The Swan: THE AUCTION ROOM LONDON IN ASSOCIATION WITH SWAN FINE ART - A RARE SINGLE OWNER ANTIQUARIAN LIBRARY SALE WORKS FROM THE 15TH CENTURY ONWARDS, 12825, Oxfordshire

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 28, 2025 - January 28, 2025

Page Size: 148 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	Terenzio, Publio Afro	P. Terentii Afri poetae lepidissimi Comoediae,	Venice	1545	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
102	Marino Barlezio.	Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi.	Rome	c.1508	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
103	Cowley, Abraham	The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley	London	1688	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
104	Plutarchus	Ankunfft, Leben und Wesen, Gluck und ungluck, gut und bose, weise und unweise Rathe, Reden, Anschlage, Thaten, Merckliche warhaffte Historien und Geschichten, (...) furtrefflicher Manns und Frawen personen (...). Ins Teutsch gebracht durch Hieronymum Bone	Colmar,	1547 (at end 2nd part 1541).	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
105	Albertus Magnus	De Apprehensione 1504.			GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
106	Albertus Magnus	Tabula tractatuum parvorum naturalium,	[colophon:] Venice,	1517	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
107	Fazelli, Thomas	Ordinis Praedicatorum De Rebus Siculis.	Catanae	1751	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
108	Herodotus.	Herodoti Halicarnassei Historia, siue, Historiarum libri IX, qui inscribuntur Musae. Ex vetustis exemplaribus recogniti.	[Geneva]	1570	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
109	Arrianus.	De expeditione Alexandri Magni.	[Geneva]	1575	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
110	Celaya, Juan de (1490-1558).	Expositio in libros posteriorum Aristotelis.	[Paris	1517]	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
111	Stobaeus, Johannes:	Sententiae ex thesauris Graecorum delectae . [Graece et] nunc primum a Conrado Gesnero . in Latinum sermonem traductae .	Zurich	1543	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
112	Gaius Plinius Secundus	Naturalis historiae libri XXXVII e castigationibus Hermolai Barbari, ac codicis in Alemania impressi quam emendatissime editi, addito indice quam copiosissimo, figurisque ad singolorum librorum materiam aptissimis (Prima pars Plyniani indicis editi par Jo	(Venice	1525)	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
113	Eusebio.	Eusebii Pamphili Evangelicae praeparationis lib. XV.	Lutetiae	1544	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
114	Livius, Titus and Lucius Florus.	Von Ankunfft unnd Ursprung des Romischen Reichs, der alten Romer herkommen, Sitten, &c... (translated by Zacharias Muntzer).	Strassburg,	1574	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
115	Politien (Ange).	Angeli Politiani Opera, quae quidem extitere hactenus, omnia, longe emendatius quam usquam hantehac expressa. Quibusaccessit Historia de Conjuratione Pactiana in familiam medicam, elegantissime conscripta : quorum omnium ordinem post Politiani elogia inve	Basileae,	1553	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
116	Jan de Bisschop (circa 1628-1671)	Paradigmata Graphices Variorum Artificum and Signorum Veterum Icones (1671)			GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
117	Clementis Alexandrini	Omnia quae quidem extant opera, nunc primum extant opera, nunc primum e tenebris eruta latinitateque donata, Gentiano Herveto Aurelio interprete. Clemens Alexandrinus	Florentiae	1551	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
118	Antoine de Ville	Les fortifications.	Lyon	1640 (1641)	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
119	Tillemont	Histoire des empereurs, et des autres princes qui ont regne durant les six premiers siecles de l'eglise, de leurs guerres contre les Juifs, des ecivains profanes, & des personnes les plus illustres de leur temps.	Venice	1732-1739	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
120	Quintillianus (Marcus Fabius)	De institutione oratoria libri XII ... argumentisque doctissimi viri Petri Gallandi elucidati. Eiusdem Declamationum liber..	Paris,	1549	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
121	Eustathius	Parekbolai eis tou Omerou Oduseian [Iliada].	Basel	1559-1560	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
122	Livius	Chronologia in Titi Livii Historiam	Francofurti ad Moenum	1568	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
123	Tucidide.	Thoukydidou tou Olorou, Peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia octo. Thucydidis Olori filii, De bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo: Iidem Latine, ex interpretatione Laurentii Vallae, ab Henrico Stephano nuper recognita, quam Aemilus Portus, Francisci Porti	Frankfurts	1594	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
124	Virgil [Virgilius Maro, Publius]	Antiquissimi Virgiliani Codicis Fragmenta et Picturae ex Bibliotheca Vaticana.... (Hardback)	Rome	1742	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
125	Sandrart, Joachim Von	Sculpturae veteris admiranda, sive delineatio vera perfectissimarum eminentissimarumque statuarum, una cum artis hujus nobilissimae theoria.	Nuremberg & Frankfurt	1680	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown

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.
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.