Sales by Author, Title, Subject and Collection

This index is compiled from the sales reports published in every issue of The Book Collector. These reports have themselves been assembled principally from eye-witness accounts by our correspondents. It is therefore a record of context as much as of cost. Who was bidding against whom, what was sold afterwards, the cataloguing errors, extraordinary provenances, rarity considered objectively - so on and suchlike. Some account of this system can be found in The Price of Passion ( 2016-04).

Entries are differentiated between Author, Title, Subject and Collection. It should be noted, however, that in the case of most classical texts and many cartographers, the author is also the title.

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An asterisk (*) against an entry indicates that issue of The Book Collector is no longer available in print.


Title Sales Category Sub Category Sale Price View PDF
Blackwood's Magazine Subject 1991-02
Blackwood, William Collection 1971-03
Blaeu Atlas Major 1664 Book Title Sold under estimate 2024-03
Blaeu, Joan Book Title Two 17th C. sets, 374 and 399 maps, making £3200 and - Subscribe
to View 		1972-04
Blaeu, Joan Book Title Koeman 60A: 'rare but lacking the Spanish volume' Subscribe
to View 		1979-02
Blaeu, Joan Book Title Two atlases, £75,000 and - Subscribe
to View 		1992-03
Blaeu, Joan Book Title Price not shown 1996-01
Blaeu, Joan Book Title French, Piedmont & Savoy, 2 volumes: price not shown 2002-01
Blaeu, Joan Book Title Portolan of Bay of Bengal with early depiction of Singapore Subscribe
to View 		2007-04
Blaeu, Joan Book Title Atlas Major with Dutch text Subscribe
to View 		1987-01
Blaeu, Joan Book Title Atlas Appendix 1630, Wardington copy Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
Blaeu, Joan Book Title The Ormonde 'Theatrum Orbis...' 1649 Subscribe
to View 		2010-01
Blaeu, Joan Author Atlas Major with French text, 'particularly fine' copy Subscribe
to View 		1987-01
Blaeu, Joan Author Atlas Appendix, forerunner of his 'Atlas Major' Subscribe
to View 		1987-01
Blaeu, Joan Subject Toonneel der Steden 1649/51 Subscribe
to View 		2002-03
Blaeu, Joan Book Title Wall map 1659 showing Australia Subscribe
to View 		2017-03
Blaeu, Joan Book Title Wall map 1659 of mainland Asia Subscribe
to View 		2017-03
Blaeu, Joan 1662/81 Book Title Atlas Major, Wardington set Subscribe
to View 		2010-03
Blaeu, Joan 1602 Subject Two small table globes 'dated 1602 but later' Subscribe
to View 		2002-03
Blaeu, Joan 1608 Book Title Het Licht der Zee-Vaert Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
Blaeu, Joan 1622 Book Title Wall-map of the Netherlands, unsold 2003-01
Blaeu, Joan 1622 Book Title Wall-map of the Netherlands, unsold 2003-03
Blaeu, Joan 1625 Book Title The Light of Navigation 1625, fine copy Subscribe
to View 		1993-03
Blaeu, Joan 1629 Book Title Het Licht der Zee-Vaert , 2 of 3 parts, oblong quarto Subscribe
to View 		1965-03
Blaeu, Joan 1635 Book Title Atlas Novus Subscribe
to View 		2004-03
Blaeu, Joan 1640 Book Title Theâtre du Monde 1640 sold in three parts for a total of - Subscribe
to View 		1977-03
Blaeu, Joan 1640 Book Title Theâtre du Monde Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
Blaeu, Joan 1640 Book Title The Sea-Mirrour Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
Blaeu, Joan 1647/55 Book Title Novus Atlas in six volumes Subscribe
to View 		2003-02
Blaeu, Joan 1649 Book Title Tooneel der Seeden Subscribe
to View 		2010-04
Blaeu, Joan 1649/51 Book Title Tooneel der Seeden Subscribe
to View 		2002-03
Blaeu, Joan 1662 Book Title Atlas Major, 11 volumes, not perfect but well-coloured Subscribe
to View 		1968-04
Blaeu, Joan 1662 Book Title Atlas Major, 11 volumes Subscribe
to View 		1965-03
Blaeu, Joan 1662/65 Book Title Atlas Major, 9 volumes, Dutch text Subscribe
to View 		1994-03
Blaeu, Joan 1662/65 Book Title Atlas Major Subscribe
to View 		1990-03
Blaeu, Joan 1662/65 Book Title Atlas Major, 'in fine colour' Subscribe
to View 		2015-02
Blaeu, Joan 1663 Book Title Atlas Major Subscribe
to View 		2014-03
Blaeu, Joan 1665 Book Title Atlas Major in slightly later brown calf Subscribe
to View 		2007-03
Blaeu, Joan 1667 Book Title Atlas Major Subscribe
to View 		1971-03
Blaeu, Joan 1667 Book Title Atlas Major, complete Subscribe
to View 		1981-01
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