Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts, 23880, London - King Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 10, 2025 - December 10, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | BRUNO, Giordano (1548-1600) | De umbris idearum. -- Ars memoriae. |
Paris | 1582 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | Unknown |
| 78 | [LODEWIJCKSZ, Willem (fl. 16th century)] | Prima pars descriptionis itineris navalis in Indiam orientalem. |
Amsterdam | 1598 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
| 79 | ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598) | Theatro del Mondo. |
Antwerp | 1612 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Unknown |
| 80 | BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) and Johannes BLAEU (1596-1673) | Theatrum orbis terrarum |
Amsterdam | 1635 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | Unknown |
| 81 | BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673) | Novum ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium Belgicae Foederate-- Regiae. |
Amsterdam | 1652 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | Unknown |
| 82 | BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673) | Theatrum Civitatum et Admirandorum Italiae. |
Amsterdam | 1663 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | Unknown |
| 83 | BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673) | Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis |
Amsterdam | 1682 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
| 84 | AN AZIMUTH COMPASS. FRENCH |
CIRCA 1790 | GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown | ||
| 85 | ALBIN, Eleazar (fl.1713-1559) | A natural history of birds. Illustrated with... copper plates |
London | 1731-1736-1740 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
| 86 | EDWARDS, George (1694-1773) | A Natural History of Uncommon Birds and of some other Rare and Undescribed Animals. |
London | 1743 but circa 1752-1803 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
| 87 | MEYER, Henry Leonard (1797-1864) | Illustrations of British Birds. |
London | 1835-1841 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown |
| 88 | AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) | The Birds of America |
New York, Philadelphia | 1839-1840-1844 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Unknown |
| 89 | GOULD, John (1804-1881) | A Monograph of the Odontophorinae |
London | 1844-1850 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown |
| 90 | GOULD, John (1804-1881) | The Birds of Great Britain. |
1862-1873 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 91 | BRODRICK, William (1814-1888) | Falconers' Favourites. |
London | 1865 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown |
| 92 | SCLATER, Philip Lutley (1829-1913) and Osbert SALVIN (1835-1898) | Exotic ornithology |
London | 1866-1869 | GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown |
| 93 | ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915) | A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants. |
New York | 1870-1872 | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Unknown |
| 94 | DRESSER, Henry Eeles (1838-1915) | A History of the Birds of Europe |
London | 1871-1896 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown |
| 95 | GOULD, John (1804-1881) and Richard Bowdler SHARPE (1847-1909) | The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands |
London | 1875-1888 | GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | Unknown |
| 96 | MEYER, Adolf Bernhard (1840-1911) | Unser Auer - |
Vienna | 1887 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown |
| 97 | NEWTON, Alfred (1829-1907) | Raptores drawn and coloured by Professor Alfred Newtonthus titled on upper cover. |
1854-1859 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 98 | SEEBOHM, Henry (1832-1895) | A Monograph of the Turdidae or Family of Thrushes ... edited and completed ... by R. Bowdler Sharpe. |
London | 1898-1902 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown |
| 99 | THORBURN, Archibald (1860-1935) | Birds of prey. |
London | 1919 | GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown |
| 100 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Sense and Sensibility. |
London | 1813 | GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Unknown |
| 101 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Mansfield Park. |
London | 1814 | GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
