Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper, 1191, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | Giustiniani (Vincenzo) | Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani |
[Rome] | c1631-36 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,334.00 |
| 183 | Montfaucon (Bernard de) | Antiquity Explained |
1721-25 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 825.50 | |
| 184 | Nash (Joseph) & Lt. Col. Fountain Elwin). | The Trifler |
c1826-1828 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 185 | Raphael.- Volpato (Giovanni) | and Giovani Ottaviani. Fourteen plates after Raphael's ornamentation of pilasters in the Vatican |
circa1772-1777 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,540.00 | |
| 186 | M[arkham] (G[ervase]) | The Young Sportsman's Delight and Instructor in Angling, Fowling, Hawking, Hunting |
1712 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 4,064.00 | |
| 187 | S[mith] (J[ohn]) | The Compleat Fisher: Or, The True Art of Angling |
1716 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,556.00 | |
| 188 | [Venables (Robert)] | The Experienc'd Angler: or Angling Improv'd |
1662 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 | |
| 189 | Dodoens (Rembert) | A New herball, or historie of plants: wherein is contained the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of herbes and plants: their diuers and sundrie kindes: their names |
1595 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 190 | Buller (Sir Walter Lawry) | A History of the Birds of New Zealand |
for the subscribers | 1888 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 191 | Dioscorides (Pedanius) | De medicinali materia libri sex |
Frankfurt-am-Main | 1543 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 192 | Exotic plants and animals.- Clusius (Carolus) | Exoticorum libri decem...item Petri Bellonii Observationes |
Leiden | 1605 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 193 | [Goury de Champgrand (Charles Jean)] | Traite de venerie, et de chasses |
Paris | 1769 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 381.00 |
| 194 | Albin (Eleazar) | A Natural History of English Insects. Illustrated with A Hundred Copper Plates...Exactly Coloured by the Author |
1720 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,270.00 | |
| 195 | Nursery catalogue.- Grimwood (Daniel, Nurseryman) | A Catalogue of greenhouse plants, hardy trees and shrubs |
1783 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 952.50 | |
| 196 | Brenner (Sydney).- | Collection of correspondences with Sydney Brenner and various scientific printed materials |
v.s. | 1960s-2000s | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 197 | Brenner (Sydney).- | Collection of Medals and Certificates awarded to Sydney Brenner for his scientific accomplishments |
1972-2020 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 37,800.00 | |
| 198 | Brenner (Sydney) | Telegram from Sydney Brenner in Berkeley California to Cambridge |
v.s. | dated | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
| 199 | Brenner (Sydney) et al.. | Collection of research and research papers and Brenner's correspondences regarding various aspects of DNA and genetics |
v.s. | 1980s-2000s | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
| 200 | Crick (Francis Harry C.) | Printed genetic code chart from Francis Crick's own hand-drawn version |
?1966 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 | |
| 201 | Brenner (Sydney) | Collection of research and research papers on Fugu genomes |
v.s | 1990s-2000s | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 762.00 |
| 202 | Brenner (Sydney) | et al.- 9 folders of research and research papers on the genetics of humans and other animals |
c2000s | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 203 | Nobel Prize Award.- 2 Nobel Prize lapel pins for Sydney Brenner |
2002 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 825.50 | ||
| 204 | Crick (Francis Harry C.).- Monod (Jacques) | College de France. Chaire de Biologie Moleculaire. Lecon Inaugurale |
1967 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 205 | Crick (Francis Harry C.) | Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature |
New York | 1981 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 825.50 |
| 206 | Crick (Francis Harry C.) | What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery |
New York | 1988 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,143.00 |
![<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.")
