidelium crucisTerran Sanctam auctor Marinus Sanuto.	Hanau		AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 952.50
215		Paintings of China in different periods - the collection of the paintings in the National Palace Museum of China. Volume I to IV of the eight volume set.		1979 to 1983	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
216		1) Everlasting verdure of the immortal calyx: an album of flower studies by Lang Shining hua (Giuseppe Castiglione) Text in Chinese and English.	Taiwan	1976	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
217		A photographic print of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States.		early twentieth century	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
218		Briggs and Companies Patent Transferring Papers.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
219	by John Pulsford.	Quiet Hours	London	1857	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
220		The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated into English.		1649	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,397.00
221		Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah by Richard F.	London	1857	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
222		Anzac Memorial published by The Returned Soldiers Association in Sydney Australia, 25th April , 1916 ALONG WITH Map of The Dardanelles to Accompany ANZAC Memorial	Sydney	no date	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
223		Lest we forget. Our Empire Souvenir Diary 1930.	London	1924	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
224		Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley		1876	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
225	by Mary Card .	Mary Card's crochet book : no. 2 : new designs and arrangements for fancy-workers.		No date	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
226		The Life of Robert Bloomfield: In Type for the Blind by W. Moon,		1859	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold

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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.