Forum Auctions: Online: Western Medieval Manuscripts: the Property of a Gentleman, 1087, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025

Page Size: 60 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Leaf from a Romanesque German Psalter, in Latin, decorated manuscript on Latin, Germany, twelfth	Germany	twelfth century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
2	Leaf from a gargantuan Lectionary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [Italy, first half of	Italy	first half of the twelfth century	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
3	Leaf from a Romanesque Lectionary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [Italy, mid-twelfth	Italy	mid-twelfth century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
4	Two near-complete leaves from a compilation of texts on the Sacrament, including Ivo of Chartres,	probably England	third quarter of the twelfth century	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,079.50
5	Leaf from an illuminated English Psalter, in Latin, manuscript on vellum, [England (perhaps York),	England (perhaps York)	c. 1200	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
6	Leaf from Otto Ege's 'Cambridge Bible', in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [England	England (perhaps Cambridge)	first half of the thirteenth century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
7	Leaf from a Lectionary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [probably England, first half of	probably England	first half of the fourteenth century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 355.60
8	Leaf from an English illuminated Psalter, in Latin, manuscript on vellum, [England (probably East	England (probably East Anglia)	mid-fourteenth century	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,206.50
9	Bifolium from a tiny English portable Breviary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [England,	England	late fourteenth century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 635.00
10	Leaf from the so-called 'Norwich Breviary', Use of Sarum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on	England (probably Gloucestershire)	c. 1400	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 825.50
11	Leaf from a large English Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [England, fifteenth	England	fifteenth century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 698.50
12	Cutting from a pocket-sized English liturgical manual, probably a Missal, in Latin, decorated	England	first half of the fifteenth century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
13	Large cutting from a leaf from an English Breviary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum,	England	early years of the fifteenth century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 698.50
14	Leaf from a finely illuminated Book of Hours, with border decoration ascribed to an associate of the	Low Countries (probably Bruges,) for the English market, or Low Countries and England	c. 1450	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,270.00
15	Large leaf from the 'Hofer Bible' (end of the book of Ruth), in Latin, decorated manuscript on	north-eastern France or adjacent Flanders (probably Tournai, Arras or Lille)	c. 1260-1270	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
16	Two leaves from Peter Lombard, Magna Glossatura in Epistolas Pauli (the letters of St. Paul,	northern France (probably Paris)	c. 1210-20	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 825.50
17	Leaf from a Psalter, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [France, first half of the	France	first half of the thirteenth century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
18	Leaf from the 'Rheims Psalter', in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment, [northern France	northern France (Paris or Rheims)	mid-thirteenth century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
19	Leaf from a Psalter, with a white dove inside an initial, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on	France	mid-thirteenth century (probably after c. 1230)	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
20	Leaf from an early Choirbook, in Latin, manuscript on vellum	France	thirteenth century	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
21	Leaf from a Missal, with an initial with tiny animal masks, in Latin, manuscript on vellum, [France,	France	second half of thirteenth century	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 241.30
22	Leaf from Rufinus of Aquilea's continuation of his Latin translation of Eusebius of Caesarea,	France or adjacent Low Countries	c. 1300	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 825.50
23	The last leaf of the Psalms, from the so-called 'Bible of Mirmelus Arnandi', in Latin,	France (Paris)	c. 1300	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,794.00
24	Text leaf from the 'Chester Beatty Bible', his manuscript MS.W.173, in Latin, manuscript on	France (probably south west)	c. 1300	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 762.00
25	Leaf from a manuscript of the 'Saint-Jacques Bible Concordance', in Latin, on vellum, [France,	France	early fourteenth century	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,206.50

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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