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
51	Cutting from an early English witness to Raymond of Penafort, Decretals or the Liber Extra, in	England	middle third of thirteenth century (after c. 1230)	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
52	Leaf from an English manuscript of Raymond of Penafort, Decretals, or the Liber Extra, and a leaf	England	thirteenth and fourteenth century	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
53	A bifolium and a leaf from Italian copies of the Decretals, all in Latin, manuscripts on vellum,	Italy	fourteenth century	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
54	Twenty-one leaves from Books of Hours or prayerbooks, in Latin, French or Dutch, manuscripts on	fifteenth century and c. 1500		GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
55	Thirty-six leaves or cuttings from devotional or liturgical books, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum,	thirteenth to sixteenth century		GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
56	Breviary, of Franciscan Use, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern Italy, second	northern Italy	second half of the fifteenth century	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,810.00
57	Monastic prayerbook, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [Italy (perhaps Brescia), fifteenth	Italy (perhaps Brescia)	fifteenth century	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 3,048.00
58	Prayerbook and Missal, in Italian, modern illuminated manuscript on vellum, [probably Italy,	probably Italy	nineteenth or twentieth century	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
59	Two modern studies of medieval Insular or English illumination, in Latin and West Saxon (Old	probably United Kingdom	nineteenth or twentieth century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 825.50
60	Three modern facsimiles of initials, miniatures and corresponding sections of text by William Thomas	United Kingdom (Cambridge)	nineteenth century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 762.00

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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