Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, 1188, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025

Page Size: 206 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
177	De La Mottraye (Aubrey)	Europe.- Voyages...en Europe, Asie & Afrique			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,778.00
178	Stuart (James) & Nicholas Revett	Greece.- Athens.- The Antiquities of Athens			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,810.00
179	Eden (Emily)	India.- Portraits of the Princes & People of India		1844	GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 12,700.00
180		India.- Illustrations of the Textile Manufactures of India		1881	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,413.00
181	Maltby (T.J.)	India.- The Ganjam District Manual	Madras		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
182	Price (Sir Frederick)	India.- Ootacamund. A History. Compiled for the Government of Madras	Madras	1908	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,032.00
183	Watson (John Forbes)	India.- The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of the People of India		1867	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,524.00
184		Italy.- Grand Tour.- Neapolitan School (19th century) Two men remarking on the eruption of Vesuvius		[circa 1822]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,270.00
185		Italy.- Overbeke (Bonaventura von) Les Restes de L'Ancienne Rome	Amsterdam	1709	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,206.50
186	Saraina (Torello)	Italy.- Verona.- De origine et amplitudine civitatis Veronae	Verona	1540	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,413.00
187	Audsley (George Ashdown)	Japan.- The Ornamental Arts of Japan		1882-84	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
188	Valignani (Alessandro)	Japan & China.- Jesuits.- Lettera del p. Alessandro Valignano	Rome	1603	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,778.00
189		Japan.- Jesuits.- Lettere del Giappone dell'anno MDLXXVII. Scritte dalli reverendi Padri della Compagnia di Giesu	Rome	1579	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 3,048.00
190		Japan.- [Illustrated Japanese Manuscript]		[19th century]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,016.00
191	Thevenot (Jean de)	Levant.- The Travels...into the Levant...viz. Into I. Turkey II. Persia. III		1687	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 952.50
192	Malcolm (Col. Sir John)	Middle East.- The History of Persia		1815	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 952.50
193	Niebuhr (Carsten)	Middle East.- Beschreibung von Arabien	Copenhagen	1772	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,778.00
194	Niebuhr (Carsten)	Middle East.- Description de l'Arabie	Amsterdam		GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 635.00
195	Doane (Edward Topping)	Oceania.- Marshall Islands Printing.- [Primer of Ebon Dialect]	[Ebon]	[1860]	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,048.00
196	Laborde (Alexandre de)	Spain.- Voyage Pittoresque et Historique de L'Espagne	Paris	1806	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 355.60
197	Tucci (Giuseppe)	Tibet.- Tibetan Painted Scrolls	Rome	1949	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,778.00
198	Cook (Captain James)	Voyages.- Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World	Newcastle	1790	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
199		World.- [Costumes of Various Nations]	William Miller	1800-1818	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
200	Ferrario (Giulio)	World.- Il Costume Antico e Moderno o storia del governo, della milizia	Milan	1817-1826	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
201	Ortelius (Abraham)	World.- L'Epitome du Theatre de l'Univers d'Abraham Ortelius	Antwerp	1602	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 4,826.00

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.