Forum Auctions: Online sale: Travel Books, Maps & Atlases
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| Auction Name | Online sale: Travel Books, Maps & Atlases | Total Sales (GBP) | 163,982.70 |
| Auction Date | March 13, 2025 - March 13, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 75,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #977 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 106,240.00 |
| Total Lots | 295 | ||
| Sold Lots | 243 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 108,950.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 82.37% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 154,090.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 52 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 106.42% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Aitken (W., of Ashton-under-Lyne) | A Journey up the Mississippi River, from its Mouth to Nauvoo, the City of the Latter Day Saints |
1845 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
| 103 | Anonymous (Liege-based cartographer) | Carte des etats desunis d'Europe |
[circa 1864] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 5,544.00 |
| 139 | [Choiseul-Gouffier (Marie Gabriel Florent August de)] | Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece |
1792 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,032.00 |
| 268 | Johnston (Robert) | Travels through part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland |
1815 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 4,032.00 |
| 10 | Chesney (Lieut.-Colonel) | A Map of Arabia and Syria Laid down chiefly from Original Surveys... [with 13 others related] |
1850 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,780.00 |
| 250 | De Ram (Johannes) | Insula Ceilon et Madura Exactsissime delineata... |
c.1685 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 3,780.00 |
| 112 | Daniell (Thomas) | The Sacred Tree of the Hindoos at Gyah, Bahar |
1803 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,528.00 |
| 204 | Vertot (Abbe De) | Histoire des Chevaliers Hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem |
1726 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 3,276.00 |
| 256 | Hakluyt (Richard) | The Principall Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation |
1589 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,024.00 |
| 271 | Lafreri School (Italian, 16th century) | Three maps of Islands, including 'Peloponnesus N. Morea' [Peloponnese, sometimes called Morea] |
late 16th century | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 7 | Malet (H. P.) | Circle of Light, or Dhawalegeri |
1869 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,394.00 |
| 253 | Cook (Captain James) | The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook |
1842 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,394.00 |
| 14 | Mylonas (Cyriacus Dion) | De Smyrnaeorum rebus gestis: pars prima, early portrait photograph to front pastedown |
1866 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,016.00 |
| 65 | Veitch (James Herbert) | A Traveller's Notes |
1896 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,016.00 |
| 149 | Frankland (Charles) | Travels to and from Constantinople |
1830 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,016.00 |
| 248 | Saleh Sarief Bustaman (Raden) | The Attack of the Lion (Die Anfall des Lowen), lithograph with original hand-colouring |
circa 1860s-1870s | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,016.00 |
| 252 | Anson (George) | A Voyage round the World |
(1872-1943). | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 2,016.00 |
| 162 | Marsigli (Count Luigi Ferdinando) | L'Etat Militaire de l'Empire Ottoman, ses Progres et sa Decadence |
1732 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 140 | Cobbold (Lady Evelyn) | Pilgrimage to Mecca |
1934 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 275 | World.- Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography |
1879-92 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,764.00 | |
| 68 | Mudie (Robert) | Gilbert's Modern Atlas of the Earth |
1840 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,638.00 |
| 61 | Fries (Laurent) | Ta. Superioris Indiae et Tartariae Maioris |
1535 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
| 120 | Sylvanus (Bernardus) | Decima Asiae Tabula |
c.1511 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
| 218 | Sylvanus (Bernardus) | Quinta Asiae Tabula |
1511 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
| 270 | Lafreri School (Italian, 16th century) | Four battle plans and views of sieges, including 'Bologna in Francia' |
late 16th century | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |