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Crafoord Auktioner: Francesco Bacoccoli - The Golden Era of Cartography, Part II.
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| Auction Name | Francesco Bacoccoli - The Golden Era of Cartography, Part II. | Total Sales (EUR) | 19,148.70 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 08, 2026 - June 08, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 13,919.96 |
| Sale Number | #4560 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 13,919.96 |
| Total Lots | 131 | ||
| Sold Lots | 111.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 16,793.22 |
| % of Lots Sold | 84.73% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 16,793.22 |
| Unsold Lots | 20 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 114.03% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5049500 | Braun Georg (1541-1622);Hogenberg Frans (1535-1590) | Alexandria, Vetustissimum AEgypti emporium |
1575 | EUR 231.34 - 231.34 | EUR 866.74 |
| 5035751 | Haas J M | Planiglobii Terrestris /Mappe Monde |
1746 | EUR 277.78 - 277.78 | EUR 803.66 |
| 5037148 | Homann Johann Baptista (1663-1724) | Planiglobi Terrestris Cum Utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti Generalis Exhibitio |
ca 1720 | EUR 369.80 - 369.80 | EUR 631.84 |
| 5041036 | Mercator Gerhard (1512-1594);Hondius Jodocus (1563-1612);Hondius Hendrik (1596-1651) | Iaponia |
1613-1616 | EUR 184.90 - 184.90 | EUR 598.13 |
| 5064091 | Van Doetecum Baptista; Laurie Robert; Whittle James; Clark W. B.; Turrell E.; Perthes Justus; Kiepert Heinrich | 11 Books, including: Italiae nova et exacta descriptio |
ca 1600; 1810; 1835; 1848; ca 1850; 1865 | EUR 92.88 - 92.88 | EUR 540.49 |
| 5093432 | Mortier Pierre | Le Duche de Milan |
ca 1700 | EUR 231.34 - 231.34 | EUR 473.06 |
| 5039145 | Hondius Jodocus (1563-1612) | Tartaria |
1611-1612 | EUR 184.90 - 184.90 | EUR 469.80 |
| 5038255 | Mercator Gerhard (1512-1594);Hondius Jodocus (1563-1612);Hondius Hendrik (1596-1651) | Daniae Regnum |
1630 | EUR 277.78 - 277.78 | EUR 448.05 |
| 5077436 | Blaeu Willem Janszoon | Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae |
1635-1638 | EUR 110.94 - 110.94 | EUR 424.13 |
| 5077333 | D'Anville Jean Baptiste Bourguignon; Laurie Robert; Whittle James | A New and Complete Map of The West Indies |
1794 | EUR 184.90 - 184.90 | EUR 421.95 |
| 5089263 | Pichon;Glot Richard;Voysard Etienne Claude;Delahays Adolphe | N Books, including: Nouveau Plan Routier De La Ville et Faubourgs de Paris |
1801;ca 1850-60 | EUR 92.88 - 92.88 | EUR 394.76 |
| 5085361 | Lotter Tobias Conrad; Homann Heirs; Fembo Georg Christoph Franz | Tirolis Comitatus; Charte von Friesland; Deutschland in Albers'scher Projection; Charte von Kur-Hessen |
1761; 1786; 1819 | EUR 92.88 - 92.88 | EUR 393.68 |
| 4860158 | Weigel Johan Christoph;Dufour Adolphe Hippolyte | Principali Dignitate Comitatus Tirolis; La Chaine des Alpes; La Riviere de Genes |
1718;ca 1855 | EUR 92.88 - 92.88 | EUR 379.54 |
| 5060304 | Malte-Brun Conrad; Perthes Justus; Tallis John; Rapkin John; Levasseur Victor | 13 Books, including: Geographie de Hebreux |
1812; 1848; 1851; 1856 | EUR 139.32 - 139.32 | EUR 378.45 |
| 5132782 | Bassantin Jacques | Astronomique discours |
1613 | EUR 92.88 - 92.88 | EUR 370.84 |
| 5093639 | Roux Joseph 1725-1793 | Carte de la Mer Mediterranee en Douze Feuilles |
1764 | EUR 92.88 - 92.88 | EUR 367.58 |
| 5093539 | Roux Joseph | IV.e Feuille |
1764 | EUR 92.88 - 92.88 | EUR 348.00 |
| 5093965 | Roux Joseph 1725-1793 | Carte de la Mer Mediterranee en Douze Feuilles |
1764 | EUR 139.32 - 139.32 | EUR 336.04 |
| 5050423 | Janssonius Johannes (1588-1664) | Moscavw |
1657 | EUR 139.32 - 139.32 | EUR 326.25 |
| 5038059 | Beaurain Chevalier de | Carte Topographique De L'Isle Minorque |
1757 | EUR 139.32 - 139.32 | EUR 283.84 |
| 5089867 | Chamouin Jean Baptiste Marie;Laurie Robert;Whittle James | N Books, including: Mappe-Monde sur la Projection Reduite de Maercator |
1807;1808;ca 1815 | EUR 139.32 - 139.32 | EUR 277.31 |
| 5076192 | Senex John | A Correct Map of Spain & Portugal |
ca 1720 | EUR 231.34 - 231.34 | EUR 276.22 |
| 5037792 | Hondius Jodocus (1563-1612);Hondius Hendrik (1596-1651) | Ins. Ceilan quae incolis Tenaricin dicitur |
1613-1616 | EUR 184.90 - 184.90 | EUR 256.65 |
| 5096873 | Valck Gerard; Homann Heirs | Italiae Pars Meridionalis; Regni & Insulae Siciliae |
1704; 1747 | EUR 184.90 - 184.90 | EUR 253.39 |
| 5078759 | Blaeu Willem Janszoon (1571-1638) | Stato della Chiesa, con La Toscana |
1659-1672 | EUR 92.88 - 92.88 | EUR 253.39 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000