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Peter Arnold: Natural History Books, Rare Maps, Fanfrolico Press books, Voyages and Travels incl. Antarctica

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Auction Name Natural History Books, Rare Maps, Fanfrolico Press books, Voyages and Travels incl. Antarctica Total Sales (AUD) 661,606.50
Auction Date August 03, 2024 - August 03, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 365,900.00
Sale Number #80324 High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 487,250.00
Total Lots 204
Sold Lots 167 Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 421,900.00
% of Lots Sold 81.86% High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 560,950.00
Unsold Lots 37 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 117.94%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
13 GOULD, John.

The mammals of Australia.

1843-63. AUD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 AUD 95,250.00
57 ECKEBRECHT, Philip.

Nova orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum.

1630 but not earlier than 1658. AUD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 AUD 76,200.00
43 [BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRE, Charles].

Carte de la Nouvelle Hollande et des archipels situes au Nord et a l'Est de cette Ile. Dressee pour servir au voyage de M. D'Entrecasteaux, Commandant les Fregates Francoises la Recherche et l'Esperance expediees du Port de Brest en 1791, pour aller a la

1791 AUD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 AUD 40,640.00
76 THEVENOT, Melchisedech.

Hollandia Nova: Terre Australe.

1663 AUD 24,000.00 - 28,000.00 AUD 33,020.00
92 KING, Captain Phillip Parker, FITZROY, Captain Robert and DARWIN, Charles.

Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing the examination of the southern shores of South America and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe.

1839 AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 AUD 25,400.00
194 BHORE GHAUT RAILWAY INCLINE.

Album of 46 mounted photographs, albumen prints,

c. 1856-1863. AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 AUD 25,400.00
71 PROESCHEL, Frederick.

The most complete popular & mercantile map of Melbourne, Victoria.

1853 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 20,320.00
46 BLAEU, Joan.

Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula.

1662 AUD 16,000.00 - 18,000.00 AUD 19,050.00
44 BLAEU, Willem.

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula.

circa 1630. AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 AUD 18,415.00
56 [DONCKER, Hendrick.

Oosterdeel van Oost Indien.

1660 AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 14,605.00
108 [CARMICHAEL, John].

Post Office, George Street, Sydney [manuscript title, Sydney, 1847].

1847 AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 14,605.00
47 BLAEU, Joan.

Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula.

circa 1675. AUD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 AUD 13,335.00
131 TENCH, Watkin.

A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales.

1793 AUD 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 AUD 13,335.00
48 BLAEU, Joan.

Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula.

circa 1680. AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 AUD 11,430.00
53 DE JODE, Gerard and Cornelis.

Novae Guineae forma & situs.

1593 AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 AUD 10,160.00
164 LINDSAY, Jack.

Homage to Sappho.

1928 AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 AUD 10,160.00
138 WINNECKE, Charles.

Journal of the Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1894.

1897 AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 AUD 9,525.00
39 MURCHISON, Roderick Impey.

The Silurian System, founded on geological researches . . .

1839 AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 8,890.00
204 TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

The hobbit, or there and back again.

1987 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 6,350.00
50 BOWEN, Emanuel.

A complete map of the southern continent, survey'd by Capt. Abel Tasman & depicted by order of the East India Company.

1744 AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 5,588.00
4 BROWN, Robert.

Vermischte botanische Schriften.

1825-1834. AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 5,334.00
63 HONDIUS, Jocodus.

Orbis terrae novissima descriptio.

1633 AUD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 AUD 5,334.00
60 HAM, Thomas.

Map of the Kennedy District, northern Queensland, shewing surveyed roads & bush tracks from Bowen, Townsville & Mackay, to the Cape River gold fields.

1868 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 5,080.00
118 [FIRST FLEET].

THE LONDON CHRONICLE. From Tuesday, March 24, to Thursday, March 26, 1789.

1789 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 5,080.00
62 HAYES, John.

A chart of Van Diemen's Land, the south extremity of New Holland, with the new discovered river, by the Ships Duke and Duchess.

1798 AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 4,826.00
  • Gros & Delettrez
    Travel: Books & Cartography
    6 February 2025
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: MUNSTER (Sebastian). Cosmographiae universalis lib. VI. Basilea
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: ORTELIUS (Abraham). Typus Orbis Terrarum. [Antwerp, 1587]
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: BRION DE LA TOUR (Louis). Atlas Monde. Paris, Desnos ou Jaillot, [1783 - An XIII-1799].
    Gros & Delettrez
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    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: ORTELIUS (Abraham). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Anvers, Christophe Plantin, 1579.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: VISSCHER (Nicolas Joannes). Theatrum praecipuarum urbium [...]
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: DE BRUYN (Cornelis). Voyage au Levant.
    Gros & Delettrez
    Travel: Books & Cartography
    6 February 2025
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: AZARA (Félix de). Voyages dans l'Amérique Méridionale.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: JOUTEL (Henri). Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. de la Sale […]
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: LA SALLE (René Robert Cavelier de) ; TONTI (Henri de). Dernières découvertes dans l’Amérique Septentrionale
    Gros & Delettrez
    Travel: Books & Cartography
    6 February 2025
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: NOLIN (Jean-Baptiste) ; CORONELLI (Vincenzo). L'Amérique septentrionale, ou, la partie septentrionale des Indes Occidentales […]
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: [Caroline du Sud]. A large draft of South Carolina from Cape Roman to Port Royal.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: PÉRON (François) ; FREYCINET (Louis de). Voyage de découverte aux terres australes.
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