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
26	Theodorus Gaza (c.1400 - c.1475)	Introduction to Grammar	Italy	second half 15th century	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 107,950.00
27	Aulus Gellius (125-180 AD)	Noctes atticae (excerpta)	Italy	second half 15th century	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 6,096.00
28	St Bonaventure, St Bernard and Jordanus de Quedlinburg	Speculum de perfecto modo vivendi	Germany or Netherlands,	1472	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 17,780.00
29	Appian (d. c. 165)	Bella civilia (part of the Historiarum Romanarum libri XI)	Italy, ? Verona	third quarter 15th century	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 17,780.00
30	A narrative of the Passion	Meditationes super passionem Jesu Christi	Germany, ? Wurzburg,	final quarter 15th century	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 9,525.00
31	Workshop of the First Master of the Cortona Antiphonaries	Christ Blessing	Tuscany, perhaps Arezzo or Sansepolcro,	circa 1250-75	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 11,430.00
32	Umbrian or Tuscan illuminator	Blessing Christ and David playing the harp attended by an angel	Italy, Umbria or Tuscany	final decade 13th century	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 7,112.00
33	Master of Sant' Agnese di Valdipietra	The Throne of Mercy	Bologna	circa 1295-1300	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 17,780.00
34	Berardo da Teramo (fl. 1325-1350)	The Virgin blessed by the hand of God	Italy, Teramo	2nd quarter 14th century	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 635.00
35	Venetian illuminator	Bishop Saint	Italy, Venice	circa 1350	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,826.00
36	Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)	La Divina Commedia	Florence	mid-14th century	GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00	GBP 44,450.00
37	Dunois Master	Lancelot dining with a knight and his sweetheart	France, Paris	circa 1440	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 12,700.00
38	Circle of the Master of the Franciscan Breviary	God the Father sending forth the Holy Spirit	Italy, Lombardy	circa 1460	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 4,064.00
39	Lombard illuminator	St Benedict	Italy, Lombardy	final quarter 15th century	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
40	North Italian illuminator	St James the Less	Italy, Emilia, perhaps Ferrara	circa 1480s	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 2,286.00
41	Spanish illuminator	The Nativity	Spain, possibly Granada, Monastery of Baza?	circa 1510	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 8,255.00
42	Circle of Benedetto Bordone	Christ on the Donkey	north-eastern Italy, possibly Venice	circa 1520-30	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 1,397.00
43	Circle of Benedetto Bordone	Skull and bone	north-eastern Italy, probably Venice	circa 1520-30	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 1,778.00
44	The Spanish Forger (fl.1890s-1920s)	A Game of Dice	Paris	early 20th century	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 2,540.00
45	10th-century Gospels	Gospels	Germany, ?Essen Abbey	circa 900	GBP 700,000.00 - 1,000,000.00	GBP 889,000.00
46	The Morgan 183 Group	Psalter-Hours	Southern Netherlands, Brabant or Hainault	circa 1280	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 44,450.00
47	Little Book of Cistercian Statutes of Garendon Abbey	Libellus Statutorum Cisterciensis ordinis	England, Leicestershire, Garendon Abbey	first half 15th century	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 35,560.00
48	Workshop of Willem Vrelant (d.1481)	Book of Hours	Southern Netherlands, Bruges	circa 1470s	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 57,150.00
49	Workshop of the Master of the Rouen Echevinage	Book of Hours	France, Rouen	circa 1470	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 19,050.00
50	Workshop of the Master of the Rouen Echevinage	Book of Hours	Rouen	circa 1475	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 24,130.00

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.