Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper, 1191, London

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 262 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
233 Atkinson (Capt. George Francklin)

The Campaign in India 1857-58. From Drawings Made During the Eventful Period of the Great Mutiny...Illustrating the Military Operations before Delhi and its Neighbourhood

1859 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 698.50
234 Dal Re (Marcantonio)

Ville di Delizia o siano Palaggi Camparecci nello stato di Milano

Milan 1727 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
235 Piranesi (Giovanni Battista)

Vue des restes du pronaos de l'edifice que l'on peut considerer comme le College des Anfictions...

1778 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 889.00
236 Piranesi (Giovanni Battista)

Three plates from 'Differentes vues de... [Paestum]'

1778 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,413.00
237 Piranesi (Giovanni Battista)

Two plates from 'Differentes vues de... [Paestum]'

1778 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,397.00
238 Piranesi (Giovanni Battista)

Five views of Churches and Basilica, from 'Vedute di Roma'

circa1760-1778 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
239 Piranesi (Giovanni Battista)

Veduta del Pantheon d'Agrippa , from: Vedute di Roma

1761 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,048.00
240 Piranesi (Giovanni Battista)

Veduta dell'Arco di Constantino, from 'Vedute di Roma'

1771 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,397.00
241 Rossini (Luigi)

Eighteen views of Rome and its environs, from 'Le Antichita Romane'

circa1820-1823 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,397.00
242 Rossini (Luigi)

Fifteen views of Rome and its environs, from 'Le Antichita Romane'

circa1820-1823 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,397.00
243 Rossini (Luigi)

Sixteen views of Rome and its environs, from 'Le Antichita Romane'

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,397.00
244 Rossini (Luigi)

Twenty views of Rome and its environs, from 'Le Antichita Romane'

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,524.00
245 Anonymous Cartographer (Edo Period)

Map of Nagasaki, Hizen Province (Hizen Nagasakizu)

Nagasaki mid-19th century GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 762.00
246 Kunisada (Utagawa "Toyokuni III")

and others. Three oban triptychs

late GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
247 Effendy (Selim Faris)

Album des Souverains Ottomans, lithograph title and index

Istanbul 1885 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
248 Vauban (Sebastien Le Prestre)

Darban ve def'an muhasar ve muharesei kila? ve husun [Translation of Traite? de l'attaque et de la de?fense des places]

possibly in Orta Koy 1206 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,302.00
249 English School (circa 1830s)

Album containing 48 original watercolour landscapes of Malta and Gozo

circa1832-1835 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 10,080.00
250

Middle East.- 'Abuzabi fi al-dhikraa al-khamisat litawaliy sahib al-sumui hakim al-bilad maqalid al-hukm [Abu Dhabi on the Fifth Anniversary of the Accession of His Majesty the Ruler of the Country], text in Arabic

Abu Dhabi 1971 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 635.00
251 Israel Defence Force (General Staff, [Tel Aviv])

Three maps of the Middle East relating to oil production following the Suez Crisis

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,905.00
252 Lawrence (T.E.)

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Lebanon 1933 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
253 Kinneir (John Macdonald)

A Geographical Memoir of the Persian Empire

1813 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,778.00
254 Malcolm (Col. Sir John)

The History of Persia

1815 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,397.00
255

Naval & Maritime.- Nautical Magazine (The) vol..1-21 (ie 5 vol. original series and vol.6-21 (of 39)

1832-52 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
256 Heber Percy (Algernon)

and Mrs [Alice] Heber Percy. Journal of Two Excursions in the British North West Territory of North America

Shropshire 1878 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 35,280.00
257 Shackleton (Ernest H.)

The Heart of the Antarctic Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909

1909 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 381.00
  • 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.
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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.