Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 1049, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | Hong Kong.- Wu (Francis) | China Mail Pictorial of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong, | [c.1948]. | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 227 | Pownall (Thomas, Governor of Massachusetts Bay) | Notices and Descriptions of Antiquities of the Provincia Romana of Gaul, 7 engraved plates |
1788 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 215.90 | |
| 228 | Swinburne (Henry) | Travels in the Two Sicilies |
1790 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 457.20 | |
| 229 | Inselin (Charles) | Plan de l'Eglise de L'Abbaye Royale de St Denis, engraved plan of the cathedral with inset plan of Paris |
[1705] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 63.50 | |
| 230 | Francois (Neptune) | 8me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne, engraved chart |
[1750s] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 231 | Jaillot (Alexis-Hubert) | Le Royaume de France Distingue Suivant l'Estendue de Toutes ses Provinces |
[c.1692] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 139.70 | |
| 232 | Napoleon's Empire.- Poirson (Jean Baptiste) | Carte de l'Empire Francais |
1811 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 233 | Beveridge (Henry, lawyer, translator & historian of India 1799-1863) | Autograph Letter signed concerning the Gurkhas of North India |
Hampstead, London | 1858, | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 234 | Holwell (J[ohn] Z[ephaniah]) | Interesting Historical Events, Relative to the Provinces of Bengal |
1766-67 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 235 | Maltby (T.J.) | The Ganjam District Manual |
1882 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 | |
| 236 | d'Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon) | L'Italie Publiee sous les Auspices de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans Premier Prince du Sang |
1743 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 228.60 | |
| 237 | Homann (Johann Baptist) | Statuum totius Italiae novissima..., engraved map with hand-colouring |
17th and 18th century | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 238 | Homann Heirs | Status Parmensis sive Ducatus Parmensis et Placentinus..., engraved map with hand-colouring |
1731 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 239 | Northwest Italy.- Ortelius (Abraham) | Pedemontanae Vicinorumque Regionum Auctore Iacobo Castaldo Descrip., engraving with early hand-colouring |
1735 (5) | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 431.80 | |
| 240 | Ortelius (Abraham) | Four Italian regional maps |
[circa 1600] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 241 | Palazzo Te, Mantua.- Romano (Giulio) | After. Four plates of the 'Sala dei Giganti', from Palazzo del Te |
[circa 1800 or slightly later] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 457.20 | |
| 242 | Jansson (Jan) | Siciliae veteris typus |
[c.1700] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 431.80 | |
| 243 | Ortelius (Abraham) | Siciliae Veteris Typus |
1747 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 244 | Homann (Johann Baptist) | Novissima & Exactissima Totius Regni Neapolis Tabula... |
18th century | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 245 | Japan.- Photo Album of the Taish? Earthquake Disaster |
1926 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | ||
| 246 | Mountaineering.- Military.- [Archive of Papers from a member of the Royal Engineers and Army Mountaineering Association], collection of typescript and manuscript papers and reports mostly on British military mountaineering expeditions |
c.1953-76 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 76.20 | ||
| 247 | Portugal.- Authentic Memoirs Concerning the Portuguese Inquisition |
1761 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 248 | Portugal.- Apologia dirigida a' Nacao Portugueza,... |
Coimbra | 1827 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 249 | Bollaert (William) | History of the Wars of Succession of Portugal |
[c.1870] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 152.40 | |
| 250 | Portugal.- Bibliography.- Catalogue de la Bibliotheque de M. Fernando Palha |
Lisbon | 1896 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 76.20 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
