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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.
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SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Øiesvold Collection
June 14, 2025SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: HIERONYMUS MÜNTZER (1437 – 1508): (Northern and Central Europe) No title recto. Nuremberg, 1493.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SIGISMUND VON HERBERSTEIN (1486 – 1566): «Commentari della Moscovia et partmente della Russia.» Venice, 1550.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.
![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.")
![SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a6aadc9-e8db-4fb2-aa16-7f58eb74076a.jpg "<b>SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14:</b> SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.")
![SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/bd397a02-a6b4-462a-b4de-cb43acf2f5aa.jpg "<b>SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14:</b> SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.")
![SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1b950440-d6d6-4570-be13-7859d69353e9.jpg "<b>SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14:</b> WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.")
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Chiswick Auctions: The Art of Nature
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Art of Nature | Total Sales (GBP) | 53,135.00 |
| Auction Date | April 29, 2025 - April 29, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 38,310.00 |
| Sale Number | #42925 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 49,040.00 |
| Total Lots | 46 | ||
| Sold Lots | 27 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 55,350.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 58.70% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 73,950.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 19 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 71.85% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 198 | JOHN GOULD (BRITISH, 1804-1881) | The Birds of Great Britain. |
GBP 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 30,240.00 | |
| 104 | WILHELM KUHNERT (GERMAN, 1865-1926) | Kudu |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 | |
| 222 | POSSIBLY BRITISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) | Moth, Insects and hibiscus flower |
1839 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,386.00 |
| 82 | CHARLES DARWIN | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, |
1866 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,071.00 |
| 41 | AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL (C. 1797) | Salix exigua |
1797 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 42 | ELIZABETH ANN BRISCOE (1780-1842) | A lychee |
1811 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 45 | AFTER RORY MCEWEN (SCOTTISH 1932-1982) | Flowering Artichoke |
1971 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 100 | PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER | On the Rhinoceroses now or lately living in the Society's Menagerie, extract from vol. IX of 'Transactions of the Zoological Society of London' (pp.645-660), |
1886 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 756.00 |
| 237 | JEAN-GABRIEL PRETRE (FRENCH, 1768-1849) | Owl Study |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 756.00 | |
| 105 | WILHELM KUHNERT (GERMAN, 1865-1926) | Young Springbok |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 630.00 | |
| 208 | SIR WILLIAM JARDINE (1800-1874) | Lanius collaris - Collared Shrike - Female & Young |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 630.00 | |
| 111 | ALPHONSE MILNE-EDWARDS & A. GRANDIDIER ET AL. | Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar...Vol.IX. |
1875 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 504.00 |
| 211 | HENRY CHARLES INNES FRIPP (BRITISH, 1867-1963) | The Goose Girl |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 504.00 | |
| 110 | THOMAS BEWICK (BRITISH, 1753 - 1828) | A collection of 14 wood engravings from 'A General History of Quadrupeds', |
1820 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 454.00 |
| 106 | WILHELM KUHNERT (GERMAN, 1865-1926) | North American Rattlesnake |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 378.00 | |
| 178 | SAMUEL BROOKES, | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF CONCHOLOGY, 1815 |
1815 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 378.00 |
| 1 | THE HOUSTON MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION, 1933 |
1933 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 353.00 | |
| 47 | CYANOTYPE BOTANICAL STUDIES, c.1880 |
c.1880 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 353.00 | |
| 43 | VICTORIAN PRESSED FLOWER ALBUM | Album with 82 pages with pressed flowers each with printed or manuscript notes describing each and dated, presented within mounts, contemporary half morocco, a.e.g., sm. Folio |
[1893-94] | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 328.00 |
| 209 | CHARLES FREDERICK TUNNICLIFFE (BRITISH, 1901-1979) | Lapwings and Golden Plover |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 302.00 | |
| 210 | CHARLES FREDERICK TUNNICLIFFE (BRITISH, 1901-1979) | Shelduck Family and Magpies |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 302.00 | |
| 206 | ROLAND GREEN (BRITISH, 1890-1972) | Snipe |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 227.00 | |
| 40 | ELIZABETH BLACKWELL. | A CURIOUS HERBAL...A collection of 12 hand-coloured copperplates from this magnificent herbal |
[1737-39] | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 189.00 |
| 83 | LONDON ZOO INTEREST- Animals Studies, 1950s-1970s |
1950s-1970s | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 151.00 | |
| 199 | ARTHUR G. BUTLER | BRITISH BIRDS WITH THEIR NESTS AND EGGS, |
[1896 - 98] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 126.00 |
![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.")
