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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€ -
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000 -
Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Printed Books, Maps & Documents. Travel, Exploration & Natural History
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Printed Books, Maps & Documents. Travel, Exploration & Natural History | Total Sales (GBP) | 296,111.54 |
| Auction Date | March 05, 2025 - March 05, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 139,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #30525 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 211,640.00 |
| Total Lots | 497 | ||
| Sold Lots | 432 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 159,750.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 86.92% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 242,640.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 65 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 122.04% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 391 | The Gentleman's Magazine, or Monthly Intelligencer, 158 volumes, 1731-1852 |
1731-1852 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 7,930.00 | |
| 352 | Persian playing cards. As Nas cards, 19th century |
19th century | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 7,584.00 | |
| 171 | Saxton (Christopher), | Promontorium Hoc in Mare Projectum Cornubia Dicitur, 1579 |
1579 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 6,588.00 |
| 40 | Lawson (John Parker). | Scotland Delineated in a Series of Views..., 2 volumes, 1854 |
1854 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,344.00 |
| 235 | Blaeu (W. J.), | Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica..., 1635 - 58 |
1635 - 58 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 5,368.00 |
| 19 | Morrison (Robert). | Translations from the Original Chinese, with Notes, Canton [but Macao], 1815 |
1815 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 4,392.00 |
| 424 | Clarkson (Christopher, 1938-2017). | Bindings in Cambridge Libraries, by G. D. Hobson, 1929 |
1929 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 4,392.00 |
| 308 | Volckamer (Johann Christoph, 1644-1720). | Ten Engravings of Citrus Fruit [1708 - 14] |
1708 - 14, | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 4,297.60 |
| 64 | Company School. | Exotic Birds, five watercolours on wove paper |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 4,044.80 | |
| 240 | Arena (Filippo, 1708-1789). | A collection of 36 Botanical Engravings, 1767 |
1767 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 4,044.80 |
| 71 | Darwin (Charles). | On the Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, 1860 |
1860 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,904.00 |
| 38 | Havell (Robert). | A Series of Picturesque Views of the River Thames..., 1818 |
1818 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,416.00 |
| 93 | Jardine (William). | The Naturalist's Library, 42 volumes, Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1833-43 |
1833-43 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,294.00 |
| 98 | Mattioli (Pietro Andrea). | Commentarii Secundo Aucti, 1558 |
1558 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,928.00 |
| 354 | Playing cards. Crimean War pack, Germany or Belgium?, circa 1860, & 29 others |
circa 1860 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,528.00 | |
| 26 | Atkyns (Robert). | The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire, 1st ed., 1712 |
1712 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,440.00 |
| 43 | Moll (Herman). | A New Description of England and Wales with the adjacent Islands..., 1724 |
1724 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,440.00 |
| 457 | Middle East. A collection of late 19th & early 20th Century Middle East reference & related |
1856 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,440.00 | |
| 462 | India. A collection of 19th & early 20th Century India reference & related |
1803 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,440.00 | |
| 77 | Donovan (Edward). | Natural History of British Insects, 1st edition, 1792-1813 |
1792-1813 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,318.00 |
| 25 | Atkyns (Robert). | The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, 2nd ed., 1768 |
1768 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,074.00 |
| 76 | Donovan (Edward). | Natural History of British Fishes, 5 volumes bound in 3, 1st edition, 1808 |
1808 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,074.00 |
| 108 | Racehorses. A bound collection of 17 engraved plates, circa 1750 |
circa 1750 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 2,074.00 | |
| 18 | Lewis (John Frederick). | Lewis's Sketches of Spain & Spanish Character, 1st edition, 1835 |
1835 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,952.00 |
| 169 | Speed (John), | Britain as it was devided in the tyme of the English Saxons..., [1611] |
1611 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,830.00 |
