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Auction Name	Online: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases	Total Sales (GBP)	188,652.15
Auction Date	February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	99,490.00
Sale Number	#1075	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	143,960.00
Total Lots	346
Sold Lots	313.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	115,690.00
% of Lots Sold	90.46%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	167,760.00
Unsold Lots	33	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	112.45%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
344	Plancius (Petrus)	World.- Orbis Terrarum Typus De Integro Multis In Locis Emendatus auctore Petro Plancio 1594	[circa 1594, or slightly later]	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 5,842.00
164	Stanford (Edward)	France.- Franco-Prussian War.- La Prusse s'Arre?tant	1871	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 4,318.00
200	Mayr (Heinrich von)	Levant.- Malerische Ansichten aus dem Orient. Vues Pittoresque de l'Orient	[1839-40]	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,318.00
229	Merian (Matthaeus) and others	Middle East.- Arabian Peninsula.- Collection of 15 maps of the Arabian Peninsula	16th to 19th century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 3,302.00
84	Clerc (Nicolas Gabriel)	China.- Yu le Grand et Confucius, Histoire Chinoise	1769	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,048.00
73	Stein (Sir Marc Aurel)	Central Asia.- Innermost Asia: Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern Iran	1928	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,794.00
324	Mallet (Frederick)	West Indies.- A New Map of the Island of Trinidad...	1797 but 1830	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,794.00
154	Le Petit (Alfred)	Europe.- Franco-Tunisian War.- Carte pour suivre les operations de la guerre de Tunisie	1881	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,540.00
181	Arif Pacha (Muchir)	Levant.- Les Anciens Costumes de l'Empire Ottoman	[1863]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,413.00
309	Hakluyt (Richard)	Voyages.- The Principall Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation	1589	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,413.00
208	Prior (James)	Levant.- Narrative of a Voyage in the Indian Seas	[c.1815]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,286.00
281	Smith (J.G.)	Russia.- New Map of Russia on Mercators Projection	[circa 1878]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,159.00
34	Ramusio (Giovanni Battista) and Giacomo Gastaldi	America.- New England and New France.- La Nuova Francia, from 'Terzo Volume delle Navigationi et Viaggi	[circa 1560 or slightly later]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,032.00
115	Petis de la Croix (Francois)	China.- The History of Genghizcan the Great, First Emperor of the Antient Moguls and Tartars	1722	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 2,032.00
189	Fryer (John)	Levant.- A New Account of East-India and Persia	1698	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,905.00
244	Lawrence (T.E.)	Middle East.- Crusader Castles	1936	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,905.00
261	Whymper (Edward)	Mountaineering.- Scrambles Amongst the Alps in Years 1860-69	1893	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,905.00
279	Cadolle (Auguste)	Russia.- Four plates from: 'Vues de Moscou dessinees d'apres nature et lithographiees...'	[circa 1825]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,905.00
76	Aa (Pieter van der)	China.- Carte exacte de toutes le Provinces, Villes, Bourgs, Villages et Rivieres du vaste et puissant Empire de la Chine...	[circa 1670-1730]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,778.00
124		China, Shanghai.- Shanghai Property - Outward Correspondence Respecting the Shanghai Property belonging to Henry Alexander Ince... Inward Correspondence [Edmund Leach]	1889 & 1893	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,778.00
300	Lennep (Rev. Henry J. van)	Turkey.- Travels in Little-Known Parts of Asia Minor	1870	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,778.00
171	Cluverius (Philippus)	Italy.- Sicilia Antiqua ... eiusq Sardinia et Corsica antiqua	1659	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,651.00
193	Irwin (Eyles)	Levant.- A Series of Adventures in the course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt	1780	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,651.00
256	Freshfield (Douglas W.)	Mountaineering.- Round Kangchenjunga: A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration	1903	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,651.00
284	Blaeu (Willem Jansz.)	Spain.- Ten regional maps of Spain, from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', engraved maps with outline hand-colouring, each platemark approx	[circa 1640]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,651.00

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.