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
51	Robert Boyvin (active 1487-1536) or associate	Book of Hours	France, Rouen	circa 1485-90	GBP 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 50,800.00
52	Guillaume II Leroy (fl. 1493-1528)	Book of Hours	France, Lyon	circa 1510	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 139,700.00
53	Style of the Master of Dreux Bude; Etienne Colaud	The Cromer Book of Hours	Paris	circa 1465 and circa 1526	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 127,000.00
54	Byzantine musical notation	Papadike	Ottoman Empire	circa 1700	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 7,620.00
55	[Battle of Lepanto, 1571]	Two scribal manuscripts recording the mobilisation of the Spanish navy	n.p. Spain	8 April ny and nd	GBP 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 38,100.00
56	Ralph Knevet (1600-1671)	Autograph manuscripts of eleven poems from his sequence A Gallery to the Temple		nd 1640s	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
57	[India -- Third Anglo-Mysore War and Tipu Sultan]. Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Skelly (1751-1793)	Autograph and fair-copy journals		22 October 1788 - 1 August 179	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 21,590.00
58	Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805)	Autograph letter signed ('Bronte Nelson of the Nile') to Sir John Acton	Palermo	3 June 1800	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,175.00
59	Ada Lovelace (Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, nee Byron, 1815-1852)	Autograph letter signed ('A. Ada Byron') to [Emily] Milner	Emily Milner	16 May 1832	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
60	[Chinese School -- Tea cultivation]	Series of 120 drawings in pen and ink illustrating the cultivation	Canton	circa 1830-1850	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 6,350.00
62	Albert Einstein (1879-1955)	Autograph letter and typed letter signed ('A' and 'Papa') to his first wife	Saranac Lake, N.Y.	14 February 1939 and 14 August 1941	GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,810.00
63	Albert Einstein (1879-1955)	Autograph letter signed ('Papa') to his son Hans Albert	Princeton	21-Jan 1948	GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 6,985.00
64	Albert Einstein (1879-1955)	Autograph letter (a draft	n.p.	9 January 1948	GBP 14,000.00 - 16,000.00	Not Sold
65	Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980)	Autograph letter signed ('OK') to Ludwig Goldscheider	Villeneuve (Switzerland)	10 June 1966	GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
66	BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375)	Decamerone	Ulm	1476	GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	GBP 50,800.00
67	URSINIS, Bartholomaeus de (fl. c.1463)	Quadragesimale quod dicitur Gratia Dei.	Naples	not before 1478	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 16,510.00
68	SIMONETA, Johannes (d.1491)	Commentarii rerum gestarum Francisci Sfortiae. Edited by Franciscus Puteolanus.	Milan	23 September 1486	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 2,032.00
69	VEGETIUS RENATUS, Flavius (d. 450) [and 6 others]	[Sammelband of 7 Roman incunables.	Rome	1481-1487	GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 12,065.00
70	SPRETUS, Desiderius (1414-c.1474)	De amplitudine	Venice	4 September 1489	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 5,715.00
71	SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440-1514)	Liber chronicarum.	Nuremberg	12 July 1493	GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	GBP 38,100.00
72	MARULLUS, Michael (1453-1500)	Epigrammatum libri IV. Hymnorum naturalium libri IV.	Florence	26 November 1497	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 3,048.00
73	STOFFLER, Johannes (1452-1531)	Elucidatio fabricae ususq[ue astrolabii.	Oppenheim	1512-13	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 1,143.00
74	SAMMELBAND -- Collection of three classics in German translations.	CAESAR	Mainz	July 1532	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 2,794.00
75	CHAUCER, Geoffrey (c.1343-1400)	The Workes. Edited by William Thynne (d.1546).	London	1542	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 21,590.00
76	FUCHS, Leonhard (1501-1566)	New Kreuterbuch.	Basel	1543	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 19,050.00

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.