Old World Auctions: Maps and Atlases
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Maps and Atlases | Total Sales (USD) | 289,396.20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 313,150.00 |
| Sale Number | #207 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 381,435.00 |
| Total Lots | 758 | ||
| Sold Lots | 577.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 408,710.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 76.12% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 498,705.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 181 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 58.03% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Plancius, Petrus | "Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus" |
1594 (dated) | USD 15,000.00 - 17,000.00 | USD 12,650.00 |
| 7 | Colom, Jacob Aertz | "Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula" |
1650 (circa) | USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,650.00 |
| 36 | Schedel, Hartmann | "Secunda Etas Mundi" |
1493 (published) | USD 14,000.00 - 17,000.00 | USD 11,500.00 |
| 37 | Ptolemy/Sylvanus | "[Untitled - Ancient World]" |
1511 (published) | USD 14,000.00 - 17,000.00 | USD 9,200.00 |
| 197 | Mitchell, Samuel Augustus | "A New Map of Texas Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining. Compiled from the Most Recent Authorities" |
1846 (dated) | USD 9,500.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,050.00 |
| 10 | Pitt, Moses | "Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula" |
1680 (circa) | USD 9,500.00 - 11,000.00 | USD 6,900.00 |
| 285 | "The Territory of Nebraska Embracing the Public Surveys Up to the Summer of 1857..." |
1857 (dated) | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,900.00 | |
| 4 | Ortelius, Abraham | "Typus Orbis Terrarum" |
1579 (published) | USD 7,500.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,325.00 |
| 65 | Munster, Sebastian | "Tavola dell' Isole Nuove, le Quali son Nominate Occidentali; & Indiane per Diversi Rispetti" |
1558 (circa) | USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 5,700.00 |
| 1 | Wit, Frederick de | "[Lot of 4] Nova Totius Americae Descriptio [and] Nova Africa Descriptio [and] Asiae Nova Descriptio [and] Nova Europae Descriptio" |
1668 (circa) | USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 5,400.00 |
| 11 | Blaeu/Valck | "Novus Planiglobii Terrestris per Utrumque Polum Conspectus" |
1695 (circa) | USD 5,500.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 725 | Homann, Johann Baptist | "Kleiner Atlas Scholasticus von Sechs und Zwantzig Charten" |
1715 (circa) | USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 | USD 4,200.00 |
| 2 | Fries, Lorenz | "[Title on Verso] Tabula Moder. Gronlandiae et Russiae" |
1525 (published) | USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 67 | Speed, John | "America with Those Known Parts in That Unknowne Worlde Both People and Manner of Buildings Discribed and Inlarged..." |
1626 (dated) | USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 240 | Railroad Companies, (Various) | "Township Map of Peninsular Florida Issued by the Associated Railway Land Department of Florida" |
1890 (dated) | USD 400.00 - 475.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 114 | Gastaldi, Giacomo | "Tierra Nueva" |
1548 (published) | USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 233 | Russell, John C. | "Plan of the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, Ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by Them Established as the Seat of Their Government, After the Year 1800" |
1795 (circa) | USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 80 | Hondius/Jansson | "America Septentrionalis" |
1680 (circa) | USD 3,250.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,880.00 |
| 24 | Dunn, Samuel | "[On 4 Sheets] A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe; with All the New Discoveries and Marginal Delineations, Containing the Most Interesting Particulars in the Solar, Starry and Mundane System" |
1794 (dated) | USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,760.00 |
| 192 | Desilver, Charles | "A New Map of Kansas by W.H. Holmes" |
1859 (dated) | USD 2,000.00 - 2,300.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 726 | Finley, Anthony | "A New General Atlas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps, Representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe..." |
1830 (dated) | USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 66 | Ortelius, Abraham | "Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio" |
1587 (dated) | USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 161 | Blaeu, (Family) | "Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova" |
1640 (circa) | USD 1,800.00 - 2,100.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 325 | Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von | "Plates to Alexander de Humboldt's Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain" |
1811 (published) | USD 800.00 - 950.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 707 | Anon | "[Illuminated Leaf]" |
1450 (circa) | USD 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
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![<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouv...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a2a2dbe-8edf-4091-9a08-800f7aba747e.jpg "<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,</i>, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier <i>L'Histoire des plantes,</i> second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.")
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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. -
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![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [ver...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les ...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodram...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. M...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin ori...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
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. -
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Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026Chiswick, 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. -
