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Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
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Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000. -
ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/16cfdea8-0749-44a9-b801-b991dc2eaa21.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. <i>De remediis utriusque fortunæ,</i> [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/46e14fa0-19d2-42b7-9994-312d5ae3df4d.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> GAZA (THÉODORE). <i>[...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum,</i> Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/13d0418d-fffb-4841-9721-851464785bd9.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> LUTHER (MARTIN). <i>Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri,</i> Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.")
ALDE: Mountain Books and Paintings
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Mountain Books and Paintings | Total Sales (EUR) | 125,914.00 |
| Auction Date | April 09, 2025 - April 09, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 71,330.00 |
| Sale Number | #40925 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 96,390.00 |
| Total Lots | 212 | ||
| Sold Lots | 144 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 101,540.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 67.92% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 136,050.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 68 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 92.55% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 178 | ESCUDIE (Achille). | Les Aretes de la Meije. |
1930 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 9,125.00 |
| 232 | SAUSSURE (Horace-Benedict de). | Voyages dans les Alpes, precedes d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Geneve. |
1779-1796. | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,750.00 |
| 191 | GLENNIE (John David). | Views on the continent. |
1841 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 5,625.00 |
| 215 | MONSON (John Frederick), HAGUE (Louis) et GILLY (William Stephen). | Views in the Department of the Isere and the high Alps. |
1840 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 134 | AGASSIZ (Louis). | Etude sur les glaciers. |
1840 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,750.00 |
| 201 | [JACQUES (Andre)] - GRANGE (Francois). | Paysans savoyards. |
1921 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,750.00 |
| 10 | DESSAIX (Joseph) et EYMA (Xavier). | Nice et Savoie. Sites pittoresques, monuments, description et histoire des departements de la Savoie, de la Haute-Savoie et des Alpes-Maritimes (ancienne province de Nice) reunis a la France en 1860. |
1864 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 4,500.00 |
| 177 | ECKENSTEIN (Oscar) et August LORRIA. | The Alpine Portfolio. The Pennine Alps, from the Simplon to the Great St. Bernard. |
s.d. [1889]. | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,250.00 |
| 153 | COCKBURN (James Pattison). | Views to illustrate the route of Mont Cenis, drawn from nature by Major Cockburn. |
1822 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 3,500.00 |
| 145 | BONNEY (Thomas George) et WALTON (Elijah). | The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. |
1868 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,375.00 |
| 159 | DELUC (Jean-Andre) et DENTAND (Pierre Gedeon). | Relation de differents voyages dans les Alpes du Faucigny. |
1776 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 139 | BARNARD (George). | Switzerland : scenes and incidents of travel in the Bernese Oberland..., drawn from nature and stone by George Barnard. |
[1843]. | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 234 | SCHEUCHZER (Johann Jacob). | Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerla uber die sndes, samt seinen Reisenchweitzerische Gebuge. |
1746 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 239 | SMITH (Albert). | Programme of Mr Albert Smith's ascent of Mont-Blanc, August, 12th & 13th 1851. |
1853 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 35 | ABRATE (Angelo). | Grandes Jorasses, l'arete des Hirondelles. |
1944 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,375.00 |
| 209 | LORRIA (August) et MARTEL (Edouard-Alfred). | Les Grandes Alpes. Le massif de la Bernina. |
1894 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,375.00 |
| 164 | [DREVET (Joanny)] - CHAGNY (Andre). | En Savoie. |
1923 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,250.00 |
| 13 | FAVRE DE LA VALBONNE (Rene). | Le bien public pour le faict de la justice, propose a Madame Royale, Madame Chrestienne de France, duchesse de Savoie. etc. OEuvre tres necessaire pour le public et tres utile pour tous ceux qui ont de l'employ aux affaires de justice. Divise en 4 parties |
1646 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,125.00 |
| 62 | DORIVAL (Geo). | Chamonix - Mont-Blanc. |
1921 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,125.00 |
| 40 | AULDJO (John) (attribue a). | Six dessins relatant l'ascension du Mont-Blanc : Scaling a wall of ice, Passage of a block of ice in a crevice, A dangerous part of the glacier, Bridge of snow where the party Breakfasted, Passing a cliff, Sliding down a snow hill. |
[1827]. | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,000.00 |
| 194 | GRUNER (Gottlieb Sigmund). | Histoire naturelle des glacieres de la Suisse. |
1770 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,000.00 |
| 199 | HERING (George Edwards). | The mountains and the lakes sketches in Switzerland, the Tyrol and Italy, from drawings made during a tour through those countries. |
1847 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,875.00 |
| 235 | SCHEUCHZER (Johann Jacob). | Ouresiphoitis Helveticus, sive itinera Alpina. |
1708 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,875.00 |
| 246 | VILLENEUVE (Louis Jules Frederic) et ENGELMANN (Godefroy). | Vues de Suisse. |
1823-1832. | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,875.00 |
| 185 | FILIPPI (Filippo de). | La spedizione nel Karakoram e nell'Imalaia Occidentale, 1909. |
1912 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,688.00 |
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
