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
26	A bifolium from a Breviary-Antiphoner of Dominican Use, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum,	south-eastern France (probably Arles)	second quarter of the fourteenth century	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 241.30
27	Leaf from an early Book of Hours, of Dominican Use, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum,	Flanders (probably Tournai)	second quarter of the fourteenth century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 431.80
28	Single leaf from the glittering Bute-Soissons Hours, in Latin, opulently illuminated manuscript on	France (probably Soissons)	c. 1370-1400	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,905.00
29	Text leaf from the 'Chester Beatty Book of Hours', in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum,	France (Paris)	dated 1408	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,079.50
30	Leaf from a Book of Hours, decorated with medieval dragons, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on	northern France	first half of the fifteenth century	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 825.50
31	Two leaves from Processionals (portable choirbooks), in Latin, manuscripts on vellum, [France,	France	fifteenth century and c. 1500	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
32	Large initial 'B' from a Choirbook, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern France	northern France (probably Paris)	c. 1500	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 698.50
33	Bifolium from a Renaissance Book of Hours, decorated with gold cordelieres, in Latin, illuminated	northern France (Paris or Tours)	c. 1530	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
34	Large initial 'M', a hitherto unsuspected survival from a dispersed Choirbook that was perhaps	Italy (Naples)	c. 1325	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
35	Leaf from an early Italian Book of Hours, with a large illuminated initial, in Latin, manuscript on	Italy (Naples)	last quarter of the fourteenth century	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
36	Two leaves from a Missal, one with a large and handsome decorated initial, in Latin, manuscript on	Italy	late fourteenth or early fifteenth century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
37	Leaf from a large Missal with a penwork bird holding a fish and a human headed drollery, in Latin,	Italy	first half of the fourteenth century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
38	Leaf from a Gradual with a large initial 'S', in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [Italy,	Italy	fourteenth century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 482.60
39	Leaf from an Antiphoner with a large initial 'D', in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum,	Italy	early fifteenth century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 609.60
40	Leaf from the Psalter with Passion Sequences copied by Pietro Ursuleo of Capuo, in Latin, opulently	southern Italy (Naples)	c. 1460	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 952.50
41	Leaf from Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, in Latin, decorated	Italy (most probably Florence)	second half of fifteenth century (probably c. 1475)	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
42	Large Calendar leaf (for September and October), perhaps from a Missal, in Latin, decorated	Italy (perhaps Umbria, or Viterbo or Teano)	early fifteenth century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
43	Cutting from a Choirbook, with a decorated initial 'A' and a human face picked out in penwork in	Italy	fifteenth century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 457.20
44	Large initial 'A' on a cutting from the celebrated Murano Gradual, illuminated manuscript on	north east Italy (Venice)	c. 1440	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 533.40
45	Leaf from a Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [probably Low Countries or Rhineland,	probably Low Countries or Rhineland	c. 1300	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
46	Leaf from a Psalter, with a large penwork initial, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum,	northern Netherlands	c. 1480	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
47	Innocent IV, Apparatus in Quinque Libros Decretalium, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment	Italy	second half of fourteenth century	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
48	Three leaves from an ornately illuminated Spanish Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on	Spain	c. 1500-10	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
49	Leaf from a Breviary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on paper, [probably Croatia, fifteenth	probably Croatia	fifteenth century	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
50	Leaf from an early manuscript of Gratian's Decretum, C.xxxviii-xliv, on heresy, and the Church's	France	second half of the twelfth century (before c. 1180)	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 825.50

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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