Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts, 23880, London - King Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 10, 2025 - December 10, 2025

Page Size: 212 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Raymond of Penafort (d. 1275)	Summa de casibus conscientiae	France	late 13th century	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 15,240.00
2	Jacobus de Voragine (c.1230-1298)	Golden Legend	France	early 14th century	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 19,050.00
3	Central Italian Master	Bible with Prologues attributed to St Jerome and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names	Italy, probably Umbria, perhaps Assisi	first quarter 14th century	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 40,640.00
4	Peter of Spain (d. 1277)	Tractatus	Germany	14th century	GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 19,050.00
5	Ranulf Higden (d. 1364)	Polychronicon	England, ?Chester, or Wales	late 14th century	GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	GBP 241,300.00
6	Richard of St-Victor (d. 1173)	De XII patriarchis	Italy, San Michele a Murano, Venice	early 15th century	GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	GBP 7,620.00
7	Geoffrey of Vinsauf (fl. c. 1200)	Poetria nova	Italy	1417	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 20,320.00
8	Statius (45-96 AD)	Achilleid	Italy	15th century	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 20,320.00
9	Cicero (106-43 BC)	De legibus	Italy, Perugia	circa 1440--50 (before 1455)	GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 19,050.00
10	Cicero (106-43 BC)	De officiis	Italy, possibly Florence	mid-15th century	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 12,065.00
11	Cicero (106-43 BC)	Cicero	Italy	15th century	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 6,350.00
12	Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD)	Heroides	Italy	15th century	GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 30,480.00
13	A Carthusian liturgical manuscript	Diurnale	Germany, ?Cologne	15th century	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 9,525.00
14	Isidore of Seville, Julian of Toledo, et al.	Compilation of patristic texts	Germany	second half 15th century	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 6,096.00
15	Anonymous Dominican author	Speculum humanae salvationis	England	mid-15th century]	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 50,800.00
16	A potentially unique monastic compilation	Alphabetical concordance of the Bible	Germany, Cologne	mid 15th century	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 19,050.00
17	Augustine, Ps-Augustine, Jerome, Chrysostom, et al.	Miscellaneous works	Austria, Melk	early 15th century	GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 25,400.00
18	Jacobus de Voragine (c.1225-1298)	Golden Legend	Germany	15th century	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 21,590.00
19	Flavius Josephus (c. 37 - 100)	De vetustate Iudeorum	Italy, Florence	circa 1450	GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 40,640.00
20	Plato, Ps-Plato, Leonardo Bruni (1369-1444)	Epistolae	northern Italy	mid-15th century	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 69,850.00
21	Guido de Monte Rocherii (fl. 14th century) and Johannes Marienwerder (1343-1417)	Manipulus curatorum	Germany	1454	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 19,050.00
22	Gaspar of Verona (d. 1474)	Regulae de constructione	Italy, Veneto, possibly Verona	1463	GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 22,860.00
23	Ps. Cicero	De rhetorica	Italy, Lombardy, possibly Bergamo	21 November 1465	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 7,620.00
24	Lucan (39-65 AD)	Belli civilis libri decem (alias Pharsalia)	Italy, ?Mantua	1469	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 31,750.00
25	Bohemian students' humanistic miscellany	Humanistic commonplace book	Italy, Bologna and Pavia	final third 15th century and 1479	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 38,100.00

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.