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Auction Name	NAPOLI 2500: History of a city and its territory	Total Sales (EUR)	77,974.60
Auction Date	September 29, 2025 - September 29, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	34,480.00
Sale Number	#92925	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	50,790.00
Total Lots	200
Sold Lots	140.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	50,830.00
% of Lots Sold	70.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	73,280.00
Unsold Lots	60	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	106.41%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
4	Pino Giovan Battista	Pino Giovan Battista - Reasoning about the donkey, 1549	between 1560 and 1563].	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00	EUR 3,216.00
195	Michele Torcia	Michele Torcia - Report of the last eruption of Vesuvius which occurred in the month of August of this year 1779, 1779	1779	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 2,144.00
41		Tragic and amorous events that occurred in Naples or elsewhere to the Neapolitans...History of Heresies of Sister Giulia di Manco [Marco], and her followers., 1670		EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,010.00
120	Joannes de Alcala et Burgos - Giulio del Pozzo	Joannes de Alcala et Burgos - Giulio del Pozzo - Flores Genealogical Augustae Familiae Juliae Falviae Lascarae - Imperialis Gentis Lascaris Genealogy., 1727	1727	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,010.00
191	Maria Giuseppe Mecatti	Maria Giuseppe Mecatti - Historical-philosophical account of Vesuvius and in particular of what happened in this last eruption which began on 25 October 1751 and ceased on 25 February 1752 in the place called the Atrio del Cavallo., 1752	1752	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,876.00
7	Prospero Caravita	Prospero Caravita - Pragmaticae edicta regiaeq. sanctiones Neapolitani reigns in vnum congestae, suis distinctae titulis, miroque order illustrated. For ... Prosperum Carauitam patritium Ebolitanum, 1581	1581	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,608.00
133		Instruction for the Coronation of the King, S.or hecha in the City of Palermo, 1735		EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,608.00
183	Placido Troyli	Placido Troyli - General history of the Kingdom of Naples	1747-1754.	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,474.00
196		Journal of the Voyage of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, made in the month of May 1813 to Constantinople on the Frigate Minerva, 1813		EUR 200.00 - 220.00	EUR 1,474.00
1	Gregorio I Papa	Gregorio I Papa - Moralia, sive Expositio in Job, 1496	Anno domini 1496 xi mensis aprilis.	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,340.00
13	Luigi Tansillo	Luigi Tansillo - The Tears of Saint Peter, 1585	1585	EUR 300.00 - 350.00	EUR 1,340.00
164	Gianstefano Remondini	Gianstefano Remondini - From the ecclesiastical history of Nola to the sanctity of our Lord, 1747	1747-1757.	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 1,340.00
188	Scipione Breislak	Scipione Breislak - Memoir of the eruption of Vesuvius which occurred on the evening of June 15, 1794., 1794	1794	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,273.00
16	Biagio Aldimari	Biagio Aldimari - Historical memoirs of various noble families, 1691	1691	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,072.00
192	Gaspare Paragallo	Gaspare Paragallo - Natural history of Mount Vesuvius divided into two books, 1705	1705	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 1,072.00
197	Antonio Coppi	Antonio Coppi - Speech on the political history of the Kingdom of Naples, 1814		EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,072.00
6	Giovanni Battista della Porta	Giovanni Battista Della Porta - Villae I. Baptistae Portae neapolitani. Books XII, 1592		EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,005.00
9	Scipione Mazzella	Scipione Mazzella - The Lives of the Kings of Naples. With their life-size portraits., 1594	1594	EUR 200.00 - 220.00	EUR 1,005.00
182	Giovanni Vivenzio	Giovanni Vivenzio - History and Theory of Earthquakes [...] of Calabria and Messina, 1783	1783	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 1,005.00
60	Marcello Bonito	Marcello Bonito - Trembling Earth or continuation of Earthquakes from the Creation of the World to the present time, 1691	1691	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 938.00
185		Of the volcanoes or fire-breathing mountains best known and most distinctly Vesuvius, 1779	1779	EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 938.00
36	Giordano De Nicastro	Giordano De Nicastro - Historical Memories of the City of Benevento, 1680		EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 871.00
73	Tommaso Vitale	Tommaso Vitale - History of the royal city of Ariano and its diocese, 1794	1794	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 871.00
115	S. Ferdinando	Ferdinando IV - Re delle Due Sicilie - Origin of the population of S. Leucio and its progress up to the present day, 1789	1789	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 871.00
189	Giovanni Maria Della Torre	Giovanni Maria Della Torre - History and phenomena of Vesuvius presented by PDGio: Maria della Torre, 1755	1755	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 871.00

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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.