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Sothebys: A Worldwide Grand Tour: The Sven A. Behrendt Collection

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Auction Name A Worldwide Grand Tour: The Sven A. Behrendt Collection Total Sales (GBP) 510,413.00
Auction Date December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 211,200.00
Sale Number #L25330 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 283,900.00
Total Lots 35
Sold Lots 34.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 231,200.00
% of Lots Sold 97.14% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 313,900.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 162.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
95 Isaac Newton

The mathematical principles of natural philosophy..., London, 1729, first edition in English, 2 volumes, contemporary calf

 1729 GBP 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 GBP 190,500.00
59 Captain James Cook

An Account of the Voyages... London, 1773-1784, first editions, 9 volumes in all (8 text volumes plus atlas volume)

 1773-1784 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 44,450.00
77 Frederick de Wit

Atlas, Amsterdam, [c.1680], first edition, 100 double-page hand-coloured engraved maps, publisher's vellum

 [c.1680] GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 44,450.00
71 David Roberts

The Holy Land, Egypt & Nubia, 1842-9, 6 volumes in 4, contemporary green morocco gilt

 1842-9 GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 29,210.00
75 George Vancouver

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, London, 1798, first edition, 4 volumes (3 text and an atlas)

 1798 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 19,050.00
57 Henri Abraham Chatelain

Atlas historique, Amsterdam, 1719-1721, 7 volumes, contemporary calf gilt

 1719-1721 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 15,240.00
94 Isaac Newton

Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica... editia tertia, London, 1726

 1726 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 15,240.00
9 Bernardo Bellotto

Five views of Dresden by Bernardo Bellotto known as Canaletto (1721-1781), mid-18th century

 mid-18th century GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 11,430.00
69 Albert von Le Coq

Die Buddhistische Spatantike in Mitteklasien..., Berlin, 1924, 7 volumes in all (6 volumes, plus the scarce "Atlas zu den Wandmalereien" housed in cloth portfolio)

 1924 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 9,525.00
73 Sir Marc Aurel Stein

Serindia. Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, Oxford, 1921, 6 volumes, original cloth

 1921 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 9,525.00
60 Pascal Coste

Monuments Modernes de la Perse, 1867, first edition

 1867 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 8,890.00
96 Baruch de Spinoza

Opera Posthuma quorum series post praefationem exhibiter, Amsterdam, 1677, contemporary vellum, first edition of Spinoza's posthumous works

 1677 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 8,890.00
62 Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de Laperouse

Voyage... autour du monde. Paris, 1797, 5 volumes in all (4 text and an atlas)

 1797 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,255.00
65 Sven Hedin

Southern Tibet. Discoveries in former times..., Stockholm: 1916-1922, first edition, 12 volumes in all (9 text volumes; 1 atlas volume; 2 volumes of maps in one slipcase; one illustrated leaflet on the work)

 1916-1922 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 8,255.00
61 Jean-Baptiste Du Halde

Description geographique... de l'empire de la Chine, Paris, 1735, 4 volumes, modern period style calf gilt

 1735 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 7,620.00
58 Awnsham and John Churchill

A Collection of Voyages and Travels, 3rd edition, 1744-52, 8 volumes, contemporary calf gilt

 1744-52 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,985.00
64 Sven Hedin

Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia 1899-1902, Stockholm, 1904-7, first edition, one of 300 copies, 10 parts plus 3 map volumes, original wrappers

 1904-7 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 6,985.00
90 Rudyard Kipling

The Complete Works in Prose and Verse, 1937-39, 35 volumes, publisher's tan morocco gilt, first volume signed by the author

 1937-39 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,985.00
68 Albert von Le Coq

Chotscho..., Berlin, 1913, 2 volumes, contemporary black half morocco

 1913 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 6,096.00
72 Sir Marc Aurel Stein

Ancient Khotan. Detailed report of archaeological explorations in Chinese Turkestan. Oxford, 1907, 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth

 1907 GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,096.00
70 Antoine Francois Prevost

Histoire generale des voyages... nouvelle edition, The Hague, 1747-80, 25 volumes, contemporary marbled calf

 1747-80 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 5,715.00
88 Nonesuch Press---Charles Dickens

The Works, 1937-1928, 24 volumes including plate volume

 1937-1928 GBP 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 5,334.00
93 Napoleon I

Letter signed ("Buonaparte") to the Minister of the Interior, [2 October 1804]

 1804 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 4,826.00
92 Napoleon I

Letter signed ("Napn") to [Jacques] Defermon, 2 March 1809

 1809 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,445.00
74 Joseph Stocklein

Allerhand... Reis-Beschreibungen, 1726-55, 32 parts in 5 volumes, contemporary pigskin

 1726-55 GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 3,556.00
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    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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